Chapter 170: Chapter 168: Winning Streak Terminated?

"No, I haven’t lost! I won’t accept this!"

Shan Le roared like a wounded beast and sprang up from the ground.

His eyes were filled with a thick Evil Qi, flashing with blood-red light. He stared at Jiang Chen, gritting his teeth. "There’s no way I could lose to a country bumpkin like you! I still have trump cards I haven’t used! I can’t lose! Martial Soul Talent—Blood Burst!"

BOOM—

Behind Shan Le, a pool of blood radiating a sanguine glow appeared.

This was Shan Le’s Martial Soul, a Profound Tier Sixth Grade Martial Soul—the Green Blood Pool!

Once Shan Le’s Martial Soul Talent was unleashed, the bloody glow from the Green Blood Pool Martial Soul intensified, bathing the entire arena in crimson light.

Surging streams of blood were drawn from his body and into the Green Blood Pool.

Shan Le’s aura continuously rose. This Blood Burst talent was somewhat similar to Jiang Chen’s Devouring God. However, Devouring God consumed the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and the Vitality of Ten Thousand Spirits, while Blood Burst consumed Shan Le’s own blood. Once activated, it could temporarily boost his combat power.

However, its side effects were also immense.

Regardless of whether Shan Le won or lost this fight, he would be bedridden for at least half a month.

"Now this is getting good! Shan Le is going all out!"

"Go, Shan Le! Beat that country bumpkin to a pulp!"

A landslide of cheers once again erupted in the Martial Arts Arena.

In the Martial Arts Arena of Combat Zone Six, ninety percent of the experts had placed their bets on Shan Le, so naturally, they hoped he would be the final victor.

A smug look appeared on Shan Gang’s face. He looked at Cui Zheng and sneered, "Cui Zheng, you’d better have that kid surrender! Shan Le has used his Blood Burst talent. His combat power is now comparable to a True Martial Realm Seventh Stage expert. There’s no way that kid can beat him!"

Cui Zheng glanced at him, the corner of his mouth curling into a cold smirk.

’So what if he’s at the True Martial Realm Seventh Stage?’

He had personally seen Jiang Chen powerfully defeat Luo Hao, an expert at the True Martial Realm Eighth Stage who had been on the verge of entering the Spirit List!

’What’s a mere Shan Le in comparison?’

Seeing this, Shan Gang snorted coldly, clenched his fists, and prayed in his heart, ’Little Le, kill him for me!’

On the arena stage, Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow, watching the blood-wreathed Shan Le with great interest. "A talent that burns your own blood to temporarily boost your strength? Your Martial Soul Talent is quite interesting!"

"Interesting? Hmph, in a moment, you’ll find out what’s ’interesting.’ Country bumpkin, if you kneel and beg for mercy right now, I might leave your corpse intact. Otherwise, you’ll be spilling your blood all over this Martial Arts Arena!" Shan Le said with a confident expression.

Jiang Chen said nonchalantly, "Make your move. Let me see how much your strength has increased after using your Martial Soul Talent."

"You’re courting death!"

Shan Le snorted coldly. With a flick of his palm, he summoned his Golden Double Mace into his hands and charged forward, his figure as fast as wind and lightning.

He was more than twice as fast as before!

"Mountain-Splitting and Mountain-Breaking!"

The Golden Double Mace joined together, fusing into a single Profound Weapon that smashed down toward Jiang Chen.

"Two-Finger Sky-Breaking!"

Without dodging or evading, Jiang Chen thrust a finger forward!

He still wasn’t using a weapon!

BOOM—

The golden finger collided with the golden light of the mace, erupting with terrifying waves of energy. They were evenly matched!

"How is that possible?" Shan Le’s expression changed slightly as he roared, "I don’t believe you’re this strong! Break for me!"

RUMBLE!

A surge of blood was once again drawn into the Green Blood Pool. Shan Le’s face grew even paler; he had already drained half his blood, granting him a terrifying boost in power—double what he had before. He swung the Golden Double Mace fiercely.

"Good power, but unfortunately, your speed is too slow," Jiang Chen pointed out Shan Le’s weakness nonchalantly.

SWOOSH—

With a sudden movement, he shot forward like a cannonball.

He was so fast that he left only an afterimage in his place.

The moment the afterimage vanished, Jiang Chen had already bypassed the Golden Double Mace and appeared at Shan Le’s side. Shan Le’s eyes widened in a furious glare as he exclaimed in disbelief, "H-How can you be so fast?"

"Bye-bye!"

Jiang Chen grinned, and his finger landed on Shan Le’s lower abdomen.

"WAH!"

Shan Le convulsed violently. The True Essence in his body abruptly dissipated. His eyes flew open, his pale face filled with despair and horror. "You... you... you actually crippled my Dantian?"

"You brought this upon yourself," Jiang Chen said flatly. He kicked out, sending Shan Le flying backward to crash against the wall of the Martial Arts Arena.

He landed heavily and passed out.

"Holy crap, one move again? Damn it, does he have to be this strong?" 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"Who the fuck said Yandu City is some backwater with no experts? I’ll fuck their ancestors!"

"I lost... All my money..."

One expert after another wailed in misery.

The referee was also dumbfounded.

When Shan Le used his Martial Soul Talent, he had been certain Jiang Chen would lose. But in the end, it was another one-move victory. A trace of awe now tinged his gaze as he looked at Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen looked at the referee. "Referee, it’s time to announce the results."

"Ah? Oh..." the referee quickly said. "The winner of this battle is—Jiang Chen!"

"ROAR!"

"Hahaha, I won! I fucking won!"

"Another upset! This Jiang Chen guy is awesome. He helped me win so much money. I should treat him to a meal later!"

"A meal? He crippled Shan Le. You think the Shan Family will let this go? He’ll be dead or crippled..."

A clamor of voices rose within the Martial Arts Arena.

As if he hadn’t heard any of it, Jiang Chen swept his gaze across the Martial Arts Arena and announced coolly, "I am Jiang Chen. Today, I am here to challenge all heroes. Anyone below the Heavenly Destiny Realm may enter the ring. Who dares to fight?"

HISS—

As soon as he spoke, the entire Martial Arts Arena fell completely silent. You could hear a pin drop.

’Anyone below the Heavenly Destiny Realm can fight him?’

’Damn it!’

’Does he have to be so arrogant?!’

’He’s only at the True Martial Realm Sixth Stage, yet he dares to declare that anyone under the Heavenly Destiny Realm can fight him?’

"Holy fucking shit, this kid is arrogant as hell!"

"Does he think he’s a Spirit List genius?"

"So arrogant..."

After a moment of silence, the Martial Arts Arena erupted.

Even the referee, who had seen many experts, stared wide-eyed at Jiang Chen in disbelief and confirmed, "Sir, are you certain that any expert below the Heavenly Destiny Realm may enter the ring?"

"I’m certain. Why? Does that violate the rules of the Martial Arts Arena?" Jiang Chen asked.

"Ah? N-No, it doesn’t!" said the referee.

The rules of the Martial Arts Arena only forbade opponents with weaker cultivation than the champion from entering the ring; they didn’t limit the upper cultivation level of challengers.

"Hahaha, kid, you’re quite arrogant! Allow me, the Demon Spear Chen Tao, to fight you!" A tall, slender youth of about two and a half meters, holding a dragon-headed Long Spear, laughed as he stepped into the ring.

The man radiated an enduring arrogance, his cultivation having reached the True Martial Realm Seventh Stage Realm.

Jiang Chen glanced at him. "Make your move."

"Hm? You’re not using a weapon?" Chen Tao was stunned.

Jiang Chen said, "Against you, I don’t need a weapon."

"Arrogant bastard! Die!"

Chen Tao flew into a rage and attacked like a thunderbolt.

Facing Chen Tao’s frenzied assault, Jiang Chen simply thrust out a palm and knocked him to the ground. In a single swoop, he stepped on Chen Tao’s chest, snatched the Long Spear, and pressed its sharp tip against Chen Tao’s neck, asking coolly, "Do you surrender?"

"I... I surrender!" Chen Tao’s expression shifted several times before he gave a bitter, dejected laugh.

The shocked referee announced, "Jiang Chen wins!"

"That’s two wins in a row..."

"Look, someone else is going up..."

One expert after another took the stage, but none could escape defeat in a single move from Jiang Chen. It was a clean sweep!

Before anyone knew it...

Jiang Chen had already achieved a nine-win streak!

The referee looked at Jiang Chen with a complicated expression and asked, "Sir, do you need to rest?"

Jiang Chen replied, "I haven’t even finished my warm-up. What’s there to rest for? Keep sending them up."

"In that case... very well!"

The referee nodded and announced, "The next to take the stage is Han Xia!"

The announcement was met with another round of gasps from the Martial Arts Arena. "Han Xia? I can’t believe the Martial Arts Arena managed to get him here! He was once a genius on par with Luo Hao. I heard he had a fortuitous encounter in the last six months and his strength rose to a new level. He once defeated Luo Hao in three moves."

"Since Han Xia is taking the stage, Jiang Chen’s nine-win streak is coming to an end!"

"I was just about to bet on Jiang Chen getting a ten-win streak. I didn’t expect Han Xia to show up so soon. Jiang Chen is definitely going to lose."

"There’s no suspense anymore!"

On the arena stage, Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes, watching the slender figure slowly walk on air from the Observation Platform. ’He defeated Luo Hao in three moves? Looks like a decent opponent has finally arrived!’