134: Chapter 134 The First Battle is the Decisive Battle? Qin Shouchong's Fury!

The center of West Sea Island.

Within this woodland, which spanned no more than three kilometers in length and width, lay the 'cage' for the Legendary Group Transcendent Martial Artist battle.

During the eighteen-day schedule of the Transcendent Martial Artist battle, anyone forced out of this area by pursuit or heavily injured and having lost their combat capability would be considered eliminated.

At the entrance of the woodland.

"Fang Zhuo."

"According to Master Shouchong's plan, we should first head to the foothills of the East District to collect 'Ocean Pearls' to ensure we aren't eliminated due to our score."

The other two Transcendent Martial Artist representatives from the Xia Kingdom, Chen Lingguang and He Kui, each gripped their weapons, looking at Fang Zhuo with tense expressions.

"No need."

Fang Zhuo smiled and slowly drew his blade from its sheath.

The so-called 'Ocean Pearls' were a type of scoring token in this cage melee. Each one was worth one point. If, by the end of the day's schedule, fewer than ten Transcendent Martial Artists had been heavily injured or forced out of the battle zone, those at the bottom of the rankings would be eliminated to ensure that ten people were eliminated.

Master Qin had arranged a meticulous battle plan for the three of them, with one core rule: avoid conflict with Takeuchi Miko and Anthony before the finals, and prioritize ensuring Fang Zhuo made it to the final day.

"What are you trying to do?"

He Kui asked with a frown.

"Fang Zhuo! Are you trying to disobey orders by not acting according to Master Shouchong's plan?" Chen Lingguang also questioned him coldly.

As a Transcendent Martial Artist from the Chen family, one of the two great families in Yanjing, he knew more about the inner workings of this Ocean Gathering.

This time, the national rankings were not just a symbol of strength and supreme honor; they also involved the redistribution of quotas for the Thunder Fire Small World.

Fang Zhuo's strength was indeed great, but if he acted recklessly and violated the plan set by Master Qin, resulting in a poor final ranking...

The loss of interests for the Xia Kingdom would be massive!

He could not let Fang Zhuo act willfully, no matter what.

"Master Shouchong's plan is excellent, but he also said that we must act according to the situation, and everything should be based on my commands."

Fighting spirit surged from Fang Zhuo's body as he looked calmly at the two of them and said, "Now, I order you to go find a place to hide and don't get eliminated."

"What did you say?"

He Kui and Chen Lingguang were both stunned, looking as if they had misheard him.

At that moment, a rustling sound came from the woods, and the dense sound of footsteps became increasingly clear.

"Not good!"

He Kui was the oldest and had been a Transcendent Martial Artist for the longest time, having experienced many dangerous situations. He immediately realized something was wrong and shouted, "Hurry, leave!"

Chen Lingguang realized it too upon hearing this; Takeuchi Miko and Anthony wanted to make their move today! And these two didn't come alone; they had brought a group of Transcendent Martial Artists with them!

In past Ocean Gatherings, under the rules of the cage melee, Transcendent Martial Artists from different countries would occasionally team up.

But to gather dozens of people just to target one person was simply too shameless!

"Fang Zhuo! Don't just stand there. Now is not the time for you to try and eliminate people; let's go..." Chen Lingguang was so anxious he stepped forward to drag Fang Zhuo away with him.

But he was brushed aside by Fang Zhuo and pushed several meters away.

"Listen to me!"

"Right now, go hide. You only need to protect yourselves; don't let anyone eliminate you. This time, we are going to sweep the top three!" Fang Zhuo shouted, then charged toward the sound of footsteps with his blade in hand.

Chen Lingguang was stunned.

Staring blankly at Fang Zhuo's back, he said, "Is Fang Zhuo crazy?"

"...It's too late to stop him." He Kui was also somewhat bewildered and said, "Judging by the footsteps, I'm afraid all the Transcendent Martial Artist representatives from the martial arts nations on the Meidao Alliance side are together."

"If we go, it'll just be a suicide mission... let's try to hold onto our ranking."

"Damn it!"

Chen Lingguang and He Kui ran toward the fork in the path, and along the way, he cursed, "Fang Zhuo, that reckless brute, what a waste of such strong combat power."

On the other side, in the woodland.

Fang Zhuo hadn't charged out for long before he ran into a massive crowd of Transcendent Martial Artists.

This group of Transcendent Martial Artists from various countries, which looked to be at least thirty people, had different skin colors, but their expressions were identical.

What was going on?

He charged over by himself?

The leaders of this group of Transcendent Martial Artists from the Meidao Alliance were none other than Takeuchi Miko and Anthony. Anthony stepped forward and blurted out in his native language.

"What the f*ck?"

Anthony was a white man, his skin even fairer than Takeuchi Miko's beside him. Currently, he was full of question marks and looked at Takeuchi Miko.

"If I understood correctly, is he trying to challenge us to a one-on-one fight?"

Takeuchi Miko was only 1.6 meters tall, barely reaching Anthony's shoulder. Upon hearing this, she nodded her pointed chin: "That's right."

...

Outside the woodland, in the spectator area.

Not only were Anthony, Takeuchi Miko, and the other competing Transcendent Martial Artists somewhat bewildered, but the audience who had traveled across the ocean—some even flying from the other six stars of the Federation to the Blue Star to watch the Ocean Gathering—were also completely confused.

"What is going on?"

"The Legendary Group is supposed to fight for eighteen days; is it really this explosive on the very first day?"

"Honestly, those martial arts nations in the Meidao Alliance are getting a bit shameless, actually joining forces and gathering dozens of Transcendent Martial Artists together..."

"The Xia Kingdom's Transcendent Martial Artists are in danger this time."

Listening to the heated discussions of the surrounding audience, the faces of the Fang family in the center of the spectator platform were extremely ugly!

Fang Wu clenched his fists, saying nothing, his eyes fixed firmly on Fang Zhuo.

The spectator platform was built very high, and the center was equipped with specially fitted lenses, making it easy to see every corner of the woodland.

Li Ru sat restlessly, watching her son already surrounded by a group of Transcendent Martial Artists, her breath almost stopping.

"Dawei, Fang Zhuo's situation is not good."

Zhou Hui also watched with a heavy heart.

Fang Dawei, however, was as calm as ever, his eyes shining brightly. He didn't say anything, just naturally held Zhou Hui's hand.

...

"Grandma Lan!"

"The Meidao Alliance has gone too far! At such a pure and grand martial arts tournament like the Ocean Gathering, they are actually brazenly using such a formation to target someone!"

Fang Jing gritted her teeth in hatred. Without waiting for Grandma Li Lan to reply, she covered her eyes with both hands and kept muttering: "It's over, it's over. My brother is going to be eliminated on the very first day."

...

The top level.

The Flying Martial Artist spectator area.

The group of martial artists from the Starry Sky Group also had indignant expressions, especially Manager Jiang Zhou; he had already come to view Fang Zhuo as one of his employees.

Now that he was being targeted like this, how could he remain calm?

"The Meidao Alliance is shameless, but Fang Zhuo is also a bit… reckless. With his strength, if he had left the entrance first and found a high point to hold, it wouldn't be easy for the other side to surround him; making it to the final day would have been quite easy."

Manager Tang Tao of the Commercial Department sighed.

If Fang Zhuo could reach the top of the Legendary Group, with the achievement bonus from the Ocean Gathering, he would be more competitive in the future when vying with Jiang Chen for the title of the Federation's top college student.

"Let's see if he can drag Takeuchi Miko and Anthony down with him; it would be best if those two were also eliminated. No one should have an easy time."

Manager Jiang Zhou said bitterly, his gaze looking unfriendly toward the not-so-distant location of the Future Group and the New Moon Group.

"This is too much!"

Master Qin turned a deaf ear to the words of the Flying Martial Artists from the Starry Sky Group, instead staring at the woodland with an ugly expression.

Fang Zhuo had already been surrounded by Transcendent Martial Artists from dozens of martial arts nations in the Meidao Alliance.

With Takeuchi Miko and Anthony leading, their strength was not much weaker than Fang Zhuo's. Once they entangled Fang Zhuo, this battle would have no suspense.

Even if Fang Zhuo's combat power amplification was as high as 84 times.

Two fists are no match for four hands, let alone dozens. Unless... Fang Zhuo had a combat power amplification exceeding one hundred, but that would require mastering the sixth level of the Thunder Fire Blade.

For a Transcendent Martial Artist at Life Level 45, that was almost impossible to achieve.

Master Qin's gaze instantly swept across the Transcendent Martial Artists in the woodland, and then his figure rose from the ground, flying into the air and arriving above where the team leaders of the Meidao Alliance nations were sitting.

"General Du Deng!"

"Nakamura Yuki!"

"You have gone too far!"