Light Fortress
Chapter 500 - 113: Finals_3

Chapter 500: Chapter 113: Finals_3

"Paper Cutting"?

A pseudo-S-class seal artifact?

No wonder its killing power is so terrifying... This must be the second time Gu Shen has seen a seal artifact with such a high rating. The last time he encountered one beyond an A-grade rating was during the audit team’s examination, the "Ghost Cage" of the Grand Judge.

"This is why Lian Zhou didn’t hold back... He couldn’t control ’Paper Cutting,’ let alone stop at will," Gu Shen understood the reason in his heart, but still felt puzzled, "Considering the enormous consumption, why use a pseudo-S-class seal artifact against low-level Transcendents?"

This really was quite odd.

It was overkill to use a butcher’s cleaver to kill a chicken.

On the first day of the competition, Lian Zhou faced Transcendents from the deep water area third layer and still used "Paper Cutting," this powerful weapon!

If it was just to achieve a "deterrent" effect, the overwhelming force of absolute power would have been enough.

Why choose to use "Paper Cutting," which has a greater consumption?

"Qilin."

A deep voice sounded from behind.

An old man in a trench coat, leaning on a cane, slowly came up to Gu Qilin’s side. The elderly man wore a deerstalker hat and sunglasses, holding a pipe in his mouth, looking like a "detective" spending the winter in a deep forest.

Gu Qilin smiled and stood up to show respect, while introducing to Gu Shen through telepathy: "This is an old friend of mine... the President of the East Continent Federation Security Committee, Zhou Wei."

The President of the East Continent Federation Security Committee?

It was an "Extraordinary Supervision Organization" established by the highest seat, independent of Changye’s three schools and five Great Families, enjoying the central privileges of the Five Continents Federation.

The Security Committee was responsible for investigating "out-of-control" incidents and overseeing the discipline and order within the "Extraordinary Organization." It was no exaggeration to say that the entire operation of the East Continent Federation could not do without the scrutiny of the Security Committee.

Seeing this Elder, Gu Shen treated him with great respect.

"Mr. Zhou."

He immediately stood up with the Elder, taking the initiative to help President Zhou Wei to his seat.

"Good... good..."

Old Mr. Zhou smiled as he sat down, looked Gu Shen over, and praised gently in a soft voice, "Worthy of being S-class... truly deserving of the name..."

This Mr. Zhou’s spiritual power was incredibly formidable!

The moment he moved forward to assist, Gu Shen felt a vast spiritual power brush past him.

Although the spiritual power was strong, it was harmless.

With just one glance, Gu Shen felt as if he had been "seen through."

The Four Seasons Wilderness... it seemed to have been glimpsed.

However, the news that he had successfully cultivated "Spring Breathing" had already spread throughout Changye City. If his spiritual power had not delved into it to see the true Spiritual World, then this was not exactly a secret.

"The deployment inside and outside the venue has cost me quite a bit of effort," said Zhou Wei after he took his seat, speaking with a light laughter, "As you know, the committee is always short on hands... The people who came to the venue today probably emptied half of Changye’s branch."

This statement wasn’t made avoiding Gu Shen’s presence.

Gu Shen was taken aback upon hearing it.

He looked at the Elder in a somewhat astonished manner.

The Security Committee was fully mobilized.

Was this... a formal complaint?

"Don’t look at me with that kind of gaze. I’m just inviting an old friend to watch a match," Gu Qilin said lightly with his arm over Zhou Wei’s shoulder, "After all, as the big boss of the Security Committee, bringing some underlings to watch a match... That’s reasonable, right?"

Gu Shen nodded, his expression complex.

Zhou Wei laughed and said, "According to the committee’s investigation, Lian Zhou’s progression was indeed too fast and unreasonable... He spent three years advancing from the fifth layer of the deep water area to the sixth, and it took only a short year to rise from the sixth to the seventh. To my knowledge, the speed of such a Breakthrough in the past ten years has only occurred for that one person in Snow Forbidden City."

Old Mr. Zhou smiled warmly as he gazed across the venue to the young man in white.

Only one.

Bai Xiu!

"However, it took Bai Xiu only eight months to advance from the fifth to the sixth layer, which is four times faster than Lian’s pace," Zhou Wei continued with a smile, "The Security Committee hasn’t been free of suspicion towards him... but that little guy is genuinely a bizarre talent, with an incredibly stable spirit and extremely powerful abilities."

"Actually, how fast or slow one advances isn’t a big deal. Slow birds fly first; a sudden insight isn’t something strange," said Gu Qilin slowly, "Lian Zhou could be a genius and he might even take the championship... but the premise is, he’d better be the kind of genius who can truly take the title."

Before long.

Everyone had taken their seats.

The venue quickly fell silent and the final duel of the newcomer battle officially began.

Two figures emerged slowly from both ends of the venue.

Lian Zhou, Gong Zi.

The biggest focus of this newcomer battle was the competition among the three seventh-layer Transcendents... however, after Lian Zhou "snipped" Chu Chen to pieces, the predicted views for the final battle underwent a drastic change.

That battle was too tragic.

Likewise being seventh-layer Transcendents, Chu Chen was cut without any means of counterattack... he’s still undergoing treatment, and it’s unknown whether he can be saved from death’s door.

Many called on the organizer to forbid Lian Zhou from using such brutal seal artifacts.

These voices grew louder and louder, forming a protest in just one day.

However, the rules of the newcomer battle had never changed.

The use of seal artifacts has always been a part of the decisive battle, and the organizers did not alter the competition format due to the protests.

Thus, some people also emerged suggesting that Gong Zi give up the duel.

Most of the posts on the deep water area forum were not optimistic about "Gong Zi," even though he is the Young Master of the Gong Family with a strong background and had experienced the semi-finals, most likely bringing a very powerful seal artifact with him.

But because of the tragic outcome of the previous seventh-layer Transcendent... it was hard for people to change the subconscious impression.

Chu Chen also had a powerful sealing artifact!

It’s just that he didn’t have the chance to use it, and he was snipped away before he could.

"Eh..."

A series of strange murmurs rose from the spectator seats as Gong Zi made his entrance.

When they saw the Young Master of the Gong Family, many people in the venue changed their looks.

Even Lian Zhou had a strange expression on his face.

He looked at the opponent before him, wrapped in what appeared to be a roughly made, yet tightly fitted iron suit, who was slowly bowing to him.

This... was this his final opponent?