Although there was no change between day and night, everyone still had an extremely accurate timetable in their hearts.
The next morning, Madam Xue had already sent someone to invite Gu Zheng over to the fourth floor.
To go to the fourth level, there was no need to gather. There was a temporary reception platform at each location that could be used to send them to the fourth level.
Madam Xue had changed out of her unchanging white dress and donned a layer of close-fitting armor. She looked heroic and handsome. One could vaguely see her past glory.
"Looks like you're prepared," Gu Zheng said with a smile.
"What's there to prepare? It's just an extra layer of defense. I'm afraid of death," Madam Xue smiled bitterly when she heard Gu Zheng's praise.
"Have you settled your child down?" Gu Zheng saw that Pan Xuan was not carrying the little fellow as usual and asked as they walked.
Madam Xue glanced at Pan Xuan and said, "Miss Pan, I've already settled him down. Once everything is over, I'll bring him back. Otherwise, it's too dangerous outside."
"Don't worry. That place is protected by a secret technique. Even if it's discovered, it can last a day against a peak Grand Heavenly Immortal." Pan Xuan explained to Gu Zheng. She did not seem any different from before.
Gu Zheng glanced at Pan Xuan and said worriedly, "Mhm. Why don't you go back and rest? You can break through at any time. If you can stay calm for two days, you might even succeed."
"It's fine. I can break through at any time. I'm just doing it on purpose now. Perhaps I can teach the enemy a lesson at the crucial moment." Pan Xuan was stunned. Seeing Gu Zheng's concerned gaze, she smiled and said as if nothing had happened.
Gu Zheng saw that Pan Xuan was insistent and did not try to persuade her. However, he felt that Pan Xuan had a special feeling. She seemed to be more lively than before, unlike before when she felt like she had something weighing down on her heart. It seemed like she had thought through something and let go of revenge. He was happy for her.
While they were rushing to the second floor, the subordinates who had been staying on the second floor were also rushing to the fourth floor. There was only one passageway, and it was so crowded that not even a drop of water could trickle through. The sound of cursing was endless, but no one stopped to argue with each other. They were all squeezing their way up, trying to find a more advantageous position.
By the time Gu Zheng walked out from the inside, he discovered that a simple transparent shield had already been raised. The original four arenas had already disappeared, replaced by a huge space below a depression. Simple seats had also been set up around it, enough to accommodate all the participants with more than enough space to spare.
Some of the subordinates who had arrived early were waiting outside, boasting to the people beside them about who was the strongest and arguing endlessly.
As soon as Gu Zheng and the others arrived, there were people specially arranged to bring them to the viewing platform. There were already a large number of people waiting there. They could be considered to be late.
"Madam Xue, you're late." Castellan Bu saw the group and smiled.
"I thought I was early enough. I didn't expect everyone to be even earlier than me." Madam Xue looked around. Aside from Ruo Chen, there was another person who hadn't arrived. Everyone else had already arrived and was sitting to the side with a smile.
"Everyone is bored. I think Alliance Leader Luo will be here soon." Castellan Bu said enthusiastically.
While Madam Xue was exchanging pleasantries with the other party, Gu Zheng looked around. When he saw the gladiator-like arena below, he frowned. Although the space below was over a hundred zhang wide and spacious enough, it still gave off the feeling that someone was watching a show. It made him feel uncomfortable.
As he was observing, Ruo Chen and another person walked over side by side. When they met Gu Zheng's gaze, they nodded slightly, as if they were greeting Madam Xue.
Gu Zheng could tell from their gazes that they were prepared. He just didn't know how they were going to leave quietly.
The two of them had just sat down with a dozen subordinates when Castellan Luo and his trusted assistant Wang Cheng flew over from afar.
"Looks like I'm early this time. I'm also late." Castellan Luo looked at everyone and made a small joke. Seeing that everyone was laughing along, he began to talk about serious matters.
"Although this is only the early stage of Jin Xian's battle, the necessary measures are still in place. There's a detection barrier below. If you use more power than that, you'll be automatically kicked out."
Castellan Luo's words were reasonable. After all, this was a sparring contest. The meaning behind it was to let the castellans fight for a bit of face at the end. However, Gu Zheng and the others were disappointed. This way, they wouldn't be able to activate the internal defenses. Being kicked out would also alert the other party.
Castellan Luo naturally knew that no one objected. He continued, "As for defense, everyone can only be at the intermediate stage of Jin Xian. Even if you're fine, once you're attacked, I'll be watching from above and forcefully judge the outcome. Please be careful."
While Castellan Luo was explaining the rules, the barrier below had already disappeared. The subordinates rushed down from their respective high platforms and took up a good position, waiting excitedly for the battle to begin.
After all, the peaceful period had been too long. Everyone knew how powerful the other party was, but they never had the chance to see it. Even though there were rumors that because of the venue, they could only compete with the early stage of Jin Xian's cultivation, which made them somewhat disappointed.
Even though their strength had decreased by a lot, they could still gain something from it. Everyone could understand. After all, it was an internal competition.
"If there are no objections, everyone can prepare to go on stage after half an hour. We can fight in pairs here. We can divide into eight groups and determine the winner in one round. This way, there will only be eight people in the second round. Among these eight people, after drawing lots, they will fight three rounds. The winner will win two rounds. After two rounds, there will be four people left. Then, each person will fight against each other twice. The two people with the highest number of wins will be counted and the final battle will be held.
What do you think? "" This way, everyone can pay more attention to it. "
What do you think? "Castellan Luo simply explained the battle sequence. Unexpectedly, it was like a joke. The first round would end very quickly, but the second round seemed to be a little slow. It was obvious that he was delaying the time.
However, no one objected. Instead, they all nodded in agreement with Castellan Luo's suggestion.
"Of course, there are still rewards. The winners of the first round will all receive a batch of good black cores."
Hearing this, the others did not have any reaction. After all, a batch of black cores had a great symbolic meaning to them.
"The rewards for the second round are more precious. In order to reward everyone who fought bravely, I will take out four more precious treasures. As for what they are, you will know after the rankings are announced."
This time, everyone was a little moved. It was actually four treasures. Hearing Castellan Luo's words, the precious treasures were probably not ordinary treasures.
However, everyone quickly calmed down. Although they were excited, they understood in their hearts.
Anyway, the rewards would be given out at the end. Perhaps there would be new changes before they could last until the end.
"The final reward for the champion is this crystal core in my hand. Under certain conditions, it can find a passage to leave this place."
Castellan Luo took out a crystal core full of resplendent silver light. It was covered in a transparent barrier. One could clearly feel that it was filled with spatial energy.
"Of course, this effect is most suitable here. Once it is activated in the outside world, it can form a spatial barrier that can allow one to leave a few special places. It can even use the energy inside to directly leave." Castellan Luo explained somewhat regretfully.
Indeed, this item could only be called a true life saving item in the outside world. However, it was basically useless here. Still, it was worthy of being called the most precious treasure.
This crystal core immediately left Castellan Luo's hand and flew into the sky. Finally, it slowly stopped in midair like a resplendent star. It was very conspicuous in the sky and attracted the gazes of many people.
Even though many people did not know what it was, they could feel its nobility.
"Ok, let's start drawing lots. Relax a little. Treat it as our Soul Alliance's internal entertainment competition. After drawing lots, the first round will be over in an incense's time." Castellan Luo chuckled on the side.
Sixteen black rays of light randomly danced in the air. As each castellan grabbed a black ray, a small ball of different colors was revealed.
There were a total of eight colors. The small balls of the same color were the opponents of the first round. The order of appearance had already been filled out.
"The third round is red!"
Madam Xue looked at the small ball in her hand and then looked to the side. She discovered that it was another castellan who happened to be looking at her. In his hand was also a small ball with a red number three written on it.
The two of them smiled and then turned their heads away.
The opponent was neither from this side nor from that side. It could only be said that it was neither a good nor bad scene.
Gu Zheng moved his gaze away from the small ball above and looked around. He was calculating how much time it would take for everything to end.
Originally, there were four arenas and it would probably end in a day. However, it seemed that something had happened to the demon souls outside and they needed to stall for a bit more time. To them, this was good news.
Perhaps if the person in first place was one of them, he would be able to ask for the reward. After all, to the people here, the reward was not as useful as the reward.
The former could only be used for himself to admire, while the latter could be used to reward his subordinates.
An incense stick's worth of time quickly passed, and the first battle that everyone had been waiting for finally began.
Below, one of Gu Zheng's City Lord's subordinates and another City Lord's subordinates were already standing below.
No matter how strong they had been before, they had all retracted their auras and were now only at the Jin Xian Early Stage as they prepared for battle. In the air, Wang Cheng floated in the air as the referee. He looked around and ignored the chaotic discussions around him as he spoke to the two people below.
"Apart from what the Alliance Lord has said, there are no other rules. If you can't beat your opponent, you can admit defeat at any time. If there is no victor after six hours, I will determine the victor."
The two people below nodded at the same time before looking at each other with serious expressions. Although they could only use this much strength, from a certain perspective, it was enough to test each other's strength.
This was the first time the two people had fought, but they had heard of each other's names before. After all, they were sent here to represent their respective City Lords, and they were all experts under their respective City Lords. Even if they lost, they wouldn't lose too badly.
The two people didn't waste time talking and attacked each other at almost the same time.
While the people below were fighting, the people above weren't idle either. Everyone took this opportunity to chat with the people around them. From the atmosphere, everyone seemed to be friendly and friendly, without any of the previous conflicts. They had once again become a close group, but no one could see through each other's thoughts. They were all waiting for the opportunity to come.
The subordinates below were also in a heated discussion because most of them didn't know what was going on above. They thought that the scales of the world would be level in the future, so they were naturally in the mood to watch. Occasionally, their faces would turn red as they argued that their City Lords were the strongest.
Those who knew the inside story were cheering along with everyone else while paying attention to the changes in their surroundings. Once their City Lord gave the order, they would start to panic and kill a large number of these so-called "enemies" at the first moment.
Gu Zheng was also watching the battle below, but he felt that it was a little boring. Even if the two people below had perfectly displayed the strength that Jin Xian could display in the early stages, but the restrictions of the venue and the rules made it difficult for people like them to raise their emotions. Rather than watching the battle below, it was better to listen to the City Lords' hypocritical conversation.
Everyone's acting was very realistic. From the surface, no one knew what they were really thinking, but Gu Zheng knew that they still had some advantages.
After all, they were already prepared to go all out, and the other side at most knew that they were a little vigilant, but that was all. As long as they delayed for a while, when the Monster Souls outside attacked, it would be the end of these people.
The first battle didn't take long before it ended. The people here used a flaw to attract the other side's risky attack and won the first battle by a hair's breadth.
Amidst the cheers, the winner flew up with a smile. He even slowed down strangely in the air and circled around to accept the cheers. After all, he had almost been eliminated by the other side in the end. After a while, he returned and stood proudly beside his City Lord, looking at the loser provocatively.
On the other side, the loser looked dejected. Like a mouse, he quickly ran back from below. Even his City Lord was a little gloomy. After all, he had lost and felt that his skills were inferior. Looking at the provocation from the side, his face only darkened and he began to talk with people he was familiar with.
"Okay, get ready for the second battle."
The second battle was between Ruo Chen and City Lord Fan's subordinate. It seemed like fate had brought them together. Gu Zheng also looked over, wanting to see what the red-haired young man was capable of.
Ruo Chen's subordinate was a Monster Soul. When he came down, his entire body was shrouded in a layer of black mist, preventing people from looking outside. This made it so that the red-haired young man couldn't see what was under the black mist. However, he knew that Monster Souls could change into thousands of forms. But he was also proud. When the battle began, he transformed into a weapon and rushed up.
As the battle began, outside the Thunderclap Fortress, some of the plans that had been prepared long ago were put into action.
In a city that had been temporarily abandoned, a large number of people had been taken to the main city to seek refuge. However, there were still a few guards left behind. Their role was to protect the city and prevent it from being destroyed by some rascals. If there was an attack, they would carry out the final action according to the orders left behind by the City Lord.
They surrendered.
In reality, they did it very thoroughly. Once a group of unknown people entered the city, they very wisely surrendered. They didn't care about the other party's identity and were locked up in a nearby restriction. They were basically under house arrest and the entire city was taken over by them.
However, they didn't have any fear in their hearts. With their past experience, even if Soul Alliance fought intensely, they normally wouldn't kill imprisoned prisoners. Let alone, they weren't strong and were only doing this for the reward. If their City Lord returned one day, they would be able to get an extra reward.
Just as they were still lying leisurely outside an empty prison, a group of people dressed in black appeared outside.
"Senior Soul, how should we deal with these people?" A person standing to the side said to the black robed person standing in front.
"These people?" Zhu Hun lifted his hood and revealed his face. He looked at the tallest enemy that was only Jin Xian's initial stage and smiled disdainfully.
"You can't go against the rules. Otherwise, you'll be openly going against Soul Alliance."
The prisoners inside felt the strange aura in the air and one of them panicked. He stood to the side and spoke to Zhu Hun in an attempt to dispel the other party's dangerous thoughts.
"Leave them behind. What use are these people? Even if they know who we are, it's useless to run out. Leave them behind and wait for the future. Perhaps the Heavenly King will be useful." After carefully examining them, Zhu Hun said coldly.
Although they were looked down on because of their low value, they were still able to keep their lives. This made the prisoners inside rejoice. Thankfully, the other party still paid attention to Soul Alliance's rules. Otherwise, they would have died for nothing.
Just now, they thought that the scale of the battle had escalated and that even the unspoken rules were about to be broken. This was a situation where even the heavens and the earth couldn't help them.
"Senior Soul, there's news from that side. The Illusion Species elder brought a small group of people to the east side. We found traces of the other side's battle there, including some of our people and Gai Jin's people. They all disappeared there! Our initial suspicions are that Gai Jin brought people to eliminate the matter you told us to investigate. Right now, all that's left is a huge pit. "
On the way back, one of the black robed people hurried over and spoke to Zhu Hun.
"Those strange people? I don't know where they came from. It seems that I underestimated them. However, it's fine as long as it wasn't Soul Alliance or Lonely Peak that discovered them. Go to the side and replenish some people. Go over there and completely surround them. "
"Pass down the order. All troops advance. This time, we have to attack them in one fell swoop."
"Yes!"
Following Zhu Hun's orders, the teams that had been delayed for two days due to the disappearance of the Illusion Species began to crawl out of the abandoned cities. In some hidden underground areas, puppets that had been asleep for an unknown amount of time began to roar and awaken.
A huge net surrounded the Thunderous Puppet City.
There was nowhere to run!
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