Chapter 255: Chapter 255: His Sword Is Dripping Blood
The Dean of the Tiger Institute, on the other hand, was roaring nonstop...
"Who is this woman that suddenly appeared? Who is she?"
"Cheng Yunsu? Why does Dragon Flame Academy still have an Innate Student like her? Where did they recruit her from?"
"She dares to join Dragon Flame Academy this late? I’ll kill her entire family."
Cheng Yunsu had just ruined their perfect situation.
The Dean of the Tiger Institute thought she was a new recruit Dragon Flame Academy had picked up in the last two days. Although they had investigated Dragon Flame Academy from top to bottom, it was impossible for the dean and the others to remember every single person at all times.
Upon hearing this, Zeng Quan also stared intently at Cheng Yunsu...
"Cheng Yunsu. Daughter of Cheng Chuming, the illegitimate son who had a Saint Bone Awakening from the Saint Bone Su Family. Wife of the Fake Lu Chao."
"Dean Tiger, I’m afraid you won’t be able to kill her entire family."
As an Honored Guest Elder of the Saint Bone Zheng Family, Zeng Quan naturally knew Cheng Yunsu’s situation like the back of his hand. But now, he realized he didn’t seem to understand it so well after all. Wasn’t the Fake Lu Chao’s wife just a substitute using a Beast Bone?
Hearing this, the corner of the Dean of the Tiger Institute’s mouth twitched uncontrollably. The Saint Bone Su Family... he truly couldn’t touch them.
But he couldn’t help but look at Zeng Quan and ask with a low growl, "The Fake Lu Chao’s wife is this powerful? Why didn’t you say so sooner?"
His temper was starting to flare.
Zeng Quan didn’t respond. He thought of a terrifying possibility. ’Could the Saint Bone Su Family have... a second Saint Bone Awakener?’
He knew, of course, that Cheng Yunsu had gone through an awakening during the Saint Bone Ceremony.
But it had been interrupted because she was a Beast Bone substitute.
But now, Cheng Yunsu had actually reached the Innate Sixth Layer. ’Something isn’t right.’
Over with Zheng Zhuhe and Wu Yiyi...
Wu Yiyi’s face was twisted with savagery. She touched her own cheek, her voice dripping with endless hatred, "That bitch. Showing up only now... is she doing this just to show off in front of me? I must... torture her to death."
She deludedly thought that Cheng Yunsu was still targeting her.
Beside her, Zheng Zhuhe said blankly, "Yiyi, you look terrifying."
Wu Yiyi trembled slightly, instantly switching to a delicate and frail demeanor. "It’s because I’m filled with such hatred. The Fake Lu Chao and his group bullied me."
As she spoke, Wu Yiyi thought to herself...
’I can’t let Zheng Zhuhe get a bad impression of me. This top genius of the Saint Bone Zheng Family is far too valuable to lose.’
Hearing this, Zheng Zhuhe immediately stopped overthinking it and started making all sorts of promises.
But when he looked at the battle between Lu Chao and Chang Yuan, his heart trembled uncontrollably. Even at the Transformation Realm, he wouldn’t be able to defeat either of them.
Elsewhere in the stands...
Su Shangmo was with two Su Family Elders. Both Elders were gaping, their mouths wide open as they stared in Cheng Yunsu’s direction.
One of them said foolishly, "This Cheng Yunsu... how did she suddenly get so strong?"
The other Elder shook his head frantically, not understanding at all.
But Su Shangmo understood. Still, he said in a low voice, "Perhaps... she has awakened a second Heavenly Destiny Bone."
As soon as he said this, the two Su Family Elders trembled slightly.
"It’s also possible that the Fake Lu Chao gave Cheng Yunsu a stronger Beast Bone as a substitute. Sun Shijin is a Destiny Bone Madman, after all." Su Shangmo changed the subject, clearly wanting to keep the matter a secret for now.
Su Shangmo quickly added, "We’ll find out once we make contact with her after the quota tournament is over."
"Let’s just watch the Fake Lu Chao for now. He’s terrifying."
At Su Shangmo’s words, the two Su Family Elders quickly turned their attention back to the fight.
"He is terrifying, but it’s just a Bone of Myriad Stars. It really doesn’t have much of a future," one of the Su Family Elders said softly.
But the other Su Family Elder retorted, "Not necessarily. While the Destiny Bone Level is important, look at Sun Shijin... isn’t his a Bone of Myriad Stars? His strength is no weaker than ours."
The first Su Family Elder said dismissively, "Sun Shijin has a Heavenly Bone. The Fake Lu Chao only has an Earth Bone."
It seemed the two were about to start arguing again...
"The Fake Lu Chao’s sword is getting faster, and his aura is growing stronger! It looks like he’s about to win," Su Shangmo suddenly exclaimed.
Hearing this, the two Su Family Elders stopped their bickering and quickly looked back down at the stage.
By now, the gazes of the entire audience had shifted from Cheng Yunsu back to the battle between Lu Chao and Chang Yuan.
Everyone felt that the winner was about to be decided...
The duel between Lu Chao and Chang Yuan was now becoming faster and faster, and in a bizarre way.
"These are assassination techniques. The two of them are trying to assassinate each other."
"Now we’ll see who’s faster..."
"It’s definitely Chang Yuan. I heard he used to be an assassin. He managed to attempt an assassination on the real Lu Chao and survive."
Amidst the murmurs of discussion, the figures of Lu Chao and Chang Yuan flickered unpredictably around the martial arts stage. At times their sword and saber would clash, and at others they would separate and flash about again. One remained frenzied, the other a killing machine.
But now, there was a dark and eerie feeling to it all.
Suddenly... CLANG! CLANG!
The two clashed again. Their figures suddenly crisscrossed past each other, and then they were standing back-to-back in the center of the martial arts stage.
Chang Yuan gripped his saber, and Lu Chao gripped his Sword...
Marquis Longyin stared intently at the two of them. "It seems the match is decided? It was too fast, too strange. I couldn’t even see it clearly."
He had only looked away for an instant and missed it.
As he spoke, Marquis Longyin quickly looked toward Dongfang Ren, only to see a smile gradually appear on the latter’s face.
Seeing Dongfang Ren smile, Marquis Longyin couldn’t help but smile as well.
’He won. Lu Chao won.’
Just then, someone in the crowd shouted, "The Fake Lu Chao’s Sword is dripping blood!"
Everyone in the audience heard this and quickly looked over. They saw fresh blood dripping from Lu Chao’s Sword, while Chang Yuan’s saber was clean.
The next moment... SPURT!
The Tiger Institute robes on Chang Yuan’s body ripped violently apart.
The tear ran down from his shoulder, revealing his muscular, scarred torso. Then, his skin split open as well.
A long line of blood appeared, tracing the same path down from his shoulder.
This scene instantly caused the faces of Zeng Quan and the other upper echelons of Beast Flame to turn pale, their fists clenched tightly.
"It’s just a minor wound. Chang Yuan can still fight," the Dean of the Tiger Institute growled in a low voice.
The other Beast Flame leaders immediately noticed that the line of blood on Chang Yuan’s body was shallow and wouldn’t significantly affect his combat ability.
But in the next moment, Chang Yuan slowly turned around and asked, "Why didn’t you kill me? Your Sword was clearly enough to kill me."
Lu Chao also turned around slowly...
He casually took off the mask on his face and replied, "I owe you one. You gave me the time I needed to break through."
"Bullshit! Even if I hadn’t stopped attacking, you still would have broken through."
Chang Yuan immediately roared, his expression still completely crazed. "Once you broke through, I was definitely no match for you. A loss is a loss. I’m not making any excuses."
At this, Lu Chao fell silent...
’It was true. Even if Chang Yuan hadn’t given him time, he could have achieved the same result.’
’The only difference is that it would have taken more time to break through and adapt to the Slaughter Sword Bone.’
But he still shook his head and said, "A battle can change in an instant. If you hadn’t given me time to break through, anything could have happened."
At this, he glanced over at Cheng Yunsu and the others...
"It might have led to my companions from Dragon Flame Academy losing, or even finding themselves in danger."
