Chapter 821 - Divine Demon Spin

“I surrender!”

At the final moment, when Jin Ling had exhausted all of his techniques and plans, when he knew that he was no longer Long Chen’s opponent even with the Golden Emperor Armor, he gave up. He had lost to Long Chen fair and square.

Long Chen did not press on after Jin Ling had given up. The Long-bearded Guest didn’t have to do anything, since Long Chen stepped back on his own.

Long Chen put the Three Thousand Star Clusters away and released his transformation.

He had used almost all of his techniques in this battle. Thankfully, he didn’t need to use his strongest technique to deal with Jin Ling. That showed how strong Jin Ling was.

Since Long Chen had stopped, the Long-bearded Guest didn’t need to intervene in the fight. He stood in between them and announced, “The first battle is over. Jin Ling from the Five Element Alliance has surrendered. The victor is Long Chen from the Thunder Demon Faction! Hahaha, this is beyond my expectations!”

He looked at Long Chen in admiration.

Everyone else had more or less figured out that Long Chen would be the winner the moment Blood Devouring Domain was used. The Golden Emperor Armor was undoubtedly strong, and everyone thought Long Chen was going to lose, but who would’ve thought that he would be able to fight back even more ferociously? To think that he had a technique that could suppress Jin Ling.

It could’ve been said that Long Chen was stronger than Jin Ling in every aspect. Jin Ling had lost to Long Chen’s Seven Star Body when it came to physical strength. He had also lost to Long Chen’s Five Emperor Seals when it came to merging techniques. Even the Golden Emperor Armor lost to Long Chen’s Three Thousand Star Clusters when it came to a match between treasures.

Jin Ling’s loss was undoubtedly his own fault, so almost no one from the Five Element Alliance had any complaints about the result, seeing how strong Long Chen was. But that didn’t mean that they weren’t angry. Jin Ling was the largest hope for the Five Element Alliance, and also the disciple that the Gold clan’s patriarch had trained for the past ten years. This meant that the Five Element Alliance had lost the chance to obtain the Yellow Emperor’s Key.

The Gold clan’s patriarch and the others took a step back. Even though they had expected it, they still couldn’t quite believe it.

Not even the Golden Emperor Armor was enough to net them a win. Their reputation was completely destroyed this time.

“My ancestors... Jin Ling has lost. What should we do...”

The Gold clan’s patriarch was sorrowful. The Five Element Alliance had a lot of members, and six of them were at the Heavenly Martial Realm. Therefore, they had to select their candidates carefully. Even the candidacy held by the Long-bearded Guests was important to them.

That was why the Gold clan’s patriarch had brought out the Golden Emperor Armor for Jin Ling. He was hoping that Jin Ling would be able to use it to defeat Wu Guangyu and bring home a win. No one had expected that someone called Long Chen would appear out of nowhere and snatch their hopes away by defeating Jin Ling in the first battle.

The Gold clan’s patriarch took a deep breath to calm down. He had lived for a long time and knew when to give up. “A loss is a loss. They are lucky to have found someone that strong. We didn’t lose to the Thunder Demon Faction, but to the inheritance of the Seven Star Lord.”

His voice wasn’t loud, but everyone heard it.

Bai Lan chuckled. “Luck is also a part of one’s strength. To think that someone as old as you would fail to comprehend something so simple.”

Bai Lan was beyond happy to see Long Chen win.

Everyone else, however, wasn’t sure what to expect. Only Long Chen was calm. This was because he knew that while Jin Ling would be a formidable foe, he would surely end up winning.

After Long Chen won against Jin Ling, he looked at Wu Guangyu, the one who he wanted to kill. Long Chen had worked hard to reach this stage so he could defeat Wu Guangyu and take Xiaolang back. Long Chen had sacrificed a lot, especially when it came to enduring the incredible pain from the Seven Star Body. He had to endure it to finally cultivate the incredibly tough Seven Star Body.

Long Chen was calm when he said, “Don’t lose to anyone. I will wait for you in the final match.”

Wu Guangyu smirked and waved his hand. “Are you trying to taunt me? Don’t talk about the finals yet. We still haven’t started the semi-finals. Win against your next opponent, then we can talk.”

Long Chen and Wu Guangyu’s conversation made everyone realize that they had a grudge.

Long Chen said nothing more and returned to where Bai Lan was. There were still three more matches today. According to the ballot, the next two fighters were from the Five Element Alliance. While both of them were at the Ninth Earthly Martial Stage, their fight wouldn’t be as interesting as the match between Long Chen and Jin Ling.

The Long-bearded Guest waited until everyone calmed down from the buzz of the first fight and for Jin Ling to return to the Five Element Alliance. Then he chuckled as he announced, “What an incredible battle! The Nine Clan Martial Youth Competition is off to a great start! Now, for the second match, may the two competitors from the Five Element Alliance please step up!”

The two youths walked out and started fighting shortly after. Their match wasn’t as incredible as Long Chen’s, but it was still a fierce one. They fought for a very long time before a victor was decided.

The Five Element Alliance had been happy when they secured five spots for their own, but they had lost two of them in just the first two matches. It was clear that more and more of their contestants would be eliminated as the competition went on.

It was Wu Guangyu’s turn to fight next. As expected, he easily won against his competitor from the Five Element Alliance. Wu Guangyu was the strongest youth recognized by everyone, and also the young master of the Divine clan. He literally stood above everyone. If the competition had been held in its usual place, tens of thousands of people would’ve cheered for him when he stood on the stage.

“Win against your next opponent if you want to fight me, but I don’t mind being your next opponent ...”

Wu Guangyu laughed after defeating his opponent and taunted Long Chen in the end.

“You must be angry after I’ve stolen your pet, right? It’s too bad that your pet doesn't recognize you anymore. I don’t think I could return it to you even if I wanted to.”

Wu Guangyu returned to where the Divine clan was standing.

Three matches had been completed out of the four, and now only Suxue from the Demon clan and a lady from the Water clan were left. The two of them were of the same sex, and the woman from the Five Element Alliance was the only other female who managed to enter the quarter-finals.

Unfortunately, the woman wasn’t as popular as Suxue, Su Yan, or Feng Zhilin.

She walked to the stage and exclaimed loudly, “I am Shui Luan from the Water clan! Please treat me well!”

Her voice was soothing and she looked elegant, just like water. She was indeed one-of-a-kind and was most likely very popular in the Five Element Alliance. She looked meek compared to Suxue’s bewitching air and Feng Zhilin’s coldness.

Suxue bit her lips in anticipation. “Do you think I can win?”

Long Chen chuckled and teased her, “I think you will lose.”

“Hmph! Just you wait!”

Suxue huffed as she walked into the arena.

The Long-bearded Guest looked at both of them lustfully until everyone else was irritated by his actions. He chuckled and said, “Um... You can start your match now. Don’t harm each other, because it would hurt me to see you two hurt, hehe...”

“Scram!”

Suxue scolded him before she faced the woman from the Five Element Alliance. The two of them started their intense match.

Suxue was trying to impress Long Chen, so she attacked valiantly. She was using techniques of the Divine Demon Lord, a cultivator similar to the Seven Star Lord. She used an intermediate Emperor-tier martial technique, the Divine Demon Spin.

The technique consisted of nine different moves, with each of them connecting to the subsequent stronger ones. She used the technique to suppress her opponent from the start of the match.

“First Spin, Moving the Heavens and Earth!

“Second Spin, Reverse the Rivers!

“Third Spin, Shake the Mountains!”

She used the techniques consecutively, forcing her opponent backwards. The intermediate Emperor-tier martial technique increased in strength everytime it was used successfully, to the point that the ninth attack was nine times stronger than the first attack! The woman from the Water clan was pushed back from the torrent of attacks!

If Suxue continued to use the Divine Demon Spin, it would continue to grow in strength until Shui Luan was injured. To the Five Element Alliance, the loss of Jin Ling had been a devastating blow. They didn’t have much hope for Shui Luan at this point. Even the patriarch of the Water clan was urging Shui Luan to give up when they saw how hard Suxue was suppressing her.

The match ended soon after, when Shui Luan surrendered .

The four losers from today were all from the Five Element Alliance. Only one of their people was left, and it wasn’t even Jin Ling! It was a laughable result, and the Five Element Alliance had been thoroughly humiliated.

The Five Element Alliance had a lot of people, including experts, but very few of them were as strong as Long Chen, Wu Guangyu, and Jin Ling.

The patriarchs of the Five Element Alliance were incredibly sour.

The Water clan’s patriarch sighed. “Damn it. It’s because of the inheritance of one of the seven lords. We have lost because of their inheritances ...”