Chapter 1 Time Flies

After two consecutive matches where their opponents strangely forfeited, Li Chongnan easily defeated three other martial artists in his third match. These opponents appeared formidable but were actually injured.

He finally entered the final three-way battle.

May 3rd, dawn.

The grand finale began.

Deafening music boomed like thunder, echoing all around.

Projections flickered in the sky around the arena, displaying various sponsorship advertisements.

A large number of spectators had arrived early to wait. Many onlookers also gathered outside the martial arts hall.

Although they couldn't see what was happening inside, many people came to experience the atmosphere of the supreme fighting competition.

"Friends, viewers, everyone, hello!"

The host, Xiao Lei, greeted everyone with excitement.

"I'm very happy that on this sunny day, we welcome the ultimate grand finale of the annual Ji Wu Lie Zhan Competition!"

Then came a string of thank yous to a bunch of sponsors, media broadcasters, and various universities supporting the protective equipment.

"Now, let's take a look at the final three teams who will compete for the title of the strongest person on this planet!!"

A huge, overwhelming cheer rang out, and the volume of the heavy music exploded.

Fireworks rose and burst in the sky around the arena.

"The first to appear is the defending champion, the Yanxing Bagua School!!"

Accompanied by music, three men from the Bagua School slowly walked out of the arena tunnel and stood in the waiting area.

The three of them wore snow-white, loose-fitting Daoist robes. The traditional martial arts uniforms had a row of vertical button loops on the chest, and the cuffs and legs were actively tightened. The back featured a black Bagua pattern with white characters.

Among them, Chen Jiahuan wore a metal mask that was black on the left and white on the right, completely obscuring his face.

"The second to enter is the undefeated, continuous-win team, the Mi Neng Wei Xiang Quan!"

With Xiao Lei's loud announcement.

The other three slowly entered the arena.

These three were much more normal.

The group, consisting of two men and one woman, wore uniform black, red-edged jumpsuits with subtle protective gear on their joints.

The arena allowed the carrying of a small amount of protective gear, but most people didn't like it because it interfered with reaction speed and affected the efficiency of attacks.

But these three went against the norm.

Moreover, their exposed skin was tattooed with strange text symbols.

Most exaggeratedly, they had all shaved their heads, and their bald heads were also covered with dense black characters.

"Finally! Our dark horse who has struggled to enter the finals! The Long Xu Men!!"

The last to enter was the Long Xu Men team, with the worst record.

Li Chongnan, Zhuang Yijing, and Yu Yanxiao.

Zhuang Yijing and Yu Yanxiao ultimately chose not to withdraw but worked hard to persevere.

The tall, cold-faced Li Chongnan walked in the front, attracting everyone's attention.

After entering the rest area.

The strongest three of the three teams seemed to lock onto each other quickly, as if by telepathy.

Li Chongnan, Chen Jiahuan, and Xiang Dong, the captain of the Mi Neng Wei Xiang Quan.

As the three teams entered, the surrounding cheers slowly died down.

The host began to introduce the competition system. It was very simple: the Long Xu Men would compete against the Mi Neng Wei Xiang Quan, and the winner would face the defending champion, the Yanxing Bagua School.

Offstage, Yu Long watched the stage with worry.

"Actually, I'm very satisfied to have gotten this far. Continuing might be too cruel for them, don't you think?"

"If they don't even have the courage to challenge, then their future potential will be locked down." Li ChengYi replied.

"But..." Yu Long hesitated, glancing at Li ChengYi.

Suddenly, he faintly felt that something was wrong with this guy.

He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he was different from the way he had been in the past few days.

"By the way, teacher," Li ChengYi continued. "Can I ask you a question?"

"What is it?"

"Entering the Dragon Realm requires a dragon meridian, right?"

"Yes."

"Activating the dragon meridian requires a dragon acupoint, right?"

"That's right."

"Then, is there a problem if I accidentally activate too many dragon acupoints?"

Li ChengYi turned to look at Yu Long seriously.

"???!!!" Yu Long blinked, not reacting for a moment.

What do you mean by activating too many? Aren't there only nine dragon acupoints?

Wait, too many? Too many??!

"You wouldn't be...!" Yu Long suddenly thought of a possibility.

His originally calm eyes widened instantly, almost cracking.

"Yes... You guessed right. When I was opening the dragon acupoints, I discovered that there were many similar acupoints, so I accidentally opened too many." Li ChengYi replied.

"...How many do you have now?" Yu Long felt that his brain was not working well enough.

What are dragon acupoints? A person is born with a fixed number of them.

People only have a maximum of nine, so where do the extras come from?

If there are more than nine, they are likely to be bad acupoints!

"Thirty." Li ChengYi replied.

"Thirty!!?" Yu Long's breathing stagnated. "You opened them all!?"

"I opened them all." These days, Li ChengYi's Saint Spirit Art breakthroughs were happening along with his disciple's breakthroughs, and he has now reached the fifth stage.

His entire physique had been strengthened once again.

The strengthening of the body was secondary. The key was that after the Wisdom Sword, the Saint Spirit Art had stimulated a new ability—Bright Light.

The effect of Bright Light was different from that of the Wisdom Sword. It was a light that radiated to the surroundings like a bonfire.

However, unlike ordinary light, it was not used for illumination, but for radiating and infecting.

It turned the surroundings of the source of Bright Light into a darkness of will, activating the negative emotions of the creatures within a certain range around them, and amplifying their evil desires.

As the saying goes, as long as the surroundings are dark enough, I will be set off to be bright enough.

This was the so-called Bright Light.

As long as it was dark enough around, an ordinary light bulb could become the sun.

This ability, when used together with the Wisdom Sword, was simply a group killing weapon.

Li ChengYi had tried it. The range of Li Chongnan's Bright Light was a large sphere with a radius of about a hundred meters.

And he hadn't completely released it yet, so he didn't know the specific range and intensity.

But no matter what, the Seven Intent Saint Spirit Art had given him a considerable and powerful boost and surprise.

Coming back to his senses, Yu Long was stunned. This was the umpteenth time he had felt shocked in his heart.

Ever since he took in this disciple who couldn't even get started, his life had undergone earth-shattering changes.

"Then you now... are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?" He asked softly.

"No... it's just that all thirty dragon acupoints are connected into one line. Is this what you're talking about, the dragon meridian?" Li ChengYi asked.

"That shouldn't be it. When the dragon meridian is formed, you will enter the Dragon Realm. The characteristic of entering the Dragon Realm is very obvious, which is that your body will enter a comprehensive re-development, and the density of your flesh, bones, and blood will greatly increase, at least three times more than before. Moreover, the dragon whisker needle pricking force will appear spontaneously in your body, purifying your blood essence, and you will be able to exert force from any part of your body at will, thereby breaking the limits of the human body and no longer being limited by the limits of the innate structure."

Yu Long explained.

Li ChengYi thought about it and asked, "Then, is there any simpler and clearer, more intuitive identification mark?"

"Yes, in our Long Xu Men, after entering the Dragon Realm, there will be a dark red line-shaped pattern floating on the edge of the corners of both eyes." Yu Long replied.

"A dark red line-shaped pattern?" Li ChengYi was thoughtful. "Is it like this?"

He turned to look at Yu Long, his eyes tense, his blood qi quickly filling up, and soon, there were three dark red patterns extending outwards from each side of the corners of his eyes.

"That's it, yes, but how do you have three?" Yu Long asked in surprise.

"Perhaps I activated too many dragon acupoints?" Li ChengYi said.

"Possibly." Yu Long nodded thoughtfully.

The two continued to turn their heads and look at the stage. The championship battle was about to begin.

"Wait!!" Suddenly Yu Long reacted.

He turned his head sharply and stared at Li ChengYi.

"You you you you you you!!!"

He pointed his finger at the corners of the other's eyes, his face twisted, and his eyes ferocious.

"Dragon Dragon Realm!!! You've entered!?"

"The first time I was a little doubtful, it felt relatively light, I didn't think I had entered, so I did it twice." Li ChengYi said, "The second time felt a little comfortable, but the effect wasn't obvious, and then I thought, to be on the safe side, I would do it a third time."

"Look." He pointed to the corners of his eyes, "Isn't the color relatively light? I think it might not have been successful, so I'm asking."

"...!!!?" Yu Long pointed at Li ChengYi, a surge of hot blood rushed to the top of his head.

He wanted to shout at the sky at this moment, his whole body was trembling.

That was the Dragon Realm!!

The supreme realm that he had been pursuing all his life!!

Just like that... easily, he had been crossed over by this guy, Li ChengYi!?

Unfair!

Unfair!!

Yu Long didn't know what to say at all, he only felt that his pursuit of most of his life was like a joke at this time.

He realized at this moment that the distance between people was even greater than the distance between people and pigs.

"It's starting. Watch the stage." Li ChengYi ignored his excitement and looked at the stage instead.

He knew Li Chongnan's strength very well. After breaking through and obtaining Bright Light, his whole body was strengthened again, which was a big improvement from before.

Having fought to this point, she was already qualified to obtain key resource support from the Li family and obtain temporary authority to open it up.

In fact, there wasn't much difference between the top three and the first place.

So now they could concede and withdraw from the competition at any time.

It was just in order to speed up Li Chongnan's growth, that he let her continue to participate.

Recalling the old man Chen Zonghan and Hai Sha they had encountered before, it seemed that this competition was hiding a lot of trouble.

Star Lake, Utopia, mixing into the current Yi Country, anyone could guess that there was definitely a conspiracy.

Thinking of this, Li ChengYi looked towards the rest area of the Yanxing Bagua School in the distance.

For some unknown reason, his pupils suddenly shrank.

He saw an old man with white hair reaching his waist and a three-foot white beard sitting among the people in the rest area.

That person instantly sensed his gaze, and looked up at him as well.

Chen Zonghan!!

Li ChengYi's heart jumped.

This person dared to appear openly in the arena!?

Wasn't he afraid...?

Wait!

Suddenly, he noticed that the gazes of the people beside Chen Zonghan were not looking at the arena at all, nor were they looking at him. Instead, they were looking at a silver, gold-patterned airship floating in the distance.

Li ChengYi quickly followed his gaze and looked at the airship.

"What... whose airship is that?" He quickly asked.

Yu Long was stunned, then replied.

"I don't know. It wasn't there just now. It must have just arrived. Generally, airships like that are royal airships, and are only for the use of royal family members."

Only for the royal family!?

A flash of lightning seemed to flash in Li ChengYi's mind, and suddenly, he looked at the Bagua School again, and happened to see Chen Zonghan and others getting up together.

"Are the purpose of these people...!"

Li ChengYi instantly understood, turned around and was about to rush towards the guide.

Boom!!!

At the same time.

A bright yellow ball of fire exploded on the side of the royal airship in the sky.

A lot of lights on the surface of the huge airship dimmed and went out. Losing its power module, it crashed heavily down, crashing towards the packed audience seats of the martial arts hall.

Li ChengYi instantly understood that it was too late, turned around and rushed straight to the stage.

He had to immediately take everyone from the Long Xu Men away! To avoid being involved in the Star Lake Utopia conspiracy against this competition.

(End of chapter)