Chapter 432: You Guys Shock Me! (Third Update)

In front of the Earth Gate, Cao Zhiyin looked at He Kaifeng, whose chest was covered in blood, with a strange expression. He hesitated for a long time, but in the end, he couldn't help but ask:

"Um, are battles between Body Cultivators always this simple and brutal?"

Two people locking hands in a test of strength until one of them spews blood from their mouth and nose, and then the winner is decided so sloppily?

Ah, this...

Shouldn't it be back and forth, a punch from you and a kick from me, a hearty battle where every strike lands on flesh, ending only when one person falls?

But, the contest between He Kaifeng and that Li Yilian just now, no matter how you look at it, it wasn't like that at all!

Are the stories I heard before fake?

Or were these two just putting on a show for me?

"Hmph!"

Facing Cao Zhiyin's questioning gaze, He Kaifeng let out a cold snort, and more blood sprayed from the nasal cavity that had just stopped bleeding.

"You aren't a Body Cultivator, so what could you possibly see?"

He sniffed, reached out to wipe the blood all over his face, and while taking his robe, he inconspicuously wiped his hand on Cao Zhiyin's sleeve.

"Heh, the battle just now might look simple in the eyes of people like you, but in the eyes of us Body Cultivators, it was extremely dangerous!"

"It seemed like a mere test of strength between us, but we had already exchanged who knows how many rounds in the dark that you couldn't see. I broke his killing moves time and time again... I was just a hair's breadth away from taking him down, but in the end, a moment of carelessness meant I was one move behind."

He Kaifeng's eyes were full of regret; he sighed bitterly, feeling unwilling because of his own mistake.

"In short, the subtlety within this is not something that can be seen from the outside!"

Cao Zhiyin frowned, feeling as if he had understood, yet also as if he hadn't understood anything at all.

"Everything you said, is it true?"

Is body refinement really this mysterious?

He Kaifeng lightly tapped his chin with the air of a master, stood with his hands behind his back, and said indifferently without turning his head:

"Body refinement is like this; if you don't refine, you don't understand."

Cao Zhiyin vaguely felt something was wrong, but looking at He Kaifeng's serious expression and connecting it to his usual straight-laced demeanor, he reluctantly believed the other's explanation.

Well, let's just assume that's how it is!

"Anyway, no matter how dangerous the contest between you two was, you still lost the match in the end, right?"

"Yes!"

Although He Kaifeng tried his best to whitewash the situation, he had no intention of welching on the debt and frankly admitted his failure.

"I couldn't beat him in strength; this 'Bear's Strength' Secret Technique really opened my eyes."

After sighing for a good while, he wiped the blood off his body with his upper garment, and without putting it on, he just draped it over his shoulders and strode toward the direction of the Human Gate.

"Alright, since they have already passed the Earth Gate, we should also keep our previous promise and withdraw from this Immortal Sect Grand Competition."

Seeing this, Cao Zhiyin shrugged indifferently and followed behind He Kaifeng with his arms crossed.

"Then let's go."

The remaining hundred Divine Guards, however, did not follow immediately, but instead looked at their leader.

What should they do?

These two young masters had backgrounds and talent, so they could willfully commit such acts of insubordination without worrying about punishment.

But they couldn't; if they failed, they would face questioning... but it was already too late to say this now; the Earth Gate had already fallen.

Before, the hundred breaking through the thousand relied on taking them by surprise, relied on an unstoppable momentum, and attacking the whole from a single point, which was how they easily shattered the Ten Sect Alliance.

But now, the people waiting outside the Earth Gate, plus the remnants of the Ten Sect Alliance, totaled two or three thousand, and their previous unstoppable momentum had been broken twice by others; their external deterrent power was far less than before.

"Move!"

The Divine Guard leader reached a conclusion after a moment of thought.

They must move.

Their golden reputation was broken; staying here would only lead to being attacked by the crowd, so they absolutely could not remain.

But moving didn't mean withdrawing like Cao Zhiyin and the others, but choosing to save the situation through a roundabout way.

"Follow me into the Earth Gate and catch up to General Zang; we still have a chance to make amends for our faults!"

"For the Divine Emperor!"

The hundred Divine Guards took advantage of the fact that others hadn't reacted yet and quickly slipped into the Earth Gate, heading toward the Central Region.

After they left, some contestants guarding outside the Earth Gate finally realized what they should do, and one after another, they surged into the Earth Gate.

Before the gatekeeper of the Earth Gate returns, hurry and go!

All three gates are for entry only and not for retreat; if one wants to return, the only way is to forfeit the competition.

And after a portion of the main force had left in a flurry, some figures who had been hiding before slowly surfaced once again.

"Slow down! No one is allowed to leave!"

The remnants of the Ten Sect Alliance, led by Fang Zhiqun, once again arrogantly seized the Earth Gate, intending to collect a toll once more.

When there is no tiger in the mountains, the monkey claims to be king.

Although the Ten Sect Alliance had lost many members before, the others remaining here were also in poor condition.

"You! Utterly shameless!"

The contestants who missed the chance to enter were so angry they nearly vomited blood and shouted angrily:

"How could your sect have degenerated into such scum? Don't you fear the condemnation of thousands for doing such a thing!?"

Such shameless conduct was truly base and really deserved to be despised by everyone in the world.

But Fang Zhiqun didn't care at all; instead, he triumphantly rubbed the mud balls on his body.

"Since when has our Gaitian Gang ever had to look at others' faces?"

"In this vast world, who have we ever been afraid of?"

And just as he was shamelessly feeling proud of himself, a fierce bird cry rang out across Heaven and Earth.

!!!

"What is this!!?"

Just as everyone was shocked, a crimson light erupted from the distant horizon, and a massive one-legged strange bird soared into the sky, diving from high above toward the direction of the Earth Gate.

Flames filled the sky, dyeing half of the firmament red, with an extremely astonishing momentum.

"There is a Great Demon!!?"

"Everyone take up your weapons, prepare to fight... wait a moment! That doesn't seem to be a demon."

"It's a Dao God! That fire bird is a Dao God!"

"The people from the Divine Path Sect have come!?"

Among these sects of the Beiming Divine Continent, who wouldn't recognize the iconic signature of the Divine Path Sect?

For a moment, their raised hearts settled back down, and they let out a long sigh of relief.

Very well, since the Divine Path Sect is here, the Ten Sect Alliance will no longer be able to act so arrogantly...

They had intended to ask the Daoists of the Divine Path Sect to preside over justice, but at this moment, they discovered that the group of fellows who had been arrogant and domineering just a moment ago had already vanished without a trace.

They ran away!!?

Whoosh...

The Bifang Dao God threw down the crowd it was carrying on its back in mid-air and merged into the body of Zuo Yungui.

Zuo Yungui finally descended slowly from the sky, scanned the area proudly, and frowned slightly.

"Hmm?"

My entrance style was clearly so cool, so why do these guys have such indifferent expressions?

Shouldn't you all be exclaiming in amazement at me?

Damn it!

You all better be shocked!!!