The contestants were not allowed to leave till the whole tournament was finished so Yang Feng complied. After returning to his waiting room, Yang Feng sat down to meditate and recover till the next round starts.
Su Yan's participation came as a surprise to him, having not even the slightest idea that she wanted to participate as well.
After Yang Feng recovered and meditated for nearly half a day, he was called back to the field as the next round was starting. He stood up and entered the field and saw the winners of the other seven rounds also returning, which included Su Yan as well.
The referee seeing that everyone was here, started to explain, "now that the first round of elimination is over. The following match's will proceed as follows: winner of field #1 Vs winner of field #2. winner of field #3 Vs winner of field #4, and so on. Let's start the matches!"
Yang Feng looked towards his opponent, who was the winner of the 3rd Field and saw that he was a 3rd Order Transcendant and although he looked fierce, Yang Feng didn't feel any threat from him.
Yang Feng with the others saw as the first match started in which the winner was the one from field #1. After that Yang Feng and his opponent went on the field.
"Kid, you better give up if you don't want to die.", suddenly his opponent said before the match started. Yang Feng looked at him with an indifferent face and said, "If your scared yourself, then give up big guy."
The man narrowed his eyes and scoffed, "if you don't want to, even after I gave you a chance then I'll just have to kill you."
Seeing the man full of himself, Yang Feng decided to finish the match as quickly as he can. Just then, the referee shouted the start of the fight.
Instantly, the man took out his artifact, which was an axe and sprinted towards him. Yang Feng himself wasn't just standing still. He summoned his spear before using his Void Step to appear above the man and thrusted to the man's back.
The man sensing danger used twisted his body to avoid the attack but was still grazed by the spear. Yang Feng didn't give him time to prepare and appeared in front of him and again thrusted his spear towards him.
"Sky Splitter.", Yang Feng said the name of another of his technique, though this one was on the lower end. Wind element started to surrounding the whole spear while the blade was covered with gold luster, strengthed by the Gold/Metal Element. The speed of the spear was also incrreased by 2-3 times as if the wind itself propelled it forward and with a pulse of Qi the spear's blade was covered by compressed drak red flames.
The man couldn't react to the sudden attack and increase of the speed of the spear and the spear pierced him chest, a bit away from his heart. The man coughed out blood that had surged up his throat because of the blow and fell to his knees.
Yang Feng looked at him and sighed, "forfeit now and treat your wound.", Yang Feng didn't want to kill the man. He wasn't a killing machine that killed left and right.
The last match was an exception as he had miscalculated his strength at the start which result in the death of the 1st Order Transcendants, though he still couldn't believe they were that weak.
As for Tang Hao? It was a little because of his opinion of the Tang Hao he knew from the famous work 'Douluo Dalu'. But the major factor was the great amount of Killing Intent Tang Hao had been projecting on him along with Tang Hao's attempt of killing him.
The man heard Yang Feng's words and spoke, "I forfeit." After which he took out a pill from his universe bag and ate it. Yang Feng who heard his opponent's words just walked away and the referee announced the end of the match.
As he returned to the area where the others were standing and watching the match. He saw that all of them, except Su Yan, were looking at him warily. Yang Feng ignored them and went and hugged Su Yan who although looked surprised at the sudden hug, smiled.
"What is it?", she asked him with an amused look on her face. Yang Feng twisted his face as if he was hurt and said, "wife, your really cruel. Your husband just had an intense fight and might be injuried but your acting so cold."
The other contestants who heard this felt an intense urge to strangle him. They all thought 'you had an intense fight!? Are you trying to pick a fight!! You call that an instense fight!? The match barely started before you decimated your opponent!! And what is that about, you might be injuried!? The opposite side couldn't even lay a finger on you, much less injure you!!'
Su Yan herself felt an urge to beat Yang Feng up a bit at his words. But she was already used to his antiques so she just shook her head with a sigh, though the smile on her face didn't diminish in the slightest.
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Yang Feng looked on as Su Yan fought in her match. After Yang Feng's win against the axe wielder, the matches proceeded as usual. Su Yan passed through the quarter with ease. His opponent in the semi-finals was another 3rd Order Transcendant, who Yang Feng again defeated with ease and securing his place in the finals.
Now Su Yan was fighting with a 3rd Order Transcendant in her semi-finals match and the one who wins in this match will fight Yang Feng in the finals.
From how the battle was going, Yang Feng was confident that Su Yan could win. Currently Su Yan had reached the Peak 1st Order Transcendant realm, along with Peak of Early Tier 5 Body Cultivation and soul cultivation that was stronger than most 2nd Order Transcendants.
All this added with her sword that Yang Feng modified after coming to Tong Xuan Realm, making it reach Mid-Saint Grade. Her combat power has exploded and she could evenly fight a Peak 3rd Order Transcendant. (Peak 3rd Order Transcendant are those who have undergone the process of Saintification.)
Compared to Yang Feng's 2nd Order Saint combat power at his maximum, although her strength fell short, it was still more than most in this whole reality could achieve on their own.
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Su Yan, with her sword in her hand, looked at her opponent after defending against an attack. The match had been going on for nearly twenty minutes, during which her opponent tried to injure her brutally but couldn't.
On the other hand, he was also proving to be an annoying opponent because of his armor and defensive techniques. Su Yan had successfully attacked him multiple times, but more than half of those attacks were blocked by the armor and her opponent only suffered a few shallow injuries.
'looks like I'll have to use a strong attack and finish this match in that single attack. Otherwise it would take even more time.', Su Yan thought and tried to find the perfect spot and opportunity to attack.
Her opponent looked at Su Yan who stopped attacking him. He also felt that he needed to finish this match quickly as the women's attack were getting increasingly difficult to block against.
So he used this moment to quickly gather his strength and used his movement technique to speed towards her. Su Yan saw the man rush towards her and frowned. She readied herself and just as the man was near her, she attacked.
Her sword was covered by her cold Qi, adding a glazed gleam to the sword. She attacked with swiftness and attacked the man at a certain point of his armor. While observing earlier, she discovered a small crack in the armor of the man, in the place she had once attacked the man.
The man himself hadn't noticed the crack on the armor and although he saw Su Yan's swift attack, he wasn't that worried, confident that the attack would be blocked. But the next second, that confidence was broken as he coughed out blood and was sent back flying.
He looked down and saw that a straight slash mark had formed on the armor and Su Yan's previous attack had also caused a deep wound to form, right at his abdomen. Looking up from his injury, he saw Su Yan stand in front of him with her sword pointed at his throat.
Revealing a slight helpless and resigned smile, the man forfeited. He knew that in the current state even if he fought with the women, he will die within a minute. Especially with how he could feel Ice Qi solidifying on the wound and penetrating into his body. If it isn't dealt with, it would result in permanent injuries.
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After the result was announced, Su Yan was allowed to recover completely before the start of the final match. Currently Su Yan and Yang Feng were standing on the field and waiting for the referee to announce the start of the match.
Yang Feng looked at her with a small smile on his face and said in a mischievous pitiful voice, "wife, I'm your good husband, so please go easy on me, alright?"
Su Yan also revealed a small smile and mysterious said with a gleam in her eyes, "well, I do have to take care of my dear husband, right?."
Yang Feng looked at her beautiful smile and felt a sudden chill. He secretly gulped and thought, 'did I tease her too much earlier? She won't be too harsh on me right? ....'. he then again looked at her smile and the dangerous aura around her, '...yeaahhhh... I'm doomed.'
Just then, the referee announced the start of the match. Instantly Yang Feng was thrown back without even having a moment to react. He immediately took out his spear and readied himself and landed on the ground. "Oye oye, atleast let me get ready."
He suddenly ducked, dodging a sword aimed at his neck and looked at Su Yan with eyes wide open in shock. He then used Void Steps to distance himself from her as he had felt another attack immediately he had dodged the sword.
Now, he knew that Su Yan was pretty serious about this match and decided that he should not disappoint her and start taking the match seriously.
He looked at her and raised the tip of the spear towards her and said, "you wanted a fight, so come." Hearing this, Su Yan smiled lightly before a serious expression formed on her face. She had long since wanted to try her strength against Yang Feng but they couldn't find a suitable time for sparing.
Su Yan immediately mobilized all of her strength, her Qi and Body strength, her own version of 'Emperor's Might' which not only pressures her opponent but also make them feel immense cold to the soul level, her sword emitted sharp and cold aura and she used her movement technique to the fullest.
In response, Yang Feng also mobilized his Qi till 1st Order Saint, His Body Strength till High Tier 5, his 'Emperor's Might' to the same level to Su Yan that would pressure a person and fill them with fear to the soul level and the pressure would be many times that from Su Yan's because of his mutated Knowledge Sea and the Chaos Qi strands present in nearly every part of his existence. With his spear in his hand and his Void Steps to be used any time he wanted.
The resulting pressure from the too was so much that even those in the audience could feel it, even with the isolation array in place.
Suddenly, Yang Feng and Su Yan's figures disappeared from their places and sounds of metal colliding was heard from the field. But the confusing part was that the sound seemed to be coming from multiple places at the same times.
*Clang* *Clang* *Clang* *Clang* *Clang*
As the sound echoed in the field, creaks started to appear on the ground and wind howled around with each clash. In the entire arena, no one could follow what was going on because of the shear speed of the two, except for one person.
Meng Wu Ya looked on as Yang Feng and Su Yan exchanged multiple blows in a second and neither backing down. But with his experience and powerful divine sense, he could tell that Su Yan was using all of her strength while Yang Feng was using just enough strength to make her feel sufficient pressure, always keeping her at her toes.
"So you want to push her to grow in this battle.", Meng Wu Ya concluded as he watched Yang Feng hit Su Yan with a kick to her abdomen.
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{A-Note: I had to reread the last 20 chapters to remember what I had written in them to finish this chapter.😅}