When disciples of the Eternal Sect sparred against warriors from the Spirit Origin Continent, it fell within the scope of friendly exchanges, making it difficult to unleash the Four Directions Heaven and Earth Formation to its full potential.
So, Jun Changxiao came up with a solution—he decided to set up a challenge arena, inviting powerhouses from various planes to come challenge them. Anyone who could win would receive one hundred thousand spirit stones, while anyone who lost would give him ten thousand spirit stones.
One hundred thousand versus ten thousand.
This was definitely a losing proposition.
No help for it.
Jun Changxiao really wanted to take his disciples all over the battlefield to find people for real combat, but they were all intimidated by him and hid away, so he could only resort to this alternative strategy.
Moreover, deploying the Nine Heavens Moon-Grasping Grand Formation had cost ten million natural spirit stones. Having finally arrived at the battlefield this time, he had to find some way to recoup his losses, right?
“May I ask!”
The system said: “How exactly was coming to the battlefield ‘not easy’ for the host?”
“…”
“You just want to make some money—stop using disciple training as an excuse!”
“…”
…
The powerhouses from various planes fell into silence.
Win and get one hundred thousand spirit stones, lose and only give ten thousand spirit stones—this was definitely very cost-effective, definitely worth gambling on.
“Sect Master Jun.”
A powerhouse said: “What’s the quality of the one hundred thousand spirit stones you mentioned?”
This question touched on everyone’s real concern.
Spirit stones also had grades—if the quality was poor, one hundred thousand spirit stones might not even compare to their own ten thousand.
“Snap!”
Jun Changxiao snapped his fingers.
Li Qingyang and Xiao Zuiji stepped forward and dumped out gleaming spirit stones on the ground, immediately forming a small mountain.
“This is…”
The planar warriors widened their eyes and exclaimed in unison: “Six-pointed star stones from the Nine Heavens Continent!”
“…”
Mo Shangsheng’s lips twitched.
Sect Master Jun, you’re using high-grade spirit stones from my plane as the wager—you’re really playing for huge stakes!
“Everyone.”
Jun Changxiao declared loudly: “Whoever defeats this seat’s disciples can take away one hundred thousand six-pointed star stones.”
As soon as these words were spoken, the powerhouses from various planes’ eyes flashed with blazing light.
There were many types of spirit stones in the mortal planes, and higher grades weren’t nonexistent, but as far as the battlefield was concerned, six-pointed star stones undoubtedly belonged to one of the strongest categories.
Faced with this kind of temptation, who could resist!
Fight!
Must fight!
“Sect Master Jun!”
A Mystic-rank warrior shouted loudly: “I would like to experience the strength of your sect’s disciples!”
Win and obtain one hundred thousand six-pointed star stones, then he wouldn’t need to worry about resources. Lose and only forfeit ten thousand spirit stones—definitely worth gambling on!
Moreover.
The Eternal Sect disciples standing near the arena, aside from a very few whose strength was at the peak Yellow-rank level, most were merely mid-level. Forget fighting ten at once—fighting fifty would be no problem!
“Please take the stage!”
Jun Changxiao cupped his fists.
“Swoosh!”
That Mystic-rank warrior leaped up.
“Damn it, he got there first!”
Those other planar warriors who were eager to try showed a trace of regret in their eyes. After all, this was like giving away spirit stones for free, and they hadn’t immediately stepped forward!
“Everyone, don’t panic.”
Jun Changxiao said: “If this friend wins, the arena battles will continue. Anyone who wins will receive one hundred thousand six-pointed star stones.”
“Good!”
The regret in everyone’s eyes was once again replaced by blazing fervor.
“…”
Mo Shangsheng’s facial expression was quite splendid.
No, no.
Sect Master Jun was definitely not someone whose head had been kicked by a donkey. If he dared to play so recklessly, he must have absolute confidence.
City Master Mo, whose intelligence had never dropped offline, began thinking seriously, but the more he thought, the more distraught he became. The more he thought, the more he felt that guy’s head hadn’t been kicked by a donkey—it must have been caught in a door.
Although the three hundred-plus Eternal Sect disciples included many with exceptional aptitude, most were quite ordinary. Ten Yellow-rank fighters against one Mystic-rank—it was simply impossible, simply against all reason!
“Go forth to battle.”
Just then, Jun Changxiao jumped down from the arena and waved his hand.
“Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!”
Ten Eternal Sect disciples flew up onto the stage, all cupping their fists toward that Mystic-rank powerhouse.
“…”
Mo Shangsheng became even more distraught.
The disciples Sect Master Jun sent out were all at mid-level Yellow-rank strength, without a single exceptionally talented core disciple to lead them. Going to fight a genuine Mystic-rank warrior—wasn’t this just giving away spirit stones for free?
Thinking about how the six-pointed star stones were what he had traded with that guy in business, and now they were being given away for nothing, City Master Mo immediately clutched his chest in a pained expression.
If he’d known it would be like this.
He should have sent his subordinates up first to recover whatever he could!
…
On the arena.
The ten Eternal Sect disciples waited in strict formation, and following Jun Changxiao’s cry of “Begin!”, they quickly spread out and surrounded the Mystic-rank powerhouse.
“Whoosh whoosh!”
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”
An air current seemingly from ancient times diffused outward, and a barrier of light resembling a tangible flowing radiance instantly manifested.
“A formation?”
Mo Shangsheng suddenly understood.
No wonder Sect Master Jun wanted to use low-level disciples to fight high-level warriors—it turned out the disciples had cultivated a joint formation technique.
The Nine Heavens Continent also had similar formations. Once deployed, the power they formed far exceeded that of individuals.
However, could ten mid-level Yellow-rank fighters rely on this joint formation to defeat a high-level Mystic-rank warrior?
“It shouldn’t be possible, right?”
Mo Shangsheng believed that even with formation enhancement, the Eternal Sect disciples could at most defeat peak-level Yellow-rank warriors—wanting to cross an entire major realm seemed rather far-fetched.
However, after just ten minutes, the ten disciples dismantled the Four Directions Heaven and Earth Formation, and the Mystic-rank warrior who had gambled for resources lay powerlessly on the stage.
“He lost!”
Mo Shangsheng stared wide-eyed: “He actually lost!”
“I concede!”
Jun Changxiao cupped his fists and said: “Please go to the counter on the side to pay ten thousand spirit stones.”
“…”
That Mystic-rank warrior struggled to stand up, then obediently produced spirit stones. From their quality, they were clearly superior to Meteor Star Continent’s natural spirit stones.
“Who else will fight!”
“Me!”
A Mystic-rank warrior with even greater strength leaped onto the stage.
After briefly analyzing his strength, Jun Changxiao ordered Li Shangtian to lead nine disciples into battle, then defeated him, earning another ten thousand spirit stones.
“No way?”
“What formation are they deploying? How can they use low-level realms to defeat high-realm warriors?”
Everyone was somewhat dumbfounded.
“I’ll go!”
“I’ll go!”
The one hundred thousand six-pointed star stones piled like a small mountain right in front of them flashed with dazzling light, compelling one Mystic-rank warrior after another to take the stage, only to be defeated time after time and hand over spirit stones.
In just four or five hours.
The planar warriors who successively took the stage to challenge numbered over one hundred, yet without exception, all were defeated, allowing Jun Changxiao to obtain one million spirit stones.
Spirit stones from other planes were all of higher quality than Meteor Star Continent’s natural spirit stones, so strictly calculated, they were equivalent to three to five million.
“Didn’t we just make it all back!” Jun Changxiao felt delighted in his heart.
Setting up an arena at the battlefield not only allowed disciples to better master the Four Directions Heaven and Earth Formation but also obtained high-quality spirit stones, making up for the deficit from constructing the Nine Stars Moon-Grasping Grand Formation—absolutely killing two birds with one stone!
Of course.
The powerhouses from various planes weren’t fools either.
After over one hundred Mystic-rank warriors went up without anyone achieving victory, they realized the formation deployed by the Eternal Sect disciples possessed cross-level combat ability, so they all shifted their gazes away from the mountain of six-pointed star stones.
One hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones were indeed attractive, but if they could only look without obtaining them, and had to pay ten thousand spirit stones on top of that, they absolutely couldn’t go up.
Now the situation was that no one dared to challenge.
Fine.
Time to move to the next scheme.
Jun Changxiao declared loudly: “Everyone, this challenge isn’t limited to Mystic-rank—Earth-rank powerhouses can also take the stage. Win and get one million six-pointed star stones, lose and just give me one hundred thousand spirit stones!”
“Really?”
The eyes of all the Earth-rank powerhouses lit up.
Jun Changxiao said: “The rules definitely need to change. Our side will send anywhere from fifty to two hundred Yellow-rank disciples of varying numbers to fight the Earth-rank warriors.”
“Fifty people?”
Mo Shangsheng nearly fell to the ground.
Undeniably, after the hundred battles just now, the performance displayed by the ten Eternal Sect disciples was very surprising to him.
But now using the same level to fight Earth-rank warriors who were two tiers higher—forget fifty or two hundred people, even multiplying that several times still fundamentally couldn’t win!
Unless.
Sect Master Jun had absolute confidence that he could use a small number of Yellow-rank disciples with formations to defeat Earth-rank powerhouses?
That would be way too… preposterous!
…
Several more hours passed.
City Master Mo stood shakily in place, his facial expression absolutely splendid, because over ten Earth-rank powerhouses had successively taken the stage, and all were defeated!
What he found most difficult to accept was that in the just-concluded battle, an Earth-rank level powerhouse was actually defeated by fifty joint Eternal Sect disciples!
“I concede!”
Li Qingyang standing on the stage cupped his fists.
Beside him were respectively Lu Qianqian, Su Xiaomo, Xiao Zuiji, Ye Xingchen, He Wudi, Li Fei, Tian Qi, Long Ziyang, Song Xuanzhou, Ling Yuanxue, and Mu Honglian among others.
No wonder they lost.
These fifty who fought were all the most core disciples of the Eternal Sect!