The Favored Son of Heaven

A distance from the mountains were continuous woods. It was verdant and lush. Outside the woods were green grassy plains with grass half a man tall, and the afterglow of the setting sun scattered upon the earth.

The setting sun, mountains, woods, and grassy plains formed a unique landscape.

However, such a beautiful scene was the main battleground of slaughter for the War God Arena.

As one of the special events on the Sky Martial Battle Network, the designer of the program always create different battlefield terrains and environments with the utmost care. This included thrilling cliffs tens of thousands of meters high, jagged and tall rocks, and so on. There were places everywhere to kill from hiding.

Qin Fen crouched at the top of a tree. His aura was contained completely within his body. He was as quiet as a leopard hunting a monkey.

Qin Fen was quite pleased with his hiding spot. The angle allowed him to see a vast range of space, and the trees around him provided quite the decent shelter and cover. It was just that he encountered an enemy too soon. If he had the time, he would have used the surrounding plant life and created items that would help him hide his body. This was a basic camouflage skill he learned from Gale Riley, the expert of disguise, just recently.

Move the Mountains and Fill the Seas. This was the name of the three-star expert not far from the tree.

For the sake of stimulating the participants even further, there was a service that displayed names provided in the War God Arena. This allowed the attacker or the killed to know who their enemy was. Later, they could seek revenge against them.

Often, the dueling arena would be packed with people after the end of the War God Arena. There were people who had yet to settle the grudges they gained from participating in the War God Arena. They would all be there going all out in martial fights.

Duels were prideful matters. For the sake of victory over their opponent, people would often use all sorts of virtual items. The Sky Martial Battle Network made a lot of money from people in this way with large numbers of people buying virtual items for their duels.

Move the Mountains and Fill the Seas held a steel blade in his hands. Specks of blood still remained on the weapon in his hands, showing that he must have killed someone just recently.

The grass beneath the tree suddenly shook rapidly. The blade in his hands didn’t stay still as cold light and killing intent flashed, and out from the underbrush rolled out a dead hare.

Qin Fen’s eyes swiveled slightly. That stroke was clearly the Omnidirectional Blade Technique. It appeared that those who dared participate in the War God Arena possessed some skill.

Qin Fen adjusted his breathing slightly. Qin Fen had fought quite a few people recently, but he rarely fought a martial artist who wielded weapons.

Move the Mountains and Fill the Seas advanced with the utmost care. He had just cut down two opponents who had mounted ambushes on him. His kill score had been zero, but now it was two.

He had died three times in the last War God Arena from ambushes! Move the Mountains and Fill the Seas had been researching quite a lot these days on how to break stealth techniques. He was confident in seeing through anybody hiding before him. Contrary to normal, he held the initiative when it came to those hidden and prepared to mount ambushes. When faced with opponents he could clearly see, he could pretend not to have noticed them. He would draw his enemy into attacking, and then suddenly launch a counterattack!

His previous two opponents were swiftly beheaded in this way with the Omnidirectional Blade Technique.

Move the Mountains and Fill the Seas just entered Qin Fen’s attack range, but Qin Fen didn’t make a move! He waited! Even though his opponent was a professional soldier, Qin Fen was able to sense a bit of a hidden threat thanks to his intuition as a martial artist. He wanted to see if the things he learned from Gale Riley were useful or not.

Move the Mountains and Fill the Seas continued to approach Qin Fen. Soon, he was standing half a meter away from Qin Fen.

There was no need to wait any longer! With an explosive burst of strength from his foot, the branches beneath his feet rang with a snap. They were completely stomped in half, making Qin Fen appear like an enormous goshawk!

Only when Move the Mountains and Fill the Seas heard the cracking of branches did he realize that there was someone in hiding right above him. His mind was in great shock. There was actually someone hiding this close to him, and he didn’t even know!

Crack!

Move the Mountains and Fill the Seas’s cervical vertebrae was fractured by a fist, and his body flew like a broken sack. Only one word flashed in his mind—Expert!

One knew whether or not someone was skilled the moment they made their move. Move the Mountains and Fill the Seas didn’t even have the chance to turn around and see the face of his ambusher. The system had already determined that he died. He was very clear of the gap between him and his opponent, at least in terms of concealment and detection. The disparity was truly far too great. This ambusher was an absolute professional!

His vision darkened before light appeared once more.

Move the Mountains and Fill the Seas immediately resurrected at a different location in the War God Arena. His kill score had been two just recently, but now it turned to a score of one.

His change in score wasn’t what made him the angriest. Not knowing whose hands had killed him was what made him the most angry.

He had put in considerable effort in concealment and anti-concealment for the War God Arena. He never thought that he was completely unable to detect the existence of his enemy under such close circumstances.

The enemy had been killed with a single punch, making Qin Fen very pleased. Not only had he concealed himself quite well for this attack, his killing technique was extremely satisfactory as well. The main aspects that Drill Instructor Butcher had towards killing were infused within the strike.

Huff!

A man suddenly appeared less than two meters before Qin Fen’s eyes! Before the enemy could react, Qin Fen leaped toward him in the most direct and effective Tiger Lunge, fiercely striking at the enemy’s throat.

This attack was a reaction that was done near-completely subconsciously. Only after he confirmed the opponent was dead did Qin Fen realize that he hadn’t seen what this guy’s name was.

After eliminating two enemies, Qin Fen walk briskly forward. Staying idle at a place in concealment for ambushing might lessen the danger of being killed, but if there were less chances to accumulate points, and Qin Fen wanted to get as many points as possible.

After walking through the small forest, Qin Fen saw that there was not a person on the road outside the forest. Instead, two people were hidden above in the trees not too far away.

Qin Fen chuckled. These two hid themselves far too amateur-like. If Gale Riley had seen it, he would certainly give them a fierce beating with his own hands. He would let them know what true professional concealment looked like.

Qin Fen bent down to pick up two rocks the size of babies’ fists. He weighed it lightly in his hands before the two rocks were launched like bullets with a flick of his wrists. They moved at high-speeds, spiraling, as they flew straight and true.

Bam bam….

The two people atop the trees never expected that they would be exposed this easily. They hurried one after another to block the stones, borrowing their momentum to flip and jump down their trees.

With a twist of his feet, Qin Fen had already pursued before them. He lifted his hands into the Tiger Lunge of the Shaolin Arhat Fist, just as before.

The two people had yet to stand steady when Qin Fen arrived before them. The Dragon Elephant Prajna Art drove the Shaolin Arhat Fist’s Striking the Tiger’s Momentum to smash down. His move forcefully smashed upon the opponent’s crossed arms, which had been raised in a hurry.

Three arms clashed, letting out a dull muffle.

The person on the receiving end of the blow only felt his arms and legs turn to jelly. The person simply knelt to the ground, his skull welcoming Qin Fen’s knee.

This time there was the crisp sound of bone fracturing. The facial bones of the person was smashed to pieces, and his body was like a broken sack as he flew a dozen meters away. Qin Fen’s score increased once more.