Chapter 1373 - Top Ten Emerged

Chapter 1373 - Top Ten Emerged

Within the layered spaces, the Heritage Elder’s sharp gaze pierced through everything at once.

“It turns out that he’s already in the peak Invincible Legendary realm. That little fellow hides far deeper than we imagined.”

The spatial battlefield could block the disciples’ divine wills from probing, yet it could do nothing against the elders.

After a brief look, the Heritage Elder realized that Tie Rushan’s strike had forced Chen Fan’s true strength out of him.

Previously, whether cruising through the competition or clashing with Xing Qian, Chen Fan had never unleashed his full power; he had hidden his cards so well that even they had been fooled.

The Heritage Elder looked at the Heavenly Punishment Elder and said with a smile, “Heavenly Punishment, I must congratulate you on finding such a precious disciple. Given his strength, entering the top ten is no challenge at all; even the top three is well within reach.”

The Heavenly Punishment Elder nodded, expression unchanging, and replied, “He is indeed passable. This little fellow does have some tricks... he even fooled us.”

“Hoho, yes. Had he not revealed his strength, we never would have guessed he’d already reached the peak Invincible Legendary realm. The art he uses to conceal his cultivation must be truly extraordinary.”

Naturally, they could tell that Chen Fan had not just broken through on the spot; he had achieved this cultivation some time ago.

Tie Rushan’s face was also filled with disbelief.

“How is this possible?”

This was his strongest move, a technique kept in reserve for seizing first place, but Chen Fan forced it out of him.

Worse still, the attack he thought would crush Chen Fan had been withstood against his expectations.

“You’re in the peak Invincible Legendary realm!”

Tie Rushan also sensed Chen Fan’s peak Invincible Legendary realm cultivation aura. He smiled bitterly and said, “I see. You’ve been hiding your cultivation all this time. It’s no wonder. I lost. I accept it wholeheartedly.”

With this, Tie Rushan really had nothing more to say.

Chen Fan had stopped his strongest strike. What more could he say?

It turned out that Chen Fan had been concealing his cultivation from the very beginning. Had Tie Rushan not executed this move, no one would have forced him to reveal his true strength.

He was already terrifying enough in the late-stage Invincible Legendary realm. Now that he was a step above that, didn’t that put him on the level of the champion?

Outside the battlefield, the crowd finally realized the truth and erupted in chaos.

“My god, he wasn’t even using his full strength from the start. He was hiding his cultivation level.”

“If not for Tie Rushan’s strike, who could possibly have forced him to reveal it? He’s hidden too deeply.”

“That’s right, judging by this momentum, Chen Fan is very likely to make it into the top three. He may even become the favorite to take first place.”

The crowd buzzed excitedly.

The gazes of the favorites to take first place, like Si Kong and Ye Kuang, also turned serious. Now aware of his true strength, they couldn’t help but accept that he was a formidable opponent.

Still, their eyes betrayed no fear.

Even if Chen Fan was in the peak Invincible Legendary realm, so what? They still believed that he would absolutely be no match for them.

Chen Fan looked at the dejected Tie Rushan and said evenly, “Your Heaven-Splitting Eight-Step Slash is quite impressive. This strike could have been a huge problem. It actually forced me to use my true strength. Not bad.”

The Heaven-Splitting Eight-Step Slash was indeed very powerful. Its power would increase significantly with every step. With Tie Rushan’s cultivation, even someone like Xing Qian could have been slain in a single blow once the technique reached its peak.

If it weren’t for the fact that Chen Fan had already broken through to the peak Invincible Legendary realm, it would really be difficult for him to block this strike. He would have suffered serious injuries at the very least, leaving him at a great disadvantage for the rest of the competition.

Tie Rushan glanced at Chen Fan and directly walked out of the spatial battlefield. All of his ambitions vanished into nothingness.

Having lost to Chen Fan, he failed to enter even the top twenty, let alone the top ten or top three.

Chen Fan also exited the spatial battlefield unhurriedly, his expression calm, his breathing steady; his face wasn’t flushed in the slightest, as though the fierce battle moments ago had never happened.

Yet he knew his hidden card was now exposed, and it would no longer be possible to catch Ye Kuang or Si Kong by surprise. Still, he didn’t dwell on it: sooner or later, it was bound to be revealed.

“Chen Fan is too strong. The last strike from Tie Rushan was so terrifying. Even an expert at the top ten level, like Xing Qian, would be heavily injured by it, but look at Chen Fan. He’s come out completely unharmed, not even gasping for air, as if he hadn’t been just fighting.”

“He was already terrifying enough when pretending to be late-stage Invincible Legendary. Now that his true strength is exposed, I think he has a real chance of making the top three.”

“Hehe, that’s hard to say. Which among the ones who have come this far didn’t have some hidden cards up their sleeves? Do you think Si Kong and Ye Kuang don’t? I think Chen Fan will be able to enter the top ten at most.”

The crowd buzzed with mixed opinions: some were confident he would reach the top three, others dismissed him as no more than a top-ten contender.

Chen Fan, however, paid their chatter no mind; all he cared about was focusing on himself.

When Chen Fan walked over to Di Chen and the others, they immediately started teasing him.

“Good one, Little Junior Brother, you fooled all of us.”

Chen Fan smiled and said, “I was just keeping a card hidden. I didn’t expect it to be forced out so soon.”

“Exactly. And who dares say the others don’t have a card or two hidden as well?”

“First Senior Brother, how’s your progress?”

“Hoho, First Senior Brother also defeated his opponent. He’ll be able to enter the top ten after passing another round. With you and First Senior Brother, I’ll see who still dares to look down on us from the lower realms.”

The group laughed and chatted, their mood relaxed and cheerful.

Next, Chen Fan didn’t idle. His gaze swept across the surrounding spatial battlefields. His focus locked on Si Kong, Ye Kuang, and Mo Xue: the three strongest contenders, each the master of a Man-character secret realm.

At this point, their opponents were already powerful, all of them peak Void Immortals, and not the ordinary kind, but on par with elites like Xing Qian.

Even so, Chen Fan saw that no matter if it was Si Kong, Ye Kuang, or Mo Xue, all three of them trounced their respective opponents. Their opponents were unable to force them to use their true strengths at all.

“They are indeed formidable opponents. They could easily defeat even peak Void Immortal experts. I wonder what level their true strengths have reached?”

After another round, both Chen Fan and Huang Wuji secured victories, and at last, the top ten were revealed: Si Kong, Ye Kuang, Mo Xue, Nangong Li, Chu Kui, Li Feng, Wan Dong, Lu Hechuan, Chen Fan, and Huang Wuji.