Chapter 499: Life-and-Death Arena

Xu Jin did not retract the Seven-Kill Ironwood Sword into his Sumeru space until he had emerged from the Great Hong Imperial Palace.

Only then did he withdraw the focus he had kept on the Earth Source Star Pattern at every moment.

Cold sweat had also seeped out from his back.

In the more than a year that had passed, today could be considered the most dangerous time for Xu Jin.

A closed environment, being at the core of an enemy nation, with an Eighth-Tier peak expert and an Eighth-Tier late-stage expert watching him, and the constant possibility of Eighth-Tier and a large number of Seventh-Tier and Sixth-Tier experts rushing over.

But dangerous as it was, the final result was basically no different from the deductions and analysis Xu Jin and Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao had made.

It could be said that this operation only tested Xu Jin's courage.

There was not the slightest element of gambling involved.

The higher one's position, the more rational one is, and the more one focuses on gains and losses.

The first step of rescuing Master and Uncle Mo Ji had succeeded.

But every step that followed was dancing on the tip of a knife.

In fact, Xu Jin and Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao had not failed to consider other simpler and safer methods.

For example, using the Great Hong Emperor's status as the Deputy Sect Master of the Blood God Sect as leverage to make the Great Hong Emperor directly rescue Master Seeing Qi Shanye and Uncle Mo Ji from Blood Moon City.

However, the success rate was too low.

The greatest possibility was that Master Seeing Qi Shanye and Uncle Mo Ji would instead become Xu Jin's Achilles' heel.

Used by the Great Hong Emperor to threaten Xu Jin.

At that time, he would truly be in a bind!

Therefore, Xu Jin could only go to rescue them personally.

A quarter of an hour later, Xu Jin returned to the Sifang Pavilion, but he came directly to see Ning Yuchan.

"How is it? Are you confident?

If you are confident, then I will proceed according to the plan.

The possibility of success is very high.

If you are not confident, then we will skip it," Xu Jin asked.

"Proceed according to the plan.

I also do not know to what extent his cultivation base has improved.

But for these eight years, I have practiced bitterly day and night without ceasing, all for the sake of today!" Ning Yuchan's gaze was incomparably firm.

"Good."

At the Shen hour (3 PM to 5 PM), when the members of the Great Chen mission set off from the Sifang Pavilion to head to the Sanyuan Hall, inside the Tianyang Star Palace, Great Elder Wang Kan had also just invited out Sun Fujia, the true disciple of Tianyang Xingjun.

Originally, Wang Kan was an elder, so there was no need for this.

But now that the situation inside the Star Palace was tense, Wang Kan's actions had become increasingly cautious.

"Practice combat? Suppress the Great Chen's peerless genius Xu Jin?"

"That's right, this is the information on the Great Chen's peerless genius Xu Jin." Great Elder Wang Kan presented a jade tablet.

The jade tablet recorded Xu Jin's latest information.

Extremely skilled in Earth-type Star Arts, possessing extremely strong attainments in Fire-type Star Arts, Wood-type Star Arts also being very strong, as well as information on condensing the Yuan Spirit.

After just a glance, Sun Fujia nodded and said, "No problem. But I want to know, how have you investigated that Qi Qi Tian Sheng from Great Chen?

What is his whereabouts?"

As for others, Sun Fujia was not worried in the slightest.

As a peerless genius of the Tianyang Star Palace, he had this confidence.

The only one he feared was Qi Qi Tian Sheng.

Even after he had cultivated in seclusion for half a year and his cultivation base had doubled, he still did not have the confidence to defeat Qi Qi Tian Sheng.

Therefore, he was extremely concerned about Qi Qi Tian Sheng's whereabouts.

"Fujia, this Qi Qi Tian Sheng never emerged from the Seven-Kill Secret Realm.

The Shadow Palace judges that Qi Qi Tian Sheng most likely died in the hands of Ju Xuan, an Eighth-Tier expert of the Golden Pillar alien race, in the sixth or seventh level of the Seven-Kill Secret Realm.

Along with him, the other three Divine Dao True Intents also fell into the hands of the Golden Pillar alien Ju Xuan," Great Elder Wang Kan said.

"Dead?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Fujia had a moment of distraction.

During his seclusion in the past half year, his goal had always been to defeat Qi Qi Tian Sheng.

After his Divine Soul cultivation broke through to the Fifth Tier and condensed into a Yuan Spirit, he thought about the scene when he fought Qi Qi Tian Sheng, and he still did not have the confidence to defeat him.

Later, his Cloud Tower was condensed from nine levels in one breath to twenty-two levels, reaching the limit of his cultivation base.

It was already far beyond experts of the same tier; even ordinary Seventh-Tier Ninth-Layer peak experts were not his match.

However, whenever he remembered the scene where Qi Qi Tian Sheng had slashed him twice, he still did not have confidence, and his heart felt a bit of fear!

The feeling of death was too terrifying!

If possible, he did not want to encounter Qi Qi Tian Sheng again and experience the feeling of death once more.

At this moment, hearing Great Elder Wang Kan say that the Great Chen's peerless genius Qi Qi Tian Sheng had already died in battle, he actually felt a sense of relief for no reason.

He was relieved!

"That's right, he should be dead. Fujia, it is impossible for you to slash and kill this person to break your Dao.

However, if you can suppress this Great Chen peerless genius Xu Jin with one sword today, that will also be an act that brings glory to the world.

Before this, this Xu Jin suppressed Nangong Zhi, who was in the Seventh-Tier mid-stage, with one move, making our Great Hong heroes lose face," Great Elder Wang Kan said.

Hearing this, Sun Fujia nodded, "Very well, today I will use this Xu Jin to open the blade.

Today's battle will vent the feelings in my chest; tomorrow, I will enter the Seventh Tier!"

"Then this old man will congratulate you in advance. At that time, there will definitely be a congratulatory gift presented," Wang Kan said with a smile, cupping his hands.

"Great Elder is too polite. Then let's go."

"Please!"

Sanyuan Hall was a grand hall where the Great Hong Empire held grand banquets. Outside the hall, there was a practice arena two hundred meters wide and five hundred meters long.

Inside the practice arena, there was a dedicated practice formation.

Some top-level duels, or during the Great Hong martial examinations, or duels within the Great Hong nobility, would all be conducted here.

The Great Hong arranged the state banquet in Sanyuan Hall mainly for the convenience of the practice combat. Generally speaking, the country being visited is considered to be fighting on home ground, and the advantage is huge.

And the strength and background of the mission members had already been figured out on the way to the visit. During the practice combat, the personnel sent to practice could be arranged in a targeted manner.

Many times, such practice combat could be used as an occasion to show off martial prowess.

After all, there are not many opportunities to openly and honestly hammer people from foreign countries into the ground.

And to do it openly and honestly in front of one's own countrymen, raising the national prestige of Great Hong.

The spectators were incomparably excited and incomparably proud.

The participants were even more glorious and incomparably dazzling.

After one battle, the participants who won glory for the country would definitely become figures of the moment in Changle City, the capital of Great Hong.

Because of this, there were a great many people who came to watch.

Great Hong's nobles, large and small, some high-ranking officials of the Tianyang Star Palace, and imperial family members—there were fully ten thousand spectators.

Besides this, Great Hong also invited envoys from all sides.

For example, the Great Chu envoy stationed in Great Hong, as well as the Barbarians, and the Chamber of Commerce personnel of the Wood Spirit Palace and Grand Void Palace stationed in the Great Hong capital.

There were very many people.

When Xu Jin arrived with the Great Chen mission members qualified to participate in the banquet, the Great Hong spectators had already surrounded the Sanyuan Hall from all directions.

However, the seats on the main platform in front of the hall were left empty!

Xu Jin and the others, under the welcome of the Great Hong Ministry of Rites official Shi Zhengjia, passed through the practice arena and headed straight for the main seats in front of Sanyuan Hall.

Almost as soon as they stepped into the square, the Great Hong nobles watching the battle began to clamor.

"A cripple?"

"A one-armed human stick?"

"Heavens, what kind of lineup is this?"

"Does Great Chen have no one?"

"They actually sent a bunch of disabled people to participate in the battle!"

The clamor and ridicule boiled over like a tide in an instant.

Even though Ning Yuchan and Take Ying Ge had long been accustomed to the strange gazes of others, being mocked by ten thousand people at this moment, they still found it somewhat hard to bear.

The sword light that Take Ying Ge was riding actually trembled uncontrollably in this tide of ridicule.

Ning Yuchan's crutch-sword, and the face under her veil, also had a slight tremor!

Xu Jin suddenly felt some regret.

He felt that bringing the two of them into the mission, bringing them in front of the public, especially at this moment, was a bit cruel.

"Official Shi, is this the quality of your Great Hong nobles?" Xu Jin suddenly spoke up.

The Great Hong Ministry of Rites official Shi Zhengjia was very helpless about this, spreading his hands and saying, "Official Xu, this cannot be blamed on us!

Walking on the street looking like this, wouldn't they be treated like this?

What's more, they are still envoys!

With so many mouths, I cannot block them," the Ministry of Rites official Shi Zhengjia said with a faint smile.

As the mission entered, the Great Hong nobles became more and more presumptuous.

"Since when can a cripple be an envoy?

In our Great Hong, those who don't look good cannot be envoys!"

"Hey, cripple, say something, does your Great Chen have no one left?"

"One-armed human stick, I'm very curious, is your third leg still there?"

"Hahahaha."

"It must be gone!"

"Let's make a bet, I bet it's there!"

"I bet it's gone!"

When various voices entered his ears, the sword light under Take Ying Ge suddenly trembled violently.

Xu Jin felt that Take Ying Ge's emotions began to fluctuate violently, and even became a bit uncontrollable.

Xu Jin knew that he could not suppress it any longer.

If he suppressed it any longer, Take Ying Ge's emotions would probably explode!

And in front of Sanyuan Hall, the Great Hong Emperor, who was already sitting high on the viewing platform, was leisurely tasting peeled grapes, watching this scene with a face full of leisure!

Such a scene was naturally what he expected!

Originally, this kind of practice combat was a trick to raise the spirits of the people of the country and suppress the morale of the enemy country!

Xu Jin glanced at the Great Hong Emperor, who had no intention of stopping it. The next instant, Xu Jin led the mission to dash a hundred meters, and after cupping his hands to greet the Great Hong Emperor who was already seated, Xu Jin suddenly said, "Emperor, the mouths of the Great Hong nobles are sharp and direct enough!"

The Great Hong Emperor glanced at Xu Jin and smiled, "Although I am the Supreme of Great Hong, I can manage the heavens above, the earth below, and countless subjects in the middle, but I just cannot manage their mouths."

"That is indeed true, the mouths are on them," Xu Jin also smiled, "It's just that I don't know if their strength is as sharp as their foul mouths!"

On the side, Great Elder Wang Kan of the Tianyang Star Palace spoke up, "There is no need to doubt this point!"

"Correct, as the Great Elder said, there is no need to doubt this point," the Great Hong Emperor also smiled.

"Then how about we try it?" Xu Jin smiled.

"As long as you Great Chen envoys are willing, we will accompany you to the end," the Great Hong Emperor smiled.

Hearing this, Xu Jin cupped his hands, then nodded, and then turned around to give instructions.

"Take Ying Ge, since the Great Hong nobles are so enthusiastic, you go and set up a life-and-death arena.

A man who has been humiliated should wash it away with blood!

Let the Great Hong nobles see the style of the good men of our Great Chen!" Xu Jin shouted directly.

"Good!"

The next instant, Take Ying Ge, carrying anger, rushed to the very center of the practice arena.

"Great Chen's Crippled Sword Take Ying Ge, today sets up a life-and-death arena here, who dares to come and challenge!"

Once these words were spoken, Tianyang Xingjun and the Great Hong officials were stunned.

Life-and-death arena?

This is playing a bit too big!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 500 =====