Chapter 150: The Bai Clan

At this time, the Central Square was already overcrowded.

Gu cultivators from all clans in the city gathered here, and the crowd was noisy. The family heads of the ten clans of the Western Lands had all arrived, sitting in the position closest to the arena, accompanied by many Spirit Sea Stage powerhouses from various major clans.

They were all here to watch the ceremony, or one could say they were here to watch the fun, acting as witnesses to this gamble.

The people of the Long Clan and the Bai Clan had already entered the venue, sitting on opposite sides of the arena, looking at each other with provocation, swords drawn and bows bent.

And the elegant-looking City Lord Yan Pojun sat on the north side of the arena. After taking a light sip of the tea on the table, he said in a deep voice, "Since both sides have arrived, there is no need to waste time."

"Today, the Long Clan and the Bai Clan are going to decide the ownership of a Geng Metal mine vein through an arena martial arts competition."

"And I, as the City Lord of Black Stone City, have the right to maintain the stability of the city, so I specially came to be a witness. Whoever is the losing side must be willing to bet and lose, and must not seek revenge, nor can they provoke conflict for any reason. Whoever violates this is not giving me, Yan Pojun, face!"

Yan Pojun slapped the table heavily, his powerful Gu King peak aura exposed, suppressing the entire audience.

At this moment, the audience was silent, and everyone quieted down. Under such a powerful aura, many people's faces changed slightly, revealing a look of dread.

Black Stone City had powerhouses like clouds, and I don't know how many Gu Kings there were. However, there was only one Gu King peak powerhouse in the entire city, and even in the entire Western Lands, the number of powerhouses at the Gu King peak level probably wouldn't exceed two digits.

Reaching the Gu King realm, every level of improvement would become extremely difficult. Gu Kings who could cultivate to the Gu King peak realm were one in a hundred.

Yan Pojun, as a rare Gu King peak powerhouse, could almost be considered the number one powerhouse in Black Stone City. The number one powerhouse in the field spoke, and no one dared not to give face.

After the audience quieted down, Yan Pojun looked around with a majestic gaze and continued, "I have already seen the list of contestants submitted by your Long Clan and Bai Clan. In order to save time, I will randomly assign all twelve battles. Do you have any opinions?"

"I have no opinion. I still trust the City Lord's character. Let the City Lord randomly assign them," Bai Clan's Family Head Bai Zhan responded immediately without thinking.

"I also have no opinion. I will listen to the City Lord's arrangements," Long Yuanshan also responded immediately.

How could they dare to have opinions? At this time, saying they had opinions was questioning the City Lord and losing the City Lord's face in public. How could there be any good fruit to eat? It might even cause them to lose this competition. They were not fools.

"Very good! Then for the first match, Long Yun will fight Bai Changfeng. Both of you get on the arena immediately!"

City Lord Yan Pojun was decisive and didn't say a word of nonsense, directly ordering the start of the first battle.

Everyone was energized, focusing their attention on the Long Clan camp and the Bai Clan camp.

"Long Yun, come on! Defeat the one surnamed Bai!"

"We think highly of you! Don't let us down!"

A group of Long Clan Gu cultivators cheered for a girl with an outstanding appearance, and there was a chorus of shouts and cheers in the crowd.

The girl named Long Yun suddenly felt pressure in her heart, but she soon clenched her fists, her eyes firm, revealing a look of confidence, and jumped onto the arena quickly.

The Bai Clan genius who jumped onto the arena opposite also looked young. Both of them had the aura of the early stage of Essence Refining. Being able to break through to the early stage of Essence Refining at such a young age, both of them were definitely rare geniuses of their respective clans.

"Bai Changfeng, early stage of Essence Refining, please enlighten me!"

Bai Changfeng's voice was very polite, but a vicious look appeared on his face, his fierce light exposed, and his fierce appearance was undisguised.

Long Yun immediately became vigilant and also politely said, "Long Yun, early stage of Essence Refining, please enlighten me."

City Lord Yan Pojun also shouted afterward, "Start!"

As soon as the City Lord's voice fell, Bai Changfeng immediately rushed toward Long Yun, his speed becoming a gust of wind, simply not the speed that the early stage of Essence Refining should have.

Under this speed, Long Yun was instantly suppressed, and under Bai Changfeng's attack, she was in danger, having no power to fight back at all.

She knew in an instant that she was not this person's opponent at all, but thinking of the expectant eyes of her clansmen, she could never say the word 'admit defeat'.

If she was beaten down as soon as she went up, how could she have the face to face her clansmen? Therefore, she gritted her teeth and held on, her eyes full of stubbornness.

Seeing this scene, the group of Bai Clan Gu cultivators collectively cheered loudly, while the group of Long Clan Gu cultivators were all silent, and the group of Long Clan high-level members all frowned deeply.

"Something is a bit wrong. Although Bai Changfeng is not bad, logically speaking, he shouldn't be this strong, and it's even more impossible for him to be Long Yun's opponent," Long Qian frowned deeply and asked, puzzled.

"Indeed, something is wrong. Long Yun is a Heaven-Grade genius with dual attributes of our clan. Although Bai Changfeng has good aptitude, he is definitely not a genius with the top five talents of the Bai Clan. Even if Long Yun is not good, she shouldn't be beaten to the point of having no power to fight back," Long Yuanshan also frowned and said, his expression puzzled.

Only Long Xuan, who was standing behind the two, showed a thoughtful expression.

He felt a very familiar aura from Bai Changfeng.

He had researched too many moves that used burning something in the body as a price to increase strength in a short time. For similar auras, he naturally could feel them.

In his view, this Bai Changfeng must have burned something in his body, which was why his strength soared in a short time, allowing him to suppress Long Yun.

However, others were not like him. He used this kind of self-mutilating forbidden technique without any major events.

But others couldn't. Once others used similar forbidden techniques, although they would gain soaring strength in a short time, they would also cause irreversible damage to their bodies. Using it once basically meant they were scrapped.

This person seemed to have scrapped his potential. In other words, although he gained soaring strength in a short time, he paid the price of his lifelong cultivation never making any progress.

At this moment, Long Xuan was completely shocked. Was this Bai Clan crazy? For the sake of a mere Geng Metal mine vein, they actually scrapped their own genius as soon as they said so? Was this too crazy? Was it worth it?

"Could he have used some kind of forbidden technique? Or maybe he took drugs!" Long Xuan said as if unintentionally.

Long Yuanshan's expression froze, and he suddenly roared furiously, "It's a Rage Pill! He took a Rage Pill!"

"A Rage Pill can make a person's combat power soar by more than two times. The greater the potential, the higher the multiple. It lasts for one day, but the price paid is that the lifelong cultivation cannot make any progress, completely scrapping a genius!"

"Bai Zhan actually intends to let the geniuses in the clan collectively take Rage Pills to win all twelve arena victories."

"But doing so will cause a fault in this generation of geniuses. He actually used a fault in this generation of geniuses as the price to occupy all the Geng Metal mine veins. How ruthless!"

"Is it worth it for him to do this?"

Long Yuanshan slapped the table heavily in a rage. He was completely shocked in his heart. This Bai Zhan was simply crazy. For the sake of a Geng Metal mine vein, he didn't hesitate to use a fault in this generation of geniuses as the price. Didn't he know how serious the consequences of a fault in this generation of geniuses were?

Long Qian's expression was bitter. He thought it would be a situation of sweeping, but he didn't expect such an accident to occur. This Bai Zhan was simply a madman, acting so unscrupulously, so ruthless.

He said bitterly, "We don't know if it's worth it, but for Bai Zhan, it must be worth it. The benefits of the Geng Metal mine vein are too huge. He might not necessarily lose."

"And he won't necessarily scrap all the geniuses of this generation. I think he will protect the top three, or the top two. The top three, even if they don't take Rage Pills, have a high chance of winning. If he protects the three strongest geniuses of this generation, the Bai Clan's generation won't be completely faulted."

"What should we do now? We have definitely lost this first match!"

Long Yuanshan narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said, "There is no way. We can't force our geniuses to take Rage Pills for the sake of victory."

"However, the overall quality of these twelve geniuses of our clan is too high, far surpassing the geniuses of the Bai Clan. Even if the Bai Clan lets a batch of geniuses with the greatest potential in the clan take Rage Pills, they might not necessarily be able to defeat all the geniuses of our clan."

"It's hard to say who will win more now. However, our clan's harvest might be far from expectations. Our clan's original expectation was to occupy 80% to 90% of the mine veins, or even all of them."

"But now we might only be able to divide half of the mine veins, or even less than half. This Bai Zhan playing such a hand really caught me off guard!" Long Yuanshan said with an ugly face.

Just at this time, the battle between the two on the arena had already been decided. Long Yun flew out of the arena, landed heavily on the ground, covered in blood, and lay on the ground unconscious.

"Hmph! Trash, simply unable to withstand a single blow."

Bai Changfeng looked at the unconscious Long Yun brutally, showing a look of disdain, and then jumped off the arena and walked toward the Bai Clan camp.

"Save the person quickly!"

A group of Long Clan Gu cultivators ran over in a flurry, carried Long Yun back, pried open her mouth, and hurriedly fed her healing pills to save her.

Long Qian placed his fingers on her pulse, quickly checked her body with soul power, and showed an ugly face.

"Her dantian has been scrapped. She will never be able to condense a spirit sea in this position in her life. From now on, I'm afraid she will stop at the Essence Refining stage."

Hearing this, all the Long Clan Gu cultivators showed eyes that were spitting fire, glaring at the Bai Clan direction.

Long Yuanshan slapped the table heavily, looking at the Bai Clan direction with murderous eyes.

"This group of wolf cubs really has a ruthless heart. A friendly sparring actually used such a heavy hand. Since they are unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous!"

Long Yuanshan turned his head to look at the group of angry geniuses behind him and said sharply, "Next, all of you give me a heavy hand. Whoever you encounter, scrap them all. It doesn't matter if you beat them to death."

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

A group of Long Clan geniuses nodded together, looking at the Bai Clan direction with murderous eyes.

Several geniuses of the Far West Long Clan looked at each other. They understood that the next battles would probably be life-and-death. A good martial arts competition had now turned into a life-and-death arena. If they were not careful, they might really have to put themselves in. They were here as outside help.

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The several geniuses of the Extreme West Long Clan looked at each other; they understood that the upcoming battles would likely require risking their lives. A perfectly fine martial arts competition had now turned into a life-and-death arena. If they weren't careful, they might really get themselves killed, and they were only here as external aid.

(End of chapter)