290: Chapter 290 The First Favorite to Win the Championship is Eliminated

At this moment, Chu Tiankuo, the first-string team leader of Nanhai Academy, stood on a broken stone pillar on the battlefield, his heavy, edge-less sword strapped to his back, his expression extremely sullen.

His originally snow-white team uniform was now covered in mud splatters and black ash, and a lock of his hair had even been scorched.

"This bunch of chaotic, vulgar lunatics!"

Chu Tiankuo gritted his teeth. He was a magnificent sword cultivator who prided himself on the elegance of a one-hit kill and sword intent as brilliant as a rainbow!

But in this muddy, chaotic mess, he felt that his prized sword techniques were like a scholar meeting a soldier—reason was useless!

"I can't keep dragging this out! I must settle this with one strike and clear this area!"

Chu Tiankuo took a deep breath, a flash of extreme coldness crossing his deep eyes.

He precisely captured an excellent positioning spot in the center of the battlefield, exerted force through his Legs, and leaped into mid-air as lightly as an elegant white crane.

"Hum——!!!"

His SS-rank Supernatural Ability [Abyssal Boundless] was instantly pushed to its limit!

The terrifying deep-sea pressure of thousands of tons from the surroundings frantically converged onto his heavy, edge-less sword; even the surrounding light distorted under this extreme pressure!

"Let you mob of rabble witness what true peak swordsmanship is!"

Chu Tiankuo held his heavy sword high, his gaze disdainful, his entire body exuding the absolute dominance of a first-string team leader.

He took a deep breath, preparing to release his ultimate trump card in an extremely cool manner!

However, in this chaotic and abstract Forbidden Zone No. 009, never try to talk about being "cool" or having "martial virtue."

Just as Chu Tiankuo's ultimate move was at 90% charge, in that 0.01 seconds when his sword intent had condensed to its peak!

"All of you, go to hell!!!"

From the yellow sand filling the sky on the left, Captain Shen Xiuan, his eyes scarlet, happened to charge over like a crazed bull. His heavy fist, wrapped in Asura blood energy, swung out instinctively without even seeing who was standing in front of him!

"Feel the roar of the Black Flame Dragon!!!"

And in the firelight on the right, Lu Xingye, spinning crazily with his eyes closed, happened to spin into this position like a giant black windmill!

His attack, carrying violent blade energy, slashed fiercely toward this direction!

These two unrelated "mad dogs," at an extremely coincidental moment, unreasonably completed an epic coordinated attack.

"What the—f*ck—?!"

In mid-air, Chu Tiankuo, who was posing in his coolest stance to unleash his ultimate, had his eyes bulge out instantly!

His impeccable demeanor as a master completely collapsed at this moment!

Before he could even swing his sword, two violent forces that followed no logic of martial arts smashed into his prized protective sword aura from both sides!

"Bang!!!" "Crack!!!"

A teeth-grinding, crisp sound echoed through the air.

Chu Tiankuo's deep-sea pressure sword aura was like an egg hit by two large sledgehammers simultaneously; it didn't even last a second before shattering into a sky full of light particles on the spot!

"What the h*ll..."

Poor Chief Chu, the number one person of Nanhai Academy! Before he could even say a final word or release his strongest ultimate move, his defense was forcefully shattered by the unreasonable "combo" of these two mad dogs!

The [Absolute Defense Jade Token] in his arms instantly sensed two lethal, violent impacts.

"Snap!" The jade token shattered with a crisp sound!

Immediately after, a blinding white teleportation light shot into the sky, wrapping around Chu Tiankuo, whose face was full of grievance and whose eyes were filled with "dying without closure."

"Whoosh——!"

The white light dissipated, and Chu Tiankuo's figure was instantly forcibly teleported out of Forbidden Zone No. 009!

...

Silence! The chaotic battlefield, which was fighting to the death a second ago, fell into an eerie, three-second silence at this moment.

Qin Zhuo, who was setting fires in the sky, froze. Yan Qinghuan, who was setting up an array underground, stiffened. Even Helan Que, who had just condensed a sandstorm, stopped his movements.

Outside, the 100,000-seat stands at the National Martial Arts Competition Center, as well as the two famous commentators at the commentary desk, were collectively dumbfounded, their microphones dropping onto the table with a "clatter."

In the upper right corner of the big screen, [Nanhai Academy First-String Team Leader, Chu Tiankuo—Eliminated!] A line of extremely cold and glaring red characters slowly appeared.

"Boom——!!!" After a full five seconds of stunned silence, the live broadcast rooms across all of Great Xia and the 100,000-seat stands exploded like Mars colliding with Earth!!!

"Oh my god! What did I just see?!!!" The commentator screamed at the top of his lungs like a pig being slaughtered, his eyes almost bulging out until they bled:

"Chu Tiankuo! The magnificent sword cultivator Chu Tiankuo, hailed as one of the favorites to win this competition, was actually... actually eliminated!!!"

"And... and he was actually ganged up on and insta-killed by Lu Xingye and Captain Shen Xiuan using a... a style of mob fighting that is extremely... extremely inconsistent with the spirit of martial arts?!"

The entire internet was shocked! Who would have thought that the first first-string team leader to be eliminated in this Hundred Schools League would not die in some earth-shattering one-on-one duel, but rather die in such a stifling and grievance-filled way, caught in an unknown AOE during a chaotic brawl because of a positioning error?

This is simply the most abstract and undignified death of a first-string team leader in the entire history of the Great Xia Martial Arts League!!!

While the entire internet mourned Chu Tiankuo's "tragic exit" and the entire Forbidden Zone No. 009 completely turned into a crazy, super meat grinder, in a primitive dense forest more than ten kilometers away.

"Hoo... hoo... dammit, did these two guys grow up eating stimulants?!"

That wind-element user wearing the Northern Border Military Academy uniform, possessing Tier 4 late-stage strength, was leaning against a towering tree, bent over and panting heavily, his lungs feeling like they were about to explode from running.

His eyes, originally filled with murderous intent, were now full of despair, doubting his entire existence. He never dreamed that he, a master who excelled in speed, would be unable to catch up to the two newbies in front?

They had run for over ten kilometers! Along the way, that skinny guy with gold-rimmed glasses had been clamped under the armpit of that muscular brute like a tattered sack.

That muscular brute was simply a tireless perpetual motion machine, his two thick, long Legs swinging so fast they were almost sparking; wherever they passed, thorns, rocks, and even Tier 3 demonic beasts were all forcefully smashed to pieces!

"Magic City Runners... these two guys definitely put all their talent points into running away!"

The expert from Northern Border Military Academy gritted his teeth; he felt his dignity had been greatly provoked.

"Even if I have to chase you to the ends of the earth today, I must eliminate you two!" "Whoosh!" Forcing himself to catch his breath, he transformed into a gust of wind again and chased frantically toward the two extremely disheveled figures ahead.

And up ahead. "Batian... I can't do it anymore... I'm going to throw up..."

Gou Fugui was shaken until he was completely disoriented, his gold-rimmed glasses had completely vanished, and his face was smeared with tears and snot.

"Fugui, hold on! I feel like every muscle in my body has reached its biomechanical load limit, and I'm about to cramp up!"

Xiang Batian was also drenched in sweat, his steps beginning to stagger. Seeing the gust of wind behind them getting closer and closer, that murderous intent had completely locked onto their backs.

"It's over, it's over... this time it's really over..."