Chapter 939: Competition and Contest!
At the same time, he also declared that the day he captured Lemoris Fortress would be the moment he successfully began a relationship with the Rotten Witch, Cathy.
And so...
This grand event was reported across the entire global internet.
After all, as a newly emerged world-class powerhouse, Adasim was in the limelight and naturally drew a huge following. Countless people believed he could pull it off.
The main reason was that Adasim's journey so far had been brilliant and magnificent.
He seemed never to have suffered a defeat.
Naturally, everyone assumed that this fortress assault would also go smoothly without a hitch.
When the Crimson Phoenix Demon Sovereign heard about it at the time, he became extremely cautious and grave.
However...
Even with such a high-profile announcement,
in less than a month,
Adasim ended up leading his legion back in disgrace.
That's right...
It was a retreat.
The original 3 billion-strong Xuantian Legion lost more than half its numbers, with only 1.4 to 1.5 billion left.
The whole world was shocked!
Countless Adasim fans thought this had to be fake news.
However, facts are facts.
No matter how unwilling people were to believe it, it didn't change what had happened.
And in this situation...
Adasim became a laughingstock.
After all, he'd boasted far too much before.
He'd even declared that any world-class powerhouse who couldn't conquer Lemoris Fortress was not up to the mark.
Well, now, he'd truly lost face big time.
This incident had always been Adasim's sore spot.
Now, with it exposed, all the world-class powerhouses in the meeting room were stifling their laughter.
As for Adasim, his ugly face turned the color of pig liver.
Thinking back to his youthful arrogance back then, Adasim really wanted to slap himself!
Now that the Dragon Kingdom's Azure Dragon clan leader had publicly ripped open his wound, he was, of course, extremely furious, but there was nothing he could do about it.
After all, the man was Azure Dragon Meng Zhang.
Meng Zhang had gained fame even earlier than he did, and more importantly, the other's strength was extremely formidable. Adasim couldn't possibly gain any advantage over Meng Zhang.
"Hmph! Meng Zhang, don't be so quick to speak up for your Dragon Kingdom people!"
"This time, let him handle the eastern offensive encirclement!"
"The importance of this campaign goes without saying. Let's see if he can live up to it then!"
"At the same time, let's see whose side racks up more military merit!"
Adasim said in a deep voice.
As soon as everyone heard this, they became excited.
Oh ho!
A contest is about to begin!
The old-timers of the Holy Academy Council were quite pleased to see this.
After all, competition within the legion could only drive everyone to strive harder.
And for this campaign, seeing world-class powerhouses so motivated was exactly what they wanted to see.
"Kid! I'll just ask—do you dare accept this contest?"
Adasim even turned his head to look at Ling Zhan in the end.
Ling Zhan slowly stood up from his seat, looked at Adasim with absolute calm, and said indifferently, "Why wouldn't I dare? I only want to ask, since it's a contest, what are the stakes for winning and losing?"
"That's simple!"
"If your Demon-Slaying Legion's achievements surpass my Xuantian Legion's, the Xuantian Guild will gift you a holy artifact!"
"If your Demon-Slaying Legion's achievements fall short, you either hand over a holy artifact or, in front of everyone, call me grandpa. That's it!"
"Well, what do you say?"
Adasim's words were nothing short of shocking.
Calling someone grandpa...
Wasn't that making Ling Zhan his grandson?
However, Ling Zhan didn't hesitate at all and immediately nodded, "That's fine, but as for my side, I don't want your so-called holy artifact, nor do I need you to call me grandpa. After all, I have no desire to have a grandson like you."
"You just need to kneel and kowtow to me ten times. That's enough."
Ling Zhan never refused this kind of challenge.
The surrounding powerhouses were all watching with a look of anticipation.
"New King Non-specialist VS Old King Adasim."
"This will be a good show."
"Yeah, after suffering that major setback, Adasim has spent these years deeply studying the art of military command and has gone through countless real battles. His strength is not to be underestimated…"
"True, Ling Zhan's weakness is that he's young, and his Demon-Slaying Legion has very few members…"
To pursue Cathy, ever since that defeat, Adasim had immediately taken the Xuantian Legion back to the battlefield.
He had been to all four forbidden battlefields of the Lower Realm.
He just hadn't expected the credit to be snatched by a non-specialist.
Truly a bitter pill to swallow.
Now was the perfect opportunity to prove himself through this battle.
"Kid, your legion has too few people. You'd better use this time to recruit more, or don't look for excuses when the time comes."
Adasim was afraid this non-specialist would find an excuse to weasel out at the last moment.
"Don't worry. If you don't trust me, we can sign a soul contract!"
Ling Zhan replied calmly.
"Fine! Let's sign a soul contract!"
Adasim agreed right away.
Well, well!
These two really did spark off against each other!
In fact, Ling Zhan hadn't wanted to bother with this kind of person.
But the other just kept pushing his luck.
In that case...
Ling Zhan saw no need to tolerate him any longer.
When the time comes and the other loses, he'll just have to kneel and kowtow ten times.
If it were any other Professional, they would rather have a holy artifact.
But between Ling Zhan and Adasim, it was clearly about pride.
They would rather forgo the so-called holy artifact just to make the other lose face.
Anyway, for both Ling Zhan and Adasim, they really weren't lacking in holy artifacts.
At the level of these powerhouses, who didn't have several holy artifacts on them?
In any case, this contest drew much anticipation.
Everyone knew the reason Adasim targeted Ling Zhan was actually because of Cathy.
Otherwise, Adasim would have to be crazy to make a new enemy.
Now\...
Each led their forces to the designated battle locations.
The destination Ling Zhan was to lead his troops to was a place called Heavenly Demon Valley.
According to the information from the scouts...
As the eastern energy supply point for the Ten Thousand Demons Fortress, Heavenly Demon Valley was heavily guarded.
The initial estimate was at least seven Ten Thousand Demons Sovereigns were stationed there.
And there would absolutely not be any more carelessness.
Additionally...
Several scouts had been sacrificed to obtain this conclusion: those Eyes of Insight had been improved, and once destroyed, the entire Ten Thousand Demons Fortress would immediately be alerted.
In other words, it was all interconnected.
Looks like what happened at Lemoris Fortress had taught the Ten Thousand Demons a harsh lesson.
They now understood the importance of intelligence transmission and had started making improvements.
In response, Ling Zhan's expression remained calm.
He already had his own way of dealing with it.