"Your son used a wicked art to boost his strength and rally numerous half-bloods under his wing!"
"How about let's settle this peacefully"
Two men stepped forward. They were the patriarchs of the Soaring Sky Peacock Race and the Scarlet Flame Serpent Race, holding authority that surpassed Du Zheng's.
"So Du Zheng... I heard your son got the support of a great majority of the Xuan Beasts"
Tang Fei Yun glared at the group that gathered behind Du Zheng and Shang Shi Huo hissed. They shivered under the petrifying gazes of the two strongest representatives of the Xuan Beasts.
"It seems that some are unhappy with the hierarchy" Shang Shi Huo commented lightly.
Du Zheng trembled under scrutiny "T-that's not true! Your daughters-"
"Are alive and well"
Shang Shi Huo sneered while Tang Fei Yun snorted. For people of their stature it is natural to place some sort of tracking device on their children. Tang Die Hua and Shang Yu Hong stepped forward and hugged their fathers.
"Dad!"
"Father"
"Well if it isn't my lovely girl. I hope you were treated well"
Tang Fei Yun scanned his daughter for any injuries and changes. Naturally Sheng Tian had already hidden any trace of the slave seals knowing that they would be checked and laughed silently in his head.
"N-no I was treated just fine"
They both couldn't help but glance at Sheng Tian and were caught by their respective fathers. They immediately glared at him.
"Why look at that, your fathers look more eager to eat me than you ladies"
It then became silent enough to hear a pin drop. Sheng Tian was truly shameless to the extreme to say such a thing in front of the fathers of two princesses. The women's faces turned beet red after hearing his remark and wanted to find a hole to dig themselves in.
"You're..."
Tang Fei Yun's face was dark and absolutely terrifying while Shang Shi Huo looked like he ate shit. Even the envoy shivered a little just looking. A father's love is truly terrifying.
"Quite a daring young man aren't you!"
They moved and Tang Fei Yun wrapped his arm around Sheng Tian's neck while Shang Shi Huo placed a firm hand on his shoulder.
"Say... Have you done it?"
"Perhaps you had both at the same time!"
The current scene looked like two big bros hanging out with their little bro. Everyone was shocked speechless at the sight of two powerful elites talking with a junior about their daughters being laid. They even had smirks on their faces and a mischievous glint in their eyes.
Long Chen who was ready to step in to "save" Sheng Tian was twitching as he stared at him laughing and talking with two elites without a sweat.
"Hahaha!"
"Haha!"
"Hahaha!"
Du Zheng had long been forgotten and ignored by everyone. He harrumphed and left with a dark expression, followed by his people. They geniuses were slaughtered and they would need to leave and ensure their positions as hegemons back at their respective powers. Anyone whose people all died also left to their own powers.
The secret realm is actually a way to eliminate and settle disputes between powers before the real competition starts. There will be round after round of eliminations and only the ones who remained can be called true elites tempered through battle.
However, seeing the scale of death the second elimination round caused, the envoy thought if it was really necessary to have any more.
He cleared his throat to pull everyone's attention. The shameless trio also stopped talking and looked at the envoy.
"Seeing that there are so few people left, I've decided that we will have the final competition in a week from now!"
All of the old generation nodded as there was truly no need for any more elimination rounds. They all carried their own people to their own places to wait for the final round.
Shang Shi Huo and Tang Fei Yun tossed a communication slip to Sheng Tian before taking their daughters.
"Keep yourself alive kid, we can discuss the date later"
""Father!""
That earned a protest from both ladies and they laughed loudly as they flew away.
"Here"
Bing Xue and Xiao Hua also took out their communication slips and gave them to Sheng Tian. Then, he smelled a light fragrance akin to flowers and turned to a veiled woman walking towards the ladies. He recognized her to be the current leader of the Fairy Lotus Valley.
She was the youngest master by far, not surpassing fifty years in age, and looked to be in her early twenties based on what little he could see and her youthful steps that were filled with grace.
It was said that her face was so beautiful that even the Heaven's envy her. When she was born, a seven color phoenix manifested itself above her and every flower in a hundred mile radius bloomed.
Countless men had tried to gain her favor, most of them being from the old generation, with a select few from the younger generation. Naturally, they all failed to conquer the aloof beauty who seemed to be a fairy amongst mortals.
Looking at her now, it seems the rumors have some truth to them. Sheng Tian activated his All Seeing Eyes and saw through her cultivation level.
"Twelfth level of Foundation at the age of thirty six"
He didn't pry any further as it was rude to do so and stepped aside.
The Lotus Fairy Master took the ladies with a wave of her hand and placed them atop a grand flying boat.
She turned to Sheng Tian, checking him out from top to bottom. He stood straight and didn't comment.
"Not bad" she said "no wonder so many fell head over heels for you"
Sheng Tian scratched his head and chuckled "None of it was intentional Lotus Fairy Master"
She nodded "Thank you, for keeping my disciples alive"
Then she turned and left without another word.
He heard a sigh and turned around to find Long Chen massaging his head.
"I'm too old for this shit"