Chapter 479: Chapter 75 King versus King
Early the next morning.
Two teams of horses left the hotel, escorted by Pingxi Army vehicles to the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon.
The scenery here was indeed beautiful, but no one had the heart to appreciate it. The surging public opinion from the outside world added a sense of urgency to everyone’s feelings.
For the Huofeng Team, the sheer scale of fan support ant that if they were to lose in the end, many of those encouraging voices might turn into disappointnt and hatred, so they couldn’t simply ignore it.
The sa went for the Zhenhai Team. Should they lose by chance, there would certainly be plenty of people ready to kick them when they were down and mock them, giving them a reason they couldn’t afford to lose.
With this atmosphere enveloping them, the air inside the vehicle also beca rather solemn. Although there was no verbal communication between the two teams, their collective aura still carried a sense of rivalry.
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Upon arriving at the entrance to the Mysterious Realm, the area around the canyon was seen to be already heavily guarded, with multiple layers of military camps and bunkers constructed, and helicopters and drones patrolling overhead from ti to ti, all to prevent any illegal Transcendents from infiltrating.
Of course, there were all kinds of concealnt techniques that made it easy to evade these patrols. So the ultimate line of defense was the over 200 military Cultivators stationed inside the camp, using their Divine Sense to scan the surroundings around the clock.
Human radar! In the Era of Spiritual Energy Resurgence, this was Lu Country’s solution to the security issue of military importance—since Divine Sense was a unique ability within the Cultivator system, other countries found no solution to counter it.
Without foreign Transcendents causing trouble, the managent of the Mysterious Realm beca much easier. Not only were there drone cara crews providing live broadcasts from multiple angles, but dical teams would also follow the contestants into the Mysterious Realm, ready to administer ergency first aid at any mont to deal with any Cultivator injuries that might occur.
Each team entered their respective rest camps, waiting for the command from headquarters, before it was Huofeng Team’s turn to enter the arena first.
In the live broadcast room, two professional comntators were also chatting away, trying to fill the preparatory ti before the match to prevent the viewers from getting bored.
“…So we can see that dostic simulation exercises, compared to the real battles abroad, still fall slightly short in terms of combat intensity,” Xu Dongming said to the audience in a casual chat, “Currently only eight teams have the qualification to fight abroad, so we hope in the future more teams will grow and join the ranks of defending the country.”
“Alright, let’s watch the match! The command post has blown the whistle, and next, Huofeng Team’s vanguard will take the stage. As I analyzed in a previous show, there’s a 99.99% chance that the Zhenhai Team will have Divine General Yan Yu lead the vanguard, so the Huofeng Team’s vanguard player must be strong enough to withstand Yan Yu’s assault in isolation… Zhou Hongyu! It’s not Qin ng, it’s Zhou Hongyu who has stood up! She’s walking towards the entrance of the Mysterious Realm!”
“Huofeng Team is actually letting their captain be the vanguard!” Zhou Erhe was amazed to say, “Zhou Hongyu versus Yan Yu, a captain-level confrontation; it seems this match will kick off with a duel between kings. Dongming, who do you think has the advantage?”
“Hard to say,” Xu Dongming replied smoothly, “Everyone knows I’m now settled in Jianghai Prefecture, so obviously I should support Yan Yu; but my ancestral ho is in Nanchuan Province, my relatives and friends all support the Huofeng Team, so this really puts in a difficult position…”
“Ah well, I think there’s absolutely no need,” Zhou Erhe glanced at the teleprompter outside the field and continued, “Both Huofeng Team and Zhenhai Team are heroic Cultivators who defend their country. I understand everyone’s affection for their favorite teams, but there’s absolutely no need to get so confrontational over a match, right, viewers?”
The back-and-forth between the two indeed turned the atmosphere in the live chat around.
What were initially slogans like “Victory to Huofeng” alone turned into relatively more harmonious chants of “Victory to Huofeng, good luck Zhenhai.”
Within the preparation camp on site, everyone sat in silence for a mont until a guard ca to notify them:
“Zhenhai Team’s vanguard, please enter the arena.”
“I’m off,” Yan Yu stood up.
“Don’t get yourself sent packing,” Chen Lingyun said with a smile, “Hold on until we co to save you.”
“What a joke,” Yan Yu retorted in disdain, “by the ti you all get there, I reckon I’d have finished the fight.”
He followed the guard out of the camp, heading towards the entrance to the Mysterious Realm.
He didn’t know who from the Huofeng Team had already gone in to lead the vanguard—whether it was Qin ng or Zhou Hongyu.
“It doesn’t matter. You’re destined to beco one of my defeated subordinates anyway!”
“Enter!”
As the world spun around him, Yan Yu found himself inside a cave.
The surrounding rock walls were smooth and even, each cut at intervals to form niches that housed Bodhisattva reliefs.
The reliefs were incredibly lifelike, with hollow eyes emitting a fearso divine light—turns out, the heads of the Bodhisattvas were hollow, with small candles fixed inside.
Yan Yu casually observed his surroundings for a mont before continuing his exploration.
anwhile, Zhou Hongyu, who had entered three minutes earlier, had already finished scouting the nearby corridors.
These corridors were roughly three ters high and a little over one ter wide, straight and unencumbered by excess cover or obstacles.
Such a narrow environnt would be ideal for a battle with Yan Yu because it would severely limit his agile movents, and her Great Bright Fire, with its explosive and area-covering effects, could easily block his potential escape routes.
Of course, Yan Yu would be aware of this, so if he were also transported nearby, he would definitely try to leave this area as soon as possible and explore more open spaces.
Find him quickly!
Zhou Hongyu activated her Thousand-Mile Movent Technique and started running rapidly through the corridors, in stark contrast to Yan Yu’s leisurely pace.
“Zhou Hongyu knows Yan Yu has entered,” Zhou Erhe explained. “In such narrow corridors, it would be difficult for Yan Yu to dodge her Great Bright Fire, which is why Zhou Hongyu wants to find him nearby and start the battle sooner.”
“But Yan Yu doesn’t seem to be in a hurry at all,” Xu Dongming said with a frown. “Looking at their positions on the map, they’re about to encounter each other soon. Isn’t he afraid of running into Zhou Hongyu in such a place?”
The Pingxi Army had already surveyed the area with drones, confirming that it is an Underground Palace built into the mountain. A detailed map had already been drawn and was now displayed on the big screen in the live broadcast room.
In the map, you could see there were open areas inside the Underground Palace, with a huge cave waterfall and rock wall monastery to the west, and a spacious Great Hero Treasure Hall and Futu Pagoda to the south.
But Yan Yu and Zhou Hongyu had spawned at the 12 o’clock direction, or the northern section, while the other at the 2 o’clock direction, with the area nearby consisting mostly of small passages and monks’ cell-like chambers, which were clearly to Yan Yu’s disadvantage.
Why isn’t he leaving this area as quickly as possible?
“They’re about to et!” Zhou Erhe finally shouted, “At the crossroads, Zhou Hongyu chose to head north! Go straight to the end, turn the corner, and she’ll co face-to-face with Yan Yu!”
“The great battle is about to erupt!” Xu Dongming wasn’t to be outdone and hurriedly started comntating, “Watch closely, everyone in the live broadcast room, a fierce confrontation between team leaders is about to begin! This will be a battle of the kings! With Zhou Hongyu’s temperant, once the battle begins, unless she or her opponent goes down, she will absolutely not stop…”
Before he could finish, Yan Yu suddenly turned right, ducking into a cell-like chamber off the corridor.
The chamber had no door and was very small, only about three square ters, with nothing but a bedroll on the floor, a table for scriptures, and a candle and air hole on the wall.
Even if Zhou Hongyu was sprinting down the corridor, she would quickly glance left and right when passing these chambers, and at this point, there was nothing around Yan Yu that could provide cover and conceal the view.
“He’s done for!” Xu Dongming exclaid in alarm, “If Yan Yu leaves here, he’ll run right into Zhou Hongyu; if he doesn’t go out and stays inside, as long as Zhou Hongyu takes one look as she passes by, one Great Bright Fire would co crashing down, and there’s nowhere to hide! He’s trapped!”
“Now it all depends on what Yan Yu chooses to do! Whether he rushes out to et the fight head-on, or stays in the chamber betting Zhou Hongyu will miss…”
“What the… Invisibility Technique! Yan Yu has beco invisible! How did he know Zhou Hongyu was approaching?!!”
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