Calamity of Tomorrow-Chapter 589: Onlookers 588

Upon hearing what Immortal Ming Yue said, the other divine beings, although silent, revealed varying degrees of agreement in their eyes.

If Zhou Bai's strength that had been previously exposed was indeed powerful, but still within control, then the power he demonstrated whilst fighting Xiang Haocu had slightly taken on the capacity to disrupt existing power dynamics.

Immortal Ming Yue continued, "This Zhou Bai is no simple matter, the Red Heavenly Armor couldn't possibly possess such strong defense, it must be some kind of protective Taoist magic that he used to achieve such outstanding effects."

Zi Yang True Monarch remarked indifferently, "Has anyone recognized which school of Taoist magic this is?"

Zhao Yue's master, Qin, squinted his eyes and said, "It somewhat resembles Buddhism's Vajra Fetus Barrier, but it's not as grand and domineering, much more covert."

Greed Wolf True Monarch chimed in, "It's a type of protective barrier; it should be able to control size and range... I seem to have seen it somewhere." He furrowed his brows, "But I can't remember... I have definitely seen this Taoist magic before."

"Can't remember?" Zi Yang True Monarch looked at Greed Wolf True Monarch in surprise. The power of a true god from the celestial ranks was, without a doubt, formidable, and their brains and consciousness far surpassed that of humans. Once any memory was embedded into their minds, they shouldn't forget it unless they purposely chose to do so.

The fact that Greed Wolf True Monarch felt familiar with it, yet couldn't remember, led Zi Yang True Monarch to consider only three possibilities: one was that it was too ancient, so ancient that even gods couldn't recall it.

The second possibility was that Greed Wolf True Monarch had intentionally forgotten the related memory.

The third was that he had willingly sealed away the related memory.

While several immortals were speculating about the protective Taoist magic Zhou Bai practiced, Zhao Yue's master, Qin of Wanxian Island, said, "Whatever the Taoist magic is, we can slowly ask after capturing him. The key question now is whether or not we need to intervene."

Just then, Tu Tianmo decisively said, "No need to concern ourselves, let's continue watching the match."

Immortal Ming Yue nodded, "If you're confident, that's good enough."

Hearing Tu Tianmo's words, others understood he wouldn't speak without confidence, and thus they stopped discussing Zhou Bai and continued watching the match.

Beside them, Tianyangzi faintly smiled, understanding the source of Tu Tianmo's confidence. On one hand, their substantial investment in Shi Fa and Jue Ji meant that these two wielded power far superior to other cultivators, which gave them a high chance of victory even against the current Zhou Bai.

On the other hand, it was due to him specially having Tu Tianmo refine the Nine Heavens Bronze Arena; victory or defeat was merely dependent on a single thought from Tu Tianmo.

Therefore, in Tianyangzi's view, no matter how outstanding or brilliant Zhou Bai performed, it was pointless.

"The outcome of the Daluo Heaven's discourse has already been predetermined," Tianyangzi's gaze swept over Zhou Bai on the field, "No matter how much you churn the seas and overturn the rivers, you're just moving back and forth on a chessboard, it's all meaningless."

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In the stands, Meng Ruocun's mind was still echoing with Zhou Bai's recent display, her thoughts churning and struggling to settle down.

"The Red Heavenly Armor... the nine realm armors forged by the Three Pure Dao Sect in the past..."

Throughout the period of the Daluo Heaven's discourse's projection before all of humanity, Zhou Bai's name naturally thundered through the world, becoming widely known.

And the various details of the Red Heavenly Armor were also disseminated by the knowledgeable, reaching Meng Ruocun's ears.

"The Three Pure Dao Sect... actually possesses such a powerful armor? Even Xiang Haocu couldn't break through its defense?"

"To entrust such powerful armor to Zhou Bai... do they value him so highly?"

A tinge of jealousy involuntarily surged in Meng Ruocun's heart. Having seen the effects of the Red Heavenly Armor, probably no one in the world could be free from envy or desire.

After a while, Meng Ruocun let out a sigh, the color of jealousy slowly fading away as she looked in the direction of Zhou Bai and thought to herself, "They've given you such a peerless treasure, not taking first place would be inexcusable."

Standing not far from Meng Ruocun, the Mysterious Maiden saw the scene of Xiang Haocu and Zhou Bai's fierce battle and almost blacked out from anger, nearly fainting on the spot.

"Is there something wrong with the Three Pure Dao Sect?!" The Mysterious Female cursed inwardly, "Where did they get such powerful armor? It's even stronger than the Abyss Nether Dragon Armor! At this rate, when Sun Jingping faces Zhou Bai tomorrow, he won't even be able to break through Zhou Bai's defenses! How can we then expose his twisted physique?"

The more the Mysterious Maiden thought about it, the angrier she became, and then she remembered that her own Abyss Nether Dragon Armor had been stolen.

"You already have such powerful armor and yet you still stole my Abyss Nether Dragon Armor!"

"No, I have to change strategies tomorrow... I can't afford to go head-to-head with someone like Zhou Bai."

While the Mysterious Maiden was pondering the strategy for the next day, Zhou Bai watched the upcoming matches just like the rest of the audience.

The second battle was between Shi Fa and Sun Jingping.

Both were seen as talents valued by Wanxian Island, but Shi Fa's combat power was clearly superior to Sun Jingping's, especially with the Dragon Elephant Kasaya that almost ensured his victory.

It seemed that Sun Jingping had something to reserve his strength for, as he planned to conserve his energy for later battles.

Under Zhou Bai's gaze, after only a few exchanges, Sun Jingping conceded the match.

The third match was Wen He, the disciple of the Sun Heavenly Child, against Shen Hai, the son of the Greedy Wolf True Monarch.

Both cultivators were in the seventh realm of the saber path, and as soon as the fight began, it was an intense close-quartered battle. Although it was quite spectacular, it still seemed somewhat lackluster after Zhou Bai's and Shi Fa's performances, and eventually, Shen Hai gained a slight advantage and Wen He chose to surrender.

The fourth match was between Jue Ji and Tu Tianmo.

Yesterday, when Tu Tianmo had appeared, he at least wore the Divine Demon Qilin Armor of the ninth realm, but Zhou Bai had defeated him and damaged it.

Today, Tu Tianmo simply did not wear any armor, perhaps fearing it would be damaged by Jue Ji.

So, not long after the match began, Tu Tianmo was relentlessly pursued by Jue Ji's flying sword, left with no escape to the heavens nor the earth, and directly chose to surrender.

The last match of the day was Zhao Yue versus Wei Cangsheng.

Zhou Bai remembered clearly how the day before, Wei Cangsheng had faced Jue Ji and immediately surrendered after performing a series of swordsmanship. freewebnøvel.com

Zhou Bai thought to himself, 'I wonder what this kid has planned for today.'

But Wei Cangsheng did not even enter the Daluo Heavenly space-time and chose to forfeit the match directly, causing Zhou Bai to be quite stunned.

"Ha, besides my match, the other four were just slacking off," Zhou Bai thought to himself, "It seems like the coming days will still be targeting me."

"Besides me, the only ones who are still undefeated are Zhao Yue, Shi Fa, and Jue Ji. So I suppose the Immortals have planned for the first place to be among these three?"

"Tomorrow my opponent is Sun Jingping, and he shouldn't be too difficult to handle."

As today's tournament came to an end, Zhou Bai had dinner with Zheng Wentian and the others, just like the night before. Afterwards, as usual, the Twisted Shadow went to harvest fate from the gods and immortals, and Zhou Bai once again arrived at the door of the room of the girl from yesterday.

Just as Zhou Bai was about to knock on the door, he thought, "We're all so familiar with each other now, it shouldn't be a problem to just walk in." So, using his Primordial Spirit, he penetrated the door and unlocked it, then walked straight in.