Conquer the game world

Chapter 154 Aiming for First Place
The main tournament officially began, an opportunity for all disciples to showcase their abilities, especially those from branch sects, who might be noticed by an elder and rise to prominence. Those who didn't pass the first round of eliminations could only watch from the stands. Yan Xiaobai was already seated in the audience. Although she hadn't passed the first round, it was within her expectations. Her expression didn't reveal much frustration; perhaps for her, simply watching Ye Feng perform well was enough.

Ye Feng was in the tenth group, and in this group, Ye Feng's strongest opponent was probably his closed-door disciple, Long Jie.

Ye Feng had witnessed Long Jie's strength before. Both sides had left their own forces behind that time, so their exact strength was still unclear. However, Ye Feng was very confident in himself. After all, Long Jie wasn't even considered a top-tier disciple of the main sect. If he couldn't defeat Long Jie, then there was no point in talking about winning the championship.

Besides, Ye Feng also has many other strong opponents in this group.

"The first match is between Ye Feng and Qiu Zinan."

With the referee's signal, Ye Feng was the first to step into the arena. His opponent was a core disciple from the main sect, a disciple said to be exceptionally skilled in creating illusions. Arranging for Ye Feng and a core disciple from the main sect to compete in the first match was clearly intended to make the competition more exciting and thrilling.

Ye Feng used the Heavenly Wind Step and instantly appeared on the dueling platform. Now that he was determined to compete for first place, Ye Feng no longer intended to keep a low profile.

"This guy was the most ruthless one in the previous sect division group matches. It's said that his soul attacks can easily defeat a mid-stage Spirit God martial artist," the audience members in the stands discussed.

"Yes, and judging by his movements, he's very fast. He's a troublesome guy."

"However, his opponent is no pushover either. He is said to be a genius as well, but he is relatively young, so his strength is somewhat inferior to that of some of his direct disciples."

"I heard that this person's illusion technique has reached the highest level. Many people have never even seen his true form and don't even know whether Qiu Zinan is male or female."

Although Ye Feng's displayed strength has attracted attention, everyone still values ​​Qiu Zinan more than Qiu Zinan, the core disciple of the inner sect.

While people were still discussing, the referee elder in the arena announced, "The match has begun." Many people were stunned for a while because they saw that there was still only Ye Feng in the arena, and no one else was there. The match had already started?

"Why is it only Ye Feng who started? What about Qiu Zinan?" Many branch disciples asked, puzzled.

“Fool, Qiu Zinan’s illusion magic has already reached the highest level. You can’t see where he is at all. He’s probably already on the stage.” Some disciples who had heard of Qiu Zinan replied.

"Damn it, this works too? We can't even see anyone, how are we supposed to fight?" the branch sect disciples said speechlessly.

"Hmph, Qiu Zinan is a genius disciple of our Illusion Sect. How could you possibly understand her strength? As for your Senior Brother Ye Feng, I think that's all he's got," some inner disciples said disdainfully.

Upon hearing this news, many disciples of the branch sect showed expressions of worry. After all, Ye Feng was the most promising disciple in the branch sect, and if he were eliminated in the first round, the disciples of the branch sect would feel ashamed.

Long Jie squinted at Ye Feng in the arena. Long Jie had long expected that Ye Feng had held back his strength, and it was expected that he would be able to enter the main peak martial arts competition. However, Long Jie did not know how strong Ye Feng really was.

"Qiu Zinan should be a worthy opponent for you. Let me see your strength," Long Jie muttered to himself. It would be best to gauge Ye Feng's strength beforehand, as this would give him more confidence in their later battle. At this moment, Long Jie had already decided in his mind that Ye Feng was his opponent.

In this group, the loser is immediately eliminated, and the elimination rounds continue until only one person remains. It's fair to say that this competition format is extremely brutal.

This battle was particularly strange for the audience, because they couldn't even see Qiu Zinan; they only saw Ye Feng standing alone in the arena, which was quite a bizarre experience.

The disciples in the audience saw Ye Feng making various dodging movements in the arena, seemingly trying to avoid attacks. Although they didn't understand the specifics, they could occasionally see flashes of light in the arena.

Ye Feng originally thought that the so-called illusion was nothing more than interfering with the other party through soul power, making the other party unable to sense his presence.

Unexpectedly, after Ye Feng went on stage, he found that his soul was not greatly affected, indicating that the opponent's attack was not through interference with his soul.

Qiu Zinan launched a series of light blades at Ye Feng. These light blades contained powerful true essence, and even a Spirit God martial artist would probably not dare to take such an attack head-on.

Of course, the audience couldn't sense the danger Ye Feng was facing. They only felt that the lights in the arena were flashing and somewhat dazzling, but they didn't realize how much risk was hidden there.

Ye Feng continued to dodge in the arena. Although Qiu Zinan was well concealed and her attacks were also very subtle, Ye Feng, whose powerful soul force was not greatly affected, could still easily sense Qiu Zinan's position and attacks.

"I see. The interference of soul power is only an aid. The most important thing is probably to manipulate the power of this light." Ye Feng said with a sigh. Qiu Zinan's soul interference was not strong. Although it could interfere with the soul perception of ordinary martial artists, it did not have much effect on martial artists with strong soul power like Ye Feng. Ye Feng could still easily sense Qiu Zinan's location.

The reason why Qiu Zinan is undetectable is mainly due to her manipulation of light. She controls the power of light to obstruct people's vision, making it impossible for them to see her location.

"Being able to manipulate the power of light so easily, it seems that the person is probably a light attribute martial artist, and has nothing to do with the Illusion Sect at all," Ye Feng thought to himself.

Meanwhile, Qiu Zinan, who was hiding in the shadows, was getting impatient as she saw Ye Feng always able to easily dodge her attacks and she was unable to defeat him for a long time.

"drink."

As Qiu Zinan's true essence surged wildly out of her body, countless light blades formed around Ye Feng, whistling as they hurtled towards him.

"Dance of the Light Blade"

With a loud shout, Qiu Zinan felt more confident. She believed that even a direct disciple would have a hard time dealing with such a vast number of light blades, so she was quite confident that she could use them to deal with a branch disciple.

"Now let's see how you dodge. Show us your true strength." After seeing Qiu Zinan unleash her ultimate move, Long Jie was already expecting Ye Feng to show his real power.

Although many ordinary disciples couldn't see what was happening inside the arena, powerful disciples like Long Jie could sense the situation. These disciples were all looking forward to seeing how Ye Feng would deal with the situation.

Faced with such an attack, the best approach for any martial artist is to deploy a defensive barrier, try to defend as much as possible, and then seek an opportunity to counterattack. Of course, whether or not one can defend successfully depends on the density of true essence in the defensive barrier that each person can use.

However, just as Long Jie was anticipating how Ye Feng would defend himself, he saw Ye Feng's figure flash continuously within the arena. In a very small area, Ye Feng's body made all sorts of incredible movements. In the blink of an eye, all of these countless light blades were dodged by Ye Feng, without even touching the hem of Ye Feng's clothes.

"Holy crap, what kind of movement technique is that?" Long Jie exclaimed in surprise. Ye Feng's movement technique was simply unbelievable.

It's important to understand that there's a difference between movement technique and speed. Some martial artists can approach their opponents at an extremely fast speed to attack during a fight. Such martial artists can be said to have powerful movement techniques, but powerful movement speed is one aspect, while dodging attacks in a small area like Ye Feng is another.

Sometimes, even if you are very fast, you may not be able to dodge such a dense attack. After all, dodging such attacks is not something that can be solved by speed alone. The most important thing is that you have to predict where the next attack will appear and dodge in advance. In the case of such a dense attack, it is very difficult to quickly find a space to dodge.

If it were just a matter of speed, Long Jie might be confident that he was no less than Ye Feng. However, when it came to dodging ability, Long Jie felt that he was far inferior to Ye Feng. Qiu Zinan, who was also in the arena, showed an incredulous expression. Ye Feng had actually dodged such an attack so easily; was it even possible for a human to do that?

"You're done, it's my turn now," Ye Feng said with a smug look on his face.

"A flaming arrow shot through a willow leaf."

Ye Feng flipped his hands, drawing his bow and arrows. He unleashed a sword strike, which instantly split into countless flaming arrows that rained down on Qiu Zinan.

Ye Feng's attack basically covered the entire arena, with the number of arrows far exceeding the previous light blades, making it virtually impossible to avoid.

Qiu Zinan didn't possess Ye Feng's extraordinary movement technique. Faced with such an attack, Qiu Zinan could only use her true essence defensive barrier to withstand it.

Although Ye Feng's flaming arrows could not break through Qiu Zinan's defenses on their own, Ye Feng had the advantage of having more profound true essence, and these flaming arrows kept shooting at Qiu Zinan from all directions.

"puff."

Finally, the defensive barrier in front of Qiu Zinan shattered. Qiu Zinan's true energy was exhausted, and she was no longer able to support such a defensive barrier. Furthermore, due to excessive consumption, Qiu Zinan was also unable to continue to control the light, and revealed her figure on the dueling platform for the first time.

At this moment, the ordinary disciples looked over and realized that Qiu Zinan was actually a beautiful woman with a fresh and refined appearance. The disciples in the audience couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. This mysterious Qiu Zinan was actually a female disciple. However, Qiu Zinan's face was pale at this moment, and her true energy was greatly consumed, which reduced her overall temperament. Otherwise, she would have been even more stunning.

"Ye Feng is too powerful! He actually ignored such an illusion!" the ordinary disciples exclaimed.

"That's right. No matter how strong the illusion is, you have no way to dodge when faced with a barrage of attacks."

"This requires a profound amount of true essence to dare to use it like this. I originally thought Ye Feng was only strong in soul power, but I didn't expect him to be so strong in this aspect as well." A disciple sighed and said, "It's a pity though. Qiu Zinan is such a beautiful woman, she's practically my goddess, and she lost just like that."

"Are you an idiot? If she hadn't lost, how would we have been able to see Qiu Zinan's appearance? Speaking of which, we should really thank Ye Feng."

"To resolve a battle like this, by overwhelming others with brute force, it seems he's extremely confident in the strength of his true energy," Long Jie thought to himself.

This time, Long Jie and the other ordinary disciples all believed that Ye Feng did not actually know Qiu Zinan's exact location, which was why he used this method to defeat her. In fact, Ye Feng was able to sense Qiu Zinan's location, but he simply chose this more troublesome way to end the battle.

"Next match, Long Jie will face Qi Ziming," the referee announced after Ye Feng's duel ended.

The match continued, and this time it was Long Jie's turn to appear. His opponent, Qi Ziming, was also a disciple of the main sect. However, Qi Ziming's cultivation path was unconventional. He practiced a technique to control puppets, and in battle, he mainly used his puppets to fight against his opponent.

At the start of the match, Qi Ziming summoned his four puppets, each of which was at least at the Spirit God realm. It could be said that Qi Ziming alone was able to unleash the power equivalent to four Spirit God warriors.

"This puppetry technique is quite interesting. It does have some similarities to my undead rabbit," Ye Feng thought to himself. His undead rabbit, like this puppet, could also be manipulated, but it could only be used for reconnaissance and had no practical combat value.

Long Jie had already made his move. Although he was facing four puppets at the Spirit God level, Long Jie showed a calm and unhurried expression, seemingly without any worry.

Qi Ziming made the first move. He sensed that Long Jie's aura was constantly rising, and this aura gave Qi Ziming a great sense of pressure, making him dare not continue to let things go. He had no choice but to take the initiative.

With a wave of his hand, four puppets attacked Long Jie from four different directions. The four puppets were armed with various weapons, including swords, axes, and two knives.

These weapons are not ordinary weapons; all four are Earth-grade weapons, which is extremely rare for Qi Ziming, and he had collected them with great difficulty.

The weapons in the hands of the four puppets emitted a strange light, and one could sense the powerful true energy contained within them.

"Break it for me."

Despite being surrounded by four puppets, Long Jie remained calm. He shouted and swung his sword.

"boom."

A violent burst of fire energy erupted from Long Jie's body and exploded in the arena. Qi Ziming's puppet was made of some unknown material. Although the burst of fire energy was very strong, it did not cause much damage to the puppet.

Although the fire elemental energy did not directly damage the puppets, the powerful explosive force it unleashed still managed to knock all four puppets back simultaneously.

The scene of Long Jie repelling four puppets at the Spirit God Realm with a single sword strike left the audience speechless. The impact of this was even greater than when Ye Feng defeated Qiu Zinan. Although Ye Feng defeated Qiu Zinan, the whole scene was extremely boring for the audience. What's the point of watching just one person fight? The scene was nowhere near as spectacular as Long Jie repelling four puppets.

Facing the exclamations from the disciples in the audience, Long Jie wore a cold smile. He knew he had achieved his goal. His attack was meant to create momentum. Such a powerful strike highlighted his tall and mighty image. He not only wanted to surpass Ye Feng in strength, but also in the disciples' hearts.

After repelling the four puppets, Long Jie didn't pause for long. He flashed forward and approached Qi Ziming at an extremely fast speed. He swung his sword and just managed to hook it near Qi Ziming's head. At that moment, Long Jie quickly stopped his sword.

Although the puppeteer's puppets are very powerful, the puppeteer's own weakness is also a major disadvantage. Long Jie was well aware of this, so he ended the battle so quickly. If he had continued to fight the puppet, even if he could have won, he would probably have been exhausted.

"I lost." Qi Ziming said, still in shock. The scene of Long Jie repelling his four puppets was so terrifying that Qi Ziming was subdued before he could even react, and he didn't even have time to use some of his other tricks.

After winning, Long Jie sheathed his sword and turned to give Ye Feng a triumphant look. This look was clearly a show of defiance towards Ye Feng. The two were assigned to the same group, which meant that as long as they both won, they would meet sooner or later at the final moment.

"I'm looking forward to fighting you." Long Jie said to Ye Feng, appearing polite on the surface, but in fact, Long Jie was already plotting how to deal with Ye Feng. After all, Long Jie still remembered the incident where Ye Feng beat Long Ping.

"It'll happen sooner or later. I'm just worried you might be eliminated early," Ye Feng replied confidently.

"Hmph, you should worry about yourself instead," Long Jie retorted, not to be outdone.

In Ye Feng's group, Ye Feng and Long Jie were the two most favored martial artists, while Qiu Zinan and Qi Ziming, who were originally considered to be evenly matched, were both defeated. In the following battles, Ye Feng and Long Jie did not encounter much resistance and advanced easily all the way. Soon, the two met in the final.

(End of this chapter)