Chapter 136: Disa.s.sembling the Stage in a Fake Fight, Disa.s.sembling the House in a Real One!Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
After the host announced the entrance of the challengers into the arena, the both of them walked into the suspended dome-like platform at the same time. Right after they walked in, the gate behind them closed and sealed shut.
Before the pair of contestants had arrived, the host had run towards a small door in the middle of the platform right after he had finished announcing their arrival.
Right after he went out the small door, it too sealed shut after him.
His comical exit made the audience below laugh aloud, all except for the regular audience who instead glanced at him with pity.
“The previous contestant that had escaped just a bit slower was scared half to insanity by one of the challenger’s pre-battle presence, which landed him in the hospital for a whole month,” explained someone to a first-time audience member.
The host was currently standing outside the dome-like platform; he was just floating, so it was obvious that this host was also quite a powerful Extraordinaire.
He continued hosting from the outside, “Alright, please wait, challengers. It is currently 3 pm, the battle time is eight hours, the battle will end at 11 pm. I will repeat the rules of the match.”
“One, according to the rules and regulations that were sent beforehand, if a challenger wants to admit defeat, they can either verbally admit it, raise both hands, or use any method as previously agreed upon with us. We will halt the match immediately.
“Two, may the absolute superior party avoid killing their opponent, as this will affect their future invitations. That is all, let the match begin!!”
At this moment, N’gun had long entered the arena and had already sheathed a yellowish-brown sh.e.l.l.
Once he heard the commencement of the match, he sat on the ground and pointed his baby finger at Vigilante A, who was directly opposite him, “Come on, come on! Show me how long you can last! Let’s see if you can break this natural armor!”
Hearing this, Vigilante A didn’t immediately attack but instead started floating upwards into mid-air.
The audience were on the edge of their seats, some even had their binoculars out as they looked upwards.
A “Dong” resounded throughout the already quiet arena before background music started playing near Vigilante A.
The audience members weren’t shocked at the background music, they were all excited instead.
The introduction video before the match had said that Vigilante A always brought his own BGM every time he made his entrance into a great battle…
As the background music started playing, Vigilante A’s magnetic and authoritative voice followed.
“You demon! You’ve only dabbled in cultivation yet you dare ignore a human’s life. You do not know your place and you act recklessly! Today, I will turn you into dust on this arena to serve as a warning to future evildoers!”
The host was stunned at the claim, he knew what had happened before the match: N’gun had barged into Vigilante A’s lounge to test out his opponent’s power, which was severely against the rules.
Sadly, they couldn’t lift a finger against a Grade A powerhouse, which meant there wasn’t much they could do. Although they’ve already isolated the lounges of the challengers, that didn’t mean that the challengers could bypa.s.s the isolation using various methods.
Unlike the host, the audience members down below turned even more enthusiastic upon hearing Vigilante A’s murderous words. They started cheering.
“Kill him!”
“Kill him!”
Right as Vigilante A’s words lulled to a halt, wisps of green vital energy emitted from behind him to fill half the suspended platform.
These wisps of vital energy weren’t going to form into a dragon. Instead, they formed into the shape of swords with the blades facing outwards and the hilt facing inwards. The numerous swords formed a circle; everything could be seen as clear as day even without the help of binoculars.
The vital energy swords were as sharp as can be. It wouldn’t even be possible to tell the difference between a real sword from afar.
The vital energy swords had an overpowering presence; if it wasn’t because of the fact that the dome-like platform was isolated from the outside, perhaps few would be able to look at the swords directly.
“Oh!!” The audience gasped aloud. They thought Vigilante A would turn into a flame dragon like in the introduction video, so that the battle would start off with flames devouring the platform.
However, Vigilante A was showing a never before seen skill; the overbearing scene was even more shocking that the ones seen in the introduction video.
To avoid any interruptions, the giant screens were muted right as the match began. All that was left was Chinese and English subt.i.tles.
Any audience members that couldn’t understand what was going on would have to resort to looking at the giant screen.
“The Eastern Dragon G.o.d has used a sword technique. Let us welcome one of our special commentators, Mister Lim Yuqing, the 38th descendant of China’s Jade Sword Sect, to provide us with a commentary.”
A white-haired elderly man with a jade sword appeared on the giant screens, his face pulled into a smile.
His commentary started appearing on the screen as Chinese and English subt.i.tles.
“Contestant N’gun is skilled at defense, he has a natural defensive ability, which is that yellowish-brown sh.e.l.l around his body. Don’t think that it’s a tacky color, everyone. Apparently he’s accepted an invitation from the American military to be examined. When he’s at full defense, a Tomahawk cruise missile equipped with an ordinary warhead only harms him slightly even if fired at point-blank range.”
“Huh??”
The audience were all in shock upon reading the subt.i.tles; Tomahawk cruise missiles are famous and pack extreme destructive force, yet there existed someone that could face off against them with their bare body?
Sure enough, the dawn of a new era brought with it the destruction of all previous common sense.
“The Venerable Dragon G.o.d is in quite a pinch, he must think that his opponent’s sh.e.l.l is quite troublesome, which is probably why he’s decided to give up his previous battle skills in favor of vital energy swords that n.o.body has ever seen.
“This means that these vital energy swords must possess high offensive ability. The Jade Sword Sect are masters of swordsmans.h.i.+p and the history of our sect can be traced back to the Qin and Han dynasties 1 . These recent years, whoever that had managed to successfully cultivate vital energy swords had repeatedly displayed celestial prowess. Now that the Venerable Dragon G.o.d has decided to convert his vital energy into swords, it proves this point once again.”
This advertis.e.m.e.nt in the middle of the broadcast convinced a few rich elites to ask about this “Jade Sword Sect” after the match.
While Mister Lin was busy explaining, Vigilante A had already made his move.
The endless number of vital energy swords formed a circle and turned 90 degrees so that the blades were facing inwards this time. Like a thousand soldiers on horseback, they started flying towards the sh.e.l.l rapidly and all at once.
“Bang” went one of the fastest swords as it was the first one to hit the sh.e.l.l while the audience watched intently.
With a huff, the vital energy sword disappeared into thin air, causing the audience to sigh in disappointment.
Mister Lin spoke, “Do not be disappointed, everyone. This goes to prove that N’gun deserves his reputation, since a vital energy sword can’t possibly defeat him. But the Venerable Dragon G.o.d is experienced, so he’ll come up with a plan soon enough.”
As expected, the countless number of swords stopped flying towards N’gun.
Without even being affected by the law of inertia in the slightest, they started spreading out. They then formed columns before they started rus.h.i.+ng at the yellowish-brown sh.e.l.l column after column.
As if it were a storm hurtling down towards the earth, a countless number of vital energy swords started falling rapidly onto the yellowish-brown sh.e.l.l.
Mister Lin exclaimed, “See, the Venerable Dragon G.o.d is focusing on breaking a single point. The audience cannot see clearly so may the director please zoom in. Look here!
“All the vital energy swords are landing in the same spot. This is my first time seeing a swordsman with such precise control of vital energy swords.”
However, the yellowish-brown sh.e.l.l remained uncracked despite the flurry of the endless number of swords.
Although the color was starting to fade, N’gun roared at the sky and the color returned to normal.
He then said, “Haha, do you only have this trick? If I can’t even defend against a trick of this standard, how could I possibly be the champion of the Dark Tournament? This doesn’t even itch, show me something better!”
Mister Lin commented, “You see, Mister N’gun is once again using his usual tactics. This is called ‘taunting’ in a basketball or soccer match, and it is often used to frustrate and anger the opponent. During his previous matches, lots of N’gun’s opponents let the taunting get to them, which caused them to lose their cool. Although they would want to focus all their power into one attack, they would always show their weakness while they’re focused, allowing him to attack and defeat them. We can only hope that the Venerable Dragon G.o.d doesn’t fall for his trick.”
N’gun’s manager on the outside of the platform said, “We have to protest this commentator. He’s not speaking objectively and he’s purposefully insulting my employer…”
The host waved his hand dismissively, “Keep quiet and watch the match. Leave any protests or reports to tomorrow.”
At this moment, Vigilante A didn’t even hear Mister Lin’s kind reminder, and was seemingly attempting to focus all his power into a single attack.
All the vital energy swords behind him had stopped and was currently converging together to form a stronger and bigger vital energy sword.
Not only that, a dragon-shaped vital energy was starting to form in mid-air as it flew around the converging vital energy swords.
The nurturing process was more than enough proof to show that whatever that was forming would be extraordinary.
N’gun didn’t take the chance to attack. Instead, he roared towards the sky. The yellowish-brown sh.e.l.l around him started expanding before it instantaneously grew in size.
…
At this moment, an audience member adjusted his mask and cap so that it covered his face completely.
Unlike the other audience members who had to check the giant screens occasionally to understand what was going on, this audience member never once glanced at the giant screen. He was using his binoculars to intently look at the pair atop the platform.
When he saw the yellowish-brown sh.e.l.l around N’gun grow in size, a glimmer of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.
Time ticked by gradually but Vigilante A still hadn’t stopped converging his vital energy swords.
Half an hour later, the vital energy sword that was being nurtured was finally done. There was no need for changes because it was 50 meters long!
The fact that the vital energy swords could take this form where it could clearly be seen even without binoculars really shocked all the audience members in the arena to the core. n.o.body knew if it was powerful. It wouldn’t pierce the arena by accident, right?
While the entire nurturing process was going on, Mister Lin didn’t say anything until after the long vital energy sword had formed completely. He then continued commentating.
“The Heavenly Sword Techniques! This is definitely the Heavenly Sword Techniques! By converging all those vital energy into a Heavenly Sword gives it an insurmountable amount of offensive ability! The opponent could possibly take it down, so prepare yourselves!!”
While he was explaining, the audience member had already moved from his previous spot, which allowed him a clear view of the match. He moved it away from the suspended platform and turned to look around himself in case of any changes.
As he read the subt.i.tles of the commentary, his eyes flashed with confusion.
After the long vital energy sword had taken shape, it didn’t immediately attack N’gun. Instead, it spun around slowly in mid-air, as if it wanted to be seen clearly by everyone.
A majority of the audience were already taking videos and photos as flashes started lighting up the audience seats.
The dragon-shaped vital energy sword was currently being shot close up on the giant screen: This 50-meter long vital energy sword glowed green from tip to end. The blade was wrapped by nine dragon-shaped vital energy wisps. It possessed an overwhelming Dragon Force, which made it extremely difficult for anyone to look at it directly, its presence overbearing.
Ten minutes later, as if it were waiting for everyone to finish looking at itself, the dragon-shaped vital energy sword slowly rose upwards before it charged downwards in a flash.
The display had everyone’s minds flying to a single image of World War 2 films: Bombers and dive bombers
Based on length alone, the dragon-shaped vital energy sword was about the same as a bomber.
A few seconds later, a loud “bang” accompanied the dragon-shaped vital energy sword as it hit N’gun’s greatly expanded yellowish-brown sh.e.l.l.
Suddenly, a great flash of light blinded the audience members that were watching the battle using binoculars.
“Ah!!” The majority of audience members threw their binoculars away as they covered their eyes in pain.
It was as if they were unprepared soldiers that had just endured a flash bomb.
The next moment, a cacophony of noises could be heard.
First an ear-piercing “Dang” could be heard, which was followed by an explosion that sounded like thunder and resonated through the body.
All the giant screens went black immediately.
A few people pointed at the sky as they exclaimed in horror.
“That platform, the battle platform is about to fall!!”
The dome-like platform’s walls and floor were no longer transparent. Instead, it was covered in yellow with splatters of blood.
Now that it was no longer transparent, everybody could finally witness the true size of the platform: it was just like a giant plaza, its shadow completely covering the audience seats below it.
This giant structure was now cracked beyond repair, fissures could be seen lining the walls and the floor as the entire structure started wobbling in mid-air, as if it would come cras.h.i.+ng down on them any second.
Within the System s.p.a.ce, Fang Ning had secretly watched everything unfold in shock.
“You call this feigning the fight, Sir System? You disa.s.sembled the stage in a fake fight, so are you going to disa.s.semble a house in a real one?”
The System deadpanned, “Don’t make me look down on you. Before you say anything, take a look at the System Notifications first. Then look at where we are now.”
After Fang Ning read the notifications, he was even more shocked, “Sh*t! We can say goodbye to the prize for real now.”