Chapter 1280 - 1380: Luckier Than Most

Ye Tianfan directly switched into spectator mode, and didn't feel any dissatisfaction about it.

Because Ye Tianfan also knew that his getting into the fourth round was entirely a matter of luck.

In the first round, he'd inexplicably won; what Ye Tianfan didn't know was that the reason he was able to walk out of that Array was actually the Chaos Divine Pearl's protection mechanism.

Because Ye Tianfan was inside the Chaos Divine Pearl, and when he entered, within the Chaos Divine Pearl, an Array that could potentially harm him and stayed inside it for a long time without coming out.

Although the Chaos Divine Pearl could sense that Ye Tianfan hadn't actually encountered danger, as a precaution it still pulled Ye Tianfan out.

This led to Ye Tianfan directly walking out of Elder Ren Tian's Array, which in turn made Elder Ren Tian immediately concede, while Ye Tianfan himself was rather depressed, not knowing to this day how he had won.

Of course, Ye Tianfan did know why he had won—because he came out of Elder Ren Tian's Array, so he was declared the winner—but how exactly he had gotten out of Elder Ren Tian's Array had always left him deeply puzzled, and it wasn't just him; everyone present was baffled and had no idea how he'd managed to come out of that Array.

Everyone simply assumed that Ye Tianfan had some kind of Secret Technique that allowed him to escape Elder Ren Tian's Array.

And the most important point was that Elder Ren Tian hadn't taken it too seriously; he had just brought out his Array, and once Ye Tianfan broke it, he surrendered. Had Elder Ren Tian truly continued fighting, Ye Tianfan absolutely wouldn't have been his match.

Of course, that was what everyone thought. But in reality, if they had really kept fighting, Elder Ren Tian might not actually have been Ye Tianfan's opponent, because at this point, with Ye Tianfan inside the Chaos Divine Pearl, he basically had immunity to Arrays and similar abilities within it.

Since Ye Tianfan was inside the Chaos Divine Pearl, it would ensure he wasn't affected by any non-direct, non-raw-power interference—that is, Ye Tianfan would not be harassed by things like Arrays, Illusion Techniques, or any sort of mental attacks.

If you directly condensed Spiritual Power into an Immortal Technique and blasted it at Ye Tianfan, you could absolutely kill him. Of course, the process would have to be fast; if it were even slightly slow, the Chaos Divine Pearl would treat it as something that could threaten Ye Tianfan, and then use its own method of handling things to remove the danger to him.

The Chaos Divine Pearl's way of handling it was either to directly throw those moves out of its internal space, or to throw Ye Tianfan out of the Chaos Divine Pearl.

In short, no matter which method it used, the result was to separate Ye Tianfan and the deadly move so that they were no longer in the same space. In this way, the Chaos Divine Pearl could ensure Ye Tianfan's safety—of course, only his safety inside her body. The Chaos Divine Pearl had no intelligence, so it could only use this method: as long as they didn't meet, that meant there was no danger.

The second round, on the other hand, was won because of Ye Tianfan's high poison resistance, which led Elder Xuan Tian to concede, and Elder Xuan Tian didn't fly into a shame-fueled rage and start using even more powerful moves.

Because if Elder Xuan Tian had really used stronger moves, Ye Tianfan would very likely have died. After all, what Ye Tianfan defended against was only one of Elder Xuan Tian's relatively ordinary poisons; if Elder Xuan Tian had used even more potent poison, then even with Ye Tianfan's extremely high poison resistance, he'd have had no way out.

Besides, a Medical Cultivator's methods aren't just limited to poison. Because they cultivate medical arts, their own combat strength tends to be somewhat delayed or held back, so in order to have life-saving means in battle, they generally have two choices: one is to always act together with a powerful expert; the other is to prepare several Magical Treasures for themselves so they have more ways to save their own lives.

Although Ye Tianfan didn't know which of these Elder Xuan Tian had actually chosen, no matter which it was, in terms of hard strength Ye Tianfan couldn't compare to Elder Xuan Tian. If Elder Xuan Tian had really gone all out and indiscriminately bombarded Ye Tianfan with Immortal Techniques, Ye Tianfan would have suffered for sure.

Of course, this was, after all, merely an entertainment-oriented gathering, so that sort of situation wouldn't arise. Moreover, Elder Xuan Tian had no intention of fighting to the death; once Ye Tianfan blocked one of his relatively ordinary poisons, he directly surrendered and did not continue.

After all, for people at Elder Xuan Tian's level, their desire for victory or defeat is already quite weak. Besides, even if they won the match, there was no reward, which further reduced Elder Xuan Tian and the others' desire to keep fighting.

The third round was even simpler. In the third round, Ye Tianfan absolutely won by relying on his own strength, and not in the somewhat lucky way he had in the first two rounds. If those two Elders from the first and second rounds had really gone head-to-head with Ye Tianfan in terms of pure hard strength, Ye Tianfan would definitely have lost outright.

After all, in terms of hard strength, Ye Tianfan was not even in the same league as those two Elders. Their strength was already close to the Ten Directions Realm, and in fact, those two Elders had come outside the walls precisely hoping to find an opportunity for breakthrough so they could step into the Ten Directions Realm.

In the third round, Ye Tianfan's opponent in a head-on clash was Senior Brother Yun Tian. Back in the first tournament—that is, the Taichu Sect's first Nine Veins Martial Meet—at that time, Ye Tianfan was simply not a match for Senior Brother Yun Tian.

But in this tournament, Ye Tianfan completely crushed Senior Brother Yun Tian. Although Senior Brother Yun Tian was extremely dissatisfied with this result—after all, a junior brother he'd been able to casually crush a few years ago had, in just a few short years, grown to completely crush him, essentially using only a few years of cultivation to surpass his own decades of cultivation.

Anyone in that position would feel mentally unbalanced.

The fact that Senior Brother Yun Tian didn't suffer a mental breakdown already showed he was relatively broad-minded. After all, if it had been someone with a narrower heart, their head would already be full of ways to destroy Ye Tianfan.

Because Ye Tianfan's talent was simply too high. As long as Ye Tianfan lived, no one else would ever really have a day of standing out. Ye Tianfan's existence could shatter many people's dreams of cultivation and their beautiful visions of the future.

Because whether you wanted to dominate the entire cultivation world or become the number one person under heaven, Ye Tianfan would always be an obstacle you could never get past.