“I, lost.”
The sudden voice made all the people around the arena, who were still in shock, turn their heads in an instant and look at the two men in the arena.
In the arena, the two men stood face to face.
The mysterious man John Doe stood with his hands behind his back.
At the moment, a trace of blood oozed from the corner of Li Chengtian’s mouth.
“Ah!”
Under everyone’s gaze, Li Chengtian, who had planned to swallow the blood in his throat, could not hold it back, opened his mouth, and spat a mouthful of blood.
His body, which had been erect, now swayed back.
Fortunately, Li Chengtian didn’t run out of steam. He took a quick step back to steady himself.
Seeing this scene, all the people present froze.
Qingfeng Jian Li Chengtian, a top expert among the eighth-class Martial Superiors with an opened meridian, unexpectedly lost to the mysterious man John Doe!
In the eyes of all the audience, Li Chengtian could still stand, still had the strength, and still had the capital to continue to fight.
After all, this was the chance he bought with 10 million.
But in Li Chengtian’s view, he had lost.
He had totally lost.
John Doe had defeated him in fighting capacity and tactics.
He still had a little bit of strength left, but if they did go on fighting, it would only lead to an even more embarrassing loss and even serious injuries.
For an expert who had been famous for 10 years, he would not do that.
“How did he lose?”
“Li Chengtian has thrown in the towel?”
“What? Qingfeng Jian Li Chengtian who has defeated many people at his level has admitted defeat?”
“I think he can keep fighting.”
There was much discussion in the audience.
In the arena, Li Chengtian ignored the discussion and turned toward the Qingfeng Sword stuck on a wooden pillar outside the arena.
He faltered with every step he took.
“Look!” someone from the audience shouted.
When they looked at the place where Li Chengtian had walked, they saw a series of blood footprints.
Beside the footprints, there were drops of blood that almost formed a line.
Seeing this, everyone present was shocked.
Looking carefully, they noticed that Li Chengtian’s right hand, which had held the sword, had shrunk into his long sleeve, and that drops of blood were dripping from the sleeve.
“Hiss…”
The scene made everyone in the audience, including those powerful experts, gasp.
No wonder he threw in the towel.
It turned out that Li Chengtian had been so badly hurt!
This was the moment when everyone realized just how powerful the mysterious man John Doe really was!
They all knew that, as a top expert among the eighth-class Martial Superiors with an opened meridian, Li Chengtian was much better than Fang Qiu in terms of internal Qi, strength, and speed.
But he lost in the end.
Looking back at the last collision, the audience realized with hindsight that the wild burst of energy Qi was all from the mysterious man John Doe.
In that collision, Li Chengtian was suppressed completely.
In a desperate attempt to resist, his right hand was buffeted by John Doe’s energy Qi and was badly traumatized!
If John Doe hadn’t shown mercy to him, the blow would have killed him!
Knowing that John Doe was showing mercy to him, Li Chengtian could not continue to fight even if he had the strength to do so. He had to admit defeat.
The audience was in shock.
“My God, John Doe is so strong!”
“I thought Li Chengtian was stronger than John Doe. My face… is painful!”
“I’m convinced. I’m convinced by him!”
“His fighting capacity is amazing. How can a fifth-class Martial Superior burst out such amazing energy Qi? I thought all that energy Qi was coming from Li Chengtian, but…”
“People used to say how strong John Doe was, and I never believed it, but today I do.”
“John Doe is as strong as legend would have it!”
“It is nothing short of a miracle in Wulin. A fifth-class Martial Superior actually defeated the strongest among the eighth-class Martial Superiors with an opened meridian. There’s a gap of three levels between the two.”
“John Doe’s power is truly terrifying!”
Everyone could not help exclaiming.
Li Chengtian’s serious injury shocked them deeply.
In the audience’s startled cries, Li Chengtian used his left hand to pull off the Qingfeng Sword in the wooden pillar, and then moved. Relying on the last remaining trace of internal Qi in his body, he directly flew away without looking back.
As soon as he left, all the audience looked back at Fang Qiu in the arena.
“Now that the battle is over, I shall take my leave.”
Fang Qiu cupped his hands, ready to leave.
But just then, there was a shout from the crowd.
“Stop!”
“You want to go?”
“What’s the hurry?”
Several figures jumped out of the crowd and charged at Fang Qiu in the arena, trying to block him.
Someone took the lead, and those who had bad intentions also took action.
Suddenly, there were dozens of people pouncing on Fang Qiu.
“Ha-ha.”
Fang Qiu laughed and said, “The battle is over. If you want to challenge me, first buy the qualification. I’ll charge the next battle 20 million!”
While speaking, he moved, directly rushed to the air of tens of meters high, looked down at those people, and then flew out. He suddenly disappeared in front of everyone.
The audience quickly turned their heads to look for him.
As a result, in a split second, the mysterious man John Doe was gone!
Now that the two main characters had left, the people of Wulin in the manor also left.
Then, after leaving Elder Yi’s manor, all the members of Wulin’s forces immediately began to discuss and judge John Doe’s strength based on tonight’s battle.
In fact, in the eyes of Wulin forces, Li Chengtian was a tester of John Doe’s strength.
Ever since the news that John Doe had the treasure book was leaked, no one in Wulin had volunteered to fight John Doe, because everyone was waiting.
They were waiting for the first person to challenge John Doe to come forward in order to determine his true strength.
Eventually, Li Chengtian stood out.
Several experts of Wulin gathered in a suite of a luxury hotel on the outskirts of Jiangjing.
“What do you think of tonight’s battle?” one of them asked.
“John Doe is really strong,” replied another.
“Yeah, I didn’t miss a second of the battle tonight, and I didn’t even blink, but it looked like the mysterious man John Doe and Li Chengtian were hiding something, which made the battle seem a little strange. But certainly, John Doe is a little bit stronger than Li Chengtian.”
“In that case, the regular eighth-class Martial Superior with two opened meridians would not be a match for John Doe.”
“Li Chengtian has fought against an eighth-class Martial Superior with two opened meridians and won. Judging by this, a common eighth-class Martial Superior with two opened meridians certainly is no match for John Doe. To defeat John Doe, you need at least a top eighth-class Martial Superior with two opened meridians.”
“You’re right.”
“Besides, the biggest harvest tonight should be that John Doe does have the treasure book, or he wouldn’t have had that many Earth Treasures.”
“Are we going to attack him?”
“We’ll discuss it when we get back. After all, John Doe has already said that the price for the next challenge is 20 million. That’s really expensive.”
…
In another hotel.
“Who the hell is this John Doe?”
In an ordinary guest room, where more than a dozen people gathered, the leader whispered, “With John Doe’s strength, it’s very difficult to get the treasure book out of his hands. Even if someone is strong enough to fight against him, it’s hard to come up with a 20 million entry fee.”
“Yes, 20 million this time, and maybe 40 million next time!”
“If we can get the treasure book, we are sure to make a profit even if the entry fee is 100 million, let alone 20 million or 40 million.”
“Hum, he’s merely a mysterious fellow!”
“Mysterious?”
“Yes, go and find out who John Doe is. At any rate, you should find out who he really is. If we can find out who he really is, we will find ways to get the treasure book.”
“Yes, it’s better to find out his family background. Since we can’t get it through proper channels, we can threaten him in other ways. I don’t believe that he has no parents or relatives!”
…
At the same time, many other Wulin forces had sent people out to look for him.
At that time, everyone’s focus had shifted to the identity of John Doe.
On the other side, the Wulin online forum was abuzz.
The battle between mysterious man John Doe and Qingfeng Jian Li Chengtian had been a hot topic on the Wulin online forum. By the night of the battle, it got all the attention.
A lot of people in the manor did a live text or picture broadcast.
And all live broadcasts were arranged by the forum owner into a post.
When the final result was announced, everyone who followed the broadcasts was shocked.
“John Doe won?”
“Great!”
“I can’t believe John Doe hurt Li Chengtian seriously!”
“From the footprints and the blood in the arena, Li Chengtian was really badly hurt.”
“He’s John Doe. He’s done a miracle!”
…
The next day, all the major Wulin forces which wanted to find out the true identity of the mysterious man John Doe received a shocking result.
They got nothing!
No matter how they searched, how many connections they used, or what channels they used, they ended up with nothing.
In this case, the mysterious man John Doe seemed to appear out of nowhere, confusing all forces.
Of course, these major Wulin forces also knew that now that they could find no information with all their effort, there was only one possibility—the country had helped Fang Qiu to hide it for only the state could hide a man to such an extent.!
…
Thinking of this, the major Wulin forces first suspected, and then collected intelligence to compare. Finally, they found that the entire big Wulin forces had not found any information about the mysterious man John Doe.
At this point, it was finally clear that the state was helping the mysterious man John Doe hide.
Upon learning this, the forces immediately withdrew the order to inquire about Fang Qiu’s true identity. They didn’t dare to investigate it again!
After all, since the state was involved, this was no joking.