Nine Realms Sword Emperor
Chapter 664 - 665 Zang Tian

Now, it was merely the first round of the arena battles, and many a Sword Cultivator had yet to unleash their real strength. In the hands of many, they also possessed their own prized swordsmanship techniques.

It seemed that he would need to participate in these arena battles more often in the future.

Chu Fengmian thought to himself.

Whether within the northern domain or across all Nine Domains, such arena battles were innumerable.

These arena duels were the best opportunities to face powerful opponents. Countless Martial Artists would participate, and entering the arena was also the easiest way to fame and fortune.

The previous Chu Fengmian had little interest in such battles, so he never partook.

But now, as Chu Fengmian sought to create the Nine Domains Sword Technique, he needed to comprehend all the powerful swordsmanship within the Nine Domains. These duels were undoubtedly Chu Fengmian’s best chance to face various powerful opponents.

While watching the battles, Chu Fengmian was constantly modifying his Nine Domains Sword Technique.

His Nine Domains Sword Technique was only in its nascent form, not yet fully coalesced. All of this was still accumulating, and Chu Fengmian would incorporate any profound swordsmanship that was worthy of selection.

When the Nine Domains Sword Technique would ultimately be perfected, it would transform into one of the most powerful swordsmanship techniques between heaven and earth.

The first round of the arena battles passed quickly, and the second round arrived.

In the second round, Chu Fengmian faced an opponent from a second-tier sect, the Flowing Wind Sect—a Disciple ranked around 50th on the Beimang rankings at most.

Reaching the second round was already his limit. Had he faced weaker opponents, there might have been a chance to advance further.

However, obviously facing Chu Fengmian, there was no chance left. He was defeated by a simple move from Chu Fengmian and sent flying off the platform.

Regarding this person, Chu Fengmian did not harm him, simply defeating him easily.

With clear distinctions between good and evil, Chu Fengmian would only defeat such an opponent, not injure him.

Han Yueli also faced a not-so-strong opponent and defeated him with ease in one move.

However, in the next match, two strong competitors emerged.

They were none other than Zang Tian, whom Chu Fengmian was optimistic about, and the Martial Artist ranked fourth on the Beimang rankings, the young lord from the Cang Lan family.

This battle was supposed to be without much suspense.

Zang Tian, although considered the "dark horse" of this tournament,

was now facing a top five ranked competitor on the northern domain’s Beimang rankings, Cang Lanjing.

With a powerful dark horse wanting to battle someone ranked in the top five, everyone knew what the outcome would likely be.

Zang Tian was destined to lose.

Yet, the subsequent fight was somewhat unexpected. Zang Tian clashed with Cang Lanjing and actually defeated him.

Even within three moves, he managed to accomplish this.

This sent countless observing Martial Artists into a frenzy.

Cang Lanjing was the fourth-ranked individual on the northern domain’s Beimang rankings.

Although compared to the top three—Feng Wuxin, Night Sky Lord, and the Cold-faced Demon Lord—he seemed to be a notch below, he was still a cut above the rest of the thousands.

And now to be defeated by an unknown Zang Tian, he immediately set the scene ablaze.

The discussion about Zang Tian even far surpassed that of Chu Fengmian.

"This man is very strong."

Han Yueli commented as she watched Zang Tian, her expression subtly changing.

Facing Cang Lanjing, Han Yueli had great confidence in herself, believing she could defeat Cang Lanjing, but doing it in three moves—

Han Yueli asked herself if even using all her strength, she was not necessarily capable of achieving such a feat.

This Zang Tian, it could be said, was truly unknown, a completely unheard-of individual; and yet now he suddenly emerged with such formidable power.

"I seem to have seen this Zang Tian before."

Chu Fengmian watched as Zang Tian defeated Cang Lanjing, his expression thoughtful as he spoke.

The outcome did not surprise Chu Fengmian; he even sensed that Zang Tian still had strength in reserve.

In defeating Cang Lanjing, Zang Tian had used a pure form of Martial Arts, but Chu Fengmian could tell that this Martial Arts was merely a facade Zang Tian was using to conceal his true power.

Especially while watching Zang Tian’s combat, Chu Fengmian detected something familiar in every one of his moves.

With Chu Fengmian’s Spiritual Sense, having reached the level of an eidetic memory, this familiarity was no coincidence; it was just that at the moment, Chu Fengmian could not recall who Zang Tian truly was.

But Chu Fengmian was certain that he had met Zang Tian before, even crossed swords with him.

"This person must be from the state of Wu Victory."

Chu Fengmian stated.

"What?"

Hearing Chu Fengmian’s words, Han Yueli replied with some surprise.

"There’s such a person in the state of Wu Victory?"

Now that she had left the state of Wu Victory and headed to the Northern Region, Han Yueli had long since understood.

The state of Wu Victory was an incredibly remote and insignificant place, where even an outer disciple from Beimang Academy could obliterate what they called Wu Victory College.

To think that such a little place could produce two individuals like Chu Fengmian and Han Yueli was already surprising enough, yet there was a third?

"Indeed."

Chu Fengmian nodded.

The only people he had crossed swords with and felt this familiar with were from the state of Wu Victory.

"Let’s leave it, we’ll inevitably run into him sooner or later, and when we do, we’ll have to use our full strength."

Chu Fengmian declared.

Since everyone was here to compete in the Martial Arts competition, they were bound to meet eventually; when that happened, they would clearly understand Zang Tian’s identity and true combat abilities through actual battle.

At the very least, Chu Fengmian was confident in his ability to force out Zang Tian’s genuine strength.

"Mhm."

Han Yueli also nodded with a solemn expression.

Zang Tian was indeed a formidable adversary.

Zang Tian’s victory over Cang Lanjing was an interlude of the second round.

Although this battle was shocking, as the rounds progressed, the clashes between the strong became even more thrilling and Earth-shattering.

The third round was about to begin.

In the first match of this third round, the identity token in Chu Fengmian’s hand suddenly lit up.

"It’s my turn."

Chu Fengmian said casually, and with a single leap, he stepped onto the platform.

This time, the opponent Chu Fengmian faced was not any weaker adversary but a warrior highly skilled at the fourth level of the Life and Death Realm, ranked in the top ten on the Northern Region’s Absolute Decree List.

A Holy Faction Disciple, one of the Core Disciples of Beimang Academy, ranked ninth on the Absolute Decree List, Wu Ying.

In this third round, Chu Fengmian was matched against a disciple ranked in the top ten of the Northern Region’s Absolute Decree List, a member of the Holy Faction.