King of Creation -
Chapter 584 - 577 I’m Really Not Mad
Chapter 584: Chapter 577 I’m Really Not Mad
In a chorus of gasps, under dozens of incredibly surprised gazes, Ye Zhen slowly stepped forward, drew a bamboo slip from the tube, and then raised his head to look at the crowd.
"Number Twelve!"
Upon hearing this number, the expression of a round-faced martial artist among those assigned to the first group from Moonlight Hall turned from surprise to boundless astonishment, as if he had not expected to be drawn by Ye Zhen.
This round-faced martial artist looked somewhat familiar to Ye Zhen, as if he had seen him before, but he didn’t mind. Having been in Moonlight Hall for nearly half a year, it was possible they had met at some point.
"Please!"
Making a gesture of invitation, Ye Zhen lightly tapped his toes and leaped onto the martial arts platform.
"The first match, Number One Ye Zhen versus Number Twelve Huo Ming." Each person’s ranking from their performance at the Sun and Moon Divine Altar was their group draw number.
Ye Zhen jumped onto the martial arts platform as scheduled, but the martial artist named Huo Ming showed a hesitant expression and was reluctant to get on stage, seemingly lost in thought.
"Brother Huo, come on! It’s just the Third Stage of the Soul Sea Realm, it’s an easy victory."
"Yes, the results at the Sun and Moon Divine Altar don’t reflect true combat power, you’re not scared, are you?"
Upon hearing these doubts, Huo Ming unexpectedly nodded, shocking several martial artists from Moonlight Hall, "No way, you’re really scared?"
"Sorry, I surrender in this match!"
Before others could react with shock, Huo Ming had already shown his attitude through his actions, clasping his hands towards Ye Zhen on the martial arts platform in surrender!
"No way, Brother Huo, last year you even faced Chief Yanz head-on without retreating, pushing him to use a killing move before defeating you! Today, you’re actually surrendering to Ye Zhen who is only at the Third Stage of the Soul Sea Realm?" The surprised and questioning voices surged like a tide, but no matter how his friends persuaded him, Huo Ming did not change his mind.
On the side, Chief Yanz Jingshu’s brows lightly furrowed. He had hoped to use Ye Zhen’s match to assess Ye Zhen’s abilities, but he never expected that Ye Zhen’s opponent would directly surrender.
Initially, he thought Ye Zhen’s time of 306 breaths in the Sun and Moon Divine Altar was a fluke, but now with Huo Ming’s surrender, it seemed quite extraordinary.
In Moonlight Hall, Huo Ming was also a skilled hand.
"Uh... alright... thanks!"
Equally surprised, Ye Zhen clasped his hands and then hopped down from the martial arts platform, his mind intensely pondering. He wondered where he had seen Huo Ming before and why Huo Ming was so wary of him.
Even after racking his brain, Ye Zhen couldn’t figure it out, but a voice drifting over from the second group suddenly made him realize.
"Huh, Huo Ming from the first group just surrendered without even stepping onto the stage, how strange! By the way, Dong Yan, you’re closest to Huo Ming, do you know what happened? Has Huo Ming ever fought with this Ye Zhen before?"
"They didn’t fight, but it was almost like they did! If it were me against Ye Zhen, I’d surrender directly too!"
"Why?"
"Come on, spill it!"
"Stop beating around the bush!" The martial artists from the second group crowded around Dong Yan, pressing for answers.
"Remember the Sun and Moon Divine Guard Yua Huaisong who was famously killed a while back?" Dong Yan suddenly lowered his voice, "A few days before Yua Huaisong was killed, Ye Zhen had a fight with Yua Huaisong, who was at the First Stage of the Vein Forging Realm. You guys didn’t see that, just a few slaps, just a few slaps and Ye Zhen knocked down Yua Huaisong!
Back then, Ye Zhen was only at the First Stage of the Soul Sea Realm, and Yua Huaisong was already at the First Stage of the Vein Forging Realm!"
"A few slaps, come on, Dong Yan, you’re just blowing it out of proportion..."
....
Listening to this conversation, Ye Zhen suddenly remembered that day when he had severely beaten Yua Huaisong and these two martial artists had been there, which made him realize.
Having witnessed his strength firsthand, it was indeed a wise decision for them to surrender!
However, most people don’t believe in outlandish claims, no matter how Dong Yan put it, not many believed him, and soon, everyone’s attention was captured by the battles on the martial arts platform.
After all, they were about to compete on the martial arts platform themselves, and carefully sizing up others’ strengths and weaknesses was very beneficial!
Ye Zhen was doing the same.
Ye Zhen carefully observed the combat situations of other martial artists in the first group. He wasn’t worried about the ranking competition; he had no concerns about it. Compared to the people here, Ye Zhen could be considered battle-hardened, having faced Vein Forging Realm powerhouses many times.
Defeating them and claiming the top spot in this ranking competition was unquestionable.
But the key was to make a bigger impression to catch the attention of the upper echelons, to earn Ye Zhen the qualification to compete in the Spirit Returning Assembly!
As for how to make a bigger impression, Ye Zhen already had a preliminary plan, but he was not completely confident in its surety. How to secure that assurance depended on Ye Zhen’s careful observation of the competing martial artists on stage now.
After Ye Zhen, Chief Yanz Jingshu was the second to draw lots the following year. He drew a Moonlight Hall martial artist ranked fifth. Both were at the Fifth Stage of the Soul Sea Realm, but Yanz Jingshu seemed a bit more formidable, worthy of the chief’s title.
Twenty moves later, he had cleaved the fifth-ranked Moonlight Hall martial artist with a single sword strike, winning the first match.
Following Yanz Jingshu, only Zheng Ling, ranked third, was somewhat noteworthy, with formidable strength, just a notch below Yanz Jingshu. The others didn’t catch Ye Zhen’s eye at all.
Despite this, Ye Zhen still watched every battle of the first group very carefully, since what he was about to do next was quite shocking. If he succeeded, there would be no need to discuss it further, but if something went wrong and he failed, he would lose face tremendously.
There weren’t many martial artists in the first group, only seventeen in total, so the first round of drawing lots quickly ended, and the second round was about to end as well.
Before going on stage, Ye Zhen honestly drew a lot.
Upon seeing the lot number, Ye Zhen couldn’t help but laugh.
"Number Two!"
Ye Zhen’s gaze then turned to Chief Yanz Jingshu.
Interestingly, hearing the lot number that Ye Zhen called out, Yanz Jingshu was also stunned for a moment. Initially, Yanz had planned to carefully observe Ye Zhen’s performance before battling him. He did not expect to encounter him so soon, which was definitely not what Yanz wanted.
However, things had come to this point, and he could only go on stage.
"Ye Zhen, your cultivation is indeed a bit low, only at the Third Stage of the Soul Sea Realm. If I were to fight you, it would be a victory without honor. Why don’t you just admit defeat? Once your cultivation reaches the Fifth Stage of the Soul Sea Realm, you and I can have a proper match!" Upon reaching the fighting stage, Yanz Jingshu spoke earnestly.
You wouldn’t expect it, but Yanz Jingshu made a fair point. Winning against Ye Zhen wasn’t really meaningful, but what Yanz didn’t say was that if he lost, that would be ....
"Concede defeat?"
Ye Zhen chuckled and slowly shook his head, "That’s impossible! However, Brother Yanz, I do have a proposal!"
"A proposal, what proposal?" Yanz Jingshu was a bit puzzled. Ye Zhen was not conceding, so what else could he propose?
"Brother Yanz, we have to fight ten rounds in this drawing lots competition, which is quite tiring. Plus, fighting just one person like you, I can’t really get interested. Why don’t you invite another nine people, and we all go at once. I will decide the victory and the ranking in one match, simple!" Ye Zhen suddenly made a shocking statement!
"What?"
"Ten people fighting him alone?"
"Not even interested in a one-on-one with Chief Yanz, needing ten people at once, how arrogant, that’s just too arrogant, right?" Not only did the first group of Moonlight Hall explode instantly, but the second and third groups were also shocked by Ye Zhen’s bold words.
Not just them, the high-ranking members of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect from afar also changed their expressions, and even Tian Guizhang couldn’t help but stand up.
"One against ten, isn’t that too risky?" Amid his worries, Tian Guizhang had a look of puzzled amusement.
He had just instructed Ye Zhen to stir up an even bigger commotion, intending for Ye Zhen to decisively win all ten fights, making them extraordinarily clean and swift.
But he had never imagined that Ye Zhen would turn it into a ten against one situation.
Indeed, Ye Zhen had previously achieved the feat of slaughtering nine protector True Men of the Longevity Sect, who were all at the Fifth Stage of the Soul Sea Realm. However, those nine Longevity Sect’s protector True Men, despite their high cultivation, were only of average quality, how could they compare to the elite of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect’s Moonlight Hall?
The martial artists in the Moonlight Hall, each a genius in their own right, were not to be underestimated. They could effortlessly handle two or three common martial artists of the same rank.
Like Chief Yanz Jingshu, who also had a record of fighting against seven, although it was only defeating, not slaughtering, it still demonstrated the strength of Yanz Jingshu.
Now that Ye Zhen had suddenly proposed a ten against one, the challenge had increased tenfold or eightfold compared to fighting the Longevity Sect’s protector True Men before. How could he not worry!
Vice Sect Hierarch Yao Sen’s eyebrows furrowed, and his expression suddenly darkened.
Because, in his ears, Ye Zhen’s actions seemed to be proving the earlier claim made by Tian Guizhang that Ye Zhen could defeat ten opponents by himself.
He felt that it was very likely that Tian Guizhang had instructed Ye Zhen to deliberately embarrass him.
But a one against ten, was that something to joke about? The opponents were a group of elite martial artists.
Yao Sen was confident that the top ten martial artists of Moonlight Hall, once unleashed, could easily wipe out a group of forty or fifty martial artists at the same rank of the Fifth Stage of the Soul Sea Realm.
"This youngster, isn’t he a bit too arrogant?"
Yao Sen thought so, and Great Commander Jio Yuanxiu, Second Commander Chen Changxing, and Third Commander Jiao Xi were also stunned by Ye Zhen’s bold statement. Great Commander Jio Yuanxiu, like Tian Guizhang, abruptly stood up, astoundingly fixating his gaze on Ye Zhen.
Chief Yanz Jingshu on the fighting stage almost exploded in anger.
In his view, Ye Zhen’s statement was a blatant display of contempt and humiliation, a response to his previous disregard for Ye Zhen. And interestingly, Ye Zhen actually made quite a point, though not intentionally, but just coincidentally.
Regardless of who the opponent was in the second round, Ye Zhen would have put on this act, it just happened to be Yanz Jingshu.
Indeed, Yanz Jingshu’s eyes burned with fury as he flicked his reverse-gripped long sword vigorously, producing a sword bloom the size of a bowl, pointing the sword at Ye Zhen, "Hmph, Ye Zhen, don’t push people too far. I think you’re overly arrogant! You don’t need ten people; I alone am enough to deal with a madman like you!"
"A madman, I’m actually not mad, Brother Yanz. I was telling the absolute truth; why does nobody believe it?"
Ye Zhen’s brows furrowed slightly in distress, "I genuinely want to take on ten. If choosing people is difficult for you, why not have all sixteen of you from the first group come at once?"
Upon hearing this, whether it was the high-ranking members of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect or the martial artists of the Moonlight Hall, all of them were completely floored. This truly isn’t madness!
But could there be anything crazier than this?
Even the usually extremely composed Punishment Hall Elder Tus De opened his half-closed eyes wide and looked at Ye Zhen, his gaze filled with surprise! (To be continued. If you like this work, we welcome you to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
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