The arena was buzzing with activity.
There were only a few matches happening in the arena today. Everyone who went on stage was strong. Besides Yi Yun and Li Hong’s battle, there was also a battle between Chu Xiaoran and a veteran cultivator ranked within the top 2000.
“Oh? Yi Yun and Li Hong have not arrived yet?”
When the spectators arrived, they looked for traces of Yi Yun and Li Hong, but no matter how much they searched, they could not see them.
“Their battle is going to start just before noon, so there is no need for it to be the opening match. I guess they are still cultivating or meditating right now…”
The spectators were secretly alarmed when they heard this.
Every minute counted. Even Li Hong, who was ranked in the top 1000, took this battle with a rookie so seriously.
When the matches began, it started with a few rookies ranked around 5000-6000 challenging each other. Even Gu Mu, who was ranked fourth amongst the rookies, went on stage. However, there was a lack of interest in all these battles.
It was only when Chu Xiaoran went on stage that the audience roused themselves up.
Chu Xiaoran’s opponent was a veteran cultivator who had spent four years in the Tai Ah Divine City. Chu Xiaoran did not hold anything back. She immediately summoned her Aspect Totem at the beginning of the battle and she used her frost ice concepts.
The battle was very intense, there were ice particles flying everywhere!
Finally, Chu Xiaoran managed to use the move ‘Azure Blue Frost Sea, Ephemeral Beauty’ to defeat her opponent.
But after Chu Xiaoran defeated her opponent, she was extremely drained of her strength. It could be said that it was a tough victory.
Chu Xiaoran entered the top 2000 of the Earth roll!
People could see that it would be tough for Chu Xiaoran to win her next match.
She still had another match she could fight, but she would at best reach the 1900 mark. It was impossible for her to go any further.
Chu Xiaoran, who was considered to be similar to Yi Yun, had found her bottleneck at 1900, but Yi Yun had challenged Li Hong who was ranked around 1000. He was mad enough!
“Oh? Yi Yun! Yi Yun is here!” Someone in the crowd shouted.
People glanced over and they saw a teenager dressed in linen clothes entering the arena. He strolled directly to his seat and sat down. Then, he closed his eyes and started to regulate his breathing!
Many people were impressed that Yi Yun was still as calm and at complete leisure even when he had a big battle with a large stake coming up.
“Yi Yun…”
Seeing Yi Yun’s calm appearance, Chu Xiaoran’s brows moved slightly, “Could it be…that he was still holding back during his battle against me?”
Chu Xiaoran also paid a lot of attention on this match. She wanted to see what sort of strength Yi Yun, the number one rookie, had.
Time began to pass and Li Hong still did not appear. Only at noon, as the time for the match to begin approached, did Li Hong finally appear at the entrance of the arena with a long staff behind his back.
He strode into the arena with precise strides. His aura grew larger as he walked towards the stage.
After seeing Li Hong, many felt that Li Hong was different in some way.
Although many in the audience had not opened their Heaven’s Eye, they could feel Li Hong’s aura. He was like a towering mountain. Not only was it pressuring, it was also oppressive!
Li Hong walked straight up onto the Divine Wilderness Stage without a word. He did not even wait for the referee to call out his name.
“Yi Yun! Get up here!” Li Hong shouted loudly. His voice echoed like thunder throughout the entire arena.
The cultivators in the arena held their breaths. His aura was too strong! Just to face someone like this needed a lot of courage.
People could guess that because Li Hong appeared so late, he must have had some kind of breakthrough.
Many people started to worry for Yi Yun. Li Hong was originally very strong, but if he had taken Yi Yun lightly, Yi Yun might still have a small chance for victory.
But Li Hong had been cultivating through the night and he was apparently going to go all out.
If he really had another breakthrough, then everything would be different. This battle involved extremely high stakes. If they were in Yi Yun’s position, they would be absolutely nervous.
Everyone’s gaze landed on Yi Yun. At this moment, there was no need for the referee to announce it. Yi Yun and Li Hong’s match was about to begin!
Yi Yun walked up onto the Divine Wilderness Stage. He unsheathed his Thousand Army Saber and then, he pointed the saber tip at the ground.
There were thirty meters between the two of them.
Li Hong pulled out his long staff and held it parallel to the ground. The staff was six feet long and there were golden loops on the ends of the staff that were made of metal forged from Tai Cang essence. And on the golden loops, there were half-inch long spikes!