NABC Chapter 2069 Bullying the Small
Chapter 2069 Bullying the Small
Chapter 2069 Bullying the Small
Chen Fei was standing in front of the light sphere in the battle zone, his divine sense sinking into the beacon, taking stock of the gains from this life-or-death arena trip.
Nine consecutive wins!
Each match has a base reward of 100 Source Points, and if you force your opponent to concede, you will receive an additional 30 Source Points, for a total of 1,170 Source Points.
In addition to the Dao Crystals he won from each bet of one million Dao Crystals on himself, plus his initial capital, he now has more than ten million Dao Crystals in his possession.
This is a huge fortune.
Compared to the peak of over eight million Dao Crystals that he accumulated at the fifteenth level through long trials and numerous life-or-death battles, the resources he now possesses far exceed that.
Chen Fei has only fought nine matches so far, taking no more than an hour in total.
"This clearly shows the difference between the fifteenth and sixteenth levels," Chen Fei thought to himself.
It's not just a difference in strength, but also a world of difference in the level of position, the resources available to them, and the returns they receive.
This is also why Chen Fei was unwilling to try to climb the Heavenly Origin Ranking and obtain Origin Points steadily.
While the number of source points acquired each year may seem substantial, for Chen Fei, the cost-effectiveness is actually not high.
Of course, high returns also mean high consumption.
The cultivation and exchange requirements in the Tai Cang Realm are also unimaginable figures at the fifteenth level.
As Chen Fei cast spells, mobilizing the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) and his own元力 (yuan power) to repair the minute cracks and worn array patterns on the array puppet floating in front of him, he carefully considered his next plan.
The puppet formation is not strong enough, which is a very real problem.
After only nine battles, all against opponents at the early stage of the Tai Cang Realm, the array puppets had already suffered damage.
Although it's not serious and can be repaired quickly, it's still a troublesome issue. This never happened when I was at the peak of the fifteenth rank.
At that time, the array puppets were virtually indestructible against enemies of the same level.
However, once it reaches the Tai Cang Realm, its material and internal structure become somewhat strained when facing attacks from powerful opponents of the same level.
As the winning streak increases, the enemies you encounter will only become stronger, and the battles will become more intense. At that point, there is a possibility that the puppet formation will be directly destroyed.
However, strengthening the puppet formation is actually quite simple.
Alternatively, you could exchange for a better, higher-level forging technique. Improving your skills will naturally enhance the power of your puppet.
The "Heavenly Craftsmanship and Spirit Forging Chapter" is only a relatively basic and comprehensive inheritance among the sixteenth-tier inheritances. It is fine for laying a foundation and processing ordinary spiritual materials, but it is somewhat inadequate for fully unleashing the potential of various spiritual materials or for processing more advanced materials in the future.
A more specialized and profound forging manual can elevate his forging skills to a new level, thereby enhancing the overall performance and potential of the array puppet.
For example, exchanging for the subsequent inheritance of the "Heavenly Craftsmanship and Spirit Forging Chapter".
Alternatively, one could exchange for some better 16th-grade low-level spiritual materials. Even with ordinary forging skills, the superior properties of the materials themselves could be used to significantly improve the quality of the array puppet.
This is a more violent, but also more direct and effective method.
Both approaches have their advantages and disadvantages, and can be implemented simultaneously, but the problem lies in the source.
Chen Fei's original plan was to wait until he won twenty games to obtain the Pride of Heaven privilege, which would give him a 20% discount, before purchasing the corresponding resources from Lin Yuan Ting.
Although the amount of Source Points gained per battle has increased, the prices of various resources at the 16th tier have also skyrocketed. A decent 16th-tier forging inheritance or a good 16th-tier low-grade spiritual material can easily cost hundreds of Source Points.
A 20% discount can save a lot of source points. For Chen Fei, who urgently needs a large amount of resources, every source point is precious, and every penny saved is precious.
Moreover, the source points obtained from the martial arts arena actually have a certain upper limit for each realm.
Because it's impossible to keep winning indefinitely, even if someone is truly invincible among their peers, once the winning streak ends, it may be difficult to find suitable opponents willing to accept the challenge in the arena, and the duels will naturally come to an end.
Moreover, Chen Fei himself dared not say that he would definitely be invincible among his peers.
After the battles just now, Chen Fei had a clear understanding of his own strength, but at the same time, he also understood even more the principle that there are always stronger opponents.
Chen Fei's understanding of the sixteenth order and the primordial continent is still at a relatively superficial stage, after all, he has only been on the primordial continent for a short time.
Furthermore, Dan Chen Sect is only one of the 108 sects of Yan Yang Immortal Dynasty, and Yan Yang Immortal Dynasty is only one of the forces on the original continent.
In this vast and boundless world, how many strange races and bizarre systems are hidden? What he has seen is perhaps only the tip of the iceberg.
Of course, the Life and Death Arena in the Taicang Realm has one advantage: you can admit defeat.
This is an important way out. Although admitting defeat would mean losing the mortgaged Tai Cang Divine Weapon or the corresponding rare and precious materials, as well as the luck accumulated over time, it is still better than dying and disappearing.
As long as you're alive, there's always a chance to get back what you've lost. But once you're dead, everything is truly gone.
Besides further improving the array puppets, Chen Fei also wanted to enhance his physical inheritance.
This is of utmost importance!
Puppet arrays and forging techniques are all external tools and skills. Only the fundamental cultivation method he develops himself is the key to determining how far he can go in the future.
The duel on the life-or-death arena just now showed that the Dao Xu Gui Zhen Body was very strong, but its strength was limited.
Those who are willing to come to the All-Heavens Martial Arts Arena to fight on the life-and-death stage all possess top-notch inheritances and have a high level of comprehension; otherwise, they would only be doing the work for others.
The Dao Ruins Return to Truth Body is the strongest body-refining inheritance at the sixteenth level within the Dan Chen Sect, allowing him to directly suppress Fu Xingjian, who was cultivating the Devouring Heaven and Devouring Dao Demon Body.
The degree of comprehension of the technique is one aspect, but the inherent strength of the technique itself is also an important reason.
However, not to mention the Primordial Continent, even within the Yan Yang Immortal Dynasty, among the many top-tier sixteenth-order inheritances, the Dao Xu Gui Zhen Body is probably only considered a mid-tier existence.
Dan Chen Sect is, after all, only one of the 108 sects, and one of the 72 lower sects. It is not the kind of power that holds the reins of the Immortal Dynasty.
Its body-refining heritage, when compared on a broader platform, would certainly not rank very high.
Since there is the All-Heavens Martial Arts Arena to exchange for it, Chen Fei naturally wants to improve his main cultivation technique; this is an obvious choice.
I'd rather exchange for a few top-tier 16th-tier physique inheritances than forge them.
However, Chen Fei's original plan was to wait until after a 20-game winning streak to exchange for the top-tier physique inheritance.
A truly top-tier body-refining manual would be incredibly expensive. A 20% discount would save a significant amount of Source Points.
With his current Dao Ruins Return to Truth Body, Chen Fei could easily achieve twenty, or even thirty or forty, consecutive wins.
Chen Fei was very confident in this. With his understanding and mastery of the Great Perfection Realm techniques, coupled with the assistance of the Undying True Light Mirror, his combat power at the early stage of the Tai Cang Realm was definitely among the top tier.
As Chen Fei cast the final hand seal, the damage to the puppet's body and interior was rapidly repaired. In just a short while, it was completely renewed and began to emit a faint glow once more.
Chen Fei didn't go to the exchange area; instead, he reached out and touched the ball of light in front of him again.
However, just as his fingers were about to touch the ball of light...
"Buzz!"
A fist-sized dot of light, emitting a soft white glow, appeared out of thin air in front of Chen Fei.
The point of light appeared without warning, simply hovering quietly in the air.
The next moment, the light spots suddenly expanded, transforming into a light curtain composed of pure light, which unfolded before Chen Fei's eyes.
Within the light screen, there were no complex patterns or backgrounds, only the phantom of a pitch-black letter that looked rather ancient and even had a somewhat worn feel, quietly floating in the center.
On the letter's cover, several large characters, imbued with a murderous aura, were outlined in an ancient, dark red script:
Challenge!
Chen Fei looked at the sudden challenge with some surprise and stopped moving.
In the training grounds, challenges are usually randomly matched through the Life and Death Arena system, or initiated by those with a high winning streak who have the authority to designate challenges.
This is the designated challenge. What surprised Chen Fei was who would designate him to challenge him. Was it Fu Xingjian's fellow disciple who wanted to stand up for Fu Xingjian?
After a moment's hesitation, Chen Fei extended his finger and gently touched the black letter on the light screen.
"laugh!"
The letter seemed to be ignited, turning into a dark red particle of light that quickly reformed into lines of clear text in front of Chen Fei.
At the same time, a deep, husky voice, with a metallic, friction-like quality, rang directly in his ears:
"I am Fan Yueze!"
"Observing your nine consecutive battles, overpowering all other cultivators, and your exceptional skills in both formation and body formation, it is quite interesting."
"However, children's play is ultimately boring."
"I have set up a duel in the Blood Battle Arena, with a stake of one hundred Origin Points. Let's have an interesting duel."
"If you dare to accept the challenge, let us fight to the death in the arena. I hope you will not be afraid to fight!"
The words and sounds vanished simultaneously, the light screen contracted, and it transformed back into that white dot of light. But this time, a small, strange rune, black and red in color, resembling a drop of blood, condensed at the center of the dot of light and floated silently.
This is a beacon to accept the challenge, and also a credential to enter the Bloodbath Arena.
Chen Fei's gaze fell on the black and red talisman, his eyes narrowing slightly.
Fan Yueze, a completely unfamiliar name. But the condescending tone in the other party's words, treating him like an ant, clearly indicated that the visitor was no good.
The opponent's provocation and confidence were overwhelming.
Chen Fei stared quietly at the floating black and red talisman in front of him. There was no anger at being provoked, nor fear of facing an unknown and powerful enemy in his eyes. There was only contemplation and weighing of options.
This sudden challenge disrupted his original plan to achieve a twenty-game winning streak.
However, this is also an additional source of Origin Points. One hundred Origin Points is not much, but it is equivalent to the normal income from a life-or-death arena.
Answer or not answer?
Chen Fei's finger paused slightly in the air for a moment, then slowly reached out towards the black and red talisman.
"Om..."
As Chen Fei's fingers touched the black and red talisman, a more detailed stream of information flooded into his mind like a tide.
It not only includes the specific rules, location, and time of the Blood Battle Arena, but more importantly, it displays some publicly available information about the challenge initiator, Fan Yueze.
In the sixteenth-level All-Heavens Martial Arts Arena, due to the relatively small number of strong individuals, each with their own temperament, the authority to designate specific duels has indeed been opened to increase the flexibility and watchability of the duels.
The challenged person can choose to accept or refuse, and will not be punished for refusing.
Chen Fei scanned the information and quickly locked onto the most crucial piece of information: Fan Yueze's current winning streak: thirty-one games.
Thirty-one consecutive wins!
This is a rather astonishing number. On the life-and-death arena in the early stages of the Tai Cang Realm, those who can achieve more than ten consecutive victories can already be considered strong within their level.
Those who complete more than twenty rounds are considered prodigies and will be granted discounts and the privilege of participating in designated challenges.
And those who have played more than thirty matches... are already among the best of the elite, truly powerful individuals with the strength and foundation to reach the peak of their level.
Chen Fei himself is currently on a nine-game winning streak.
"This Fan Yueze... is somewhat shameless."
Chen Fei chuckled softly, "A thirty-one-game winning streak challenging a nine-game winning streak, bullying the weak with the strong."
Chen Fei thought for a moment, then tapped her finger lightly on the light screen and chose to refuse.
"Sorry, not interested!"
A brief, emotionless reply, following his choice, transformed into a glimmer of light and adhered to the black and red rune.
The next moment, the talisman, along with the light screen, shattered silently like a bubble and vanished into the air, as if it had never existed.
Shortly after Chen Fei refused, in a luxurious private training room in the Martial Arts Arena of the Myriad Realms.
"Ok?"
A young man dressed in a magnificent dark gold demon robe, with a sinister and handsome face, but with an inescapable murderous aura in his eyes, frowned.
The black and red talisman-like phantom that floated in front of him, similar to the one in front of Chen Fei, flickered a few times before disintegrating, leaving a faint line of gray characters in the air that represented rejection.
"You refused?"
Fan Yueze's voice was somewhat cold, and a hint of displeasure flashed in his eyes. He hadn't expected the other party to reject his challenge so decisively, without even a word of complaint.
Fan Yueze's sudden challenge to Chen Fei, a newcomer, was certainly not without reason.
Not long ago, he received some exciting news through his own channels.
Fu Xingjian, who was once ranked ninth on the Tianyuan Ranking, has finally arrived at the martial arts arena.
However, in the first life-or-death duel, he was defeated by a mysterious cultivator who had concealed all his information.
This news surprised Fan Yueze, but more than anything, it left him with a complex and indescribable feeling.
Fan Yueze's challenge to Chen Fei was not to save face for Fu Xingjian.
On the contrary, Fan Yueze challenged Chen Fei simply to prove that he was much stronger than Fu Xingjian.
Back then, during the fierce competition for the 15th-tier Heavenly Origin Ranking, the spirited Fan Yueze and the equally sharp-witted Fu Xingjian met in a crucial duel.
In that battle, the two fought fiercely, and in the end, Fan Yueze was defeated by Fu Xingjian by a very narrow margin.
This defeat solidified Fu Xingjian's ranking at ninth, while Fan Yueze unfortunately failed to break into the top ten, which became a thorn in Fan Yueze's side.
Later, Fan Yueze obtained a rare treasure by chance. With its power, he broke through the bottleneck and became the first to enter the Tai Cang Realm.
This was originally a great thing, but for Fan Yueze, it also meant that he would never have the chance to formally challenge Fu Xingjian at the fifteenth level and on the Tianyuan Ranking to avenge his previous defeat.
Because the two are no longer in the same realm, even if he wins against Fu Xingjian again, people will say that he is using his realm to suppress others, which cannot be considered true revenge.
Fan Yueze is the kind of person who holds grudges. Although more than a hundred years have passed since that incident, Fan Yueze has been keeping an eye on Fu Xingjian's movements to see if he has come to the All-Heavens Martial Arts Arena.
In his view, only by defeating Fu Xingjian again in the martial arts arena, when both of them are at the Tai Cang Realm, can he truly prove himself and erase the scar in his heart.
Today, he finally received definite news that Fu Xingjian had come to the martial arts arena.
However, Fu Xingjian was defeated in his first life-or-death duel. Moreover, his opponent was also focused on body refinement and directly suppressed Fu Xingjian.
Fu Xingjian was even forced to use the Devouring Heaven Burning Domain Secret Technique, but he still couldn't gain any advantage and ultimately had to admit defeat in a sorry state.
Upon hearing the news, Fan Yueze's first reaction was not joy, but a stifling feeling of disbelief.
It's like having cherished a perfect piece of porcelain for years, something you've been searching for and wanting to break yourself, only to have someone else smash it on the ground so easily.
That feeling wasn't pleasant; instead, it was one of disappointment and dissatisfaction.
They were dissatisfied that Fu Xingjian was so weak and defeated so easily!
Almost subconsciously, Fan Yueze tried to issue a challenge to Fu Xingjian.
He wanted to see for himself just how strong Fu Xingjian, who had been defeated, really was now.
However, Fu Xingjian did not respond.
“Fu Xingjian didn’t lose to that mysterious person. With Fu Xingjian’s pride and arrogance, he will definitely accept my challenge.” Fan Yueze knew Fu Xingjian’s personality very well. He was a guy who was even more proud and confident than him, to the point of being arrogant.
"But Fu Xingjian had a bad start, getting brutally beaten in his first life-or-death duel," Fan Yueze said with a cold smile.
Having just suffered a crushing defeat and whose Dao heart may have been shaken, Fu Xingjian would undoubtedly be in seclusion to cultivate and stabilize his realm.
Since Fu Xingjian refused the challenge, Fan Yueze's pent-up frustration, a mixture of disappointment, dissatisfaction, and a certain desire to conquer, naturally shifted to the person who defeated Fu Xingjian.
Since I can't defeat Fu Xingjian myself, wouldn't defeating the person who can defeat Fu Xingjian indirectly prove that I am stronger than Fu Xingjian?
Moreover, the fact that it could directly suppress the Devouring Heaven and Devouring Dao Demon Body means that the opponent's body-refining technique must be extraordinary.
If we could defeat the opponent in full view of everyone with a more powerful and overwhelming manner, wouldn't that be more effective than simply defeating Fu Xingjian?
Therefore, Fan Yueze set his sights on Chen Fei.
Back then, Fu Xingjian ranked ninth on the Tianyuan Ranking, and Fan Yueze could actually challenge the eighth-ranked or even higher-ranked prodigy on the Tianyuan Ranking.
However, in reality, although most of these individuals who were once at the top of the Heavenly Origin Ranking have broken through to the Tai Cang Realm in the past few decades, they have never come to the Myriad Realms Martial Arts Arena to engage in a duel.
Those on the Heavenly Ranking are indeed geniuses and prodigies.
However, even the most talented and extraordinary individuals need enough time to cultivate, adapt to the power of the Tai Cang Realm, and find a suitable sixteenth-tier inheritance.
At most, it means that geniuses and prodigies need less time than others, but it still takes several decades, after all, this is the cultivation of the Tai Cang Realm.
Fan Yueze himself had been through it all and knew how great the transformation from the fifteenth level to the Tai Cang Realm was, and how much time and effort it would take to solidify the foundation and pave the way forward.
Those truly top talents have higher aspirations and greater ambitions. They rarely rush to the martial arts arena unless they have absolute certainty or special needs.
"You know you can't beat me, so you refused without even thinking?"
Fan Yueze stared at the gradually fading gray lettering that represented rejection, his eyes narrowing slightly, a cold glint flashing within them.
The fact that this cultivator could defeat Fu Xingjian head-on speaks volumes about his combat prowess, a fact Fan Yueze acknowledged.
"But... I will only get stronger!"
Yes, confidence, even arrogance, is a personality trait deeply ingrained in Fan Yueze.
Otherwise, Fan Yueze wouldn't have waited so long for Fu Xingjian to come to the martial arts arena, just to avenge the grudge from years ago. He had absolute confidence in his own strength and his own progress.