Chapter 6038: Chu Feng Arrives!
âDonât worry. Itâs a mere Seven Realms Sacred Mansion. I am here. They wonât dare to touch you,â the Redsoul Sectâs sectmaster said.
âI know, grandfather. I never saw the dogshit Seven Realms Sacred Mansion as a threat. Grandfather, whatâs this place? Why does it look like a dueling ring?â the Redsoul Sectâs young master asked his grandfather.
âIt is a dueling ring. I thought we were going to have a showdown with the present-era small fry, but we were put on different dueling rings. Later, we thought that formation beasts would come out of the spirit formation gate, and weâd have to subdue them, but your group appeared instead.
âThe number of people you have tallied with the number above the spirit formation gate, but Iâm still not sure whatâs going on.â The Redsoul Sectâs sectmaster scratched his head in confusion.
The face of the Redsoul Sectâs young master suddenly darkened. âOh no, grandfather.â
âWhat is it?â The Redsoul Sectâs sectmaster was perplexed.
âWe might just be their opponents.â The Redsoul Sectâs young master glanced at Jie Tianran and the others, who were standing at the other side of their dueling ring.
âNonsense. Youâre a bunch of juniors. No matter how weak the present-era cultivators are, thereâs no way Godâs Era would assign you as their opponent. That isnât fair.â The Redsoul Sectâs sectmaster shook his head.
âGrandfather...â
The Redsoul Sectâs young master wanted to explain the situation, but a deafening rumble suddenly echoed from above.
Boom!
Alongside the rumble, a light pillar descended from the humongous spirit formation gate above. It landed at the center of the dueling ring, looking like a beautiful blossoming flower of light that spanned over a thousand meters wide.
Upon closer look, one could see that it was a bundle of energy reminiscent of blood or flame, and it was shrouded in a layer of spirit power. This bundle of energy resembled the red aura contained in the Redsoul Sectâs young masterâs flag, but there was a clear difference too.
The red aura in the flag was lesser but much more condensed.
The spirit power and energy quickly fused, and the energy started erupting like a volcano. The energy gushed into the sky before scattering outward to everyone present, imbuing everyone like armor. It had happened so fast that no one had time to react.
âThis energy...â
The crowd instinctively glanced at the dueling ring, sensing a resonance between it and the energy imbued onto them. It was a hint that this energy was necessary for them to advance to the crystal platform.
Jie Tianran looked at the juniors at the opposite end of the dueling ring and murmured, âAre these juniors our opponents?â
He found it hard to believe too.
He sensed that the energy was only imbued on the surface of their bodies, whereas the spirit power was embedded into them. The spirit power harnessed formidable protective prowess; it was a barrier that even he couldnât breach.
The energy imbued on the surface of their body, as well as the red aura resonating with the dueling ring, could be stolen, but not the spirit power. This suggested that this fight was not meant to be fatal, and the spirit power was there to protect them.
Just then, a light pillar containing words emerged from the crystal platform.
âThe red aura is the key to activating Heaven Stairway. The more concentrated the red aura, the more formidable the Heaven Stairway. Those from the younger generation and older generation may steal from each other.â
Those words were huge, so everyone could see them.
The crowd widened their eyes in disbelief. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
The Redsoul Sectâs young master was right; it was a showdown between the younger generation and the older generation!
This was madness!
What was Godâs Era thinking, coming up with such a ridiculous challenge?
Before the crowd could make sense of the situation, the light pillar containing words receded into the crystal platform, and the barrier dividing the dueling ring vanished. Nothing was standing between the older generation and the younger generation anymore.
Boom!
A powerful surge of spirit power gushed out like a tsunami. It was so fast that it enveloped all the juniors in an instant.
Jie Tianran had made a move!
âJie Tianran, do you have no sense of shame? How can you make a move on the juniors?!â
The Redsoul Sectâs sectmaster and the Ancient Eraâs experts criticized Jie Tianran.
Jie Tianran paid them no heed.
He retracted his spirit power, siphoning the juniorsâ red auras with it. As the spirit power containing the red auras passed the center of the dueling ring, the red auras suddenly broke free and rose into the sky.
Just as Jie Tianran thought that he had failed, the red auras erupted again. This time, it was only shared among the older generation cultivators; the juniors received nothing at all.
It was not an equal distribution among the older generation cultivators too; it was split in proportion to oneâs cultivation, so Jie Tianran received the most concentrated red aura.
Not even the Heavenly Dome Immortal Sectâs sectmaster or the Divine Body Heavenly Mansionâs Mansion Master could compete with him.
The flag behind the Redsoul Sectâs young master dissipated, and his veil dropped to the ground, revealing his average-looking face. He turned to his grandfather with a look of helplessness and despair. âGrandfather...â
The Redsoul Sectâs sectmaster was infuriated. His burning killing intent could be felt even across the barrier.
âJie Tianran, I didnât think you would stoop so low as to attack the juniors. A beast like you deserves to be ripped into shreds!â the Redsoul Sectâs sectmaster spat through clenched jaws.
However, Jie Tianran remained perfectly composed. Without looking at the Redsoul Sectâs sectmaster, he coldly replied, âSuch are the rules; Iâm merely doing what the rules are asking. Why donât you demand an explanation from Godâs Era if you feel so indignant?â
That further fanned the rage of the Ancient Eraâs experts.
Just then, the Ancient Era dueling ringâs spirit formation gate also started to stir. It was undergoing the same changes as the Present Era dueling ringâs spirit formation gate.
The spirit formation gate opened, and a person stepped out.
Everyone inside and outside Godâs Era widened their eyes.
This person was carrying a flag containing the words âPresent Eraâ. The flag was shrouded in a red aura too, but unlike the flag of the Redsoul Sectâs young master, the red aura enveloped the entire flag, and it was many times more concentrated.
Even Jie Tianranâs red aura, despite having just received a huge bunch of it, paled in comparison to the red aura in the flag.
And the flagbearer was a figure whom everyone had heard aboutâChu Feng!