Enlightenment: Attaining the Dao at Age 8

Chapter 265: Chapter 154: Life-and-Death Duel, Violent Tearing

Within the Rebirth Arena’s Illusory Space.

Thousands of Reincarnators were watching the battle on the arena.

To most Reincarnators,

apart from posting on the Rebirth Forum to pass the time, the most interesting activity was observing battles between other Reincarnators in the Illusory Space.

If not for the fact that spectating in this Illusory Space cost Rebirth Points every hour, many Reincarnators would probably stay here for days on end.

Today, the public arena space was bustling with excitement.

And most of the spectators gathered around the arena were Martial Artists.

This was all because a well-known Reincarnator from the Martial Arts System had posted on the forums, announcing that today, in the Martial Arts Arena, he would challenge the ’Martial Arts Emperor’—a new sparring robot recently released by the Rebirth Mark.

This matter had caused quite a stir on the forums.

Many Reincarnators from the Martial Arts System had specifically confirmed the time, waiting to see if the challenger could actually defeat that monster-like opponent!

Qian Zhong, the City Lord of Lijiang Blood Shadow City, and Deng Ankang, the Fire Lion City Lord, were also currently mixed in among the thousands of Reincarnators looking for some entertainment.

One was a Body Cultivator, the other a Martial Artist, and they both enjoyed watching the brutal, flesh-pounding brawls of the Martial Arts Arena together in their spare time.

But the scene on the arena right now was rather pathetic. Blood Hand Bi Guo’an, the one who had talked so tough on the forums, was being utterly thrashed by a black figure, almost completely unable to fight back.

The black figure flicked a finger, and a black shadow shot toward Bi Guo’an like a dart—a hidden weapon designed to injure.

Bi Guo’an realized he was likely no match for his opponent. Just as he tried to retreat and dodge the sharp edge of the hidden weapon, the black figure moved much faster than him. It anticipated his retreat and sent him flying to the edge of the arena with a single kick.

Seeing that he was about to be knocked out of the arena,

the crowd of Martial Artists below immediately erupted in a chorus of boos.

Watching the completely one-sided scene on the Martial Arts Arena,

the Lord of Blood Shadow City, Qian Zhong, couldn’t help but feel his eyelid twitch. He spoke up, “What the hell? What kind of monster did the Rebirth Mark dig up this time? Its combat power is terrifying!”

The Fire Lion City Lord, Deng Ankang, couldn’t help but be taken aback. “Blood Hand Bi Guo’an may not be in the top three among Fifth-rank Extraordinary Martial Artists, but he’s still acknowledged as being in the top ten. For this ’Martial Arts Emperor’ sparring robot to beat him so thoroughly at the same Realm that he’s completely disoriented and unable to even retaliate… that’s just absurd!”

The Martial Arts Emperor sparring robot had been released by the Rebirth Mark a month ago.

At first, it didn’t attract much attention.

It wasn’t until someone, curious about why the robot had such an audacious title as ’Martial Arts Emperor,’ bit the bullet and spent a hefty sum to purchase a session for training and guidance.

Once they fought it, they discovered the sparring robot was just unreasonably strong.

Although the Rebirth Mark had released similar sparring robots in the past, many of which were very powerful,

this was the first time any Martial Artist had ever seen one as ridiculously, illogically strong as the Martial Arts Emperor.

And so, the ’Martial Arts Emperor’ sparring robot instantly became a sensation within the Martial Artist community. Many confident Martial Artists, fueled by the ’my fate is my own to control’ mentality, tried their hand at fighting it.

The results were a series of crushing defeats; not a single person could last more than ten minutes against the Martial Arts Emperor when it went all out.

Keep in mind, the Martial Artists were purchasing an hour’s worth of sparring access.

But in the end, they were beaten to the ground, unable to get up, in less than ten minutes… For Martial Artists, who dared to defy heaven and earth, this was an utter humiliation!

The more they were beaten, the more they wanted to fight.

The direct consequence of this was that, over a few months, the sparring robot’s sales skyrocketed, leaving all others in the dust. At the same time, the Martial Arts Emperor’s battle record became more and more glorious.

After several months,

countless Martial Artists had proven one thing with their own blood and tears: this new sparring robot was invincible, truly worthy of the title ’Martial Arts Emperor’.

From that point on,

Martial Artists no longer saw the ’Martial Arts Emperor’ as a mere sparring robot, but as an insurmountable mountain on the path of the Martial Dao.

Only by lasting more than ten minutes against a Martial Arts Emperor of the same Realm could Martial Artists from the Main World claim to have some minor achievements in the Martial Dao.

As for actually defeating it?

To be honest, many had thought about it, but so far, no one had succeeded.

The most crucial point was, while the Martial Artists had yet to defeat the ’Martial Arts Emperor’, the Rebirth Mark had, a few days ago, quietly released an even more powerful ’Martial Arts God’.

How could this not leave all the Martial Artists completely dumbfounded?

On the Rebirth Arena, Blood Hand Bi Guo’an was still struggling to hold on against the Martial Arts Emperor. By now, he had managed to last a full twelve minutes through all sorts of shameless tactics.

This result was actually considered one of the very best among the many Martial Artists who had tried.

But the crowd below continued to boo relentlessly.

This was because Blood Hand Bi Guo’an’s bold claim before coming here was that he would win, a statement that had even led to arguments with many other Martial Artists on the forums.

Now, everyone was just here for the show, so naturally, they couldn’t wait to see him get beaten half to death.