"Three-starred enemy?"
"What's that?"
Most of the crowd wore blank looks on their faces.
From Martial Monarch Nanjian's words, it seemed like this three-starred enemy was someone that the South-Heaven Sacred Ground had to eliminate, thus it was extremely important. Otherwise, Martial Monarch Nanjian would not be involved in the matter.
However, Qin Nan had always been in the Middle Continent. Why would he offend the top treasure of the South-Heaven Sacred Ground, the South-Heaven Gate?
"Mm?"
Qin Nan frowned slightly.
Apart from surpassing the rules of cultivation, he had never interacted with the South-Heaven Gate before. Besides, the South-Heaven Gate was unaware that he was planning to shatter the South-Heaven Gate. Why was it targeting him now?
Gong Yang who was among the crowd immediately transmitted his voice as if he was aware of Qin Nan's doubts.
"Qin Nan, trouble is coming!"
"You might not know this, but the South-Heaven Gate is able to exist for a long time not only because of its strength and the number of experts in the South-Heaven Sacred Ground, but also because it possesses two kinds of mystical powers!
"The first power, the South-Heaven Gate is able to predict danger. Whenever there is a threat that is targeting it, it will be able to sense it, causing the gate to emit different glows, which are blue, purple, red, and golden. The blue glow is the second strongest, while the golden glow is the strongest.
"As for the second power, I have no idea what it is exactly. In simple words, the South-Heaven Gate is able to detect cultivators that are hostile to it in the Canglan Continent every once in a while, and categorize the cultivators into one-starred, two-starred, three-starred, four-starred, and five-starred. "
"Until now, there has yet to be a five-starred cultivator, and four-starred cultivators are extremely rare. Three-Starred enemies are extremely rare too. However, if the South-Heaven Gate considers someone to be a three-starred enemy or above, the South-Heaven Sacred Ground will expend a great effort to eliminate them all. "
Gong Yang spoke rapidly, finishing the explanation in a single breath.
Qin Nan's heart shuddered hearing this.
He did not expect the South-Heaven Gate to possess two powerful abilities, which allowed it to sense the danger and detect the presence of its enemies.
All of a sudden, all the doubts in Qin Nan's heart were completely resolved.
In the third stage of the Monarch Horoscope Contest, the South-Heaven Spirit Envoy was suddenly killed.
They must have come under the orders of the Southern Heaven Gate to kill the enemies of the Star Grade. However, at that time, the South-Heaven Gate had no idea who the three-starred enemy was.
If he knew, he would not need to go through so much trouble just to enter the third stage of the Monarch Horoscope Contest.
"The reason why the South-Heaven Gate has deemed me a three-starred enemy is most likely because I've exposed the fact that I've surpassed the rules of cultivation. Even though I have not become a Martial Emperor, I have surpassed the rules of martial arts. It is reasonable for me to be a three-star enemy. No wonder Senior Martial Serendipity Pavilion advised me not to expose myself … "
A light flashed in Qin Nan's eyes.
Although exposing the fact that he had surpassed the Martial Path Laws would attract a lot of attention, the number of people targeting Qin Nan would decrease significantly once they found out that Qin Nan had surpassed the Martial Path Laws.
The real danger was that Qin Nan had been targeted by the Southern Heavenly Gate, and had been identified as a three-star enemy.
However, Qin Nan did not have the slightest hint of regret in his heart.
For the sake of the dignity of the Dragon Emperor Court, for the sake of his friends, it did not matter if he exposed himself.
Besides, his goal was to destroy the South-Heaven Gate, and since the South-Heaven Gate possessed these two terrifying abilities, it was only a matter of time before it discovered Qin Nan's existence, and the South-Heaven Sacred Ground would target him.
Now, the danger had just arrived.
Meanwhile, in the air, the Dragon Emperor and the rest of the Martial Monarchs wore unpleasant looks.
They did not expect Qin Nan to be a three-starred enemy of the South-Heaven Gate.
Everyone knew that there were less than thirty people like him in the entire Canglan Continent.
Most importantly, the Martial Monarchs clearly knew what it meant to be a three-starred enemy of the South-Heaven Gate.
It meant that the South-Heaven Sacred Ground would try their best to eliminate the person.
In addition to that, since the establishment of the South-Heaven Sacred Ground, they had told every faction that no one was allowed to protect a three-starred enemy. Otherwise, it would be considered as an enemy of the South-Heaven Sacred Ground.
In the past, some factions were not willing to accept the rules, nor were they willing to sacrifice their disciples, thus infuriating the South-Heaven Sacred Ground. In the end, they were suppressed by the South-Heaven Sacred Ground, resulting in great losses.
Five years ago, the son of a Martial Monarch was identified as a three-starred enemy by the South-Heaven Gate. The Martial Monarch refused to hand over his son, and refused to join the South-Heaven Sacred Ground, thus the South-Heaven Sacred Ground sent out a few Martial Monarchs.
Besieging that Martial Monarch, resulting in the death of that Martial Monarch.
It was obvious how determined the South-Heaven Sacred Ground was to eliminate a three-starred enemy and above.
"Still not moving?" Martial Monarch Nanjian snapped coldly.
As a matter of fact, under normal circumstances, even if it was a three-starred enemy, there was no need for him, the Supreme Elder, to deal with it himself. However, he had been ordered by the Sect Leader to eliminate Qin Nan if he did not submit to the South-Heaven Sacred Ground.
As such, he was utterly shocked when Qin Nan rejected his offer.
Under normal circumstances, three-starred enemies would be eliminated right away, without giving them a chance to survive. Only a few people were given a chance by the South-Heaven Sacred Ground to join the Southern Sect, thus allowing them to be spared from the danger of being killed.
"This..."
The Extraordinary Saber Monarch, the Fallen Demon Monarch, and the others were hesitant.
Was it worth it to offend the South-Heaven Sacred Ground for a mere Qin Nan?
However, Qin Nan had protected the dignity of the factions of the Middle Continent and brought glory to the Middle Continent. If they were to hand Qin Nan over just like that, wouldn't they be the laughing stock of the world?
"Martial Monarch Nanjian, even though Qin Nan is a three-starred enemy of the South-Heaven Gate, Qin Nan is still a disciple of the Dragon Emperor Court. We can't let you kill him! That being said, if Qin Nan leaves the Dragon Emperor Court, it's none of our business how you want to deal with him... "
The Dragon Emperor clenched his teeth and said.
If it weren't for the God Beast's order to not help Qin Nan, even if Qin Nan was a three-starred enemy, the South-Heaven Sacred Ground would never touch a single hair on Qin Nan.
However, he could not disobey the order of the God Beast.
Therefore, the Dragon Emperor had no choice but to protect Qin Nan in the Dragon Emperor Court.
Martial Monarch Nanjian frowned slightly upon hearing this. Even though the South-Heaven Sacred Ground was powerful, they would not declare war against a faction just because of a three-starred enemy, as it was not worth it.
Besides, the Dragon Emperor Court had already compromised.
However, at that instant, an imperious voice exploded above the Dragon Emperor Clan, as if it had originated from ancient times.
"Qin Nan is a three-starred enemy of the South-Heaven Sacred Ground, thus it is reasonable for the South-Heaven Sacred Ground to deal with him. Dragon Emperor and everyone in the Dragon Emperor Court, listen to my orders. Do not interfere or protect Qin Nan. Otherwise, you will be expelled from the Dragon Emperor Court and stripped of your title as a beast. That's all!"
(End of chapter)
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