Chapter Seventy-One: The Ritual
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The surrounding bloody qi seems to be more able to arouse the most primitive desires of human beings, killing and plundering, which can erode people's hearts.
Sun Long was passive, so he chose to be silent, confronted Tang Zhen, and let him choose whether to be a friend or an opponent.
The steward stood like a ghost hidden in the blood mist, he did not have the right to express any opinion, he did whatever the master chose.
The blood mist condenses in the dome and on the body, and after a long time, blood droplets will appear and then roll down, falling on the ground and in the pool, making a ticking sound, splashing a small ripple and slowly dispersing.
Time seems to have passed very slowly, in fact, from Tang Zhen's appearance to Sun Long's coming out of the blood pool, and then to the confrontation between the two, only a few breaths have passed.
Tang Chu seemed to have suddenly woken up from a dream, "Brother, congratulations, hurry up and clean your body, brother, I have something to say to you." ”
The embarrassing atmosphere was lifted in an instant, and even the bloody aura seemed to fade a lot, Sun Long nodded: "Thank you, brother." ”
"You're welcome."
Tang Li left first, and the steward led Sun Long to a clean pool of water, cleaned the blood stains all over his body, and put on the green shirt again.
A crisis has passed, at least for now, Tang Zhen did not have any ill will towards Sun Long, and he did not mean to forcibly snoop on the secrets on Sun Long.
Sun Long smiled self-deprecatingly, it seems that this phaseless martial soul is indeed a big trouble, or if it is not revealed, it will inevitably attract the attention of others.
Tang Chu is a businessman, but if he encounters a martial arts powerhouse, once he is coveted, it will be very troublesome to get out.
When they came to the reception room of the martial arts arena, two senior guards of the City Lord's Mansion appeared here, and when they saw Sun Long walking in, they immediately got up and greeted Sun Long.
Seeing that someone from the City Lord's Mansion had come, Sun Long immediately remembered the thing he had told the City Lord Zhou Tu five days ago, the Four Nations Alliance Hunting Tournament seemed to be about to start, and as the representative of the Tianhai Kingdom, Sun Long would attend.
Unexpectedly, he forgot the time when he was refining his body in the Blood Treasure Field, Sun Long felt a little embarrassed, nodded to the two of them, and quietly asked the steward beside him: "How many days have I been in the Blood Bath?" ”
The steward smiled faintly: "Seven nights and six days." ”
"Oh......"
Sun Long nodded, knowing that the agreed time had already passed, but when he thought of the situation of refining his body at that time, he was also dumbfounded, and he didn't notice the passage of time at all.
"Brother, I originally wanted to set up a banquet to entertain you, but the two eldest brothers of the City Lord's Mansion have been here a few times, everything is important to the affairs of the empire, you represent the Tianhai Kingdom to participate in the league, brother, I will not keep you, I wish you good results!"
Tang Shen stood up and said these words to Sun Long very politely, although the age and identity of the two people are very different, but they really talk like brothers of the same generation.
Tang Zhen's actions, whether it was the steward or the senior guards of the two City Lord's Mansions, did not feel inappropriate.
Sun Long's prestige and fame in the Barbarian City only spread in a small area before the duel in the martial arena.
In those aristocratic circles, there is such a person, but for most families and gate valves, there are basically few people who know about it.
But in this small area, Sun Long's fame is terrifying, and the most direct reason is that the city lord Zhou Tu has a special light, which makes countless families rush to it.
Zhou Tuqi's people, just like his name, are more ruthless than the top, and slaughter all those who resist him, no matter what status he has, there are countless strong people who have died in his hands over the years, and there are even more sects that have been exterminated by him.
When it comes to the Zhou butcher, it can stop the children's night crying, which shows his famous murderous name.
Zhou Tu was polite to Sun Long, what are the people of the Tang family's money village?
Sun Long said lightly: "Thank you brother for your care, I'll leave now, and I will have time to reunite!" ”
The two officially said goodbye, and the steward returned Sun Long's package to him, and Sun Long took two senior guards of the City Lord's Mansion to return to the mansion first.
Sun Long's mansion is on the most luxurious Wild Cow Street in Wild Cow City, and all the people who live here are high-ranking officials and nobles, and those who are almost a little bit of status are not qualified to live here at all.
This is all Zhou Tu's arrangement, and Sun Long is too lazy to excuse himself, anyway, living by Zhou Tu's side saves a lot of unnecessary trouble.
After taking the bone knife, pills and other things, Sun Long and the two guards went to the main square in the center of Wild Cow City, and by the way, they learned about the relevant things about this alliance hunting competition.
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On the huge central square, there are about 100,000 people at this time, and the water surrounding the square is impassable.
Bursts of high-pitched shouts burst out of the crowd from time to time, forming an overwhelming wave that drifted in all directions.
It turned out that in that huge square, a warrior was fighting a third-order brute beast.
The third-order brute beast is equivalent to the strength of the human great martial artist, and according to the strength of the brute beast itself, the combat effectiveness is also slightly deviated.
But the weakest brute beasts are much stronger than human warriors, and fighting them requires enough strength and courage.
The scene was stained with blood, and the third-order brute beast was very strong, although it was heavily injured in many places, it was still fighting ferociously.
In the end, the brute beast was still no enemy of the martial artist, and was pierced through the heart by a sword, blood splattered out, and its huge body fell to the ground with a bang.
After killing the brute beast, the atmosphere of the scene was ignited, and countless people were hoarse, venting their madness and pleasure in their hearts!
This is the hunting ritual that takes place every three years before the Four-Nation Alliance Hunting Tournament, which is attended by members of the allied nations who challenge brutes of different ranks.
The higher the level of the assassination, the more attention it will attract from the big shots, and at the same time, the score will accumulate to determine the next area of the empire to hunt.
The geographical environment of Wild Cow City is special, adjacent to the Wild Beast Mountain Range, and it is also the periphery of the Wild Domain, which is called the city closest to the Wild Domain.
In normal times, the brute beasts often cross the border to infest the inhabitants of the wild city, although there are armies and private forces to kill them, but there are always some fish that slip through the net, or bring losses to the people.
Therefore, the people here hate brute beasts very much, and they will hold hunting activities in private, but similar solemn ceremonies before hunting will basically not appear.
Only in the league will the formation in the central square be opened, and the captive brute beasts will be released for passionate assassination.
"It seems that Dong Aoguo has put a lot of effort into cultivating newcomers over the years, and the overall quality of the teenagers they sent out this time has improved by at least one level compared to three years ago."
A man in a snow-white mentor's robe looked at the young warrior in the huge square below and muttered.
"Huh, so what? It's just a straggler, can it be compared with our regular academy? ”
The voice was a little mean, if Sun Long was here, he would recognize him at a glance, it was Bai Fan, the mentor of the Shenwu Academy who met in Tianyin City half a year ago.
Half a year has passed, and he is still the appearance of a white-faced scholar, and his arrogant posture always seems superior, standing out from the crowd.
"I have never understood why they attach so much importance to the cooperation between the sects, those sects hold outdated dogmas to teach their disciples, and they are not at the same level as our academy that teaches students according to their aptitude. In the friendly competition between the academic school and the sect over the years, which one did not our academic school win? Cooperating with them is enough to see the eyes of those in power in the Dongao Kingdom. ”
In the martial arts arena, young students in purple shirts, carrying purple swords, walked into the central square, and then attracted the attention of countless people.
With the entry of this young man, many students of the Shenwu Academy immediately burst into excited shouts, all of them cheering for the young man.
The young man looked very old, ignoring the cheers around him, and stood proudly in the field, like a young sword god.
"Picking stars has grown rapidly in the past six months, and at a young age, he has reached the great martial artist and the small consummation, even in the four countries of the Barbarian Beast Mountain, he is also one of the best young powerhouses."
Tutor Bai Fan was full of praise for Lu Jiexing, as the most outstanding disciple of Bai Fan's disciple, Lu Jiexing had indeed won him a lot of honors.
"Now let those sects see what the real gap is."
Bai Fan's expression was arrogant, looking at the delegation of the Eastern Proud Country, very contemptuous.
This time, what Lu Jiexing wanted to challenge was a fourth-order brute beast, which was equivalent to the combat power between the great martial artist and the martial spirit.
The strength of the fourth-order brute beast is very ferocious, the skin is rough and the flesh is thick, and the destructive power is very terrifying, once it is attacked, it will be in danger of life at any time.
Many people sweated for Lu Jiexing, not knowing if his thin body could withstand the attack of such a powerful brute.
Lu Jiexing's combat effectiveness was very strong, and he didn't use his sword from beginning to end, but he just used his strong fist technique to kill the fourth-order brute beast red-haired giant bear.
The general was postponed, such a hunting ritual had been going on for a day, and those with mediocre strength had finished the challenge.
The next one was stronger than the other, and Mu Xiaoying also followed suit, killing the fourth-order brute beast with more gorgeous tricks, and many people applauded it.
The Dongao Kingdom, the Shenwu Kingdom, and the Lingxi Kingdom sent their respective players, and they also showed their hole cards one after another, and each used powerful means, and they all killed the fourth-order brute beasts.
Tianhai Kingdom, as the master, has never made a move, and there are not many people who came this time, it's just that Tianhai Academy sent a tutor and two students.
These two students were very arrogant, and they didn't look at the representatives of the other three countries at all, as if in their eyes, those so-called young powerhouses were not worth mentioning at all.
Sun Long and the two senior guards of the City Lord's Mansion wasted a lot of effort and passed through the special passage of the City Lord's Mansion, only then did they squeeze into the core of the square and see Zhou Tu.
Zhou Tu was surrounded by court officials from the other three countries, representing the three empires to participate in this league.
Although there is no military purpose in it, the four empires have been quite interested in the league over the years, and after almost every league, there are young powerhouses who will be knighted by the Barbarian Earl's Palace.
This kind of title is completely different from the one granted by the Empire, and once recognized by the Reckless Earl's Court, it may be able to be transferred to the Rebarren Realm in the future, and the future of granting fiefdoms is immeasurable.
Whether it is a poor family or a nobleman, if you want to achieve greater achievements, being knighted by the Reckless Earl's Mansion is equivalent to a ladder to the sky, which is the only choice for the future.
Therefore, many people who participated in this hunting competition will do their best to perform themselves in order to obtain a better ranking.
Of course, to decide whether they can be favored by the Reckless Earl's Mansion, it still depends on the officials of the four countries who are responsible for reporting the results, but in fact, everyone understands in their hearts that the one who really controls the fate of these people is the Zhou Tu City Lord who doesn't seem to have a big official position.
As long as he personally guarantees the promotion and submits the list, it is basically a sure thing.
So if there is nothing, many people are very polite to Zhou Tu, but Zhou Tu is arrogant, no one cares, and he doesn't give anyone a good look.
Every official in his vicinity felt great pressure, although they were not ministers of the same dynasty, but the strength of the Tianhai Kingdom was the strongest, even if the three kingdoms joined forces, they were not their opponents.
So even if the official positions are all equal, in front of Zhou Tu, everyone collectively bowed their heads.
When Sun Long and the two senior guards of the City Lord's Mansion appeared, the silent Zhou Tu's eyes lit up, and he immediately left his seat and said politely to Sun Long: "Little brother, I have been looking forward to you!" I haven't seen you for a few days, have you ascended to the realm? Congratulations! ”
P.S. Happy Sunday and best wishes to everyone...... (To be continued)