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Chapter 172 - 172 172 The Battle of the Imperial City IV

172: Chapter 172: The Battle of the Imperial City (IV) 172: Chapter 172: The Battle of the Imperial City (IV) After Huang Xiaolong sat down, the genius disciples from various nations had complicated looks in their eyes.

The ones who had previously taunted him had completely shut up.

Looking at Huang Xiaolong, they showed respect in their eyes, and even a hint of regret and fear.

As soon as Huang Xiaolong took his seat, Cui Li moved closer to him, her entire dainty body almost pressing against Huang Xiaolong’s arm, her breath as fragrant as an orchid, “Xiao Long, you were really strong just now!”

Really strong just now!

These words were ambiguous.

Some genius disciples around them heard it, felt their nostrils heat up, touched them with their hands, saw red, it was nosebleed!

Huang Xiaolong turned his head to look at Cui Li, only to see her sweet face almost touching his forearm under the towering twin peaks.

Just now it was little brother Xiao Long, and now, it was directly Xiao Long!

Huang Xiaolong stared at Cui Li for a while, then turned his head and didn’t speak.

“Xiao Long, later, if we meet on the stage, you’re not allowed to bully me,” Cui Li leaned in closer again, speaking coquettishly in an extremely soft voice that tickled the heart.

Huang Xiaolong’s arm felt something extremely soft.

Very soft.

No need to look to know what it was.

Even Huang Xiaolong couldn’t help but blush, especially since it was in public.

This Cui Li appeared sweet and innocent on the surface, yet who would have thought she was so…?!

Just as Huang Xiaolong was pondering whether he should change seats, Cui Li suddenly sat up straight, a sweet smile on her face, “I was just teasing you,” she giggled sweetly, looking extremely pure.

It was time for the seventh round of the tenth group to take the stage for competition.

Yang Gang was unexpectedly in the seventh round.

Like Huang Xiaolong, he was seventy-two and also on the second platform.

When Yang Gang’s competition began, those who had been discussing Huang Xiaolong quieted down, their attention now shifted to watching Yang Gang compete.

Yang Gang’s opponent was also an Innate First Rank powerhouse named Chen Chaoguang, and it turned out that Chen Chaoguang’s Martial Soul was the same as Fei Hou’s, a Galaxy!

When Chen Chaoguang summoned his Martial Soul, Huang Xiaolong was momentarily stunned.

However, Chen Chaoguang’s Galaxy Martial Soul was much weaker than Fei Hou’s, only reaching the level of five enhancements.

After summoning his Galaxy Martial Soul, Chen Chaoguang instantly boosted it with five enhancements, raising his momentum to an extreme and attacking Yang Gang fiercely.

Chen Chaoguang wielded a long whip, stretching thirty to forty meters when swung, its body armed with bone spurs, razor-sharp, and in Chen Chaoguang’s hands, the whip became a venomous snake entwining towards Yang Gang, the bone spurs splayed out like an open maw revealing the fangs of a snake.

Yang Gang watched the attacking whip and laughed coldly, raising his hand and sweeping it out.

Under the astonished gaze of the audience below, the whip instantly froze and then shattered continuously, falling onto the platform and turning into chunks of ice!

The crowd was in an uproar.

Huang Xiaolong nodded to himself inwardly.

Turning air into ice with a wave of the hand, this Yang Gang’s Yin Cold Power was indeed very strong.

The outcome was without suspense.

Before long, Chen Chaoguang was easily knocked flying by Yang Gang’s palm, tumbling down from the platform and onto the ground where he was covered in a layer of thin ice, his complexion turned purple, shivering uncontrollably.

From beginning to end, Yang Gang didn’t even need to summon his Martial Soul.

Amidst the buzzing of the crowd, Yang Gang descended from the platform, and when he returned to his seat, he gave Huang Xiaolong a provocative look.

Huang Xiaolong remained indifferent.

Next up were participants numbered eighty-one to ninety, one round following another, ten groups in succession.

It didn’t take long for all 1,362 genius disciples from various nations to complete their matches.

With half eliminated, 681 remained.

Other three possessors of Super Martial Souls, Cui Li, Pang Yu, and Dai Shanni, also showed their formidable strength, easily defeating their opponents and moving on to the second round.

Soon after, the second round of the main group began.

As before, half of the participants drew lots, but with 681 people, there was one extra, and the person who drew the blank lot could advance to the next round without competing.

Whether by coincidence or an intentional arrangement by the Broken Blade Empire, the one who drew the blank lot was Xie Puti, so for the following second round, Xie Puti didn’t need to compete and advanced directly.

Huang Xiaolong drew number eighty-six, however, his opponent this time was not an Innate, but a Late Stage Tenth Rank Peak, a youth from White Deer Kingdom named Deng Tang.

Seeing that his opponent was Huang Xiaolong, Deng Tang’s face paled.

Upon stepping onto the stage, he summoned his Martial Soul and immediately underwent Soul Transformation, then launched his strongest attack at Huang Xiaolong.

His intention was to catch Huang Xiaolong unprepared and off guard.

His planning was sound, but he forgot that no matter how fast or strong his attack, it was useless if it couldn’t even breach Huang Xiaolong’s defenses.

In hardly the span of a breath, he was blasted off the stage by a punch from Huang Xiaolong.

Not long after, the second round of the main group finished.

With half eliminated, 340 remained, plus the unchallenged Xie Puti, making it 341.

In the following third round, once again one extra person appeared, and yet again, Xie Puti drew the blank lot.

At this point, everyone understood that this was deliberately arranged by the Broken Blade Empire.

However, no one complained.

After all, Xie Puti’s talent and strength were evident for all to see.

As round after round and group after group completed their matches, the sun that was once hanging high in the sky gradually sloped westward, its warmth fading away.

By dusk, the top one hundred were finally decided through competition.

Huang Xiaolong, Xie Puti, Yang Gang, Cui Li, Pang Yu, and Dai Shanni, the six possessors of Super Martial Souls, all made it into the top hundred.

During the first day of competition, the six of them did not encounter each other, which was probably also an arrangement by the Broken Blade Empire.

With that, the first day of competition concluded.

The battle for the Imperial City took place over three days.

The first day determined the top hundred, the second day the top ten, and the third and final day was the battle for first place!

As the first day’s competition ended, and Cheng Jian announced the top hundred names, the various powerhouses and commoners watching in Broken Blade Square started to leave.

Although the day’s competition was over, the excitement and discussion about the day’s battles in the Imperial City continued unabated.

However, the individual who was the subject of most discussions wasn’t Xie Puti or Yang Gang, but Huang Xiaolong!

Before the competition, among the six with Super Martial Souls, Huang Xiaolong was the least noticed and the least favored.

But now, everything about him was the talk of the crowd.

Discussions ranged from the fact that Huang Xiaolong was only seventeen, that his Martial Soul was the Ancient Divine Dragon, the Black Dragon, and about his true strength.

Some even compared Huang Xiaolong to Xie Puti and Yang Gang.

Although no one knew Huang Xiaolong’s true strength, almost everyone believed he could enter the top ten.

After the first day’s competition, Huang Xiaolong, along with Zhao Shu, Yu Ming, and Fei Hou, returned to the Du Si Inn.

Night slowly fell.

However, not long after Huang Xiaolong returned to the Du Si Inn, an unexpected visitor arrived.

Cui Li!

(That’s all for today, I will strive for three updates tomorrow) (To be continued.

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