Chapter 533: Chapter 533: Pulverize You

Zen wasn't that familiar on how to make use of his new obtained magic vision. The only thing he noticed was that his eyes had gotten rejuvenated the second the sap went into his eyes.

The moment it finally came to an end, he proceeded to open his eyes. But there was so little change in him, making it feel almost unnoticeable.

“The reward I receive is just getting my eyes cleansed?” Zen was in a state of confusion.

“Ha-ha, you may not realize it right now, but this is such a really good reward. From now on, you'll be able to see through most kinds of illusions using your keen eyesight. I can assure you that it's going to be quite useful! At the very least, it's still much, much better compared to simply receiving another five hundred years of lifespan,” the cyan dragon flatly remarked.

'He seriously thinks this is better than getting five hundred years of life?' Zen was at such a loss for words.

Without a doubt, five hundred years of lifespan would indeed be considered as a hefty reward if you asked any of the warriors in the Virtual Tribulation Realm or even the Life and Death Realm.

However, in the eyes of a being that was in a completely different level just like the cyan dragon, five hundred years passed by so fast, so it wouldn't be something to write home about. Taking that into consideration, the five hundred years of lifespan didn't sound as enticing as the magic vision Zen had been given.

As Zen's eyes fluttered, the mysterious green light within his pupils faded away little by little, retracting into the depth of his eyes.

When Zen's round had wrapped up, he had already taken the lead, taking the first place for the meantime, ahead of the others with his 66 steps.

Letitia, on the other hand, due to having accursed luck at one point, had currently gotten into second place with 63 steps in total.

Next to her was the Holy Maiden, representing the divine kingdom, who had taken third place. Fortunately, the curse she sustained had been lifted by Simon, so she would most probably move forward even more in the upcoming round.

Upon realizing that Zen had been in the lead, the prince of the divine kingdom looked sullen, the killing intent he was emitting spilling all over the place. He had his eyes set on Zen, which were as sharp as that of a mighty eagle. Through this, his handsome face looked a bit too serious.

At that point in time, the yellow light had befallen him once more.

Disdainfully, the prince heaved a heavy sigh and plunged his fist into the air. This movement struck the dice and caused it to shift around until coming to a stop and showing the number one.

As anyone might have expected, given that he only got one step during his turn, the prince from the divine kingdom was fuming with intense rage. But upon seeing the disk which appeared in front of him, his eyebrows which were deeply knit, frantically quivered due to all of the anticipation flowing unto him.

“Red!”

he yelled out, stepping over the disk at once.

Simon had gotten a hold of a red disk once before, earning the entitlement to issue a free challenge. The prince of the divine kingdom had been biding his time for an opportunity like this since then. Now that the moment finally arrived, he had a hard time believing that it had finally come.

“Free challenge...”

“Hahahaha!” The divine kingdom prince had his gaze fixated on Zen as he started laughing maniacally, getting so full of himself.

The divine kingdom's Holy Maiden then snapped, “That's enough, stop that needless laughing. Just go ahead and put an end to him already.”

“As you please, I'm going to do it right this instant!” the prince of the divine kingdom let out a deep sigh as he went ahead and pointed his finger at Zen from a distance, “I would like to challenge this… puny ant.” 𝐑𝓪ꞐǑ฿Ë𝐒

Watching all of this, Brent pursed his lips in utter disappointment. Truth be told, he was also quite eager to get the right to issue a free challenge. During the Martial Arts Contest, as soon as Zen had withdrawn from the competition, Brent instantly forfeited the opportunity to challenge him. And at the end of all of that, Brent, by default, became the overall winner and received the Dragon Soar Arena. However, something like that couldn't be considered as a reward in itself...

What use would the Dragon Soar Arena be if it wouldn't be able to bring him into the Upper World anyway? If it were only possible, he most probably would've given up the Dragon Soar Arena just to get a chance to finally go head-to-head against Zen.

All things considered, Brent had actually been blessed with good fortune. Everything had been going quite well for him. He hadn't come across a single reward or punishment, and he acquired six dots each time. By this point, he had already amassed close to thirty steps.

“But I would love to get a free challenge as well...” Brent remarked, feeling a bit downhearted.

That being said, Brent had absolutely no idea that though he possessed such an exceptional body as well as a divine-level talent, he wouldn't stand a chance against Zen at all in this celestial tomb. There was a good chance he would've lost to Zen if they fought it out in the very first round.

At the time when Brent was participating in the Martial Arts Contest, he was still at the ultimate level of the Illuminating Soul Realm. But during these past months, he had improved quite a bit and got into the preliminary stage of the Internal Elixir Realm. In spite of that, inside the Mist's celestial tomb, his otherwise remarkable cultivation was being kept in check by a realm.

Zen, on the other hand, was in a totally different position. With the aid of the token he got from the fairy palace, the level of his own cultivation had not been affected in any way. Apart from that, with his current cultivation at the seventh level of the Illuminating Soul Realm, Zen was already much capable of standing up against a warrior at the late stage of the Internal Elixir Realm. As Brent's cultivation base had gotten suppressed within Mist's celestial tomb, Zen would end up being quite a formidable opponent if he somehow managed to make it through the first round against him.

The minute Zen found out that the prince of the divine kingdom intended to issue a challenge to him, a flash of green light suddenly glimmered in his eyes. An air of self-confidence had been embedded into his eyes. Other than that, one wouldn't really see much of a reaction on his face. In fact, he seemed rather calm.

In regards to the other warriors, it could be said that they didn't have much faith in Zen's future.

“If a master of the Virtual Tribulation Realm is to be interested in doing away with a warrior in the Illuminating Soul Realm, wouldn't that be just child's play? It would be something as simple as crushing an ant!”

“That's not necessarily true. Zen had the ability to battle a warrior from the Internal Elixir Realm while he was still just at the fourth level of Illuminating Soul Realm. You have to remember that right now, he has already reached the seventh level of the Illuminating Soul Realm...”

“Does any of that matter? I guess it's safe to say that he has enough strength to lay waste to a warrior at the premium stage of the Internal Elixir Realm, but does that really mean he could come up to fight against a Virtual Tribulation Realm warrior?”

“Whether he survives or not, it's only him who would have to endure it in the end. So, let's just enjoy the show.”

Way up above this abyssal place, an enormous disk-shaped platform appeared. Zen and the prince of the divine kingdom then, in turn, went ahead and stepped foot onto the platform.

“I always feel you are annoying, but it appears that you have fortunately pulled through and taken the lead.” The prince of the divine kingdom let out a daunting chuckle, “But I'm afraid this will be the end of the line for you. This is where you're going to bite the dust.”

“What makes you say that?” Zen asked him, giving him a look of suspicion.

“Because I am going to kill you, that's why. Haha!” The second the prince of the divine kingdom was done talking, he instantly became exceedingly more aggressive and vicious. As a capable master of the Virtual Tribulation Realm, how on earth could he possibly take someone he considered insignificant such as Zen seriously? Zen could be comparable to an ant at the Illuminating Soul Realm in his eyes.

Hearing such an arrogant statement, Zen simply rolled his eyes, thinking that the prince was somewhat of a halfwit. But if he was going to be completely honest, there were times when it would be much more enjoyable to poke fun at some idiot just like him. At the thought of that, with a single light tap on his space ring, he brought out his sword, one which was a low-grade sacred weapon.

“You chose a sacred weapon, huh? Quite fascinating! I never would've thought that a sacred sword would be so run-of-the-mill in that Central Region of yours. Even a no-name warrior in the Illuminating Soul Realm could wield a sacred weapon! That's ridiculous!” Thereafter, the prince of the divine kingdom had drawn out a sword as well, but his was a snake-shaped one. This sword in particular had a curved blade akin to the body of a snake, with a golden embellishment right in the middle. This was another low-grade treasured sword categorized as a sacred weapon as well.

The fact of the matter was that the prince of the divine kingdom had deliberately planned to show off his abilities in front of this crowd of country dwellers in the Central Region and let them know what a sacred weapon was.

That being said, he wasn't really expecting to see a warrior at the Illuminating Soul Realm bring out a sacred weapon right before his very eyes. It was such a sight to behold! Truly magnificent! The prince of the divine kingdom's jaws almost fell on the floor after being caught off guard.

Of course, it came as no surprise that the residents of the Central Region did not appreciate the prince of the divine kingdom's way with words. There was no way that those sacred weapons could be so inexpensive and as common as muck in the Central Region! In reality, only a handful of people were in possession of such a weapon in the Central Region. Zen was something of an irregularity. He was indeed a special case.

“But what does it matter if you hold a sacred weapon? In my honest opinion, I think it is too much of a waste that a heaven's treasure ended up being in the hands of someone like you! I'm gonna send you straight to perdition!” The prince of the divine kingdom's body flashed without warning, and with great strength, the snake-shaped sword's edge had been directed toward Zen.

“Viper Strike!”

The prince of the divine kingdom lifted his sword and pierced the space in front of him. His sword appeared as though it was a serpent hissing through the air and coming straight at Zen.

Swoosh!

As Zen had been planning to utilize the circle parry to stave off the prince's attack, the sword which looked as if it was approaching him head on abruptly changed its course, evading Zen's iron sword, and as a result, Zen had gotten struck in the chest.

“That was quite a masterful and nimble-fingered swordsmanship! And with such a powerful sword intent to top it all off!”

Zen heaved a heavy sigh and hurriedly pulled away. Blocking that sword proved to be quite difficult!

But, as luck would have it, he only received a flesh wound on his chest, so it wasn't really deep…

Given that the prince of the divine kingdom had successfully gotten first strike before Zen could do anything, there was no way he would've just let him off so easily. With a wave of the long sword he was holding, it swayed in the air and darted toward Zen uncontrollably, much like the shadow of a snake.

Zen knew full well that those snake shadows flooding the sky were actually sword shadows. To make things worse, these sword shadows ceaselessly shifted directions, making it much too impossible for him to find a way to make use of his sword and block his enemy's incoming attacks.

“Sad to say, this arena is not wide enough. You have nowhere else to run to in here,” the prince of the divine kingdom stated for a fact as a conceited smile crept onto his face.

“Is that so?” Taking one step forward, Zen made his way across the space, swiftly moving over to the other edge of the platform. Upon pulling a move like that, he couldn't help himself from letting out a faint smile, and he said, ��Do you seriously think I have nowhere to run?”

“Space Law?” The prince of the divine kingdom had been left dumbfounded, with his eyes revealing signs of great astonishment.

Now it made so much sense why this brat seemed so full of himself right off the bat. It had become clear as day that in spite of being a warrior of the Illuminating Soul Realm, he had actually grasped the Space Law already. And if one ever wished to walk through space, before anything else, he needed to acquire a full understanding of the first level of the Space Law. Even among all of the four divine kingdoms, there were only a select few who had succeeded in understanding the first level of the Space Law. But it should be noted that this small group of people had all been old men who had either lived for several thousand years or maybe even over ten thousand years!

Just how old could this kid standing in front of him possibly be? His appearance was just like that of a teenage boy! What had he done to receive such great luck in a short span of time? If he recalled correctly, wasn't the Sky Northern Region nothing more than desolate wasteland? How on earth could he have come across such a great opportunity?

The prince was at such a loss for words, standing there in complete disbelief, wondering if his eyes could have just been playing tricks on him. Be that as it might, the resolve he had to end Zen's life had not faltered, and he would never let anything stand in his way. As it turned out, Zen had mastery of the Space Law, who cared about that? That was nothing but a trivial matter. His cultivation level was so much lower than his. So, it should make no difference no matter how many laws he had comprehended. In the end, it would still be of no use when fighting against the prince of the divine kingdom!

“You can go to perdition! I'm going to pulverize you, puny ant!” With his snake-shaped sword, the prince of the divine kingdom then bolted toward Zen once more to come at him head-on.