That was a clear provocation to Li Mu.
Moreover, it was a humiliating provocation in public.
Everyone's eyes shifted from the arena to Li Mu.
But the faceless silver mask hid all of Li Mu's expressions, making it impossible for others to see what Li Mu was thinking from his face.
However, everyone was certain that Li Yidao was dead meat.
The Heavenly Talents had more or less heard about what had happened two days ago. A steward who had sided with Little Heavenly Devil was killed. Later on, the Sixth Prince and the Eleventh Prince were given the cold shoulder in different ways. It was said that when they returned, they were so angry that they killed several palace maids and eunuchs. Even the Emperor of the Baiyu Dynasty was alerted. He wanted to punish Li Yidao for his arrogance and contempt, but was stopped by the emissary of the Sky Fox Clan.
"Li Yidao is one of the Heavenly Talents. No one is allowed to touch him before the battle. If he is not in the top ten after the battle and is still alive, you can do whatever you want to him."
Those were the words of the messenger of the Heavenly Fox Clan.
Li Yidao's arrogance had spread throughout the imperial palace.
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The arena battles continued.
Little Heavenly Devil's first round of bloodshed had set the tone for this round of the top 60 contestants to be filled with bloodshed and carnage.
The second battle was against the Immortal Saint of the Destruction Temple, who was ranked second. He burned his opponent to ashes with a mouthful of immortal fire.
In the third battle, the Saint of Blood Sea turned his opponent's blood into murderous aura and blew up a bear demon at the early stage of the General Realm.
Soon, the arena was dyed red with blood.
After the tenth battle, the arena battles had to be suspended, and the imperial palace guards had to clean up the blood and dismembered bodies.
None of the losers survived the first ten battles.
In the eleventh battle, someone finally gave up.
A Python Bull Clan member who was half a step to the General Realm directly gave up and quit the competition.
As the first Heavenly Talent to quit, he was naturally shrouded by countless contemptuous eyes.
However, his expression was extremely shocked, and he didn't feel ashamed at all. Instead, he said calmly, "I'm here to participate in the joust for a spouse, not to throw my life away. Even though I know that I'm no match for them, I still tried to force myself onto the stage. That's just throwing my life away.
Carrying a long black staff with a python pattern on his back, this burly young man of the Python Bull Tribe turned around and strode out of the imperial palace.
Sounds of mockery could be heard behind him.
But all of a sudden, Li Mu had a feeling that this expert of the Python Bull Tribe might have a bright future.
The massacre continued.
When the twelfth battle ended, the corpse of the loser was kicked down from the arena. Blood soaked through the cracks of the stone floor. The pitiful screams and begs for mercy of this pitiful human youth before his death seemed to still reverberate in the air above the arena. The atmosphere suddenly turned cruel.
In the thirteenth match, the one who ranked lower chose to admit defeat.
Previously, he was still laughing at the Python Bull Tribe's prodigy who turned around and left. But now, he finally understood the meaning of taking a step back.
"This is a meaningless battle."
He also turned around and left.
With these two openings, in the subsequent arena battles, there were people who chose to forfeit and admit defeat even though they knew they were no match for him.
Of course, there were also people who chose to fight to the death, and in the end, they suffered a crushing defeat and lost their lives.
It was said that the rules of the arena battles included the loser's bracket. But now, it seemed that losing meant losing one's life. It seemed that no one in the loser's bracket could survive.
Finally, it was Li Mu's turn.
Li Mu's opponent was the crazy challenger Lin Buyan.
Step by step, Li Mu walked up the arena.
Lin Buyan looked at Li Mu and said, "I will not show any mercy."
Li Mu did not speak, but reached for the hilt behind him.
The long sword at Lin Buyan's waist was still sheathed.
Suddenly, there was a flash of knife light on the arena.
The battle was over.
Lin Buyan was sent flying out of the arena by this blow and fell to the ground.
Everyone was in a trance.
That blow was too fast, like lightning, like a dream.
No one saw clearly how Li Mu had struck.
Some even wondered if Li Mu had drawn his knife at that moment.
In any case, Lin Buyan himself was extremely confused.
He did not even have time to react before he was struck off the arena.
He got up and looked at his body. There was no injury at all. He was about to say something.
Bang!
The long sword at his waist suddenly turned into dust with a bang and dissipated in the air.
Lin Buyan's expression changed drastically.
At this moment, he realized that the gap between him and Li Yidao was more than just a moat.
"You …" He looked up at Li Mu and finally gave a bitter salute. "Thank you for showing mercy."
With that, he turned around and left.
He was the first loser to leave the arena alive today.
Compared to what he had said on the stage, "I will definitely not go easy on you", it was extremely ironic.
Li Mu's faceless mask was expressionless. He walked down the arena without a word and returned to his seat.
"Master, you are amazing."
Bi Yan clenched her fists excitedly and came over to massage Li Mu's shoulders.
Her little face was a little flushed with excitement.
When Li Mu went up the arena, she was very nervous and worried about him.
Ever since that night, there had been a great change in this palace maid.
The respect and obedience that had been cultivated through countless etiquette training had completely disappeared from her body. What replaced it was a kind of straightforward liveliness that was like the release of a little girl's nature. There was a kind of naturalness that had been washed clean of lead and revealed the true purity.
Li Mu closed his eyes and rested.
On the surface, he was as calm as a mountain and had the demeanor of a master, which was eye-catching.
In fact, Li Mu was sighing in his heart.
Alas, the sugar-coated bullets of capitalism were corrupting, corrupt, and luxurious. He had never enjoyed the personal service and service of such a beauty before.
The next round of the arena battle began.
The sound of fierce fighting rang out in the arena.
But many people's minds were still immersed in Li Mu's knife just now.
They couldn't see through it.
They couldn't see through it.
They couldn't see through it.
What kind of knife technique was that?
Some people were secretly shocked. If they met Li Mu, how would they fight back?
Some people sneered and didn't take this knife seriously.
At sunset that day, the first round of the arena ended.
Perhaps it was because the difference in strength between the contestants was too great, but the longest battle only lasted for the time to drink a cup of tea.
Of the contestants who had entered the top 60, eight gave up and left, 21 died on the spot, and one left in defeat.
The one who left in defeat was Lin Buyan.
In other words, other than the crazy challenger Lin Buyan, all the other losers who had entered the arena had been killed.
Li Mu was the only one who won without killing anyone.
Night fell and the first day of the arena ended.
The contestants who had entered the top 30 returned to their respective stone palaces to rest and adjust their breathing, preparing for the more brutal battles that would come the next day.
After Li Mu returned to his stone palace, he took a bath with the help of the fox girl and then returned to the quiet room to focus on cultivation.
The fox girl cleaned the stone palace and then sat on the steps of the stone palace, holding her chin with both hands, thinking about something.
When the moon rose, she knelt devoutly in the moonlight and put her hands together in prayer.
"Dear Moon God, please bless Young Master. If he wins the arena tomorrow, even if he doesn't win, he must be safe … As long as you promise me, Biyan is willing to pay any price!"
The moonlight shone on the charming fox girl's face, as if covered with a layer of sacred light.
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The second day.
The arena battle continued.
The first to enter the arena was Little Heavenly Devil again.
This time, his opponent, a young man from the Green Snake Clan, chose to give up.
This young man thought that if he didn't meet any particularly strong opponents along the way, he might be able to make it into the top ten. But who knew that he would meet the devil Little Heavenly Devil in the second round. He immediately gave up and didn't dare to think that he would be lucky.
Little Heavenly Devil stood on the arena and hooked his finger at Li Mu, saying, "When the time comes, even if you give up, I will not let you go."
Li Mu sat in his seat and said nothing, as if he didn't hear anything.
Next, the opponents of Saint Fairy and Saint of Blood Sea also chose to give up.
Then it was Li Mu's two acquaintances.
As a woman, she insisted on participating in this contest for a spouse. Yesterday, she was very brutal. Because of a teasing remark from her opponent, she was so angry that she cut her opponent into pieces. Today, when she came to the arena again, she became even more violent. Just because her opponent subconsciously smiled at her, she directly stimulated her into a state of frenzy. She directly cut the young master of the Snow Wolf Clan, seriously injuring him and forcing him to jump out of the arena.
And the young man in black with a sword on his back defeated the heir of the Star Bend Family with only three moves.
Li Mu was quite surprised.
These two "acquaintances" used to be about the same level of cultivation as Saint of Blood Sea. How come they had become so strong after a few years of not seeing each other?
Their strength grew so fast that it was no less than Li Mu himself who had many adventures.
It seemed that they either had luck or the power behind them could not be underestimated, at least not weaker than Blood Sea.
Finally, when it was Li Mu's turn to go on the arena, the little fox demon Bi Yan clenched her fists so nervously that her nails pierced into her palms.
Li Mu's opponent was the young master of the Golden Condor Clan.
In yesterday's battle, this young master tore his opponent into pieces with a pair of sharp claws. It was a brutal killing.
"You will die a horrible death." The young master of the Golden Condor Clan stared at Li Mu, licked his lips, and said, "Today, I will kill you on behalf of Young Master Heavenly Devil."
"Oh?" Li Mu said indifferently with a poker face, "So you are the dog of Little Heavenly Devil."
"What did you say? We're even like-minded and like-minded. You … "The young chief of the Golden Condor Tribe felt a little hurt by Li Mu's words. He did intend to make friends with the Heavenly Devil Sect because the Golden Condor Tribe was allied with the Heavenly Devil Sect. But when he heard Li Mu's words, he felt like vomiting blood and roared angrily.
"Hmm. Mad dogs and mad dogs should be birds of a feather, right? " Li Mu said indifferently.
The expressionless face gave off an inexplicable sense of mockery.
The young master of the Golden Condor Clan decided to give up on this method of conversation.
"I will tear you apart." His eyes were indignant as he urged his technique. His hands turned into gold claws with so many symbols of power Upanishad moving between his fingers and claws. An unknown God's power moved. The pressure of a General Realm warrior filled the entire arena, dyeing it gold.
The Golden Condor was also an alien species in the universe. Its innate magical power was extremely terrifying and could tear through the void.
Around the arena, everyone's expression changed.
The young master of the Golden Condor Clan was strong enough to be in the top ten.
It seemed that he had hidden some of his strength in yesterday's battle.
In the crowd, the little fox girl Bi Yan was so nervous that she forgot to breathe. She clenched her fists and cheered for Li Mu in her heart.
In the arena, Li Mu's hand slowly reached for the hilt behind his left shoulder.
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