Chapter 813 - Wu Lian

By then, the Five-Colored Altar had disappeared from Long Chen’s sight.

After Long Chen looked around for a while in confusion, Bai Lan and Lei Ji had arrived by his side. Both of them were all smiles. Bai Lan walked up to him and patted his shoulder, saying, “Good one, kid! You did well today. You didn’t get to see Feng Qing and that woman Wu Lian’s faces! It was amazing!”

Long Chen privately made a mental note of the Five-Colored Alter. After chatting a bit with Bai Lan, they left Confounding City. Long Chen memorized the path from that location to the exit. The path was very strange, as it looked like it should have been a straight route, but they had to keep turning to get out of the city.

“Rest well tonight. Tomorrow, the second round will begin. Four out of eight will advance. As usual, your opponents will be determined by drawing lots. We will do that later,” Bai Lan explained to Long Chen and Suxue.

Both of them had entered the top eight, along with Wu Guangyu and five participants from the Five Elements Alliance.

“Most of the contestants from the Five Elements Alliance are regular Ninth Earthly Martial Stage cultivators. About the same as the Lei brothers. The only outstanding one is Jin Ling. That kid has received harsh training since young and is Ancestor Jin’s greatest masterpiece. His combat abilities far surpass his cultivation level, so defeating that kid will not be easy. It would be better if Wu Guangyu and Jin Ling could meet each other first. If any one of you meets one of them first, it will be a sticky situation.”

“Indeed, Wu Guangyu and Jin Ling are both difficult opponents. I used everything I had, but I still was not a match for Wu Guangyu. And he had not even used his Azure Lotus Sword yet,” said Suxue, slightly traumatized.

“Long Chen, what about you?” While they chatted, Long Chen had been silent, which attracted their attention. Long Chen was still thinking about the Five-Colored Altar when Bai Lan asked, “What are you thinking about?”

Long Chen smiled and said, “Just thinking about some cultivation stuff. I’ve experienced many battles today, so I’ve learned some new things.”

“You’re a strange one.” The Thunder patriarch looked at him in exasperation. Long Chen’s performance today was indeed extraordinary. The Divine Space Talismans had actually failed to block his attacks.

Very soon, the people of the three factions gathered once more. Long Chen looked ahead and saw that while the Five Elements Alliance was glaring angrily at the two other major factions, the Divine Wind and Thunder Demon Factions were glaring at each other. The glare with the most hatred belonged to Feng Zhilin. Long Chen’s gaze slid down from her cold face, and he saw that she had gently blocked her chest with her sleeve.

He understood that there was likely a small hole in her clothing, and if she did not block it, she would be exposed.

“One day, I’ll kill you!” she mouthed to Long Chen.

Long Chen had humiliated this arrogant girl more than once now. The angrier she got, the more he wanted to tease her. He reached out with his hand and wriggled his finger. Her face darkened when she saw him make such a vulgar gesture.

She’s just some girl. Why act so arrogantly in front of me? If it weren’t for the fact that I already have Ling Xi and other women have become uninteresting to me, I would have fucked you.

Long Chen pursed his lips.

Feng Zhilin would have died from anger if she heard his thoughts.

The first round had ended. The Long-Bearded Guest walked up to the center of the group and smiled at the eight remaining participants.

“Eight people with six remaining Divine Space Talisman. Come, come. Return them to me.” The Long-Bearded Guest wove through the group and retrieved the Divine Space Talismans stuck on Suxue and the five Five Elements Alliance cultivators’ foreheads.

If he did not take them back, the duels in the next round would be unfair.

“The first round has been very successful. Hehe. Everyone who deserves to stay has stayed. Everyone who doesn’t has gotten the hell out. This is a test of capability, so everything else is useless. Of course, the next round is an even harsher test of capability. One-on-one duels. The duels carry on until one party yields or dies. If someone has the complete upper hand and kills their opponent instantly, we will not care, haha...”

The Long-Bearded Guest wildly gesticulated in front of the crowd like a madman. He was the only master who was not part of the nine clans. He was also the neutral party here; therefore, he handled these procedures.

When he spoke, the cultivators of the Divine Wind Faction and the Five Elements Alliance all studied the newly risen expert, Long Chen.

“He’s likely at the Eighth Earthly Martial Stage, but it is shocking that he has such combat abilities.”

“He really is not bad at all. He eliminated Feng Zhilin with ease. There are only two other people who are this strong among the young ones—Jin Ling and Wu Guangyu. I don’t know if Jin Ling is even that strong.”

“Nonsense, he was personally raised by Ancestor Jin and received his direct teachings. He has already cultivated the Gold clan’s techniques to their peak, and he even knows the techniques of the other four clans in the alliance. He is surely stronger than Long Chen. While Long Chen is strong, he is only at the Eighth Earthly Martial Stage, one level below the other two.”

“Tomorrow will be the finals. We shall wait and see. Discussing now is useless.”

Long Chen sensed a particularly scary glare coming from the people who were looking at him. He followed its direction and found the source.

It was the matriarch of the Divine clan, Wu Lian.

Half of her face was covered by a white veil, so only her eyes were exposed. However, based on the exposed section of her face, he assumed she looked younger than Bai Lan. She was surely a very beautiful woman, as she had given birth to a handsome son like Wu Guangyu.

Long Chen was completely sucked into her eyes. He saw a snow-white world within them, and white lotuses bloomed before him.

“Don’t look.” Suddenly, Bai Lan reached out to cover his eyes. Long Chen snapped back to his senses. He was so scared that his back was drenched in sweat.

“If you want to fight Wu Guangyu, you must be careful of this woman. She is not a simple character. Even I may not be a match for her. She is likely the number one master of the Ten Thousand Nations Territory,” Bai Lan said softly into Long Chen’s ear.

“Number one master?” This surprised Long Chen. He initially thought all four of the Second Heavenly Martial Stage cultivators, including Wu Lian and Bai Lan, were similar in strength. Bai Lan and Wu Lian were ranked equally in terms of social status too. However, this meant that she was indeed terrifying. After hearing this, Long Chen quickly looked down and no longer looked at Wu Lian and the others.

However, he was still determined to kill Wu Guangyu. Long Chen was the kind of person to never back down until his goal was reached. Now that he had come here, he was surely going to the Three Royal Territories!

The Long-Bearded Guest had already prepared the lots to be drawn for tomorrow’s duels. He took out a box from his Universe Pouch and said with a smile, “Only eight people in total, so it is very simple. There are eight balls inside, and each ball is labeled with one, two, three, or four. There are two of every number, so the people who get the same number will fight each other. The numbers will also determine the sequence of duels. Everyone, come here.”

Long Chen and Suxue looked at each other, then walked forward. At the same time, the five people from the Five Elements Alliance and the Divine clan’s Wu Guangyu also surrounded the Long-Bearded Guest.

Everyone glared at their rivals solemnly.

The people of the Five Elements Alliance were the most smug because they had the largest number of people remaining. Five people. That was five times the Divine Wind Faction’s number of participants.

From another angle, five of the Five Elements Alliance’s team had been eliminated, which was also the largest number.

“Alright, children. Draw the lots.” The Long-Bearded Guest laughed happily. He had a creepy smile on his face and he kept staring at Suxue. However, the tense atmosphere was eased by his smile.

“Who’s first?” asked one of the cultivators from the Five Elements Alliance.

“Boss Jin Ling, of course!”

Jin Ling did not decline. This was all about luck, so drawing first or last did not matter. He reached into the box and took out a wooden sphere. There was a number carved on the ball.

This meant that Jin Ling had drawn one, and he would fight first tomorrow.

“I hope one of you also gets number one.” Jin Ling smiled at Long Chen and Wu Guangyu, then he stepped back. The other Five Elements Alliance participants took their turns, and four numbers were drawn. There were two twos, one three, and one four.

This meant that there would be a pair who would fight their own faction member.

There were five of them, so this was normal. They were lucky that the other three wouldn’t end up in friendly matches.

Three wooden balls remained in the wooden box. They were numbers one, three, and four.

Long Chen and Suxue sighed in relief. This meant that they would not fight each other. It was meaningless for them to fight each other in the beginning.

Out of the three, the one who got Jin Ling would be in more danger, while the other two had higher hopes. Wu Guangyu did not even glance at Long Chen before he took out a wooden ball. Long Chen hoped he would get number one, but unfortunately, he drew a three.

This meant that either Long Chen or Suxue would face Jin Ling. That battle would take place sooner or later, so Long Chen was not too concerned.