After being teleported out of the battle, Sun Yuan returned directly to Lin Heng's side.
"After today, your name will probably be known to everyone in the Ninefold Heaven."
Lin Heng smiled as he looked at Sun Yuan who had returned.
But Sun Yuan simply waved his hand, looking rather displeased.
This puzzled Lin Heng and Situ Jiannan.
First-Turn Samsara and Sixth-Turn Samsara resulted in the latter admitting defeat. What more could one ask for?
After sitting down, Sun Yuan muttered dejectedly, "Can't this guy have any backbone?"
Lin Heng sighed, "It's just a martial arts competition. When there's no hope, it's perfectly normal to admit defeat."
This time, however, Lin Heng offered comfort in the wrong direction. Sun Yuan chimed in, "It's rare to find someone so resilient, and I was even thinking of using him to practice my staff techniques. This guy shamelessly admitted defeat, ruining my chance to practice."
Upon hearing this, Lin Heng and Situ Jiannan exchanged a glance and both gave a wry smile.
Fortunately, the Gold Origin Race didn't hear these words, otherwise they probably would have rushed over to fight Sun Yuan to the death.
Not only did they beat the person until they admitted defeat, but they also complained that the person refused to continue being beaten and made them practice their stick techniques.
This is such a blatant act of bullying!
Lin Heng had no choice but to change the subject. "Tell me, what are your thoughts on fighting that Jin Maohou?"
In terms of battle summary, Sun Yuan's assessment of the Jin Maohou was extremely poor.
According to Sun Yuan, even if the Jin Maohou was no match for his eighth staff technique, it shouldn't have been so badly beaten that it was completely defenseless.
Ultimately, it's because the Jin Maohou and overconfident.
Sun Yuan stated that Jin Maohou did not use its full strength from the very beginning of the battle.
Relying on his cultivation level of the Sixth-Turn Samsara, he actually made several probing moves.
He initially used only 40-50% of his power, but gradually increased it later, giving Sun Yuan time to adapt.
This is indeed a major taboo in a life-or-death battle.
Jin Maohou probably never imagined that it would lead to a life-or-death battle with Sun Yuan. After all, in normal thinking, Sixth-Turn Samsara cultivator fighting First-Turn Samsara would be a crushing defeat, wouldn't it?
The probing gave Sun Yuan an opportunity, and the Jin Maohou, seeing that its best close-quarters combat skills were no match for Sun Yuan, became even more anxious and directly activated its gigantic mode.
Since your strength has increased so much, you should hurry up and finish the battle.
But what about the Jin Maohou...?
They still approach it with the mindset of playing cat and mouse, only eating when they're bored.
With each swing of the hammer, he seemed intent on demonstrating his strength to Sun Yuan, as if hoping to wash away the humiliation of the previous bitter battle.
According to Lin Heng and Sun Yuan's fighting philosophy, if they were Jin Maohou, they would immediately unleash a barrage of attacks after transforming, including a small hammer forty strikes and a large hammer for eighty, and then proceed to smash you to death.
The biggest mistake the Jin Maohou made was that he didn't even use the Law of Time.
Although Sun Yuan possesses the Nine-Origin Overlapping Waves Staff and is not afraid of the Law of Time, it can still exert a certain degree of suppression on Sun Yuan.
Besides, wouldn't it be great to use Time Acceleration on yourself to create a boost?
However, the Jin Maohou's overconfidence ultimately led to its defeat.
Under normal circumstances, the Jin Maohou should have at least forced Sun Yuan to transform into his true form, and even then, the victory would have been a Pyrrhic one, not the easy win that Sun Yuan achieved and the embarrassing situation of having to admit defeat.
After summarizing the battle, Lin Heng and Sun Yuan turned their attention to the other battlegrounds.
The battles in the other seven battle zones are not yet over.
There are three players who are worth paying attention to.
The first was the Human Race sword Yu Changfeng. He held a long sword and floated in mid-air Immovable. Thousands of Sword Qi burst out from the sword. The person who fought him could not even get close and was already covered in wounds by Yu Changfeng's Sword Qi.
The second is Keluoduo, a half-human, half-beast Ant Race with tentacles on its head and wings spread across its back. Don't let its comical appearance fool you; when it wields a gilded halberd, a hurricane surges, and any opponent caught in the hurricane is instantly shredded.
The third is the Rock Race, whose entire body is made of rock and whose size exceeds two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters), resembling a stone giant. This big guy looks quite honest, but when he gets going, he is incredibly ruthless. When he punches the ground, the Earth Shakes and Mountains Tremble instantly. When his iron fist hits his opponent, a bloody hole immediately appears. He clearly has the upper hand, but he is constantly torturing his opponent.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, these three will all advance to the final four and will be Sun Yuan's biggest rivals.
Less than half an hour after Sun Yuan, Yu Changfeng's Sword Qi sent his opponent flying to the ground. Suddenly, he merged with his sword, descending from the sky. His massive sword, carrying the momentum to cleave the heavens, fell down, severely injuring his opponent and knocking him unconscious, thus securing victory.
After Yu Changfeng finished his battle, it seemed to trigger a chain reaction, and the battles in the other six battle circles ended one after another in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.
With the quarterfinals decided, the battle for the semifinals will naturally begin.
However, at this point, Chen Yulin stepped forward and announced an important piece of news.
"To ensure everyone is convinced of the merits of the top eight, each of you can now choose one of the top eight contestants for a duel. Whoever defeats the top eight contestant will take their place and will naturally qualify to compete for the Origin Vein."
"Of course, each sect that makes it into the top eight can also choose a different person to defend their position in order to maintain their status in the top eight."
Chen Yulin's proposal was naturally the result of discussions among the Thirteen Factions.
It sounds nice, but in reality, quite a few people from those Thirteen Factions saw Sun Yuan's presence and started to have designs on him.
One team can make it into the quarterfinals First-Turn Samsara reincarnation?
If we don't bring him down, not only will we lose the right to compete for the Origin Vein, but we'll also indirectly admit that other sects can't even defeat First-Turn Samsara.
Of course, the other sects didn't care at all about the fact that they could change the person defending the title.
After all, everyone could see that after Sun Yuan, only Lin Heng remained.
Both are Samsara; they can't both be this abnormal, can they?
Therefore, in the eyes of others, Sun Yuan is definitely the one who will defend the title.
And that was exactly the original plan.
But...
After Lin Heng saw that the other sects around him were all eyeing Sun Yuan with covetous intent, Lin Heng changed his mind.
Chen Yulin did not specify the number of challengers, meaning that if the sects below wished, all of them could choose to challenge Sun Yuan.
If that were the case, wouldn't that mean Sun Yuan would have to fight hundreds of people?
Even if they don't get beaten to death, they'll be exhausted to death.
So just as Sun Yuan was about to get up, Lin Heng stood up first and pressed down on Sun Yuan's shoulder.
"Leave the rest to me!"
Lin Heng's voice carried a hint of ruthless coldness.
Sun Yuan looked up at Lin Heng with a slight pause, and in just one glance, he immediately understood what Lin Heng was thinking.
"Heh! We need to teach these guys a lesson, otherwise they'll really think we're pushovers..."