Chapter 772: A Multitude of Formidable Foes

Ye Yuan withdrew his sword and stepped back, saying indifferently, "I'm coming now. Are you ready this time?"

These casual words made Gu Hua's heart tighten. This time, he watched Ye Yuan's movements with full concentration, afraid to miss a single detail.

However... Gu Hua's vision blurred, and before him, Ye Yuan's trace had vanished again!

"You're dead again."

Ye Yuan's devilish voice sounded once more in Gu Hua's ear, and Xuan Ying Sword was again pressed against his neck.

"S-Such fast footwork! Is this really the footwork of a Spirit Travel realm martial artist?"

"In the face of such footwork, all martial techniques are nonsense!"

"Who would have thought that an alchemist could possess such bizarre footwork! With this footwork alone, he stands undefeated! Ye Yuan deserves a spot, without a doubt!"

Ye Yuan's footwork drew exclamations of amazement from all around.

Ye Yuan's footwork was too fast; ordinary martial artists couldn't even track his movements.

Among all techniques in the world, only speed cannot be broken!

With such powerful footwork, even facing martial artists of higher realms, one need not fear.

Gu Hua's face was extremely ugly. He never imagined that a Spirit Travel realm martial artist could surpass him, a Boundless realm expert, so greatly in footwork!

He had been fully prepared this time, yet he still couldn't keep up with Ye Yuan's speed.

Ye Yuan withdrew his sword and stepped back again, expressionless. "Third sword, ready?"

Gu Hua's expression changed, and his figure suddenly vanished from the spot.

This time, he decided to strike first, to move before Ye Yuan!

Now, he no longer thought about defeating Ye Yuan; as long as he could avoid one of Ye Yuan's strikes, he would consider it a victory!

Although winning the spot by such means was somewhat dishonorable, so what?

But the next moment, Gu Hua suddenly felt a chill at his waist, and Ye Yuan's voice sounded again: "Dead."

Gu Hua's expression changed drastically. He abruptly changed direction in midair, trying to escape Ye Yuan's sword.

But after two breaths, he died twice more in succession.

Before Ye Yuan's formidable footwork, he couldn't even evade a single strike.

That is to say, if Ye Yuan truly wanted to kill him, one sword strike would be enough.

Gu Hua slumped to the ground in defeat, unwillingly saying, "I... I lose! This spot is yours!"

This time, no one dared to question Ye Yuan's strength anymore.

Even Gu Hua had been utterly defeated by Ye Yuan; his representation of Gufeng City in the competition was well-deserved!

Pei Wenqiang looked at Ye Yuan as if seeing a ghost, astonished. "I originally just wanted to repay a favor, but I didn't expect your footwork to be so strong! It seems what you said before wasn't entirely baseless."

Ye Yuan just smiled, too lazy to argue.

After this, Ye Yuan directly chose to go into seclusion. This seclusion lasted for a month.

During this time, Zhao Qian was extremely anxious.

Ye Yuan had gone into seclusion without giving her any explanation, leaving her completely in the dark about what agreement he had reached with Tianyuan Merchant House.

After all, what Tianyuan Merchant House had given Ye Yuan was a golden token!

Without strength at the level of a Saint Lord, one could never obtain such a token.

That is to say, in the eyes of those at Tianyuan Merchant House headquarters, Ye Yuan's status was already comparable to that of a Saint Lord!

At first, Zhao Qian was very worried that something might happen to the Medicine Fragrance Pavilion.

But a month passed, and there seemed to be no change at all. Tianyuan Merchant House was also unusually quiet, as if they had given up on Gufeng City.

However, Zhao Qian's encroachment on Tianyuan Merchant House finally stopped at the threshold of twenty percent, unable to go any further.

In just about three months, the two major merchant houses in Gufeng City had swapped positions.

Meteor Merchant House leaped to become the largest merchant house, while Tianyuan Merchant House became a second-rate one.

In fact, the one that benefited the most was still the Medicine Fragrance Pavilion, because they had the highest share of profits.

During this month, Ye Yuan consumed nearly ten million Earth Essence Crystals worth of medicinal herbs, breaking through the threshold of late Spirit Travel realm and about to break through to Spirit Travel eighth layer!

With the strength of peak Spirit Travel seventh layer, Ye Yuan finally had some confidence in the upcoming competition.

When the geniuses from the entire Holy Land gather, there will inevitably be a batch of powerful opponents.

Ye Yuan's disadvantage lay in his realm, so even a small improvement in realm could have a decisive impact on the final outcome.

After a month of settling, when Ye Yuan emerged from seclusion, Zhao Qian surprisingly refrained from asking about the golden token.

This surprised Ye Yuan and made him think even more highly of Zhao Qian.

This girl was indeed not so simple; she even managed to hold back on such a matter.

After Ye Yuan emerged from seclusion, it was also time to leave Gufeng City.

Due to the vast territory of the Chixia Holy Land, this quasi-saint son selection competition was divided into ten major competition zones.

In each competition zone, all contestants would fight in pairs until the final six were selected to participate in the final selection competition.

In the competition zone where Ye Yuan was located, there were nearly two hundred forces of various sizes.

That is to say, just in this zone alone, there were several hundred contestants.

The vast majority of these several hundred contestants were Boundless realm martial artists. Of course, there were also a very few Spirit Travel realm martial artists like Ye Yuan who were very confident.

As for how far these Spirit Travel realm martial artists could go... no one cared about that, because these Spirit Travel realm martial artists were destined to be eliminated in the first round.

Such a competition was very brutal; without absolute strength, one could never stand out.

Several hundred Boundless realm martial artists, with little difference in realm, required exceptional insight into artistic conception and realm to enter the final six.

However, this was only the beginning; the true showdown was still in the final finals!

Thus, to ultimately obtain the opportunity to enter the Chixia Valley was extremely, extremely difficult.

Although Ye Yuan was very confident in himself, he dared not take the ultimate opponents lightly.

Those who could fight their way to that level—who among them was a mediocrity?

As soon as Ye Yuan emerged from seclusion, Pei Wenqiang received the news and rushed over. Behind him followed two young men.

"Ye Yuan, if you hadn't come out, we would have left on our own! Oh? In just a month, you're already about to reach Spirit Travel eighth layer?" Pei Wenqiang was somewhat surprised by Ye Yuan's cultivation speed.

After all, when he first met Ye Yuan, Ye Yuan had just broken through to Spirit Travel fourth layer.

In such a short time, Ye Yuan had already broken through three minor realms and reached peak Spirit Travel seventh layer.

"If I want to obtain the opportunity to enter the Chixia Valley, how can I not cultivate diligently?" Ye Yuan said with a smile.

"Such big talk! Kid, don't think that just because you defeated that waste Gu Hua, you're invincible! Among those participating in this competition, there are quite a few at Boundless ninth layer! With your meager strength, you still want to enter the Chixia Valley?" A young man with a defiant expression behind Pei Wenqiang said disdainfully.