As You Wish-Back to the Arena!

Ten days passed. At the foot of Jinyu Peak, Bai Junze was covered in dust and hardship, yet he still sat cross-legged, motionless.

Twenty days passed. On Jinyu Peak, Zhao Feng, Du Tian, and Chu Dachuan all wore anxious expressions.

They stared at the secret chamber where Zhang Su was in seclusion, wanting to speak but holding back.

"We have no cultivation resources left. Are we supposed to keep going like this?"

"All we can do now is wait! Senior Brother Zhang hasn't said a word—who would dare leave? Besides, Bai Junze is down at the foot of the mountain. Do you dare go and test him?"

The three of them fell silent.

In truth, plenty of gossip had already spread outside.

Some said Zhang Su was all bark and no bite, that he had only become one of the Top Ten Outer Sect Disciples by luck, and that Luo Feng would have been better off remaining among the Top Ten Outer Sect Disciples—at least he had not been such a coward.

Others said that once Zhang Su truly came down the mountain, Bai Junze would defeat him in an instant. The Top Ten Outer Sect Disciples were not all cut from the same cloth...

Such claims sprang up one after another.

Fortunately, the three of them had not left Jinyu Peak.

Otherwise, hearing such talk would have filled them with unimaginable fury.

"How long is Senior Brother planning to remain in seclusion?"

Du Tian could not help asking.

"Have you forgotten the hundred Blood Replenishing Pills Senior Brother had us exchange for? Together with the Blood Replenishing Pills he already had, once he runs out of pills, Senior Brother should finish his seclusion..."

"Senior Brother has his own plans. There's no need to worry..."

For now, the three of them could only wait in silence.

As time passed, a full month went by.

There was still no movement on Jinyu Peak.

Yet in the Outer Sect, the attention surrounding Jinyu Peak had not diminished in the slightest.

Instead, it only grew more intense.

The Guiyuan Sect had a history stretching back for ages.

Even if one combed through every historical record, one could not find another Top Ten Outer Sect Disciple as "cowardly" as Zhang Su.

There simply was none!

Who could have imagined that Zhang Su would hide away on Jinyu Peak, deaf to all outside matters, for an entire month?

Whether Zhang Su or Bai Junze, both were ruthless characters.

One stayed on Jinyu Peak and refused to come down even if beaten to death.

The other remained at the foot of Jinyu Peak, never leaving for even a moment.

Bai Junze seemed determined to wear Zhang Su down.

Now, many Outer Sect disciples had the same question: who would outlast whom?

In the blink of an eye, more than a month had passed.

Whoosh.

Inside the secret chamber, Zhang Su opened his eyes.

By his calculations, more than forty days had passed.

The Blood Qi within his body had increased by 344 strands.

His total Blood Qi had now reached 744 strands.

It was a terrifying number.

"744 strands of Blood Qi, and I still haven't reached my limit..."

Zhang Su murmured softly.

Cultivating peerless techniques only meant that, in theory, one could cultivate 999 strands of Blood Qi.

In reality, many people simply could not cultivate 999 strands of Blood Qi.

Some reached their limit at seven or eight hundred strands of Blood Qi.

If seven or eight hundred strands of Blood Qi were already one's limit, it meant that one's "potential" had been exhausted.

As for what "potential" truly was, no one could explain it clearly.

It could only depend on one's own fortune.

Zhang Su could feel that he still possessed tremendous potential.

Perhaps he truly had a chance to break through the limit a second time and reach one thousand strands of Blood Qi!

However, even with merely over seven hundred strands of Blood Qi, how many people in the entire Guiyuan Sect Outer Sect could stand shoulder to shoulder with him?

Zhang Su immediately emerged from seclusion and left the secret chamber.

Outside the chamber, Du Tian, Chu Dachuan, and Zhao Feng were overjoyed when they saw Zhang Su.

"Welcome out of seclusion, Senior Brother!"

"Senior Brother, you've finally come out... By now, our Jinyu Peak has probably become the laughingstock of the entire Outer Sect..."

Du Tian could not help voicing a few "complaints."

"Oh? Why has Jinyu Peak become a laughingstock?"

Zhang Su truly did not know the specifics.

"Senior Brother, ever since you entered seclusion, Bai Junze has been blocking the foot of Jinyu Peak for more than a month... Everyone outside says you deliberately avoided battle because you fear Bai Junze, so..."

Du Tian did not continue.

Outer Sect disciples were accustomed to fawning over the high and trampling the low. Du Tian did not need to explain in detail for Zhang Su to know how unpleasant their words must have been.

However, Zhang Su did not care much.

"Bai Junze... He really is persistent! It seems his title of 'madman' was not wrongly given at all..."

"Fine. If I don't send him away, no one on Jinyu Peak will have any peace, and I won't be able to cultivate properly either."

"Come. Let's see what methods this 'madman' truly possesses."

After speaking, Zhang Su strode toward the foot of Jinyu Peak.

Chu Dachuan and the other two were momentarily stunned.

"Senior Brother Zhang Su is going to face Bai Junze head-on now?"

"Come on, hurry and follow him. Something big is about to happen in the Outer Sect again..."

The three of them felt somewhat uneasy, but even more than that, they were excited.

One was ranked second among the Top Ten Outer Sect Disciples, while the other was ranked tenth.

Were they finally about to clash head-on?

This was a rare sight in the Outer Sect.

As Zhang Su walked out of Jinyu Peak,

the Outer Sect disciples nearby immediately widened their eyes, as though they could not believe it.

"That is... Zhang Su? He actually came down the mountain?"

"It's Zhang Su. Du Tian and the others are following behind him. After more than a month, Zhang Su has finally come down the mountain."

"After hiding for over a month, Zhang Su couldn't hold out any longer. In the end, he still has to fight Bai Junze."

"Bai Junze has waited a long time for this day..."

The news spread rapidly.

One person told ten, ten told a hundred.

More and more Outer Sect disciples hurried to the foot of Jinyu Peak.

When Zhang Su stood before Bai Junze, Bai Junze also opened his eyes.

"You finally came..."

Bai Junze spoke calmly.

"There was no grudge between us. What benefits did Wei Yunzhou promise you, to make you personally take action?"

Zhang Su asked.

"He didn't promise me any benefits. I merely owe Wei Yunzhou a favor."

Zhang Su understood.

One favor in exchange for Bai Junze taking action once.

In Bai Junze's eyes, it was fair.

"Then have you considered that you might die? Throwing your life away just to repay a favor..."

"Die..."

Bai Junze suddenly smiled.

"Other than that 'freak,' among Blood Qi Realm martial artists, who dares claim they can kill me? Zhang Su, you may have killed Luo Feng, but in the Blood Qi Realm, that little strength is still not worth mentioning!"

Bai Junze's tone was decisive and absolute.

Clearly, he did not believe he would die.

Or rather, the thought had never even crossed his mind.

People like Luo Feng were not worth keeping in Bai Junze's heart at all.

In his heart, only that "freak" counted as his "kind."

Perhaps Zhou Yan, the woman ranked third, counted as well.

Other than them, the remaining seven had no right whatsoever to stand alongside him as Top Ten Outer Sect Disciples.

Zhang Su looked at Bai Junze.

"Since you are so confident... then as you wish, let's go to the Life and Death Arena..."

Zhang Su said lightly.

"Hm? The Life and Death Arena..."

Bai Junze narrowed his eyes slightly and stared fixedly at Zhang Su.

According to Wei Yunzhou's wishes, he had to "deal with" Zhang Su.

Bai Junze had been considering what method he could use to provoke Zhang Su into going to the Life and Death Arena.

Only on the Life and Death Arena could he kill Zhang Su openly and honorably.

Otherwise, merely defeating Zhang Su would be of little use.

He had not expected Zhang Su to take the initiative and demand the Life and Death Arena.

That was highly unusual.

Was Zhang Su overly confident in himself?

Or did Zhang Su think Bai Junze was like Luo Feng, someone he could defeat with a casual flick of the hand?

Bai Junze did not know.

However, since Zhang Su had voluntarily chosen the Life and Death Arena, it saved him a great deal of trouble.

"Fine. To the arena!"

Bai Junze was concise and to the point. He turned and left.

Zhang Su followed closely behind, heading toward the Life and Death Arena.

By the time the two arrived at the Life and Death Arena, the news had long since spread.

The area around the Life and Death Arena was packed solid, surrounded three layers deep and three layers wide.

Expectation gleamed in many people's eyes.

In truth, most of them had come for Bai Junze.

After all, "Madman" Bai Junze had not made a move in a very long time.

What was more, Bai Junze was about to battle Zhang Su, who had recently been riding a rising tide in the Outer Sect.

"Zhang Su finally accepted the challenge... Actually, he could have kept hiding on Jinyu Peak. He hid for more than a month already; there was no need to accept now."

"Exactly. Bai Junze's strength is unfathomable. Having him block the entrance at the foot of Jinyu Peak is indeed frustrating, but he can't block it forever. Once Bai Junze loses patience and cultivates Internal Force first, advancing into the Inner Sect, Zhang Su won't need to face him anymore."

"He was still too impulsive... Zhang Su endured for more than a month before this. I thought he could truly keep enduring, but in the end, he still couldn't hold back. All his previous efforts went down the drain."

"Is there a chance that Senior Brother Zhang Su spent a month in seclusion and only came out to fight Bai Junze because he now has confidence?"

Many disciples chose to "ignore" those words.

After one month in seclusion, he had confidence in dealing with Bai Junze?

That was nothing but a fantasy!

Bai Junze was a living "legend" of the Outer Sect.

Other than the "freak" ranked first, Bai Junze was truly invincible!

Did Zhang Su want to defeat Bai Junze?

Keep dreaming!

No matter how the others discussed it,

Zhang Su and Bai Junze had already stepped onto the arena.

The two stood facing each other from more than a dozen yards apart, the atmosphere grave.

Faint, icy killing intent collided in the air.