Chapter 92: Tournament-8!
“Peak Master Xia, what is your answer? Will you save your disciple or not?”
Peak Master Xia looked at the terrified Mo Fan before nodding: “I accept!”
She could refuse but since Feng Xue had already accepted the insect, it wouldn’t make a difference if she was also controlled.
She was only at the Core Formation realm so Chen Lao could even use force to feed her the insect forcefully.
And after her answer the insect-eating ceremony ended for her, however, she couldn’t control her scream of pain like Feng Xue.
Chen Lao moved on to the last Sect Leader, the Earth Root Sect’s Leader.
Meanwhile, Mo Fan and Han Yujin were released but Ashen stayed there, due to his ring accident.
The two protagonists from the Earth Root Sect were brought to decide their fate.
Since the Earth Root Sect’s leader had enough time to think, he was ready with his answer: “I refuse! I am a sect Leader, Honor will always come first for me. I lived freely and I’ll die freely. I’m sure my disciples will appreciate my choice. No one would want a slave as their master, right?”
He said with a solemn expression before looking at his disciples with pain-filled eyes.
“No No!”
Shouts filled with horror and panic resounded in the arena before,
Spurt!
Thud!
Spurt!
Thud!
Both of the protagonists were made into corpses.
The Earth Root Sect Sect closed his eyelids as a stream of tears flowed down his cheeks.
“Don’t worry disciples, this useless master of yours will come and join you in heaven!”
Chen Lao looked at both Earth Root Sect’s leader and Eternal Blossom Sect’s Leader before bursting into laughter: “Hahaha, you fools, did you really think I’d let you die that easily? I have so many people from your sect, I can easily kill all of them till you agree to ingest this insect”
His gaze moved over the arena.
Earth Root Sect’s leader and Eternal Blossom Sect’s Leader, both had their eyes widened in anger and shock at his words as they shouted: “You Bastard, Do you have no shame? You gave us your word!”
Chen Lu shook his head as he corrected them: “No No, you’re mistaken. I only offered you to save your disciples by accepting the insect or simply refuse and let them die. I never said that I wouldn’t do anything else after that. Now, I will give you the same choice with every disciple of your sect. Either you accept the insect or see them die in front of your very own eyes!”
“You Bastard! Why are you doing this? Just let us die in peace!” Earth Root Sect’s leader roared.
Chen Lao, however, wasn’t one to listen as he scolded: “I only want to hear your answer. Either accept the insect or let everyone from your sect face death!”
They both gritted their teeth in frustration as tears flowed out of their eyes while their eyes turned red.
It was the Eternal Blossom Sect’s leader who answered first: “You win, you bastard. Just feed me the damn insect!”
Seeing the Eternal Blossom Sect’s Leader accepting the insect, the Earth Root Sect’s Leader relented: “I also concede. I will let you have your wish!”
“Hahaha, excellent choice!” Chen Lao praised before gesturing to the elder to give them the insect.
The Elder helped both of them complete the insect ingesting ceremony.
Both sect leaders bit their lips in an attempt to endure the pain that struck their minds.
“Hahaha, Well done. Now I have you all under my control!” Chen Lao laughed as he expressed his joy.
At this moment, the other sect leaders let go of the four lower-ranked sect leaders since they were already under control
The Shadow Veil Sect’s leader turned towards Chen Lao as he asked: “Now, fulfill your promise. Let us go and take these four sect’s treasuries for our own sects. You don’t plan on reneging on your promise, do you?”
Hearing this, Sword Shilla Sect’s Leader came forward as he chipped in: “Yes, Sect Leader Chen Lao, you remember the meeting we had, right?”
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Some days before this tournament,
Chen Lao stood in front of ten Long Mirrors lined up in a straight line. In Five of them, The Sect Leaders of the sects ranked second to sixth could be seen standing with a serious expression.
“Are you sure about this insect that you’ve found? What if it doesn’t work?” Shadow Veil Sect’s leader’s voice resounded in his ears.
Chen Lao nodded as he responded: “Yes, I am one hundred percent sure about its effect. I only have five of them and I plan to use them on the lower four ranked Sect’s leaders and the princess of Xia kingdom who is going to accompany Feng Xue!”
Him telling them that he only had five of them reassured them since that would mean that he cannot force them to eat it afterwards.
“But Letting you have control over four king realm experts… this is too risky. What if you decided to attack us after having control over them?” Sword Shilla Sect’s Leader questioned with a frown.
This was the biggest concern they had. Chen Lao would become too powerful after getting control over four king realm experts.
“That is the reason I’m offering you the treasuries of the four lower sects and only asking for resources that you’ll find there. I’ll not take anything from them. That will be the price for your trust that I’ll pay you. As for attacking you, it is not possible. Just think about it.”
“Once I’ll have control over those four, we will only be five king realm cultivators. You all are also five king realm cultivators. I can’t possibly make you stay in my sect without your choice with only five king realm cultivators.”
“If I attack you, you can always retreat back to your sects. The formations surrounding your sects will be able to defend you from me even if I attack and you can, instead, attack me after formulating a plan. Also, you will receive multiple treasures inside those treasuries. Maybe, you’ll find a treasure strong enough to make you even stronger than me. Why would I be foolish enough to attack you knowing that?”
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. With the resources we’ll get from those four sects, who knows, maybe we will be able to advance to the revered Emperor Realm?”
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(A/N – Thanks for reading. ^..^)
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