Chapter 29: Chapter 29: The Battle of Life and Death Begins
Editor: Larbre Studio
The Life and Death Platform in front of the Wanxiang Sect’s Discipline Hall, Lei Qian stood on the platform and said to the Discipline Elder, “Discipline Elder, could it be that Lin Qian has retreated in fear? According to the sect rules, those who flee from a life and death battle are to be treated as traitors.”
“This matter does not require your reminder,” the Discipline Elder replied coldly, devoid of any emotion. “It is still early. There is still an hour until the agreed-upon noon. Why the rush?”
Seeing the Discipline Elder’s response, Lei Qian could only shrug, “Since that’s the case, I just hope the dignified Young Emperor doesn’t make himself look so cowardly and dares not to come.”
On the arbitration platform, Qin Wushuang also turned his head to look toward the direction of Maoqing Mountain.
He already knew that Lin Qian had been in secluded cultivation these days, and even his senior brother didn’t know what he was doing.
The only thing he knew was that Lin Qian had asked for all the transcriptions from the library from him. After getting them, he just let him wait a while and returned the storage bag with the transcriptions to him.
If Lin Qian hadn’t seriously told him that these transcriptions had indeed helped him, Qin Wushuang would have thought that his junior nephew was just playing tricks on him.
However, Qin Wushuang did not know that after obtaining the transcriptions from the library, Lin Qian had directly sent them all through Sky Trace to the Heavenly Art Department of the Huaxia Empire.
Zhuge Ming, utilizing the mysteries of the Tactical Mirror, scanned the content of the transcriptions and stored the data effortlessly.
After all, though the style of this fantasy empire game resembled ancient times, its essence was still modern technology.
The disciples who supported Lei Qian grew impatient, chatting amongst themselves that Lin Qian probably retreated out of fear.
The disciples sent by other powerful disciples frowned. According to their senior brothers’ instructions, they came to see if Lei Qian’s strength was really as rumored, at the Ninth Layer Perfection of the Nirvana Realm.
As soon as Lei Qian made a move, they would be able to discern it from his aura.
If Lin Qian was afraid and didn’t come, they wouldn’t be able to take advantage of this life and death battle to observe Lei Qian’s strength.
“Lin Qian is here!” Just then, someone exclaimed, and a path gradually opened up among the gathered outer sect disciples, from which a young man dressed in a black robe, draped in a white cloak, emerged.
“Huh!” As Lin Qian stepped onto the Life and Death Platform, the disciples following Lei Qian sneered disdainfully.
“Hahaha, he’s actually come to his death!”
“I bet Brother Lei doesn’t even need his Elemental Weapon Armament to beat Lin Qian into a dead dog!”
Hearing the malicious words from the inner sect disciples on the other side, the outer sect disciples were all visibly angry, but what could they do? Each opponent was an existence beyond the Nirvana Realm. They could do nothing but be furious.
“Brother Lin, you must win,” Bai Ren felt that Lin Qian winning now was simply a luxury, but he could still hope for a miracle once again.
Suddenly, the noise rose again, and a white-haired man slowly walked onto the arbitration platform, sitting down next to Qin Wushuang.
“The War Emperor, that’s Wei Wushuang, the War Emperor.”
“Rumor has it that the War Emperor is gravely ill, nearing death, and indeed it’s true.”
At this moment, Wei Wushuang, with full white hair and a pale face, sat on the arbitration platform, coughing occasionally. Returning as the invincible War Emperor of Coastal State, he couldn’t even fly, having to walk up to the platform.
This showed how poor Wei Wushuang’s body condition was.
“Junior nephew, if you’re not well, you shouldn’t have come over. If you see your disciple being beaten into charcoal by Lei Qian and out of heartache you have a mishap, what then?” Lei Heng, looking worried, said to the seated Wei Wushuang.
Qin Wushuang heard this and couldn’t help clenching his fist.
Lei Heng’s words seemed caring but were actually full of sarcasm, wishing his senior brother a quick demise, and made him hate it immensely.
Had he not known beforehand that his senior brother’s illness had been bizarrely cured by his junior nephew, now merely disguising, Qin Wushuang might have lost his temper and gone against Lei Heng due to anger!
“Ah, ah…” Wei Wushuang coughed lightly and shook his head, “Who will win or lose is still uncertain; now, Uncle’s words are premature.”
“Is that so?” Lei Heng didn’t care, turning his head to look at the Life and Death Platform, sneering twice, “But to me the result is already obvious, the one who crippled my grandson’s killer is sure to die.”
Wei Wushuang didn’t argue, focusing too on Lin Qian on the Life and Death Platform, “My good apprentice, let me see where your confidence comes from.”
On the Life and Death Platform, Lei Qian looked at the young man in front and couldn’t help but laugh arrogantly, “Courageous, I admire you.”
“Oh?” Lin Qian looked at the self-satisfied Lei Qian, rolling up his sleeves while asking, “And what if you admire me?”
“Now you only need to cripple your Dantian yourself, kneel and beg for mercy, kowtow respectfully three times, and serve my brother Lei Kun as a slave for life, and I can spare your life.” At this, Lei Qian’s tone sharpened, “Otherwise, you shall die today to pay for your crime against my brother.”
“Brother Lei shows great magnanimity, letting go of the past. Lin Qian, why don’t you quickly kneel?”
“That’s right, this is your last chance to live; don’t regret it.”
After Lei Qian’s words, the inner sect disciples who had come along with him, shouted boisterously in laughter.
After a while, Lei Qian raised his right hand, suddenly making a fist. The noise ceased abruptly as his fingers closed.
“So, how’s your decision?”
Lin Qian shook his head with a smile, rolled up both sleeves, stretched his legs and waved his hands, loosening his body, “I came today just so that people will say when mentioning my battle records as Lin Qian, the Young Emperor: I killed Lei Qian, the Ninth Layer Perfection of the Nirvana Realm while at the Shape Origin Realm!”
“Hahaha…” Upon hearing Lin Qian, Lei Qian couldn’t help but laugh out loud, as if he’d heard the funniest joke.
Not only him, but also the inner sect disciples behind him all laughed uproariously. Even those sent by inner sect disciples at the peak all shook their heads.
“Alright, since you are so confident, I will cooperate,” Lei Qian wiped away the tears from laughter, pointing at Lin Qian, “I can let you attack three times first. Until then, I absolutely will not retaliate.”
Lin Qian was stunned, looking at Lei Qian and asked in an inquisitive tone, “Hey, are you serious?”
“I, Lei Qian, mean what I say.” After he spoke, Lei Qian spread his arms, revealing all his body’s vulnerabilities to Lin Qian, “However, I fear you can’t even break through my protective soul power, Lin Qian.”
The purple soul power, mingled with purple lightning, burst out from Lei Qian, enveloping his entire person.
The Discipline Elder, seeing this, shook his head gently, then declared aloud, “Lin Qian and Lei Qian’s life and death battle begins!”