Chapter 260 Third Stage Of The Final Round

"Zhan Chen, have you rested well?", Lu Tai Cang asked after Zhan Chen entered the main hall.

"Yes senior, it was a relaxed night yesterday", Zhan Chen replied with a calm look on his face. Zi Nuan's face reddened immediately after hearing his shameless reply.

"Shall we leave then?", Lu Tai Cang looked towards Zhan Chen. All of his women were already present in the main hall. So, he nodded his head.

Lu Tai Cang took out his flying boat and together they left towards the venue of the Grand sect competition.

"Longyang city is more crowded today", Lu Tai Cang commented after observing the bustling city from the sky. Zhan Chen also nodded his head as the city seemed to be flooded with powerful cultivators.

"Several old monsters has decided to show up today. They have probably come to watch the final round of the competition", he thought to himself.

Lu clan cultivators were already present when their group arrived near the hill. Zhan Chen greeted the second elder and went towards Lu Nanxi.

"Zhan Chen, don't hurt anyone from my Lu family while participating in the competetion", Lu Mingxi spoke.

"How can I ?", Zhan Chen chuckled and looked at her meaningfully. the second elder was suspicious of their conversation but he didn't have right words to voice his opinion. So, he let Zhan Chen and Lu Mingxi to their own devices and waited for the competition to begin.

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"Welcome everyone to the final round of the grand sect competition. The competition will begin immediately after the two hundred and twenty participants who are selected from the second stage of the competition gather here", a Spirit palace expert announced.

Zhan Chen bade farewell to his women and walked towards the five rock platforms. He stood among other participants as all of them waited for the further instruction from the Spirit palace experts.

'ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ No(ve) l Bi n',

"We have got two hundred and twenty participants here. But we need to select top hundred among them. So, we are inviting participants to step on the battlefield and fight it out.

Each time only two participants are allowed on the stone platform and the winner has to stay on the rock platform for accepting further challenges. Those participants who are able to win three consecutive matches will be selected in the top hundred list", the Spirit palace expert announced.

"Interesting rules. This way they can easily distinguish the strong from the weak ones", Zhan Chen thought to himself.

"Throng! Throng! Throng", the sound of spirit drums reverberated in the air and the third stage of the final round officially began. Unlike the other stages, no one from the participants step on the rock platform immediately.

One needed to be wary of other cultivators in such competetion. So, the participants acted wisely and waited to see who was courageous enough to participate in the battle first.

The crowd did not have to wait long as a lean young man stepped on the stone platform first. He had a calm look on his face as he observed the gathered participants.

,m Four other participants gathered courage after seeing the lean young man and walked towards the other four platforms. Five participants went forwards to challenge them and the third stage of the competition finally began.

Crowd looked in awe as the competition finally began. There were fierce fighting in all the five stone platforms. All the participants had similar cultivation realm. So, they had to fight it hard to defeat their opponents of similar cultivation realm.

Zhan Chen also looked at the stone platforms with interest in his eyes. But unlike the crowd, his gaze was fixed on the lean young man who had chose to step on the stone platform first.

The young man was wielding a spear in his hand. His opponent was attacking him fiercely but he was only defending in response to such fierce attacks.

The crowd thought the lean young man was weak as he could barely defend himself but Zhan Chen knew what the young man was doing. He was cultivating himself amidst the challenges of the battle field.

His opponent finally started to slow down after launching a wave of fierce attacks. The lean young man finally decided to take action and stabbed his spear towards his opponent.

His opponent had similar cultivation realm but he found it hard to defend against the plain stab of the spear. He hurriedly brought forward his sword and had to take few steps backward to stabilize himself.

The lean young man stayed calm all the time. He didn't attack his opponent immediately even though his opponent failed into disadvantage after his attack.

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His opponent got a hold of himself and launched another wave of attack towards the lean young man. This time his attacks were more relentless as he was trying to knock off the lean young man.

Everyone thought the lean young man would be defeated for sure but a look of admiration appeared on the face of Zhan Chen for the first time. It had been long since he admired someone.

The young man was not a good warrior but he had the mentality of a steady cultivator. His spear skills were not so impressive but what was impressive about him was his state of mind.

The battle between the lean young man and his opponent continued for a very long time. Finally his opponent was sapped out of all of his essence energy and chose to admit defeat. The lean young man nodded his head towards his opponent and waited for the other participants.

"Only twenty three years old yet already achieved the state of one with nature! Pretty impressive", Zhan Chen thought to himself.

He shifted his gaze towards another stone platform because he noticed a familiar figure among the warring participants. The familiar looking cultivator was Sima Chunhua from the Xuantian sect.

"She is early to the battle but with her talent it should be easy for her", Zhan Chen thought to himself. He watched the battle for few more moments and then decided to step on the rock platform.

He chose the middle platform and walked towards it. Another cultivator was trying to step on the same platform of his choice but he stopped for some reason after seeing Zhan Chen.

Zhan Chen walked forward calmly and stepped on the middle platform. There was a cultivator waiting for him with a sword in his hand.

He attacked Zhan Chen immediately even before Zhan Chen could take out his sword. His aim was to defeat him while he was unprepared.

Zhan Chen used the Cloud chasing steps and moved away from his position. His opponent struck thin air when he swung his sword aiming at his body.

Zhan Chen swiftly took out the sword of Lu Mingxi from his spatial ring and looked towards his opponent. He had a small smile on his face as he looked towards his wary opponent.

"Shall we begin?", he asked his opponent who was standing opposite to him. His opponent nodded his head and a sword fight began between both of the man.

"Clang! Clang", both of their swords collided as Zhan Chen easily fended off the attacks of his opponent. He stabbed his sword forward and his opponent had to back away a little to save himself.