Chapter 72 Defeating Lan Yu
After the War Hammer Martial Arts Hall made its appearance, there were not many martial arts halls left to appear, and soon all 29 martial arts halls in Jiangcheng City had made their entrance.
Next, the host spoke for a bit, and then Zhao Tianlong and the Mayor of Jiangcheng City also gave speeches.
Once these tedious procedures were completed, the host finally introduced the competition process.
"The first stage of the competition is a Single-player Round-robin tournament, divided into two rounds. First, team members from each martial arts hall will draw lots to choose their opponents. With 145 people from 29 teams, there are 145 lots in total. The person who draws lot number 1 will fight number 145, number 2 against number 144, and so on."
"The winners of the first round will participate in the second round of drawing lots to compete against other winners. Each victory will earn the martial arts hall one point. The 73rd contestant, who gets a bye in the first round, automatically enters the second round but does not earn a victory point. Finally, based on the total number of wins for each martial arts hall, the top 16 will enter the second stage's arena matches!"
As soon as the words were spoken, staff members pushed forward several transparent lottery boxes containing numbered cards.
The members of each martial arts hall stepped forward one after another to draw their lots.
Chu Han followed behind Wei Feng and reached into the box to pull out a card with the number 1 written on it.
Wei Feng drew number 7, Li Wu drew 44, and the other two drew 111 and 87 respectively.
Gao Jun came to their side and lowered his voice to caution them, "Don't be careless in the first round. Win what you can win. If you encounter an opponent with a vast difference in strength, just admit defeat and preserve your strength."
Soon, all the contestants had finished drawing their lots.
The contestant who received a bye in the first round was not happy.
This was because his strength ranked among the top of all contestants, and participating in a match would likely have earned him a victory point.
Having received a bye, he lost the opportunity to gain a victory point.
There were also some contestants who belonged to the same team, so there was no need to fight; their martial arts hall automatically gained a victory point. The weaker one would simply admit defeat, while the stronger one continued to the next round.
As number 1, Chu Han was the first to arrive at the arena.
The competition arena was very large, so the first round consisted of 8 matches taking place in different areas of the arena simultaneously.
Because he was number 1, Chu Han's fighting position was in the very center of the arena.
His opponent, number 145, came from an unknown martial arts hall and had the strength of a Third-Tier Early Stage.
When he saw that his opponent was the young Chu Han, he was immediately overjoyed.
"My luck is good. I didn't expect your martial arts hall to be willing to let a recent graduate participate in the competition."
"I hope it's as you think," Chu Han said with a faint smile.
After the battle began, the strength Chu Han displayed was even greater than he had imagined.
After a series of fierce clashes, Chu Han did not fall into a disadvantage.
The gravity on Chu Han's body was currently 10 times normal.
Under the suppression of 10 times gravity, he could only exert the strength of a Third-Tier Early Stage.
That was why he was fighting on equal terms with this person.
But in reality, Chu Han was using the battle to quickly adapt to the 10 times gravity.
At first, the opponent could still put a bit of pressure on Chu Han, but that pressure soon disappeared.
"Bang!"
Once Chu Han no longer felt any pressure, he directly knocked his opponent to the ground with a single punch, ending the battle.
"In the next round, I hope to meet a slightly stronger opponent."
Chu Han gained a victory point and advanced to the next round.
Meanwhile, the battles for the others from the War Hammer Martial Arts Hall also began one after another.
Wei Feng and Li Wu had good luck and also secured victories.
The other two simply lacked sufficient strength and lost quite decisively.
For the other teams, the Blue Eagle Martial Arts Hall and the Mad Saber Martial Arts School both obtained 5 victories.
The Thunder Martial Arts School had poor luck; two of their contestants drew each other, so they only obtained 4 victory points.
Next was the second round of drawing lots. The 73 people redrew 73 numbers, and again, number 37 would receive a bye.
This time, Chu Han drew lot number 22, and his opponent was number 52.
The moment he stepped onto the arena, he discovered that the person with lot number 52 was actually Lan Yu.
He hadn't expected to face Lan Yu so soon, and a cruel smile immediately appeared on his face.
When enemies meet, their eyes blaze with hatred.
Lan Yu's gaze toward him was also filled with hatred.
"Chu Han, in this battle, I will definitely wash away the humiliation you brought upon me before!"
The Aura on Lan Yu's body began to climb rapidly.
When they learned that the opponent was Chu Han, everyone including Lan Kui advised him to just admit defeat.
But Lan Yu had watched Chu Han's first-round battle and noticed that Chu Han's strength seemed to have regressed, which gave him hope.
The contestant Chu Han just defeated only had the strength of a Third-Tier Early Stage, and Lan Yu, whose strength had already reached Second-Tier Peak and who possessed Dual Talents, believed himself to be stronger than that person.
Therefore, he believed this was a great opportunity for revenge.
"Chu Han, let me show you my true strength!"
Lan Yu roared, and the green and golden elemental energies quickly circulated around his body.
Behind him, a pair of wings composed of tornadoes appeared. Within the tornadoes, golden lightning flickered.
This was the new power he had obtained after the Fusion of his two talent abilities.
With a flap of his wings, a violent storm and countless bolts of lightning immediately swept toward Chu Han.
Seeing this, Chu Han immediately performed his movement technique to dodge the attacks.
Facing such a dense barrage of attacks and under the restriction of 10 times gravity, he failed to dodge all the attacks with just his movement technique and had to block them with his saber.
Seeing this, Lan Yu frantically flapped his wings, creating even more wind and thunder attacks.
Under his assault, Chu Han dodged awkwardly.
"Something's not right. Chu Han's strength is far more than this; he was clearly much stronger when we sparred."
Below the stage, the spectating Wei Feng voiced his doubts.
"Keep watching; Chu Han won't lose."
Gao Jun seemed to have seen through something and was not worried.
On the stage, Chu Han performed the Flowing Light Phantom Shadow, his body quickly turning into a streak of light to dodge Lan Yu's attacks.
His speed became faster and faster, and his body felt lighter and lighter. He felt as if his body was about to reach its limit and was on the verge of a significant improvement.
Seeing this, he charged directly through the attacks toward Lan Yu.
In his shock, Lan Yu immediately released even more violent attacks.
"Don't even think about getting close to me!"
The pressure on Chu Han to dodge suddenly increased several-fold.
And it was precisely under this high pressure that his body was constantly surpassing its limits.
Finally, it was as if a door had opened within his body. His body suddenly felt light, and his speed instantly more than doubled, easily dodging Lan Yu's attacks.
"I really have to thank Lan Yu this time. If it weren't for him, my body's adaptation speed wouldn't have been so fast!"
Chu Han was incredibly excited; his physical functions had undergone an evolution!
This allowed his body to almost fully adapt to the 10 times gravity, increasing his combat power by more than several-fold.
Facing Lan Yu's attack, he threw a punch.
"Explosive Fist!"
A distorted explosion rang out in the air ahead, and Lan Yu's attacks were all neutralized by this single punch.
"Impossible!"
Lan Yu let out a roar, his blood boiling and the anger in his heart surging.
The two wings behind him immediately transformed into two giant blades.
With a wave of his hand, the two blades condensed from wind and thunder slashed toward Chu Han.
"Wind Thunder Slash!"
Lan Yu roared as he launched his strongest strike.
In an instant, the sky and earth changed color.
Even many Fourth-Tier Martial Artists were incredibly shocked when they saw this strike.
"I wonder if Xiaoyu's strike can kill Chu Han? If it fails, I must quickly save him from the arena!"
Lan Kui, watching from outside the arena, thought to himself.
Although he was happy that his son possessed such great power, he could not accept anything happening to him.
On the arena, Chu Han still showed no intention of dodging, and there wasn't even any fluctuation of elemental energy on his body.
"What is he doing? If he doesn't react soon, his life will be in danger!"
The spectators watching from the stands all voiced their concerns.
"What is Chu Han doing? Lan Yu's move is enough to kill a Fourth-Tier Martial Artist. Is he going to take it head-on?"
Zhao Tianlong and Vice President Zhou were also baffled and couldn't help but feel a bit worried.
However, a mass of raging flames suddenly erupted from Chu Han's body, and he then threw a punch at Lan Yu's wind and thunder blades.
"Flame Burst Fist!"
A loud explosion erupted on the arena, and a massive fireball over ten meters in diameter instantly appeared, completely swallowing both Chu Han and Lan Yu.
As the flames erupted, Lan Yu's wind and thunder blades could be seen quickly collapsing.
"Xiaoyu!"
Below the stage, Lan Kui roared and charged directly into the sea of fire on the arena, ignoring the competition rules.
Passing through the raging flames, he saw Chu Han's fist smashing into his son's chest.
The sound of a breastbone shattering seemed to reach his ears.
At the same time, he discovered that his son's limbs had been completely broken by Chu Han at some point, and he had already fallen into a coma.
"Chu Han! You're looking for death!"
Lan Kui let out a roar, and his entire being instantly transformed into a Golden Thunder Eagle as he charged at Chu Han.