Long Chen rose up with a burst of energy, and strode towards Arena 4 with calm, unhurried steps. Sweeping a gaze towards the audience, he looked towards one specific area where Ceng Hun was situated at, and a light smile spread across his face.
"Elite Disciple Long Chen would like to challenge the 53rd Rank on the Heaven's Pride Ranking, Ceng Hun!" Long Chen put himself into third person, as he powerfully announced.
Where Ceng Hun was seated, his hands still high in the air while crazily cheering for Feng Yun, dozens of people are casted their glances towards him.
Ceng Hun froze in shock for a moment, and his current position was quite humorous. He was instantly put into an awkward position, as he hurriedly placed his hands down while coughing a few times to disperse of his embarrassment.
He jumped out from his seat with vigor, and landed onto the arena stage.
"Since you would like to challenge me, how could I reject this challenge? Elite Disciple Ceng Hun, would like to exchange pointers with you. Please." Ceng Hun cupped his fists and lightly bowed, while gesturing for Long Chen to make the first move.
Long Chen merely gave a strange look as he stared towards Ceng Yun while lightly lifting his eyebrows in amusement.
He wanted him to make the first move against him?
At this moment of time, a deep intake of breath could be heard resonating in the combat hall, and suddenly, everyone reacted towards Long Chen's presence.
"This…is this even a human? How could someone's realm of elegance ever reach such a high level? I can't believe that there is actually someone so attractive in the world!"
"Same here! My heart is pounding when I see him, and I can't even control it at all!"
"Scram! You are a boy! What are you talking about?"
The audience burst into a clamor at the sight of Long Chen, and like a hive of bees, they constantly buzzed around.
Xiao Tian also had a faint look of interest in his eyes, as he turned towards Long Chen. Quickly, an expression of surprise was painted all over his face, and he looked at Feng Xin, "Senior Disciple Feng Xin, looks like there is somebody stealing your thunder today."
He lightly chuckled after saying this, and continued, "Although I heard some rumors, but this is the first time I am seeing this Junior Disciple. He is truly as they described it to be, as attractive as the waning moon under the darkness, and as brilliant as the burning sun!"
"Senior Disciple Feng Xin, are you feeling anything different towards his youth? If you do, I will go and help you to chase him down." Xiao Tian lips curled up into a playful smile as he teased.
Feng Xin slightly rolled her eyes, before she softly stated, "Even though talent and looks matter, more so does character. Even if he was the most handsome under the heavens, and have unequalled talent, if he is lacking in character, it won't be...good. I am sure that my heart will lean towards an untalented but kind person, then an arrogant genius."
Xiao Tian took a meaning glance at Feng Xin, and faintly nodded his head, "True, true." Afterwards, he simply stared forward towards Arena 4 without saying another word.
"Fellow disciple Long Chen, please make your move." Ceng Hun reminded Long Chen when he saw that he was still not moving yet.
The crowd then finally focused onto the fight after hearing of Ceng Hun's words, and began to discuss amongst themselves.
"Hey, who do you think will win? The new disciple Long Chen, or the Rank 53rd Ceng Hun?"
"I don't really know. I heard that Long Chen had completed a 3 Star mission with difficulty comparable to the Mid-Stage Elementary Realm. But Ceng Hun is already at the Peak of the Elementary Realm,"
"Even though I like Long Chen much more, I still feel like Ceng Hun will win. After all, for Long Chen to reach the Elementary Realm at his age is already an amazing feat! I cannot imagine if he now has the strength to battle against somebody at the Peak of the Elementary Realm!"
"Same here! And Ceng Hun is not a normal disciple, but an Elite Disciple, a genius who has the ability to surpass realms to fight. Although his cultivation is at the Peak of the Elementary Realm, but his combat ability is higher than this."
Most of the opinions swerved towards Ceng Hun, who they thought was going to win.
Look at Ceng Hun, this time, Long Chen was not polite. He took out his sword from his storage bag, and with a mesmerizing swish sound of the sword cutting the air, he put it in fighting position.
Then, staring straight at Ceng Hun, his feet began to move.
Piercing Cloud Movement!
With a flash, his feet moved so quickly onto the ground that one may even falsely feel that he was levitating above ground.
Abruptly, his figure had shifted away from Ceng Hun's eyes, which left the latter tensing up his face with a serious expression.
He had only barely managed to catch Long Chen's movement, and this fact clearly indicated of how fast he was.
As an Elite Disciple ranking within the Heaven's Pride Ranking, it was natural that he was no simple character.
His eyes had narrowed into slits as he placed his body into a defensive position, and his weapon had already unknowingly been placed in front of him, ready to defend at any given moment.
Long Chen first dashed towards the left side of Ceng Hun, appearing towards his left shoulder with a slight distance of around 2 meters.
To a cultivator who could unleash their Qi energy and attack from far, 2 meters was definitely not a far distance.
Shadow Sword!
As he halted his movements, he shifted his body to carry on the momentum of his movement towards his sword strike, bringing it much more power and explosiveness.
Ceng Hun's response was quick, as he noticed where Long Chen was using his senses and pure instincts.
He raised his weapon right in front of his body, with the intention of blocking the incoming sword ray with his weapon.
A small defensive cover of energy covered the entirety of his sword, and even though the cover was thin, it was definitely not weak.
Yet, Ceng Hun had grossly underestimate the power of Long Chen's sword strike.
The sword ray was swift, and carried with it an astonishing power as it crashed towards Ceng Yun's defensive cover.
Ceng Hun, who had planted his feet onto the ground, felt a wave of strength crashing upon him, and he sunk deeper into the ground to maintain his balance, until he was unable to rebel against it, and eventually stumbled back a few steps.
While he was retreating back, his eyebrows had furrowed into a thin line, and his expression became heavy.
Never had he expected that a simple strike of Long Chen's was so powerful!
He had originally thought that Long Chen was just playing around when he issued a challenge towards him, but who knew that he actually had the strength to fight against him?
At this point of time, he wanted to curse out aloud to the heavens for giving him such a demon like opponent, when he saw another sword ray striking towards his right shoulder.
Seeing that Ceng Hun had been knocked back and momentarily lost his balance, how could he let this chance to attack go away?
On the other hand, Ceng Hun hurriedly placed his weapon back up to block the strike when he realized that he was unable to dodge it.
When the sword ray and his weapon collided again, a few blinding sparks were created, sending flashes of energy to wildly collide around the arena.
Ceng Hun had once again felt an overwhelming power impacting his defensive cover around his sword, but this time, it was more powerful than ever.
His defensive cover abruptly got pierced through under the strength of the sword ray, and heavily collided against his weapon, sending a current of power coursing from the sword to his right hand.
This current of strength had directly sent him flying back a few meters, and he had to manipulate his body before he landed on his two feet with a loud thump sound.
His heart was now literally pounding in astonishment, and pure surprise, as his entire right hand felt a wave of numbness.
Meanwhile, the crowd were completely dumbfounded by this sudden change of events. First, it was the incomparably fast movement skill of Long Chen, followed by his two swift sword strikes.
And he had sent a Peak Elementary Realm genius flying back?
They felt as though their minds had been blown apart, as they stood there with their jaws wide open, their eyes bulging like saucers.
Ceng Hun glanced at Long Chen, who was calmly staring back at him.
"I had never, in my wildest dreams, expected you to burst out with so much power. But I didn't get the Rank 53rd on the Heaven's Pride Ranking for nothing!" Ceng Hun uttered while shaking the numbness out of his right hand.
He curled his body back, and with a slight grin on his face, his weapon rose up, "Please receive this strike of mine!"
With a loud battle cry, he charged towards Long Chen with his weapon placed behind his back, and when he neared Long Chen, he waved his weapon in front of him in a sweeping action.
"Sweeping the Waves and Currents!"
Using all his strength and momentum, a huge sweeping current was created from his weapon, which covered a large circumference of around 5 meters, almost enveloping the entirety of Long Chen, locking him and ensuring that he could not run away from it.
Long Chen lightly lifted his eyebrows as a gust of wind accompanied by the sweeping current rushed towards him.
He slightly tightened his grip on his weapon, then abruptly rose up a few meters into the air.
When he was at his peak of his jump, his sword slashed down upon the raging sweeping current.
Soaring Sword!
The sword ray produced by his Soaring Sword skill was not as fast as the Shadow Sword, but it was slow and powerful.