Asura Emperor Venerable
Chapter 494: Cease Fighting

Chapter 494: Chapter 494: Cease Fighting

What!

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn’t believe their own eyes.

Eight Aspects against Two? Could this be the situation?

Impossible!

Everyone looked at Shi Hao, all realized, "So, this kid is not just at Two Aspects but at least Seven Aspects," able to withstand such an impact from Suyuan.

Pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger!

"You little rascal, you’re truly cunning!" Suyuan said angrily, "you even concealed your cultivation!"

Shi Hao was surprised, had he concealed his cultivation?

Well, his Two Aspects were so strong that everyone mistakenly thought he was at least at Seven or Eight Aspects.

He didn’t explain, others couldn’t see it, but as long as it was the Supplementing Divine Temple, they could easily discern his cultivation through his aura.

"Are we still fighting?" Shi Hao beckoned with his fingers.

Suyuan was somewhat hesitant.

He appeared burly and reckless, but in reality, he was extremely meticulous.

He liked to cripple people, but he would never endanger himself.

Now that Shi Hao’s strength was unknown and he dared to venture into Dragon Gate alone, he must either be extremely powerful or simply a foolhardy youth.

For the moment, he couldn’t decide which it was, hence his hesitation.

"If you’re not fighting, then step aside," Shi Hao said indifferently.

"Suyuan, he’s looking down on you."

"Beat him up!"

"Right, let him see what your ’Iron Tower’ is capable of!"

Many people took the opportunity to goad them on, not caring whether Shi Hao was defeated or Suyuan got beaten, as long as there was excitement to watch.

But Suyuan became calm instead, he smiled at Shi Hao, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "What does it have to do with me, I’m just here to say hello."

With that, he turned around and left.

This inevitably led to contempt from the crowd, but some nodded in agreement.

Why stick your neck out?

With no grievances or hatred against Shi Hao, why engage with someone whose strength is unknown just over a matter of pride? That was unwise.

Shi Hao hadn’t expected this burly man to show such restraint.

He smiled, not taking it to heart, and strode towards the Wen Family’s estate.

"Stop! Stop!" Wen Ci hurriedly called out; unable to control the Martial Artists who came to apply, he could only alert his family.

Soon, a squad of Wen Family guards rushed out.

"Halt!" The captain drew his sword and pointed at Shi Hao, "Which Madman dares to intrude into the Wen Family!"

Shi Hao responded, "I came to apply for a position, but some idiot didn’t let me through. I just wanted to ask the head of the Wen Family, is the print on the paper outside just there to fool people?"

The captain was taken aback on hearing this and then looked towards Wen Ci.

Such a useless guy, can’t even handle something as simple as registration.

Wen Ci was furious under his gaze; you’re just a lowly guard, what right do you have to look down on me?

"Stop wasting words with him, capture him!"

The captain nodded at Shi Hao, "Young man, many apologies for the offense, on his behalf, I offer you an apology!"

"An apology? What a joke!" Wen Ci immediately protested.

But the captain ignored him and continued, "Regardless of whether you pass the upcoming assessment, the Wen Family will send you a gift as compensation."

Wen Ci grew even more enraged, his pride had been wounded, and yet Shi Hao was still receiving gifts?

What a joke!

Shi Hao did look a few more times at this captain, appreciating his balanced approach—a true talent indeed.

He nodded, "How may I address you?"

"I am Fang Jin," the captain responded with a smile.

Shi Hao nodded again, "I’ll remember that."

The conflict was resolved, and everyone retreated back to the original room, waiting for the selection process to commence.

Wen Ci was extremely displeased; however, his status within the family wasn’t high, not even higher than the outsider Fang Jin, and he couldn’t do anything about Shi Hao, so he just sat there with a scowl, displeased with everyone.

For each realm, the applicants had to number sixteen before the elimination battle began, and only one could advance.

Even so, that did not guarantee final recruitment; they needed to wait until the hiring period ended to perform a selection on merit.

However, just being able to stand out among sixteen contenders, even if one didn’t make it into the final list of three, would still earn a thank-you gift from the Wen Family.

As usual, low-tier Martial Artists were the most numerous. By the end of that day, the Soul Nurturing realm had commenced four rounds of eliminations, the Other Shore realm had started one, but the Self-Observation had only gathered seven people, insufficient for eliminations.

They had no choice but wait until the next day.

In fact, this recruitment by the Wen Family had already been going on for nine days, and most people had signed up in the early days, so the numbers had naturally dwindled as it neared the end.

The next day, the Self-Observation group still hadn’t filled its quota of sixteen until the afternoon of the third day.

The elimination battle began.

Shi Hao performed adequately, winning each match with ease, yet he did not display overwhelming combat power.

After three consecutive battles, he had advanced to the finals, and his last opponent was Suyuan.

Suyuan scratched his head, realizing that this battle was inevitable.

His caution was justified; Shi Hao’s reaching him proved his remarkable strength.

"Take this!" But this time, Suyuan couldn’t retreat. Starting with a major technique, he shouted, and the tattoos on his body seemed to "come alive," morphing into eight weapons floating in the air, all pointing towards Shi Hao.

That was his Dharma appearance.

Ah, interesting, his Dharma appearance wasn’t situated on Soul Island, but plastered on his body?

Shi Hao sensed around and discovered these Dharma appearances were brimming with vigorous vitality.

This guy... he was actually using his vitality to nourish his Dharma appearances.

Boom!

While Shi Hao was pondering, Suyuan had already commanded his Dharma appearance to strike.

The eight Dharma weapons, refined by vitality, seemed to materialize, emanating a chilling murderous intent.

Shi Hao chuckled, swinging out a punch, his robust vitality surging like an endless ocean.

How many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures had he assimilated? And having cultivated the Tyrant Body Technique and Nine Deaths Heavenly Skill, his physical robustness and vitality reached a level only admireable from afar in Self-Observation. With such a shake, Suyuan spat blood, his whole body flying backwards.

A victory in one strike!

This shocked the spectators, yet some began to believe Shi Hao might be at the Two Aspects level, as he clearly also followed the path of Body Cultivation; the last move was solely reliant on his powerful vitality that directly repelled Suyuan.

Following this, Shi Hao became the final candidate through the preliminary selection from the Wen Family.

All candidates were gathered, ready to commence the second round of elimination.

Naturally, the Soul Nurturing realm had the most contenders, reaching more than thirty, whereas Self-Observation had the least, only a mere seven people.

As for the Founding King realm? Being strong on the Western Rock Continent, they naturally wouldn’t come to apply—a matter of pride—instead, the Wen Family approached them with generous offers.

Soon, the elimination battles resumed.

Since there were only seven people in Self-Observation, each had to fight six matches to determine rankings from one to seven.