Chapter 195: You Now Have the Right to Challenge Him

“Alright, this Chasing the Sun Championship has concluded perfectly.”

“Congratulations to our first-place winner!”

Amid the cheers of the crowd, a man with a head resembling Mount Fuji stepped forward.

“First! First!”

“Lie Hu! Lie Hu!”

The “Mount Fuji” on his head spewed lava as he basked in the admiration of the audience.

Yes, this is it!

This feeling of being the center of attention, this feeling of overwhelming everything!

“I am the strongest!”

He shouted, hot lava erupting with his soaring emotions, setting the entire scene ablaze.

Lie Hu, having won every match along the way, had finally claimed the championship of the Chasing the Sun Championship.

“Next, it’s time to rise to fame, make a name for myself, and marry a beautiful Young Miss elf. Thinking about it, I’m getting a little excited.”

Lie Hu thought gleefully, already planning the path ahead after this victory.

But just then, the organizer suddenly spoke.

“Mr. Lie Hu, congratulations on winning first place in the Chasing the Sun Championship.”

“Now, you have the opportunity to challenge Mr. A Liang.”

Lie Hu: ?

Audience: ?

Boom!

A torrent of lava surged, scorching the heavens and earth as Lie Hu glared at the host with fiery eyes.

“You! What do you mean? As the rightful first-place winner, all I get is a chance to challenge someone?”

“That’s right.” The host’s smile remained unchanged.

“This is too much! If you have the guts, let him come out! I’ll beat the shit out of him!”

Lie Hu roared, scanning his surroundings. Suddenly, his pupils trembled.

In the audience stands, a man in simple black clothing slowly walked out.

He approached Lie Hu, his indifferent gaze calmly fixed on him.

His finger slowly rose.

Lie Hu widened his eyes, feeling his heart gripped by an unseen presence.

“Are you… swearing an oath?”

A Liang closed his eyes.

“Three moves.”

“Damn it! Don’t look down on me!”

Lie Hu’s fury was fully ignited. In his frenzied state, his power erupted to its peak, his terrifying aura seeming to crush the entire world.

“Die—for—me!”

Swish—

An arc flashed through the air.

Small, insignificant.

Yet it was this very arc that caused the previously invincible Lie Hu to suddenly freeze.

He lowered his head, looking at the thin line slowly splitting open on his neck.

Lava flowed out, and the “Mount Fuji” rolled to the ground.

A Liang had been modest.

The scene fell into dead silence, everyone staring dumbfounded at the eerie man at the center of the battlefield.

“He won just like that?”

His appearance rendered all previous battles mere child’s play, as if a group of children were playing house, calling their mud pies “the Conquest of Xintiān.”

A Liang, 29 years old, human.

At twenty, his planet was enslaved by powerful external enemies. A Liang was secretly sent away and has since wandered the stars.

A pearl lost in the vastness, he finally had a chance to shine.

There was no time to mourn the defeated and fallen Lie Hu. Now stepping into the spotlight was the interstellar wandering Saber master—A Liang!

“A Liang! A Liang!”

“First! First!”

The title had changed, but the audience remained the same.

This was a cruel Universe. People might not care about anyone’s death; only the strong were worthy of their sympathy.

And often, the strong did not need sympathy, making it cheap and worthless.

A Liang had cut down the first-place winner, so he became the first.

“Alright, although the competition has ended, today’s event is far from over.”

“Always believe in ‘Chasing the Sun,’ because it will bring you endless surprises.”

“Ladies and gentlemen!” the host exclaimed.

“Next up, the Rising Tide Prodigy Championship challenge round!”

Whoosh—

The entire venue erupted.

The excitement was unparalleled!

“Fight! They’re finally going to fight!”

The audience couldn’t wait to see these two old rivals clash.

When giants battle, the players benefit.

Never let monopolies dominate—this is something players know all too well.

Dragon Pot Star.

The battle continued.

Jiang Yan’s War Ruins Engravings had already reached thirty while spectating.

Indeed, the more intense the battle, the easier it was to gain Battle Intent.

Finally, the top ten were decided.

The Crown Prince of Hill Prison Star unquestionably took first place.

His mastery of the Elemental Domain was flawless; almost everyone who clashed with him in the Domain was suppressed.

Second place was a female who looked somewhat similar to Lilia, likely from the same race.

Her Domain was Multi-Dimensional Perception.

She could communicate with anything within her Domain, making her attacks the most unpredictable.

Third place went to the man who had provoked Jiang Yan as soon as he arrived on Dragon Pot Star. In fact, he hadn’t just provoked Jiang Yan—he had offended almost everyone present.

Later, he was beaten badly by the Crown Prince of Hill Prison Star and still seemed a bit resentful.

The Crown Prince of Hill Prison Star was the man who had sensed Jiang Yan’s terror even before they fought.

Unsurprisingly, he became the first-place winner of this Rising Tide Prodigy Championship.

He wondered inwardly: Why didn’t that man who made his heart tremble take the stage? Was the earlier feeling just an illusion?

Right, someone that powerful probably wasn’t a contestant but an official sent to maintain order or something similar.

That’s what the Crown Prince of Hill Prison Star thought.

“It seems the royal family’s revival is within reach!”

First place should be enough to catch the attention of Lightning Studio, right?

But…

“Everyone, congratulations on overcoming the challenges and achieving a place in the top ten. Now, you have the right to choose your final opponent!”

“Huh?”

As the host finished speaking, the entire venue was filled with confusion.

Only the audience who had just come from the Canglan Live Stream Room felt a sense of déjà vu. “It couldn’t… be that coincidental, could it?”

“Now, let’s welcome Mr. Jiang Yan!” the host enthusiastically announced.

Jiang Yan knew it was his turn to go through the motions, so he walked out directly.

It was his first time walking through the backstage, and he felt a bit unaccustomed to it.

“It’s him! It really is him!”

The Crown Prince of Hill Prison Star felt as if his mind were about to explode, staring in utter disbelief at Jiang Yan as he slowly approached.

The man whose mere Aura had made him feel overwhelmingly suppressed had finally appeared!

His fists clenched tightly, as if a nightmare had descended into reality.

His legs trembled uncontrollably, and all his senses told him that this man was powerful to an absurd degree.

The Crown Prince of Hill Prison Star, born with an innate affinity for elements, could sense subtle disparities through the flow of elements in the air. This almost divine-like skill had helped him avert danger time and again, escaping assassination attempts by rebels on multiple occasions.

He sensed that an endless storm was brewing within Jiang Yan’s mind.

“What is that?”

“It’s terrifying… If I faced it, I’d surely die, right?”

Jiang Yan had not expected anyone to notice his Spirit Platform splitting action, nor did he anticipate that such an unintentional move would cast such a terrifying shadow over his opponent.

“Top ten geniuses, please feel free to challenge Mr. Jiang Yan. If you can defeat him, the championship prize will be yours!”

The championship prize: a Heaven-Tier Armament.

A Heaven-Tier Armament is capable of resisting 50% of damage below the Peak of the Eighth Rank.

In terms of Cloud Core Coins, the number of zeros following the price is second only to that of Shudu.