C19 Shihao

When Deacon Zhao announced the next round of namelist, everyone on the stage turned to look at Shi Hao and Hao Chen. Although they thought that Shi Hao had no suspense in this competition, but they wanted to know, in their hearts, whether Hao Chen, who was known as the strongest disciple of Fire Altar, truly had strength, or did he rely on luck to make it into the first six rounds.

Originally, the fire altar had two people fighting for the top three places, but one of the Mu Qingyi had already lost, and if one wanted the fire altar to enter the top three, Hao Chen, who had the last place, had to defeat Shi Hao.

In the Fire Altar's resting area, when Hao Chen heard his name, he slowly walked up the stage under the crowd's gaze. In front of him, Shi Hao was currently standing and staring at him.

"Finally, I met him. I had thought that I would not have the chance." Shi Hao stared at Hao Chen and said calmly: "The last time you injured my brother in the Yi Family's Beast Mountain Range, it was also equivalent to humiliating my wood jar's clan. This debt, we will settle it in the competition today, so in this competition, I will not be merciful."

"I believe you should be clear about what happened last time. I did indeed beat up Shi Mu and Wu Yue, but they were bullying the weak. It is a fight." Hao Chen was expressionless, and in his eyes, there was no fear.

"He is indeed in the wrong. However, no matter what, he is still my younger brother. If you wish to teach him a lesson, you will not be able to do so." Shi Hao said. Although he hated those who oppressed the weak and bullied the weak, Shi Mu was still his little brother. Thus, when it came to the issue of right and wrong, he still stood on the side of kinship and helped Shi Mu take his revenge.

Regarding Shi Hao's words, Hao Chen could understand it. After all, when a person gets into trouble, the so-called reason would not just stand by your side and lend a helping hand. In a moment of crisis, the only people who can help you are your family and friends.

"The match begins." After Hao Chen and Shi Hao took their positions, the Deacon Zhao announced.

"Sorry." When the Deacon Zhao announced the start of the competition, Shi Hao ferociously stepped on the ground, his body, like a cannonball, shot towards Hao Chen.

Hao Chen squinted his eyes and slightly moved his right leg. However, such a simple movement cleverly avoided Shi Hao's figure that was charging towards him.

Shi Hao's figure that was moving forward stopped after being dodged by Hao Chen, the five fingers on his right hand were clenched into a fist, the sharp wind whistled, and struck towards Hao Chen's chest.

A powerful fist attack came over, Hao Chen's right hand instantly changed into a fist, without any fancy moves, his fist struck out, colliding with Shi Hao's fist.

"Good boy, eat my Wooden Vine Fist." His moves were blocked by Hao Chen's fist, causing Shi Hao to laugh out loud. His right hand flickered with a bright light, and his majestic fist once again struck towards Hao Chen.

When the disciples present saw Shi Hao using his cultivation technique, they all thought to themselves that it was time for Hao Chen to lose. In their minds, although the level of the Wooden Vine Fist was not high, when used on Shi Hao, it would be enough to deal with him.

Hao Chen was very calm, he had used this Wooden Vine Fist back in the Yi Family's Beast Mountain Range, and this time, he could clearly feel that the punch was much stronger than the last one.

"macadam fist." Light condensed in his right hand, and when Shi Hao's Wooden Vine Palm struck, Hao Chen also used a middle stage Spirit Stage technique to block it.

"He clearly knows that his strength is inferior to Shi Hao's, so it's fine if he doesn't avoid it, but he's still using the same level of cultivation to clash with him. Is this Hao Chen seeking death?"

"He's probably going to lose. Give up."

"That's true. After all, the difference in strength is too great. If it were me, I would have given up earlier to avoid suffering in the competition."

The disciples that were observing the competition from outside the stage shook their heads when they saw that Hao Chen had actually used a mid-grade Spirit Ranking cultivation technique to compete with Shi Hao, and commented on him.

Hearing the crowd's evaluation, Mo Yixue, who was sitting in the Fire Altar Region, watched the competition with a pale face. The previous conflict between Hao Chen and Shi Hao was all because of her. It was hard to ensure that in this competition, Shi Hao would make a move against Hao Chen.

However, the next scene caused their eyes to widen in shock. After the two of them clashed, they both retreated a few steps and Hao Chen was unexpectedly safe and sound.

His Spirit Stage Mid Rank Cultivation Method was able to receive Shi Hao's Wooden Vine Palm?

All of the disciples present felt their heads spin. From what they knew, this Shi Hao had long since broken through the nine stages of dashing the void, and he was merely at the eighth level of the Void Prying Stage. In a situation where the difference in strength was just a single realm, using the same cultivation technique and not losing out in a fight, there could only be one reason.

This Hao Chen also broke through to the nine stages of dashing the void.

Thinking about it here, all of the disciples took a deep breath. It seemed that Hao Chen from the Fire Altar Clan had a good chance of entering the top three.

"Eh? This brat sure has concealed his strength well enough, to actually be at nine stages of dashing the void. " On the main platform, Yi Kui was watching the competition from the sidelines.

"Hehe, Yang Ming, if Hao Chen is able to step into the nine stages of dashing the void, there is hope for you in the top three of the fire altars." Yi Kui smiled at Yang Ming.

The Fire Altar's Chief, Yang Ming, had an excited expression on her face. After Mu Qingyi lost to him, she originally thought that she had lost her chance to get into the top three of this year's competition. When he saw Hao Chen and Shi Hao not losing out, a hint of hope once again rose in his heart. If this Hao Chen really stepped into the nine stages of dashing the void, then the top three might really have a chance.

"Hmph, Shi Hao isn't someone to eat, so what if that brat stepped into the nine stages of dashing the void? He is still not Shi Hao's match. " The patriarch of wood jar, Shi Zhen snorted with a gloomy face. He had originally thought that Hao Chen being able to make it into the top six would depend on some luck. After meeting Shi Hao, he would be defeated in a few moves, and his wood jar would be able to successfully enter the top three. In the end, they did not expect that Hao Chen was actually the deepest hidden dark horse in the competition.

Hearing Shi Zhen's words, no one objected, after all, Shi Hao had entered the nine stages of dashing the void very early. As for Hao Chen, he had merely displayed strength on the stage that was comparable to Shi Hao's. If they were to fight, Hao Chen might not be his match.

As such, the Patriarchs on the main stage turned their gazes back to the competition grounds. They wanted to see, this unexpected Hao Chen, could he defeat Shi Hao?

"Your strength has indeed improved. Seems like being able to enter the top six isn't just based on luck." In the competition grounds, Shi Hao stopped his attack and said to Hao Chen.

Thinking back to when he was in the Yi Family's Beast Mountain Range, Shi Hao's intermediate spirit rank martial skill, Wooden Vine Palm, would even gain the upper hand when facing against Hao Chen's high level spirit rank skill, the Eight Titan Fist. But now, Hao Chen had used only a Spirit Ranked Intermediate macadam fist, and easily blocked Shi Hao's Wooden Vine Palm.

It had to be known, that during these ten or so days, Shi Hao had been training hard, his strength was also improving nonstop, and during this period, he had even borrowed the power of spirit medicine to enter the Spiritual Emptiness Realm, but unfortunately, he failed every single time.

But even so, with Shi Hao's strength, dealing with ordinary nine stages of dashing the void cultivators was not a problem, but against Hao Chen who used the same technique, he was still not at a disadvantage.

"You flatter me. However, luck has taken up a rather large part of my journey." Hao Chen said humbly.

"Don't think that you can win against me just because you've broken through to the nine stages of dashing the void level. Shi Hao said: "Next, I will not hold back."

After Shi Hao finished speaking, light condensed around his body, and a palm-sized light red nether crystal appeared on his forehead in a flash. On the nether crystal, there were nine cryptic and visible inscriptions.

If the nether crystal was summoned from a cultivator's body, it meant that that cultivator had used all his powers when they were fighting. Because nether crystal s were the root of cultivators, they had to be controlled by nether crystal s to use the power of the underworld. Without the nether crystal, the cultivator could not be called a cultivator since the nether power could not be born in their body.

Therefore, to cultivators, nether crystal were extremely important.

"Great Python Fist." After Shi Hao summoned out his nether crystal, the aura around his body grew exponentially. With a loud roar, he stepped on the ground with his heels. As he rushed forward, the light on his right hand formed a fist, and with tyrannical strength, he punched towards Hao Chen.

From his right fist, the shape of a large python could be vaguely seen. It was formed from nether power and it was emitting a strong wave.

"Great Python Fist? This Shi Hao wants to use a high level Spirit Stage technique to determine victory or defeat in one move. " On the main platform, Yi Kui said as he looked at Shi Hao who was using his cultivation method.

"This Great Python Fist is extremely powerful, I wonder if this Hao Chen can withstand it." The patriarch of water jar, Shui Qing said.

"The Great Python Fist is a high grade Spirit Ranked technique, in my opinion, this Hao Chen is going to lose." Tu Kun looked at the arena and analyzed.

"Hmph, my son started practicing the Great Python Fist a long time ago." His strength could be said to be extremely tyrannical. Not to mention nine stages of dashing the void, wanting to receive Spiritual Emptiness Realm was definitely not an easy feat. "How laughable." Shi Zhen said in disdain, but when he said those words, his face revealed a look of worry.

Yang Ming did not answer, but nervously looked at the competition grounds, his eyebrows knitted tightly. He remembered that he had once given Hao Chen an Eight Peak Fist, but the difficulty of this Eight Peak Fist was extremely high.

"I wonder how many of these eight Great Arts have Hao Chen mastered before?" Yang Ming sighed in his heart.

The aura that Shi Hao was giving off was naturally clearly felt by the observing disciples, and immediately after, waves of exclamations came from their mouths. At the same time, they looked at Hao Chen with anticipation. They wanted to see if Hao Chen, who had been given a pleasant surprise, could withstand a single blow from the nine stages of dashing the void.

The one who felt the most strongly was Hao Chen, but when Shi Hao rushed towards him with such a strong force, his expression changed slightly. He quickly channeled the nether energy in his body, and his hands also formed fists at that moment, bringing along a strong gust of wind, and struck towards Shi Hao who was rushing towards him.

"Pa Pa Pa Pa Pa Pa Pa." A clear slapping sound rang beside everyone's ears. Hao Chen's fists continued to strike at Shi Hao, and every single clash of his fists was able to release a burst of powerful energy fluctuations, and the speed at which he punched out became faster and faster. After waving his fists seven times, a power that was not weaker than Shi Hao's, and perhaps even stronger, burst out of his hands, clashing head on with Shi Hao.

"Bang, bang, bang." The moment the two fists collided, a gust of wind burst forth from the point where the two fists collided. The huge python on Shi Hao's right hand also shattered under the impact of Hao Chen's fist, and Shi Hao's figure also flew out of the arena with a sound under the astonished gazes of the crowd.

"Third round, Hao Chen wins."