Asura Emperor Venerable
Chapter 926: Challenging Yourself

Chapter 926: Chapter 926: Challenging Yourself

The puppet led Shi Hao and the other three into the city, introducing the rules of the place as they went.

Here, geniuses divided into eight areas would cross the sea and gather, and this would actually be the second round of selection, where eight winners would be decided.

How is it decided?

Simply put, the city has an arena; you just have to keep fighting. Ultimately, the eight people with the highest win rates will laugh until the end.

The highest win rate?

Then if I only fight once and win, wouldn’t that be a 100% win rate?

That’s not allowed. Everyone needs to fight at least a hundred matches. Those who don’t will not have their results counted.

Each person can fight up to ten matches a day, and after a hundred matches, if you feel your previous performance was not good enough, you can continue to fight, winning more to improve your win rate.

Shi Hao was the first to arrive, so he actually has the initiative. After a hundred matches, he can decide whether to continue fighting based on other people’s win rates.

The deadline is the eleventh day after the last area’s people arrive, so those who come first do have some advantages.

Only Shi Hao can participate in the battle. The Purple Gold Rat hasn’t gone through the previous Stele tests, and the Ox King is a native here. They can only exist as Shi Hao’s subordinates.

Since there was no rush, after resting for a day, Shi Hao went to the arena, while the Purple Gold Rat rode the Ox King around to gather more information about the city.

He entered the arena. After making a challenge request, the arena staff started preparing an opponent for him.

Soon, his opponent was decided.

It was, of course, also a puppet. Here, the puppets seemed to have gained spirit, capable of speaking, moving, and even fighting.

"Honorable adventurer, in the arena, you can only use the weapons prepared here. You cannot use any external force or items, or you will be considered defeated. In case of injury or death during the battle, you must bear the responsibility yourself, do you understand?" A puppet confirmed with Shi Hao.

Shi Hao nodded. "Understood."

"Alright, please follow me." The puppet led Shi Hao into the combat area, and soon, his opponent appeared.

It was a ferocious beast made of wood, shaped like a bear, with swords inserted all over its back.

"What weapon would you like to use?" the puppet asked.

"None." Shi Hao shook his head.

"In that case, let the battle begin!" the puppet said, and then the wooden beast charged toward Shi Hao, swinging its four legs.

As it moved, it glowed all over, with no awkward edges, as if it had become a living being.

Ascending to Saint Position, the realm was equivalent to his own, both were at the initial stage of the first step.

Shi Hao shook his head, pointed forward, and with a snap, the beast shattered immediately, turning into a skyful of wood shavings.

Too weak.

"The second challenge begins!" Before Shi Hao could speak, another puppet appeared immediately, still in the form of a beast, this time resembling a dragon-snake.

"Start the battle!"

As the puppet’s voice fell, the beast also started moving, charging toward Shi Hao.

With a snap, another finger strike, the wooden beast shattered instantly.

This level of opponent was only fit to be killed in one blow.

Third battle, fourth battle, fifth battle, fight after fight continued, and Shi Hao subdued each one with a finger, effortlessly and joyfully.

After ten battles, the day’s challenge ended.

Shi Hao left, returned to his residence, and before long, the Purple Gold Rat and the Ox King came back as well. However, when asked if they had any discoveries, both shook their heads.

This city had only puppets. Though they operated by some rule, it constructed a prosperous city.

But aside from that, the city was rather ordinary.

Another day passed, and Shi Hao went to the arena to challenge again.

The opponents were still the same as yesterday, all beast-shaped puppets, but their realm and strength had increased.

—Yesterday was the initial stage of the first step, now it was the later stage of the first step, naturally making a big jump in strength.

However, how could such opponents compete with Shi Hao?

Still, a finger felled one after another, and Shi Hao easily achieved ten victories.

Another day passed, and on the third day, the puppet beasts became stronger again, reaching the peak of the first step.

So what, ten strikes, ten kills.

Thus, with each passing day, the opponents became slightly stronger. By the time the tenth day came, Shi Hao’s opponents had reached the initial stage of the fourth step in power.

This was still not Shi Hao’s opponent, but it was no longer something he could easily settle with a single finger. He had to expend some effort. Of course, if he used Little Star Universe, he could still settle it easily.

In theory, Shi Hao had already achieved a 100% win rate, a perfect record, and could wait for others to arrive, easily becoming one of the top eight.

But Shi Hao wasn’t someone who would settle for such comfort.

He chose to continue challenging.

He wanted to know, where his limits were.

Looking across the world, powerhouses at the level of the fourth step, or those who had once reached the fourth step, were as rare as phoenix feathers, pitifully few. It’s no exaggeration to say that Shi Hao was almost the first person ascending to the Saintly Position now.

But exactly how strong had he become?

Five steps? Six steps? Seven steps?

This was what Shi Hao wanted to find out, so he wanted to keep fighting.

On the eleventh day, his opponent was mid-fourth step, but was still swept aside. On the twelfth day, his opponent’s realm reached the late fourth step but was still wiped out by him. On the thirteenth day, at the fourth step peak, but still couldn’t cause him any trouble.

Until the seventeenth day, when his opponent’s power reached the peak of the fifth step, Shi Hao finally felt the pressure.

Without using any ultimate moves, he could only fight to a draw and couldn’t win.

Shi Hao didn’t use ultimate moves, nor did he use Little Star Universe. He wanted to train his basic combat power.

After a bitter battle, he won seven matches in succession, and then lost three consecutively.

There was no way; the previous seven matches took too long, and even with his terrifying accumulation of power, it was almost exhausted, so he naturally couldn’t continue in the next three matches, tasting defeat for the first time, and losing all three.

Such victories and defeats basically didn’t concern him. Shi Hao returned, savoring today’s ten battles, feeling he gained a lot.

Good, another battle tomorrow.

On the eighteenth day, Shi Hao went to the arena again, and among his ten opponents, there were both peak fifth step and initial sixth step opponents.

After ten battles, Shi Hao had five wins and five losses.

All five wins were from defeating the peak fifth step opponents, while the five losses were naturally thanks to those at the initial sixth step.

On the nineteenth day, all ten opponents were at the initial sixth step.

Without using any ultimate moves, Shi Hao lost all ten battles.

On the twentieth day, Shi Hao didn’t continue fighting but reflected on his defeats, drawing experience, pondering adjustments to improve his win rate.

And at this time, someone finally arrived here.

This person had an initial battle on the first day, winning every match.