Chapter 639: Chapter 257: First Victory, Blood Curse, The True Monarchs’ Shock and Doubt

After witnessing yesterday’s arena challenge, no one thought the Chongzhen Temple disciple couldn’t take a single blow because he was weak.

Everyone quickly realized it was because Xiao Chen was just too strong!

And he wasn’t just a little bit stronger—it was a complete and utter domination of power!

"He... he won that easily?"

"Good heavens, what kind of freakish strength does Xiao have!"

"I thought Xiao would be at a disadvantage after they expanded the arena. Who could’ve imagined it would make no difference at all."

"Wow, I guess I misunderstood Chen the other day. I never imagined Xiao was this powerful!"

...

The Heavenly Sword True Man, whose fame was once widespread throughout the Tingtao Sea, now wore a grim expression.

He had only managed to see a blurry trajectory.

In other words, even if it had been him standing there, he would have had only a split second to react.

The current Thousand Mechanism Chief Seat, one of the Eight Great Vajras, couldn’t help but frown.

Putting himself in that situation, he knew the outcome wouldn’t have been much better if he were the one fighting Xiao Chen.

Against that kind of speed, the distance across the arena was clearly still too short.

His Thousand Mechanism Puppet would most likely be unable to stop an opponent from closing in, meaning he would lose more than half of his main advantage.

For one of the Eight Great Vajras, this was clearly bad news.

Every Golden Core Cultivator wanted the Taiqing Infant Transformation Glaze Pearl, and he was no exception.

However, with Xiao Chen now the champion of the arena, being countered by him was equivalent to being disqualified from competing for the East Main Arena.

Master Kaiyue of the Celestial Spirit Sect, who was standing not far off, had no such worries.

As a fellow Body Cultivator, he wouldn’t be at a tactical disadvantage.

But it was precisely because he was also a Body Cultivator that he could appreciate the true terror of Xiao Chen’s power more profoundly.

’Fucking hell!’

Master Kaiyue asked himself honestly, and he knew he couldn’t break through a Spirit Shield’s Defense and send a person flying with such ease.

"One combatant has fallen from the arena. This challenge is over."

The referee who had thrown the red cloth ball had just jumped off the arena. He stood below, stunned for a moment, before it dawned on him.

He jumped back onto the stage and announced, "Xiao Chen is victorious! He is the new arena champion!"

As the result was announced, another round of heated discussion erupted below.

At the same time, many Cultivators began to re-evaluate the other disciples from Chongzhen Temple.

It was now proven that they too could be defeated, and what’s more, be completely dominated.

Thus, many of the remaining Cultivators no longer hesitated. They went up one after another to issue challenges, attempting to claim the first victory on the other arenas.

"Xiao, this is the list of Spiritual Artifact prizes. Please, choose your reward."

Noticing that no one was challenging the East Main Arena, the organizer came over holding a tray, signaling for Xiao Chen to choose his prize first.

’Oh?’

To be honest, this caught Xiao Chen by surprise.

’A first-win prize on the second day? That’s a bit much, isn’t it?’

He had gone back into seclusion yesterday and hadn’t paid any mind to the outside world.

Seeing that all eight Spiritual Artifacts were still on the list, he finally realized that the disciples from Chongzhen Temple were actually quite formidable.

’Well, if they’re offering a free Spiritual Artifact, it’d be a waste not to take it.’

Xiao Chen looked over the options briefly, then picked up a brush and put a checkmark next to the Spirit Shield at the bottom of the list.

As everyone knew, Defense Type Spiritual Artifacts were generally more expensive than Attack Type ones.

’By picking this Spirit Shield, even if it’s not the most expensive item, I should have no problem reselling it for a stable hundred thousand Spirit Stones,’ he calculated.

Soon, a disciple from Chongzhen Temple brought the Spiritual Artifact over and presented it to Xiao Chen right there on the stage.

This undoubtedly motivated even more of the Loose Cultivators.

This was especially true since most of them, despite making it into the top one hundred during the selection, had never expected to win the final grand prize for holding an arena.

And so, they began to challenge the other seven arenas in waves, attempting to vie for the Spiritual Artifacts.

Unfortunately, the Loose Cultivators were ultimately limited in their strength.

Aside from helping to demonstrate the effects of some of Chongzhen Temple’s Magic during the fights, several dozen more people were eliminated.

By dusk, not a single one of them had managed to take a second arena.

Meanwhile, Xiao Chen was rather pleased that throughout this process, no one had chosen to challenge him.

Everyone seemed to have a tacit understanding to focus on the other seven arenas, leaving him untroubled.

He was happy for the peace and quiet, and simply sat cross-legged on the arena to watch the show.

After all, compared to the earlier selections, no one was holding back in these challenges, so the fights were finally a lot more spectacular.

’If things could just end like this, that would be great.’

Unfortunately, he wasn’t the only Cultivator with his eyes on the Taiqing Infant Transformation Glaze Pearl.

「Early on the morning of the third day.」

The hunchbacked old man who had always managed to persuade his opponents to forfeit unexpectedly chose to challenge the East Main Arena.

This was interesting. Many of the Cultivators immediately had their interest piqued.

After all, even Xiao Chen had been forced to fight in the final round of the selections.

But this hunchbacked old man hadn’t fought a single match from start to finish; he always easily persuaded his opponents to forfeit using Divine Sense transmissions.

Everyone was naturally curious to see if he could pull it off again.

"Look, he’s closing his eyes again!"

"I’m dying to know what he says to them."

"Do you think he can persuade Xiao to forfeit?"

...

Everyone stared at the hunchbacked old man with curiosity.

Even the referee didn’t urge them to start, instead looking as if he too was waiting for something.

At that same moment, an aged voice suddenly echoed in Xiao Chen’s ear, "Xiao, you have already fallen under my Dark Curse."

"If you don’t believe me, you may as well try to circulate your True Essence."

"Do you feel that slight, stinging pain in your Meridians?"

"Heheheh... so long as you concede now and promise to help me keep this a secret, I will lift the Dark Curse from you. I guarantee there will be no lasting effects."

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