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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
Chapter 191
The thug leader was stripped to his underwear. His face was badly bruised. He was gagged with a dirty piece of cloth. He hung upside down, looking completely humiliated and broken. Hanging around the thug leader’s neck was a small, neat piece of white paper. Written on the paper in perfect, polite handwriting were the words:”Please do not disturb our sleep. We have a tournament to win.”The fat official swallowed hard. He looked past the tied-up thug, into the courtyard. The three hundred disciples of the Cloud-Soaring Sect were sitting in neat, perfect circles on the clean dirt. They were meditating quietly. Their swords rested on their laps. They did not look tired. They looked like a highly disciplined, terrifying army of absolute killers. The official slowly backed away. He turned around and ran as fast as his fat legs could carry him, desperate to tell Lord Julian that the trap had completely failed. While the disciples meditated, Lucien slipped out the back wall of the cour
Chapter 190
Suddenly, a voice spoke from the pitch-black roof above him. "Excuse me," the voice whispered. The leader froze. He slowly looked up. Sitting on the edge of the broken roof, dangling his legs casually over the side, was Lucien. He wore his dirty brown cloak. His face was hidden in the dark. "You guys are stepping in the mud," Lucien said lazily. "We spent an hour cleaning that mud today. It is very rude."The leader sneered. He pointed his curved knife up at the roof. "Shut your mouth, beggar. Come down here so I can cut your tongue out."Lucien did not move. He sighed softly. "I am not going to fight you," Lucien said. "I am officially off the clock."Lucien turned his head slightly to the left. "Kai," Lucien called out into the dark. "Are you awake?"From the pitch-black shadows of the courtyard, another voice answered. "Yes, Instructor Mo Yan," Kai said. "Do you want to handle this?" Lucien asked lazily. "Yes, Instructor," Kai replied. "May we warm up?""You may," Lucien sa
Chapter 189
Seraphina looked up. Through the holes in the roof, she saw the cloudy sky of the capital. "There are no giant, acid-spitting bugs falling from that ceiling," Lucien pointed out. "Look at the dirt. There is no freezing, grey Grave-Mist creeping up from the ground to melt our skin. Listen to the wind. There are no ancient ghosts whispering in our ears trying to make us jump off a cliff."Lucien turned around and looked at the three hundred disciples. "You guys slept in freezing, frozen mud pits for three months!" Lucien shouted. "You fought giant shadow-monsters in the pitch black! This place is dry! It has walls! It is a paradise compared to the Lower Margins!"The disciples looked at each other. They blinked. Then, a few of them started to smile. Lucien was absolutely right. To a normal, spoiled sect from the capital, this courtyard was a nightmare. But to the kids who had survived the Graveyard King’s brutal, horrible training camp? This place was completely fine. "He is right,
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