Long Chen stood in the center of the arena, still holding the golden scepter. Unfortunately, he was no longer the honored chief judge, but a prisoner in a cage.
However, even inside the cage, Long Chen showed no sign of panic. Even when Ye Lingxiao and Zhao Qingtian, two peerless experts, approached from both sides, his expression remained calm.
Long Chen didn't even glance at the two of them, but instead looked at the Long family patriarch through the layers of barriers above the arena. Long Chen said calmly, "
Are you sure you want to treat me like this?"
The Long family patriarch's gaze flickered. He was somewhat afraid to meet Long Chen's gaze. For some reason, whenever he saw Long Chen, he felt uneasy, always feeling that something bad might happen.
Long Qianxue, standing beside the Long family patriarch, also looked extremely grim. It was only now that she understood the Long family patriarch's decision. She found it hard to accept. After all, Long Chen was a disciple of the Long family, and ruining him for the sake of the Qiankun Cauldron was too cruel.
However, she clearly knew this was a wrong choice, yet when faced with family interests, she could only stand on her side. This was her mission, not right or wrong.
"Long Chen, you have committed great treason, defying your superiors and deserving death. The clan leader is merciful and has always indulged you, unable to bear killing you.
But your reckless behavior has not only broken the rules of the Long family, but is also intolerable to the four major alliances.
After the four chiefs unanimously decided to execute you, it shows just how evil you are—how dare you question the chief? Long Qihua, standing next to the Long family patriarch, sneered.
"That's right, Long Chen, you bastard, you should have died long ago. The fact that you've survived until now is already a tremendous favor for you." Long Yaoting also cursed along, not knowing what Long Chen had offended him. It seemed he most wanted Long Chen to die soon.
"Turning hostile so quickly?" It seems you've all made up your mind. Fine, since you want to play, I'll play along with you! Long Chen showed a cynical smile, then shook his head and started stretching his muscles.
He had already figured it out—this place was completely under control. Not even a mosquito could fly out, and no secrets could be taken away.
Afterwards, they can seal or alter everyone's memories, and in doing so, everything will be resolved.
Long Chen estimated they had several other plans, but perhaps they hadn't expected Long Chen to fall for the trap so easily and enter the arena directly.
Long Chen began to stretch his muscles, while Ye Lingxiao and Zhao Qingtian snorted coldly, looked at each other, and almost simultaneously said, "
What do you mean?"
"Let's draw lots!"
Clearly, they all wanted to kill Long Chen with their own hands, especially Zhao Qingtian, who had long hated Long Chen to the bone and would never let him have him.
The other party was the same. Ye Lingxiao's desire to kill Long Chen was purely out of jealousy, and this jealousy naturally came from Long Tianrui.
Long Chen ignored their movements, twisting his waist, swinging his arms, twisting his neck, making his bones creak all over.
Seeing this scene, Qin Feng on the viewing platform couldn't help but clench his fists, his body trembling uncontrollably. His action terrified Long Ziwei and Wu Jiu, who thought Qin Feng was nervous.
Qin Feng said to them, "You guys are really lucky. The boss is getting serious, which means a world-shaking battle is about to begin. Don't blink!" "
Buzz"
Just then, Ye Lingxiao and Zhao Qingtian drew lots on the stage. Zhao Qingtian was unlucky and lost to Ye Lingxiao. His face darkened instantly:
"Ten moves, after ten moves, we'll switch players."
"No problem, but I don't think you have a chance anymore, because he can't last ten moves against me." Ye Lingxiao sneered.
After saying that, Ye Lingxiao walked toward Long Chen, who now had his back to them, bending his knees and kicking his legs. After finishing his left foot, he switched to his right, seemingly clueless as if he didn't realize danger was approaching.
"Idiot, prepare to die!"
Seeing Long Chen in such a state, Ye Lingxiao sneered, then suddenly vanished from the spot and appeared right beside Long Chen.
A loud "pop"
rang out. While everyone was still shocked by Ye Lingxiao's teleportation technique, he had already shot out like a meteor.
"What?"
At that moment, countless people stood up from the stands. Everything happened so fast that they couldn't even see what was happening.
"Boom!"
Ye Lingxiao crashed into the barrier, bounced back, rolled several times on the ground before steadying himself. When he stood up, people could clearly see a deep five-finger print on his face.
Meanwhile, Long Chen was still sitting and warming up as if nothing had happened, as if what had just happened had nothing to do with him.
At that moment, the four clan leaders and the Heavenly Vein Saints were all stunned. Long Chen's speed was too fast; they could only catch the afterimage of his palm swing, but couldn't see the moment he struck Ye Lingxiao.
At that moment, the whole venue erupted in an uproar. Most people saw Ye Lingxiao vanish on the spot, then crash into the barrier, leaving a handprint on his face.
Because of their strength, they hadn't even seen Ye Lingxiao appear beside Long Chen. They were all stunned. They looked at the other experts and found they were all equally bewildered. Although their confusion varied, their expressions were the same.
Zhao Qingtian on the arena was also startled, but he didn't take it to heart. Seeing Ye Lingxiao suffer a heavy loss, he instead said with some schadenfreude, "
A move."
Ye Lingxiao was stunned by the slap, his head dizzy, his face burning with pain. After a long while, he finally recovered, listening to Zhao Qingtian count down. At that moment, his killing intent surged to the sky.
"Damn bastard, bring me your life!"
Ye Lingxiao roared angrily.
"Clang!"
The longsword was drawn, the entire arena trembled, divine light flashing like lightning, slicing through the void and slashing down at Long Chen.
"Lingfeng Sword"
When Jiang Wuwang saw the long sword, he exclaimed in surprise. It was the Ye family's treasured artifact, and judging by the runes on it, the seal had been broken.
Each of the four great divine clans has its own inherited divine weapons, and each has more than one. However, they rarely let their disciples use them lightly, because the inheritance divine weapons contain the bloodline power of their ancestors. If one is careless, it could injure the user, making it extremely dangerous.
Therefore, even if a disciple uses this kind of inherited divine weapon, it is still covered with a seal to ensure safety.
However, the Lingfeng Sword in Ye Lingxiao's hand had broken its seal, and the power of this strike would far exceed his imagination.
Ye Lingxiao slashed with his sword, and Long Chen finally finished warming up. He slowly turned around, and with his golden staff, blocked Ye Lingxiao's Lingfeng Sword.
"Boom!"
With a thunderous explosion, golden light filled the air—the golden scepter in Long Chen's hand, instantly reduced to dust, and was actually shattered by a single sword strike from Ye Lingxiao.
Amid the crowd's exclamations, when they thought Long Chen was about to suffer a major loss, even being severely wounded by a single sword strike,
With a crisp "pop
," another person was sent flying backward.