Feng City
In the middle of the open plaza, there were usually very few people. At most, a few people would occasionally come here and look at the enormous stone statue in the middle to reminisce about the heroes of the past and the savage times of the past.
An enormous stone statue stood in the middle of the plaza. It was dozens of meters tall and a heroic man was holding a long sword in his hand. It was raised high in the air and could fall at any moment. His eyes were full of anger as he stared at the sky. His mouth was slightly open as if he was complaining about the hypocrisy of the enemy.
This was Soul Alliance's first generation Alliance Master. In every main city, there was a statue of him. However, every statue's actions were different.
However, at this moment, in the empty surroundings, there were already thousands of people gathered. Around the statue, there were even thousands of people calmly sitting on the ground.
Every person's aura was condensed and their armor never left their bodies. They could erupt at any moment to fight. To the anxious people on the outside, they were like stable reefs in the ocean, unmoving.
A few wanderers on the outside were very uneasy, afraid that a fight would come at any moment. However, once they saw the focused group inside, they would be affected and calm down.
The uneasiness was in the minority. Most of them were rather relaxed. Other than the vigilant guards outside, most of them were rather relaxed and chatted with the people around them.
Further away, some of the weaker cultivators, as well as other ordinary citizens, were all waiting in their respective rooms.
They all knew that this time, City Lord Luo and Alliance Master Luo were mediating, so there shouldn't be any problems. After a period of time, things would return to normal and there was no need to worry.
A woman in silver armor, only revealing her good face, was standing in the center of the plaza. She was constantly looking around. As the trusted aide left behind to guard the plaza, she came from the same place as the City Lord. In other words, she was willing to defect with the City Lord. At this moment, she had just finished patrolling the surroundings and was resting.
Suddenly, a strange aura appeared in the air as if something was about to happen. It immediately attracted everyone's attention and they couldn't help but look towards the statue in the center.
Even the most elite guards stood up with weapons in their hands. They looked vigilantly at the statue, ready to defend at any moment.
On the statue's weapon, a black light had already risen from the tip of the sword. It was quickly spreading to the other parts of the statue as if something strange was being released.
"Boss Tang, what should we do?" A black armored soldier came next to the silver woman and asked.
"Wait, but spread out a little." This was also the first time that this trusted aide of Lord Tang had seen such a strange scene. For the sake of caution, he had everyone spread out some distance away from the statue so that they could deal with any unexpected situations.
By the time everyone was far away from the center, the black light had almost dyed the statue black again.
Buzz!
A trembling sound rang out in the air, and the eyes of the statue lit up at the same time. Like two bright searchlights, they shot into the sky and disappeared into the void.
"Tang Li, no one knows about this soul heart. Gather all the teams that can fight and gather near the statue. I will bring you to Thunder City and prepare for battle!"
A somewhat mute but incomparably familiar voice rang out in her mind, causing her to be stunned for a moment. However, she quickly straightened her body and replied loudly.
"Yes!"
"All combatants, gather around the stone statue and prepare for battle!"
Only she could hear this voice. Although the others were puzzled, they quickly gathered. All kinds of auras quickly locked onto the stone statue as if they were going to fight it.
That poetic sentence was an order to obey unconditionally. Even if the other party was a stranger, they had to obey the other party's order unconditionally. This was an order that they had no choice but to use in an emergency.
Fortunately, everyone did not leave the square and gathered around the stone statue almost quickly. Only a few wandering spirits were at the edge, looking over in confusion.
Some of them were puzzled, but before Tang Li could explain, a black light suddenly burst out from the center of the stone statue. In the blink of an eye, it had already swept across the surroundings and only disappeared when it reached the edge of the square.
It was so fast that everyone only saw a flash of black light. Then, the people outside the square were shocked to find that everyone in the square had disappeared, and the stone statue had returned to its original state.
Even a wandering spirit watched himself disappear in front of his eyes. The other party had only taken a few steps in and looked at the traces that represented the periphery of the square under his feet. His heart was drenched in cold sweat. He had almost been mysteriously disappeared. With his cultivation in the Celestial Stage, it was not safe to go anywhere.
When these people saw the sudden disappearance, they panicked for a moment. However, they quickly calmed down. After all, Tang Li's order was so loud that even the people outside could hear it. They could only guess that these people had gone to do something, so they calmed down a little.
On Tang Li's side, it was just a blur in front of her. When she recovered, she suddenly found that her surroundings had changed greatly. They were in a huge cave, and under their feet were mysterious and complicated patterns. Just a few more glances and she felt dizzy.
"Tang Li, quickly bring your people out of the array."
Tang Li was still dizzy and disoriented, and she did not know what was going on. She turned her head slightly and saw Ruo Chen floating in the air. She saw the mess on her body and the fatigue on her face. It was obvious that she had gone through a tough battle. Tang Li did not hesitate and asked what was going on. She immediately gave the order to the people around her and led them to the side, leaving the array.
When they left, some people came up. They were Ruo Chen's subordinates, who were also companions that Tang Li and the others knew. They explained everything that had happened here and at the same time, immediately gave Ruo Chen's order. They handed Tang Li a simple map, and the place they were going to was marked on it.
After listening carefully, Tang Li was obviously very shocked. She nodded solemnly and did not disturb Ruo Chen. She turned around and began to make arrangements for her subordinates. She began to lead them to the side in an orderly manner. There was a defense point there that they needed to station. What they needed to do was to not let anyone break in.
"Xiang Sheng, I will bring your people here. Be prepared to receive them. Now, time is getting more and more pressing."
Ruo Chen saw that the energy below had been replenished. She said to a young man beside her. The young man nodded and immediately led his people to the side, waiting for the arrival of his own people.
Ruo Chen calmed her mind again and began to communicate with the stone statue through the huge decorative ground in front of her. Even if she was anxious, she could only do it bit by bit.
In order to prevent the blue group from sounding the alarm, she instantly pulled the other party into her artifact. Even if she was stronger than the other party and was still in her artifact, it still took her a full day to severely injure the other party and put him into a near-death state.
However, the other party forcibly used the same artifact to protect her in the end. Now, she could only temporarily seal the other party.
In another city, it was almost the same scene. After explaining the secret signal and a few strange words given by City Lord Niu, with a flash of light below, the other party's team was pulled out again. However, the team's strength was obviously not as good as hers.
While the other party was confused, Xiang Sheng also led his own people to a place further inside. That place was responsible for activating the stronghold's defense function. However, the stronghold had not been activated yet. Now, it was only to bring people there and provide them with magical power at any time.
The other people who had not yet had their turn were not idle. Large amounts of black stones were transported inside by them in preparation for the next thing. When the time came, the consumption of black stones would be huge. Even if every city lord carried black stones, they were prepared to spend a lot. Only in this way could the stronghold shine with new vitality.
Ruo Chen took a small breath. She did not expect that just cooperating with them would cost her so much. Taking advantage of this short opportunity, she flipped her hand and a black stone the size of a fist was placed next to her mouth. It shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye. When the next step was completed, she began to locate the position of the stone statue.
The dozen people beside her automatically came up. They had already lined up in order to let them know when to come up.
Just as reinforcements were being summoned below, the third round of the competition began above. In other words, after a few rounds, everything here would be over.
Gu Zheng looked at City Lord Luo, who was speaking at the end, and exchanged glances with Madam Xue. They could read each other's minds.
In the second round of the competition, Gu Zheng finished off his opponent swiftly. However, the other two groups were very slow. The fights were very exciting, and the subordinates who were watching outside were very excited. Clearly, the second round was much better than the first round. However, in the eyes of Gu Zheng and the others, it was clearly stalling for time.
Based on the current time, the Demon Spirits were already on their way and had completely surrounded this place.
He looked at Ruo Chen, who was dozing off, and felt a little relieved. Now, everyone's hopes were placed on each other. Only if the other party succeeded would there be a glimmer of hope.
Otherwise, in less than half a day's time, this place would have been scattered. At that time, Gu Zheng would have run away long ago.
In private, he had already discussed with Pan Xuan and the others. If things were really that bad, they would leave immediately. Otherwise, it would be difficult to leave later. Of course, he didn't want that to happen.
This time, there was no need to split into groups. After a simple order, they began to fight in turns. Everyone had to fight each other twice. There was no need to worry.
What made Gu Zheng a little suspicious was that City Lord Fan's subordinate, the red-haired man, and City Lord Bo's subordinate, Kikyo, had also successfully entered the top four. There was also a man called Hu Lin, who was a subordinate of the City Lord on his side.
Gu Zheng and the other three had already followed City Lord Luo's instructions and landed in the arena below. However, they were still standing on top and hadn't gone down yet.
"This time, I will make you lose all your face." The red-haired man stood at the side, his eyes looking into the distance. His mouth opened slightly, and a wisp of voice entered Gu Zheng's ears.
Gu Zheng wasn't even interested in the other party's provocation. His attention was already focused on the surroundings. Once the situation turned bad, he would immediately gather.
Beside him, Kikyo also looked at Gu Zheng, intentionally or otherwise. This made Hu Lin a little puzzled. He didn't know how Gu Zheng had provoked the other party.
"The first match, from Madam Xue's side, Gu Zheng, against City Lord Fan, You Yun."
After a simple arrangement, City Lord Luo announced the start of the first battle.
Gu Zheng glanced at You Yun. In his heart, he felt that the other party had been purposely arranged. Otherwise, how could it be so coincidental?
Of course, the battle between Gu Zheng and You Yun made the spectators even more excited. After all, everyone knew about the grudge between Madam Xue and City Lord Fan. A battle between two subordinates would definitely be an exciting battle.
Thinking that there would be at least two opportunities to fight, the discussion was in full swing. The number of people supporting the victory of the two was about the same, but compared to Gu Zheng, there were slightly more people. Every time he fought before, he ended it cleanly. It seemed that he was clearly superior to the other party.
At this time, Gu Zheng and You Yun were already standing below. As Wang Cheng's voice fell, the familiar shield once again enveloped them. The shield's strength was very weak. As long as one's strength exceeded that of Jin Xian's middle stage, it could be easily shattered.
"You didn't take out your weapon the last few times. This time, I'll play with you." You Yun's strength was very strong, and he was worthy of the other party's pride. He looked at Gu Zheng disdainfully as he spoke.
After all, Gu Zheng had already disguised himself again. On the outside, he was only at the peak of Jin Xian. Of course, if the other party looked carefully, they could still find some traces. But first impressions were the strongest, so they didn't investigate Gu Zheng's actual aura. They still thought that Gu Zheng's cultivation was only so-so and that he was just a little more experienced in battle. He was taking advantage of their carelessness.
Of course, he didn't deny that Gu Zheng was excellent. He even suspected that the other party was a genius who could break through at any time, but that was all.
Gu Zheng looked at the other party's confident appearance and laughed coldly in his heart. He glanced at the shining silver ball in the air. It seemed that he might be able to end the battle early. If he could really disrupt the other party's deployment, that would be good.
But just as Gu Zheng looked up, You Yun didn't hesitate. His feet slipped slightly, and his whole body seemed to slide on ice. He circled around to Gu Zheng's side. When Gu Zheng's gaze returned, he was already in his blind spot.
"Despicable! Shameless! "
"Sneak attack!"
When the people above saw this scene, some of them immediately shouted angrily. Just now, Gu Zheng had looked up at the prize in the air. Anyone could see that he wasn't ready to fight, but the other party had taken the opportunity to sneak attack. They couldn't accept this.
It had to be known that this was just a spar, not a life and death enemy. How could someone use such a sneak attack?
"As long as you're standing below, the battle has already begun. A real battle won't give you any chance to lose focus."
Some other people also retorted. As long as they were on the battlefield, they couldn't consider whether this was a spar or not. Every battle had to be treated as a life and death battle.
The quarrel above, under the interference of the barrier below, could not be transmitted inside no matter how noisy it was. Unfortunately, everyone could clearly see that You Yun's fist had already reached his abdomen. Endless power was currently gathering. When he arrived outside of Gu Zheng's line of sight, he threw a punch. His target was Gu Zheng's head.
At this moment, Gu Zheng seemed to know his opponent's position. He turned his head slightly and then disappeared at an even faster speed.
This made You Yun's eyes widen. This trick again. His opponent's speed definitely didn't surpass Jin Xian's initial speed. In his previous observation, it was more like he was using a secret technique. Although he couldn't see it, Wang Cheng and the other City Lords didn't object. This meant that all of this didn't exceed the limit. There had to be a way to deal with it.
However, he hadn't found his opponent's weakness yet. He quickly scanned the surroundings but didn't find any trace of his opponent. He didn't stop himself and directly rushed past Gu Zheng's previous position. Halfway there, he felt a slight fluctuation behind him. He suddenly exerted force and his body forcefully drew a circle on the ground. His fist shot out like lightning.
Bang!
A figure was immediately shattered by his tyrannical fist. However, his heart instead thumped, feeling that things were far from good. It was because the figure in front of him was only a black silhouette with a human figure that he had shattered. It wasn't Gu Zheng.
Then where was his opponent? That aura was clearly emitted by him.
At this moment, the people on the other side all cried out in alarm. This was because everyone could clearly see that when Gu Zheng turned around, he left an extremely rough shadow in his original position. Gu Zheng's entire body moved along the other side of his body, and just happened to turn behind him.
When the other party felt that something was wrong, he directly reached out and patted his shoulder. A huge force caused You Yun's body to involuntarily turn around, exposing his weakness.
Gu Zheng didn't hold back at all. He directly reached out with his other fist, which had been ready for a long time, and grabbed at the other party's chest.
"I can't let him hit me!"
You Yun was shocked. He knew that in the current situation, if he was hit, he would probably be eliminated in an instant. He quickly retracted his hands to his chest and completely gave up on counterattacking. He wanted to block the other party's attack.
He managed to block the attack in time, blocking the attack in front of his chest and sending him flying backward. However, before he could heave a sigh of relief, he felt a strange tightness in his chest. He bent over like a prawn and flew into the distance like a cannonball, crashing into the protective shield once again.
The entire shield flashed twice and directly disappeared from the sky.
Wang Cheng judged that You Yun had lost.
"How is this possible? I clearly blocked his attack." You Yun floated in mid-air and shouted at Wang Cheng. He seemed to feel that the other party had deliberately judged him to lose.
However, the city didn't care about him at all. He just asked him to come out quickly.
"Look at your chest!" Gu Zheng flew up from the side. Seeing that the other party didn't believe him, he kindly explained.
"My chest?" You Yun quickly lowered his head and then saw a red mark on his chest. It was as if a thumb had pressed on it.
"What's wrong with this?" You Yun still didn't want to give up.
"Bang!"
Gu Zheng opened his mouth slightly and let out an explosive sound.
At the same time, on You Yun's chest, a flame less than a finger's length burned. It was no threat at all.
"Hmph!"
You Yun reached out and pressed down the flame. He walked to the side with a gloomy face.
They still had to continue the competition. However, if they wanted to fight again, they would have to wait until the end.
As Hu Lin and Kikyo went down, their competition began.
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