Chapter 341 - Sudden Change

Chapter 341: Chapter 96 Sudden Change"That was a ninth-level Fire Poison Snake, equivalent to an early Third Transition profession. With the Fire Poison Snake by his side, Bo Ge’s attacks were fierce and powerful. Caught between attacks from both sides, Lu Hong struggled to defend himself."

Anna returned to the arena, clenching her fists tightly, looking at Lu Hong whose body was accumulating more and more injuries, worry in her eyes almost spilling out.

"Give up!" Bo Ge slammed his long spear down with force, the Fire Snake assisting from the side, and Lu Hong barely resisted while retreating several steps.

Before he could react, the Fire Poison Snake opened its huge mouth and attacked one after another. Lu Hong had no time even to think. He avoided the great snake, but Bo Ge’s long spear was already close to his chest.

"Give up!" Bo Ge’s low shout rang out again, flinging Lu Hong into the air, blood spraying against the clear sky.

The Four Dukes all revealed relaxed and pleasant smiles. It was a done deal, eliminating Baron Yi Tian. They watched to see what he would do next, ready to dispatch a Third Transition powerhouse to suppress him at any sign of unusual activity.

"You still... give up!" Bo Ge’s spear struck like a dragon, a Flame Cyclone surged to the sky, chasing after Lu Hong.

"Boss, just surrender, the opponent is too fierce!" Holy King yelled at Lu Hong to concede.

"Shut up!" Lu Hong shouted back. If he used his blood energy, even if Bo Ge was stronger, he would be able to pin him to the ground and rub him into the dirt. However, as a Great War Master, he was just a bit too weak. Competition between those of the same rank wasn’t a concern for Lu Hong, but a seven-rank difference was like a vast gulf that could not be crossed.

And this was evident in the celebration cheers and shouts for Bo Ge that were already resounding throughout the arena.

"I will not lose!" Lu Hong gritted his teeth. Regardless, he had to use his blood energy; otherwise, there was no chance of turning the tables.

Suddenly, he came up with a great idea and quickly spoke to Holy King: "Can you cover my blood energy with Holy Light?"

"Why?" Holy King was puzzled, "I mean, I can, but it’s just a disguise. Oh oh oh! I get it, no problem, I guarantee no one will notice."

"Good!" Lu Hong felt a relief in his heart, and then a white ghostly face emerged in the sky. Piao Miao’s expression darkened: "This isn’t right. Why isn’t that blood energy? Could he truly have three professions? Possessing the inheritance of Holy Light?"

Duke Xin Lei also inquired to Zun Long about why this person suddenly had an additional source of power.

Zun Long shook his head: "Your subordinate doesn’t know, but watching further might reveal something."

Cloaked in the guise of Holy Light, to actually manifest a ghostly face, even Jin Fu couldn’t bear to watch anymore. It was too much of a defamation of the Holy Court, wasn’t it?

The audience outside the ring widened their eyes. Were they mistaken, had the Holy Court harbored an insider?

At this time, the fat Knight who had been targeting Qing Ling and Jin Fu stood side by side, opening his mouth to speak: "Your Excellency Archbishop, I wonder what relation this person has with our Holy Court."

Jin Fu glanced at him: "Lord Fu Na, I believe you’ve also investigated this person. Regarding his case, you can ask Archbishop Nong Hua directly."

"Alright." The fat Knight knew that Jin Fu was reluctant to speak further and did not persist. He turned and exited the arena. Whether he was really going to question Archbishop Nong Hua directly was uncertain since the whole Great Bright World was fully sealed off. Whether he could contact Nong Hua or not was still in question.

With the eruption of his blood energy, a sky full of white essence washed down and easily shattered Bo Ge’s illusion of the Fire Sea.

"What?!" Bo Ge was shocked. The skills he had used before, the opponent had found extremely difficult to counter, but now why were they so easily defeated?

Blood energy roared into the sea, Lu Hong didn’t even need to use any skills. You Bo Ge have a deep magic power foundation, don’t you? You Bo Ge’s magic quality is very high, isn’t it? Alright, I’ll confront your pride head-on and crush your advantage!

The vast blood energy pummeled down from the sky onto them.

Bo Ge’s complexion changed slightly, and the Fire Poison Snake, sensing its master’s mood, let out a piercing roar.

Bo Ge didn’t know why his opponent had suddenly become so formidable, but now was not the time to delve deeper. His immediate priority was to block the opponent’s onslaught.

"Long Qi! Yun Xiang!"

With a low shout from Bo Ge, as he maneuvered his long spear, a Flame Cyclone surged from the ground like a sharp cone, piercing fiercely into the mass of blood energy.

To everyone’s eyes, there was only a constant collision of red and white lights, with the white light seemingly gaining the upper hand over the red.

As the white light slowly descended, accompanied by Bo Ge’s reluctant roar, the barrier shattered once more. Fortunately, the Third Transition powerhouses were prepared. Four peak experts joined forces to contain the blast’s power within the central area of the arena, safeguarding the uninvolved civilians.

"How could he be so strong?" Though the Third Transition powerhouses managed to hold off without much trouble, according to normal circumstances, a clash between Second Transition professions shouldn’t have been able to break a barrier formed from premium Crystal Stones.

As the magic wave subsided, the Four Dukes’ expressions turned somewhat ugly.

Lei Shan spat disdainfully, the first to rise and leave the arena. Then Duke Chen Hui and Duke Nuoshan followed suit and exited.

Last was Duke Xin Lei, who patted Piao Miao’s hand: "Let’s go."

Piao Miao snapped out of his daze and once again stared deeply at the somewhat blurry figure on the stage, yes. He had grown stronger. Once he advanced to the Third Transition, would he even stand a chance against him? No! He must kill him before he grew any stronger!

Zun Long saw through Piao Miao’s thoughts and smiled, "Miss need not worry, even if he doesn’t die today, the moment he leaves our alliance, it will be his day of sacrifice."

Piao Miao nodded. If Zun Long dared to say so, it meant Duke Xin Lei must have arranged something. She immediately responded, "Then I’ll leave it to you, Uncle Long."

Below the stage, Anna breathed a sigh of relief, nearly collapsing to the ground, crying tears of joy.

"Hmph!" The headmaster looked at Anna with a look of disappointment, as if he was frustrated with her failure to meet expectations, and without staying any longer, he turned and left.

"The battle for the top hundred, seventh match—Lu Hong wins!"

As the referee announced the result loudly, cheers erupted from the crowd. Some had bet on Lu Hong to win; indeed, it was a gamble that a bicycle could turn into a motorcycle. Others were simply admiring such a thrilling duel.

Anna ran towards the stage, and Lu Hong embraced her in his arms.

Bo Ge, who had been floored, struggled to lift his head, looking like he was in bad shape. This Lu Hong was clearly the same age as him, so why, why was he romancing a teacher?

"An... An... An!" Bo Ge was so angry that he couldn’t speak.

"What? You know him?" Lu Hong asked Anna.

Anna nodded slightly, "He was my student for half a year."

"Ha ha, doesn’t that make him have to call me ’Master’s Master’?" Lu Hong laughed loudly, pointing at Bo Ge and said, "Come on, say it!"

"Get lost!" Bo Ge spat out the words angrily.

The duels were over, and it would be at least half a month before the competition for the top fifty would begin.

Meanwhile, during this waiting period, there was a shocking, heaven-shaking battle in the Great Bright Realm.

Nong Hua had another friendly exchange with Bai Ling, but it was a pity that he couldn’t persuade her at all.

It was no surprise; without a path to cultivate further, asking Bai Ling to give up consuming the soul of the Holy King would be like asking her to wait for death—who would be willing to do that?

Since Bai Ling was unwilling, Nong Hua had to set aside the mentor and disciple relationship, considering the Holy Court and the well-being of all beings, to suppress Bai Ling.

The Holy King’s barrier couldn’t hold out for seven days; it was broken by Bai Ling on the fourth.

Nong Hua personally led tens of thousands of Third Transition experts and staged an earth-shattering battle against her. Added to that, a million-strong Holy Court army took positions around the Great Bright Realm, using the power of formations to weaken Bai Ling.

Unfortunately, Bai Ling was too strong; she was truly just a step away from the Heavenly God Realm. Nong Hua, with no other choice, sacrificed a million beings to permanently Ice Seal the Great Bright Realm. He just needed to last ten years, and Bai Ling would pass away when her lifespan ran out.

After the battle in the Great Bright Realm, the Holy Court suffered tremendous losses. The top three Archbishops were killed in action, along with two Knights of Judgement and countless elites of the Holy Court—all buried there.

The entire Holy Court grieved the loss.

But the four Dukes were unaware of the internal details—actually, not only the four Dukes. With the Great Bright Realm Ice Sealed, the secrets there were probably known only to Lu Hong and Anna.

After fruitless negotiations with the Holy Court, the four Dukes forcefully broke through the outer blockade and approached the Great Bright Realm, astonished to find the world completely Ice Sealed.

"The Great Bright Realm is Ice Sealed, how shall we proceed?" Duke Chen Hui had already made up his mind, but facing the wrath of the Holy Court alone did not seem like a good idea, so he began to seek allies to share the blame.

"Just break it," Duke Lei Shan sneered, "Who knows what the Holy Court is up to? Once we open this realm, the answers will emerge. Anyway, I feel they definitely don’t have good intentions. Nong Hua Ice Sealed this realm just to hide secrets."

"I agree as well," Duke Xin Lei said without adding much, turning his head to look at Duke Nuoshan.

"I... I..." Nuoshan hesitated.

"Let’s do it together; having one less person feels odd," Lei Shan said with a chuckle, "As the four great Dukes, we should stand united to the outside world. It shows the solidarity of our alliance, doesn’t it?"

"Alright," Nuoshan nodded.

As the order jointly signed by the four Dukes was issued, countless allied forces rushed to the Great Bright Realm to figure out how to unlock the Ice Seal and uncover the secrets Nong Hua had hidden.

Upon receiving the news, Lu Hong quickly sought out Jin Fu, "They must not be allowed to open the Great Bright Realm! Nong Hua surely failed, but he left a contingency plan, intending to trap Bai Ling to death. If the Ice Seal is lifted, and Bai Ling escapes, the entire alliance will be plunged into catastrophe!"

"But... But," Jin Fu clasped his hands helplessly, "I’m powerless too! The Archbishop before death had transferred all of the Holy Court’s elites; three Archbishops, two Knights of Judgement—all holding significant authority and now gone. With their absence, the lower ranks of the Holy Court are now rebelling, trying to seize the Church’s power. The current state of the Holy Court is utter chaos; we simply do not have the ability to stop the four Dukes."

"Just get the message across; that’s all," Lu Hong sighed. I’ve done all I could to help. If you four Dukes don’t see sense, I don’t need to bear the responsibility for this imminent disaster.