Chapter 602 - The Sun King (1/2)

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Du Hen’s exit had filled the messy battlefield with a sorrowful atmosphere that was hard to describe. Du Peng sat expressionlessly on the edge of the ring; his clenched fists had betrayed him, showing his heartfelt emotions that were not known to anyone.

A golden light shone from the sky and dispelled the sorrowful atmosphere. People’s attention was once again attracted by the contestants in the middle of the battlefield.

Shang Guan Chuan Qi! It was the second time he had come to the center of the ring! In his last battle, his opponent was Qin Guangwang, the second strongest martial artist of Inferno. The battle ended with Qin Guangwang abstaining.

This time! People couldn’t help but lament that Shang Guan Chuan Qi was destined to face Inferno as his opponent. Both of his opponents for two consecutive rounds were from Inferno, and the opponent this time was Ground Treasury, who was known to be the strongest martial artist of Inferno!

The real pro among the older generation! No one expected that Ground Treasury would be drawn so early in the lots, nor that he’d face Shang Guan Chuan Qi, one of the young pros who was qualified to challenge him, so early on.

The people’s eyes were focused on Ground Treasury as the camera turned.

Ground Treasury, who was in a green robe, got up slowly, dusted off his clothes, and walked onto the ring step by step with a solemn look.

Entering the center of the battlefield, Ground Treasury cup his hands in obeisance to the spectators around him, stopping in front of Shang Guan Chuan Qi.

Shang Guan Chuan Qi stood proudly in the center of the ring, his body was towering like a pillar supporting the sky. He turned a blind eye to Ground Treasury’s obeisance and his smile of courtesy, taking Ground Treasury’s respect for granted.

“What?”

“Isn’t this too arrogant?”

“He’s facing the senior with such an attitude.”

People watching the live broadcast on the Internet expressed their dissatisfaction in the comment section, and the martial dao masters around them frowned slightly as well. It was okay for young people to be prideful, but the public wouldn’t like an arrogant young man.

Vermillion Bird, Shang Guan Sheng Yu, smirked in disdain. She opened her red lips and commented with one word, “Pedantic!”

One simple word sounded with different meanings in the ears of different people.

“That’s right! Vermillion Bird has the point. Why should the younger generation bow to the older generation?”

“Absolutely! It is pedantic! The senior martial artists are just older in age. This is the world of martial artists; as long as one has the required strength, they’re free to do like Shang Guan Chuan Qi.”

“Bullshit! Let’s assume Ground Treasury is your father, and Shang Guan Chuan Qi treats your father like this; can you still say something like what you said?”

“It’s no big deal, what Vermillion Bird said! Ground Treasury, teach this Shang Guan Chuan Qi with such bad upbringing a proper lesson!”

“Don’t you dare to put our Chuan Qi down! Where are you from? Our Chuan Qi’s fan club will be your enemy forever!”

The battle on the ring had yet to begin; those on the internet who were Shang Guan Chuan Qi’s fans and those who opposed him had started a messy quarrel. This quarrel worsened from the initial argument into a rude name-calling battle of each other’s parents.

The quarrel did not affect the people on the battlefield. Ground Treasury smiled indifferently and put his hands down. He prepared himself calmly with the Great Guardian Deity Fist stance.

Shang Guan Chuan Qi felt Ground Treasury’s fist lock onto him and he could feel his skin around his temples flicker. He spread out his arms widely to the side, broke into a fully confident smile, looked at Ground Treasury arrogantly, and said with a flat tone, “Ground Treasury, you are old. The next era belongs to me, Shang Guan Chuan Qi.”

Ground Treasury put on a gentle smile, gently shook his head from side to side twice without saying any more words, but responded with a more confident aura of power.

“The era that belongs to me…” Shang Guan Chuan Qi looked up at the sky, his eyes filled with endless desire, “Has come!”

At that moment, Shang Guan Chuan Qi’s long hair was flying in the air, a heatwave visible to the naked eye surged around his body; the air was ignited at that moment! The inflated self-confidence turned into an aura of power, which overwhelmed his opponent preemptively.

The word “come” echoed like thunder in the air, as if to spread across the whole planet.

Shang Guan Chuan Qi suddenly appeared in front of Ground Treasury with the fiery red air current! He was so fast that the martial dao masters present could only chase his afterimage left in the air, but they couldn’t really see the actual Shang Guan Chuan Qi and his movements.

Shang Guan Chuan Qi stood in front of Ground Treasury. His arms crossed and turned like a phoenix spreading its wings; two punches clamped against Ground Treasury’s body. The whole battlefield seemed to be completely engulfed by the fire in an instant.

Fire Phoenix and a Prairie Fire! An ultimate trump card passed from Vermillion Bird!

Ground Treasury showed no joy and no worries on his face. He lowered his waist, spread his legs, and brought his chest back a little; he pulled back his left leg for a half step, and made a sudden big whole body turn with his left leg as the pivot; he rotated his right arm below the elbow to draw a vortex, moving like a spear’s blade thrusting into Shang Guan Chuan Qi’s hand.

Suddenly, Shang Guan Chuan Qi pressed down his hands, and his whole body dived down. His wrists’ movements switched from clamping inwards to extending outwards! His arms were like a pair of widely-spread wings of a Fire Phoenix, soaring into the sky! The two wings sliced through the air like two sabers, cutting upwards from the bottom, aiming for Ground Treasury’s ribs!

Ground Treasury made a move in the direction of his upwards attack and fell backward, lifting his right leg up! He aimed for Shang Guan Chuan Qi’s lower abdomen with his heel! At that moment, Ground Treasury revealed his real strength as a senior martial artist. For an evenly-matched battle, when he lost the upper hand, he could still take advantage of the disadvantages.

Shang Guan Chuan Qi was in danger, but his eyes revealed a smile. He opened his lips and shouted, “Fail!”

At the same time, Shang Guan Chuan Qi’s right knee lifted upwards as his aura of power underwent a huge change in an instant. His body welled up with endless powerful energy current, and his whole body was shining blinding golden rays!

For a moment, all the martial dao masters who were watching the battle closed their eyes. This intense light and hot air flow felt like a man-made sun had suddenly appeared on the battlefield!

Powerful! For a moment, Shang Guan Chuan Qi felt like an incarnation of the sun. His aura of power, speed, and strength soared continuously; he turned into a completely different man than he was before.

Ground Treasury was too close to Shang Guan Chuan Qi, he couldn’t react at all to the sudden change. His back waist was hit by Shang Guan Chuan Qi’s knee. Ground Treasury’s strong bones that were claimed to be able to break mountains couldn’t hold it together under this attack; all they could hear was a continuous sound of metal breaking.

Boom!

Ground Treasury’s body flew backward for a distance of around a hundred meters, like a hemp bag packed with sand. His body glided hundreds of meters before it came to a stop.

The golden light on the battlefield had disappeared, leaving only the heated air suspended in the center of the battlefield. The earth was longer bare and dry; it had turned into a desert.

The whole battlefield turned into a sandy ground under the extreme heat. Shang Guan Chuan Qi stood proudly in the center as the sun shone on him. He gave the impression that he was the sun, and that he wasn’t shone on by the sun in the sky, but that he himself was the source of the sunlight.

Ka cha… ka cha… ka cha…

All bones in Ground Treasury’s body were broken and shattered. For a good few seconds, his body continuously made sounds of cracking bones. He laid face down on the ground, a boneless fleshy lump.

After another few seconds, Ground Treasury’s body began to squirm again. The fusion and regeneration ability of his biochemical beast made his bones regenerate completely.

Ground Treasury got up from the ground very slowly, dejected and depressed. He cupped his hands in obeisance to Shang Guan Chuan Qi. He showed no joy or sorrow on his face and he said with a flat tone, “You won, congratulations.”

He lost! Ground Treasury lost!

Countless internet spectators and martial dao masters present were watching this scene blankly.

As soon as the battle started, it ended! The speed is suffocating! Is this really a battle between the younger generation’s challenger and the senior pro?

No one could have imagined that Ground Treasury, who seemed to be unreachable before the battle, would be completely defeated in an instant by Shang Guan Chuan Qi. He could say nothing about the defeat.