What is the most exciting thing happening in Whirling Jade City today? It’s not the auction, nor is it the Liran Star River’s Genius Selection Tournament, as that hasn’t arrived yet, but a bout between the two major gladiatorial arenas in Whirligig City. The challenger for the bout is Sochoe of the Gale Gladiatorial Arena, and the other side is the Rangers who have been making a name for themselves in the Star Forest Gladiatorial Arena recently.
That’s right, these are two Nian Xing cultivators.
If it were just a fight between two Nenshu cultivators, there would be nothing to see here. The reason is that these two Nenshu cultivators are extraordinary Nenshu cultivators, both of whom are able to challenge each other across levels.
It is not uncommon for Nian Xing cultivators to challenge Broken Star cultivators, but it is definitely rare for Nian Xing cultivators to challenge and kill Gathering Star cultivators. The two people dueling today are both Nian Xing practitioners who have killed a Gathering Star practitioner.
One was a wanderer who had just come from the stars, and the other was the number one ringmaster of the Raging Wind Gladiatorial Arena.
The difficulty of challenging across levels was something that any cultivator in the starry sky had a deep experience of. Even in cultivation, every level was an insurmountable gulf, not to mention challenging a higher level with a lower level of cultivation. For a Nian Xing cultivator to be able to challenge a strong Juxing practitioner across levels was more than simply crossing levels. It has to do with attributes, domains, realms of intent, divine abilities and other factors.
On top of that, there is another most important one, and that is that one must be a genius. If you are not a genius, all the factors you have are useless.
It was precisely for this reason that the two Nianxing Ring Battles that could challenge Juxing cultivators were so attractive, even attracting some of the Star River Realm cultivators to come and watch the battles.
For the two gladiatorial arenas, this duel was not just about the star coins that both sides were betting on, but the reputation of the two gladiatorial arenas was at stake.
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After Steward Zeng of the Star Forest Gladiatorial Arena accompanied Ning Cheng to the gladiatorial arena. Only then did Ning Cheng realise that all the rings in the gladiatorial arena had been turned into spectator seats. Only ring number 19 existed. However, ring number 19 had been made taller and larger. It was just more conspicuous.
Ning Cheng didn’t think much about this fight, he had seen Sochoye’s strikes, and this was a master. But he wasn’t bad either, how many cultivators had an astral sea of consciousness? How many cultivators had a divine sense as bullish as his? He was now without a powerful divine sense technique, if he had a powerful divine sense technique, he was even wondering if divine sense could also have a tangible attack.
What’s more. This was not the only thing he had to go on. After obtaining the Ruyi Lucent Silk, his Heavenly Cloud Twin Wings had advanced to four pairs of haze light. The speed of three pairs of haze light had surprised him before, and now with four pairs of haze light, even if he was not a match for Sochoye, it would not be easy for his opponent to kill him.
The Manlun Sky was full of geniuses, and Sochoye might be just a small opponent on his path through the starry sky. If he could not even cross this small opponent, he should not think about tearing apart the realm in the future, nor should he think about one day being able to go to the most powerful place in the universe to meet Brother Cang Wei.
“Fellow Daoist Wanderer, you don’t need to worry, that Sojourner is not as terrifying as the rumours have it.” Seeing Ning Cheng looking around. Zeng Chuxiong thought that Ning Cheng was a little worried about Sojourner and spoke out to comfort him.
Zeng Chuxiong guessed that Suo Qiaoye had concealed his skills. However, his battles were all straightforward and far less well planned than Ning Cheng’s. Moreover, he guessed that Ning Cheng had also concealed some of his skills, and in comparison, he was still optimistic about Ning Cheng.
Besides, even if the Starling Gladiator lost, the impact on the Starling Gladiator was far less than that of the Raging Wind Gladiator. The Star Forest Gladiatorial Arena had long since discussed that in case Ning Cheng lost, they would announce that Ning Cheng had not signed a contract with the gladiatorial arena at all, which would minimise the impact on the gladiatorial arena. After all, it had only been ten or so days since the Rangers had come to the Starling Gladiatorial Arena, while the opposing Sojourner had been there for several years.
But on the other hand, in case it was the Rampant Gladiator’s Sochoyer who lost, then the Rampant Gladiator could be completely infamous and the Starling Gladiatorial Arena would be infamous.
“Ladies and gentlemen, today is a duel match between two Nenshin powerhouses who can challenge each other across levels, I, the Wanderer of Starwood Gladiatorial Arena, and Sochoe of Berserk Gladiatorial Arena ……”
Before the pretty female cultivator on the stage could finish her words, she was blasted backwards to the edge of the ring by a violent star energy force.
“Out of the way, I’m here to fight someone, not to listen to your nagging here. Rangers, come up here, I’m impatient to wait for you for any length of time.” As the saucy female cultivator was squeezed to the edge of the ring, a gruff voice rang out at the same time.
The voice was like a flooding bell, loud but not harsh. The cultivator who made the voice, however, was a thin young man who was not strong in stature.
Not only was this youth skinny, but he was also fair-skinned. Most of the cultivators watching the battle knew who this man was, it was none other than Sochoe, the first ring master of the Raging Wind Gladiatorial Arena.
When Ning Cheng saw Sochoye coming onto the stage and calling out to himself, he stood up without panic and crossed to the ring with flat steps.
The pretty female cultivator who had been blown back by Suo Qiaoye also had no choice but to retreat when she saw that the two rightful masters were on the stage.
“So you’re the Wanderer? It looks like you’ve had a very fruitful time in the starry sky, you were able to defeat even a Star Gathering cultivator.” Suo Qiaoye sized up Ning Cheng and said in a flat tone, his voice as loud as ever.
Ning Cheng replied back in a slightly hoarse voice, “That’s right, I am the Wanderer, make it quick, I don’t have that much time to dilly-dally with you.”
Ning Cheng spoke with a bland tone, but in his heart he was cautious. Although Sochoye only had a single star wheel behind him, this star wheel was incredibly bright when his star energy was drummed up. It was like a choking rainbow belt, and its aura was astonishing.
“Hahahahahaha ……” Sochoye suddenly laughed out loud, “It’s never me saying this to my opponent, today I didn’t expect someone to take the initiative to say this to me. Fine, I’ll make it up to you.”
After saying that, Suo Qiao Ye’s chessboard had already been sacrificed, and two chess pieces blasted at Ning Cheng with a sound that pierced through the air.
As soon as Ning Cheng raised his hand, he sacrificed his Liu Lei Gun, a faint lightning light lingered in his hand, but he did not strike.
The moment the two pieces were about to approach Ning Cheng, they separated on both sides and then spun rapidly. The speed of the spinning chess pieces grew faster and faster, and in the end, not even a shadow could be seen, only a ripple shape, if any, could be seen around them.
Ning Cheng was expressionless, after ten days of ring battles, he had seen all kinds of cultivators. In addition, he had also seen Sochoye’s battle crystal ball before and knew that the ripples formed by these two pieces were his domain. This kind of domain was not like Gong Xi Kui’s tangible domain of yellow sand, but was in between tangible and intangible, and extremely difficult to grasp.
At the same time as Sochoye’s chess piece domain blasted out, Ning Cheng’s domain also extended out. Ning Cheng’s domain was completely invisible, and half of his domain was built on top of his powerful astral sea of consciousness.
Ever since he had cultivated, his divine sense had been stronger than the divine sense of ordinary cultivators. Later, when he entered the Heavenly Continent from the Music Continent and experienced the Heavenly Gang Turbulence, his divine sense was tempered to be even stronger. Because of this, he had felt the beginnings of a domain at the Sea Pioneer Realm. It was also because of this that he had just advanced to the Domain Realm and the domain was complete.
As soon as the two men’s domains confronted each other, the space around them emitted a clacking sound that seemed to be distorting and reorganising. Ning Cheng’s heart was faintly certain, even though this Sojourner was good, he should still be able to deal with it. His domain had not been fully exercised, and in this kind of battle, it was necessary to keep one hand out.
“A bit interesting.” Feeling Ning Cheng’s powerful domain blocking his double chess piece domain, Sochoye suddenly let out a laugh and with a slight raise of his hand, another chess piece blasted out, this seemed to be his usual practice of making a move.
Ning Cheng ignored Suo Qiaoye as the Liu Lei spear in his hand transformed into a faint thunder shadow and blasted out.
“Ka ……” An explosive sound cracked abruptly in the ring, the cultivators watching the battle were still happy that these two people had said they would fight without any half-heartedness, when they were blasted by this cracking thunder-like blast that caused their eardrums to bulge.
A powerful rebounding force of star energy surged over, and Ning Cheng’s heart was in a tense state, even the star gathering cultivator he had faced back then did not have such a powerful star energy force. It was a good thing that he had been hanging out in the gladiatorial arena for ten consecutive days and his star element power had increased greatly, otherwise he would have had to vomit a mouthful of blood just from this blow.
When Sochoye saw that Ning Cheng was unchanged, he was also shocked in his heart. The strength of his star element was so strong that even a near Star Gathering cultivator would find it difficult to resist, but this little Nian Xing cultivator not only blocked it, but was also unharmed. There was really nothing false under the famous name.
“If this is all you have, then this is the end of the day.” Sochoye’s voice was incredibly powerful in its penetrating power, and his words were only addressed to Ning Cheng, and as they were spoken, the entire gladiatorial arena could hear them clearly.
Another three pieces fell at the same time, two pieces rushed left and right into Suo Qiao Ye’s domain pattern, one once again and the other transformed into two huge chess peaks, smashing down towards Ning Cheng’s head with unparalleled swiftness.
This move was simple and clear, yet it was also very effective, and Suo Qiao Ye had killed countless powerful people with this move. Once he added two more pieces, the chess pattern domain immediately doubled in strength. The opponent’s domain, even if it was able to resist before, would immediately collapse under his enhanced domain. At least until now, he had not seen anyone who could survive his four chess piece domains unscathed.
His four chess domains locked directly onto everything in space, and as long as they were locked by his domain bindings, they could only watch as his chess peaks blasted down and smashed everything flesh and blood to pieces.
Sochoye liked this direct and effective method, and every time he used it to smash his opponent to a bloody pulp, it gave him a sense of relief and pleasure.
He already valued Ning Cheng enough, six pieces blasted out together. He had never met an opponent who could make him blast out all six pieces together before this, and today was the first time he had done so.
It was not that he had to do so, but he did not want to drag on with a Nian Xing cultivator. To drag on with a mere Nian Xing cultivator, he would feel humiliated. To him, everyone else’s Nian Xing was a district, and only his Nian Xing was the real Nian Xing.
The chess pattern domain formed by his four pieces did not give his opponent the slightest hint of stagnation, nor did he even gain the slightest advantage in the confrontation between their domains.