There was still more than half of the Spirit Realm that hadn't been clearly explored. Of the areas that had been explored, the Three Great Sects had taken over half of them as their territory.
The small and medium sects occupied a third of the spirit veins in the remaining areas. There weren't any large spirit veins left in the remaining areas. Even if there were, they were mostly contaminated areas left behind by the Devil Realm's invasion.
The location of the battle that Mi Jun and Ding Xuan had agreed on was a Sacred Devil Ruin called the 'General Battle Stage'. It was said to be the final gathering place of the Devil Generals that hadn't been able to escape in time after the Devil Race was driven out of the Spirit Realm.
In the General Battle Stage, the Three Great Sects had used a one on one competition to exhaust the remaining Devil Race. The Devil Generals that lost were executed on the spot, while the winners could open a realm passage to return to the Devil Realm.
Over the past several thousand years, the General Battle Stage had become a good place for Spirit Realm cultivators to duel. Of course, not all of the duels were life and death. However, cultivators from the Three Great Sects would be invited as witnesses.
At noon, a hidden teleportation formation five hundred kilometers southeast of the General Battle Stage flashed with white light. Soon, the teleportation formation's protective barrier was activated and formed a protective barrier.
Three breaths later, a spiritual pressure fluctuation appeared and five people appeared. They were Yi Tian, Mi Jun, and Hong Fei.
After the light from the teleportation formation faded, Hong Fei led everyone to the General Battle Stage. It was only a distance of a thousand miles, but it only took them a short while to reach the range of the Battle General Stage.
Yi Tian looked down from the sky and saw that the General Battle Stage was set up in a valley. There was a circular stone platform that was nearly three kilometers wide. There were three tall platforms around the platform, sandwiching it in the center.
Hong Fei pointed and said, "There is a formation set up below that can isolate the people inside. At the same time, people outside can't go in. Only the cultivators of the Three Great Sects have a mechanism to remove the formation. "
When Yi Tian heard this, he hurriedly turned his head, and a clear light flashed in his eyes. After that, he used Eyes of Truth to investigate. If he didn't take a look, he wouldn't have known that there was a large-scale sealing formation set up on the battle stage below.
The nodes of the array were set up on top of the three grandstands, and the array patterns on the stone platforms were actually carved from the stone stripes on the ground. What he found most difficult to understand was that the person who set up the formation had set it up in such a simple manner. Was he not afraid that the people fighting inside the formation would shatter the ground of the battle stage and affect the sealing formation?
Seeing Yi Tian's puzzled expression, Hong Fei asked, "Brother Yi, what's wrong? Did you find something?"
Yi Tian didn't beat around the bush and spoke out his concerns. Then, Hong Fei laughed and said, "Wait for Mi Jun to go in and fight, then you will understand."
Filled with questions, the five of them descended from the clouds and saw that Ding Xuan's group had already arrived. There were about six cultivators from different sects on their side. From the looks of it, they were from the Feiyu Kenshū Sect. The clothes they were wearing were of different styles, both inner and outer.
On the other side, there was another group with about thirty to forty people. However, they seemed to be setting up a stall to the side to do business. Yi Tian frowned and pointed at them. "What are these people doing here?"
Mi Jun said with disdain, "These people are rogue cultivators or branch cultivators. Every time someone fights on the battle stage, they will set up a stall and even place bets."
At this point, Yi Tian scanned with his Divine Sense and found that there really were such stalls. As for the other stalls, there were many things for sale. From spirit tools to treasures, there were many, but it was hard to say how many of them were valuable.
Just as he was thinking, he saw Mi Jun walk over alone. A young cultivator from the other side also walked over. After the two met, they seemed to chat for a while before walking back.
Shaoqing waited for Mi Jun to come back before he heard him say, "The battle will probably take a while. This time, we have invited witnesses."
"Witnesses?" This was the first time Yi Tian had heard of such an arrangement. He turned to look at Hong Fei and the latter explained, "Usually, when the disciples of the three great sects fight openly, they will invite the first seat of the sect to come out and be a witness. First, it will boost the sect's morale, and second, they won't have to worry about the other side going back on their word."
Then, everyone found a place to sit down and wait. Yi Tian saw that there was nothing to do, so he greeted everyone and went to the rogue cultivators' stalls to buy goods.
After walking to the stalls, he found that the quality of the items sold here were not of the same level. Fortunately, he had been refining for many years and had good eyes. Along the way, he found that most of the items were shoddy spirit tools. As for the treasures and ores, they were all raw ores that had not been refined. However, the prices were ridiculously high.
After strolling around, he came to the place where the bets were placed. There was a ten-meter-tall flagpole with a black dragon on it. The betting signboard below had the names of Mi Jun and Ding Xuan written on it.
The shop assistant explained that every bet was 1,000 spirit stones. Mi Jun's odds were 1: 13, while Ding Xuan's odds were 1: 1. After looking at it, Yi Tian's mouth twitched. It seemed that the odds were against Mi Jun. He took out 5,000 spirit stones and handed it to the shop assistant, saying, "All on Mi Jun winning."
The shop assistant looked at Yi Tian playfully, then took the spirit stones and opened the bet without saying anything.
After Yi Tian put away the bet, he turned around and rushed back to his side. However, with his divine sense, he found that the shop assistants were pointing at him. He did not know what they were talking about.
When he returned, he told everyone what he had just experienced. Unexpectedly, Mi Jun looked at the shop assistant with disdain and said, "I didn't expect you to look down on me so much. However, this is good. I'll let Ding Xuan be proud for a while. However, I didn't warn Brother Yi earlier. Looks like these 5,000 spirit stones are going to be wasted. "
Yi Tian was shocked when he heard that, and he hurriedly said, "Spirit stones are a small matter. However, Brother Mi, do you have so little confidence in yourself?"
Hong Fei pursed his lips and said, "Mi Jun didn't mean that. This betting stall is opened by the Feiyu Kenshū Sect's Ou Clan. Could it be that you're really going to redeem the bet after Mi Jun wins? Don't forget that Ou Jinglong we met last time is their backer. You most likely won't be able to get those spirit stones back. Unless you can enter the top ten of the Earth Carnage Proclamation, there's still a chance. "
Yi Tian was stunned when he heard that. He knew that he had fallen into a trap this time. However, there was still a large gap between his strength and Ou Jinglong's. It looked like he could only leave the bet for the future.
Just as he was thinking, several streaks of light suddenly flashed in the sky. Soon after, his divine sense swept over. It seemed like there were two groups of people flying towards the Battle Arena. Mi Jun and the others showed a hint of joy, but Yi Tian's expression changed when he saw who was coming.
Three people came from the Taiqing Pavilion. Other than Hua Yulin, there was a man and a woman. That woman was the follower of the Taiqing Pavilion's Eldest Senior Sister, Cui Fuling. It seemed like she was the one in charge this time.
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