Dethroned from the Imperial Throne, Why Are You So Anxious When I Don't Want It Anymore? - Chapter 57

Chapter 57: This Is The Number One Genius Of Qingzhou?

Chi Hu came up and without saying a word, his spiritual energy surged, turning into flames in the blink of an eye. Clearly, Chi Hu’s spiritual energy attribute is fire.

In contrast, Ji Wuming remained calm, not even showing any intention to draw his dao. He exerted force on his feet and charged straight at Chi Hu.

Chi Hu was someone who disliked using weapons. Seeing Ji Wuming approach, he shouted, “Mysterious Fire Transformation! ”

Immediately, flames enveloped his entire body, transforming him into a human torch as he charged forward.

Bang! Bang! Bang! The sound of fists hitting flesh echoed, causing many disciples watching the battle to turn pale.

It’s hard to imagine that if they were caught between the two, they would likely have been smashed into pulp by now.

“Hiss… Chi Hu truly lives up to his title as the second on the Genius Ranking. This fiery spiritual energy is truly domineering,” Lin Jingfeng exclaimed.

Ye Yu looked up at the arena, which had almost turned into a sea of fire, and said, “He’s about to lose. ”

“What?!” Lin Jingfeng looked at Ye Yu in surprise. From the current situation, Chi Hu clearly held an absolute advantage.

The next moment, a clang of a dao was heard, and a figure was blasted out of the sea of fire, falling heavily to the ground.

At the same time, the sea of fire on the arena extinguished in an instant.

That person was none other than Chi Hu, who had been knocked unconscious. Ji Wuming, however, still stood on the arena, unscathed except for some scorch marks on his clothes.

The onlookers erupted in a wave of exclamations. Who would have thought that the battle between the first and second place on the Genius Ranking would be so one-sided?

“This… how is this possible? Could it be that Ji Wuming has already reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage?!” Lin Jingfeng gasped.

“You should go down; there’s no need to participate anymore,” Ye Yu said to Lin Jingfeng.

Lin Jingfeng knew Ye Yu was right. Even Chi Hu was in such a sorry state; if he participated, wouldn’t he just be offering himself up as a sacrifice?

“I beg your pardon, Daoist Friend Ye,” Lin Jingfeng bowed to Ye Yu and left.

With Lin Jingfeng leading the way, all the disciples below the Nascent Soul Stage turned and left; there was no need to force a fight.

Soon, besides Ye Yu, only three people from the Yueying Sect remained around the arena: Gongsun Wuji, Yun Piaoyue, and Ye Qingling.

“What are you standing there pretending for? Get lost,” Ye Qingling’s sharp voice rang out.

The surrounding people were all startled and looked at Ye Yu.

Many people quickly realized that Ye Qingling was Ye Yu’s younger sister. In the past, Ye Yu had caused quite a stir to get Ye Qingling into the Yueying Sect.

“You! ” Seeing Ye Yu ignoring her, Ye Qingling was about to step forward, but Yun Piaoyue stopped her. “The important matter comes first. ”

Hearing this, Ye Qingling stopped, looking at Ye Yu with disgust. “I advise you to give up those petty thoughts and stop trying to snatch an opportunity. We won’t be as accommodating as Older Brother Ye Xuan! Shameless fellow! ”

Ye Yu glanced at Ye Qingling indifferently and sneered.

That was before Ye Yu became the Crown Prince. To allow Ye Qingling to cultivate in her dream Sect, Yueying Sect, Ye Yu knelt at the Mountain Gate for a month, only to finally earn the Sect Master’s pity.

Cultivators in the Sect generally disliked being around Imperial Cultivators. They felt that Imperial Cultivators had too many concerns, preventing them from wholeheartedly pursuing cultivation and affecting the Sect’s atmosphere.

Therefore, this spot was extremely hard-earned.

However, before Ye Yu could tell Ye Qingling the good news, Ye Xuan found out and secretly went to Yueying Sect to try to join.

The Yueying Sect Master naturally refused, but ultimately accepted Ye Qingling.

However, in Ye Qingling’s eyes, this spot was obtained by Ye Xuan on her behalf, because when she arrived at Yueying Sect, she saw Ye Xuan in a disheveled state.

When the Retired Emperor, Ye Zhentian, found out what Ye Xuan had done, he flew into a rage and wanted to expel Ye Xuan from the Imperial Palace, but Ye Fan stopped him.

Ye Yu thus became the Great Yan Crown Prince.

Ye Qingling, however, believed that it was precisely because Ye Xuan had sought the spot for her and had been away from the Imperial City for a long time that Ye Yu “picked up the scraps” and became the Crown Prince.

Yun Piaoyue looked at the two with an odd expression. She had witnessed Ye Yu’s pathetic state outside the Mountain Gate when he was begging for that spot.

Moreover, Ye Qingling always mentioned her older brother with happiness, but now, it seemed strange.

While Yun Piaoyue was still puzzled, Gongsun Wuji moved. He put away his folding fan, slowly walked onto the stage, and looked at Ji Wuming, saying faintly, “Let me see how much substance there is to this so-called first place in the Qingzhou Genius Ranking! ”

Ji Wuming looked at Gongsun Wuji, his face darkened slightly. He took a deep breath and drew the long dao from his back.

Seeing this, Gongsun Wuji raised an eyebrow and smiled, “I suppose your perception is rather keen. ”

The next moment, both transformed into afterimages and charged at each other.

An unknown moment before, Gongsun Wuji had a long sword in his hand, and the two engaged in combat.

In an instant, sword light and sword qi raged, causing cracks to appear all over the arena, even spreading outwards.

Seeing this, Yun Piaoyue quickly pulled Ye Qingling back, dodging a sword light before looking at the two fighting on the stage with apprehension.

As the third on the Genius Ranking, she naturally had discerning eyes. She could tell that either of the two on the stage could easily defeat her.

Ye Qingling watched the two sides fight with sparkling eyes, full of admiration for Gongsun Wuji.

However, many, including Yun Piaoyue, focused their attention on Ye Yu.

Ye Yu remained standing in place, with cracks caused by the scattering sword qi and sword light visible around his feet, yet he remained motionless, seemingly unaffected.

Just as Yun Piaoyue was sighing about Ye Yu’s good luck, a sword qi from the arena shot directly towards Ye Yu’s face.

“Little… ” Yun Piaoyue quickly tried to warn him, but the next moment, she saw the sword qi dissipate the instant it came into contact with Ye Yu, causing her to gasp.

This guy isn’t just lucky!

Ye Yu is truly terrifying!

Ye Yu followed the two on the stage with his gaze. Obviously, the weapons in their hands were not common items, otherwise, the battle wouldn’t have reached this level of intensity.

However, Ye Yu could see that Ji Wuming was gradually becoming exhausted.

“Mysterious King Sword Qi! ” Gongsun Wuji shouted, green spiritual energy surging around him, gathering at the tip of his sword as he slashed at Ji Wuming.

Seeing this, Ji Wuming also emitted brown spiritual energy, gripping his large dao tightly, and slashed at the sword qi, “Overwhelming Dao! ”

Boom!

The moment the sword qi and sword light collided, a violent explosion resounded, and a terrifying blast wave of spiritual energy swept out, knocking Ji Wuming off the arena!

“Heh, so this is the so-called number one genius of Qingzhou? He’s rather unimpressive! ” Looking at Ji Wuming who was knocked off the stage, Gongsun Wuji said disdainfully.