"Haha, I didn't run into those perverts. That's great, I can make it into the top sixty-four." Seeing that his opponents were not Gui Yun, Ku Wuya, or those super strong opponents, Bai Xiaole was instantly filled with confidence.
Bai Shishi, Changchuan Gongzi, and Luo Xue also hadn't encountered any super powerhouses. Moreover, with Long Chen's guidance, Luo Xue felt less pressured. With her burdens gone, she could finally fight with confidence.
"Be careful, don't mess up in the gutter." Seeing Bai Shishi expressionless throughout, Long Chen couldn't help but remind her.
"You're the one to watch out." Bai Shishi shot him a look, then understood that Long Chen was deliberately teasing her.
"Heh heh, the ones who need to be careful aren't me—it's those guys from the Chu family." Long Chen chuckled.
The arena quickly began. Huayun Trading Company only knew business and had never held such a tournament, so many opening ceremonies and speeches were omitted, making it simple and direct.
The next battle was a battle among the top hundred. For the generous rewards, many people fought desperately. Tens of millions of strong warriors were left with only a handful of people. In the midst of the waves, there wasn't a single weakling.
The Top 100 battle is not just for rewards, but also for honor—for one's own glory and for the glory of the sect.
Because of Long Chen, everyone was given a fair chance, and they had no choice but to give it their all.
According to previous practices, when the mastermind controls the tournament, some strong fighters with a chance to break into the top 100 are matched with strong opponents like Ku Wuya and Gui Yun, who are eliminated in the preliminaries and don't even qualify to appear on stage.
It is precisely because of this kind of operation that the rewards for the top 100 are all predetermined and impossible for outsiders to receive.
Moreover, the qualifiers are fought dozens of times a day. Even if someone manages to win once, they will get injured or lose their strength, making it impossible to handle the next super powerhouse.
But this year's Jiuzhou Conference was different. After Long Chen's commotion, Huayun Trading Company took over the conference. All the rules were fair, and everyone could earn rewards based on their strength. Everyone cherished the rewards immensely, giving their all, not daring to slack off.
Soon, it was Luo Xue's turn to take the stage. Long Chen gave her a thumbs-up to encourage her. Luo Xue nodded and appeared on the battlefield.
Opposite Luo Xue stood an exceptionally strong man, his skin dark and his eyes flashing like lightning. As soon as he stepped onto the stage, he summoned a strange phenomenon. Behind him, divine light surged, dust flew everywhere, and sand billowed out from the phenomenon. The arena on his side instantly became shrouded in mist.
"It's an earth-element expert."
Luo Qing's expression suddenly grew serious. Earth-element experts have long endurance and are extremely difficult to deal with, with astonishing defense. Defeating an earth-element expert within the allotted time is extremely difficult.
"Buzz"
Luo Xue also summoned a strange phenomenon. The visions of the Luo family's first-generation disciples may differ, but they all share one feature: purple energy swirling around them, which is related to their bloodline. Rumor has it that the Luo family's heritage is extremely ancient, with the Purple Blood clan tracing back to the Ancient Era.
Legend has it that the Purple Blood Clan of the Ancient Desolate Era could shatter the heavens with a wave of their hand and split the earth with a sweep. They were among the earliest races to master the Heavenly Dao and condense spells, and their fame was only slightly inferior to the legendary Jiuli Clan.
However, the Luo family's purple blood is worlds apart from the legendary purple blood, a huge gap. Therefore, the Luo family is not considered the legendary Purple Blood clan, but rather somewhat resembling the purple blood clan, because the legendary Purple Blood clan would never be so weak.
However, the Luo family's purple blood energy is still very powerful. The purple energy fuses with heaven and earth, allowing it to absorb the power of myriad paths to replenish itself. It is also skilled in prolonged combat. Moreover, the Luo family's cultivation method is unique, powered by the power of bloodlines and performed by merging with the Heavenly Dao, representing a cultivation method between immortal and divine cultivation.
Luo Xue's entire body was shrouded in purple energy, her blood energy soaring to the sky. Her half-heaven arena was filled with purple blood energy.
For a moment, half the arena was filled with dust and purple energy, with a light screen in the middle separating the two. The space roared and exploded, and a powerful pressure raged—the scene was truly astonishing.
"My mother is also from the Luo family. Logically, my mother's bloodline should be stronger than my father's, so why is there no purple energy in my bloodline?" Watching the purple energy surging around Luo Xue, Long Chen couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
His mother was a powerful figure in the Immortal Realm, who fell in love with his father and gave birth to him. Logically, his bloodline should have been based on his mother, but there was not a trace of purple energy in his body. Even if his spiritual blood was extracted, unless he died, such a powerful bloodline must have the ability to regenerate.
Long Chen touched the jade pendant in his arms: 'The dragon roams the world, looking down on the mortal world, peace and joy, forever inseparable.'
Thinking of the voice he once heard from afar, he finally understood why his mother only wished for him to be safe and sound, not wanting him to be drawn into this perilous world of cultivation.
Her mother despised this world full of slaughter. She only wanted to live a simple and peaceful life. Unfortunately, fate was like a merciless hand. She escaped the immortal realm but still could not escape its tricks. The three of them had such twists and hardships in their fate, with every step thorny.
A loud explosion interrupted Long Chen's thoughts and pulled him back to reality. On the arena, Luo Xue and the earth-element expert clashed, purple energy and thick earth surging, shaking the arena with a thunderous roar.
"Rumble... The
arena exploded, dust flying everywhere, and a fierce beast emerged from the soil. The beast was towering ten thousand zhang tall, with sturdy limbs and a long tail, carrying a turtle shell on its back. It looked somewhat like a crocodile and a turtle.
It emerged from the soil, opened its huge mouth, and a dark yellow divine light surged forth, rushing straight toward Luo Xue.
Amidst the surging yellow light, people clearly saw a person wrapped in the yellow light—Luo Xue's opponent. Wielding a massive war hammer, he harnessed the beast's power and smashed down at Luo Xue. The force of the strike was thunderous.
Luo Xue formed a hand seal with her left hand, while her right hand slashed forward with her longsword, instantly unleashing eighty-one strikes. Each strike carried a purple wave of energy, layered and intertwined to form a sword net.
"Puff puff puff... Purple
aura struck the giant hammer, shattering in succession. But after the heavy purple aura blocked it, the hammer's speed immediately slowed significantly.
"Boom!"
Finally, the giant hammer fell. Luo Xue had nowhere to dodge, purple energy swirling around her. With a sword strike at the hammer, a loud explosion shattered the long sword in Luo Xue's hand.
Although Luo Xue's purple energy slash had drained part of the hammer's power, the hammer was still a treasured artifact, and her longsword was merely a top-grade spiritual weapon. The gap between the two was too great, so the sword still couldn't be saved, and she was sent flying backward, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.
As that mouthful of blood spurted out, Luo Xue's entire aura plummeted in an instant, her face pale as paper, and even her life flame weakened considerably.
Long Chen, Luo Qing, Luo Ning, and the others' expressions changed. At that moment, Luo Xue shouted sharply:
"Purple energy comes from the east, Heaven and Earth Blood Slash!"
On Luo Xue's pale cheeks, a solemn expression appeared as her jade hand rapidly formed hand seals. The blood she spat transformed into a sharp sword, and the phenomenon behind her vanished. The purple energy in the sky was completely absorbed by the blood sword, transforming into a streak of purple lightning that slashed toward the earth-element powerhouse.