27 Don't you think it's unfair?

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"The battle for the top 25 rankings are starting now, please watch the screen to see if you are called." The announcer appeared inside the room where the remaining contestants are staying, most of the people are currently resting but that ended abruptly since they needed to pay attention.

A screen lit up in front of them, there were some flashing numbers appearing but it was going to fast to see, they have to wait until it completely stopped so they would know if it's going to be their turn.

"Number 30 vs Number 65. May the two badge owners of these numbers step outside please." The announcer called out and then two people stood up and followed him outside, the others are remained sitting inside the resting hall, thankfully the screen is showing real time scenes from outside allowing them to watch the battle and gain some understanding towards their next potential opponent.

Sieg also opened his eyes and watched, he didn't deactivated the 'Walk of Innocence' so nobody sensed his presence at all. He was curious as to what are the fighting style of his other opponents as well, just as they say 'knowing yourself and knowing your opponent is the key to winning', it won't hurt to have more informations about his next potential opponent.

He saw the two people went up the stage, as the announcer started the battle, they withdrew their weapons and charged towards each other while activating their techniques. The guy on the left was using a scimitar and a fire-based technique, while the guy on the right is wielding a metal knuckles and was using pure ki force to meet his opponent, when Sieg saw this guy, he immediately guessed that he was a body refiner since his steps looked very light but heavy as a boulder.

This man threw a punch and the air whistled, the guy on the left made some movements and a fire wall appeared before him completely rendering the body refiner's attack useless. The scimitar user then charged at full speed, fire covered his weapon and slashed towards the body refiner. He then stomped his feet ferociously as a counterattack, he left a visible foot print in the arena as it shook fiercely causing the scimitar user to lose his balance. The body refiner dodged the attack successfully and didn't let go of the chance to end the battle.

He made a huge leap forward leaving another visible foot print in the arena and his body flew with incredible speed towards the scimitar user, his hands formed a fist then struck it to the scimitar user who's still trying to regain his balance. However, it seems that it was the scimitar user's unlucky day, the body refiner appeared before he could get up and the fist arrived at his stomach, he felt his inside turning as he spat some gastric acids. His bones emitted a cracking sound and his whole body flew towards the array barrier.

"Badge Number 65, victory!" Seeing that the scimitar user can't even stood back up, the referee deemed the match over and announced the results.

"Damn! That was fast!"

"The match didn't last for at least 10 minutes, who is this guy?"

"Ooh! I know I know! He's the younger brother of Ye Qiu! A core disciple of Godly Altar Sect! It is said that his older brother was already sent to Grand Majestic Holy Land already and was competing to be a disciple in there!"

"Woah! That's amazing? Why didn't he came too?"

"That I do not know, I find it strange as well to be honest."

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Many people started gossiping about the identity of the body refiner, they made wild speculations and etc. but failed to guess the real reason why he didn't grabbed the chance to go with his older brother. The body refiner saluted his opponent and went back to the resting are. He looked like he didn't even broke a sweat after that battle, he ignored the gaze of the other participants and just silently rested.

And just like that, battle after battle started happening, Sieg calmly watched each and every people that went up, he analyzed his opponents well and even started some simulations inside his head about the actions that he could do if he was the one receiving their attacks. He felt that just by watching these battles, his own battle experience is also going up, this type of feeling pleased him greatly so he watched even more carefully.

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"Last match for today! Number 80 and Number 15, please go to the arena."

'Oh, it's my turn now.' Sieg stood up and followed the announcer, he didn't bother to look towards his opponent since he already knew him. The remaining contestants were shocked as they say him stood up, first reason was because he looked incredibly young and harmless and two, nobody felt his existence all throughout the battles.

As they approached the arena, Sieg felt the curious gaze of the crowd behind him, he could also hear faint murmurs from them as well. He stood at the opposite side of the arena and looked at his opponent.

"Uwaaah~~ this kid is unlucky! He's facing young master Jiang!"

"Tsk poor kid! Of all the people he could face, he encountered the 'Son of Heaven'."

"Well, this match is already decided."

'Son of Heaven huh?' Sieg silently smirked as he heard exclamations around him, the pride of 'Lion Stance' unconsciously activated, he looked at the person in front of him, he was also staring back at him with disdaining eyes, this notion made Sieg irritated, it looks like he needed to 'knock some sense' into this 'Son of Heaven'.

"Match start!" The referee shouted and suddenly Jiang Chen made a move, a sword appeared in his hand.

"Don't go blaming me if you get hurt." He said while activating his technique, his sword was covered in a brilliant green glow, his body also started to be a bit blurry due to how fast he was moving.

"There it is! The Blooming Jade Steps and the Coiling Jade Dragon Sword Art! Even young master Li Chen had a hard time defending to these two techniques."

"This is over…"

Jiang Chen appeared in front of Sieg, with sword emitting a brilliant green jade glow, he slashed down, but what happened next left him dumbfounded.

His attack was cancelled, he saw that a hilt of sheathed blade prevented the sword from hitting it's target. The ki he poured towards the sword was also dispersed and the hands that are holding his sword was shaking.

"Impossible!" Jiang Chen exclaimed, even a peak of 9th step would absolutely choose to avoid this technique of his. Coiling Jade Dragon Sword Art is one of the top techniques that existed in his clan, aside from his father which is the clan head, only him could use this sword art and it was even widely known to the crowd that, this skill is a 'must' to avoid. But the 'kid' in front of him defended the attack with just the hilt of his blade, what is this concept.

Nevertheless, he recovered from his stupor and retreated back, Sieg didn't chased him or even tried to counterattack, he was just standing there, sending a provocative glance toward this 'Young Master Jiang Chen' he was taunting the 'Son of Heaven'.

This scene shocked everyone that's watching, whoever knew Jiang Chen and his clan would absolutely say that what had happen was just impossible. Even the people who are watching inside the resting hall was shocked. They didn't saw when Sieg drew his blade from his storage bag and how he managed to block the attack which sent shivers to their body.

Jiang Chen fumed in rage, his status is being challenged. 'This is impossible! I am the strongest on my age! Even that bitch Xu Qing is no match for me! I will show you why!' He let out a deep roar and a silhouette a serpentine Jade Dragon coiled into his sword. His whole body was covered in jade light and he shot forward to Sieg without any remorse, thrusting forward like he wanted to pierce a hole through Sieg's body.

"Getting serious now? Too bad."

Who knew that same thing can happen twice even if Jiang Chen's attack is more stronger than what it is before. The hilt of Sieg's blade met tip of Jiang Chen's sword, he didn't stepped back from the impact, every force that Jiang Chen poured into his sword was dispersed by Sieg's one move.

"Impossible! This is impossible! You're clearly cheating! Yes that's it, referee! Disqualify him! He's cheating! I'm stronger than him so how can he stop my attack using one move right! Come on why aren't you saying anything!" Jiang Chen was panicking, the last attack drain 30% of his Ki Reserves already, if the first attack is included, he only had a remaining 50% Ki Reserves while Sieg on the other hand is a mystery.

The whole crowd was silent, the referee didn't say anything and just gazed at the pathetic 'Son of Heaven' in front of him, begging him to administer justice without proof. He had been a referee of a lot of battles already so he developed a keen pair eyes on who is cheating or not. Sieg didn't do anything and just gazed at Jiang Chen with pity. This prompted an even deeper rage to appear in Jiang Chen's heart.

'I never mastered this technique so I never used it yet it seems like your begging to die. Since that is your wish and I am ever-so-magnanimous, I would grant your wish you filthy beggar.'

His 9th step aura roared with ferocity, the green glow on his body was slowly changing into a bright yellow jade glow, a silhouette of a serpentine yellow Jade Dragon coiled on his body amd roared towards Sieg, Jiang Chen spat blood on the sword and it whistled to the air making some disruptions around it. His eyes were bloodshot and his haid whitened a bit, it was clear he used at least 10 years of vitality just to activate this move. He shot forward on top speed towards Sieg, he looked incredibly pathetic right now but for him that's fine as long as he killed this person right and right now.

"DIE FILTHY BEGGAR! BRIGHT DRAGON'S DESCEND!" His sword once again slashed horizontally, ot made whistling sound in the wanting to pierce Sieg in half. Jiang Chen was incredibly confident that this move is enough to kill him.

*Boom!*

An explosion inside the arena echoed everywhere. The screen that is showing the fight was blurry which made everyone grunt in dissatisfaction, they wanted to see the results but it was being blocked by a huge patch of dusts. Jiang stood inside the arena, panting and feeling incredibly weak. He smiled and thought:

"I'm the strongest, this is what you're thinking yeah? Mr. Son of Heaven." Jiang Chen's eyes dilated, his body trembled as he saw the figure in front of him.

Sieg's left foot was stepping on his sword while Jiang Chen maintained his slashing posture, the picture looked like Sieg was looking down on Jiang Chen with indifference. He was filled with despair, that last attack completely drained him already yet it was still insufficient to even hurt the hem of Sieg's clothing. Everyone's mouth was agape, they never expected to see Jiang Chen the 'Son of Heaven' in this state before. Even Li Chen who was watching in the resting hall stood up when he saw this happened.

'Who is this person! How strong is he?!'

This is what all of the people are thinking right now but had no way of guessing, they didn't expect such a dark horse to appear in this competition.

"Say…" Sieg's voice sent shiver's all over Jiang Chen's body; "You made three attacks already and yet I only defended two times and evaded the last one, don't you think that's unfair?" He visibly shook when he heard Sieg's voice.

"I-I ad- *Urk* …" Jiang Chen was about to admit defeat when he felt like he swallowed a whole boulder. Sieg's hand were incredibly fast, so fast that he didn't even saw it moved.

"Woah there, you really are something aren't you? You only want to attack not receive an attack? That's immoral you know?" Even though Sieg sounded like a reprimanding child right now, on Jiang Chen's eyes he was no different from a demon.

"Since you look so stupid right now, we'll count that as the first attack, grit your teeth cause here comes the second attack." Sieg's hand formed a fist, his experiences learning the 'Bear Stance' made his punch no different a metal ball hitting a pillow at supersonic speed.

Sieg's hand flew and sent an uppercut to Jiang Chen, even though he controlled his strength, his punch still shattered a portion of Jiang Chen's jaw and cracked some of his teeth. Jiang Chen flew up like a kite who's string was broken, he never felt so much pain in his entire life, he wanted to faint so that won't feel this but the pain kept him wide awake.

'What did I do to suffer such a calamity?' He thought.

Sieg was already preparing for the next attack when a loud voice was heard.

"Junior! You dare!!!"