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Chapter 197
Kai looked up at the Imperial Herald. "We win," Kai said softly. His voice was perfectly calm. The Imperial Arena was silent. It was not just quiet. It was a heavy, suffocating, absolute silence. Millions of people had their mouths hanging wide open. Nobody cheered. Nobody booed. They could not process what they had just seen. The Blood-Axe Sect was supposed to be brutal. They were supposed to chop these mountain kids into pieces. But the kids had just dismantled three massive, late-stage Qi-Gathering killers in five seconds, using nothing but basic nerve strikes and incredible speed. Up in the golden Royal Box, the Emperor leaned forward. The cruel smile completely vanished from his face. His golden eyes narrowed in deep, angry confusion. "What happened?" the Emperor whispered to the Patriarch standing next to him. "Did they use an illegal artifact?""No, your Majesty," the Saint-Aurelius Patriarch said, looking very worried. "I sensed no high-tier magic. They used pure physica
Chapter 196
The three heavy black iron axes fell from the sky. The millions of people in the Grand Arena held their breath. They waited for the terrible sound of breaking bones and tearing flesh. They expected the three small, weak teenagers from the mountain to be chopped into bloody pieces. But the sound of breaking bone never came. Kai, the seventeen-year-old disciple of the Cloud-Soaring Sect, looked up at the falling axe. Just two seconds ago, he looked like a terrified, shaking bird. He had kept his head down. He had made his hands tremble. But the exact moment the Imperial Herald shouted "Begin!", the fear completely melted away from Kai’s face. The mask was dropped. Kai’s eyes changed. They turned cold, dead, and incredibly sharp. They were no longer the eyes of a soft, spoiled student. They were the eyes of someone who had fought immortal shadow-monsters in the freezing mud for three months. They were the eyes of an Ossuary survivor. The giant, bald leader of the Blood-Axe Sect smil
Chapter 195
Lucien did not look worried. He reached into his pocket and pulled out another blade of green spirit-grass. He put it in his mouth and chewed it lazily. "Sect Master," Lucien said, his voice perfectly calm over the roaring noise of the crowd. "Send the kids out."Seraphina looked at him like he was crazy. "Lucien, they will be cut in half! We should forfeit the match!""If you forfeit, the Empire legally takes your mountain today," Lucien reminded her coldly. "Send them out."Seraphina bit her lip. She turned around to look at the small group of disciples standing nervously in the back of the dirty box. "Kai. Lin. Jian," Seraphina called out. Her voice was shaking. The three young teenagers stepped forward. They looked incredibly small compared to the giant men walking onto the sand. Kai was seventeen. He wore simple, clean light blue robes. He held a plain steel sword. Lin was only fifteen. She was short and very thin. She held two small, sharp daggers. She looked like a strong
Chapter 194
The crowd roared with bloodthirsty excitement. "This is a true test of survival!" the Herald yelled, his voice echoing off the high marble walls. "Weapons are allowed! Magic is allowed! Dirty tricks are allowed! The only way to win a match is if the enemy team surrenders, is knocked out, or is thrown completely out of the ring!"The Herald stopped walking. He looked up at the golden Royal Box and bowed. "The Emperor has graciously provided healers for this event," the Herald said. "But the healers will only enter the ring after a match is officially over. If a fighter bleeds to death during the fight... if a fighter is burned to ash before they can surrender... the Empire considers it an unfortunate accident."Seraphina gasped softly. Her pale blue eyes widened in horror. "An unfortunate accident?" she whispered angrily. "They are legalizing murder. This is not a tournament. It is a slaughterhouse."Lucien did not look surprised. He kept his posture slouched and lazy. "That is how
Chapter 193
The Imperial Arena was not just a building. It was a city made of white marble and shining gold. It was the most colossal, massive structure in the entire world. The walls were hundreds of feet high. Inside the giant oval stadium, millions of people were packed tightly together. The noise was absolutely unbelievable. It sounded like a massive, roaring ocean. People were cheering, blowing loud horns, waving colorful flags, and stomping their feet. The ground shook from the sheer power of the crowd. High up in the sky, giant magical screens floated in the air. These screens were made of clear, glowing blue magic. They showed the faces of the famous fighters, so even the people sitting in the very back rows could see everything perfectly. The bright morning sun shined down on the white sand in the center of the arena. It was a beautiful, perfect day for war. Lucien sat quietly. He was not sitting in a nice, comfortable chair. He was sitting in the "Coach’s Box," a small, dirty pit du
Chapter 192
Julian’s golden eyes scanned the bowing crowd. He looked at them with complete, absolute disgust. He looked at the normal people like they were ugly, annoying bugs. Lucien gripped the rough stone pillar he was hiding behind. He squeezed his hand. The solid stone pillar began to crumble under his fingers. The struggle in Lucien’s soul flared up like a massive, exploding volcano. The Abyssal Chaos Veins inside his chest roared. They wanted to be let out. They wanted to rip the [Vein-Concealment Aura] apart. Lucien wanted to step out from behind the pillar, summon his God-Slaying Spear, and cut Julian’s arrogant head off right here in the middle of the street. He wanted to watch the golden crown roll into the dirt. He remembered the cold dungeon. He remembered the heavy iron chains cutting into his wrists. He remembered Julian kicking him into the freezing grey mist of the Eternal Ossuary, laughing as the heavy iron doors locked behind him. “Do it,” the dark magic whispered in Luci
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