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Chapter 170: Fang Yuan's Frenzy
🕑 Added 2023-06-18 00:02:01 +0000 UTC
Slash!
The staggering power burst directly into Jiang Chen's form.
Yet in the next fleeting moment, Jiang Chen's silhouette dissipated and vanished!
He reappeared hundreds of meters distant!
What Fang Yuan had actually slain was merely an afterimage!
The scene mirrored a previous one, only the roles had now reversed!
Nonetheless, his formidable combat prowess and exceptional fighting skills permitted Fang Yuan to swiftly discern the anomaly. Consequently, he didn't halt his onslaught but perpetuated his forward charge!
Neither his attacking power nor his velocity diminished in the slightest. The span of hundreds of meters was traversed in a mere blink!
Slash!
Fang Yuan once again skewered through Jiang Chen's silhouette.
But this, too, was another deceptive afterimage!
Jiang Chen's authentic figure materialized even further afield!
"Ah!!"
Fang Yuan erupted in a wild, uncontained roar.
His figure didn't pause for a split second, and his terrifying technique, the 'Death Command Spear', didn't wane in its intensity. He continued to barrel towards Jiang Chen!
However, upon impact, Jiang Chen's form dispersed yet again. It was yet another misleading afterimage!
Suddenly, a ripple of panic welled within Fang Yuan.
After sustaining such a lengthy charge, his attack power was commencing to falter!
Nonetheless, he found himself bereft of solutions.
He was left with no choice but to endure the escalating pain, clench his teeth, and doggedly persist in his forward assault!
"Jiang Chen!"
"I refuse to concede that you can successfully evade the 'Death Command Spear' four successive times!"
Fang Yuan's countenance was savage, resembling a raging demon as he lunged towards Jiang Chen.
However, at this precise juncture, another Jiang Chen materialized beside the original Jiang Chen's figure!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!
One after another, Jiang Chen's figures began populating the field. In a blink, they had encircled Fang Yuan from every angle!
"No!!"
Fang Yuan's eyes seemed on the verge of rupture, he felt a surge of nausea!
But his momentum was too potent, he was unable to halt. The spear shadow generated by his body penetrated directly through the afterimage of Jiang Chen before him.
In this moment, Fang Yuan desperately circulated the Yuan Power within him, bracing to forcibly reverse the spear's momentum and erect a defense.
His decision was sound, but pitted against Jiang Chen, he was simply too tardy!
"It's over!"
The genuine figure of Jiang Chen materialized unexpectedly behind Fang Yuan, as though it had always been stationed there.
He brandished his long sword, unleashing the 'Silent Annihilation' stab!
Boom!!
The radiant and resplendent sword Qi instantly engulfed Fang Yuan!
"Ahhh!!"
Fang Yuan issued a cry that was as agonized as it was defiant.
However, he had already exhausted all his strategies.
Even a typical Early-stage Inquiring Journey realm cultivator would have succumbed to his onslaught.
Given that he couldn't eliminate Jiang Chen, he was left without alternative options.
Hum hum hum!
The protective mechanism of the battle stage's formation spontaneously activated, coalescing a robust defensive light shield to counteract Jiang Chen's attack.
At this juncture, the outcome of the duel was conclusively determined!
"Senior Brother Jiang Chen is victorious!"
"That was inevitable, there was never a shred of suspense!"
"Haha, but I have to acknowledge, that young man Fang Yuan possesses some prowess. It's unfortunate he was so presumptuous to consider he could best Senior Brother Jiang Chen."
"Mm, your observation is sound. Fang Yuan indeed boasts a considerable talent. However, his brazen claims of usurping the Holy Son's position, only to be trounced by Senior Brother Jiang Chen now, he must be mortified enough to wish he could burrow into a hole!"
"Tsk tsk, it's utterly amusing. Fang Yuan's antics today will assuredly render him the butt of our generation's jokes in the Purple Heaven Holy Land."
"Comrades, let's not be overly harsh. Fang Yuan will likely prove to be a competent subordinate to Senior Brother Jiang Chen in the future. Choose your words carefully, you may cross paths again later!"
"Correct, correct. We'll simply share a laugh and cease any further comment."
"..."
Upon the Holy Land Square, each cultivator regarded Fang Yuan on the battle stage, now enshrouded by the formation, their expressions rife with derision.
Towards Jiang Chen, they displayed nothing but reverence, admiration, and even a certain fanaticism.
Simultaneously.
[Ding! You have successfully manipulated the plot and effectively humbled the protagonist, Fang Yuan, gravely undermining his mental state. Fang Yuan's Heavenly Fate Value has been reduced by 2000 points!]
[Ding! You have accrued 4000 points of Villain Value!]
The system prompts reverberated in Jiang Chen's consciousness.
In an instant, Jiang Chen's heart was filled with astonishment!
He hadn't anticipated that besting Fang Yuan in this confrontation would actually result in a direct depletion of his Heavenly Fate Value by 2000 points!
However, after a brief internal analysis, Jiang Chen swiftly came to understand.
This Holy Son contest marked Fang Yuan's inaugural battle since plummeting from the apex to the nadir, having endured two years of silent restraint!
During these two years, the torment he weathered, the internal pressure, and all other factors, had accumulated within him.
This was a battle that Fang Yuan was obliged to win!
Defeat, for him, would strike an exceedingly, exceedingly lethal blow.
For a full two years, numerous individuals had dismissed him as a failure, yet he staunchly believed otherwise.
But now, even with the assistance of Nangong Wan and Shangguan Ning, he had been bested. Wasn't this affirmation that he truly was a failure?
At this juncture,
"The battle has concluded! Jiang Chen emerges victorious!!"
The Elder officiating as the referee proclaimed resonantly!
His thunderous voice resonated throughout the entire Holy Land Square, heralding Jiang Chen's triumph.
This also provisionally designated Jiang Chen as the new Holy Son.
The reason for its temporary nature was that in the subsequent ranking contests, all other competitors retained three opportunities to challenge for a higher rank.
Others could also elect to challenge Jiang Chen. Should they prevail, they would secure the first position, assuming the role of Holy Son!
However, considering Jiang Chen's current standing and the formidable prowess he demonstrated, it seemed improbable that anyone would dare to challenge him now.
At this juncture, following the Elder's pronouncement,
"Jiang Chen, the Holy Son!"
"Jiang Chen, the Holy Son!"
"Senior Brother Jiang Chen has ascended as the Holy Son, this is splendid! Our Purple Heaven Holy Land now has its Holy Son!"
"With a Holy Son like Senior Brother Jiang Chen, our future is promising!"
"Under the stewardship of Holy Son Jiang Chen, our Purple Heaven Holy Land will indubitably dominate the Everflowing Truth Domain, subjugating the Imperial Extreme Heavenly Palace and the Jade Lake Heavenly Temple!"
"..."
There was further simmering discussion and cheer under the ring, akin to cold water being splashed into a pan of boiling oil!
"Hahaha!"
"Indeed, my disciple has claimed the title of Holy Son, excellent, most excellent."
Ji Mingxiu was radiant with joy, his voice resonating with satisfaction.
Those surrounding him immediately concurred, praising Ji Mingxiu's discerning judgement.
However, just as the entire venue erupted in jubilation, roars erupted from the ring!
"No!!"
"Why! Why was I defeated, I can't accept it!"
"This is an illusion, it has to be an illusion, it's not real, it's not real!"
"I won't lose, how could I lose, I yearn for victory, I yearn to seize the position of Holy Son!"
"..."
It was Fang Yuan, bellowing as if he had descended into madness!
How could he possibly fall before his peers on this small Immortal Martial Continent when under the tutelage of two Void Tribulation realm powerhouses!?
At this juncture, the culmination of two years of torment had reached its zenith!
The anticipations of the past two months had burst like a bubble!
Fang Yuan felt as though he had been cast back to two years prior, when the agony of descending from heaven into hell had permeated his entire being.
Furthermore, the anguish and resentment he felt this time were even more vehement!
"Fang Yuan, regain your composure."
Jiang Chen's brow furrowed as he counseled, "Victory and defeat are commonplace in a cultivator's path!"
"No!"
"I refuse to fall before you!!"
Fang Yuan erupted in unparalleled fury, launching another assault on Jiang Chen!
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Codered999
Welp, Fang Yuan has doomed himself here. His mentors will lose almost all respect for him, the sect members he just regained respect from with lose all of it, the woman he hoped to marry will despise him for this honorless act, the Holy Lord will be disappointed beyond measure. He's thrown himself into the downward spiral the first SoHF had to be guided into. There's no recovery past this point and the loss of all his heavenly fate points is inevitable. Shortest SoHF run so far, but still plenty interesting to see, Jiang Chen was just too ready to take advantage of his opportunities. I expect the next SoHF to have a far greater amount of Fate points such that Jiang Chen actually worries about failure. Sure he could have failed against Fang Yuan, but only if he got cocky or arrogant and ended up shooting himself in the foot.
