Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 249

Across from Li Jun stood a beautiful girl dressed in a golden dress, with a phoenix crown on her head; she had the majesty of a powerful Empress who looked down on myriad beings, and the pride of a Heavenly Peacock who cannot bear to be stained by mortal dust.

"This Goddess did not expect to meet you so soon. Very well, this Goddess can finally have her revenge," said the beautiful woman with a voice full of loftiness and aloofness.

"Fang Lijuan!" said Li Jun with deep furrow brows; he knew that there was a hidden rule that none of the Seeded-Players would meet before the Final 30 Rounds, but he actually met one beforehand.

Thinking about Wang Wei’s warning before the battle, Li Jun could guess that something shady had taken place. However, he was not afraid.

"Revenge? Since I defeated you once, I can do it a second time." replied Li Jun with a sneer on his face. However, Fang Lijuan just smirked without saying anything, nevertheless, a powerful confidence could be seen radiating from her body.

Meanwhile, Wang Wei--who was talking with Wu Hong--noticed Li Jun’s opponent, and like the latter, he came to the conclusion that something odd was going for Fang Lijuan to become Li Jun’s opponent right before he could qualify for a spot on the Top 30.

Inside the Emperor Enlightening Academy’s booth, all the teachers watched this battle with bated breath. One of them checked the formation to make sure that they had no problem, then he asked: "Headmaster, is it appropriate to use Fang Lijuan as an opponent? After all, Li Jun already defeated her once."

"You do not need to worry," replied Bai Han. "The reason that I chose Fang Lijuan instead of the more powerful Heaven Chosens is to not attract too much attention to ourselves. Additionally, she is not the same as back in the Divine Altar Realm."

Of course Bai Han did not tell the whole truth; he had something else prepared just in case something went wrong, however, the other teachers did not know this. Nevertheless, after seeing the headmaster’s confidence, they were relieved.

After all, they’ve spent so much on this tournament, even risking destroying the Academy’s million of years of reputation--well to be precise, the reputation of fairness that they still hold to this day.

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Back to the fighting arena, both Li Jun and Fang Lijuan prepared for their rematch.

Without hesitation or pausing, Li Jun went on the offensive. Spears started to appear around him. Unlike his battle with the Holy Land genius, there were not only ten spears, but hundreds, thousands even. With unmatched speed, they rushed towards Fang Lijuan, wishing to completely annihilate her.

The sound of the air breaking could be heard as these thousands of spears broke the speed of sound. A powerful explosion kilometers in diameters occurred at their landing spots. Fortunately, powerful arrays manifested in the arena to contain the battle, else the audience would be affected.

Despite the fact that his attack seemed to have worked, Li Jun was not happy as he could tell that something was wrong; everything was too easy. So, he immediately used his Divine Sense to locate Fang Lijuan’s location, but he did not find anything.

Suddenly, Li Jun felt a killing intent right next to him, so he immediately ducked to the side. Unfortunately, he was too late and a crystal pierced straight into his body.

Turning his head, he saw Fang Lijuan was calmly standing next to him, and he did not even notice how she got there. Before he got time to think or act, he felt another killing intent and dodged again, but his right leg was still stabbed.

Knowing that the situation was dire for him, Li Jun mobilized all the strength of his Divine Sense to try to sense his opponent’s attack, and for a brief moment, he was successful. By pinpointing the killing intent, he was able to deduce the location and timing of the attack.

Meanwhile, Fang Lijuan frowned after noticing this: ’Using the killing intent to determine my next attack? What if the killing intent also becomes invisible?’

Then, a crystal spear penetrated Li Jun’s lungs, and he discovered that he could no longer anticipate his opponent’s move. So, without hesitation, he activated his Innate Talent.

Countless runes or Origin Patterns appeared all over his body like tattoos, then a large army made of soldiers in red armors appeared in front of him. Without saying anything, they form a formation that encases Li Jun into a dome made of soldiers.