C70 Beginning of Large Competition

"How could this brat be more talented than me?" "Impossible, he must have swallowed some powerful pill and forcefully advanced to the early Foundation Establishment stage. That must be it!"

Xiao Chen secretly comforted himself. He looked at Zhao Zilong with unfriendly eyes and viciously said, "Brat, don't think that using pills to advance to the Aurous Core stage is that amazing! "You better pray that you don't run into me, otherwise I will make you regret coming to this world!"

"What big words! Aren't you afraid of losing your tongue?!" He was only in the middle phase of the Aurous Core stage, what's there to be proud of! Those who are capable, we will see them on the field! "

Li Yi's cultivation had indeed only reached the great circle of the late Foundation Establishment stage, but his soul was close to that of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator. It was obvious that Xiao Chen's cultivation had already reached the middle phase of the Aurous Core stage.

To be able to break through to the middle stage of the Aurous Core stage in three years, Xiao Chen's talent was indeed astonishing. However, Xiao Chen was a little too conceited in wanting to rely on his cultivation to suppress them.

"A stinking brat not even at the Aurous Core stage dares to talk to me like that? Do you want to die?"

If one were to say that Xiao Chen still had a trace of apprehension towards Zhao Zilong, he would be looking down on and angry at Li Yi, who was at the great circle of the late Foundation Establishment stage.

"Alright, Little Yi, don't lower yourself to the same level as someone like this. Bringing along a mad dog and biting around randomly early in the morning, aren't you afraid of being smashed to death by a random stick?"

Zhao Zilong's mouth was still unforgiving. His words infuriated the other disciples, causing them to be speechless. They pointed at Zhao Zilong for a long time.

"Disciples, go to the arena and select your opponents. Anyone who does not take three breaths of time will be deemed to have given up!"

The voice of the Law Enforcement Hall's elder rang out in the training field. Xiao Chen glared fiercely at Li Yi and Wu Feng before he turned around and walked towards stage three.

"I hope you won't be eliminated too early. I will make you regret every word you said!"

"We'll follow you to the end!"

Li Yi smiled faintly, full of confidence.

Three days ago, after watching Zhao Zilong's tribulation, Li Yi had comprehended something, and the ninth part of his soul, which had not moved an inch since the beginning of his tribulation, had finally started to form. The ninth part of his soul, which had not moved an inch, had completely formed in these three days.

"Xiao Chen, you better not play any tricks. Otherwise, I don't mind giving you a big gift!"

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"Number fifteen, against number sixteen."

The drawing of lots was done using the most primitive method of drawing lots in the wooden box. However, there was a restriction placed on the wooden box by a late stage Law Enforcing Elder.

"Leave as soon as you get your number. Can't you see there's still a queue at the back of the line?"

The disciple in charge of the drawing of lots glanced at Li Yi and said impatiently.

After Li Yi and Zhao Zilong joined the Misty Pavilion, other than the first grand glance at the competition in the main hall, they rarely showed their faces in public for the next seven to eight years. Adding to the fact that young people had grown into tall and handsome youths, not many people in the Misty Pavilion knew them.

Li Yi was surprised for a moment, then laughed at himself. He was about to leave and let the disciples in line to draw their lots, when a loud noise suddenly came from behind him.

"Out of the way!"

"Get out of my way, don't you see that Brother Chen is here?!"

Li Yi turned his head around and saw that the people in the line all moved aside. The disciple who was standing behind Li Yi and was about to go forward to draw felt the back of his neck tighten. In the next moment, he was lifted up by a pair of thick hands and thrown to the side.

"You …!" The unlucky disciple crawled up from the ground. He was about to get angry, but when he saw who it was, he immediately cowered and lowered his head without saying a word, admitting his bad luck.

The one who lifted the disciple away was a tall and sturdy man with a peak late Foundation Establishment cultivation. Beside him was a man with long, white hair. He carried an ancient looking sword on his back and looked even younger than Xiao Chen.

"So it's senior brother Chen! Please, senior brother Chen!"

When the disciple in charge of the drawing of lots saw the man in black, his attitude immediately changed by 180 degrees. Without waiting for the man in embroidered clothing to come forward, he directly carried the wooden box in front of the man in embroidered clothing, and said with a flattering smile.

"Right."

The man who was called Senior Martial Brother Chen nodded his head indifferently. He extended his hand and took out a bamboo stick with a serial number carved on it.

"Number sixteen, against number fifteen."

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on Li Yi. Mercy, schadenfreude, and sighing filled his heart, as if Li Yi had already become a lamb waiting to be slaughtered on the chopping block.

"This kid is really pitiful, he actually met Senior Brother Chen in his first battle!"

"Brother Chen is at the middle stage of the Aurous Core stage. This kid is only at the peak of the late stage of Foundation Establishment. There's no way to compare him!"

"I dare say he definitely can't take a move from senior brother Chen. How about it, do you want to bet?"

"What's the point of betting on this kind of situation? Senior-apprentice Brother Chen is a sword cultivator, and his attacks are merciless. The people he fights with are usually those that are injured or dead. It would be good enough for this kid to be able to keep his life!"

Hearing the discussion of the crowd, the burly man became even more proud of himself. On the contrary, the expression of the man with the sword on his back, who was called Senior Brother Chen, didn't change at all.

"You are not my opponent!" After putting away the bamboo stick with the word "Sixteen" engraved on it, Senior Brother Chen looked at Li Yi and his eyes lit up. He then shook his head in disappointment, turned around and walked a few steps before stopping and saying: "I have no mercy! If you want to live, you can choose to forfeit. "

After he had finished, he turned around and left without looking back, either in shock or admiration.

"Brother Chen has always been a cold person and has never talked to anyone too much. Why is he saying so much to this kid today?"

"That's right, senior brother Chen has never been merciful to others, but he actually persuaded this kid to give up. Did his personality change?"

Everyone was in a flurry of discussion. Even the sturdy man scratched his head and walked a few steps forward to catch up with Brother Chen. He asked in confusion, "Senior Brother, why do you want to persuade that kid to give up?"

"Only sixteen years old, late Foundation Establishment! He's a genius, it's such a pity that he died!"

Sixteen years old, late Foundation Establishment?

The burly man turned his head to look at Li Yi in shock. Others might not know, but he knew that Senior Brother Chen practiced a special eye technique [Eyes of Truth] which allowed him to clearly see a person's bone age and cultivation level and never make a mistake.

This brat was truly a genius. What a pity, he actually met senior brother Chen.

Hopefully, he would know the difficulties and retreat!

The burly man looked deeply at Li Yi once again, before turning around and chasing after Brother Chen's back.

"True essence condensation, blood vitality is like a rainbow; this Senior Brother Chen is absolutely a genuine middle Jindan Stage cultivator. Moreover, he is much stronger than an average middle Jindan Stage cultivator. He shouldn't be a nobody."

While Senior Martial Brother Chen was sizing up Li Yi, Li Yi was also secretly using the [Spirit Eye Technique] to observe Senior Martial Brother Chen. From the surface, this Senior Martial Brother Chen was clearly much stronger than Xiao Chen.

After inquiring from the people around him, Li Yi had a certain understanding of this Brother Chen.

His name was Chen Fangfang, and he was a sword cultivator. The main cultivation method he cultivated was not the Misty Pavilion's cultivation method, but a cultivation method he had inadvertently obtained from an ancient sword cultivation cave.

Chen Fangyuan was originally an outer disciple of a cultivator clan. Although he had extraordinary talent, he had always been obscure due to his lack of good cultivation techniques.

Until he received the inheritance of the ancient way of the sword, his cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds, and he was accepted as a disciple by the Misty Pavilion.

"How could Xiao Chen not know how strong Chen Fang is? Why is he still so confident?" There must be something wrong with that. Could he have some sort of hidden trick up his sleeve? "

Thinking back to his conversation with Xiao Chen and his underlings, Li Yi muttered to himself before laughing mockingly, "Forget it, there's no use thinking that much. It's better to just fight this battle first." I didn't expect to meet such a difficult person in the first round. Interesting! "

If it was an ordinary disciple in the middle phase of the Aurous Core stage, Li Yi was confident that he could deal with him with his peak late stage Foundation Establishment cultivation. However, Chen Fangyuan was not an ordinary person.

If he had to go all out, he could only advance to the Aurous Core stage.

However, Li Yi could only condense one Aurous Core for now, while the other eight souls would temporarily stop forming the Core.

He immediately understood that he was probably going to face the most terrifying calamity in history, because his heavenly tribulation would arrive together with the formation of all nine of his golden pellets. It was easy to imagine what kind of scene it would be when all nine of his golden pellets underwent the heavenly tribulation together, and if he wasn't able to shift the target of his heavenly tribulation at all, Li Yi couldn't guarantee that he would be able to survive it safely.

As for the person who helped him resist the heavenly tribulation, Li Yi had already decided that Xiao Chen would be one of them. Perhaps he could even get involved with his teacher. Even the Heaven Shaking Sect's Leader, Sun Ran, might not be able to help!

After the drawing of lots was completed, the competition in the Martial Arts Practice Grounds once again became lively. There were quite a few inner disciples in the Misty Pavilion, but there were less than a tenth of the participants. Those who were willing to participate were all confident in themselves. After watching a few matches, Li Yi indeed had some good points.

Overall, the quality of this year's martial arts competition was much higher than the previous sessions.

For example, during the current competition, a disciple at the late Foundation Establishment stage fought a disciple at the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage who was at the peak of the fire attribute.

In terms of cultivation, the disciples of fire attribute cultivation methods were much higher than the disciples of thunder attribute cultivation methods. Moreover, fire and thunder attribute cultivation methods tended to be more offensive.

However, this is not the case.