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Chapter 601 - 72: Xu Ziyang’s Decision【Two-in-One】_1

Chapter 601: Chapter 72: Xu Ziyang’s Decision【Two-in-One】_1

"Chu Liang of Shu Mountain, defeats Yun Chaoxian of Heavenly Gang Sect!"

When this announcement sounded out, everyone in Corridor City showed an expression that was somewhat unexpected, but not too surprised. Although they knew that Chu Liang might also be significantly powerful, the way he wielded that power always caught them off guard.

Three battles, all victories, and each very short in duration... In fact, besides Yun Chaoxian, the previous two opponents hadn’t even been able to withstand a single strike from Chu Liang.

As for Yun Chaoxian, he only managed to parry two strikes.

If his spear was as tough as his mouth, he might have been able to hold on for a little longer.

Without a doubt, Chu Liang became the first Immortal Sect disciple to advance into the top five, thereby securing the first opportunity to bypass a round of fighting.

The entire mechanism of Corridor City is designed to accelerate the competition process while minimizing the influence of luck. The logic of the first three rounds differs from that of the final one.

In the first three rounds, a competitor who advances to the next corridor in one direction encounters someone who has entered the next tunnel just after them. This minimizes the likelihood of a participant encountering weak opponents in three consecutive rounds.

Those who win quickly fight against others who also win quickly, similarly those who win slowly fight each other. Thus, stronger participants are more likely to face each other, just as weaker participants are.

Although this might lead to the elimination of stronger contenders before some weaker ones, this is inevitable and the ranking in the early rounds of the Imperial City combat does not matter as long as it is not the final battle.

Even if weaker participants are fortunate enough to advance to the third round, they will face the leading strong participants. Therefore, the situation of advancing to the top five by luck alone is virtually nonexistent.

Indeed, the situation where the fastest competitor in the same direction leads by a large margin, thereby reducing their speed while waiting for an opponent may occur. However, this situation can also prevent quick victories due to weak opponents. The advantage brought by the likelihood of long fights with the current strong opponent will offset this advantage to some extent.

Of course, the fastest competitors still have huge advantages, as the longer the opponent’s battle lasts, the more consumption they will have.

In conclusion, the fastest competitors can get the first opportunity to bypass a round of battling.

However, in the remaining four fights going to two, the quickest victor can get the second opportunity to bypass a round, directly advancing to the final duel. The slowest victor will fight against the first participant with bypassing rights for the remaining final round spot.

This ensures that the two participants on the final stage have likely both undergone four rounds of combat. Historically, very few participants have entered the final round after enduring five battles by securing the slowest victories twice.

All in all, this complex competition mechanism boils down to one principle: fairness, fairness, and again, fairness.

As for visitors who are familiar with the Immortal Sect conference, they all have a simple understanding — speed equates to strength.

Chu Liang, being the quickest to make the top five, being the fastest man in Corridor City, doesn’t that indicate he is the strongest?

But what about Yang Shenlong?

...

At this moment, Yang Shenlong is engaged in the third round of combat.

His opponent is Ren Hongdao, the top disciple of the current Heavenly Gang Sect generation.

This Senior Brother of the Gang Sect, bold and proud, right hand wielding a flaming long knife, stands with no fear — his eyes burning brighter, even when facing the supposedly first-rate man of his era, Yang Shenlong.

When it comes to a fight, no one under the Heavenly Gang Sect fears anyone.

Yang Shenlong, as always, still had that indifferent expression and deep gaze. After his last defeat by Chu Liang, much of his arrogance waned, replaced by a concealed sharpness.

It seems a defeat may not be a bad thing for him after all.

Whew—

Ren Hongdao thrust his weapon upright, and in an instant, his Sha Qi soared, his momentum reaching its peak. As a martial arts cultivator at the peak of the Fifth Realm, his vitality was at a terrifying level.

Nearly no different from that of a divine beast.

The name of the knife is Winged Snake, five feet three inches long, made of Skyfire Meteorite Iron, ranking 168th in the Ten Thousand Treasures Record.

Boom!

With a resounding bang, red Gang Qi, accompanied with scorching flames, heavily slashed out towards Yang Shenlong.

Yang Shenlong’s evasive actions were swift. Even though he is in the Sixth Realm, he dared not underestimate this martial arts cultivator who is slightly inferior in ranking. After all, they tread on different paths, and if forced into hand-to-hand combat, the threat can be great.

With a swish, he dodged the knife’s strike with his Shrinkage technique, instantly retaliating with a pointed finger. Despite there being clearly only a few feet between them, Ren Hongdao found that even with two leaps, he couldn’t close the gap.

Hongmeng Avenue.

The crowd outside the arena was confused, while the higher-ups of various Immortal Sects immediately recognized this move.

This wasn’t some divine skill or Immortal Law, but an extremely deep understanding of the principles beneath space, under Hongmeng Avenue, allowing one to create a universe within a finite distance between the two parties all of a sudden.

This move was also a rendition of Sleeves Qiankun, showing that Yang Shenlong, even if his understanding of Hongmeng Avenue was not complete, had still made profound achievements.

If Ren Hongdao had no response to this, he would never be able to get close to his opponent.

Even as he was leaping, Yang Shenlong’s hands were forming magic seals again, conjuring a plethora of green Qi from the ground which instantly transformed into numerous dragon and snake-like vines stretching towards Ren Hongdao.

However, facing this series of attacks, Ren Hongdao’s response was somewhat simpler.

You have a universe, then I’ll cleave your universe!

You have vines, then I’ll sever your vines!

Nothing more than a single stroke of my blade.

The Winged Snake Blade was raised high in the air, immediately generating a huge phantom knife in the air, which plummeted downwards with great force.

Boom—

The ground immediately split open, creating a deep trench, with raging fires spreading to where Yang Shenlong stood. He clapped his hands together, extinguishing the blazing knife wind within his palms.