After the fourth Prince dispatched off, Mu Yi of the Dragon Cauldron country. The deathly silent arena exploded into a loud uproar of cheers and applause. Another miracle had just been wrought by this fourth Prince of theirs. "Unbelievable, just Unbelievable, what?" One expert found himself shouting and clapping.
one man stood up and patted his companion on the shoulder," Honey, see I told you this is a better way to spend our honeymoon. Can you see how awesome your hubby is?"
His wife stared at his face with wide-opened eyes in shock? " hubby, you are shameless; how can you make it sound as if you were the one that just fought and got victory?" she rolled her eyes at her shameless hubby.
The man suddenly grabbed her by the waist and planted a deep kiss on her cherry lips. The woman struggled weakly, but in the end, gave up as she limply surrendered to the husband's antics. After a few moments, their mouth patted and the wife hid her bashful face on her husband's chest.
"Wonderful just wonderful, what a young man. peak spirit realm defeating a late early Xantian Martial force realm cultivator. My trip this time was not wasted" He sat back and roared with laughter.
In the guest of honour stand, the Mysterious Elder from the Heaven Sword Holy Land readjusted himself and focused on the young Prince who was currently standing on the stage. There was a bit of interest in his eyes and a hint of a smile on his otherwise cold face.
The Royal stand; there was a deathly silence, not even the wind could be felt here. the Crowned Prince after studying carefully the mysterious Elder and seeing a slight change in his countenance felt very uneasy within himself.
" The old fart seems to be interested in that annoying vermin of a brother." He turned towards the Arena only to see the one who was causing all this ruckus and his discomfort stand there silently and unaffected by all the commotion he had caused.
"See how calm he is standing there as if he's an Immortal disdainful gazing upon the mundane world, Ahhh aish, why must he drive me to this extent? ohhj you would regret it, Zi Longxie. You would not rise this time round."
He turned to look at his gorgeous wife who had a sweet smile on her face. He nodded at her and she smiled ever so sweetly at him. She then turned to look at the pavilion housing the Lion Beak country and the Dragon Seed country. The supervising elders nodded back at her and sent voice qi transmission to their respective participants standing on the stage.
Jui Ge and Lu Mu both turned to look at each other's faces, after a moment of hesitation they both nodded at each other and attacked the Fourth Prince in Unison.
When the two participants decided to gang up on the fourth Prince, the spectators and participants were stunned. "How could they be this shameless, two peak mid-level Xantian Martial force realm cultivators ganging up on a peak Spirit realm cultivator?!" One man said as he shook his head in disdain and looked towards the pavilion of both countries.
almost all the spectators looked towards the pavilion of the Dragon Seed country and the Lion Beak country. There was ridicule and disdain written boldly on their faces, clearly indicating that they frowned upon how their participants were acting shamelessly.
Both Elders shifted uncomfortably in their seats as even their own countries' contingents turned to look at them with shocked and downcast faces. They scowled at their fellow countrymen and students.
Even though they could hear the ridicule and insult going around in the spectator's stands, they forced themselves to remain calm despite the Black lines that had naturally formed on their foreheads. The benefits they were promised would be worth it in the end.
Meanwhile, the briefly stunned fourth Prince was a bit slow to dodge their attacks and therefore had to take it head-on with two swords he hasteningly took out of his spatial ring. The exchange was disadvantageous to him as he was sent back from the collusion and took ten steps back, each step leaving a deep impression on the stage, a testament to how powerful the clash was.
Since the two mid-level Xantian cultivators didn't hold back at all the fourth Pirnce's arms were numb as a trace of blood leaked out of the corner of his lips. He had just taken the last step back when the two opponents pressed on their advantage and arrived before him in a flash.
The spectators were bewildered, " what is going on, are they trying to cripple him?" One woman turned to ask her companion in dismay. Another spectator stood up and roared," These shameless fellows, don't know how to hold back at all. " His friend shook his head and responded, "Is it even necessary for them to be this ferocious towards a younger boy whose cultivation is a major realm and a few more levels less than their own."?
Many disgruntled spectators didn't hide their displeasure at all. The mysterious Elder from the Heaven Sword Holy Land was stunned this time round. " What?! he was able to take their full-force attacks and didn't even fly out of the stage but took only a few steps back? What a formidable and tenacious fellow. interesting " He refocused on the fighting more.
As the opponents arrived in a flash before him, the fourth Prince, quickly tapped his feet on the stage a flew backwards thereby dodging their thrust and slash as they came at him.
Just like that, he was pursued across the stage, blocking, dodging, being hit, rolling away. The opponents were relentless in their attacks, holding nothing back. A friendly competition to determine the genious cultivators in the Black Dragon Empire thus became a life and death battle.
The spectators were indignant, yet there was nothing they could do. The rules of the finals were not being broken after all. They could only watch with anticipation as their favourite participant was being bullied and assaulted by the two opponents.
As the fight continued, both Jui Ge and Lu Mu were displeased, how could both of them being peak mid-level Xantian Martial force realm cultivators fail to immediately kick out a little brat at the peak of the spirit realm after all this time?
It's true they have battered and bruised him, he was cutting a very miserable sight right now, but he still looks to have more fight in him. They have never seen anyone with such a fierce fighting spirit before.
They kept slashing, thrusting, kicking and attacking the fourth Prince but couldn't defeat him after exchanging more than a hundred blows. Their inability turned to shame and humiliation and this they converted to anger, which fueled their aggressiveness.
The whole body of spectators were on their feet holding their breath, hoping their Black horse would hold on and somehow make a miraculous comeback. Some even held onto their companions and neighbours as they anxiously watched the battle raging on the stage.
Old Zu, turned and looked towards the pavilion of the two countries and shook his head. How could he not see what was going on? "Someone was motivating these two old geezers to gang upon the young Prince and he could see the hand of the Crowned Prince in it. " He thought to himself.
He looked at the Royal pavilion and the smile on the Crowned Prince confirmed his assumptions. He turned towards the fighting stage and realised Jui Ge and Lu Mu so far only attacked using their physical strength and yunqi, but not their sword qi, sword intent or flying swords. "At least those two still know some shame." He thought to himself as he leaned back in his chair.
In the Royal Pavilion, the mood was light and wine was flowing as if a festival was going on. The Crowned Prince's mood was lightened considerably. He leaned back in his chair and enjoyed the fight on the stage.
"Foolish little brother, to think you have thrown out my good intentions earlier, hmmmph!". He turned to his wife and gave her the sweetest smile he could muster. Damn, he was in a good mood, what an exhilarating show.
His wife leaned towards him and said sweetly and coquettishly, "Hope my Lord is pleased with my present and relaxed this time". The Crowned Prince nodded.
"You did very well honey, it a quite a pleasant surprise. Indeed am pleased". They both basked in their love whilst the Fourth Prince was being pursued all around the stage.
The other participants could guess the underpinning of what was going on. They had heard rumours and therefore would not interfere in these muddy waters. They may bring disaster upon their families, clans and countries. They therefore waited silently at their respective corners.
The onslaught continued with the Fourth Prince doing his utmost best to defend and Land a blow on his opponent. He indeed cut a sorry figure and his whole body ached. But if one were to look carefully, they would have seen the light in his eyes shining and his fighting spirit was aroused to the maximum.
He sacrificed his defence and landed a blow on the two opponents simultaneously; Leaving a deep cut on their arm and thigh But in doing so he also took Jui Ge's kick to the chest and Lu Mu's blow to the torso.
The spectators shouted in horror, the women clutched their stomachs and closed their eyes, whilst the men let out long breaths. Is the Fourth Prince Zi Longxie able to survive this ferocious attack or is this the end of the road for him?