26: Chapter 26: The King of Luck Advances to the Quarterfinals

The news that Tang Xun had won three rounds in a row without shedding blood and advanced directly to the top 64 was like a Category 12 typhoon, sweeping through the entire Outer Sect.

Now, no one laughed at him anymore, and no one was jealous of him either.

Everyone looked at him as if they were looking at a celestial being, or rather, a monster.

This could no longer be explained by "dumb Luck."

This was clearly "Destiny"!

The name "Tang Xun" had completely blown up.

He was crowned with various titles.

"Son of Destiny," "King of Luck," "True Lord of the Bye," "Exalted One of Victory Without Combat"...

Some busybodies even opened betting pools in the market, betting on whether he would get a bye in the next round or if his opponent would meet with an accident.

The odds were actually quite high.

Tang Xun was happy to see this happen.

The greater his fame, the more solid his persona of having "good Luck" became.

In this way, when he suddenly unleashed his true strength later, the impact on others would be even greater.

In the fourth round of the competition, Tang Xun's Luck seemed to have finally "run out."

He didn't get a bye, and his opponent didn't have any strange mishaps; it was a lively Disciple at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer.

When the matchup list came out, the whole venue breathed a sigh of relief.

"Finally, a fight! I want to see if this kid's Luck is truly endless!"

"His opponent is Senior Brother Li Mo at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer. His 'Entanglement Spell' is elusive. That Tang Xun is only at the First Layer of Qi Refining; even if he has trained some brute force, he definitely has no chance!"

"Betting, betting! I'm betting on Senior Brother Li Mo to win! The odds are 0.1 to 1. Even a mosquito's leg is meat!"

Almost everyone thought that Tang Xun's dark horse path had ended here.

However, when Tang Xun and the Disciple named Li Mo stood on the arena, a dramatic scene occurred again.

Li Mo was a seemingly shrewd young man, and he was clearly wary of Tang Xun's "good Luck."

As soon as the match started, he was very cautious. He didn't rush to attack, but instead opened up a distance of over a dozen zhang, pinched a Spell seal with both hands, and prepared to use his best Spell to resolve the battle from a distance.

"Wood-element Spell? Perfect, let me test the new usage of [Crows Mouth]." Tang Xun secretly smiled.

He looked at the hard bluestone arena under Li Mo's feet and muttered in a voice only he could hear.

"This arena looks quite sturdy, but I wonder if something strange will grow out of the cracks... for example, a vine or something?"

Just one second before Li Mo's "Entanglement Spell" was about to be cast.

"Pop!"

A soft sound.

A green vine as thick as a baby's arm drilled out from the crack in the stone slab under his feet without warning, like a flexible venomous snake, wrapping around his ankle like lightning!

"What is this!?"

Li Mo was greatly shocked. When he looked down, his soul was almost scared away.

How could a vine grow on the arena?

This was unreasonable!

He subconsciously wanted to use his Qi to shake off the vine, but the vine was extremely tough and covered in fine, dense barbs. The harder he struggled, the tighter it wrapped!

In that moment of distraction, Tang Xun moved.

He wouldn't let this god-given opportunity slip by.

Stepping with the light and nimble pace brought by [Swift Steps], his whole person was like an arrow released from a bow, instantly rushing in front of Li Mo.

Li Mo was horrified and wanted to use his other hand to cast a Spell to defend, but it was already too late.

Tang Xun's seemingly ordinary fist rapidly enlarged in his pupils.

"Bang!"

A muffled sound.

Li Mo took a solid punch right on the eye socket.

He let out a miserable scream, his vision went black, and his whole world spun. His body spun in place like a top, then he sat down on the ground with a thump and completely passed out.

And that culprit vine, the moment Li Mo fell, "whooshed" and retracted back into the stone crack, as if it had never appeared.

The entire venue once again fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone had their mouths wide open, their jaws dropping to the ground.

"Won... won again?"

"This... what exactly is going on? Why did a vine grow on the arena?"

"Was it that Tang Xun who played a trick? Impossible! He's just at the First Layer of Qi Refining, how could he possibly force a vine to grow in a bluestone arena? And he clearly didn't do anything!"

"Could it be... could it be that this arena is also on his side?"

Everyone's worldview had received an unprecedented shock.

If it was Luck before, now, this was simply a miracle!

The referee deacon jumped onto the arena with a twitching mouth and announced Tang Xun's victory.

His look at Tang Xun had changed from looking at a monster to looking at a celestial being.

Tang Xun patted his chest with a look of "lingering fear" and bowed to the unconscious Li Mo.

"Many thanks for the concession, Senior Brother Li... Senior Brother, are you okay? That hit just now, I didn't mean it, you rushed over yourself..."

His attitude of having benefited and yet still acting innocent made countless Disciples below the stage grit their teeth in anger, but they were helpless.

Who told him to have such good Luck?

Just like that, Tang Xun successfully advanced to the top 32 amidst looks of disbelief.

Next was the fifth round, the battle for the top 16.

Tang Xun's Luck once again shocked everyone.

His opponent was a top 20 expert in the Outer Sect, with a cultivation of the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

Everyone thought that this time, Tang Xun's run should finally be over.

As a result, before the match started, that Senior Brother's sword—the High Grade Magical Artifact he cherished as a treasure—had the gem on its hilt... fall off.

That Senior Brother was a perfectionist; if the gem wasn't put back, he would feel uncomfortable all over and couldn't concentrate on the match at all.

He was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, searching for half a day on the arena, but he couldn't find that tiny gem.

Finally, under the repeated urging of the referee deacon, he could only choose to... forfeit with a constipated expression.

Tang Xun, once again won without a fight, advancing to the top 16.

The whole venue was completely numb.

Everyone was too lazy to even discuss it, just silently watching Tang Xun with a "See, I knew it would be like this" look.

Elder Liu on the viewing platform had started to doubt his life.

He even secretly scanned Tang Xun with his Divine Sense several times, wanting to see if he was carrying any Heaven-Defying Luck Magic Treasure.

As a result, he found nothing.

Tang Xun was just an ordinary Disciple at the First Layer of Qi Refining; apart from his Qi being a bit more stable than others at the same level, there was nothing unusual about him.

"Evil, truly evil!" Elder Liu could only reach this conclusion.

And at this moment, Tang Xun was laughing wildly in his heart.

"Hahahaha! [Crows Mouth]! You are my god! This is much more satisfying than fighting people directly! Watching their faces as if they ate shit, it's so entertaining!"

He had fallen in love with this feeling of crushing opponents using "Luck."

Finally, it was the battle for the top 8.

This time, Tang Xun's opponent was a truly tough nut to crack.

The tenth-ranked Outer Sect Disciple, a Body Cultivator at the Peak of the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, Chen Hu.

Chen Hu was eight feet tall, with a broad back and thick waist, his muscles knotted all over, standing there like an iron tower, full of oppression.

He had also fought his way through, relying on his real fists.

When the draw results came out, everyone knew that Tang Xun's "myth" was about to end.

"This time it should be over, right? Senior Brother Chen Hu is a Body Cultivator with skin like copper and bones like iron, invulnerable to blades and spears. He won't also get gas, strain his waist, or lose a gem, right?"

"That Tang Xun's brute force is a joke in front of Senior Brother Chen Hu! I bet Senior Brother Chen Hu can knock him flying with one punch!"

"Finally able to see this King of Luck suffer, looking forward to it!"

Even Tang Xun himself felt that this time he might need to show some real skills.

"Qi Refining Seventh Layer Body Cultivator, thick-skinned, [Crows Mouth] probably won't work well. Looks like it's time to reveal a little bit of 'strength'."

He walked onto the arena, looking at Chen Hu who was like a small mountain opposite him, and for the first time, he put away his honest smile and became serious.

Chen Hu looked at Tang Xun and said in a muffled voice: "Kid, your Luck ends here. I don't care how you won before, with me, only fists are the hard truth!"

"Start!"

As soon as the referee's voice fell, Chen Hu roared, stomped his foot, and the entire bluestone arena shook!

His massive body, carrying an unstoppable Aura, rushed towards Tang Xun like an out-of-control chariot!

The momentum was terrifying!

The audience below were so scared that they held their breath.

However, just as Chen Hu was about to rush in front of Tang Xun, and his sandbag-sized fist was about to swing out.

That bluestone slab under his feet, which had been loosened by his own stomp...

"Crack," it split.

Chen Hu's fan-sized big foot stepped exactly into the crack, and then... sprained it.

"Awoo——!!!"

A heaven-shaking scream resounded through the entire square.

Chen Hu's massive body instantly lost its balance, and in an extremely comical posture, he slammed face-first into the arena.

"Bang!"

The sound alone made people feel the pain.

The whole venue, once again, fell into an eternal-like silence.

Everyone's brains crashed.

Tang Xun stood in place, spread his hands, with that familiar, innocent, and helpless expression on his face.

"Senior Brother Chen, are... are you okay?"

Yet in his heart, he was screaming wildly: "[Always Stepping in Dog Poop]! You are also my god! Hahahaha!"

That's right, just before getting on stage, he had swapped [Crows Mouth] for that seemingly useless [Always Stepping in Dog Poop].

He just wanted to test the effect, didn't expect... the effect was outstanding!

Just like that, Tang Xun, amidst the looks of all the Cultivators doubting life, stepped into the top 8 with his head held high.