Consecutive Concessions

A few days later.

At last, once the hype reached its peak, the battles began.

In the first match, Luo Feng would face the White-faced True God, Kong Que.

Eternal True God Battle Zone.

At this moment, the tens of millions of spectator seats in the battle zone were already filled, waiting for the protagonists of today's battle to enter.

Luo Feng still found this place somewhat novel, so he arrived early. As for Morosa, he had been placed inside the Star Tower.

"There really are a lot of spectators. The vast majority are Void True Gods, True Gods, and Lords of Laws. Most of them probably came to gain insights into the laws." Luo Feng thought to himself. Battles at the Eternal True God level were highly beneficial for those below the Void True God level to comprehend.

The You Mountain Empire had likely created this gambling battle system to cultivate more powerful experts.

This gambling battle system had been operating for countless eras. After accumulating generation after generation, it was no wonder the number of experts in Azure City had reached such a staggering level. Over countless eras, Azure City probably had tens of millions of Void True Gods, while nearly ten thousand Eternal True Gods had emerged from here. The current two hundred or so were merely a tiny fraction of those who remained in Azure City; even more had left Azure City to venture outside.

With Humanity's current nearly one hundred True Gods, if they could often watch Eternal True God battles as well, Luo Feng believed it would not be difficult for several more Void True Gods to emerge.

Humanity's foundation, compared to the major powers of the Origin Continent, was far too weak.

"Hm?" Luo Feng turned his head and saw an alien figure entering from afar. "White-faced True God Kong Que."

White-faced True God Kong Que had an incomparably pale face. By humanity's former understanding, he resembled something like a "ghost"—his face was nearly pure white, without a trace of blood. He had a pair of small eyes and a huge mouth, but no nose.

When he grinned, even his teeth were white. If one did not look closely, one might think he had no teeth at all.

Other than his white face, the White-faced True God appeared entirely black, making him look rather strange. Black hair, a black body, black armor, black arms, and black legs—only his face was white, which was why he was called the White-faced True God.

White-faced True God Kong Que was exceptionally skilled in speed and movement techniques. His overall attack power was relatively weak, only around the third-tier level, but relying on his movement technique and speed, he could still contend with fourth-tier Eternal True Gods for a while. Compared with those on the rankings, however, he was far inferior.

"You are Galaxy?" The White-faced True God looked at the human in silver armor before him, his voice somewhat shrill.

"I am Galaxy." Luo Feng smiled as he looked at White-faced True God Kong Que. This was the first time he had seen such a race.

"Very good. You dared to accept every challenger, which means you are very confident, and you have the strength to back it up. I hope you will use your strongest move to defeat me." White-faced True God Kong Que realized that he could not see through the human before him at all. He even looked like an ordinary person, but precisely because of that, Kong Que felt Luo Feng was unfathomable.

"My strongest move? I'm afraid you'd die." Luo Feng grinned at the White-faced True God. "So there's no need."

Kong Que fell silent. He suddenly realized that the human before him was terrifying. He did not even dare look Luo Feng in the eyes; just one glance made him feel as though he would fall into them.

"He should be an expert in the illusion path. As long as I don't look into his eyes, I still have a chance." White-faced True God Kong Que comforted himself. A simple exchange had already made the White-faced True God want to retreat. He could only assume that his opponent had attained an extremely high level in illusion techniques.

"Since both of you have arrived, place your wagers and prepare to begin." In front of the entrance to the battle platform area stood a stone platform for checking and depositing wagers. As long as both combatants placed their wagers on the stone platform and the requirements were met, they could enter the battle platform. For a life-and-death battle, however, no wager was needed; they could enter directly, and the battle would continue until the victor killed the other.

Luo Feng placed a world ring containing his Eternal True God-level mechanical-flow spacecraft onto the stone platform. It was the spacecraft he had acquired from Montanaro, worth around fifteen Qiankun Units—more than enough to meet the requirement. Sure enough, a force swept over the world ring, and the stone platform soon displayed approval. A battle platform entrance then materialized before Luo Feng.

Without another word, Luo Feng stepped inside.

Following close behind, White-faced True God Kong Que's wager was approved, and he too entered the battle platform area.

Once both sides entered the battle platform, it meant the battle began immediately.

Luo Feng was powerful himself, so he remained calm and did not assume any defensive stance.

White-faced True God Kong Que knew how unfathomable Luo Feng was. Without hesitation, he looked at Luo Feng, who was extremely close, and struck first. Once both sides entered the battle platform area, the battle had already begun, so this could not be considered a sneak attack. It could only be said that he was seizing the initiative.

A miniature universe descended instantly, chaotic currents drifting everywhere as the entire space was immediately suppressed. It was White-faced True God Kong Que's miniature universe. A curved blade appeared in his hand, and his figure immediately transformed into a gale. He was fast and strange, and the distance between him and Luo Feng was extremely short. He arrived almost in an instant. In his eyes, Luo Feng had nowhere to dodge.

For Luo Feng, the instant the miniature universe descended, he sensed that White-faced True God Kong Que had already made his move.

However, this posed no threat to Luo Feng.

Luo Feng instantly and accurately judged where Kong Que would attack. He did not wish to bully the White-faced True God too badly, so he merely flicked out a palm blade. It immediately transformed into terrifying blade light that engulfed the direction from which Kong Que was attacking in an instant.

Kong Que also used a blade-type weapon, but in Luo Feng's eyes, his blade technique was far too crude, barely reaching the third-tier Eternal True God level. It was not even worth watching. Luo Feng's casual palm blade possessed peak fourth-tier power, vastly stronger than Kong Que's sloppy third-tier blade technique. How could Kong Que, who was merely a third-tier Eternal True God, possibly withstand it?

"This... no!" The instant Luo Feng swung out his palm blade, Kong Que's expression changed drastically, terror filling his heart.

He only felt the blade light engulf him instantly. He could not block it at all.

In the instant they exchanged blows.

Kong Que's Miniature Universe vanished, and the blade light that had just appeared on the battle platform disappeared as well. The human man, Galaxy, showed no change whatsoever in his aura and remained standing steadily in his original position. White-faced True God Kong Que, on the other hand, appeared more than a hundred thousand kilometers away. His divine body seemed to have suffered enormous consumption, and his aura was clearly far weaker than when he had first entered.

"I concede." White-faced True God Kong Que's shrill voice rang out.

How could he not concede?

A simple palm blade had consumed nearly sixty percent of his divine body. He even had the feeling that if Luo Feng had wished it, he could have annihilated him with a single strike.

The human before him was too powerful. In Kong Que's eyes, Luo Feng was an immense mountain, utterly beyond his ability to contend against. If he did not concede, he could only await death.

Spectator stands.

"What happened?"

Most of the spectators had not even managed to see what had happened before everything was over.

Not even a breath of time had passed. How had the battle already ended? Those who had originally wanted to observe and gain insights into the laws were deeply disappointed. When the gap in strength was too great, a battle could end far too quickly, making it completely meaningless.

As for those Eternal True Gods who had arranged battles with Luo Feng, the instant they saw Luo Feng's casual palm blade, they lost all confidence in fighting him. The power of that palm blade had definitely reached ranked-level standards, but how could it have appeared on a newcomer nobody had ever heard of? Could it be that Galaxy was not a newly arrived newcomer at all?!

If Galaxy was not a newcomer, why had nobody heard of him before? Anyone with such strength should have been famous. How could he possibly have been an unknown nobody?

"What's there to fight? Just concede directly. One move destroyed over half of White-faced True God's divine body. If it were me, I'd probably lose over half my divine body too. A match like this is just giving away money. There's no point."

Most of those who had challenged Luo Feng lost their confidence. They had already been suckers once and did not want to be suckers a second time. Losing money was a minor matter; losing their divine bodies would make recovery extremely difficult.

"Barbarian, my ten Qiankun Units are going to be given away for nothing. Your skin is thick, so you can take a beating. You might still have a chance to exchange a few moves with him." Kadisen wore a grim expression, feeling quite helpless.

"This Galaxy really is strong. Just where did this monster come from?" Savage Di Man no longer had his former toughness. He could take a beating, but faced with such overwhelming strength, he was not sure he dared keep taking hits. A few more strikes would cost him a considerable amount of divine body.

Luo Feng's simple attack had already caused most challengers to lose confidence. Those who were too weak even wanted to concede outright.

The officials were helpless about this outcome as well. Although the tickets had long sold out, they still hoped for evenly matched battles, since those would produce better results. But everything depended on Galaxy's mood. If Galaxy did not want to fight, then the battle would end early.

Sure enough.

With the gap in strength too great, the following matches unfolded just as everyone had expected, with almost nothing worth watching.

Either the challengers conceded immediately, or they conceded after withstanding one strike. Not a single one could endure two moves.

Even Savage Di Man, who was famous for his defense, chose to concede after withstanding just one move. That time, Luo Feng's move had reached the peak fifth-tier level. Just one hit consumed over fifty percent of his divine body, frightening him badly enough that he hurriedly conceded.

Galaxy's strength had also risen to another level. Those used for comparison were at least the top fifty on the Azure Rankings.

According to the battle zone's schedule, there was one battle each day. The others either conceded directly or conceded after taking one strike. Even experts skilled in illusion techniques conceded helplessly before they could make a move. After more than half a year of this, those who had bought tickets for the later matches were all dumbfounded. If the challenger was weak, the spectators could not even be bothered to watch and simply considered their tickets wasted.

"They're money-giving boys, and we're money-giving boys too!"

The spectators were helpless as well.

Very soon.

All 162 battles had ended.

After more than 160 days of battles, most people had become numb. None of the challengers could withstand a single move. Galaxy's strength had already been compared to that of the top twenty, and the name Galaxy had been deeply etched into their memories. They had every reason to believe that Galaxy's name would soon enter the Azure Rankings.

However.

Just when everyone believed Galaxy would first challenge Desire Demon Niaordo, who ranked one hundredth on the Azure Rankings, before continuing upward, even more maddening news was released by the Eternal Battle Zone officials. It then exploded throughout Azure City and beyond—

The human Galaxy would not challenge Desire Demon Niaordo, the inspector ranked one hundredth in Azure City. Instead, he would challenge the Azure City Lord, Evil Eye Domain Lord, who ranked first on the Azure Rankings!

Galaxy had already completed one hundred consecutive victories. He had the qualifications to issue this challenge!

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