How can I have a heart of a demonic god in my body?!-Chapter 357 - 0352 Encounter with the Black Emperors

If he were still practicing the ‘Copper Statue Technique,’ achieving a high ranking in this competition would have been nearly impossible.

After a night’s rest, the final twelve competitors restored their energy, waiting for the next day’s battle.

“Not bad, little guy, making it into the top twelve…” the Red Flame King said lazily and old-fashionedly to Chen Yu.

“Only twelfth place!”

Chen Yu replied indifferently.

“What? You’re aiming for first place, aren’t you?” The Red Flame King’s eyes sparkled, as if seeing through Chen Yu’s intentions.

Chen Yu nodded.

In the final battle, he would hold nothing back and aim for the best possible ranking, and if possible, he would take the first place.

“How much of the precious materials I previously asked you to gather have you collected?” the Red Flame King inquired.

“I’ve collected six,” Chen Yu replied.

“Good, in consideration of these six precious materials, I will give you a hand!” The Red Flame King stood up and walked over to Chen Yu: “I see that your cultivation is about to reach the Peak of Middle Innate. Now I will help you speed up your cultivation for a short period. But your spiritual body’s talent is lacking, reaching the Peak of Middle Innate is still up to luck.”

Then, the Red Flame King moved behind Chen Yu and quickly tapped various acupoints on his body, generating a strange heat energy.

Chen Yu felt the circulation speed of the demon pattern energy within his body increase significantly.

…

The next morning, more cultivators gathered in the Liuyun Mountain Range.

The final battle of the college competition would determine the most dazzling batch of geniuses in Yun Zhao Country, potentially ruling it in the future.

On the platform, four battle stages had already merged into one enormously wide stage.

And the final twelve competitors were already standing on this stage.

Interestingly, each academy had three students among these twelve finals slots.

In past competitions, Yunyang Academy always had a lead in numbers.

However, thinking of Yunyang Academy’s Yunhai Zhen, everyone felt that this detail wasn’t significant as the first place in this college competition would likely still belong to Yunyang Academy.

“I still haven’t reached the Peak of Middle Innate!” Chen Yu’s expression was calm.

After all, he had only recently made a breakthrough to the Middle Innate. Without consuming a massive amount of precious materials, coupled with opportunities from ancient ruins, and numerous fierce battles, his cultivation would not have possibly improved so rapidly.

Now, he was just a bit short of reaching the Peak of Middle Innate.

“The rules for the final competition are exactly the same as in the preliminary round,” announced a middle-aged man in a Golden Cloud Robe, his voice booming like a bell and spreading in all directions.

“First round, first match, Yunhai Zhen versus Lv Qiuling!” a referee announced.

“I surrender.”

Lv Qiuling’s body trembled, and she immediately conceded.

During the preliminary match, Luo Haotian had been defeated by Yunhai Zhen in just one stroke.

Moreover, Qiuling’s spirit pet had suffered much loss; how could she possibly contend with a supreme genius like Yunhai Zhen.

Qiuling’s surrender went unquestioned.

“Second match, Yuan Chen against Zhou Yuning!”

As the voice fell, both stepped onto the battle stage.

Zhou Yuning held his crimson sword tightly, his eyes focused, and a sizzling sword intent erupted from him.

He knew he was no match for Yuan Chen, but to forfeit without a fight was against his Sword Dao principles.

Slash!

Suddenly, without seeing Zhou Yuning make a move, a huge red sword light descended from the sky.

The sword light fell, and Yuan Chen’s silhouette was easily shattered.

Swoosh!

Yuan Chen suddenly appeared at Zhou Yuning’s right side, launching a strike with his palm, sending out a dim, icy light that moved at high speed.

The originally hot air instantly cooled down, and a thin layer of frost formed.

Clang!

Zhou Yuning positioned his sword horizontally in front of his chest. A huge amount of True Qi mixed with some Half-step True Essence burst forth.

However, Yuan Chen’s strike was launched with True Essence.

Although Zhou Yuning’s powerful attack diminished the efficacy of the palm strike, his body was still thrown backward, flying back several dozens of feet before stopping, and his body was covered with a layer of frost, his limbs somewhat stiff.

He had just looked up when Yuan Chen appeared before him.

Bang!

A palm strike hit Zhou Yuning on the shoulder, sending him flying out of the battle stage once again.

Naturally, Yuan Chen’s palm strike wasn’t very destructive; it merely sent Zhou Yuning flying, otherwise, Zhou Yuning would not have survived without severe injuries.

“So strong…”

Everyone’s spirits sank.

Indeed, challenging the four Guiyuan Realm geniuses was a very difficult task.

“Yuan Chen won, the third match, Chen Yu versus Lu Fan!”

It was now Chen Yu’s turn in the third match.

“Lu Fan?”

Chen Yu looked toward a brawny, dark-skinned man not far away and sensed a vaguely familiar aura.

Lu Fan was the second-ranked student at Sky Sword Academy, even stronger than Zhou Yuning.

Moreover, Lu Fan was also a member of one of the Ten Ancient Clans, the Lu Family.

“If I’m not mistaken, the once Lu Zhuo should have been from the Lu Family among the Ten Ancient Clans.”

During the preliminaries, Chen Yu had paid attention to Lu Fan, whose Bloodline Power characteristics were exactly like Lu Zhuo’s.

Back then, in the Blood Burial Garden, Lu Zhuo had considered the disciples from the three sects and Bone Demon Palace as yokels, his formidable Black Emperor Bloodline making even Mei Changqing step back.

However, in the end, Lu Zhuo’s Black Emperor Bloodline had been extracted by Chen Yu’s mysterious heart and appropriated for his own use.

“Chen Yu, right? Let me see how much of your fight with Duan Xinyue was luck and how much was your real strength.”

Lu Fan looked at Chen Yu squarely.

Even though Chen Yu’s defeat of Duan Xinyue involved some opportunism and a lot of luck,

Lu Fan still would not underestimate him but would treat him as a formidable opponent and give his all.

“Okay.”

This Lu Fan gave Chen Yu a very steady and meticulous impression.

The duel began.

In Lu Fan’s hand, a broad longsword appeared, emitting a sense of heaviness.

On the other side, Chen Yu took out a dark, giant ruler.

Both were sword wielders and used particularly rare heavy swords.

Clang!

The two heavy swords collided, erupting with a dull metallic sound that gave the illusion that the heavens and the earth were shuddering.

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In their initial clash, Chen Yu and Lu Fan both retreated two or three steps simultaneously.

“This lad indeed has some abilities,” Lu Fan inwardly commented.

First, Chen Yu’s cultivation technique was unknown to him, and his True Qi was stronger than his.

Second, Chen Yu’s strength was also significantly superior to his.

However, as a Sword Dao Practitioner, Lu Fan’s sword skills far surpassed Chen Yu’s.

Ding Ding Bang!

They continued to clash, their gigantic swords casting layers of black shadows.

Lu Fan’s sword swung faster, his mastery and utilization of the blade exceptionally refined. He played to his strengths and exploited the weaknesses, pressing Chen Yu hard in consecutive exchanges.

“Just as expected from the second-ranked student of Sky Sword Academy,” Chen Yu inwardly commented.

No longer holding back, Chen Yu’s Secret Pattern Demon Body instantly activated, his body shimmering with a dark luster, subtle deep black patterns faintly outlined.

Boom!

The moment he used the Secret Pattern Demon Body, Chen Yu’s True Qi also surged, a sword swung forcefully, and despite Lu Fan’s superior sword skills, he was forced back several steps.

“Again!”

Lu Fan bellowed, and a pattern of black iron emerged on his body.

His Black Emperor Bloodline surpassed Lu Zhuo’s by several levels.

Upon activating the Black Emperor Bloodline, Lu Fan’s defensive power and strength greatly increased, along with his advanced heavy sword skills, his combat capabilities far surpassed Lv Qiuling’s.

The two’s clash intensified, Chen Yu unable to injure Lu Fan, and Lu Fan unable to harm Chen Yu.

It was like two copper and iron-cast monsters fighting.

“Chen Yu, if you dare lose to Lu Fan, I will never let you off easily,” Duan Xinyue coldly huffed from below the stage.

On the surface, it seemed Lu Fan’s superior sword skills gave him a slight advantage.

Duan Xinyue had been defeated by Chen Yu, and if Chen Yu were to lose to Lu Fan, wouldn’t it mean she was also inferior to Lu Fan?

“I will not lose to him!” Chen Yu’s expression turned stern as he seriously declared.

He was aiming for the top three, perhaps even contending for the first place.

Without further ado, he mobilized a trace of Dragon Scale Bloodline, immediately emitting an invisible, mighty ancient dragon’s oppressive force as a layer of blood-colored scale patterns appeared on his arm.

He didn’t fully activate the Dragon Scale Bloodline, but even the Bloodline Power he showed now was somewhat stronger than Lu Fan’s.

Additionally, Chen Yu’s Bloodline carried a dreadful authority capable of diminishing the power of Lu Fan’s Black Emperor Bloodline.

A sword swung, the shocking Sword Intent dark red in color, eerie patterned scales appearing on it.

Ding Bang!

A sword strike sent Lu Fan’s arms trembling, his footing slipping back as he felt his internal organs tremble and his blood roil.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Chen Yu’s heart suddenly erupted, his strength and speed doubling as he pressed the attack.

At this moment, Chen Yu, like a madman, unleashed sword strike after sword strike, a layer of dark red violent Sword Waves enveloping Lu Fan all around, bombarding him into continuous retreat.

If it had been Lv Qiuling, she would probably have been defeated by now, but Lu Fan’s Black Emperor Bloodline provided a strong defensive power.

“How ferocious, I thought Chen Yu defeating Duan Xinyue was merely taking advantage by chance and good luck, but in a head-on fight, even Lu Fan is being suppressed by Chen Yu,”

In Sky Sword Academy, only second to Ye Chengfeng, and good both offensively and defensively, people usually did not want to clash with him.

But at this moment, Lu Fan was utterly suppressed by Chen Yu, bearing various wounds on his body, almost retreating to the edge of the fighting platform.

Unlike Chen Yu, who appeared virtually unharmed.

At a certain moment, Chen Yu mobilized a wisp of Half-step True Essence, blending it into the massive demonic pattern energy.

The giant sword’s power surged.

Boom!

Chen Yu unleashed his strongest sword strike, this time Lu Fan couldn’t block it, his arms trembling, his hand losing grip of the heavy sword, which flew out of his hand.

The residual sword light struck Lu Fan’s chest, blasting him out of the fighting platform, spitting a mouthful of fresh blood, his Bloodline Power rapidly fading.

“Chen Yu wins!” The referee announced the result.

If Chen Yu’s victory over Duan Xinyue could be attributed to opportunism and good luck,

this time, his direct defeat of Sky Sword Academy’s second-ranked student proved that his own strength was also immensely strong.