Light Fortress
Chapter 496 - 112: Paper Cut_2

Chapter 496: Chapter 112: Paper Cut_2

Gu Shen sipped his tea and said, "Brother Gong knows better than I do about the style of Zhu Wang’s lineage."

Gong Zi nodded slowly.

Having grown up in Snow Forbidden City since he was a child, he was intimately familiar with the three institutions.

The reason Zhu Wang had been able to dominate in Changye Court for over twenty years was his "iron-blooded ruthlessness." This lineage’s style was just like that: decisive, aggressive, battle-driven. Once they set their sights on something, they never let go!

This style was well-known even among the common folks of Changye.

In this rookie battle, it was clear that Lian Zhou was aiming for the championship. Gifts from his master and various strategies were indispensable.

"The ’Instant Kill Technique’ in the duel video is probably some high-level sealed object. I always thought it was odd... Lian Zhou has already reached the seventh level, dealing with those low-level Transcendents should be a complete domination, why then would he need to bring out such a heavy weapon and expose his strategies prematurely?" Gu Shen narrowed his eyes, voicing his suspicion.

Upon hearing this, Gong Zi also fell deep into thought.

Indeed.

A seventh level Transcendent facing those of the third or fourth level was already a certain victory.

Why then be so... ferocious?

Perhaps, this is what Zhu Wang wanted others to see?

"Whether it’s for ’intimidation’ or he has other motives..." Gu Shen said in a heavy voice, "If the ’Iron Coat’ can defend against this move, Brother Gong will have an edge over one more sealed object."

In the rookie battle, competitors could bring only one sealed object to the field.

For the sake of fairness.

To prevent any ’privileged young master’ from tossing out loads of sealed items the moment they start fighting, without restraint, and thus winning by sheer numbers and overwhelming their opponent.

One person, one sealed item, different Transcendents could strategize their approach to the stage based on their own capabilities.

Of course... this method couldn’t achieve complete fairness either.

There would always be those with ’extremely powerful’ sealed objects, or ’extremely powerful’ abilities.

But to control them and deploy them perfectly was not an easy task.

"Thank you, Brother Gu, for your generous gift. This favor is recorded by the Gong Family..."

Gong Zi put on the Iron Coat again, cherishing it more than ever, and said earnestly, "In a few days, I will face Lian Zhou directly. If Brother Gu is free, please grace us with your presence at the match, and help me clinch the championship together."

Winning the championship together... These words were sincere, beautiful, and full of respect.

Gu Shen smiled and said, "Certainly."

Watching the two exchange pleasantries, Shen Li had been waiting for a long time.

Finally, it was over.

He cautiously poked Gong Zi and looked hopefully at the Iron Coat, "Um..."

"He said yes, just let me lick it."

Gong Zi: "???"

Shen Li stared at Gong Zi’s chest and said earnestly, "Just once, really just once."

...

...

Late at night.

In a desolate mountain north of Changye.

Light tremors resonated continuously.

Snow fluttered about!

Under the bright moon, an invisible shadow, darted through the wilderness, stirring up the snowfall, and snowflakes drifted down through the trees.

A figure was seated on a large rock, with eyes closed and rejuvenating.

Without even a motion—

The invisible shadow instantly shattered a giant tree, burrowing through its core and splintering it into pieces, then in a single second, the ancient tree was sliced into thousands of segments!

"Shoo shoo shoo..."

The shadow slowly stopped and hovered in front of Lian Zhou.

Lian Zhou let out a long breath, exploding with immense killing power. The expenditure of his spiritual power was also significant... He reached out his hand, and under the moonlight, the tiny shadow revealed its true form.

It was just a pair of scissors!

"Very good, you’ve initially mastered the scissors... Although it can only unleash a hundred and eight kills, it’s more than enough," Han Dang said as he walked slowly out of the darkness, hands behind his back, looking at the fallen ancient tree, he spoke softly, "You performed quite well in today’s duel, advancing in the ranks should be no problem."

"Thanks for the praise, Senior Brother," Lian Zhou said softly, looking at the scissors in his palm, "It just consumes spiritual power too quickly... Fortunately, today’s opponents were not strong enough, and no one has discovered anything suspicious."

"After today, things will be a lot easier," Han Dang said indifferently, "Unless there are unforeseen circumstances, once you step onto the stage, your competitors will either forfeit or surrender, except for the finals, you probably won’t need to use any spiritual power for fighting... You still have a few days to rest."

Today’s duel, Lian Zhou’s tactics were brutally extreme!

All his opponents were dealt with by ’scissors’!

He had reached the seventh level.

Yet... he did not use his own abilities.

Not that he didn’t want to, but... he couldn’t!

Bai Xiu returned to Changye.

Bai Xiu withdrew from the rookie battle.

These two pieces of news came out so suddenly... overnight, many prodigies harbored thoughts of competing for the Flame Dream!

This time’s major competition, however, witnessed the emergence of two seventh-level Transcendents.

The appearance of these two seventh-levels was a major blow to other prodigies, especially those at the pinnacle of the sixth level.

This represented a vast chasm, an insurmountable bottleneck.

Unable to Breakthrough, challenging a seventh-level Transcendent was exceedingly difficult.

Lian Zhou, in his endeavor to "win the championship," chose to forcibly surmount this bottleneck... Zhu Wang granted him additional access to the seventh level in the deep water area, though he should have stayed in "the sixth level" a while longer.

This was actually a taboo act expressly forbidden by the federation!