Chapter 1030: The Decisive Battle with Wen Bujun
Wei Wufu's physical body ascended the Stairway to Heaven, using his flesh and blood to confront the Thunderfire Heavenly Tribulation.
He abandoned the path of becoming a Dharma King and chose a path similar to Di Esi, the Ghost God Faction's route. Through his own convictions, he transformed into a Law Ghost God and ascended as an Immortal, or rather, a Lower Divine Being.
Lin Shen has yet to return, and judging from the Peerless Divine Skill Secret Manuals that have appeared lately, he must be trapped within the Celestial Court and cannot return, only managing to send messages through this method.
Wei Wufu did not want to wait any longer, so he took the path of the Ghost God, using his physical body to break into the Celestial Court in search of Lin Shen.
If he had taken the path of the Law, donned the Immortal Crown, and became a Dharma King, it would not have been so easy to physically break into the Celestial Court.
Watching Wei Wufu forcefully push open the grand doors of the Celestial Court with his bare hands and head inside without looking back, Kristin's expression turned somewhat strange: "This guy's talent is probably not much less than Di Esi's."
Unbeknownst to Lin Shen, individuals from the Ancient Realm have already been making their way into the Celestial Court; he is still constantly engaged in competition.
The daily abundance of matches has made Lin Shen feel somewhat bored; if not for the chance to enter the Star God Palace and gain resources, he wouldn't bother participating in these competitions at all.
He also does not understand why these Divine Beings of the Celestial Court are so keen on participating in various competitions.
Lin Shen's performance greatly pleased the Shen Family, who mistook him for Deng Aduo.
Originally, the Shen Family thought Deng Aduo was just a member of the Deng Family with the bloodline to practice the Sun-Chasing Great Method – that his bloodline was exceptional but he himself was not too outstanding; otherwise, how could he have remained obscure for so many years?
If his abilities were strong, even if not as famous as Deng Kuang, he should have had some reputation.
However, this time in the toughest Divine Being competition, the Shen Family discovered that Deng Aduo seemed to be better than they had imagined.
Even though he lost to Wen Bujun in the end, he is already considered top-tier talent.
Shen Qingxue's mindset also started to change gradually. The more she watched Tian's matches, the more she felt familiar with him, as if they were slowly getting to know each other.
Thinking that this is the man she is going to marry and have children with, Shen Qingxue started to feel emotional fluctuations while watching the matches.
When Tian faced a formidable opponent, she couldn't help but worry whether Lin Shen could win.
As the roulette was spun to determine who would go first, Shen Qingxue didn't realize that deep down, she was hoping for Tian to get the first move.
Of course, all of this was based on her belief that Tian was her betrothed; if she knew she had mistaken his identity, who knows what her feelings would be then.
As time passed, Lin Shen fought his way into the top hundred, winning match after match, and finally faced off against Wen Bujun in the highly anticipated grand finals.
In the past few years, it had always been Pan Xiaoning against Wen Bujun, but this year was a bit different, attracting plenty of spectators.
Even many great clans began to take interest in this match, not so much in the competition itself, but rather to find out about the person in the arranged marriage between the Shen and Deng Families.
"Whether or not it will work, all comes down to this last round," Lin Shen felt somewhat dejected as the hellish competition schedule he had arranged for Wen Bujun did not play out as effectively as intended.
Apart from the battle with Long Banruo in which Wen Bujun personally experienced a trial by fire and got slightly injured, the subsequent fights had no effect on him.
On the day of the competition, seeing Wen Bujun looking unscathed, Lin Shen could only sigh that against someone of such strength, these little tricks were essentially useless.
As the match began, Lin Shen and Wen Bujun both entered the arena.
"It's about to start!" Yue Hongyan, Pan Xiaoning, Long Xiuzi, Qing Lunzi, and the others all had their eyes fixed on them.
The roulette began to spin, the pointer alternately flashing past the names of the two, and eventually, as Lin Shen expected, it stopped on the name Tian.
"Have you all noticed, this Tian is really lucky, on at least 70 percent of the occasions he competes, he gets the first move."
"Now this is going to be interesting. Up to now, no one has been able to stop the bullets fired by Tian. If Wen Bujun also can't withstand them and gets knocked out immediately, it'll be quite a show."
"Dream on, how could Wen Bujun possibly not withstand it?"
"Exactly, that's nonsense talk. Apart from Pan Xiaoning, there's no attack that Wen Bujun can't block in this world."
The competition had not officially started yet, and the Divine Beings watching from aside had already started their verbal sparring.
Those who believed Tian could win were only a small minority, and furthermore, this minority was betting on high odds.
Wen Bujun looked at Lin Shen and summoned a Divine Artifact armor that enveloped his whole body.
Though it was unknown what quality of Divine Artifact it was, just by looking at its magnificent appearance, it must be no ordinary piece.
Lin Shen did not recognize that Divine Artifact, but that did not mean others didn't recognize it. Yue Hongyan instantly identified the Divine Artifact armor that Wen Bujun wore.
"The Demon's Cursed Armor? Is that really necessary?" Yue Hongyan was somewhat surprised that Wen Bujun had resorted to using such a Divine Artifact from the get-go.
In the past, when Wen Bujun had a decisive battle with Pan Xiaoning, he had never used this armor.
Very few people recognized this Divine Artifact, and only a handful of individuals who were very close to Wen Bujun were aware that he possessed such an artifact.
This was a No Grade Upper Divine Artifact, and it was of a Mutation quality, with extremely strong defense.
For such a Divine Artifact to appear in a Lower Group competition was almost tantamount to cheating.
Normally, it would be impossible for a Lower Divine Being to inflict any damage on this Divine Artifact unless the opponent had an Upper Divine Artifact with attack capabilities and no level requirements.
But such Divine Artifacts were really rare, even in such a grand competition, they were hard to come by.
"Your Tian has great abilities, Old Wen obviously has his own considerations," Pan Xiaoning said from beside.
Yue Hongyan was startled at first but after reacting, she spat out, "What do you mean 'your Tian'? I've told you so many times that I have nothing to do with him."
"Alright, alright, no relationship," Pan Xiaoning said with his mouth, but inside he thought, "If there's no relationship, why are you so nervous about Old Wen using the cursed armor, if not because you're worried that Tian won't be able to break through the armor's defense. Women, such creatures that always say one thing but mean another."
Yue Hongyan could tell Pan Xiaoning's insincerity, but feeling somewhat exhausted, she didn't bother to explain any further.
Wen Bujun's preparation time ended, and it was Lin Shen's turn to attack.
Without any hesitation, Lin Shen immediately took aim with his sniper rifle straight at Wen Bujun's head and fired.
Anyway, ready or not, it's all the same. Whether Super-Base Divine Shot could break through Wen Bujun's defense would be known after a single test.