Unyielding Defier in Martial World

"After a period of time, it will be the Freshmen Competition. With that brat's strength, he will definitely stand out, and as long as he enters the inner court, he will automatically die. There will be plenty of chances to take revenge."    

"Also, our number one Mountain and River List's Madman will be back soon. If it wasn't for you waiting patiently, there's no need for you Zhan Hu to take action." Sima Lingkong said as he pondered.    

Ever since he was defeated by Chu Chen, he had always wanted to take revenge on this debt. And what he hated the most was that fellow was actually together with Bai Yuhan, whom he admired, making him feel extremely displeased.    

Although Chu Chen's performance was very powerful now, that was only in the outer courtyard. And inner court was a real crouching tiger, hidden dragon, so no matter how strong he was, he was still far from being able to scare Sima Lingkong.    

"Then what did you promise?" Zhan Hu's eyes slightly narrowed.    

"Don't worry, even if this matter is ruined, the benefits that I promised will still be given to you. In a few days, I will tell my boss that Zhan Hu will be in inner court from now on, under our protection, and no one will dare to make a move." We failed this time, but there are still a lot of things that we need you to do in the future. Sima Lingkong said with a cold smile.    

"Alright, there's no harm in killing someone with just a sentence." Zhan Hu patted his chest and said.    

"Chu Chen, I am looking forward to your arrival at the inner court."    

Sima Lingkong stood up, his gaze sweeping past the large buildings and looking at the outer courtyard, a wave of killing intent suddenly burst forth from his body.    

Five days had already passed since the time Chu Chen resided in the Moon Slaughter Devil Nest, and there were still disciples who paid him a visit every day.    

Although it disturbed his training, and Chu Chen did not like pleasantries, it was inevitable that one had to put on an act due to worldly wisdom. He was very warm and courteous to every visiting disciple.    

Ever since he found out that inner court had many organizations, Chu Chen started to have his own plans.    

Those who were able to enter the inner court, were all genius experts, yet they had formed an organization society or joined another person's society. This also showed that the 'water' in the inner court was definitely deeper than the outer courtyard.    

Outer court disciples trained silently just to enter the inner court.    

As for the inner court disciples, firstly, they were more mature. Secondly, after they graduated, they could choose to stay or leave freely.    

Those associations were more like sects with complicated powers. Although the Mountain and River List was ranked first and had a position in the Outer Academy, if they entered the inner court, they would face an even more powerful enemy.    

Other than Sima Lingkong, there was also War Tiger Guild that had surfaced, and even Wolf Fang, who was with Sima Lingkong. This organization was even more powerful.    

However, at that time, he would definitely become the target of public criticism. In terms of his own strength, he would still be very weak. The benefits of having connections would then be revealed.    

Once he entered the inner court, in order to resist the suppression from other societies, Chu Chen had planned to establish his own force, but he was only thinking about it now, and there was still a period of time before he could enter the inner court.    

Until when no more disciples came to visit, Chu Chen's days finally calmed down. However, on this day, Fang Qu suddenly came to inform him.    

"Zuo Wudao is back. He carried a Gold Devouring Profound Flame Beast and completed the mission."    

"You just returned today?" Chu Chen asked.    

The fact that the other party was able to complete the mission was something he had guessed. That fellow was definitely not an ordinary person, and since he dared to accept the challenge, he was confident that he would be able to complete it.    

The only thing he did not understand was why it had taken him so long to return. It had been four to five months.    

"He just came back a day ago, but very few people know about it. I only just got the news." Fang Qu said quickly.    

"The news you're going to tell me, is it because Zuo Wudao is back?"    

Fang Qu quickly waved his hand, "No, that guy came back yesterday and went to challenge Blood Purgatory today."    

"Break through the Blood Purgatory?"    

Hearing this, Chu Chen's eyes fiercely contracted. He had always been waiting for the other party to charge into the Blood Purgatory, so that he could see just how strong he was.    

"What was the result?"    

"Combat power, Silver rank pinnacle. Ranked first alongside you in terms of Mountain and River List." Fang Qu said in shock.    

In his opinion, Chu Chen was already very powerful, and belonged to the abnormal rank. However, Zuo Wudao was actually so powerful, his fighting strength had reached the peak of Silver rank.    

Furthermore, according to this fighting strength, Mountain and River List automatically matched up with Chu Chen.    

In other words, their battle strengths were exactly the same.    

"Peak Silver rank battle power, ranked first with me. This time when Zuo Wudao went out, he did not just kill the Gold Devouring Profound Flame Beast, he also definitely obtained some opportunities, which was why his cultivation has increased by a lot."    

This point was something that Chu Chen had thought of a long time ago. However, what he didn't expect was that Zuo Wudao's cultivation was actually this terrifying, to the extent of being on par with himself.    

There were two ways to enter the Mountain and River List's ranking. One was to challenge the Blood Purgatory, and according to their final fighting strength, they would match the Mountain and River List and see how much they ranked.    

The other method was to fight against those on the leaderboard, and if he defeated them, he would take their place.    

Chu Chen's first place spot was exactly because he had defeated Sha Chuiliu, while Zuo Wudao's fighting strength was on par with his. In that case, Zuo Wudao also had the strength to kill Sha Chuiliu.    

Chu Chen could not help but guess: "Exactly how high is his cultivation, to be able to do the same as me, to have a Spiritual Martial Stage at the third level?"    

But this didn't seem like it.    

The Gold Devouring Profound Fire Beast was a Rank 3 Spirit Beast. Zuo Wudao had taken this mission for a few months ago, which meant that he had the strength to kill Rank 3 Spirit Beasts. In other words, he could defeat a Rank 3 Spirit realm warrior.    

And now, a few months later, the other party must have obtained some fortuitous opportunity outside. His cultivation must have definitely increased, and he was unsure if he could break through two levels.    

There were a total of eighteen levels of Blood Purgatory. Each level represented one star of difficulty, and each three levels corresponded to a certain level of combat strength.    

They were, respectively, Red Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Purple Diamond, and Star!    

The eighteenth floor corresponded to six levels of difficulty.    

Silver ranked, which meant that Zuo Wudao was on the seventh, eighth, and ninth floor. But his peak battle strength, no matter which stage he was on, was all the same to him.    

"He really is a very strong opponent." Chu Chen could not help but say, his eyes revealing traces of fighting intent.    

He wanted to compete with Zuo Wudao a long time ago, but he had never had the chance. Unless it was during the outer court Martial Meet, but right now, he could use the method of breaking through the Blood Purgatory to test it out.    

"Last time I tried Blood Purgatory, my best result was that I was close to the peak of the third floor, just a little bit away from the peak."    

Therefore, at that time, he was ranked forty-first, and Zuo Wudao's fighting strength was already at the peak of the Scarlet Iron Rank. He was ranked forty, and was one rank higher than him.    

"Chu Chen, that guy is ranked first with you, what should we do?" Fang Qu said in bewilderment. He viewed Chu Chen as his boss and did not wish for anyone to surpass him.    

"Isn't it good to have an opponent? High places never win against cold. If there is no opponent, then it would be too lonely like snow."    

"Since he has charged through Blood Purgatory, I have waited for today as well. Let's go, I will also charge through and see how much stronger I am." Chu Chen clenched his fists tightly, his entire body releasing a tyrannical Qi.