I Was Forced To Marry The Phoenix Empress-Chapter 144: Yi Chen First Match

"Third Attempt Successful!" The Imperial Envoy announced when he saw Wei Tian’s condition, and hearing those words, the lively crowd stood up in cheers.

Meanwhile, a panicked shout came from the Feng Clan’s stands.

"Brother Wei!"

Feng Ning’s figure disappeared from the stand and instantly appeared right next to Wei Tian. With an expression filled with worry, she checked his condition.

"Brother Wei! Brother Wei!" She called while trying to stir him awake, but he didn’t respond.

Seeing that he wasn’t responding, she immediately placed her finger under his nose, and a subtle trace of relief finally appeared over her face when a warm breath was felt over it.

’He’s alive...’ Feng Ning thought in relief as she turned to her left and saw the management staff rushing towards them with a stretcher in their hand.

Kekekeke

It was just then that a snicker rang in Feng Ning’s ears, which made her turn her head towards the fighting stage.

He Son was currently standing on the stage with eyes filled with pride and contempt apparent on his face.

"That’s what he deserves for looking down on our He clan. It’s good that he rejected my offer in the first place, otherwise it would be our clan’s loss if we took in such an imbecile."

"You dare!" Feng Ning roared with reddened eyes and immediately pulled out her sword in anger.

THAK!

She had just taken a step towards him when a wall burst forth from the ground right in front of her face.

"It’s not your turn to fight. Don’t make me repeat myself." The Imperial Envoy glared towards Feng Ning as the yellow glow in his eyes disappeared the next instant.

"I understand. I apologise, Senior." Feng Ning bowed in apology with a bitter expression on her face.

Meanwhile, an expression of amusement appeared on He Son’s face as he commented the next moment, "Hold your horses, Miss Ning, Kai Hu will do the same if not worse to you in the next attempt."

With a wide grin on his face, he turned around and left towards the Kai Clan’s stands the next instant.

"We’ll see about that!" Feng Ning could only exclaim under her breath in anger, but a second later, worry began bubbling in her heart.

With Wei Tian gone, the fate of her clan was placed fully on her shoulders now.

However, her attention was soon pulled by the management staff, who began lifting Wei Tian to put him onto the stretcher.

Her sprouting worries were soon replaced with the feelings of concern directed towards Wei Tian, which prompted her to accompany him, along with the staff, towards the treatment room.

’He looked so heroic back then when he turned the He clan’s token to cinders. So much so that it felt obvious that he was going to win. However...’ Yi Chen thought with a wry expression on his face at this unexpected development.

’But well...’ Glancing towards Feng Ning, who was closely following behind his stretcher with a concerned look on her face, he softly muttered to himself.

’Did he really lose, though? Doesn’t seem like that to me,’ a slight grin formed on Yi Chen’s face as he saw Feng Ning leave for the treatment room.

Turning back towards the fighting stage, which was once again being repaired by the staff members, Yi Chen muttered to himself in thought.

"Now leave everything else to me, Miss Ning. As a husband, I can’t let my wife’s clan lose now, can I?"

A confident smile appeared on his face.

A while later, the fighting stage was back to its pristine condition, and the Imperial Envoy initiated the start of the Fourth Attempt.

Naturally, the Kai clan was able to easily penetrate through the First, Second and Third Level Cultivators.

"You did well," Yi Chen patted Qin Yao’s shoulders as he returned to the stands after facing a defeat, "Leave everything else to me, alright?"

"Mhmm," Qin Yao nodded confidently and said, "With Brother Chen’s presence, my heart is fully at ease, haha."

When Qin Yao said those words, the expressions on the faces of the surrounding clansmen turned weird.

"What is he talking about?"

"Isn’t that person the weakest of the Fifth Level we have?"

"Yes, that’s why he wasn’t attacked until now. They were saving the easiest for the last"

Whispers started being exchanged among their team members while the next match was going on.

"Fourth Win!" 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

With that declaration, Yi Chen nodded towards Qin Yao and soon left for the fighting stage.

With all the other Fifth Level Cultivators incapacitated, he was the only choice left, so he didn’t wait to be called out.

Meanwhile, Feng Min, who had been standing next to Qin Yao all this while, finally asked the question she had been keeping in her mind for a while now.

"Is Brother Chen really strong?" she asked in confusion.

From what she had seen so far, he looked like a normal fifth-level cultivator, but still, she also felt that Qin Yao wouldn’t necessarily lie in front of everyone.

Hearing her question, Qin Yao answered with an excited expression.

"Strong? No, that would be an understatement. Brother Chen is really strong!"

As Qin Yao exclaimed those words, he was reminded of the time when he had witnessed Yi Chen create a one-meter-wide crater within the Feng Clan’s marketplace.

That image was still very vivid in his mind.

"Oh..." Hearing the confidence in Qin Yao’s words, Feng Min was at a loss for words, but wanting to believe in Qin Yao’s words, she finally chose to put her trust in his words and looked towards the fighting stage.

A Fifth Level opponent was soon facing Yi Chen on the stage.

He had a very unwelcoming expression, so Yi Chen didn’t try to initiate any small talk. Pulling out his sword from his waist, he waited for the match to start.

The other party didn’t carry a sword, so Yi Chen guessed that he was either a fist fighter or was going to fight solely with his martial technique.

He had guessed right as the moment the Imperial Envoy’s words echoed in the entire arena, the man exclaimed out loud.

"Thousand Piercing Needles!"

’Thousand?!!’ A trace of worry appeared on Yi Chen’s face the moment he heard the technique’s name.

The very next instant, the opponent’s innate Qi seeped out of his body and formed a little more than a hundred needles, all of which were pointing straight towards Yi Chen.

’Ah...yes, he must have a long way to go in order to master his technique as well,’ Yi Chen sighed softly at this display.

As the Qi fully turned to water in earnest, the blue hue slowly faded, and it turned more and more transparent, thus becoming difficult to observe.

’I can easily win against him, but where else would I get a good chance to test my skills in such an intense environment?’

Yi Chen thought with a grin and positioned his sword in front of him, and waited. The next second, a very fine line of innate Qi laced over his sword.

Unlike how rough his Qi was usually laced over his sword, the present Qi looked completely streamlined and consumed a lot less Qi.

’Thanks to entering the Advanced stage in my swordsmanship, now I’m able to lace my sword more efficiently,’

Yi Chen thought to himself with a grin as he waited for his opponent to strike.

Interpreting Yi Chen’s grin as blatant provocation, the man instantly directed the barrage of needles straight towards him.

"Taste this, you Feng Clan’s dog!" he roared as his Qi pool emptied completely.

The very next instant, Yi Chen’s focus heightened by several degrees as the pathway of each needle became obvious to him.

Ting!

Ting!

Ting!

Deflecting one needle after another as if he were a man enjoying a light drizzle, Yi Chen’s figure kept moving through the rain of needles.

’This!...how could this be?!’

The Fifth Level opponent couldn’t help but be shellshocked at this development.

To see the person who was supposed to be the weakest among the Fifth cultivators show such sword skills felt mind-boggling to him.

He wasn’t alone as similar thoughts filled with confusion, surprise and excitement were welling up in the minds of others as well.

The members from the Kai Clan, the spectating crowd and finally the Feng clan’s members.

"So, do you admit defeat?" Yi Chen’s voice suddenly roused the surprised Fifth Level Cultivator awake, only for him to take a few steps back in horror.

Yi Chen’s sword was present just a few centimetres away from the side of his neck, and sensing this scared him away.

However, moving back wasn’t the best decision for his situation, as the next instant his figure fell down the stage and his butt kissed the muddied ground soon after.

"Out of Bounds! Fourth Attempt Failed!"

The Imperial Envoy declared, and while at it, a glimmer appeared in his eyes.

’He’s already reached the advanced stage at such a young age? Impressive!’ He thought in his mind as he saw Yi Chen leave the stage soon after.

"Brother Chen, you did it!" Qin Yao’s figure rushed towards him in excitement when he returned to the stand and congratulated him.

"Haha, didn’t you already know the results? Why aren’t you overreacting like this?" Yi Chen chuckled, seeing Qin Yao’s excited expression.

"Hehe, that’s because I want to!" Qin Yao exclaimed with a chuckle and got his head ruffled by Yi Chen the next second.

The gazes of the other team members had also changed significantly after seeing Yi Chen’s performance just now.

"To think he was so strong..."

Similar thoughts were ringing in all their minds.

The very next instant, everyone’s attention was pulled by the sound of footsteps. Among them, there was only one person who had such light footsteps, and they all had grown used to it by now.

Seeing that just her coming down from her seat had attracted everyone’s attention, Feng Ning smiled a little and then looked towards Yi Chen said.

"Brother Chen, you fought amazingly!"

"Thank you, Miss Ning. I’ll make sure to defeat all of them in the next attempts as well," Yi Chen said with confidence clear in his voice.

’Brother Chen’s so charming!’ Qin Yao exclaimed in his mind, noticing how heroic Yi Chen sounded just now.

However, the same couldn’t be said about Feng Ning.

Instead of a smile, a concerned look formed in her eyes, and she said the next moment, "In the next match, Brother Chen doesn’t need to push himself.

Just admit defeat the moment the match starts and recover your Qi for the attempt after that. I’ll make sure to defeat Kai Hu completely, so you can take that time to recover your energy,"

Although she was still anxious about the outcome, she didn’t want Yi Chen to push himself and get severely wounded, all in an attempt to prevent her from facing her next opponent.

’As the clan representative, I can’t hide anymore and hope for a miracle. Doing so will only raise the chances of Brother Chen being severely injured, just like how Brother Wei did earlier.

I don’t want that to happen. I don’t want to stay at the back when my clansmen are doing their best to protect the clan.

Therefore, even if I end up becoming a cripple after this tournament, I must win against those two and not tarnish our clan’s reputation.’

A fierce gaze began kindling in her eyes the next instant.