Chapter 1432: Chapter 1306: Life-and-Death Battle
Life-and-death battle!
These three words spread through Fire Spirit City like a gust of wind, and almost everyone knew that once Ye Fan encountered the second genius of the Qing Family, it would surely be a thrilling battle, one that would be truly spectacular.
“Just how strong is Ye Fan, to dare say with full confidence that he will consecutively defeat Qing Zi and Qing Tian?”
With the news of the life-and-death battle spreading, almost everyone beca curious about Ye Fan’s true strength.
Many people speculated from Ye Fan crippling Qing Heng that his strength was definitely not just what appeared on the surface, he must be hiding sothing.
So people familiar with Ye Fan imdiately thought of his most adept Thunder Power, which he seemingly hadn’t used in these two matches at all.
If Ye Fan utilized Thunder Power, his combat effectiveness would certainly increase.
However, whether familiar or unfamiliar with Ye Fan, they couldn’t figure out how Ye Fan could possibly cross and defeat Qing Zi and Qing Tian!
“That Ye Fan might barely be able to battle Qing Tian, but he’s definitely not Qing Zi’s opponent, the gap is too large!”
A cultivator from the Divine Power Realm made such a judgnt.
His judgnt gained the approval of the vast majority.
Almost no one thought Ye Fan was qualified to battle Qing Zi!
After the past two days of matches and the ergence of the life-and-death battle, people’s enthusiasm was ignited, with all spectators eagerly anticipating more exciting matches.
On the third day, almost the leaders from various forces ca to watch the competition.
Yaling naturally also arrived on the scene.
However, unlike the small-scale competitions in Xuanwu City, she wasn’t qualified to watch as a VIP.
Actually, not just her, even the Qing Family Ancestor and the Holy Land Master weren’t qualified as VIPs.
Because, this ti, the host didn’t set up a VIP area, everyone crowded outside the venue to watch.
Of course, the majority chose to watch from the air, among them, leaders and so strong people above the Lord Realm occupied the best positions.
Surrounded by outstanding heirs and important figures from their own forces, no one dared approach within ten ters.
By the third day’s dawn, the contestants hadn’t arrived yet, but the spectators had already packed the plaza tightly.
If it weren’t for reserving passageways for the contestants, they might have had to enter over the heads of these people.
As Ye Fan’s group entered the waiting area, almost everyone else had arrived, with not much ti left before the formal start of the match.
This was the third match of the group round-robin tournant. Before the match began, opponents needed to be drawn, actually quite simple, since previously encountered opponents couldn’t be drawn again, limiting the options quite significantly.
To everyone’s disappointnt, Ye Fan and Qing Tian, the second genius of the Qing Family, didn’t draw each other this match; both drew their respective opponents.
With ten mbers per group, logically, each must fight nine matches to complete the round-robin.
Opponents varied, and so restrained one’s performance in certain aspects, thus ensuring fairness and impartiality for all, with each having ample opportunities.
This ti, Ye Fan adhered to the principle of restraint, allowing his opponent to fully exert themselves before defeating them.
On the surface, Ye Fan’s victory seed fairly hard-won, as he only won after a spectacular struggle, with even so thinking Ye Fan’s victory was solely due to the opponent’s own missteps.
Of course, those holding such views were ordinary cultivators whose cultivation and discernnt couldn’t see the subtleties.
But those powerful cultivators, especially those above the Lord Realm, with their keen insight quickly realized Ye Fan was doing so deliberately, feeling a sense of awe.
They couldn’t comprehend how Ye Fan could afford such leisure during matches, even suppressing his cultivation for his opponent’s sake, which in their view was tantamount to courting death.
Resolving opponents quickly and effectively is always their preference, sparing unnecessary exertions considered a waste of life.
Every individual’s strength is highly valuable, especially in competitions, excessive depletion of stamina and Holy Power leads to unforeseen severe consequences.
Should a similarly skilled opponent erge later, whoever best conserved their strength would gain an advantage in battle.
With no life-and-death battles today, the spectators’ enthusiasm generally declined, only seeing so spectacular duels in other matches.
Though rely group round-robin stages, the selected geniuses from each state in the Southern Domain proved extrely impressive, many on par with seed contestants, advancing through, rapidly accruing points.
Five matches ended swiftly; for the spectators, still wanting more, yet regrettably due to concerns over contestants’ endurance and strength depletion, only five matches per day ant each person faced one match daily.
Whether by fate or otherwise, for two consecutive days, Ye Fan didn’t face Qing Family’s second genius Qing Tian, leaving those hoping for a life-and-death battle eagerly expectant.
Other seven zones’ matches were also fiercely ongoing, every day showcasing spectacular battles for the audience, atmosphere soaring energizingly, with screams and exclamations ringing out.
In the sixth round-robin session, when arranging opponents, Ye Fan and Qing Tian were finally scheduled to face each other, placed in the second match!
Once the results erged, the entire square nearly exploded!
Nearly everyone’s attention shifted to the fifth zone, with almost no one watching other zones’ matches.
“Damn it, after two days, they’re finally going head-to-head!” so rough cultivators cursed aloud.
“I think the organizers are intentionally keeping us in suspense; if they’d arranged their match earlier, we wouldn’t be stuck fixating on this!”
“Ultimately, a showdown is inevitable, what’s the point in keeping us waiting? We end up watching so low-level matches, had I known, I wouldn’t have co.”
Many cultivators who were simply there to watch the tournant were discussing, complaining that the organizers didn’t arrange for them to et earlier, deliberately keeping everyone in suspense.
Of course, they were just venting their frustrations and didn’t dare to openly criticize the organizers—Imperial Academy and Immortal Academy, the two major academies are regarded as the Holy Land in the hearts of all cultivators on the Tianxuan Continent, and no one dared to disrespect them!
Swoosh!
Upon learning this news, Qing Zi looked over coldly and his eyes emitted a venomous glare, including Qing Lian who also focused attention on the fifth competition zone.
The match between Ye Fan and Qing Tian had captured the hearts of millions, especially the people from Qing Province and Xuanwu State.
Ever since the tournant started, neither Ye Fan nor the second ranked genius of the Qing Family had tasted defeat, nor had they faced the seed competitor Lin Qingfeng, not to ntion this was a life-and-death battle, which naturally made it even more intriguing.
Just after the opponents were divided and before the match officially began, the spectators couldn’t help but start discussing, with so gamblers even privately placing bets on who would ultimately win.
“I think Qing Tian has a higher chance of winning, after all, he’s the second ranked genius from the Qing Family participating this ti, his strength second only to Qing Zi, at the Peak of the Holy Embryo Realm, his realm is one beyond Ye Fan.” Soone made this judgnt based on the realm difference between the two.
“That’s right, I also think Ye Fan is done for this ti. The Qing Family will definitely not let him go; if there’s any chance, they will surely kill him!”
“Indeed, if Ye Fan loses to Lin Qingfeng, he will miss out on the knockout round completely. This way, even if Qing Zi wants to kill him, it won’t be possible anymore, so this match is truly a life-and-death battle.”
The discussion in the entire plaza was widespread, and hardly anyone favored Ye Fan, believing he was dood, a match with no suspense.
However, since it’s a life-and-death battle, although the outco seed predictable, it was bound to be spectacular, so even started to speculate how long Ye Fan would last before being killed.
“I bet he’ll last half a stick of incense, which would be a miracle!”
Soone made this guess, causing an uproar.
Half a stick of incense isn’t long, but in a life-and-death battle, where victory is decided swiftly, it’s quite long.
If the disparity in strength between the two sides is too great, it might not even take half a stick of incense to decide the winner, perhaps within ten moves.
“In my many years of experience, this Ye Fan is not likely to lose so quickly, he must have so cards up his sleeve that he hasn’t played yet. This will be a thrilling dragon and tiger fight!”
So neutral cultivators shared this opinion, it was obvious that although Ye Fan won past matches seemingly difficult, in reality, it was quite easy, he just didn’t want to reveal his true strength too early.
Simply judging by the fact he crippled Qing Heng in an instant proves sothing, Ye Fan’s true strength is unfathomable, it’s not as simple as it appears.
Don’t forget, Qing Heng was a genius at the Late-stage Divine Realm, yet he seemingly had no ability to resist against Ye Fan, even Feng Chi couldn’t stop Ye Fan from crippling him, what does that say?
Unfortunately, many chose to overlook this point, focusing only on the realm difference between Ye Fan and Qing Tian.
“Setting up bets! Qing Tian odds 1 to 1.2, Ye Fan odds 1 to 5, co place your bets!”
So reckless gambler spotted an opportunity and openly advertised the setup of bets.
Yaling happened to hear, slightly furrowing her elegant brows, and said to a youth beside her from Treasure Pavilion: “Go place a bet, bet on Ye Fan winning, gauge the amount yourself, just don’t bankrupt them.”
“Understood!”
The youth from Treasure Pavilion smiled slyly, he trusted Yaling’s judgnt completely, knowing as long as he followed Yaling’s advice, he was guaranteed to make a profit, and excitedly took a stack of Spirit Stone tickets over.
“I bet one pound of Mid-Grade Spirit Stone!”
“I bet ten pounds of High Grade Spirit Stone!”
“I bet…”
When the youth from Treasure Pavilion arrived in front of the gambler setting up the bets, quite a few people were already betting, of course, all betting on Qing Tian to win, Ye Fan’s side was nearly untouched, not even a single Low Grade Spirit Stone.
After watching for a while, the youth from Treasure Pavilion quickly estimated how many Spirit Stones this gambler would eventually collect, and how much it would be if converted to High Grade Spirit Stones.
“I’m placing a bet too!”
The youth from Treasure Pavilion shoved the person next to him away with his shoulder, grinned as he pulled out a stack of Spirit Stone tickets, and squatted in front of the gambler.
“Great! Welco, on whom and how much?”
The gambler spoke without even raising his head to see who was in front of him.
Hmm?
When he saw the young man in front of him, he was taken aback because the young man held a stack of Spirit Stone tickets.
He naturally recognized Spirit Stone tickets, as those who could use them were affluent and wealthy individuals!
“I bet on Ye Fan to win, one hundred pounds of High Grade Spirit Stones!”
The youth from Treasure Pavilion smiled as he pulled out a Spirit Stone ticket worth one hundred pounds of High Grade Spirit Stones and placed it on the side marked with Ye Fan’s na.
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PS: April 1st first update, more coming soon!
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