Chapter 471 Melee?

Qin Kunlun took a deep breath, suppressing his unwillingness, then looked at Zhao Zheng.

“Prince Pingrong, the reward they’re offering this time is a Golden Dragon Treasure Fish.

Now that you’ve received this title, I imagine your Imperial Pole Celestial Classic has reached the Transcendent level?

With cultivation like yours, you ought to fight on behalf of Zhao State.”

“Prince Pingrong?”

“The Fourth Prince has already received a title?”

“Prince Pingrong seems like quite an exalted title...”

Many Sixth-Rank experts were out of the loop and only just learned of this. Their eyes were filled with shock.

According to rumors, this internal technique method, the Imperial Pole Celestial Classic, had a great deal to do with one’s title.

The more exalted the title, the more powerful the breakthrough!

Realizing that Zhao Zheng was the only prince to come ashore today, they couldn’t help but suspect that he, too, had reached the very peak of the Upper Sixth-Rank.

River Elder and Old Tu, the fishing village chiefs, had been watching their own disciples spar.

Yu Guang also happened to glance over, his gaze pausing on Zhao Zheng for a moment.

The Sixth-Rank experts from the Rong tribe all stiffened and stared at Zhao Zheng, their eyes full of hostility.

Zhao Zheng looked Qin Kunlun up and down, then smiled.

“Chief Constable Yang’s strength is extraordinary. I believe he’s qualified to fight on behalf of Zhao State. He won’t bring shame upon us.”

Qin Kunlun fell silent.

Zhao Zheng paid him no further attention and watched the sparring between the various fishing villages and the Rong tribe alongside Yang Ling.

“Chief Constable Yang, I’ve heard the Heavenly Might King has a secret art of his own.”

“It can greatly increase one’s cultivation at a critical moment, allowing one to unleash an attack beyond one’s rank.”

“If you face Chu Ling later, be careful.”

Zhao Zheng reminded him with a grave expression.

“Prince Pingrong, did the Heavenly Might King really severely wound the Department Head at our Zhao State’s border back then?”

Yang Ling was somewhat curious.

“That happened a long time ago. I hadn’t been born yet...”

Zhao Zheng thought for a moment. “It should be true. I heard people mention it a few years ago.

At the time, the Heavenly Might King was a Third-Rank Grandmaster Supreme, and your Ironclad Department Head was one as well.

The two of them fought a duel at Zhao State’s border over some matter.

In the end, your Department Head was defeated. Father Emperor was furious, and the Grand Secretary’s office cut the Ironclad Department’s budget by a great deal.”

A trace of solemnity appeared in Yang Ling’s eyes.

“Chu Ling’s appearance this time may be signaling something else.”

“Not long after that battle ended, the Heavenly Might King went into closed-door cultivation, and he hasn’t appeared since.”

“Even the members of the Heavenly Might King’s household have kept a low profile. They’ve never taken part in the Sixth-Rank Top Hundred Battle.”

“Now that the Heavenly Might King’s daughter has appeared here, it’s quite possible that the Heavenly Might King has emerged from seclusion.”

Zhao Zheng’s expression was solemn, his voice low and distant.

“That would mean he... may have attained the Human Immortal Realm.”

A Human Immortal! Yang Ling felt a surge of envy and longing.

Even now, he felt like a monster. If he advanced to the Second-Rank Human Immortal Realm, just how terrifying would his abilities be?

“With power like that, I could haul Luo Kai out myself. Why would I still need to fear the academy head of Star Observation Academy?”

Just then, Chu Ling defeated another opponent.

The Sixth-Rank experts on the Rong tribe’s side seemed to have accepted their fate. Knowing they were no match for Chu Ling, they all chose to avoid fighting. One reason was to preserve their strength in case anything unexpected happened.

The other was to preserve Chu Ling’s strength.

If she could claim the Golden Dragon Treasure Fish, it would be an enormous boon to the Rong tribe!

Seeing that no one else was challenging her, Chu Ling slowly turned to look at Yang Ling, her fighting spirit plain in her eyes.

Yang Ling opened her Status Panel and took a look.

Character: Chu Ling

Class: Martial Artist

Strength: 150

Agility: 149

Spirit: 80

Martial Arts:

Divine Elephant Prajna Skill (Second-Rate, Skilled)

Arhat Salvation Sutra (Second-Rate, Skilled)

Reverse-Yang Meridian-Opening Technique (Second-Rate, Skilled)

Frost-Cloud Palm (Second-Rate, Transcendent)

Heavenly Might Frenzied Blade (Second-Rate, Transcendent)

Star-Chasing Moon-Pursuit (Second-Rate, Transcendent)

Faction: Heavenly Might King’s Residence

“The secret art Prince Pingrong mentioned should be this Reverse-Yang Meridian-Penetrating Art. It’s a second-rate internal technique.”

“She’s cultivated three internal technique methods in total, and she’s reached the Skilled level in all of them.”

“Though she’s a commandery princess like Zhao Yingying, she’s far stronger. Even the prodigies sent by the four major First-Rate sects are a tier below her.”

“She cultivates three internal techniques at once and can circulate them simultaneously. Her control over her strength must have reached Micro-Management...”

Chu Ling’s abilities were completely exposed before Yang Ling, who could see through her with perfect clarity.

She could be considered one of the strongest opponents of the same rank he had encountered so far.

Aside from himself, she was the first person he had seen who could circulate three internal techniques at once.

For an ordinary person, doing that was practically impossible.

“It’s a pity. Against an ordinary expert, she might be able to overwhelm them completely with her strength.”

“But I can also circulate three techniques at once, and all of mine are First-Rate. My martial arts techniques are stronger than hers, too.”

“On top of that, there are my equipment bonuses and Exclusive Skill bonuses...”

“Compared with players, Divine Realm natives have no advantages besides their identities and backgrounds.”

“If things keep developing like this, in perhaps thirty or fifty years, the players’ advantages may be fully realized...”

Yang Ling’s thoughts stirred. When that time came, the players would become a terrifying force if they united!

Seeing him staring blankly at her, Chu Ling furrowed her brows. Then she gave a snort and turned her attention to the Sixth-Rank experts from the fishing villages.

Reverse Yang Meridian-Penetrating Technique (Second-Rate, Skilled)

“Next, the ten of you will fight in front of the mountain gate of the Crimson Refined Fire Flood Dragon Sect.”

Hua Jinsong smiled faintly. “This place hasn’t been this lively in many years.

Let these prodigies of the Sixth-Rank bring back its former glory.”

“Brother Hua, I have a suggestion for this final round.”

River Elder smiled. “The Sixth-Rank prodigies from Zhao State and the Rong tribe clearly have extraordinary foundations.

We’re only small fishing villages in the Star-Sea Fishing Alliance. The disciples we raise are always a cut below them...”

The prodigies of the Star-Sea Fishing Alliance were a little displeased by those words.

But since they came from a Fourth-Rank Grandmaster, none of them dared to voice their objections.

Hua Jinsong asked curiously, “River Elder, how do you plan to arrange it?”

“A melee,”

River Elder replied with a smile. “There are ten of them. Let them fight all at once here instead of having one-on-one matches.

That’s the best way to tell who truly deserves to consume the Golden Dragon Treasure Fish.”

A melee? The Sixth-Rank experts from Zhao State and the Rong tribe abruptly changed expressions, cursing the man for his shamelessness.

“That would be fairer, too. I agree.”

Old Tu nodded slightly.

How could the other fishing village chiefs possibly object? They all smiled and nodded in agreement.

“Indeed. A delicacy like the Golden Dragon Treasure Fish shouldn’t fall into the hands of an ordinary martial artist.”

Hua Jinsong pondered. “A melee has more variables, so it can better reveal their true strength.”

Yang Ling felt somewhat helpless. How could these people be so shameless?

If they didn’t want to give up the Golden Dragon Treasure Fish, they should just say so.

A melee? He alone could beat the other nine into the ground.

But so what? In a moment, those Fourth-Rank Grandmasters would be the ones beating him into the ground.