Chapter 18

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Okay, Master. I’ll look for information about swords that react to blood.”

Sure enough, a lot of information came out. Su Chen looked through them one by one for a long time. Basically, they were all irrelevant information.

When Su Chen felt that he could not find anything further, a mosaic picture suddenly attracted him. He immediately clicked on it. Although the mosaic covered the general style of the sword in the picture, judging from the outline, Su Chen felt that it was the Broken Steel Sword.

The article said that the sword was a spiritual sword. It judged the owner by the owner’s blood and the sword was also meant to be raised with blood. When the sword spirit was bathed in blood and revived, the owner would receive all the powers of the sword spirit.

However, this article did not say how long the sword needed to be fed with blood. Su Chen noticed a row of small words at the bottom of the article. It was the method of rapid awakening.

Although Su Chen felt that this was similar to the fake advertisements that would appear when he browsed the web, he still felt that he had to try everything in this situation since there was no other way.

Therefore, he clicked on it. After entering, the web page showed a pattern that looked like a charm. There was a row of words below the pattern.

‘If you want to speed up the awakening of the sword spirit, please, sacrifice your blood.’

Was it asking him to use his blood to draw such a pattern on the body of the sword?

Su Chen silently noted it down. Then, he took the Broken Steel Sword and walked outside.

When he came to an empty space, Su Chen bit his finger and drew a rune on the body of the sword according to his memory. After drawing, the sword remained as usual without any reaction.

Su Chen felt that he had wasted his time again when suddenly, the sword reacted and started to tremble.

This time, he felt a surge of power coming from the sword. The sword started to feel like it did the other day. The sword started to look clean from top to bottom. It no longer looked like a piece of scrap metal in his hand.

It was the same feeling. Su Chen felt the power enveloping his entire body. He picked up the sword skillfully and waved it casually. The wind from the sword’s slash left a mark on the trees in the distance.

He successfully grasped the Broken Steel Sword.

Then, he practiced and adapted to the sword. It was soon evening. When Su Chen returned to his room, he found that the other two had not returned yet.

It was not until midnight that he realized that the two of them had finally returned. Lotte looked very tired, and Yousi also looked exhausted. Just as he was about to ask something, Yousi waved his hand and asked Su Chen not to ask anymore. Then, he fell asleep on the bed.

The next morning, the day of the competition for the 10-person quota arrived. Su Chen and the others quickly got ready and headed toward the arena. They soon arrived at the arena, which was supposed to be a crowded place. However, there were not as many people as they had expected.

“Why do I feel that there are fewer people…”

Lotte was also very surprised and could not help but sigh at the side.

A person sitting in the corner suddenly said, “Who could’ve waited until today after the rules were suddenly announced? Many people died yesterday.”

The three people turned around and saw a person whose hair was long enough to cover his eyes. His clothes were shabby and his figure looked like that of someone who was malnourished. He was wearing a pair of slippers and holding a samurai sword.

“May I ask who you are?”

Su Chen tried to find out his identity. He smiled and did not say anything. He just walked over.

Yousi saw his reaction and snorted disdainfully.

“Who is this? That arrogant look is really bad!”

The man stopped when he heard Yousi’s words. Then, he turned his head slightly to take a look at them before he continued to walk forward.

Lotte patted his head on the side as if he had noticed something.

“Him! He’s the fourth-ranked Musashi Jiang!”

“Musashi Jiang? What kind of strange name is that?”

Su Chen shook his head.

“Your focus shouldn’t be on his name, right, Yousi? He’s fourth…”

Yousi still said casually, “So what if he’s fourth? He can’t possibly be stupid enough to challenge people like us who are already on the rankings.”

Lotte and Su Chen were speechless at Yousi’s careless attitude. Soon, the announcement of the group arena rang.

“Please, will the nine people from the rankings head to the stage! I’ll Inform you again! Please, will the nine people from the rankings head to the stage!”

Su Chen patted Yousi and signaled him to go up. All nine people standing on the stage were the people on the list.

Lotte began to introduce the people standing on the stage to Su Chen, but Su Chen did not listen because of the words that suddenly rang from the broadcast.

“Because of one person who died, there are only nine people on stage. So, we’ve decided to let the young man who went on stage that day to fill in the tenth place.”

Everyone looked at Su Chen in unison. Su Chen understood the meaning of the broadcast in everyone’s eyes. It meant that he had suddenly entered the top 10 positions.

Lotte happily urged Su Chen, “Hey! You’ve automatically gained tenth place! Why aren’t you on stage?!”

Su Chen had a different feeling in his heart. Was it really a good thing that he had entered the top 10 without a proper reason? In addition, the people around him were no longer the same as before. Now, instead of saying that everyone was fighting to get into the top 10, it was more like they were fighting for 10 chances to survive. Only the strong could survive.

The uneasiness was real, but at this moment, his heart was filled with determination. He wanted to move forward, no matter what.

Su Chen stood on the stage and looked at Lotte who was still looking at him with a smile. In fact, Su Chen was also very worried about Lotte. He did not know if there would be any problems with his current strength.

Everyone stood in an orderly line like they were raising the national flag until the broadcast rang again.

“The people standing on the stage now are the current top ten. Everyone, choose the person you want to challenge. As long as you get one of the top ten seats before sunset, you’ll be able to live until tomorrow. I wish everyone good luck!”

After saying this, everyone lost their enthusiasm and decided to challenge Su Chen. Su Chen went through a few rounds. In the beginning, most of the people he fought were people who only had basic martial arts skills. After he was done, he left with his head intact. The situation was more or less the same for Yousi. Although the people they fought were not difficult to deal with, the numbers were beginning to make them feel exhausted.

Time flew quickly. The sky was turning red. In less than an hour, the sky would be completely dark.

However, at that moment, Su Chen began to realize that he had not seen Lotte for a long time. He did not know if Lotte had challenged anyone. He did not know if Lotte would be injured or not.

After the others realized that Su Chen was not a pushover, fewer and fewer people came to challenge him.. Then, Su Chen heard a familiar scream.