Chapter 1194 - 709: The Trials of the Righteous Path, Unparalleled Heavenly Dragon!
Great Chu time, January 24th, 2 p.m. sharp.
Phoenix Nest, VIP room.
The tournament was entering its white-hot phase, and leaders of late-arriving great powers such as Meili Jian, the Euro Federation, the Eagle Nation, Roma, and others arrived one after another.
They watched the performances of their own contestants and also cheered and encouraged all the participants.
This remarkable group of young people had cut their way into the top hundred of their generation out of billions of peers.
Each and every one of them was a rare treasure of human civilization.
In the future, each had a considerable chance of advancing to break Tier Six, becoming a Martial Arts Celestial King.
They were absolutely the future pillars of the human world and would become the mainstay in the fight against the Celestial Demons.
So even if it was not their own country’s contestant in the ring, they still had to watch, and they still had to say a few words of encouragement.
After the later matches ended, everyone would still have to meet once, get acquainted in advance...
As for what Great Chu was currently pushing, they had already gotten "side-channel information" beforehand and were more or less prepared.
What the human world would become in the future—whether various sides carved it up or it unified—strong individuals would forever be the leading force among them, guiding the development of the era.
They would play a core role in resisting Celestial Demons, opening up resources, and guarding civilization, becoming the key figures shaping the future landscape.
"Senior Yingchun, still vigorous in old age!"
A Western middle-aged man who strongly resembled the [Throne Angel · Seraph] was the last to walk in; he strode from afar toward Zhao Yingchun sitting in the front row, putting on a look of exaggerated surprise as he spoke.
"You look at least a hundred years younger—can you tell me how you maintain yourself? This is incredible!"
Zhao Yingchun’s expression shifted slightly; he rose to greet him.
This middle-aged man with such flamboyant speech was the current president of Meili Jian and also the only son of the Father God Seraph.
A legendary-level powerhouse, [Holy Judgement · Prance].
[Legendary] was the label for a high level in the Western life-evolution system, equivalent to a Martial Arts Celestial King, a Tier Six existence in the Cosmos cultivation ranks.
"Hello, President Prance. I’ve gotten younger again? Naturally, it’s because my strength has made another step forward."
Zhao Yingchun nodded with a smile.
"So this is what you call health cultivation? The wonders of Martial Arts truly open my eyes!"
Putting on an expression of astonishment as he spoke, Prance walked up, shook Zhao Yingchun’s hand, and sat on his right to watch the match.
Prance’s gaze remained fixed on Colby and on Colby’s greatest rival, Chen Zhiming.
This young man Chen Zhiming was remarkable.
Meili Jian’s No. 2 seed, Thomas, had fallen consecutively to both of them and was clearly no longer up to the task.
So from here on, they could only rely on Colby.
Prance had immense confidence in Colby; he firmly believed that victory would belong to Meili Jian.
Before the tournament, the Meili Jian Security Bureau had provided Colby with three months of special training.
Besides the meticulous instruction of Tier Six powerhouses, various advanced potions were used on Colby, with expenditures in the tens of billions, bringing about an astonishing surge in his strength—so much so that even veteran Tier Four powerhouses could not keep up with his attack rhythm.
Even if three Tier Four powerhouses besieged him, Colby could quickly find a breakthrough and defeat them one by one!
"Every bit of what we spent was worth it..."
Prance watched the matches with a smile, calculations running constantly in his mind.
According to the intelligence, that item in the Mountain-Whispering Demon Nest was nearly enough to overturn the existing pattern of the [life-evolution] path.
It was of extreme importance to his father as well, something they were determined to obtain!
Sitting beside Prance, Zhao Yingchun didn’t need to guess to know what was running through Prance’s head...
"Wishful thinking..."
In Western eyes, the sense of home and nation was particularly thin.
Without the guidance of Dao Realm power, Breaking Eight causing the human dimension to lose qualification was simply a catastrophe!
If the Western Cultivation Law broke Eight, were they going to count on the Cosmos to strike and tear open Shanghao’s blockade? That would be sheer nonsense...
Therefore, they absolutely could not allow Seraph to succeed.
If he grasped the complete Law the Mountain Whisper left in the Demon Nest, the human world would be completely invaded by the evil gods of the Cosmos, with no hope left.
That small meeting the other day had been orchestrated by him.
Seraph’s coming to Great Chu for the Law was likewise the first step in the entire complete plan.
"With Ancestor Sanfeng himself sitting in guard at Taihang, Seraph won’t have any chance..."
The idea was to make Seraph anxious!
Only when he grew anxious would he be likely to slip.
The composure and mental fortitude of a Tier Seven powerhouse were utterly astonishing; only something that could be yearned for but not attained would move him to lose his cool and misjudge.
Coming back to himself, Zhao Yingchun also turned his eyes to the children’s matches, a faint smile on his face.
Just now, he had lied to Prance; he had already reached the "Five Decays of a Celestial Being" stage—if his cultivation did not regress, that would already be good; how could he possibly still advance?
The reason Zhao Yingchun had "grown younger" was entirely thanks to the rare life-extending substances his adoptive son and Direct Disciple Zhao Linyuan had sent back from Sea Blue Star.
He originally hadn’t wanted to waste these resources, but the overall situation still needed him to preside over it, and the human world could not do without him.
The Martial Arts title [Limitless Stratagem] was the best interpretation of his wisdom.
Not only matters concerning Zhao Linyuan, but other intelligence regarding the Dao Realm was all under strict secrecy and could not yet be disclosed to the West.
After all, the Western cultivation path lay too close to the Cosmos, and new church factions were springing up within their borders, clearly harboring quite a few "traitors to humanity."
If they laid everything bare to the world, variables might arise.
However, all of this, including the dimensional passage Zhao Linyuan had constructed and the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Dragon Realm, would be announced at the upcoming World Summit.
The leaders of various countries coming to attend had all been vetted by Great Chu—there were absolutely no defectors among them. This included Prance; they naturally could be allowed to know these things.
Once the "Human Federation" led by Great Chu was founded, that would be the day they swept clean the Demon Path, slaughtered the human traitors, and fully opened the struggle against the invaders of the Cosmos!