Asura Mad Emperor-Chapter 355 A Mob

"Li Gong, what in the world is Tianyuan Ancient Kingdom doing, dilly-dallying around?" scoffed the Second Imperial Prince, Fu Lin, of Taiyuan Ancient Country. "First, Li Zhi, your Eldest Prince, arrives later than scheduled, and now, even though everyone has finally assembled, you're still hesitating to start the competition. If Tianyuan Ancient Kingdom is afraid of losing face due to defeat and feels it would be too embarrassing to proceed, you might as well concede upfront, to avoid embarrassing yourselves before all these people."

The speaker was none other than the Second Imperial Prince, Fu Lin, of Taiyuan Ancient Country.

Fu Lin was not as reckless and brainless as Fu Xi; he was extremely cunning and deceitful in his interactions with others. The news about this competition between both parties was deliberately leaked by him.

"Hmph, what's the hurry? The competition will officially start in a quarter of an hour!" Stay tuned for updates on novelbuddy

Although Li Gong was on bad terms with the current Tianyuan Emperor, and his queen was even a princess from Taiyuan Ancient Country, nominally making him the uncle of Fu Xi and Fu Lin, he still held Tianyuan in his heart, harboring no good feelings toward anyone from the Taiyuan Royal Family. With no patience whatsoever, he retorted sharply.

Having said that, he then turned to look at the seated princes and cultivators.

Meanwhile, the Taiyuan Ancient Country's group had arrived early in the morning and had already waited for no less than an hour. Waiting for another quarter of an hour made little difference to them, so they didn't retort any further.

"Zhi'er, are you truly determined to send this cultivator named Qinchuan into the Trial Ground? You should know that in this competition, our father the Emperor intends to test all of you. If your cultivator ends up ranking at the bottom or, worse, perishes in the competition, not only will you greatly disappoint our father, he will also be deeply disillusioned with you."

Although Li Gong had already learned of Qinchuan's identity, he still harbored significant doubts about him and did not believe that a cultivator at the Meridian Opening Realm, like Qinchuan, would accomplish anything in the Trial Ground.

Li Zhi remained undaunted and resolute, replying to his uncle with a clasped fist, "Uncle Wang, the decision has been made; there's no need for further discussion."

At this moment, Qinchuan smiled faintly, glancing at the Taiyuan Ancient Country's group across the platform and scoffed, "Those little fish lined up over there? This young master could obliterate them with a single finger. To think that you're marshaling up as if facing a formidable enemy, truly, you haven't seen much of the world."

"You—"

"Insolent braggart—"

Qinchuan's words were not spoken softly, and upon hearing them, not only did Li Gong seethe with rage, but people from the Taiyuan Ancient Country also began hurling angry rebukes.

"Who is this ignorant brat, spouting nonsense before his milk teeth have even fallen out?"

Many cultivators from the Taiyuan Royal Family jeered and ridiculed, "Hahaha, has Tianyuan Ancient Kingdom run out of people, to send someone at the Meridian Opening Realm?"

"It seems the Tianyuan Royal Family truly has declined. Among the younger generation, they couldn't even make up a full contingent of Spirit Martial Realm cultivators, and they've had to resort to using someone at the Meridian Opening Realm to make up numbers."

"The Tianyuan Royal Family is doomed to defeat."

Not only were the people from Taiyuan Ancient Country's royalty talking.

At that moment, underneath the high platform, as the many cultivators from Tianyuan Ancient Kingdom heard that a cultivator at the Meridian Opening Realm was to take part in the competition, a buzz of astonished murmurs erupted from the crowd.

"That kid is just at the Meridian Opening Realm, while everyone Taiyuan Ancient Country has sent is a Martial Artist of the Spirit Martial Nine Layers. Isn't this kid just courting death by entering the Trial Ground?"

Suddenly, many cultivators began to shout out loud.

"Let him step down!"

"Let him step down!"

Even a Martial Artist at the Spirit Martial Nine Layers cried out loudly, "Eldest Prince, this kid's just at the Meridian Opening Realm. Rather than him, why don't you let me enter the competition? The odds of victory would be much higher."

Qinchuan scanned the Taiyuan Ancient Country's people and the many cultivators below the platform and sneered, "What a rabble."

Li Gong coldly stared at Qinchuan, and with a sneer that betrayed his clenched teeth, he said, "Good, very good! Once you enter the competition, life and death will not be considered. As a mere Meridian Opening Realm cultivator, you are nothing but a sheep among a group from the Spirit Martial Realm. Since you, lad, are so determined to seek death, don't blame this prince for not warning you."

After speaking, he truly no longer paid any attention to Qinchuan and the Eldest Prince, although in his heart, he was already calculating how to pin the responsibility on the Eldest Prince after the competition ended.

A quarter of an hour quickly passed.

By now, Li Gong had stepped forward to announce the rules of the competition.

This time, both the Taiyuan Royal Family and the Tianyuan Royal Family would dispatch twenty cultivators each. A total of forty cultivators would randomly enter the Heavenly Demon Forest to hunt down the demon beasts and retrieve their Demon Beast Cores.

Rankings would be based on the number of Demon Beast Cores obtained. The ownership of the three mining pits of the Mysterious Crystal Mine above the border would then be allocated based on the top three rankings.

Both parties had already been aware of the rules of the competition, so after a brief overview from Li Gong, he declared the start of the competition.

The twenty martial artists from both sides participating in the competition stepped forward at this time. Qinchuan glanced over and saw in the crowd from Taiyuan Ancient Country a young man, full of hatred, staring venomously at him.

It was none other than Fu Xi, who just two days earlier had been conned by Qinchuan out of forty million Mysterious Crystals.

Fu Xi had originally not planned to partake in the competition, but having been conned out of forty million Mysterious Crystals, he harbored a grudge. Over the past two days, he had been inquiring about Qinchuan's whereabouts. Now he saw an excellent opportunity upon learning that Qinchuan would also be taking part in the competition.

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An opportunity to personally put an end to Qinchuan!

Therefore, he had replaced another person at the last moment to personally join the competition.

What Fu Xi was thinking, Qinchuan knew very well.

Yet he didn't consider such a minor character worth his attention—a peaceful coexistence if the other party did not provoke him. However, should Fu Xi seek trouble within the Heavenly Demon Forest, Qinchuan would not mind eradicating this ant.

At the moment, his attention was more focused on another person from the people of Taiyuan Ancient Country—a tall and sturdily built martial artist with a solemn face.

This young man was not much older than fifteen or sixteen, but he exuded an aura of sanctity, as if a Buddha was present within him, emitting a calm and dignified breath.

This was unmistakably the Immovable Vajra Body, the very descendant of Gongshan Qi's lineage that Qinchuan had been seeking—Dongfang Zhen.

Dongfang Zhen appeared to sense Qinchuan's gaze and casually looked in Qinchuan's direction.

Qinchuan had spoken on behalf of the Dongfang Family and subsequently gifted them with Blood Stone Grass and the Blood Stone Spirit Fruit.

Moreover, based on the reports from Dongfang Lei and others, Qinchuan also seemed to be aware of the hidden illness plaguing him. Although his true motives were unclear, Dongfang Zhen nevertheless held a favorable impression of Qinchuan.

Now that they met, he nodded slightly as a greeting.

Qinchuan, in turn, nodded subtly in response.

From the Taiyuan Royal Family participating in the competition, besides Fu Xi and Dongfang Zhen, there was no one else Qinchuan recognized. From the Tianyuan Royal Family, aside from the Third Prince, Li Shu, who he had just met, Qinchuan did not recognize anyone.

However, observing both sides, Qinchuan did not have a good outlook for the people of Tianyuan. Those from Taiyuan appeared strong and vigorous, with True Qi surging powerfully within their bodies.

In contrast, the young people from the Tianyuan Royal Family, although they had all reached the Spirit Martial Realm, clearly had a weaker presence compared to those from Taiyuan Ancient Country. This disparity indicated that the Tianyuan Royal Family had fallen behind the Taiyuan lineage among the younger generation.

If individuals from both sides were to fight one-on-one, aside from Li Shu, it seemed unlikely that anyone from the Tianyuan Royal Family would be a match for their counterparts.

This was precisely why Tianyuan Nation had chosen the Heavenly Demon Forest as the venue for the trial.

Because those present were veterans who had entered the Heavenly Demon Forest numerous times, while those from Taiyuan Ancient Country had never set foot in it before.