“Jin Wuhuan, in this round, I’m afraid it will be your Jin family losing a city,” Zi Jinchen responded coldly.
“I’d like to see how the Zi family makes our Jin family lose a city,” Jin Wuhuan replied, not saying more. He waved his hand and said, “Jin Zhongji.”
“Yes, Third Elder!” On the city wall, a strikingly handsome young man nodded to Jin Wuhuan, then leapt forward, landing in front of the crowd.
This person could not yet fly with wings of vital energy.
Clearly, this young man named Jin Zhongji was the Jin family’s first arena defender, at the mid-tier Heavenly Martial realm, only about twenty years old, exuding the aura of a sixth-layer Heavenly Martial, far surpassing ordinary sixth-layer Heavenly Martial practitioners.
“Zi Yan! Go break the first match!” Zi Jinchen spoke up, referring to the only Heavenly Martial realm youth they brought, carried along by Zi Jinchen, also at the sixth-layer Heavenly Martial realm, the strongest among them.
“Yes!” The youth named Zi Yan nodded, leapt down, and stood facing Jin Zhongji.
“Almost twenty-two years old, I suppose you’re the strongest mid-tier Heavenly Martial of the Jin family?” Jin Zhongji said to Zi Yan.
“Aren’t you the same? At our age, just reaching the sixth-layer Heavenly Martial realm doesn’t make us geniuses. Serving our families is already an honour, so why waste words?” Zi Yan replied, drawing a long sword.
“This Zi Yan sees things clearly,” Lin Xiao couldn’t help but inwardly praise upon hearing Zi Yan’s words.
Though they were the strongest in the mid-tier Heavenly Martial realm, in great families like the Zi and Jin, people their age had already surpassed them in cultivation.
They were hardly geniuses; they were only in the arena due to cultivation restrictions.
With their talents, they had no right to boast in the arena.
“Hmph, so what? Let’s see how many moves you can take!” Embarrassed by Zi Yan’s words, Jin Zhongji grew furious, moved his feet, and charged at Zi Yan, swinging a large blade.
Zi Yan also moved, unleashing powerful force. His sword clashed repeatedly with Jin Zhongji, sparks flying, powerful fluctuations rippling out.
Both were extremely strong, capable of contending with a first-layer Martial King.
After all, these were youths selected from a vast crowd, their combat power nearing the mid-tier Heavenly Martial limit, their strengths very close.
Their battle lasted a full half-hour. After half an hour, both were bloodied. Jin Zhongji seized an opportunity, unleashed a supreme technique, injured Zi Yan, and sent him flying.
First match, Jin family wins!
“Hahaha, Elder Zi Jinchen, the first match of the first arena, your Zi family lost,” Jin Wuhuan’s loud laughter rang out, and others from the Jin family grew excited.
“Hmph, it’s just the first match. There are two more, and the winner is still uncertain,” Zi Jinchen’s face darkened. He hadn’t expected the Zi family to lose the first match. If not for Lin Xiao holding the line with a chance against Jin Bihui, they would have already lost the first arena.
“Heh, this first round, we’ve already won,” Jin Wuhuan mocked, with the group beside him nodding and smiling.
With Jin Bihui anchoring them, they believed the Jin family had already won.
“No way to know without trying. Zi Mao, you’re up!” Zi Jinchen spoke again.
“Yes, Third Elder!” A brown-robed youth stepped out from the crowd, flying forward with wings of vital energy, standing in the air ahead.
“Jin Xi, take him down!” Jin Wuhuan called out.
“I won’t disappoint the Third Elder!” A loud shout came as a youth with a slightly crooked mouth rushed out, standing before Zi Mao.
“Brother Zi Mao, please!”
“Please!”
With those words, both charged forward. Dazzling blade and sword lights flashed, powerful fluctuations erupted, and they fought fiercely.
Their strengths were also very close, and the battle lasted nearly half an hour with no clear winner.
“I hope Zi Mao doesn’t lose, or I won’t even get a chance to fight,” Lin Xiao thought to himself.
His only uncertainty was attacking the first arena, as he could only participate in the mid-tier Martial Venerable level. Mid-tier Heavenly Martial and mid-tier Martial King participants had to be chosen from Zi family disciples.
He had no confidence in the Zi family’s youths.
Logically, the Zi family’s strength wasn’t inferior to the Jin family’s. They should win at least one of the two matches. If they lost both, there was nothing he could do.
“Pfft!”
At the end of their battle, Zi Mao finally defeated Jin Xi, winning one match for the Zi family.
Seeing this, Zi Jinchen and the others quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Thankfully, they won the second match. Now, the next one depended on Lin Xiao.
“Zi Jinchen, it seems your Zi family got lucky and won this one,” Jin Wuhuan’s voice rang out. Though they lost this match, he showed little disappointment. “But the next one, I’m afraid your Zi family has no chance.”
With that, Jin Wuhuan waved his hand. From the crowd on the city wall, a youth in green robes flew up, swiftly appearing before the hundreds of thousands, standing in the air.
This youth, about twenty-two, was imposing, handsome, with sharp eyes glinting with light, exuding an extraordinary aura and a powerful sixth-layer Martial Venerable presence, radiating an oppressive force at a glance.
“Jin Bihui, it’s Jin Bihui entering the arena.”
“Jin Bihui is renowned, closely following the Martial Emperor’s direct bloodline. With him fighting, the Zi family is sure to lose!”
“Who will the Zi family send? In the mid-tier Martial Venerable realm, it seems they have no one who can match Jin Bihui.”
“The third match is probably just to fill numbers. No matter who they send, the Zi family will surely fail to attack the first arena!”
As Jin Bihui appeared, excited voices rose from the crowd, the atmosphere surging with enthusiasm.
“Zi Jinchen, this match, no matter who you send, they’ll lose!” Jin Wuhuan declared confidently from the city wall.
Jin Bihui’s strength had reached the limit of the sixth-layer realm. With his various heaven-defying talents, his combat power was terrifying. The Zi family had no one to match him.
They had full confidence in Jin Bihui; otherwise, they wouldn’t have set the arena conditions to suit him.
Today, they aimed to use Jin Bihui as their trump card to crush the Zi family.
“It seems Jin Bihui’s reputation is quite something!” Lin Xiao couldn’t help but marvel at the crowd’s reaction.
Jin Bihui had become the Jin family’s ace, an invincible genius hero in the eyes of the hundreds of thousands. If this renowned hero were defeated by him, what would they think?
“Getting excited too early isn’t a good thing,” Zi Jinchen retorted coldly, then said to Lin Xiao, “Be careful.”
Lin Xiao nodded, then flew forward with wings of vital energy, facing Jin Bihui.
