Ye Ling

Realizing that the first match ended in a blink of an eye, The MC Ye Xuan yelled in excitement "THE WINNER OF THE FIRST MATCH IS THE MYSTERIOUS LI CHEN FROM THE THIRD PEAK!!!"

The crowd went wild again as many of the female disciples had turned into Li Chen's fans

In the podium where all the higher ups of the sect were located, many peak masters had a surprised reaction as the sword technique that Gu Chen used was something they were very familiar with

"Looks like peak master Yang adores your new disciple, seeing that you even gave him your personal sword technique" The master of the Sixth peak sneered as his disciple lost also made him lose face

Yang Mei didn't bother replying at the words of the Sixth peak master as her mind was focused on her disciple at this moment 'sword intent huh...'

At this moment, even the sect master and vice sect master had a jealous expression and they wanted to snatch Gu Chen away from Yang Mei. However, they could only kept their desire in their hearts as stealing a personal disciple from a peak master, 'especially' Yang Mei was impossible

The higher ups move their attention back to the arena as Ye Xuan ring the bell once again and the second match started

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Time passed by and 3 matches including Gu Chen's match passed by

The second and third match was also duels between the newly recruit disciples as the fights of the new recruits act as an opening for the entire tournament

Chen Hao, the personal disciple who went to the ninth peak won the second match whereas a disciple from the first peak won the fourth match

Ye Xuan's words immediately ignited the crowd as he yelled "THE 4TH MATCH OF THE TOURNAMENT IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT ALL OF YOU ARE EXCITED FOR!!!"

"The disciples who will fight are the current first and second in ranking among the 1st year disciples. On top of that, they both are peerless geniuses who are personal disciple of the second and fifth peak master, and both of them use sword as their weapon"

"Junior brother Ye Ling is mighty!!"

"Junior brother Chu Xuan GOOO!!!"

Cheers and yells erupted from the audience as the 'biggest' match so far was about to start, even the sect higher ups were paying close attention to this matter

Ye Ling was currently using an artifact to conceal his aura. For that reason, the higher ups of the sect didn't notice that his cultivation regressed

Walking up to the arena, Ye Ling and Chu Xuan faced each other when the later said "It has been a while Young master Ye"

Chu Xuan said those words as both him and Ye Ling came from a hidden family that had been rivals for countless generations

Ye Ling and Chu Xuan had been rivals ever since they were children. However, they had never fought each other and today they will fight for the very first time.

Ye Ling didn't respond to Chu Xuan's word as he pulled the sword from his waist

To which Chu Xuan said once again while also pulling out his sword "Still the same cold arrogant Young master huh..... Today I will defeat you and make sure to wipe out that arrogant look of yours!"

"Both contestants have drawn their sword and got into their fighting positions!! Now I will not waste your time any longer!!" Ye Xuan hit the bell as a loud 'ding' sound erupted in the stadium

Hearing the sound of the bell, both Ye Ling and Chu Xuan put all of their strength on their feet as they dashed towards each other

Seeing that Ye Ling was extremely slow, Chu Xuan raised his guard up as he thought that Ye Ling was preparing an attack

Chu Xuan then launched a series of sword attacks to stop whatever Ye Ling was 'planning'

However, contrary to his expectations, Ye Ling couldn't even stop the simple sword attacks that Chu Xuan launched

"Are you messing with me?" Chu Xuan launched another series of sword attacks, this time he injected his full power behind those attacks

Ye Ling was obviously powerless in front of a golden core cultivator and could only use artifacts left and right to block Chu Xuan's attack

Seeing that Ye Ling was not putting up an act and is completely powerless against him, Chu Xuan smirked as he mocked Ye Ling "HAHAHAHHAHA, the arrogant Young master Ye only amount to this much???"

Chu Xuan continued to attack Ye Ling with all of his techniques. Suddenly, the artifact Ye Ling was using to conceal his cultivation broke and his cultivation level was exposed to everyone watching

"Peak Qi Condensation Realm?" Chu Xuan had a confused expression because Ye Ling's cultivation should not be a mere Qi Condensation weakling as he awakened a Heaven grade talent and the last time they met, Ye Ling had already reached the peak of core formation realm

"SO YOU ARE A FRAUD THIS WHOLE TIME HUH!!!" Chu Xuan slashed Ye Ling's hand and blood gushed out to the arena

"AHHHHHH" Ye Ling screamed in pain because his left hand were missing and he could not hold onto his voice any longer

However, as if he never heard the pain in Ye Ling's voice, Chu Xuan continued beating Ye Ling into a pulp and at the last moment, Chu Xuan crippled Ye Ling's cultivation, making Ye Ling nothing but a mortal.

"From now on, never call me your rival any longer. You are just an ant." Chu Xuan put his sword back into his storage ring as he walked off the stage

At this moment, all life was gone from Ye Ling's eyes as he just stared into the sky thinking that Heaven had completely turned its back on him

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As Chu Xuan was continuously beating Ye Ling, some of the weak willed audience spoke

"Junior brother Chu is so cruel"

"It is Ye Ling fault that he is weak"

"But..."

Just as that disciple wanted to say something, a loud yell came from another disciple

"YE LING IS ONLY A QI CONDENSATION CULTIVATOR?? HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE"

"Shouldn't Ye Ling be a peak core formation realm cultivator?"

The audience were completely confused as this was not something that they could ever expect, and the situation in the podium was more and less the same

The higher ups of the sect turned towards the peak master of the Second peak as if he was Ye Ling's master

Noticing the many gaze of the people around him, the second peak master spoke "Unfortunately I also don't know anything regarding his cultivation, so don't look at me like that."

Hearing his words, the sect master and others could only nod and question Ye Ling later

The master of the second peak was a cold man that is known to be aloof and never cared for anything and seeing that he didn't even react when one of his disciple was beaten mercilessly, many of the other higher ups could only sigh and watched

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After the match ended, the whole stadium went completely silent as Chu Xuan walked down the arena and Ye Ling was kneeling in the middle of the stadium with an empty expression on his face

"Junior brother Ye Ling...."

Many of the disciples pitied Ye Ling and sound their concern. However, they could not do anything as Ye Ling already had his cultivation crippled and turned into a mortal