Chapter 483: The Shrinking Battlefield

Within the tournament arena, the number of participants steadily dwindled.

100 participants.

80 participants.

50 participants.

30 participants.

At this point, another heavyweight contender stepped onto the stage.

“I, Wang Feifan, challenge Qi Hai!” A red-haired youth soared into the arena, landing firmly on the platform.

This declaration stunned everyone.

Wang Feifan had bypassed Jiang Ye, choosing instead to challenge Qi Hai, another wielder of Transcendent Aptitude.

The outcome of this battle defied all expectations.

After exchanging several rounds with Qi Hai, Wang Feifan suddenly unleashed a heaven-shattering spear strike. The spear radiance pierced through the vast space, sending Qi Hai flying out of the arena.

Wang Feifan emerged victorious!

He became the first and only challenger to secure a victory thus far.

Spear Art Divine Resonance?

“No, that’s not quite right,” Jiang Ye observed closely. “It’s an elevated version of spear art spirit resonance, a step below true Spear Art Divine Resonance, but far superior to ordinary spear techniques.”

Jiang Ye’s mastery of spear techniques was now extraordinary.

He had absorbed the spear art insights of thousands of alien race geniuses and even created his own divine-grade spear technique. It could be said that even some ninth breakthrough experts might not possess the same level of insight into spear techniques as he did.

Therefore, Jiang Ye immediately recognized the profound mysteries contained within that single spear strike.

“Very strong,” he murmured.

“Wang Feifan’s mastery of spear techniques is second only to mine and Chu Jingye’s,” Jiang Ye thought to himself. “He’s a formidable opponent.”

As for Chu Jingye?

He had already grasped true Spear Art Divine Resonance, making him even more powerful than Wang Feifan.

“These Transcendent Aptitudes are truly difficult to deal with,” Jiang Ye sighed inwardly.

“This is the norm,” Bai Gui remarked. “In civilizations below the second-tier, even an invincible dao bone pales in comparison to Transcendent Aptitudes.”

“For most first-tier civilizations, their regard for invincible dao bones is far lower than their regard for Transcendent Aptitudes.”

“However, you mustn’t be discouraged.”

“The malleability of dao bones is actually far greater than that of transcendent abilities,” Bai Gui explained. “This is why even second-tier cosmic civilizations value invincible dao bones so highly.”

“Malleability?” Jiang Ye asked, his mind racing.

He had never heard this term before.

Before Jiang Ye could press further, his expression suddenly shifted as he glanced toward another transcendent platform.

“Chen Zilu challenges Xu Haiyue to a duel!” a voice announced.

A figure in a white dress soared onto the arena.

“Xu Haiyue?” Jiang Ye’s gaze snapped toward her.

Xu Haiyue, like Chen Zilu, hailed from a transcendent family—the Xu Clan.

Her initial realm was only the fourth breakthrough, making her the weakest among all Transcendent Aptitudes.

“Can Senior Sister win?” Jiang Ye’s eyes remained fixed on the arena.

On the platform, Xu Haiyue appeared utterly relaxed.

“Chen Zilu? Invincible dao bone,” she mused inwardly. “They say she can even contend with transcendents. Though my chances of victory are high, I can’t afford to underestimate her. I’ll need to unleash my full power.”

In the next instant, she unleashed her Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestation.

A colossal dharma manifestation, nearly a thousand meters tall, erupted from the ground and charged toward Chen Zilu.

“Going all out right from the start?” Chen Zilu’s eyes narrowed, but she didn’t hesitate.

With a thunderous roar, her figure flickered, transforming into a towering Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestation, two thousand meters tall. Its majestic presence completely overwhelmed her opponent.

“What?”

“Two thousand meters?!” Xu Haiyue stared in disbelief, utterly shocked.

The height of a dharma manifestation represents the level of understanding of the mysteries of heaven and earth.

A thousand meters signifies the peak of the seventh breakthrough realm.

Two thousand meters? That far surpassed the peak of the seventh breakthrough!

Xu Haiyue had no time to dwell on this, as Chen Zilu had already swung her long spear, charging toward her with lethal intent.

In a flash of lightning and fire, the towering and diminutive dharma manifestations clashed.

Boom! Xu Haiyue was sent flying backward.

“Her understanding of the mysteries of heaven and earth has definitely reached the quasi-eighth breakthrough level.”

“How is this possible?” Xu Haiyue’s heart trembled. “Wasn’t Chen Zilu’s initial realm only the fifth breakthrough?”

Before this battle, she had never truly taken Chen Zilu seriously.

What did an invincible dao bone matter? It wasn’t transcendent.

Even if her initial realm was lower, she had absolute confidence in her victory.

Even Jiang Ye, in her eyes, was merely bullying those with weaker dao bones. Once the final battle began, he would be the first to be eliminated.

But now?

Chen Zilu’s strength had completely shattered her expectations.

“The transcendent are not invincible.”

“Silverfrost Spear Technique!” Chen Zilu unleashed her full power, executing a spear technique passed down by the Chen Family Patriarch—a demigod-tier art!

In an instant, a blizzard of ice and snow descended, blanketing the heavens and earth.

Each snowflake possessed the power to pierce the defenses of even peak seventh breakthrough experts, its destructive force terrifyingly immense.

The countless snowflakes crashed down, causing the void itself to tremble faintly.

“Just a dao bone? I refuse to believe it!” Xu Haiyue’s eyes hardened as she unleashed her own ultimate move, attempting to counter the onslaught.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Waves of energy surged outward.

Xu Haiyue struggled to resist, but to her horror, she realized her strength felt like a mantis trying to stop a chariot against Chen Zilu’s relentless assault.

“Damn it, her comprehension of profound mysteries is too strong!”

“My mysteries of wood have always been suppressed by her, and my realm is lower than hers,” Xu Haiyue gritted her teeth.

Metal counters wood.

This was an immutable law of nature.

Moreover, her initial realm had only been the fourth breakthrough, leaving her foundation far less stable than others. Her mastery of the mysteries of wood was merely at the early-stage peak seventh breakthrough level.

Facing Chen Zilu’s ferocious onslaught, she felt increasingly overwhelmed.

“I have no choice but to risk it.”

“I was saving this move for the championship match,” Xu Haiyue’s eyes hardened. “Transcendent Domain!”

Instantly, the entire world darkened as vast quantities of mysteries of wood coalesced into a colossal sword.

The colossal sword, etched with intricate mystic runes, materialized with a surge of indescribable, overwhelming energy.

(End of the Chapter)