Sea Cultivation: Giant Ships and Heavy Artillery Knock on the Door to All Races

Chapter 120: The Colosseum is in full swing, and the clues are revealed
Fish-Dragon Fairy City, Colosseum.

The first special challenge match promoted and arranged by the Colosseum officials for Lin Qianfan arrived.

"The current prize pool is 500 Spirit Stones, and this time's challenger is..."

Compared with the Colosseum on Blue Coast Island, the Colosseum in Yulong Fairy City is much larger. Due to the Colosseum's deliberate publicity, there are also a lot of spectators today.

"Who is this Young Master of the Lin family? Why haven't I heard of him before?"

"I heard he's from Yanglong Bay and is quite famous there."

"He's obviously going into this challenge just to defeat everyone. Is he that crazy?"

"We'll know if he's really that crazy after we fight him. It's impossible for him to use 500 spirit stones to play around. He must have some real stuff."

Lin Qianfan's previous reputation was limited to Yanglong Bay. Only a small number of people in the Lin family in Xiancheng knew him, but they only knew about the foundation-building seed assessment. They knew that he had good talent, but they should have forgotten it long ago.

As for the entire Yulong Fairy City, they are not well-known. Those who can become famous here are basically the best in the Qi Refining Realm and the already scarce Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"Master Lin, please give me some advice!"

"please!"

The challenger is here for the 50-to-1 prize.

Although they knew that the children of aristocratic families had a more complete inheritance and their overall strength was not weak, the elite independent cultivators who had often fought and survived hundreds of battles were also very confident. They all firmly believed that they could win.

Bang~
Lin Qianfan fought steadily, controlling the consumption of spiritual energy to a minimum, and used only the most basic sword skills to knock the opponent's magic weapon away, winning easily.

"You lost!"

"Master Xie Lin, please show mercy!"

The opponent obviously didn't expect to be defeated so quickly. Fortunately, Lin Qianfan had no intention of killing him and didn't even hurt him. He only lost a threshold fee of 100 spirit stones.

"Next game!"

Lin Qianfan is in very good condition and does not need to leave the field to recover his spiritual power, so he can accept continuous challenges.

"Huh? It's so easy to win?"

"Yes, you read that right. The difference in strength between the two sides is obvious, and they are overwhelmingly powerful."

Most of the people in the audience were regulars here, with a certain degree of identification, and some were brought here because of publicity. Lin Qianfan's performance just now had obviously exceeded their expectations.

"I forgot to place my bet just now. This time I'll bet..."

"Did you forget to place your bet? I see you don't believe it."

"Go, go, let's play."

Afterwards, Lin Qianfan used similar methods to defeat four people in a row, bringing the atmosphere of the Colosseum to its highest point today. After all, challengers had to take out one hundred spirit stones to knock on the door, so there was no room for cheating.

"That's all for today. Help me continue my promotion and find some serious opponents. Forget about these opportunistic scum."

"Yes Yes Yes!"

It’s not that Lin Qianfan can’t continue fighting, but ordinary casual cultivators are not challenging. If they use all their strength, they can often defeat their opponents in one move. This is still not enough to achieve the level of significantly increasing prestige that Lin Qianfan wants.

"Ghost, is the prize pool already one thousand?"

"Let's go and inform our leader. If he knew there was a thousand to be earned here..."

"Can the captain defeat this young master from an aristocratic family?"

"Nonsense! The captain has slain countless demons, how could he be defeated by a young man who has never been out of the house?"

Those who challenged Lin Qianfan on the first day were all unknown speculators. Even though Lin Qianfan had won five consecutive games, he was still a fat sheep in the eyes of some people.

"Brother, what is the purpose of these people from Yanglongwan?"

"What could be his purpose? Isn't it just to establish his authority? I don't believe he can really kill us. Let's find him some strong opponents to defeat in a few moves."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements."

The Yulong Islands are very large. If you count the number of cultivators alone, there are about 100,000 of them. Except for a hundred or so foundation-building cultivators, all of them are Qi-refining cultivators. Therefore, there are many cultivators with extraordinary strength who are well-known in the area.

These people have been famous for many years, but have not found a way to move up or have missed the age to reach the foundation-building stage.

Each of them has his or her own unique skills and is praised by others. A fair fight that can earn thousands of spirit stones is enough to attract some of these strong players.

"A thousand spirit stones? A fair fight? Young Master Lin? No shady dealings? Interesting! I have to go see what's going on."

The next day,

The Colosseum was rarely filled with spectators, some of whom were the same people who came from yesterday, but there were also groups of unfamiliar faces. Most of them were relatives and friends of today's challengers, or families who had been invited to come and watch the excitement.

"Which match is our captain in?"

"The third game."

"Then I hope the people in the first two matches aren't too strong, otherwise these thousand plus spirit stones will be wasted."

"Hehe, I picked up 1,200 spirit stones for free."

"Oh? From what you two brothers said, your leader is quite powerful, isn't he?"

"Of course. An ordinary late-stage demon beast wouldn't last more than ten moves against our leader. I've even witnessed our leader defeat a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator several times. Taking down a young master from an aristocratic family wouldn't be a problem for him."

"Then today's ticket money will definitely not be a waste."

"You've made a fortune, kid!"

In comparison, today's challengers all have certain strength and reputation, are very popular, and have a lot of interaction with the audience.

"Please welcome our champion, Master Lin Qianfan!"

As usual, the host invites the champion out and shows him to the audience so that they can make judgments and place bets.

"He is Lin Qianfan? So young?"

"He is indeed young, he looks to be in his early twenties, he should be a genius with two spiritual roots."

"This kind of person probably just stays in the cave every day. How much actual combat experience does he have?"

"Yeah, didn't we win five games in a row yesterday? This is real combat."

"Not really! I think only life-and-death struggles count as real combat. A fair fight in the ring lacks blood and passion, and it's not quite the same."

Today's first challenger is a well-known bounty hunter, codenamed Viper. He ranks high among the bounty hunters in the Ichthyosaur Islands and has a certain reputation.

What is a bounty hunter?

As the name suggests, they are a type of people who accept various bounty missions in Yulong Fairy City to hunt down fugitives or strangle invading monsters. They are solitary, and each famous one has good overall strength and prestige.

"Please advise!"

A fair fight has its own dignity. People who usually use any means become serious here.

"please!"

Although Lin Qianfan knew that he would win, he still respected his opponent and gave a standard return gesture.

However, Viper's courtesy was all fake. When Lin Qianfan returned the greeting, he suddenly launched two flying needles, one in front and one behind, directly hitting Lin Qianfan's vital points. "Ding~Ding~"

Respecting opponents and the stage is just Lin Qianfan's upbringing. Being alert to opponents and always on guard is also Lin Qianfan's instinct. The sword he instinctively controls easily knocks away two flying needles.

"poisonous?"

Even though it was a fair fight, it was normal for some casualties to occur once the fight started. Viper was clearly a practical fighter.

As the name suggests, this viper is really as poisonous as its nickname. Its moves are cold and tricky, and it always aims at the vital points.

But Lin Qianfan stood still like a mountain, advancing steadily while breaking the opponent's moves, gradually standing in the center of the ring, suppressing the opponent's movement space to the minimum with his majestic sword power, and then easily won.

"You lost!"

"You are more dangerous than me!"

Although Viper still had some forbidden moves that he had not used, only when he faced Lin Qianfan directly could he feel Lin Qianfan's oppression. It was like facing a mountain that moved suddenly, making him unable to think of continuing to resist the sneak attack.

As Viper retreated, the audience became even more excited, and the audience who were here for the first time took out their spirit stones to place bets on the next game.

The second challenger was the deputy leader of a gang in Yulong Xiancheng. He seemed to be very famous in the outer and outer districts of the city, and had many fans cheering for him.

But his problem is similar to Viper's. He does have his own strengths, and he is brave and aggressive, but when he meets someone like Lin Qianfan who has no weaknesses, he seems very weak. After attacking Lin Qianfan for thirty moves and failing to find any flaws, he decisively admitted defeat.

The third challenger was the leader of a monster hunting group. This small monster hunting group was often composed of dozens of independent cultivators and several first-level monster hunting ships.

They have their own organizational structure and relatively stable internal relationships. In addition to being good at team management, their team leaders also need strong personal abilities to win over the support of their followers.

Compared with the previous two, his strength is more comprehensive, he has no obvious shortcomings, a solid foundation and a good mentality, but when he met Lin Qianfan, he was suppressed in all aspects.

The two sides fought fiercely for nearly a hundred rounds, but he was unable to force Lin Qianfan to use any decent moves. In the end, he also decisively admitted defeat after seeing no hope of victory.

The fourth challenger is the owner of a shop in the Immortal City. This shop is not a local force, but a branch store opened here by other Jindan forces.

The purpose of this kind of shop is not just to make money, making money is its secondary purpose. Their main purpose is to collect information about major and minor events in the Yulong Islands, commodity price fluctuations, and the policies and trends of the Lin family.

There are quite a few shops like this in the Immortal City. Almost most of the Jindan forces in the Western Regions have shops here.

As a descendant of a Jindan family and an outposted shopkeeper, this person does have some strength. He was able to force Lin Qianfan to use many moves, and even fought with Lin Qianfan to a standstill in the ten most intense moves.

But his ten strongest moves were only Lin Qianfan's regular means. The gap between the two sides was still obvious, and he finally had to admit defeat and step down.

After reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining, Lin Qianfan's total spiritual power was huge, and his recovery speed was also fast. He could control the consumption of spiritual power precisely without any waste, and he could fight four battles in a row without stopping to rest.

"Let us welcome today's final challenger, Young Master Li Xuanyin of the Dongning Island Li family!"

After a brief interlude, the fifth challenger came on stage. He was a man at the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining from a large foundation-building clan. Judging from his age, he should be around forty years old and had a great chance of building a foundation.

"I'm still short of some spirit stones to exchange for the Foundation Establishment Pill. I heard there are 1,000 spirit stones here for free. Oh no, it's 1,400 spirit stones now, so I came here."

"One thousand and five!"

As soon as Lin Qianfan heard about the Li family of Dongning Island, he knew that the other party had impure intentions, and might even be deliberately trying to undermine his Taoist faith.

"Mr. Lin, you're joking. The inheritance of the Jindan family is indeed powerful, but not all the foundation-building families are useless. Please don't underestimate me, otherwise I will be embarrassed later."

"You're confident?"

"Of course, I have never failed since I started practicing."

"Then I will give you a defeat today!"

"Arrogant Lin family boy, watch out!"

Li Xuanyin used a 10-foot-long spear. The spear head was extremely flexible. While attacking at a very high frequency, it could also transmit a cold dark force that continuously eroded Lin Qianfan's spiritual power.

"This is no ordinary technique. Foundation Establishment families cannot produce such a high-level inheritance."

Lin Qianfan knew the other party's background, and of course he also understood where the other party's confidence came from. The other party also used the Golden Core inheritance, but it was just a disguised Golden Core inheritance.

"The Li family of Dongning Island? What a coincidence! I happened to be working at Lan'an Market a while ago. How come I haven't seen you before?"

Lin Qianfan chatted while fighting, wanting to ask the other party how he knew about the challenge. Logically speaking, it was only the second day, and there was not enough time to go back and forth from Yulong Fairy City to Dongning Island.

"You dare to be distracted while fighting with me? You're courting death!"

It must be said that Li Xuanyin is quite capable.

Assuming his skills are not bad, the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining is slightly stronger than Lin Qianfan who just entered the ninth level of Qi Refining;
The spear is a weapon that is longer than the lance and has a certain degree of flexibility, which greatly suppresses the sword;
In addition, this person's combat skills are not low, and he is obviously a well-trained martial artist;

So the two sides fought fiercely, and for a while it was difficult to determine the winner.

"Who is this Li Xuanyin? With such strength, why was he previously unknown?"

Compared with Lin Qianfan's youth, a master in his forties should not be unknown.

"I have some impression that he seems to have been active around the North Ring Road, traveling between various forces, and his whereabouts are uncertain."

After the two sides fought for a hundred moves, the winner gradually became clear.

Although Li Xuanyin used the Jindan technique, his overall approach still remained at the foundation-building inheritance level. Obviously, the Li family did not dare to be so arrogant as to blatantly train their children according to the standards of a Jindan family. That would be too obvious.

"hateful!"

Li Xuanyin felt very unwilling to accept the fact that the situation was declining and he seemed to have no power to turn things around.

He originally thought that he could use this opportunity to strike a blow to Lin Qianfan's Dao heart. As long as he defeated Lin Qianfan in front of thousands of cultivators, he would be able to complete his own heart transformation process. However, he did not expect that Lin Qianfan, who had fought four consecutive battles, was still so strong. This was unreasonable.

"You lost. It seems that your Li family's inheritance is not good enough."

Although Lin Qianfan would not destroy his cultivation on the spot, it was not against the rules and would not be disliked to attack his Dao heart with words.

"Stop talking nonsense!"

"Heh~ Where did all that bold talk go? Aren't you going to take the prize pool?"

Lin Qianfan was also not polite, showing the arrogant face of a winner to the fullest, not only to Li Xuanyin but also to other people with bad intentions.

That’s right, Lin Qianfan doesn’t think that every challenger comes for the more than a thousand spirit stones. Some must come with other purposes. Lin Qianfan wants to defeat them severely, making them lose money and be embarrassed.

"The challenge will be changed to a three-day round, the threshold fee will be changed to 300 spirit stones, and only three rounds will be accepted at a time."

Lin Qianfan explained to the person in charge of the Colosseum.

"Okay, I'll publicize the new rules as you instructed."

The current prize pool has become 1,500, so the price needs to be raised, otherwise anyone will come to try. After all, Lin Qianfan has at most injured people, but has never killed anyone.

The reason for changing it from one day to three days was, on the one hand, to give the Colosseum enough time for publicity, and on the other hand, to leave time for Lin Qianfan himself to investigate.

That’s right, Lin Qianfan has found a breakthrough in the investigation, which is the source of these challengers.

More than a thousand spirit stones are indeed attractive, but some of the challengers are people who have no possibility of building a foundation. They have been famous for a long time, and their fellow travelers have completely closed off to them. They don’t need to gain higher reputation by defeating anyone.

Then why did they come to challenge Lin Qianfan?

It is very likely that someone instructed them to do so, and the person who instructed them, regardless of their purpose, is the target of Lin Qianfan's investigation.

(End of this chapter)