53: Chapter 53 lured the real person here.

Venerable Zhang suddenly froze for a moment.

Ye Nantian was still a bit puzzled, but then followed his gaze and looked over; upon seeing this, he also fell silent.

It wasn't just the two of them; at this moment, everyone's gaze was fixed on this young man.

He was none other than Qin Chuan.

He was so young; aside from looking a bit handsome, he seemed rather unremarkable.

But being this young, wasn't going up to challenge him just asking for death?

Everyone present had witnessed how powerful Zhang Jian was; he could be said to have swept aside all challengers without even exhausting much energy.

Therefore, when they saw Qin Chuan going up to challenge him, not a single person thought he would succeed.

"This kid wants to challenge him too?"

"Damn, isn't he just going up there to get beaten up?"

"He's too young. Even if his martial arts Aptitude is that of a Prodigy, his strength is limited. He'll be knocked down in one move."

"If he can win, I'll eat my hat!"

"..."

Whispers broke out, and everyone pointed at Qin Chuan; not a single person believed he could win.

"What is Mr. Qin doing?" Uncle Xiong was getting anxious.

Qiao Wei frowned. "Is he going up to challenge him?"

Wu Shanming was now propped up on a chair, his face still pale and his Qi still churning. Seeing Qin Chuan about to go up on stage, the corners of his mouth curled into a sneer. "Even I couldn't defeat this opponent; does he think he can win? How ridiculous, he has absolutely no grasp of the situation."

Zhang Jian's strength was at least that of a 6th Realm Martial Artist, perhaps even at the Peak. To defeat an opponent like that, one would likely need to be a 7th Realm Martial Artist.

Qin Chuan, a playboy, should have just sat below and placed bets; running up there to challenge him was just asking for embarrassment.

A playboy wanting to beat Zhang Jian? That's pure fantasy.

"Mr. Qin, come down quickly! That kind of expert is not someone you can challenge!" Uncle Xiong shouted anxiously.

But Qin Chuan seemed not to hear him and continued walking toward the ring.

"He really wants to challenge him?" Qiao Wei was confused.

Uncle Xiong smiled bitterly. "It seems so."

"A playboy going to challenge him? Does he even know what he's doing?" Qiao Wei was speechless.

"This..." Uncle Xiong didn't know what to say. It was indeed exaggerated; he even suspected that Qin Chuan didn't know what kind of existence a Martial Artist truly was.

Wu Shanming sneered. "I doubt this kid even knows what the Dao of martial arts is."

"Great Master Wu, if he really challenges him, what will happen?" Qiao Wei couldn't help but ask.

Wu Shanming pondered for a moment and gave a conservative answer. "I expect... it will be very miserable."

"Experts of the sword like him have their own dignity. For a playboy to go up and challenge him, it's a form of disrespect. When experts like us go up to challenge each other, we still show some restraint and don't harbor murderous intent. But if he finds out the other party is just a playboy, he might actually kill him."

"Sigh... How stupid." Qiao Wei sighed. "A playboy is a playboy after all. I'm afraid he's going to pay a heavy price today."

In an Underground Fighting Arena like this, even a big shot from Jiangbei like him didn't have much say.

Meanwhile, when Sheng Wenguang and Sheng Nini saw that Qin Chuan was actually going up to challenge, the father and daughter both widened their eyes in disbelief.

"Dad, am I seeing this right? Is that Qin Chuan?" Sheng Nini doubted her own eyes.

Sheng Wenguang rubbed his eyes too. "It really seems to be him."

Both father and daughter suspected they had misread the situation. This Qin Chuan was just an ordinary person; he was only able to get in this time because someone else brought him. Placing a few bets was one thing, but they hadn't expected him to run up to the ring to challenge someone.

"Could it be that he wants the Magical Artifact?" Sheng Wenguang was stunned.

An ordinary person actually had his eyes on a Magical Artifact?

That was the biggest joke ever!

It would be normal for an average wealthy businessman to want this Magical Artifact, but they would spend a fortune to recruit a Martial Artist. What did Qin Chuan have?

No money, no strength, yet he ran up to challenge him. He'd probably be sent flying with a single sword strike.

"He must be crazy. This is a battle of martial arts. If he goes up like that, he might get killed." Sheng Nini felt it was absurd. She then took out her phone and composed a text message to send to Shen Wangshu about what was happening.

At the entrance.

When Shen Wangshu saw the text, her expression changed. "This Qin Chuan, has he lost his mind?"

The sudden outburst attracted the attention of Su Yingxia, Yang Siyi, and Wu Rong.

"Wangshu, what's wrong?" Su Yingxia asked quickly upon hearing Qin Chuan's name.

"See for yourself!" Shen Wangshu said with a dark face.

After seeing the content of the text, Su Yingxia turned pale. "Qin Chuan... he's too impulsive."

Yang Siyi and Wu Rong also looked at the content.

"Pfft..." Wu Rong laughed. "He doesn't think he can defeat that kind of expert, does he?"

Yang Siyi was also speechless. "That's why I think the saying is true: if you're not part of this circle, don't force your way in. He doesn't understand anything, yet he wants the Magical Artifact and gets on stage. He probably thinks he looks cool, not realizing the danger coming. This is just ignorance of the circle."

"And he doesn't even think about it—even we don't have the qualifications to enter. What does that Underground Fighting Arena represent?" Shen Wangshu felt angry. Her mother had asked her to look after this guy, but with someone this stupid, how could she look after him?

That was the Dao of martial arts; even she could only look up to it from afar, let alone Qin Chuan.

...

Under the gaze of the crowd, amidst the suspicious and mocking looks of almost everyone, Qin Chuan walked onto the ring.

"Boo..."

Before long, the crowd began to boo.

Zhang Jian frowned slightly. He hadn't expected such a young person to come up to challenge him. Generally speaking, those who could step into the Grandmaster Realm were not young, and those who could enter the Great Grandmaster or even Super Grandmaster level were basically over thirty years old.

Since he had appeared, he had swept aside who knew how many people, and the average age was forty.

Never had a young person in their early twenties come up, because at that age, no matter how powerful the background or how Prodigy-like the martial arts Aptitude, at most they would be in the 4th Realm.

Wasn't coming up just purely asking for a beating?

Zhang Jian immediately felt slighted. "I'll give you one chance: get down yourself. I don't want to have to do it."

He had absolutely no interest in attacking such a weakling.

He couldn't figure out why such a weakling would come up to challenge him. Wasn't this just pure suicide?

Venerable Zhang's expression was not looking good at this moment, because he had witnessed Qin Chuan's strength. He could only turn his head to look at Ye Nantian.

Others might not know, but how could Ye Nantian not know? The layout of the Earth Martial Arts Alliance had actually lured an Immortal Master here.

It's over, it's over...

The martial arts world is really going to be shaken!