196: Chapter 195 One Sword Slash and He's Gone!!

In this world, the power of cards far surpassed that of humans, and that was true.

However, the greater the power of a card, the larger its size generally was.

Not only cards, but most things in life also followed this universal rule.

Because only with a sufficiently bulky build could one contain enough muscle content, thereby erupting with tremendous power.

Yet with [Overlord Xiang Yu], this clearly did not make sense.

No matter how robust his build was, he was still just of ordinary human size, standing only a little over two meters tall.

Even [Wuzhiqi] was three meters tall, meaning that in terms of size, [Overlord Xiang Yu] was even inferior to [Wuzhiqi].

Yet Sun Po believed that even among the calamities passed down from ancient times, it was impossible to possess such mighty power by relying on flesh alone.

If facing the charge of this [Armored Rock Boar King], [Wuzhiqi] could naturally resolve it easily.

Perhaps by dodging, or perhaps by using [Ren Water Divine Power] to kill it, but it certainly would not be fighting it bare-handed; this was determined by combat habits.

Perhaps the previous generation of [Wuzhiqi], the one bearing the bloodline of the [Akajiri Macaque], would have done so, but [Wuzhiqi], who had acquired more of the [Six-Eared Macaque] bloodline, was fundamentally unaccustomed to such a combat style.

Yet it had to be said that any man seeing such a scene would feel his adrenaline spike and his blood boil.

This was the purest and most primitive collision of power. The human fear of giant beasts contained humanity's fear of survival during the era of drinking blood and eating raw meat.

Although tens of millions of years had passed and humanity had long since escaped that weakness, such confrontation was the most intuitive manifestation of conquering that fear.

At this moment, Sun Po seemed to see a demon god wearing a human disguise wrestling with a primordial giant beast.

No, that could not even be called wrestling; it was simply a one-sided crushing defeat.

The [Armored Rock Boar King] was held up in the air with one hand by [Overlord Xiang Yu] like a toy, roaring angrily and struggling desperately, but to no avail.

It did not understand why such a tiny existence could possess such a terrifying aura and such immense power, nor why that hand was so unshakable.

Watching [Overlord Xiang Yu] play with a tens-of-thousands-of-tons giant beast like a dumbbell, Sun Po sighed internally: "Ultraman is still too frail."

At the same time, Sun Po stepped forward and asked: "General Xiang's strength seems to have grown a bit compared to before?"

[Overlord Xiang Yu] replied: "It is all thanks to the [emperor yus ding] in [Tianhe Budu]. My Lord, that cauldron truly possesses great marvels."

Sun Po was puzzled and asked: "I have often seen General Xiang enjoying lifting the cauldron at the center of the [Tianhe Water Mansion]. I wonder what the secret behind it is?"

[Overlord Xiang Yu] instead said: "My Lord, wait until I slay this beast, and I will explain the mysteries to you in detail."

With that, [Overlord Xiang Yu] gave an angry shout, his legs sinking down, and then threw the [Armored Rock Boar King] flying away with one hand. The [bawang pidi sword] in his other hand suddenly ignited with blood flames. The blood flames were like a huge torch, illuminating the gloomy dense forest in a glowing red, and even the omnipresent wind and thunder were driven away by these blood flames.

Then, this huge blood-flaming giant sword swung fiercely, splitting the still-screaming [Armored Rock Boar King] right in the air into two halves.

The heavy corpse crashed heavily into the depths of the dense forest, and two streams of visible, torrent-like airflow flew out from the corpse of the [Armored Rock Boar King].

These two streams of airflow—one as pitch-black as ink, the other as crimson as blood—entangled and orbited each other, swaying and leisurely flying into the body of [Overlord Xiang Yu].

It was precisely the triggering of the traits of [Hating Heaven Without Handles] and [Hating Earth Without Rings], permanently plundering one-tenth of the strength and blood vitality of the [Armored Rock Boar King].

This was also the reason why [Overlord Xiang Yu] had actively requested battle and claimed that it was a great tonic.

Usually, some ordinary mob monsters would be fine, or some tyrannical monsters not excelling in strength and blood vitality would not boost him too obviously.

But right now, this was an otherworldly monster of the same tier as himself. Aside from its full body of blood vitality, strength, and an undying ability, it had no other strengths; it was even so extreme that it barely grew a brain. Such a perfectly matched target for plundering was truly hard to come by.

Therefore, [Overlord Xiang Yu] had felt his hunting instincts stirred and actively requested to fight.

At the same time, Sun Po also noticed the text projected on his wristwatch: "Sun Po, 1050+500 points, 31st place / 39 people"

Sun Po understood in his heart: "1050+500 points" were his own score and the added points for finishing off the [Armored Rock Boar King].

And "31st place" represented his current ranking among all contestants, while "39" was probably the number of remaining contestants now.

Sun Po remembered that when entering this secret realm, there were a little over a hundred people. Now, more than half had been eliminated. It seemed that the monsters encountered by each contestant were no pushovers.

He did not know the competition status of the other contestants. Li Tiance had only contacted him using the Spiritual Arrow right when he entered the secret realm, and afterwards there was no news.

Yet Sun Po believed that the dignified heir of the Li Family would never fall so easily. He even felt that core descendants of the [Five Surnames and Seven Clans] like Li Tiance and Qin Wudao would definitely carry some powerful life-saving items. On the contrary, it was Liu Jianren who, born a commoner just like him, had a spirit of advancing without retreat; he hoped Liu Jianren was alright right now.

He opened his wristwatch again to check, only to find that the rankings and scores of each contestant could now be viewed, and each contestant's score was still changing in real-time.

Among them, Qin Wudao's name hung high at the top of the list, with his score having reached over five thousand points. The runner-up [Black Pharaoh] closely followed, with a gap of only a dozen points from Qin Wudao. At the same time, the growth rate of these two people's scores was also virtually identical.

And hanging in third place was unexpectedly Liu Jianren. Although there was still a gap of over a thousand points from Qin Wudao, and his score growth rate was a tier behind Qin Wudao and the [Black Pharaoh], he was third after all.

Moreover, it at least put Sun Po's mind at ease, knowing that not only had he not been eliminated, but he was even among the top ranks.

As for Li Tiance, he was squeezed into the ninth position by the [Donkey Cart Brothers], Jiang Cha, [Red-Bearded Eric], [Black Dragon Knight Nefarian], and others, barely managing to stay out of the top ten.

In contrast, Sun Po's own ranking at this moment was quite lackluster, but he was not in a hurry. He had slowed down his exploration speed here just to wait for the [Tianhe Naval Forces]; otherwise, given his own strength, it was absolutely impossible for him to only have that little score.

Furthermore, he felt that if he could successfully achieve the combination of the [Qiankun Great Shift] + the [Armored Rock Boar] pack, coupled with the leading of the [Wind-Roaring Giant Ape], all the monsters in this secret realm would be his for the taking.

At the same time, the spectators outside the secret realm had completely boiled over!!

Although Qin Wudao's score was far ahead, and the efficiency of the black dragon whipping up water tornadoes in the sea to kill monsters was extremely high, coupled with the large bronze bird beneath Qin Wudao's feet occasionally flapping out several immensely powerful cyan wind blades, it pushed Qin Wudao's slaughter efficiency to a higher level.

Yet Qin Wudao's battle scenes were far from as shocking as [Overlord Xiang Yu] going head-to-head with a giant beast.

Among the remaining thirty-nine contestants, Qin Wudao's slaughter scene displayed a momentum of crushing dominance; the [Black Pharaoh]'s slaughter scene appeared mysterious and terrifying; the [Donkey Cart Brothers]' slaughter scene appeared bloody and violent; Li Tiance's slaughter scene was precise and elegant; Jiang Cha's slaughter scene appeared relaxed and carefree; as for Liu Jianren, it was about the same as [Black Dragon Knight Nefarian]—a mouthful of dragon breath down, turning everything scorched black so nothing could be seen.

Yet just within the past few short minutes, the attention attracted by [Overlord Xiang Yu]'s battle scene had surpassed all other contestants.

Although he was only facing an orange monster, in terms of the number of monsters killed, he fell far short of other contestants' cards. However, the shock it brought was not the least bit lower than the battle scenes of other cards facing monster tides.

For no other reason than colliding head-on and blasting away a tens-of-thousands-of-tons, mountain-sized monster!!

He could even hold it up with one hand and play with it like a dumbbell, and then furthermore split it into two halves with a single sword slash!!

Big muscles!! True man!! Head-to-head!!

The combination of these words was naturally the most eye-catching, not to mention that [Overlord Xiang Yu] looked like a handsome, robust man full of heroic spirit.

This appearance naturally allowed the public to look upon him with more favor while also providing a stronger sense of immersion.

"Hey! Did you see that? That punch really packs a punch!!"

"Yeah!! It was like blowing away a mountain with a single punch!! Simply not human!! Super cool!!"

"This wasn't human to begin with; this must be a deity, right? I heard from my nephew that [Warrior] can be cultivated into that kind of [deity card], and it's no weaker than the cards of those noble clans!"

"Regardless of whether this Sun Po's strength ends here, this card is really something else!! Such a huge monster was actually slaughtered by this card just like slaughtering a little chicken!!"

"Looking at this attire, it seems to be a martial general from our ancient Yanhuang. Does anyone know which general this is? This is simply too fierce!!"

"Go search the media; the footage of this card's battle just now has surged into the top ten hot searches!! If you search for One-Punch Man, you can find it."

"Whoa!! The Western Chu Overlord sung about in operas!! No wonder he's so fierce!! Looking at this card's performance, I don't think it's any worse than the golden card he summoned earlier!!"

"Far from being no worse than that one? That armored soldier card looked like it just happened to have skill restraint, and it wasn't enduring. But this one completely blew up such a huge wild boar with a single punch purely relying on physical strength!! I feel that if these two cards fought each other, the winner would definitely be the Western Chu Overlord!!"

"That's not necessarily true. That golden armored soldier card is best at dealing with reckless brutes with prominent physical strength. The Western Chu Overlord seems to be of this type too, right?"

"What a pity, falling into this kid's hands, this card is practically wasted. With such strong strength, he dawdles and doesn't hurry to find monsters to accumulate points; who knows what he's dragging his feet for? In a moment when his spirituality is exhausted, he'll know what panic is."

Even in just a few minutes, [Overlord Xiang Yu] had harvested a crowd of fans drawn to his looks.

"Being strong is one thing, but this card is also so handsome!! Loved it, loved it."

"Don't come watch the match if you have a romance-addled brain!! We are here to enjoy the thrill of battle!!"

"Are there any tough guys who look like the Western Chu Overlord? Sis has a bit of small money."

There were even many online discussion posts about digital cricket-fighting.

"As everyone knows, the Xianyang Qin Family has the heritage of the ancient Qin Dynasty, and the Western Chu Overlord Xiang Yu was a famous anti-Qin fighter. This wave belongs to fateful enemies. Question: Between the Western Chu Overlord in Sun Po's hands and Qin Wudao's black dragon, which one is stronger?"

"I think it's better for Sun Po to first reach half of Qin Wudao's score before coming to cling to relevance."

"Didn't he just punch a wild boar to death? Anyone who didn't know would think he blew up the earth with a single punch. To put it bluntly, this is just a humanoid wild boar monster. The black dragon sends a water tornado over, and such a big octopus turns into octopus filling; how is the Western Chu Overlord going to fight that?"

"Brainless Qin fan upstairs, appraisal complete."

"Upstairs, let data speak speak—"

Aside from these layman onlookers, more [Card Maker]s were able to see the terrifying nature of Sun Po the more they watched.

"Two golds and one orange, summoned in rotation with zero pressure. That set of armor on his body also doesn't look simple. This Sun Po's strength is unfathomable."

"Don't you guys feel that this Western Chu Overlord is a bit excessively strong? I once witnessed our regiment commander's [Orange 9-Star] [Li Cunxiao] make a move. They are both [true name card]s. 'Kings rank under Xiang, generals under Li.' Logically speaking, their strength should be about the same, but this Western Chu Overlord's might is a bit too terrifying."

"After that wild boar was killed, Sun Po directly gained five hundred points. The highest score for an orange-grade monster is five hundred points, meaning this Western Chu Overlord killed an orange peak-tier monster with a single punch and a single sword strike?"

"I can only say that Sun Po is really strong, but he really doesn't know how to play the match. He could completely rely on that armored soldier to control those wild boars, then speed up exploration to find orange-grade monster groups. He also has those big monkeys helping—such great conditions! There's completely no need to summon other cards; as long as he advances steadily, a single gold card is enough."

"I feel that this Sun Po is very extraordinary. I'm afraid his spirituality reserves far exceed our imagination, or his spirituality recovery speed is extremely fast, so summoning these few cards is completely painless for him. Otherwise, there is simply no reasonable explanation. If someone capable of making so many powerful cards were a fool, I would never believe it."

The gazes of the [Card Maker]s were still a bit more piercing, and their guesses were very close to the truth.

Yet no one could have imagined that the golden armored soldier card was actually just a summoned entity of [Wuzhiqi], and the supposed huge spirituality expenditure was actually just the spirituality consumption of a grey-white card. Even if Sun Po didn't have a powerful technique like Li Tiance's [Saints Heart Formula], maintaining the spirituality consumption of a grey-white card was still a breeze.

Moreover, Sun Po's [Tianhe Budu] had not yet been deployed. With Paoding inside [Tianhe Budu], he could completely rush-produce [spirit replenishing pill]s. Ordinary [spirit replenishing pill]s inherently had the function of replenishing spirituality, and if cooked with a large amount of calamity aura, they could also be made into the [tianhe exclusive spirit-replenishing pill] which replenished [divine power].

It could be said that over a mere seven days, even if Sun Po summoned [Wuzhiqi], [Overlord Xiang Yu], and [Zhong Kui / Huang Chao] together to go sightseeing in this secret realm, it would not be a problem at all.

Among all the contestants, the one who least needed to worry about consumption was Sun Po.