Concubines Lead to Strength: The Path to Immortality Begins with Taking a Spouse
Chapter 549 - 270: Challenged? A Match for the True Monarch Realm! _2

Chapter 549: Chapter 270: Challenged? A Match for the True Monarch Realm! _2

"Senior Brother Zhao, what do you mean by this?"

"Saint Son Peak... Is there still a challenge going down?"

Gu Changge asked puzzledly.

"Cough..."

"Frankly speaking, I, Zhao, don’t think my strength compares to Junior Brother Gu."

"Since Junior Brother broke through to the Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm, I have been preserving my energy daily, waiting to exchange pointers with you."

"But... waiting every day without seeing Junior Brother challenge, always being on edge is not a solution, so I took the initiative to challenge Junior Brother."

"It’s not to win, but just to see how strong Junior Brother has really become."

"Could Junior Brother Gu allow me this wish?"

Zhao Chen coughed awkwardly and then revealed the reason.

He guessed that after Gu Changge’s breakthrough to the Ninth Grade, he would definitely challenge himself.

After all, Senior Brother Lu Xian from the First Saint Son Peak has reached the Perfect Monarch Realm, and his strength is too terrifying.

It’s likely that I cannot stand a chance against Gu Changge.

He would only challenge me.

But waiting day and night, he never came to issue the challenge.

Not only was this delaying my cultivation, but the psychological pressure was also not small.

So I simply had to take the initiative!

"So that’s how it is..."

Gu Changge nodded slightly and directly made a welcoming gesture to him.

Without further ado, the two headed straight for the Ten Evil Arena.

Many disciples noticed this scene and immediately called their brothers to go watch the spectacle.

Saint Gu is currently the hottest person in the Sword Sect; the last time he was seen in action was when he challenged the Fourth Saint Son Peak.

Now, his realm had progressed from the Seventh Grade to the Ninth Grade, and many Sword Sect Disciples also wanted to see how much his combat strength had developed!

But everyone already assumed in their hearts that Gu’s Ninth Grade could definitely compete with the Sage Realm, or even suppress it!

Before long, quite a few viewers had gathered at the Ten Evil Arena.

And some who were originally observing other fights at the Ten Evil Arena also spotted Gu Changge.

"Saint Gu?"

"And Saint Zhao!"

"It seems, today Saint Gu is going to challenge the Second Saint Son Peak!"

"Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm confronting the Sage Realm..."

"If it were in the past, hearing such news, I would even be too lazy to watch as there’d be no suspense."

"Even the current Senior Brother Lu Xian in his time at the Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm only had the strength to wrestle with the Sage Realm, not to suppress it..."

"But if it’s Saint Gu... I think he might defeat Sage Zhao of the Sage Realm in just three moves..."

Many Sword Sect disciples started speculating about the outcome, and some had even seized the opportunity to set up bets.

"Come, come, come, predict the outcome of this battle between two greats!"

"Saint Gu wins, the odds are twenty-five to one!"

"Saint Zhao wins, the odds are one to twenty-three!"

"Saint Gu wins within ten moves, the odds are one to one!"

"Saint Gu wins within five moves, the odds are one to three!"

"Within three moves... the odds are one to five!"

Both Gu Changge had reached the sky above the Ten Evil Arena, where their combat power could burst forth having reached the Sage Realm, making it easy to affect others on the arena.

Nevertheless, hearing the outrageous odds, Zhao Chen couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

"Truly absurd."

"Odds of winning for the Sage Realm are one to over twenty, and for the Ninth Grade, over twenty to one."

"Junior Brother Gu, it seems everyone in the Sword Sect is consistent about this battle, you’re sure to win."

Zhao Chen looked at Gu Changge opposite him with a complex gaze and spoke.

"What do you think the chances are for this battle, Senior Brother Zhao?" Gu Changge didn’t answer his question and asked instead.

"None..."

"I just can’t see any chance of winning."

"As long as Junior Brother uses that innate divine ability that allows for instant appearance beside the enemy, combined with the Immortal Grade Flying Sword, even if I am in the Sage Realm, I’d be defeated in one blow."

Zhao Chen said without hesitation.

"What if I don’t use those two methods?"

Gu Changge pondered for a moment and then said with a light chuckle.

Since Zhao Chen wanted to fight him, he didn’t plan to use his Transcendence Divine Power and Immortal Grade Flying Sword to bully anyone.

"That... I might have a slim chance."

Zhao Chen knitted his brows in thought for a moment, that slim chance he mentioned was somewhat exaggerated by himself.

After all, the power Gu Changge possessed was incredibly astounding.

"Senior Brother Zhao, please proceed."

"I will not use the Innate Divine Ability, nor will I use the Immortal Grade Flying Sword."

"I hope this battle will be satisfactory to Senior Brother Zhao."

Gu Changge said no more, simply making a gesture of invitation.

Despite his realm being merely Ninth Grade, the opponent was already in the Sage Realm.

Yet this action, in everyone’s eyes, seemed perfectly fitting!

Usually, only those of higher realm had the privilege to yield, but now it was reversed...

Of course, although he was one Great Realm lower, no one doubted his strength was inferior to Sage Realm; they were all speculating about how far he could reach within the Sage Realm!

Was it the Mid-stage True Person Realm, or the Perfect True Man Realm?

Or perhaps, was he in between Sage Realm and True Monarch Realm, already able to suppress all within the Sage Realm?

Zhao Chen also did not hesitate or show any indecision.

He merely told his junior brother to be careful, then his figure instantly turned into Tao Rhythm and dissolved.

In an instant, the world was engulfed by a Sea of Spirits, rolling fiercely towards Gu Changge!

Those waves formed from Spiritual Energy, carrying tremendous force and Tao Rhythm locking onto Gu Changge’s presence, left him nowhere to hide.

"It really is worthy of Senior Brother Zhao, such divine power might force even those elders in the Perfect True Man Realm to be cautious in handling it!"

Seeing this divine power, many Sword Sect Disciples also exclaimed in admiration.

Several elders who came for the spectacle also nodded slightly, recognizing that anyone capable of becoming a Saint Heir in Sword Sect truly stood out among the younger generation, all of them undeniably talented!

Within the Sage Realm, Zhao Chen indeed possessed the power to cross two Small Realms!

However, looking back at Gu Changge, he just stood there calmly.

Seeing the waves infused with the power of Sage Realm and utilizing the force of nature, he understood, his Spirit Transformation Divine Power could no longer completely neutralize attacks from the Sage Realm.

In the Sage Realm, all techniques could borrow the force of nature, not just ordinary Spiritual Energy to drive divine powers.

Yet he was not flustered at all.

Instead, he was quite indifferent as he raised his hand and snapped his fingers: "Snap—"

With the sound, thousands of Tribulation Lightnings suddenly fell from the sky.

Lighting up the whole Ten Evil Arena almost translucently, these terrifying thousand bolts of Tribulation Lightning made many sages change their expressions drastically!

This was almost comparable to the Tribulation Lightning they would face during their advancement to the True Monarch Realm in the future!

As the Tribulation Lightning fell, the boundless rolling waves were directly smashed into nothingness, with the Spiritual Energy returning to nature under the special effects of heavenly tribulation, and its borrowed natural force clearly lacked the terrifying power of Heavenly Tribulation Power mastered by Gu Changge!

Having refined Heavenly Tribulation multiple times, he now possessed an increasing amount of Heavenly Tribulation Origin!

Although he hadn’t officially ascended to the Sage Realm, Tribulation Lightning still belonged to a type of natural force, and moreover, one that others could not master!

Three thousand bolts of Tribulation Lightning dispersed.

The boundless waves vanished, and Zhao Chen, who had been hidden in the waves, revealed his figure.

He was smoking all over...

Staring blankly at Gu Changge, it took him a while before he breathed out a puff of smoke and said, "Thank you, Saint Gu, for showing mercy..."

As the target locked by the Tribulation Lightning, he felt it more clearly than anyone else!

That Tribulation Lightning, if it had struck down mercilessly, could have directly turned him to ash!

Yet after breaking his divine power, the opponent let the Tribulation Lightning dissipate in the atmosphere and did not continue to fall much.

Otherwise, even if he was in the Late Sage Realm, he would surely have fallen amid countless Tribulation Lightnings!

"Thank you," Gu Changge said with a slight smile, cupping his hands.

He had not expected Zhao Chen to look so disheveled from the Tribulation Lightning.

"Is it... Is it over?"

Many Sword Sect Disciples paused for a while and then came back to their senses, muttering somewhat bewilderedly.

It ended too quickly, didn’t it?

But those Sage Realm elders of Sword Sect couldn’t help shuddering.

Let alone Zhao Chen, even some of those elders at the Perfect True Man Realm felt the breath of death under the siege of that Tribulation Lightning!

This wasn’t something the Sage Realm could withstand!

Unless one had already broken through to the True Monarch Realm, only then could one protect oneself under the myriad Tribulation Lightnings!

"Saint Gu... now possesses invincible power below the True Monarch Realm!"

"Ninth Grade, comparable to True Monarch Realm!?"

The recuperated Sword Sect Elders all looked with some awe at the figure standing firm in mid-air.

They had not expected... that this Saint Gu had already mastered such terrifying strength!

And... this might not even be his full strength!

After all, they had only exchanged a single move just now; he hadn’t yet displayed his other Innate Divine Abilities. If he used them all, might he already be able to face the True Monarch Realm alone?