Chapter 246: United against a Common Enemy
After the first day of the martial contest, the number of participants reduced from two thousand to one thousand.
The remaining one thousand included powerhouses like Mo Tianxing, Gu Meng, and some other famous heroes.
However, everyone knew that the real competition was yet to begin.
For the moment, everything was about whittling down the number of participants.
The competition wouldn’t get serious until less than one hundred people were remaining.
On the second day, the battle format changed.
Rather than one on one fights, the format changed into a melee.
In preparation for this, the ten martial platforms were combined into one large arena.
When that was done Lin Qian appeared above the arena.
"There are one thousand participants and they will be divided into ten groups of one hundred. Each group will enter the arena and fight until ten people remain." She explained.
After saying that, Lin Qian waved her hand a pot appeared in the middle of the arena.
"Junior brothers and sisters, I invite you to draw lots to determine your groups."
As before, a thousand origin tempering realm cultivators rushed onto the platform and drew lots.
’Ten.’ Yu Nianzhen read his lot and sighed.
This meant that he was in the tenth group and his turn wouldn’t come until much later in the day.
"Fellow Daoist Yu is not satisfied with his lot?" A voice asked.
Yu Nianzhen turned and saw Lin Fu.
The person was standing among a group of five and his demeanour did not betray their earlier disagreement.
However, Yu Nianzhen wasn’t fooled by him.
He knew that Lin Fu wasn’t as peaceful as he pretended. Lin Fu was the kind of chameleon that changed colours with each occasion.
For such a person, Yu Nianzhen didn’t want to get involved.
It wasn’t because he was afraid of Lin Fu but because he didn’t want to work so hard.
He felt that interacting with the other person required too much energy and Yu Nianzhen was not willing.
"There is no difference between the first and tenth groups. I have no reason to be dissatisfied." Yu Nianzhen said and wanted to leave.
However, Lin Fu had an agenda and didn’t allow Yu Nianzhen didn’t allow him to leave.
"Which group is fellow Daoist Yu?" He asked.
"What has it to do with fellow Daoist Lin?"
"A mere first level dares to be arrogant to our young master?" A man standing beside Lin Fu roared.
He looked around angry but Yu Nianzhen felt it had nothing to do with him.
"If there is nothing else, I will take my leave." Yu Nianzhen said and walked away without a second glance.
"Stop for me." The man roared and rushed toward Yu Nianzhen.
However, Yu Nianzhen had already left the platform and the man could only watch with anger in his eyes.
"Young master, do you see how arrogant he is."
"Let’s forget it for now." Lin Fu said but his eyes were filled with ice.
He wanted to kill Yu Nianzhen and feed his body to a demonic beast. Otherwise, the humiliation he suffered could not be avenged.
[Azhen, what group are you in?] Jiang Yue asked.
[The tenth group. It won’t be my turn until much later.]
[It’s too bad you can’t leave the participant area until the martial contest is over.] Jiang Yue said and sighed.
If Yu Nianzhen could leave, things would be much easier.
After interacting with Bing Lan for a long time, Jiang Yue confirmed that their guess was true.
When Bing Lan was less than ten years old, her parents were killed and she was saved by the palace master of the Ice Palace sect.
Bing Lan had always been grateful for this and didn’t hesitate to become a donkey for the palace master.
Unfortunately, her sincerity was misplaced and had become a regret in her heart.
About five years ago, Bing Lan discovered that her parents didn’t die as she thought.
She found out that the palace master saw her while travelling through the small town she used to live in.
When she discovered that Bing Lan had an ice marrow physique, the palace master killed her family, pretended to be her saviour and brought her back to the palace sect.
As it turned out, the palace master had always planned to seize Bing Lan’s body.
For that reason, she had conditioned Bing Lan and even the cultivation technique she used was to facilitate the seizing.
[Azhen, even if we can save the mistress, it will be useless if we don’t have a way to remove the divine sense marking on her body.]
[I know.] Yu Nianzhen said and frowned.
[Master’s origin is damaged and I don’t know if that affected his divine sense. Speak to master first and see if he can remove the divine sense marking. If he can’t, we may have to ask senior Niu.]
[I got it.]
[Do you have a plan to rescue the mistress?]
[I have a way but I don’t know if it will work.]
After that, Jiang Yue explained the method he had come up with and Yu Nianzhen was impressed.
Since they were young, Jiang Yue had always been more flexible.
At this time, this ability came to use and he came up with an almost flawless rescue plan.
After talking for a while, Jiang Yue went to do his own things and Yu Nianzhen focused on the martial platform.
One hundred cultivators had already gone on stage and they were waiting for the bell before they began fighting.
"Who do you think will win this round?" A spectator asked those around him.
His fellows looked at the stage and observed the cultivators scheduled to fight in the first round.
"I think Mo Tianxing from the Divine Fist sect will shine the most in this round."
"Mo Tianxing is powerful and easily won his previous game. However, he is still a little short of Wang Xun."
"I don’t think so. Wang Xun also won easily in the previous round but his opponent was weaker than Mo Tianxing’s."
"Forget about Mo Tianxing and Wang Xun. The point is Feng Wen and Luo Ji."
"What’s wrong with Feng Wen and Luo Ji?"
"Have you not checked the bounty list? Feng Wen and Luo Ji are both one stars’ on the bounty list."
When the other spectators heard that, they were startled.
They didn’t have time to study the bounty list because they were busy observing the matches.
Now that someone mentioned it, several people dived into the sea of consciousness and began to study the bounty list.
A moment later, excitement filled the area and a person exclaimed excitedly.
"It isn’t just Feng Wen and Luo Ji. There are at least ten people who are on the bounty list."
"So many?" Someone who hadn’t checked the list exclaimed.
While they were talking, the bell rang and the game began.
Almost immediately, several people rushed towards the people on the bounty list.
At the same time, those people grouped together and wanted to act together.
However, they underestimated the allure of merit points.
Even Mo Tianxing and Wang Xun did not lag behind.
They flew toward the group of Death Flower Ascension Front members and stopped just in front of them.
"Young master Mo, are you not ashamed to bully the few with many?" One of the members of the Death Flower Ascension Front asked.
"Why should I be ashamed? Before anything else, the enemies of my Cangxing world must be eliminated." Mo Tianxing said righteously and the others agreed.
Without hesitation, Mo Tianxing clenched his fists and coated them with a layer of fire qi.
"Don’t go too far." One of the Death Flower Ascension Front yelled.
"You are the ones who have gone too far." Wang Xun said angrily.
His younger sister was a victim of the Death Flower Ascension Front and he had a particular hatred for the group.
Now that they were in the open, Wang Xun wanted to see one and kill one.
He didn’t plan to let any of them go.
"Our Cangxing world won’t tolerate you." Mo Tianxing said and moved.
He punched toward the group and magma fists fell from the heavens.
The fists were densely packed and their temperature was extremely high.
Before the fists arrived, some people had already caught fire and their howls filled the area.
"Are you trying to take them all for yourself?" Wang Xun shouted and kicked toward the group.
Seeing this, the other participants also took the chance to attack while the members of the Death Ascension Front tried desperately to defend themselves.
After that, the fight was tragic.
Although no one said anything, the cultivators who didn’t belong to the Death Flower Ascension Front formed an unspoken truce.
Until they eliminated the Death Flower Ascension Front, they didn’t attack each other.
They united to destroy a common enemy and when all the enemies died, the truce immediately fell apart.
Everyone flew away from each other and the contest officially started.
