Seizing the Crown

Li Huchen's towering body suddenly stiffened.

The savage grin had not yet fully vanished from his face, but the feral gleam in his eyes was snuffed out as if someone had pinched it dead.

In that instant, every sound on the arena seemed to recede into the distance.

The wind stopped.

The voices stopped.

Even the fierce, tiger-like blood and qi surging around Li Huchen's body collapsed with a crash after that punch.

The next moment, a dull cracking sound came from deep within his chest.

Thud.

The sound was not loud.

Yet it was like a war drum splitting apart from within.

Li Huchen's eyes flew wide open, and at last, a trace of disbelief appeared in the depths of his pupils.

He opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to say something.

But what poured out was not words, but a mouthful of thick blood.

Pfft!

Blood sprayed out, splattering across the arena's wooden boards and onto Lu Chen's sleeve.

Then, thin streams of blood slowly trickled from Li Huchen's ears, nose, and the corners of his eyes.

The Azure Dragon Heart-Shattering Force pierced through skin and flesh, passed through bone and into the organs, and struck directly at the heart meridians. Like an azure dragon overturning the river, it shattered his heart meridians with the force of rotten wood being destroyed.

Once the heart meridians were shattered, blood and qi surged in reverse, blood flowed from all seven apertures, and not even immortals could save him.

Li Huchen lowered his head and looked at his own chest, bewilderment appearing in his eyes for the first time.

It was as though even now, he still did not understand why he had lost.

"You—"

He laboriously raised his head and looked at Lu Chen.

Before the words could leave his mouth,