The Long Xuke wasn't angry at Wu Guangyu's angry words. He smiled and looked around: "Since everyone is here, let's get ready to start. All eighteen of you come out. Let the old man see how brilliant the young geniuses of the nine clans are."
The eighteen people who were going to participate in the competition asked their patriarchs for permission and then walked to the Long Xuke. Long Chen, Su Xue, Lei Wen and Lei Wu were there. There were four people from the Wind Clan. Besides Feng Zhilin and Wu Guangyu, there was a man and a woman. The man was a strong young man from the Feng Clan. He was about the same age as Lei Wen. The woman was from the God Clan. She was about the same age as Lei Wen. She was in her thirties.
It was actually quite difficult to reach the ninth level of the Earth Martial Arts Realm before the age of thirty. The eight great patriarchs of the demon clan were all over a hundred years old. When they had reached the ninth level of the Earth Martial Arts Realm, they were probably over fifty years old.
Wu Guangyu and Feng Zhilin were engaged. The man and the woman were standing together, holding hands. They must have gotten married. The woman from the God Clan had married the man from the Feng Clan.
The man and the woman were both in the ninth level of the Earth Martial Arts Realm. With Wu Guangyu and Feng Zhilin, they were very strong. The Five Elements Alliance, led by Jin Ling, had ten people. They were all in the ninth level of the Earth Martial Arts Realm. They were very strong.
"Wow, the quality of the contestants this time is very high. At least much higher than the previous ones."
The Long Xuke looked at the eighteen people in surprise. He looked at them one by one. When he saw Feng Zhilin, his eyes lit up. He commented on Feng Zhilin in a low voice. When he knew that Wu Guangyu was about to attack, he looked at Su Xue.
Su Xue's body was more graceful than Feng Zhilin's. The Long Xuke looked at her and couldn't move his eyes away. Su Xue was smart. She smiled and moved behind Long Chen so that the Long Xuke couldn't see anything.
"Eh, this kid."
Only then did Long Xuke look at Long Chen. He said with great interest, "Could this kid be the Long Chen that everyone was talking about? The one who obtained the inheritance of the Seven Brilliance Star Lords?"
"Yes, I am." Long Chen cupped his hands.
This Long Xuke was a powerhouse, and he was the host of this martial arts competition. There was no benefit in offending him.
Wu Guangyu was very impolite to this old guy, but Long Chen was very polite. This gave him a good impression. The old man nodded with satisfaction and said: "Not bad, not bad. Work hard."
"Cut the crap, old fart. Hurry up and take out the God Space Talisman." Wu Lian, the patriarch of the God Clan, said in a cold voice.
"Err …" Right at this moment, Long Xuke suddenly became shy and said, "I prepared 18 Godly Void Talismans earlier, but I gave two of them to a good friend of mine when I came to the Primeval Cemetery …"
"What?"
Bai Lan, Wu Lian, and the others all had ugly expressions. This Long Xuke was crazy and had never been reliable. They didn't expect him to give away the Godly Void Talisman that was related to the martial arts competition. He was too much of a bastard.
"Long Xuke, how can you do this? There are 18 of us participating, but you only have 16 Godly Void Talismans. Doesn't that mean that two of us can't participate? Our quota has already been decided. Who wants to withdraw?" Wu Lian said with an ugly expression.
"No matter what you say, you have to take responsibility for this. Otherwise, the strength of our three races will not let you off," Ancestor Jin said unhappily from the Five Element Union.
The Five Element Union had a total of ten people participating. If they had to lose two people, the God Clan and the Demon Clan would obviously not be willing. In the end, it was very likely that the Five Element Union would lose people. For the Five Element Union, this was a loss.
"Err … err, why don't we change the competition rules? It's such a waste to use the Godly Void Talisman …" Long Xuke said awkwardly.
"Absolutely not. Changing the competition rules at the last minute will greatly affect the result. Who would be willing to suffer such a loss?" Bai Lan frowned and said indifferently.
At that moment, Long Xuke couldn't do anything. The higher-ups of the three great powers were a bit angry. Long Xuke wasn't serious, so Wu Lian wouldn't argue with him. However, such an important matter like the great martial arts competition was treated so casually. He clearly didn't put the three great powers in his eyes.
The three great powers wouldn't allow the Five Emperor Key to be taken away by other powers. Especially Long Xuke, who didn't have any influence. If he hadn't been willing to give up the quota for the Yellow Emperor's Key, the three great powers would have already secretly attacked him.
Of the four experts in the second level of the Heaven realm, the weakest should be that Long Xuke.
Being glared at like tigers watching their prey, Long Xuke smiled and said, "How about this? Among the 18 people, those who are confident enough to enter the top 8 and believe that they will not be hurt or killed will not use the God Space Talisman. I think Wu Guangyu of the God Clan will not use the God Space Talisman. He has the inheritance of Green Lotus Emperor. Among the 18 people, who can give him a fatal wound?"
"No!"
Said Wu Lian hurriedly. Although she knew her son was the strongest, she couldn't accept it. Why did everyone have a Godly Void Talisman and her son Wu Guangyu didn't?
Wu Lian objected, so the people of the God Clan objected too. However, at that moment, Wu Guangyu waved his hand and said, "The Godly Void Talisman is useless to me. I don't need it. If I don't have one, that's fine too. But I have a condition."
Long Xuke had found hope, so he asked, "What is it?"
Wu Guangyu found Long Chen in the crowd, smiled and said, "There are 16 Godly Void Talismans in total. There must be two people who don't have one. One of them is me, and the other one, I hope it's him, Long Chen."
Everyone was in an uproar. Wu Guangyu's intentions were clear. He wanted to kill Long Chen in the ruins while Long Chen didn't have a Godly Void Talisman. After all, he wouldn't be able to kill Long Chen if he had one.
The people of the Lightning Demon tribe obviously objected. Even Su Xue didn't agree. She hurriedly glared at Wu Guangyu and said, "That won't do. It's not fair. Wu Guangyu, don't you want to attack Long Chen in the ruins and steal the Seven Brilliance Star Lord's legacy? That won't do."
Wu Guangyu smiled coldly and said, "Why not? In the past years of the Martial Arts Competition, apart from the first round, life and death are not allowed. The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. This is the rule passed down by the elders. Even the Patriarchs of the various clans cannot interfere. The weak should be killed. Could it be that Long Chen has already admitted defeat to me?"
Su Xue was stunned and scolded, "You despicable person."
Feng Zhilin was furious that her man was scolded. Su Xue was as pretty as her, and women were easily jealous. Su Xue was basically her most important imaginary enemy. She mocked, "Who's despicable? The one who stole the Martial God Stele diagram and the Seven Brilliance Star Lord's legacy is the truly despicable one. He has no real power and only knows how to play tricks. Only you, Su Xue, would like such a weakling. If it were me, I would have thrown this useless man to god knows where."
Feng Zhilin's words made Su Xue angry, but it made Long Chen laugh. Long Chen laughed for a while and attracted everyone's attention. Then he said, "Don't you think it's funny? Of course, the interesting things that happened between us in the Seven Brilliance Star Tomb will be a wonderful memory, Feng Zhilin."
Long Chen's words immediately caused countless questions to appear in everyone's hearts. They all began to guess what exactly had happened between the two of them. Among them, the one who suffered the most was Wu Guangyu. Feng Zhilin was his fiancée, and also the woman he coveted. What did Long Chen's words mean? He even thought back to when Feng Zhilin had come out of the Star Tomb, her clothes were in a mess …
"Don't listen to him. This scoundrel is just a useless person who only knows how to talk."
Feng Zhilin was angry. Thinking about what happened that day, she wanted to kill Long Chen right now. However, she knew that the angrier she was, the more people would think that Long Chen was telling the truth.
So, she could only speak in a calm tone.
Wu Guangyu was doubtful. He thought about how Long Chen was weak and how Feng Zhilin didn't look like she had been raped. Only then did he feel relieved.
"Don't talk about those useless people. Long Chen, let me ask you, without using the Godly Space Talisman, do you dare or not?"
Wu Guangyu used a cold voice to stop the others from talking. He didn't want to be seen as a man who was cuckolded. That would be worse than killing him.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Long Chen.
Long Chen quieted down. He didn't think and just said one word, "I dare."
"That's it. Haha, the two of you are brave geniuses. You have helped me out of the crisis. I will not treat you badly. Next … I will put the Godly Space Talisman on the others."
As soon as Long Chen agreed, Long Xuke hurriedly started. He was very fast, like a gust of wind sweeping past the crowd. When he returned to his original position, everyone could see a dark yellow talisman flickering on their foreheads, except for Long Chen and Wu Guangyu. The talisman flickered gently, emitting a kind of protective power. Then, it gradually disappeared.
"The feeling of the Godly Space Talisman is not bad. It is like wearing a layer of armor. But Long Chen, you really didn't take the risk just to fight back …"