Chapter 288: Chapter 288: Siege
Discerning the thoughts of the Main Seat Elder from Flawless Palace, Tang Chenming exchanged a look with the experts from the other Four Great Forces. Naturally, they didn’t want Flawless Palace to gain another Demon Fiend. Besides, Tang Chenming had already made himself perfectly clear. The four thought, ’We might as well go with the flow and do Tang Chenming this favor.’
For them, this was a situation with only benefits and no drawbacks. It would prevent Flawless Palace from acquiring a genius with the potential of a Demon Fiend, and they would earn a favor from Tang Chenming.
Furthermore, they had also seen the "small token" Tang Chenming mentioned—twenty thousand Middle Grade Primordial Stones for each of them. With one Middle Grade Primordial Stone being equivalent to one hundred Low Grade Primordial Stones, Tang Chenming had given each of them two million Low Grade Primordial Stones.
This was already a huge sum. Even for Celestial Spirit Realm experts like them, twenty thousand Middle Grade Primordial Stones was enough to keep them happy for quite a while.
"Alright. Since Brother Tang has put it that way, we must naturally grant you this favor," the expert from Spiritual Light Pavilion said with a smile.
"Yes, a genius with the makings of a Demon Fiend, but not a true Demon Fiend yet. This time, the Wuji Sect will grant Celestial Eagle Valley this favor," the Wuji Sect expert also stated.
"Since you’ve all spoken, I will do the same," declared the expert from Taiqing Academy.
With three of the great forces having stated their positions, the expert from the Death Row Shelter said nothing, but it was clear from his expression that he had no objections.
The experts from the Four Great Forces had all made their stance clear, leaving only the expert from Flawless Palace. Tang Chenming turned to him and asked with a smile,
"I wonder if Flawless Palace can do me this favor?"
Hearing this, the expert from Flawless Palace, though displeased, nodded with a grim expression after careful consideration, indicating his agreement.
He had no choice. The Four Great Forces had all agreed, turning their collective pressure on Flawless Palace. For the sake of the Palace, he couldn’t let his personal feelings dictate his actions.
Although a Demon Fiend was important, Lin Yun merely had the potential of one; he hadn’t yet grown into a true Demon Fiend. There was no need for Flawless Palace to offend all the other powers for his sake.
Hearing that Flawless Palace had also agreed, Tang Chenming smiled faintly. ’Now let’s see what you can do, Lin Yun. Did you think you could get help from the other great powers? What a foolish dream.’
Geniuses and Demon Fiends were incomparably important to every power, but a dead one was worth nothing at all. In Tang Chenming’s eyes, Lin Yun was already a dead man.
On the high platform, the Six Great Forces had reached an agreement. Not a single power would shelter Lin Yun, even if his talent was comparable to that of a Demon Fiend.
Lin Yun knew nothing of this. He never would have imagined that to kill him, Tang Chenming had actually spent a total of one hundred thousand Middle Grade Primordial Stones. Such a lavish sum also showed just how seriously Tang Chenming viewed Lin Yun.
The second round of the Green Talent List began. Thirty of the Southeast Domain’s top geniuses walked to the center of the plaza, to a circular stone stage surrounded by six stone pillars.
After everyone had stepped onto the stage, the six stone pillars simultaneously lit up, and a Barrier quickly formed. It was an Array, meant to prevent their battle from affecting the onlookers.
The thirty young geniuses stood in a circle, no one making the first move. However, after only a few breaths, the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, Ziyi, Chen Ming, and Jin Ruhua all began walking toward Lin Yun.
Blocking all of Lin Yun’s escape routes, the five of them surrounded him tightly. At that moment, the Crown Prince looked toward the others, cupped his fists, and addressed them all.
"Everyone, we have some private grievances to settle here. We hope you will not interfere."
Hearing the Crown Prince’s words, the other geniuses, though they didn’t say anything, naturally made space for him and his group. Clearly, they couldn’t care less what grievances the Crown Prince had with Lin Yun.
The space of over ten thousand square meters was large enough for a thirty-person brawl. Soon, the area around Lin Yun was empty of everyone else, leaving only him and the Crown Prince’s group of five.
"Haha, Lin Yun! Let’s see if you can walk off this stage alive today!" Feeling that victory was already in his grasp, the Crown Prince laughed heartily.
Looking calmly at the Crown Prince, Lin Yun knew that today’s setup was a death trap. But he still had to fight. He wasn’t afraid of dying; he was afraid of being unable to save his parents.
Having already experienced the ruin of his family once, Lin Yun did not want to go through it a second time.
The Demon Bone Heaven-Dominating Spear appeared in his hand. Lin Yun’s aura began to surge, and violet-gold Elemental Power materialized around his body, making him look like an enraged Emperor.
When an Emperor rages, rivers of blood flow. At this moment, the aura that erupted from Lin Yun made many of the watching Celestial Eagle Valley Disciples feel that Lin Yun was a born King.
"Enough nonsense. I, Lin Yun, have seen plenty of the Royal Family’s despicable methods. Even if I die today, I’ll be taking a few of you with me. Come on," Lin Yun said calmly. Though his voice was tranquil, his killing intent was dense to the extreme.
"Hmph, such shameless boasting. I will cut you down today!" the Third Prince roared, and was the first to launch an attack.
As the Third Prince made his move, the Crown Prince and the other three also attacked Lin Yun simultaneously. The five of them assailed Lin Yun from five different directions, clearly intending to kill him in a single, decisive blow.
As the one-sided siege on Lin Yun began, brawls broke out in other parts of the arena. People from the same powers banded together, slaughtering the geniuses from other forces.
At a time like this, the advantage of numbers became obvious. This was especially true for Celestial Eagle Valley, which had a total of eight people who made it to the second round. They formed the largest alliance, and geniuses from other powers who encountered the Celestial Eagle Valley Disciples could only face elimination or death.
The rules set by Tang Chenming actually had many loopholes. Of course, he had established these rules entirely for the sake of killing Lin Yun; everything else was irrelevant.
Simply put, a power like Celestial Eagle Valley, with eight Disciples in the second round, was basically guaranteed not to lose. Other powers had at most three or four people, and some only had one. In a chaotic free-for-all, how could you possibly be a match for them?
As for why Tang Chenming was able to change the rules of the Green Talent List, it was because such matters were simply beneath the notice of the Celestial Eagle Valley Master or the Supreme Elders.
To the rest of the world, the Green Talent List might be the grandest event in the Southeast Domain, but to a figure like the Celestial Eagle Valley Master, it was nothing more than child’s play.
The Sect Leaders and Supreme Elders of the Six Great Forces were all supreme experts who had surpassed the Celestial Spirit Realm. They were the undisputed titans of the Eastern Domain; a single stomp of their foot could make the entire Domain tremble.
Therefore, the Green Talent List was not yet worthy of their attention. The fact that it could alarm the Main Seat Elders of the various powers was already its limit. This was precisely why Tang Chenming was able to alter its rules.
Truthfully, this was quite normal. People on different tiers of existence see a completely different world.
A supreme expert like the Celestial Eagle Valley Master perceived a world that was countless times vaster than the one seen by people like Tang Chenming.
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