Unrivaled Martial Emperor
Chapter 1139 - Uproar

Chapter 1139 - Uproar

Upon discovering the foreign forces' true aim, Chen Fan could not help but feel worried.

The ancient battlefield’s entrance lay in the eastern continent, home to the True Martial Academy—the region's sole overlord-class force—poised to face the initial onslaught.

Although the foreign forces’ true target was the core area of the Nebulous Divine Palace, they had publicized challenges against Tianwu's young elites. Whether a facade or a diversion, they would act on it.

Chen Fan didn't doubt the True Martial Academy’s strength, but even they couldn't repel a swarm of enemies.

Xuan Shitong noticed the worry in his eyes and said, “You've been traveling with me for a while, and I’m getting a little tired. Why don’t we go back?”

He met her gaze, then nodded. “Alright.”

They set off for the eastern continent, taking a leisurely pace, pausing to admire the scenery along the way.

During this time, news of the foreign forces kept reaching Chen Fan’s ears. All he heard was their prides of heaven challenging the Tianwu Continent’s prodigies of the younger generation from the various forces.

For example, Zhou Qian of the Qifang Continent’s Eight Stars Temple went to the Sun Moon Divine Sect in the central continent and challenged their younger generation. There, he decisively defeated their nurtured elites, Beishan Xue and Yuan Shasheng.

When Chen Fan heard this news, he was also greatly shocked inside.

As one of the nine overlord-class forces of the Tianwu Continent, the Sun Moon Divine Sect boasted formidable strength and numerous talented prodigies.

Beishan Xue, for instance, a past acquaintance, was no weakling.

Ten to twenty years ago, Beishan Xue was already a quasi-Legendary realm expert with sixty-some law threads. Now, even stronger, she still yielded decisively to Zhou Qian, underscoring his immense power.

News of such crushing defeats extended beyond the Sun Moon Divine Sect.

The Ten Absolutes Sect’s Lian Hao, the Flying Star Sect’s Ye Xiao, and the White Sun Sect’s Ji Tianxing challenged the Ji Clan, Wu Clan, and Yue Clan of the overlord-class clans, respectively.

Like the Sun Moon Divine Sect, the Ji Clan’s prodigies, such as Ji Kong and Ji Zhonglou, faced crushing defeat at the hands of the Ten Absolutes Sect’s Lian Hao.

The younger generation of the Wu Clan, led by the siblings Wu Ling and Wu Yao, answered the challenge of the Flying Star Sect’s Ye Xiao and the others, but also lost more than they won.

Had Wu Ling not forced a draw with Ye Xiao at the cost of a serious injury, the Wu Clan’s reputation would have taken an even greater hit.

The Yue Clan fared no better than the Ji Clan’s. Their younger generation clashed with the White Sun Sect’s Ji Tianxing and his fellow prodigies, only to suffer a similarly one-sided defeat.

As this news spread across the continent, shockwaves rippled through the Tianwu Continent.

No one expected the prides of heaven from its most powerful clans to crumble before their foreign counterparts.

If even the elites of overlord-class sects couldn’t hold their ground, the situation for lesser powers and super cults was even worse. They were even weaker and powerless to fight back.

“Half a month ago, Bu Qianfan led the Tianhun Continent’s Sword Inquisition Mountain to challenge Tianwu’s top sword sect, the Sword God Mountain Manor. Their strongest expert from the younger generation lost, his sword shattered, and he was left gravely injured.”

“Ten days ago, the Tianhun Continent’s Underworld King Palace, led by Shen Tianhao, challenged the northern continent’s Battle Saint Palace. Their strongest junior, Xing Chou, wielder of the Punishing Heaven Battle Will, lost to Shen Tianhao.”

“Five days ago, the juniors of the Tianyang Continent’s White Sun Sect, led by Ji Tianxing, traveled south to the Fire Reverence Cult. They heavily injured the cult’s strongest junior using, you won’t believe it—the Dao of flames!”

“Three days ago, the Tianyang Continent’s Xuanyuan Palace Hall visited the western continent’s Blade Saint Mountain, the top holy land for the Dao of blades. Xuanyuan’s holy son, Xi Muyun, unleashed ninety-nine consecutive strikes, sending their top junior flying five hundred kilometers while coughing blood.”

On Chen Fan’s way back to the eastern continent, every stop at a city restaurant brought fresh waves of shocking news.

Across the board, the younger generation of Tianwu’s nine overlord-class forces suffered more losses than victories.

These pieces of news left his heart feeling incredibly heavy.

So far, there had been no news from the True Martial Academy, nor any movement from the Tianxuan Continent’s Tianxuan Sacred Sect and the Ziyang Continent’s Ziyang Palace.

Speaking of which, the Tianxuan Sacred Sect and the Ziyang Palace were much more powerful than the other foreign continents’ forces, as they were the absolute overlords of their respective continents.

Handpicked from across their entire realms, their disciples could be considered one in ten thousand. The other foreign forces had taken action, but there was still no news from them.

Chen Fan felt a bad premonition in his heart. Had they set their sights on the True Martial Academy?

If so, even the academy might struggle to withstand their assault.

Just as Chen Fan and Xuan Shitong stepped into the eastern continent’s territory, news broke: foreign forces, led by the Ziyang Palace and the Tianxuan Sacred Sect, had gathered at the True Martial Academy and challenged their young prides of heaven.

The entire Tianwu Continent was shaken.

No one expected them to be so ruthless as to target the True Martial Academy together. It was clear they intended to stomp the academy’s pride into the dirt and drag its name through humiliation.

Everyone knew that these foreign forces had come prepared. Otherwise, the overlord-class forces like the Sun Moon Divine Sect wouldn’t have lost so miserably, losing all their face.

Chen Fan furrowed his brow when he heard this news. What he feared had come to pass—only it was worse than he imagined.

These forces from the foreign continents hadn’t challenged the academy alone; they had arrived together, fully intent on disgracing it.

The news sparked a storm of discussion across the continent.

Countless people set their gaze on the True Martial Academy, curious to find out if it dared to accept the challenge of these forces from the foreign continents.

If they refused, it would be seen as cowardice. But if they accepted, they risked a defeat even more devastating than what befell the other overlord-class forces.

The academy was undoubtedly stuck between a rock and a hard place.

While the people were looking forward to their decision, news spread that the True Martial Academy had accepted the challenges.

In an instant, a single stone set off a thousand waves, sending the people into an uproar.