Chapter 61: Dragon General, Yi Chen!
"Peng." The figure that had flown backward heavily smashed into the ground far away, and when they saw his appearance clearly, many cultivators immediately widened their eyes.
"How is this possible?" The words of disbelief escaped their lips as the figure they did not recognize was actually Gulin, who had the highest chance of winning!
At this time, Gu Lin was in a very sorry state, his long shirt hanging on him like a rag, with wounds of all sizes covering his entire body, and bright red blood spewing from his mouth.
"How could I have lost?! This can't be!" A weak cry rang out, Gu Lin's eyes stared at the ruined arena.
"Huh." A gentle breeze blew by, and the dust scattered everywhere, revealing a figure standing on the ruins with a three-meter-long heavy sword in hand.
On one knee, Yi Chen's mouth corner was hanging with a thread of fresh blood, his face was deathly pale, and his long hair was somewhat disheveled.
"You lost." Slowly standing up, Yi Chen wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth and gazed at Gu Lin with an indifferent expression.
"It's impossible, how could I lose to a mediocre like you?" Gu Lin roared in anger, unable to accept the fact that he had already lost.
"It seems you're not convinced?" A corner of his mouth curled up, Yi Chen stood up from the ground, then dragged the thousand-jin heavy Tianyun sword and walked to Gu Lin's front.
"Then I'll beat you into submission." A cold glint flashed in his eyes, and Yi Chen struggled to raise the heavy Tianyun sword, striking towards Gu Lin's head, as if to take his life.
"Is he going to kill him to silence him? This is too cruel!" The crowd was shocked by Yi Chen's actions, their eyes wide with surprise.
"Give me a break."
Just as the Heaven's Fury Sword was about to strike Gu Lin, a loud shout of anger came from the spectator seats. Gu Huo rushed over with a residual shadow and slapped his palm on the Heaven's Fury Sword.
"Hiss." In this instant, Yi Chen felt a shockwave coming from the Heaven-Defying Heavy Sword, and he was directly knocked back, his legs dragging on the ground for over ten meters before stabilizing his body.
"Ling'er." When he saw Gu Lin's miserable state, a cold glint flashed in Gu Huo's eyes as he turned to look at Yi Chen, his gaze flashing with a double killing intent.
"You old rascal." Yi Chen raised his head and glared at Gu Ho with a fierce gaze, without the slightest fear.
"You're still young yet your methods are so ruthless, today I'll teach you a good lesson on behalf of your grandfather."
The killing intent in his heart grew even stronger, Gu Huo let out a cold hum, manipulated his soul power and prepared to launch an attack on Yi Chen.
"Is this the style of your noble family, openly disrupting the order of the competition and acting tyrannically?" A figure flashed by, and Yi Si Qing arrived at the ruins, blocking Yi Chen's path.
"Don't put on such a big hat, you're just a good grandson who came out of Yisi's celebration, do you want to know the truth about the grassy people?"
"The Dragon King Championship was originally a fight to the death, why show mercy? I think you can't accept the fact that your own grandson was defeated?"
"Hmph, that's a strong argument." Gu Huo's face looked very bad, but he was indeed struck at the heart and didn't dare to refute.
"There's nothing more to say, now it's up to you whether to continue the match or forfeit, you decide." Yisi Qing smiled lightly and said.
"We forfeit." Gu Hu's face was filled with uncertainty, but after seeing Gu Lin's injuries, he made this decision. If they continued to fight, Gu Lin would only be beaten to death.
"Grandpa, I'm fine." Gu Lin's face showed a look of unwillingness to give up, and he struggled to get up.
"Aren't you ashamed enough?" Gu Huo turned his head and hummed, then called someone over to support Gu Lin as he left. Before leaving, he gave Yi Chen a deep look.
Looking at their departing figures, Yi Chen's indifference grew even more pronounced, a cold smile playing on the corners of his mouth as he put away the Tianyun Heavy Sword into his storage ring.
"The new champion of the Dragon Emperor's tournament is Yi Chen from the Yi family!" The guard responsible for announcing the winner finally reacted, shouting at the top of his lungs.
The shout brought the stunned crowd back to their senses, and they all stared at Yi Chen in disbelief, never expecting him to become a dark horse and win the championship of the new Dragon General Competition.
"Who would have thought that Yijia's kid is so extraordinary, we've all underestimated him!"
"That's right! And he's only fifteen years old. That makes him the youngest Dragon General in our Yuanxuan Empire!" The crowd erupted into various discussions.
"Let's go." The emperor in power looked at Yi Chen with an unusual gaze, then lightly waved his hand and left with a group of subordinates.
"Congratulations to Mr. Yi for winning the top prize this time!" Jia Ding led a group of people forward to congratulate him, with many other forces behind him.
Half of them, if Yichen didn't remember wrongly, were the ones who had just tried to curry favor with the Gu family.
"It's only with true strength that one can make others submit." Yi Chen wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, gazing at Yi Siqing who was constantly responding to the crowd of people coming to congratulate him, and whispered softly.
While Yi Si was celebrating the arrival of congratulatory forces, Yi Chen also received the championship prize: a piece of Congealing Spirit Stone and 100,000 gold coins, all of which he stored in his storage ring.
The three-year Dragon General Competition came to an end, and Yi Chen became the new Dragon General. This news spread like it had grown wings, sweeping across the imperial capital in all directions.
Almost overnight, Yi Chen's name spread thoroughly and entered the vision of many forces.
As Yi Chen seized the Dragon General, the prestige of the Yi family also surged, and the forces that had previously been lost to them once again turned their allegiance back to the Yi family, with the threshold of their gate almost being trampled by the throngs of visitors.
Along with the increase in prestige, several powerful cultivators at the Zhenyuan boundary came to join forces, which made up for the shortage of top-notch experts in the Yi family.
Standing outside the Yi family's gate, Yi Chen looked at the bustling crowd with a smile on his face.
"Yi Jia, one day I will let you step onto the pinnacle of power, now is just the first step." Leaving behind a determined tone, Yi Chen returned to his own residence.
"Master Yanjian, how did you come?" As soon as he entered the house, Yi Chen saw a familiar figure waiting.
"The things that can help me recover my cultivation are all listed here, take a look." Yan Jian handed over a piece of paper to Yi Chen and said.
"Sealing Spirit Stone, Five-Star Soul Reviving Stone, Five-Star Healing Spirit Stone." After scanning the contents above, Yi Chen's face showed a look of surprise and he asked, "What effects does this Sealing Spirit Stone have?"
Ling Shi and Hun Ling Shi were familiar to Yi Chen, but Jin Ling Shi was something he had heard of for the first time.
"My cultivation was only sealed and not destroyed, while the Spirit Sealing Stone is a medium to unlock the seal." Yán Jiàn didn't give a detailed explanation.
"The Five-Star Spirit Stone is not easy to find, especially this Forbidden Spirit Stone, I've never heard of it before." Yi Chen frowned and said.
The Gu and the ruling party have extremely strong forces, as long as they help Yan Jian remove the seal, they can pull in a powerful ally for the Yi family, which is extremely beneficial to the Yi family.
The whole Yi family's Mo Jian's, only had one person, Yi Chen, so the task of helping Yan Jian was handed over to Yi Chen.
"The Spirit-Sealing Stone isn't hard to find. I actually collected one when I was in the Mages Association, but now it's been taken over by the current president."
