27 Judgement

The battle was quickly concluded by the judge with no fatal injuries and the arena was repaired. Jiang Chen knew that if he didn't have any improvement on his cultivation soon, he would be unable to win the competition. Being at the rock bottom in this competition, Jiang Chen was like a tadpole who was up against a trout that was 20 times larger than him.

"I can always try sabotaging my opponents... But that won't work once I go up against the major powerhouses that are in Qi-Condensing Stages."

Jiang Chen was in a dilemma that didn't seem to have a solution at all. All of the options that he thought of seemed unreasonable or impossible to do.

As Jiang Chen was thinking of the possible solutions, the number of contestants decreased as the names were being called up. All Jiang Chen can do now was leave it up to the heavens to choose whether he will be kicked out on the first match.

Before long, Jiang Chen was eventually called onto the stage.

"Next, we have a contestant at Body-Tempering Stage 5 Cultivator, Jiang Chen, Vs. Body-Tempering Stage 7 Cultivator, Gao Wei!"

Luckily for Jiang Chen, in order to maximize the excitement of the battles early on, the matchmakers tried to pair the contestants with people that have similar cultivations to them. Even if the lower leveled contestants aren't able to obtain a position in the top 5, they are still able to make a name for themselves.

Many sects have come to witness potentially members to scout as black horses commonly appear in competitions.

Jiang Chen stood up at the same time as another male. Gao Wei had an air similar to rich children while his clothing was laced with golden patterns. Both made their way onto the stage as the crowd roared with excitement.

"That's the son of the Wei Family head, isn't he?"

"I heard that they have over the economy of 20 different cities around the province."

"Are they aiming for Tang City as well?"

Jiang Chen smiled, thinking that his luck was really good, and proceeded to activate Vidi. Although he won't be able to overpower anyone who has a Qi-Condensing cultivation level, Jiang Chen was confident that he can beat Gao Wei with the help of the stone tablet and his skills.

Jiang Chen and Gao Wei bowed toward one another as the judge on the arena lifted his hand above his head and brought it down to signal the start of the battle.

"Begin!"

Boom!

Gao Wei was caution toward Jiang Chen at first, however, he grew impatient after seeing that he won't make a move and took the initiative. He leaped forward leaving a crater in the ground and hurled his fist above Jiang Chen's head. Even though he was surprised as Gao Wei's speed, Jiang Chen was able to see his attack and leaned back to give a quick kick to Gao Wei's throat.

Although the competition bans the killing of people within the arena, they disregard any types of accidental injuries that occur during the match. Even the lowest class is able to injure someone without consequences, due to the backing of the Tang Family behind this competition.

"Cough!"

Gao Wei coughed up a ball of blood on the ground as he quickly lept back. His face was ashen at the fact that he had just been forced back by someone who was 2 cultivation levels under him.

"You got lucky."

Gao Wei quickly stabilized the condition within his body and pounced at Jiang Chen again. This time, Jiang Chen dodged the attack by ducked under the punch. A roaring wind blew over his head as Jiang Chen rolled out from under Gao Ming. Blasts of Qi rolled out of Gao Wei as his eyes bulged with madness.

"Stop running and take my punch!"

Gao Wei dashed forward with overflowing energy emitted from his body. Jiang Chen prepared himself for the moment to dodge the attack.

Jiang Chen quickly activated Traversing The Heaven and dodged to the left. Just as he did that, Jiang Chen's leg managed to trip Gao Wei, which sent him flying off the platform.

The crowd cheered at the untimely and embarrassing loss of Gao Wei.

Jiang Chen left the arena and headed back to the waiting area. On the side, Gao Wei seemed furious as anger and disbelief were written all over his face.

Inside of the VIP spectator stand...

"Miss Tang, how do you feel about these contestants so far?"

"Most of them are utter trash, We're just wasting our time by preparing a competition!"

The one who spoke was Fen Tang, who was currently talking with her bodyguard next to her.

"I'm sorry, Young Mistress. The only way to lure out the hot-blooded powerhouses, who are capable of fighting against Bai Ming, was by hosting a competition filled with people. They won't appear if there is only a select number of people participating."

As the only daughter of the lord of Tang City, Fen Tang can be thought of like an extremely spoiled child. From birth, her father has never forced her to do anything, aside from the recent arranged marriage that concerned about the survival of the family.

Most people didn't have the backing of a major city, while Fen Tang's words are as good as the law here, second only by her father.

"I want this competition to end by tomorrow afternoon. I'll be leaving first."

"Your word is my command."

The bodyguard kneeled down and lowered his head until Fen Tang has left the stand.

"I want all battles to be finished as quickly as possible. Miss Tang's orders."

The bodyguard went towards the matchmakers and relayed the message.

The matchmakers quickly rearranged the order of the competitors, pairing them up based on the greatest difference in cultivation. Even though the excitement of a close battle won't happen, the competition will now only take 1/4 the amount of time to finish than compared to the original method.

"Body-Tempering Stage 5 Cultivator, Jiang Chen, Vs. Qi-Condensing Stage 3 Cultivator, Kai Song!"

Jiang Chen's nightmare has been achieved.