311: Chapter 311 Transcendence

After the bet between the two was established, Zeng Ziyu seized the time to strike, as he certainly did not want to die here.

With only one hour of time, he had to widen the gap between himself and his opponent as soon as possible. By then, his opponent would not be far from death, and he wondered how many resources a Qi Refining Cultivator from a Foundation Establishment Family had in his hands.

Seizing every moment, he launched frantic attacks, slaying four first-rank sea monsters in just a quarter of an hour.

Beside him, Chen Lingzhen was not anxious at all. Although he had only slain two sea monsters, every strike he made maximized his magic power to achieve the best results.

The older generation of Cultivators could see the gap between the two, but the younger generation could not.

At this moment, someone sneered in a low voice, "It seems that this member of the Chen Family is undoubtedly dead. I thought the Chen Family had something extraordinary..."

"Shut up."

Before he finished speaking, an elder beside him rebuked.

"Don't think the Chen Family is truly weak; they just haven't shown their true strength yet."

"Tch, you guys are always overcautious, which is why you always..." the young man muttered inwardly, but he didn't dare to show it directly.

Right after slaying the fifth sea monster, Zeng Ziyu turned his head and saw Chen Lingzhen's calm and composed appearance, feeling disdain in his heart. Knowing he was dead for sure, he was just trying to maintain his image here, right?

However, would he let him get his wish?

Zeng Ziyu laughed inwardly.

After the span of an incense stick, Chen Lingzhen had already slain five first-rank sea monsters, while Zeng Ziyu had already slain eight, leading by two.

The sea monsters they slew were counted not only by quantity, but also by their grades.

If a Low Grade first-rank was slain, it counted as one; if a Medium Grade first-rank, it counted as three; if a High Grade first-rank, it had to be counted as eight.

In the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the gap between the two grew wider and wider.

Zeng Ziyu began to slow down his speed a bit. With the magic power of the fifth layer of Qi Refining, it would definitely not be enough to sustain such high-intensity combat for a full hour, so he needed to reduce his magic power consumption first.

The two continued to slay sea monsters. Around them, those Qi Refining Cultivators were fighting off the sea monsters while observing the battle between the two.

Half an hour passed, and Zeng Ziyu had already slain fourteen sea monsters, while Chen Lingzhen had only slain nine.

The gap between the two had reached five. At this moment, Chen Lingzhen finally began to exert his full strength; if he didn't exert himself now, he might really lose later.

Meanwhile, Zeng Ziyu regulated his breathing while slaying new sea monsters.

Having fought until now, he began to feel his magic power gradually failing, and his speed in slaying monsters rapidly slowed down.

On the other side, Chen Lingzhen's speed in eliminating sea monsters actually increased.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Lingzhen slew another sea monster.

However, luck was not on his side; this time he was facing two Medium Grade first-rank ones.

Aside, Zeng Ziyu let out a sigh of relief. If his opponent kept killing at that previous speed, he would definitely lose. Unfortunately, luck wasn't on Chen Lingzhen's side either; besieged by two Medium Grade first-rank sea monsters, even if killing them could increase his score by six, it was useless.

Not to mention how much time would be wasted on these two sea monsters, the key was that he might not even be able to slay them. Even if he did, the consumption of magic power would be immense.

In any case, this Chen Lingzhen could no longer defeat him.

Zeng Ziyu increased his attacking speed once again. Taking advantage of this period, he had to completely widen the gap in the number of monsters slain between them. By then, even if his opponent had the heart, he would lack the power.

Just as he continued to strike, Chen Lingzhen only frowned, raised his sword, and slashed down. A formidable aura erupted, crushing toward the two sea monsters.

These two Medium Grade first-rank sea monsters were swept back by Chen Lingzhen's sword, with only a few scars on their bodies, nothing serious.

Therefore, the two sea monsters immediately counterattacked. While dodging, Chen Lingzhen casually slew a Low Grade first-rank sea monster closest to him with a single sword strike.

At this moment, Chen Lingzhen had slain eleven, while Zeng Ziyu had slain fifteen.

As long as Chen Lingzhen could slay these two sea monsters, he would instantly surpass Zeng Ziyu.

The premise was that Zeng Ziyu did not slay more than two during this period.

Hiss!

In just a short while, Zeng Ziyu slew another one, bringing the number of sea monsters he had killed to sixteen.

Seeing that Chen Lingzhen had not yet completely resolved those two sea monsters, he looked for his next target, and a sea monster happened to rush toward him.

He was overjoyed in his heart and slashed down with his sword, but at that very moment, another sea monster also attacked him.

It was a black tortoise whose strength was at the Medium Grade first-rank level.

Seeing this, he wanted to evade, but the sea monster that rushed at him first blocked his retreat. With no other choice, he lifted his sword and struck.

Chen Lingzhen concentrated on dealing with the two sea monsters in front of him, completely undisturbed by the outside world.

The qingyang sword in his hand continuously slashed through the air. After a quarter of an hour, he finally slew these two sea monsters, though his magic power consumption was not small.

With an increase of six sea monsters in one go, his count reached seventeen.

Zeng Ziyu looked over at Chen Lingzhen from time to time, finding that the other party had completely resolved the two sea monsters. He grew extremely anxious, wanting to immediately break free from the encirclement of the two sea monsters before him.

He looked to the other side, where there was a Cultivator whose cultivation barely reached the fourth layer of Qi Refining, older than him and presumably lacking in talent. After a brief consideration in his heart, he headed towards the other party, wanting to use that person's life to help him escape.

Chen Lingzhen also noticed this, followed closely behind, and attacked the two sea monsters.

However, the other party fled quite fast, instantly drawing the two sea monsters toward that fourth-layer Qi Refining Cultivator.

The middle-aged man was startled, thinking that Zeng Ziyu had rushed over to help him slay the sea monsters. As a result, just as a trace of gratitude rose in his heart, he saw the other party make a sharp turn and flee away.

Yet the two sea monsters did not reduce their speed; they merely shifted their target away from Zeng Ziyu and instead fixed their gaze on this middle-aged man.

Bastard!

When he saw the two sea monsters rushing toward him, he finally realized that the other party was actually just using him as bait.

Just as this middle-aged man's heart was slowly enveloped by despair, a slash of Sword Qi cut down from afar, driving the two sea monsters back.

With his vision blocked, the middle-aged man did not see who it was, simply thinking that Zeng Ziyu had run back to help.

But when the two sea monsters flew backward past him, he looked closely and discovered that the figure was actually Chen Lingzhen.

With a casual stroke of his sword, Chen Lingzhen conveniently slew the first-rank sea monster he had dealt with earlier, and then set his sights on the two sea monsters that Zeng Ziyu had previously been fighting.

Seeing this, Zeng Ziyu had mockery in his eyes: "Fool."

He turned his head and went to slay other sea monsters.

Another incense stick of time passed. Chen Lingzhen resolved those two sea monsters, and his count of slain monsters reached twenty-two.

As for Zeng Ziyu, he had already slain twenty-three.

The difference in their quantities was only a single monster.

If Chen Lingzhen hadn't stepped in to resolve those two sea monsters earlier, his count would have already surpassed the opponent's.

After finishing them off, he continued to kill towards other sea monsters.

After another quarter of an hour, Chen Lingzhen slew twenty-six.

Zeng Ziyu slew twenty-four.