Enlightenment: Attaining the Dao at Age 8

Chapter 266: Chapter 154: Life-and-Death Battle, Violent Tearing

This was only possible because the ’Martial Arts Emperor’ was just a Puppet with no mind of its own—only combat instincts. Otherwise, the fight would have ended long ago.

Finally, at the thirteen-minute mark, Bi Guo’an could no longer hold on. The Martial Arts Emperor sent him flying off the arena with a single kick, leaving him unable to even stand.

The crowd erupted in a wave of boos.

Although the sight sent a chill down their spines, the spectators didn’t hesitate to voice their disapproval.

“Hah! With that pathetic level of skill, he had the gall to boast that he could defeat the Martial Arts Emperor? The nerve of that guy, he’ll say anything!”

“That Bi Guo’an has some renown, at least, but he talked so tough on the forums. He had the audacity to claim he could end the fight in ten moves, but he just got thrashed from start to finish. So *this* is what he meant by ’ending the fight in ten moves’?”

“Well, he wasn’t technically wrong. Bi Guo’an did exchange exactly ten moves with the Martial Arts Emperor. After that, he was just getting hunted down and pummeled one-sidedly!”

The sparring Puppet had four modes: Sparring Mode, Practice Match Mode, Combat Mode, and Life-or-Death Mode.

Bi Guo’an had chosen Combat Mode.

Thus, once Bi Guo’an was incapacitated, the Martial Arts Emperor on the arena ceased its attack, stopping in place and falling silent.

Having been utterly humiliated in front of everyone, Bi Guo’an’s face was a ghastly mix of pale and red.

If he could, he would have found the nearest hole and crawled into it.

Bloodhand Bi Anguo was at least somewhat famous in the Hua Country’s Martial Arts Realm, but after today’s battle, he could already guess what fate awaited him.

His reputation on the forums would be completely trashed, and he would become a laughingstock for all to mock.

But he truly hadn’t expected this so-called Martial Arts Emperor Puppet to be so formidable. Even with his own combat prowess, he stood no chance against an opponent of the same Realm.

He had just come out of a period of seclusion.

Upon emerging, he’d felt invincible, believing he had no equal among Fifth-rank Transcendents. So when he heard about a new sparring Puppet, he had shamelessly made his bold claims.

Who would have thought that in the end, he’d be beaten so badly he couldn’t even find his bearings?

Fortunately, any injuries sustained on the Martial Arts Arena could be healed instantly by paying a certain amount of Rebirth Points.

Gasping for breath, Bi Guo’an got to his feet and paid to have his injuries healed.

He was about to grit his teeth and try again to reclaim some of his lost pride, but unexpectedly, the Martial Arts Arena suddenly blurred, and a message from the Rebirth Mark lit up above it.

[Alias ’Divine Emperor’ has connected to the Rebirth Arena to challenge the ’Martial Arts Emperor’ sparring Puppet. Please select combat mode!]

Hmm?

’Another challenger already?’

’And they’re not even using their real name, but an alias?’

This message immediately caught everyone’s attention. It wasn’t strange for new challengers to appear—the Martial Arts Association had already posted a massive 500,000 Rebirth Point bounty, and every day, self-important Martial Artists would attempt to challenge the Martial Arts Emperor.

However, for someone to challenge anonymously under such a public alias was something the crowd of Martial Artists had rarely witnessed.

“Divine Emperor? What an arrogant nickname!”

“Too scared to even use their real name. Must be some shady character. And they still dare to take a name like Divine Emperor? The Martial Arts Emperor is going to beat them so badly their own father wouldn’t recognize them!”

“To be able to use an alias on the arena, their Citizen Level must be really high. Maybe they actually have some skills?”

“This is interesting… Divine Emperor vs. Emperor. I wonder how long they’ll last?”

Because of the anonymous and outrageously arrogant alias, Li Chang’an’s appearance immediately generated a huge buzz among the spectators around the arena.

Bi Anguo, who had just been beaten to the ground, also took this opportunity to scramble to his feet.

Right now, he desperately wanted to see the challenger after him lose miserably—the more miserable, the better. It would be best if the guy couldn’t even last three moves.

Only then would it cover up his own pathetic performance on the arena moments ago.

On the arena, once the Rebirth Mark’s message faded, a young man whose features were obscured appeared.

And across from him stood another young man, his features equally obscured.

Perhaps it was an illusion.

For a fleeting moment, the onlookers felt that the two figures were somehow similar in build.

If not for the fact that one of them was pitch-black and concealed by shadow—nothing more than a hazy, indistinct silhouette—while the other wore a comfortable combat jacket, with only a layer of shadow obscuring his face, the crowd might have been momentarily unable to tell which was the challenger, ’Divine Emperor’, and which was the host, the ’Martial Arts Emperor’.

On the arena, Li Chang’an himself couldn’t see the surrounding spectators. He only knew that he was now on the arena, connected to the Rebirth Mark’s internal network, and that his every move was likely being broadcast by the Mark.

[You have entered a public space. Please select a combat mode!]

[The ’Martial Arts Emperor’ sparring Puppet has four modes: Sparring Mode, Practice Match Mode, Combat Mode, and Life-or-Death Mode.]

[It is recommended that Reincarnators choose one of the first three combat modes for initial training, and only attempt the Life-or-Death Mode after completing combat training.]

[The Life-or-Death Mode determines not only victory, but also life and death. The Mark only guarantees that the sparring Puppet will not harm the Reincarnator’s life or Martial Dao foundation. All other outcomes are not guaranteed!]

Reading the information displayed on his retina, Li Chang’an mulled it over for a moment before directly selecting Life-or-Death Mode.