"Let's go in, Brother Military Governor!
I can't wait to try again. Last time, Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand was at the Scarlet Rabbit Palace. This time, I must go one step further and reach the Dragon Ball Palace. "
Wang Zhiqiang clenched his fists to encourage himself as he spoke. The Scarlet Rabbit Palace was the fourth palace of the Twelve Skyscraping Palaces, while the Dragon Ball Palace was the fifth.
Wang Zhiqiang's wish was very simple. He only hoped that he could go one step further. He didn't even dare to hope for two steps.
However, this also proved how difficult it was to break through the Twelve Skyscraping Palaces.
"Oh right, what's your goal, Brother Military Governor?"
Wang Zhiqiang turned to ask Guhan curiously. However, before Guhan could answer, he continued to speculate, "With Brother Military Governor's ability, let alone the Dragon Ball Palace, it's even possible to reach the Road Palace." The Road Palace was the seventh palace. This was the best result humans had achieved in the past nine and a half years.
Wang Zhiqiang actually said that Guhan could reach the Road Palace. Clearly, he still thought that Guhan's strength was extremely high.
"If I don't try, who knows which palace I can reach?" Guhan said with a faint smile.
Wang Zhiqiang naturally understood Guhan's words to be modest. He was saying that he might not be able to reach the Road Palace.
However, in Guhan's heart, these words had another meaning. In Guhan's heart, the Road Palace was clearly not his goal. Guhan only had one goal from beginning to end, and that was to clear the Twelve Skyscraping Palaces, find the bug in this dungeon, and find a way to leave this dungeon.
Just as Guhan was about to enter the Mouse Palace, an accident suddenly occurred. A few bruised and bloodied men ran to Wang Zhiqiang's side.
Seeing these people, Wang Zhiqiang immediately became nervous.
Because these people were none other than the swordbearers who had followed Wang Zhiqiang and Guhan all the way here.
Guhan, who had a good memory, could clearly remember that these people were the ones who had broken his Swordmaiden in battle.
Wang Zhiqiang let them settle in a temporary camp outside the Twelve Heavenly Palaces. Then, he arranged for three sword bearers who had no intention of entering the Twelve Heavenly Palaces to protect them.
Logically speaking, they should be safely staying in the temporary camp. Why would they suddenly appear beside Wang Zhiqiang with bruises all over their faces?
"Little Six, what happened?" Wang Zhiqiang asked nervously.
"It's Tian Hao!
It was done by Tian Hao! "
At the mention of Tian Hao's name, the sword-bearers and Wang Zhiqiang's eyes flashed with boundless rage.
Clearly, Tian Hao and Wang Zhiqiang were old rivals who had a love-hate relationship with each other.
"It's that fool again!"
Wang Zhiqiang gnashed his teeth and was about to curse a few more times, when the two sword-wielding men suddenly pulled Wang Zhiqiang's sleeves and hurriedly pulled Wang Zhiqiang out. They also hurriedly shouted, "Boss, it's too late. Lao San and Lao Si are going to fight Tian Hao, but they are no match for Tian Hao. If you don't hurry up, Lao San and Lao Si will die in his hands!"
"F * ck, these two idiots. They are only ancient sword rank sword-bearers. Where did they get the courage to duel a Famed Sword rank sword-bearer?
F * ck their ancestors! "
Wang Zhiqiang cursed and stomped his feet. Then, without needing the three sword-bearers to urge him, he was the first to rush to the front to save his brother.
"Duel?
Die at his hands? "
The conversation between Wang Zhiqiang and his brother made Guhan frown. In order to protect the lives of the precious sword-bearers, the Sword Council did not advocate using duels to settle grudges between sword-bearers.
A duel between sword-bearers was a decision that would only be used as a last resort.
Moreover, the duel required a powerful witness, a well-equipped arena, and a life-saving facility to carry out the duel.
The law clearly stated that once one of the sword-bearers' personal shields was broken, the duel would immediately end. Moreover, it was impossible for the sword-bearers to be hurt in such a duel, not to mention dying in the hands of the sword-bearers.
Similarly, it was clearly written in the history books that these rules regarding the internal struggles of the sword bearers were set by the Sword Ancestor when Yan Jing City was destroyed and moved to the dimensional gap to live without purpose. No one could violate these rules.
It had been more than 30 years since this rule was established in the dungeon. Logically speaking, this rule should have been properly implemented.
Even though this rule was not enforced due to the lack of supervision in the wilderness.
However, the Twelve Skyscraping Palaces were near New Yanjing City and were only a few dozen kilometers away from the city walls.
The temporary camp was also managed by the Sword Council. This place should be a place with very strict rules. Why would someone dare to openly harm the lives of others in a duel here?
At the thought of this, Guhan was no longer in a hurry to enter the Twelve Skyscraping Palaces. Instead, he followed Wang Zhiqiang to the temporary camp.
…
When Guhan arrived at the temporary camp, he was shocked to discover that things were no longer as simple as a lack of supervision.
There were more than a dozen arenas built with dimensional crystals in the camp. In each arena, there was a pair of sword-bearers fighting.
Guhan also saw a few Blood Forest corpses casually discarded outside some of the arenas. These corpses had clearly died not long ago, and their Sword Ladies had been forcibly broken beside them.
Outside each ring, there were a large number of onlookers cheering loudly. Every time they saw a swordsman get injured or die, these onlookers would applaud and cheer excitedly, just like the spectators around the Colosseum in ancient Rome.
Not only were the sword-bearers dead, but their Sword Ladies had also been broken.
Seeing this, Guhan couldn't help but want to loudly question those cheering spectators and those ruthless opponents. Wasn't the Sword Lady the most precious treasure of mankind?
It's fine if they killed your enemies, but why did they have to break such a precious Sword Lady?
Everything here was so bloody and unbearable to look at, causing Gu Han's worldview to be greatly impacted once again.
Was this really the Kenzu rule that was praised by countless descendants and history books?
Why was there such a bloody battle between sword-bearers?
Could it be that these sword-bearers and the Sword Council behind them had forgotten that mankind's enemy wasn't mankind itself, but the crazy Yuan Kou outside who wanted to exterminate the entire human race?
In just a few hours, Guhan felt that all his understanding of the Kenzu era had been completely shattered. Everything that happened here was completely different from what was written in the textbooks and history books. Even Guhan couldn't accept all of this in a short period of time.
"Why?" Guhan asked himself in disappointment. "Don't they know how to unite?
Why do they have to kill each other? "
"Why are you asking such an idiotic question?
There's anger in the heart, and there's a sword in the hand. Naturally, they have to settle their debts! "
A sword-bearer beside Guhan heard Guhan's question and took the initiative to answer loudly.
After asking the question, he stared provocatively at Guhan a few times and waved the Sword Lady in his hand, looking excited and eager to fight with Guhan.
Unfortunately, Guhan didn't even look at this person. Instead, he quickly caught up with Wang Zhiqiang, who was in front of him. Then, he saw that on the leftmost ring.
The sword-bearers who had walked with Guhan for a day were both bathed in blood. Their palms were tightly covering their chests, but they still couldn't stop the blood from flowing out of their chests … According to the rate of blood loss, even if they didn't receive any other injuries, in less than three minutes, these two people would both die.
"Old Three!
Old Four! "Wang Zhiqiang cried out in sorrow and planned to rush to the ring to save these two people.
"Stop!
The rules must be followed! "
However, before Wang Zhiqiang could approach the ring, two Sword Ladies suddenly jumped out from the ground. Their swords were pointed at Wang Zhiqiang's throat. Apparently, they didn't want Wang Zhiqiang to continue approaching the ring. Looking at the strength of these two Sword Ladies, they should be Spirit Sword Ladies.
Two Spirit Sword Ladies were naturally not something that Wang Zhiqiang could deal with. If Wang Zhiqiang wanted to take a step forward, their sharp swords could instantly cut off Wang Zhiqiang's neck.
"Strange!
How come I've never seen these two Spirit Sword Ladies before? "On the other side, Guhan couldn't help but stare blankly at the two Sword Ladies that had jumped out.
Because Guhan had never seen these two Spirit Sword Ladies in the data.
There were not many natural born Sword Ladies of Spirit Sword Level, and the man-made Sword Ladies were exactly the same as the natural born Sword Ladies. Therefore, Gu Han had almost memorized the appearance of all the Sword Ladies of Spirit Sword Level in his mind.
However, these two Spirit Sword Ladies definitely didn't include these two Spirit Sword Ladies in front of him.
"Hinao-Chan, do you know who these two Spirit Sword Level Swordmistresses are?" Just in case, Gu Han confirmed with Fragrant Wind Hinao-Chan.
"There's no information on these two Sword Ladies in the database." This time, even Tomono Kakaze didn't know what to say.
"I admit defeat!
I admit defeat on behalf of the two of them!
We've lost! "
On the other side, Wang Zhiqiang, who was stopped by the two Spirit Sword Ladies, hurriedly said to the two Spirit Sword Ladies.
"No!
Except for the two dueling parties, no one else is allowed to make a decision on their behalf! "
These two Spirit Sword Ladies seemed to act as the referee, and they also ruthlessly rejected Wang Zhiqiang's proposal.
"Old Three!
Old Four!
You guys admit defeat!!
Hurry up and admit defeat!! "Wang Zhiqiang shouted at his two brothers from below the stage.
"Boss!
I'm sorry!
This time, I won't admit defeat even if I die! "
"That's right, Boss. Even if we die here, we won't admit defeat!"
Even though Number Three and Number Four were extremely weak, they bit their lips and refused to admit defeat no matter what.
"Why?
Why won't you guys admit defeat?
Could it be that your lives are not even comparable to a mere bargaining chip? "
Wang Zhiqiang scolded, but he didn't expect that the two people on the stage still wanted to admit defeat, as if surrendering was related to something important.
Then, Wang Zhiqiang suddenly thought of something and hurriedly asked the two Spirit Sword Ladies beside him, "What's the bargaining chip for their duel?"
"If one side, Tian Hao, loses, then Tian Hao will kneel on the ground and tell the other side that Tian Hao is a son of a bitch, stinking dog shit." One of the Spirit Sword Ladies replied.
"One side of the duel is Old Three Wu. If Old Four Wu loses, then Old Three Wu and Old Four Wu will kneel on the ground and say to Tian Hao that Wang Zhiqiang is a son of a b * tch, stinking dog shit." Another Spirit Sword Grade Swordmistress replied.