Chapter 113 : Chapter 113

Chapter 113. The Tide Turns, and Jiang Feng Starts to Panic

“Majestic heavenly might, let thunder be the punishment. Phantoms and fiends alike shall all be struck down!”

As rolling thunder crashed down upon the arena, Lei Zhen recited the incantation for his cultivation art and drew upon the power of heaven and earth.

In an instant, the sky was completely swallowed by thunderclouds, and an oppressive weight settled over everything.

The spectators below were all struck speechless with astonishment.

“My heavens! Breaking through in the middle of a match? What? That has never happened before in the history of the Huaxia Team League!”

“A dark horse indeed! As expected of a dark horse! Spark Team managed to break through to the Martial King Realm during a match and instantly turned around a battle that was doomed to end in defeat. Incredible, absolutely incredible!”

“But does the league not forbid warriors of the Seventh Realm and above from participating? Does this count as breaking the rules?”

“What rule-breaking? The rules never said anything about someone breaking through during the match.”

“…”

Lei Zhen’s breakthrough, which had stirred the power of heaven and earth, instantly reversed the entire situation. Everyone immediately changed their tune and began favoring the Spark Team.

After all, the gap between the Sixth Realm and a Seventh Realm Martial King was unimaginably vast, nowhere near comparable to the difference between the Fifth and Sixth Realms.

To put it simply, a Seventh Realm Martial King could take on five peak Sixth Realm opponents without any problem.

In the VIP section, the members of the various great families also revealed looks of astonishment.

As they watched Lei Zhen break through on the arena floor, disbelief filled their faces.

“Spark Team truly does know how to surprise people.”

“Indeed. With things like this, Spark Team has completely reversed the situation. I am afraid they really are going to take the championship.”

“And what a coincidence it is. This breakthrough made perfect use of a loophole in the rules. That really is surprising.”

“…”

The major families changed their attitudes with astonishing speed. They all understood the gap between a Martial King and a Great Grandmaster.

There was no longer any suspense left in this final.

Shen Qingyue’s brows relaxed, and only then did she feel somewhat reassured. Looking at Xiao Chen in the audience below, she smiled.

As expected of my son. He truly is clever.

Su Zhan and the other two also gave faint nods, wearing expressions that were unexpected, yet somehow entirely reasonable.

Only Zhou Mingyuan and Jiang Dongnian looked utterly miserable.

Jiang Dongnian shot Zhou Mingyuan a look and said through voice transmission, “Brother Zhou, do not worry. We still have a trump card. If they can break through to the Seventh Realm, Yanhuang can do the same.”

Zhou Mingyuan no longer wore his earlier relaxed expression. He stared at the arena with a furrowed brow, and only after quite some time did he slowly nod.

If the Yanhuang Team used the Blood-Burning Secret Art, three of them could instantly gain Martial King-level power. Dealing with a single Martial King would absolutely not be a problem.

Let nothing else go wrong!

Zhou Mingyuan slowly clenched his hand and stared fixedly at the arena below.

At that moment, Lei Zhen’s breakthrough encountered no obstacles at all. With astonishingly good fortune, he advanced with perfect smoothness.

Even he himself was deeply shocked. According to rumor, breaking through to the Martial King Realm was extremely difficult. One had to repeatedly attempt to draw upon the power of heaven and earth for one’s own use.

Yet he had succeeded on his very first attempt.

Lei Zhen was stunned by how absurdly good his luck was.

“Could the Boss actually tell fortunes? I really did break through today, and it even went this smoothly!” he marveled inwardly.

“Congratulations, Uncle Lei! You broke through to the Martial King Realm!”

Su Linyu spoke in delight. With Uncle Lei breaking through to the Martial King Realm, they had already won.

Tang Long, Chu Xingchen, and Sleep God also revealed delighted expressions and all gave him a thumbs-up.

Lei Zhen smiled somewhat awkwardly. “Captain, let me finish this match.”

He slowly removed the black glove from his right hand, revealing a mechanical arm with a metallic sheen.

Boom!

This time, the lightning was no longer being released from his body. Instead, it crashed down from the heavens themselves, terrifying beyond measure.

Jiang Feng clutched his chest and called all his teammates back.

The pressure radiating from Lei Zhen made their hearts sink, and even lifting their feet felt sluggish.

Was this the gap between a Martial King and a Great Grandmaster?

It was such a powerless feeling!

“Jiang Feng, without the Boss, the Yanhuang Team would never have won the glory it has today. Yet you faithless ingrates—today, I will send all of you out of the tournament!”

Bathed in a bolt of thunder, Lei Zhen’s hair slowly began to stand on end, while lightning coursed across his entire body.

Just as he was about to unleash his strongest strike, Jiang Feng stood up from the audience and shouted, “Host, Yanhuang Team requests a timeout!”

Hm?

Everyone froze, and Lei Zhen also halted his movements.

The host, who had been watching the match in great excitement, wore an unhappy expression, but this was part of the competition rules.

“Yanhuang Team has used its timeout. Please return to the arena in three minutes.”

Jiang Feng gave a slight nod, then turned to Jiang Yichen. “Did you think you had already won? Without my permission, you will not win.”

He still had the Blood-Burning Secret Art as his trump card. He refused to believe that a single Martial King from Spark Team could defeat three Martial Kings.

With a grim expression, Jiang Feng rose and walked toward the preparation area to discuss tactics with the Yanhuang Team.

Jiang Yichen, however, did not care in the slightest. Although he could tell that Jiang Feng still had a backup plan, he paid it no mind.

Sleep God was the true ultimate weapon in this final.

As for tactical arrangements, he had never taken part in them. Su Linyu had always handled all of that.

He trusted Spark Team, just as Spark Team trusted him.

It was a kind of trust he had never felt in his previous life when he had trained the Yanhuang Team, Thunder Team, and Phoenix Team. It was a strange and wondrous feeling.

As Jiang Yichen looked out over the arena, the corners of his lips slowly curled into a smile.

Jiang Feng’s timeout left the audience below highly dissatisfied.

“Spark Team already has a Martial King. What is the Yanhuang Team still fighting for? They might as well just concede. And now they are calling a timeout?”

“This is baffling. Could the Yanhuang Team still have some kind of trump card?”

“What trump card could possibly beat a Martial King? Go on, tell me.”

“Exactly. Once a Martial King appears, the Yanhuang Team basically has no chance. This timeout is pointless.”

“…”

In the match preparation area, Jiang Feng looked at the Yanhuang Team standing before him and said coldly, “You have two minutes left. Activate the Blood-Burning Secret Art immediately. When you go back out there, raise your power at once.”

When Jiang Feng and the others heard this, they all nodded heavily.

If they wanted to win now, the Blood-Burning Secret Art was their only chance.

The five of them immediately sat down cross-legged and began circulating the Blood-Burning Secret Art. Their Blood Qi instantly began to boil.

Lin Wan, who had been sitting on the bench the whole time, sat alone in a corner and watched.

Her role had been to step onto the stage and humiliate Spark Team once Yanhuang Team had basically secured victory.

If the Blood-Burning Secret Art could truly give the Yanhuang Team the power of three Martial Kings, then Jiang Yichen’s Spark Team would have no chance of winning at all.

“Very good.”

As Jiang Feng watched Yanhuang Team’s auras continue to rise, a faint smile appeared on his lips.

Man, with the power of three Martial Kings, let me see how you plan to win!