Chapter 113: The Seventh Peak's Grand Competition

Xu Qing's eyes suddenly snapped open.

He stood up calmly, straightened his clothes, and walked out of the cabin.

The sky was overcast.

Although the early sun had risen, the morning light seemed to sense the killing intent from the Seven Blood Eyes, so it donned a grey battle robe, turning the warmth that should have been there into gloom after piercing through the cloud layer.

In this sky that was faintly forming dark clouds, one figure after another suddenly rushed out from different parts of the Seven Blood Eyes port area, heading straight for the central altar along the streets of the port.

These figures were all hiding murderous intent, the coldness exuding from their bodies felt like sharp blades, and their cultivation bases were all quite impressive; even the weakest among them were at the sixth layer of Qi Condensation.

There were also quite a few at the eighth or ninth layer, or even higher.

After all, any disciple who could be raised like a gu-insect in the cruel environment beneath the Seven Blood Eyes mountain had their own way of surviving; even those originally gentle would be changed by the environment, and the price of not changing was death.

Thus, as they rushed out, bursts of uncontrollable killing aura permeated the four directions, turning into oppression that shrouded the entire city, causing most of the civilians in the port area not to step out of their homes.

Even those who were out immediately scattered to the sides of the streets, making way for the disciples rushing out at high speed.

Looking from afar, the majestic voice echoing in everyone's minds was like the long howl of a wolf king, causing countless fierce wolves to gather together with bloodlust and excitement.

Xu Qing leaped, jumping directly off the magic boat. Without looking back, he waved his right hand behind him, and the magic boat immediately flashed with black light and shrank rapidly, turning into a stream of light that flew into Xu Qing's storage bag magic bottle.

He lifted his right foot, and a single step took him more than three zhang away; he took another step after landing.

Although he was not flying, his movement on land was still astonishing. He quickly left the port and stepped onto the street, moving faster and faster.

Whistling sounds came from his ears; those were disciples in mid-air using flight talismans to move forward. There were even more disciples running around him. When passing by the Homicide Investigation Department, Xu Qing even saw the Captain.

The Captain smiled at him, threw an apple over, and whispered after getting closer.

"No need to keep a straight face. No matter which clan is the target, our goal is to get rich. The real big events are decided by those people on the mountain." The Captain winked at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing nodded and ran as fast as flying alongside the Captain.

Just like this, the four or five thousand people from the Seventh Peak participating in this grand competition gradually approached the location of the central altar at their respective speeds.

From afar, Xu Qing saw that a huge circular magic array existed at the central altar.

This magic array was composed of countless large and small runes, each rune flashing with purple light, making the light of the array blinding, as if it could connect to the firmament.

Its height was a full hundred zhang, looking like a huge plate standing there.

Looking closely, one could see the runes inside arranged in dense, layered rings. As the rings rotated irregularly against each other, an earth-shattering aura faintly diffused from within.

As they approached, this aura became increasingly intense. Xu Qing's pupils constricted, feeling the terror of that aura, and his speed also slowed down.

By the time they reached the central altar, more than two thousand people had already arrived.

And all the arrivals slowed down after getting close, standing in the surroundings to wait. There was an instinctive gap between them, but the murderous intent connected everyone's aura together, making the dark clouds in the sky even denser at this moment.

Faintly, there was also an astonishing figure like a giant dragon wandering in the clouds, causing streaks of lightning to appear in the sky, accompanied by gradually booming thunder.

Xu Qing took a deep breath. While waiting silently, the time of one incense stick passed. All the participants who could come here had now arrived and gathered at this place; no one spoke.

Only cold gazes gathered from all directions onto that huge magic array.

Just at this moment, the constantly rotating magic array suddenly roared.

A ribbon-like purple wisp separated from within and spread to mid-air. At the end of the ribbon, with a bang, a figure appeared within it.

The cultivation base of Foundation Establishment diffused from this figure.

It didn't end there. Soon, more and more ribbons scattered from the magic array, until they reached over a hundred.

And at the end of every ribbon, a cultivator's figure was revealed; all were Foundation Establishment.

The arrival of over a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators made the aura from all directions even more oppressive, and all the disciples below felt their minds shake.

Xu Qing was the same. Amidst the shock in his heart, thirteen purple wisps that were clearly much thicker than the previous ones floated out from the magic array, heading straight for the firmament, like thirteen long dragons ascending to the sky.

Amidst the majestic momentum, thirteen figures like gods appeared on those thirteen huge purple ribbon wisps.

They were male and female, and every one of them had a blurred face, making it difficult for people to see clearly.

And their appearance caused the surrounding world to roar. Xu Qing's breathing was rapid; although he couldn't see these people's faces clearly, he still felt Elder Zhao's aura from the third one.

"Greetings, Elders!"

The over a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators in the sky bowed their heads in unison at this moment, their voices like giant waves. While the eight directions roared, the thirteen Seventh Peak Elders, who were being greeted by all the Foundation Establishment cultivators, ignored those below and bowed their heads one after another toward the higher firmament at this moment.

"Respectfully welcome the Peak Master!"

As their words spread, the lightning in the sky's cloud layer exploded as never before. The dark clouds permeating mid-air were torn to shreds in an instant. As they scattered to the surroundings, they revealed the huge figure hidden within.

That was a huge lizard dragon, pitch-black all over and a full thousand zhang long. Its golden vertical pupils exuded a sacred aura, and every black scale on its body radiated terrifying fluctuations, causing the world to lose its color and the wind and clouds to roll backward.

It seemed that as long as it flapped its wings, it could cause a tsunami, and it seemed that as long as it opened its mouth to roar, it could plunge living beings into misery.

And on its back, there were actually rows of luxurious palaces growing.

Growing, not built, as if they were one with it!

On the highest palace, in a pavilion, a figure stood there.

Because the distance from the ground was too far, Xu Qing couldn't see clearly, but he could feel the astonishing pressure radiating from this figure that could suppress everything.

Compared to it, the thirteen Elders became dim, and that thousand-zhang lizard dragon also became docile under his feet. This kind of power... exceeded Xu Qing's cognition; it was impossible to describe or compare, and he could only bow his head at this moment.

"That is the transformation of the Peak Master's Great Wing!" The moment Xu Qing bowed his head, the Captain's voice came from beside him.

"Our magic boats are divided into four levels: boat, ship, warship, and wheel, but above these four levels, there is the legendary Great Wing..."

Xu Qing's mind shook and he was about to ask, but at this moment, beneath the lizard dragon in the sky, the first of the thirteen Elders let out a low voice. His voice was like thunder, word by word, exploding in all directions.

"Let my Seventh Peak disciples know: the Mermaid Clan, as an ally of our sect, has acted with treachery and ingratitude, colluding with our Seven Blood Eyes' mortal enemy, the Sea Corpse Clan, touching our Seven Blood Eyes' reverse scale. After a joint resolution by the Seven Blood Eyes' seven Peak Masters, the location for the Seventh Peak's grand competition has been changed to the Mermaid Clan, bestowing... the punishment of extermination upon this clan!"

"You all kill one Mermaid alien, and you will be rewarded with ten thousand contribution points. The higher the cultivation base you slay, the more the contribution."

"The final first place will still be granted the status and qualifications of a core disciple! During this period, all spoils of war are for you to harvest individually; no need to report!"

"The Seventh Peak grand competition, begin!"

As the words spread, the magic array roared immediately. The rings of runes inside rotated rapidly, making the circular magic array shine brilliantly.

The lizard dragon on the firmament roared to the sky. Amidst the deafening sound, it rushed out first, heading straight for the magic array, and vanished into it in an instant.

After it vanished, the entire magic array suddenly expanded outward several times, covering the central altar while also shrouding the sky.

Amidst this changing world, the over a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators in the surroundings, along with the thirteen Elders, and the thousands of Seventh Peak disciples on the central square on the ground, had their figures covered by the light of this magic array in an instant.

Xu Qing was also among them. As the sea of light shrouded them, everyone disappeared instantly!

At this moment, in the Endless Sea, around the Mermaid Clan's territory, everything was as usual.

The place where the Mermaid Clan's four islands were located, from a strategic point of view, surpassed Nanhuangzhou, and even in terms of trade and transportation, it was the same.

Its location was between Nanhuangzhou and the Eastern Wanggu Continent, with the west near the Xishan Archipelago and the north near a forbidden zone on the Endless Sea.

And the Mermaid Clan's geographical location also determined this clan's character to some extent.

Their temperament was fickle and they often had a rebellious streak. If the visitor was powerful, they could grovel without hesitation, and could even show a sincere smile while being beaten. But once they encountered an opportunity, they would also turn their backs without hesitation, reveal their fangs, and cruelly bite back.

Thirty years ago, they were like this. They provoked the Seven Blood Eyes, and after being suppressed by the Seven Blood Eyes, they immediately surrendered, groveled, and chose to become allies.

And now, thirty years later, the Sea Corpse Clan had a rising trend, so they began to collude with the Sea Corpse Clan, attempting to bite back at the Seven Blood Eyes.

This was something the Seven Blood Eyes could not tolerate.

At this moment, the sky outside the Mermaid Clan's four islands was originally clear, but in an instant, wind and thunder roared, dark clouds suddenly permeated, rolling toward the surroundings, covering the sky and the sun, causing gloom and oppression to descend upon the eight directions in an instant.

The sea was even more turbulent, with waves rising and falling, as if there was infinite pressure driving the sea waves forward.

Streaks of thunder roared, streaks of lightning wandered, and this strange celestial phenomenon immediately attracted the Mermaid Clan's attention.

And they also knew that today was the day of the Seven Blood Eyes' Seventh Peak grand competition. Although they had previously investigated that the destination of this grand competition was the Lingbei Clan, they were still on guard.

It was just that no matter how much they guarded, under the will of the Seven Blood Eyes, they were still caught off guard!

In an instant, the sky of the Mermaid Clan appeared with a piece of purple light amidst the roaring of thunder and lightning. Once this light appeared, it immediately spread toward the eight directions.

In an instant, it covered the firmament above the Mermaid Clan's four islands, turning into a purple sea of light.

Following an earth-shattering dragon roar, within this purple sea of light, a black lizard dragon suddenly drilled out, letting out a roar that shook the world toward the Mermaid Clan below, who were shocked by this scene.

In this roar, it actually spat out a black bead.

This bead looked small from afar, but in reality, it was dozens of zhang large. The moment it appeared, the world roared, countless lightning bolts swirled, and astonishing pressure tore through the void, suddenly falling toward the Mermaid Clan's four islands below.