NOVPUBWhoosh!
Whoosh!
Blue light surged from beneath Xiao Yi and his companions, rising upward, while a red light enveloped Chai Tong and his team as they ascended simultaneously.
Soon after...
Both parties were drawn by the red and blue light onto the competition platform.
The Iron Man's face was expressionless.
He showed no special consideration for Xiao Yi's side simply because they were five people short. Instead, he announced the rules in a cold, mechanical tone.
In the spectator stands...
Everyone was watching the competition platform intently, their gazes toward Chai Tong's team were filled with envy, "That team is so lucky, aren't they? To be grouped with Xiao Yi and his squad, why can't we have such good luck?"
"A free victory in this group!"
"This must be the group with the most disparity in strength. You don't even have to fight to know who will win!"
Ye Ling looked toward Hu Junyi and asked in a deep voice, "Hu Junyi, do you know anything about this team? They won't capsize in the sewer, right?"
"Absolutely not!"
Hu Junyi smiled and waved his hand, signaling Ye Ling not to worry, and spoke lightly, "The leader of this team is Jia Sidao, the genius powerhouse from the Jia Family of the Mining Association. This man's talent is extremely strong, surpassing that of the Heavenly Dragon Ranking. He once joined the Nantian Holy Institute, but due to offending the Crown Prince, had no choice but to drop out. Yet, he remains an exceptionally difficult opponent!"
"That's good then!"
Ye Ling nodded, but a hint of regret flashed in his eyes as he looked at Xiao Yi, "It's just a pity Xiao Yi will be eliminated so soon, without having killed him..."
Once eliminated...
There would be no further advancement, and with people like Long Sihai's nature, they would definitely not let Xiao Yi leave alive.
This meant that the Seven-Grade Longevity Spirit reward of the Nantian Wen might be out of their reach!
A cold light appeared in Hu Junyi's eyes as he smiled and said, "Not necessarily... After they are eliminated, they won't leave immediately; they'll have to wait until all teams have finished the competition. Then, you and I can simply pursue them out of the Death Colosseum, and kill him in the Yunmeng Marsh..."
"Oh?"
Ye Ling was startled, his eyes showing a moved expression.
Meanwhile...
On the competition platform, Jia Sidao squinted his eyes as he sized up Xiao Yi and his four companions, his eyes brimming with triumph and elation.
He too had not anticipated such a stroke of luck, to draw Xiao Yi's team for a face-off.
His own group had a full hundred people, with more than thirty in the Nirvana Realm alone.
Xiao Yi's side was a mere five people strong!
In Jia Sidao's view...
The moment he set foot on the competition platform, the match was destined to be a win for them!
"If I can kill Xiao Yi, perhaps I could return to the Nantian Holy Institute... As long as I can regain my footing in the Nantian Holy Institute, it would be easy-play for my father to be re-elected as the president of the Mining Association," Jia Sidao thought to himself with a cold sneer, then said aloud, "Sorry, Xiao Yi! I've set my sights on your head!"
Xiao Yi raised an eyebrow, "Many want my head, who do you think you are?"
"Hmph!"
Jia Sidao snorted coldly, "Keep being complacent for a little while longer; soon, you won't be able to laugh anymore!"
Among the crowd...
Chai Tong and Chai Sheng looked at Chai Yi, all wearing smug expressions, pleased with their previous choice, "Chai Yi, although we are all from the Chai Family, this is the Death Colosseum. There are no relationships on the competition platform, so if we injure you later, you can't blame us!"
Chai Yi and his two companions were the elite of the younger generation of the Chai Family.
The successor to the family head would be decided among the three of them, and now they saw a chance to eliminate Chai Yi in broad daylight, which was something they had long desired.
Chai Yi's brows were tightly knit, and his lips pressed firmly together.
He could feel the murderous intent from Chai Tong and the other, and couldn't help but feel desolate. His own kinsmen were bent on killing him.
Whoosh!
Chai Yi let out a long breath and said proudly and calmly, "It's still unknown to whom the deer will fall; you're celebrating too early!"
"Hahaha, you don't actually think that just the five of you can stop us, do you?" laughed Chai Tong scornfully.
Chai Sheng shook his head, "It seems arrogance really is contagious. You've just stood next to Xiao Yi, and already you've been infected by his arrogance..."
Jia Sidao snorted coldly, saying coldly, "When the time comes, there's no need to defend, everyone follow me and charge! We will roll over them directly!"
"Yes!"
"This battle is far too easy!"
"They'll probably have to admit defeat before we even reach them," said the crowd, laughing heartily.
Xiao Yi stood with his hands clasped behind his back, a slight smile curling up at the corners of his mouth.
Yue Shanchuan asked, "What strategy should we use?"
Xiao Yi chuckled and replied, "Why need a strategy to deal with a bunch of ants? Just crush them directly!"
"Crush?"
Wu You, with a look of incredulity, scoffed, "Have you gone mad? Five against a hundred, and you still think about crushing them? In my view, you're just itching to get us all killed along with you. I'm not playing this madman's game anymore. I'm going to take down the battle flag and surrender to them right away!"
"Stop!"
"Wu You, you can't do this!" everyone chimed in.
Wu You snorted coldly, pushed Wu Jian aside, and headed toward the battle flag, saying disdainfully, "Have you all lost your minds? Fancying to go mad alongside this lunatic, I certainly don't wish to die!"
As he spoke,
he walked straight toward the battle flag.
Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows. "I advise you not to touch the battle flag!"
"Too blind to see your own death coming, you still think to command me?" 𝘯𝑜𝘷𝘱𝘶𝑏.𝘤𝘰𝑚
Wu You sneered, reaching for the battle flag, and scornfully said, "I'm not afraid to tell you if it weren't for Young Master Jia Sidao asking me to infiltrate your side, do you think I would have chosen to be on your team? Xiao Yi, you've lost!"
Wu You subconsciously pulled out the battle flag.
However...
he found that his hand wouldn't obey him.
Looking closely,
Wu You's body stiffened, his right hand was somehow severed without his knowing, and several golden God Devouring Ants were gnawing at his flesh. The venom of the God Devouring Ants comparable to Nine Nirvana reincarnations was enough to affect a practitioner in the Nine Nirvana Rebirth Realm, leaving him without any sensation of pain, his entire arm was already gnawed away to nothing.
"This, this, this..." Wu You was dumbstruck.
Watching the God Devouring Ants eat away at his body, his eyes filled with despair and terror, "What the hell are these things? No, don't eat me, please don't..."
Xiao Yi's voice echoed in his ears, "I've already warned you, why didn't you listen?"
"No..."
Wu You struggled to turn his head, his scalp going numb.
He saw swarms of God Devouring Ants flocking around Xiao Yi.
A hundred.
A thousand.
Ten thousand...
A full one hundred thousand God Devouring Ants swarmed like a golden tsunami, covering the chains and the net above, and at Xiao Yi's command, they surged like a mighty wave towards Jia Sidao and his men. Thousands of God Devouring Ants attacking a single person at once, even Jia Sidao, who was in the Nine Nirvana Rebirth Realm, couldn't withstand the terrible assault of the ants.
They fell like dominos.
Jia Sidao's hundred-man squad was decimated in an instant, more than half turned to mere bones.
Hiss!
Inside and outside the Death Colosseum, a chill ran through the crowd as they gasped in unison.
Everyone was dumbstruck and terrified, looking at the massive army of God Devouring Ants that nearly covered half the colosseum, all of them feeling their scalps prickle.
Wu You was completely in despair, filled with regret, "Had I but known, why did I ever betray him..."
Thump!
With nothing left but his head, Wu You fell from the chains.
Among Jia Sidao's men,
figures like Chai Tong and Chai Sheng despaired, unable to fight or kill off the endless army of God Devouring Ants. As they watched the hundred-man squad reduced to barely a dozen, struggling to hold back and retreating, their faces bore nothing but despair and regret, "Had we known, we should have listened to Chai Yi and joined Xiao Yi's side!"
Jia Sidao's body was covered with tens of thousands of God Devouring Ants, listening to the crunching sound as they gnawed at his flesh, he roared in anger and sorrow, "Who the hell said that encountering Xiao Yi meant sure victory? I regret this..."
Thump!
Jia Sidao too, reduced to nothing but a skeleton, plunged into the vortex.
In an instant,
Jia Sidao's hundred-man squad was wiped out, not a single one left!
After the massacre,
Xiao Yi looked at Yue Shanchuan, "Yue, go take their battle flag!"
"Right away!"
Yue Shanchuan rushed excitedly to the other side.
Xiao Yi's smile widened as he looked up at Hu Junyi and the others in the spectator stand, "Sorry, I've won again!"
