Recaps

A blindfolded young man in a black robe was selected as Number Thirty-Four and walked toward the arena carrying an emerald-green bamboo pole. He called for someone from the Chaos Ancient Clan to come forward.

• The announcement selected Number Thirty-Four for the next round.
• A blindfolded young man in a black robe rose from the crowd, holding a bamboo pole and wearing a jade pendant.
• The young man walked toward the arena, probing the ground with his bamboo pole.
• The young man called for a member of the Chaos Ancient Clan to come forward.

Shi Po entered the arena to fight Meng Jiu, furious that it had only just learned self-detonation would erase every trace of its existence and make resurrection impossible. The chapter ended as Meng Jiu recognized the frustration in Shi Po’s voice.

• Shi Po crawled toward the arena, prepared to self-detonate if necessary to kill its opponent.
• Shi Po resented being told only when its turn came that self-detonation would permanently erase it.
• Meng Jiu addressed Shi Po and observed that its voice sounded heavy and frustrated.
• Shi Po’s anger intensified as it recalled that its death would leave no possibility of resurrection.

Shi Po attacked Meng Jiu, but his jade bamboo pole turned aside its strikes and endured its bone claws. Meng Jiu invited Shi Po to test the bamboo, leaving their fight poised to continue.

• Shi Po lunged at Meng Jiu, but Meng Jiu traced a circle with his jade bamboo pole that softened and repelled the attack.
• Meng Jiu explained that he had raised the sturdy jade bamboo from a seedling for fifty thousand years.
• Shi Po circled around Meng Jiu and struck again, but Meng Jiu swept the bamboo pole across his body to block its claws.
• Shi Po's claws scratched cracks into the bamboo's pale green glow, which healed immediately, and Shi Po challenged the pole's durability.
• Meng Jiu calmly told Shi Po to try it.

Shi Po attacked Meng Jiu with a Bone Spear and then a Bone Hammer, but Meng Jiu defended himself with bamboo shoots and a Bamboo Leaf Umbrella. The Bone Hammer struck the umbrella, and the arena shook as new shoots emerged to brace against it.

• Shi Po hurled a ghostfire-wreathed Bone Spear at Meng Jiu.
• Meng Jiu tapped the ground with his bamboo pole, raising bamboo shoots that trapped and deflected the spear.
• Shi Po pulled out a larger bone spike and swung it as a Bone Hammer at Meng Jiu.
• Meng Jiu formed a Bamboo Leaf Umbrella, which caught the blow as the arena shuddered.
• The shattered phantom leaves became bamboo shoots that pushed up beneath the Bone Hammer.