147: Chapter 147 The Great Competition Between Good and Demon (Part 1)

"Buzz!"

This sound, like spreading ripples, quickly diffused throughout Zhaoye City.

The Cultivators in the city skillfully looked up towards the sky.

In the sky, a massive milky-white platform had appeared at some unknown time, entwined with swirling Devilish Qi, exuding immense unease.

"Soul Stone Arena!" someone muttered, their eyes filled with terror and dread as they looked at the platform.

Luo Yunkai stood on the top floor of Duobao Tower, opened the window, and gazed afar at the platform in the sky.

"It's starting," he said calmly, showing no fear of the Soul Stone Arena.

It wasn't that he didn't know this was a 'man-eating' platform, but rather, he was completely confident in his sons!

Amidst the clouds above the platform, a figure emerged.

What surprised everyone was that the Cultivators looking up from the city felt as if they were facing the person on the platform head-on.

It wasn't a view from below looking up at the person; there was no sense of being looked down upon.

Luo Yunkai wasn't particularly astonished by this platform, which resembled a television; things that Mortals in his previous life could achieve were hardly surprising for Cultivators.

What drew his special attention was the armor on this person, which was clearly the standard issue for Market Guards, only the silver armor had been replaced with black.

This was actually a Demonic Path Cultivator!

He didn't know whether to be surprised that the Market Guards had a Demonic Path Cultivator, or to be surprised that the Market Guards could act as a neutral force to preside over a life-and-death battleground like the Righteous and Demonic Grand Competition?

"For this Righteous and Demonic Grand Competition, the free-for-all format has been changed to a death match. I believe Fellow Daoists from both the Righteous Path and the Demonic Path have heard about this."

"An Ye, enough with the nonsense. I ask you, with the change to a death match, how will fairness be guaranteed?"

Accompanying the sharp question, a pitch-black demonic shadow shot up from the city, easily piercing through the Soul Stone Arena and appearing on the platform.

Luo Yunkai watched with interest; this was much more engaging than live broadcasts from his previous life.

Speaking of live broadcasts, Luo Yunkai's mind stirred, and his gaze suddenly shifted to Fu Gui, who was lying in a wheelchair being meticulously cared for by Linglong.

"Live broadcast, live broadcast..." Luo Yunkai first murmured, then his voice suddenly deepened, "Live broadcast for selling goods, why didn't I think of that before!"

The City Lord of Dan City, sitting opposite Luo Yunkai, cast a puzzled look at him.

Luo Yunkai suppressed the excitement in his heart. He had to wait until the competition ended, then find an Artifact Refiner to ask if something similar to a mobile phone could be forged.

Now, he needed to figure out how to set up the functions of a mobile phone using Cultivation methods.

Luo Yunkai, who had been keenly interested in the Righteous and Demonic Grand Competition, suddenly moved away from the window.

"Yunkai, where are you going?" the City Lord of Dan City asked in surprise.

Luo Yunkai waved his hand, "I'm going back to my room to think about some things."

The City Lord of Dan City frowned, "Xuanfeng and the others are about to enter the death match, you..."

Luo Yunkai turned back, "Father-in-law, with Xuanfeng and their strength, is there anything to worry about?"

The City Lord of Dan City was left speechless and choked up.

It seemed there was no need to worry.

Luo Yunkai waved his hand and returned to his room to ponder.

The outside world's developments did not halt just because Luo Yunkai, an observer, was absent.

On the Soul Stone Arena, the voice of the Hundred Insects Sect's Demonic Path Sect Master, the Hundred Insects Old Ancestor, was incomparably chilling.

"I accept the death match, but the opponents on both sides must be chosen randomly, not selected by you, An Ye!"

An Ye showed no expression towards this blatant distrust.

"Naturally, it will be random."

"Oh? How will this random selection be done?" A cyan figure appeared on the platform. Despite his scholarly appearance, the Hundred Insects Old Ancestor dared not underestimate him and was completely on guard.

"Yun Shang!"

The newcomer was none other than the Qingyun Sect Master, the Yun Shang Old Ancestor.

Yun Shang, resembling a refined scholar, politely bowed to the two Fellow Daoists, "Please forgive my impulsiveness, I merely seek fairness."

"Fairness? This Soul Stone Secret Realm is a Secret Realm belonging to my Demonic Path Sects. Allowing your Righteous Path Cultivators to participate in the competition is already a great grace. What more fairness do you demand?"

A chilling aura washed over the Yun Shang Old Ancestor's ear. If it were an ordinary person, they would have frozen into frost and become an icicle by now, but the Yun Shang Old Ancestor showed no change, his face still wreathed in smiles.

He turned his head, smiled gently at the Puppet human close to him, bowed to his back right, "It turns out to be the Ten Puppets Sect Master. My apologies, my apologies."

"Yun Shang, why are you putting on such a pleasant face for these half-human, half-ghost fellows!" A cold snort, like a tiger roaring through the mountains, came from afar and approached.

A sturdy figure appeared on the platform, "Hmph, you still have the nerve to talk about granting grace. Our Righteous Path forces could immediately withdraw from the competition for the Soul Stone Secret Realm quotas. Are you Demonic Path fellows willing to do the same?"

Seeing that the leaders of the Righteous and Demonic Sects were about to turn hostile before the death match even began, Qian Qiu could finally not hold back.

"Fellow Daoists, why cause disharmony!"

Upon seeing the Qian Qiu Old Ancestor, the Demonic Path Cultivators sneered and remained silent. Among the Righteous Path side, one continued to smile while the other directly turned away.

It was clear that the Qian Qiu Old Ancestor was not favored by either side.

He didn't care, the corner of his mouth hidden beneath the black robe curved into an exaggerated arc.

"I believe that An Ye, as a Market Guard holding the important position of Inspector, will provide us with a fair and just environment for the death match."

He spoke with such sincerity, as if he had long colluded with An Ye.

The others sneered, waiting for An Ye to announce the matching rules.

They would never agree to unfairness!

An Ye saw that everyone had quieted down, then slowly took out the Righteous Path participation slips from his space ring.

He waved his hand, and the names written on these slips flew out, spun around his hand for a moment, and drifted towards the platform.

The names affixed themselves onto the platform. The Cultivators looking up from the city saw all these names.

"Tiger Roar Sect's Su Yixiao, Zhao Gang, Liu Qiang... Qingyun Sect's Li Yueqin, Zhong Jiang... Qingyun Sect's Bai Ji... Dan City's Chen Xuanfeng, Xiao Tian, Su Xin..."

"Whoa, these are all rising stars among the Dragon and Phoenix Prodigies of recent years! There are three hundred of them. With only a hundred spots for the Soul Stone Secret Realm this time, doesn't that mean only a handful of these Prodigies on the list will survive?"

"In previous Righteous and Demonic Grand Competitions, we only saw the chaotic fight between Righteous and Demonic forces, never knowing which Prodigies were fighting or how many casualties there were. Now, seeing this, hiss, many Prodigies here are capable of challenging those above their level. If someone like Dan City's Xiao Tian Su Xin dies on the death match, wouldn't that be a terrible waste."

"I truly suspect the Righteous and Demonic Grand Competition is a scheme specifically prepared by the Demonic Path to wear down the new generation of our Righteous Path forces."

"Not entirely. The Demonic Path's losses in the Righteous and Demonic Grand Competition are no smaller than the Righteous Path's."

"Ha, the Demonic Path is best at conspiracies and sneak attacks. Many Righteous Path geniuses who should have overpowered Demonic Cultivators in a one-on-one fight died due to the Demonic Cultivators' shameless sneak attacks. If you ask me, this death match is good!"

"Exactly! A real fight, one-on-one! I don't believe those Demonic Cultivators who only know how to use petty tricks in the shadows can defeat our Righteous Path Prodigies!"

...

The discussions among the Cultivators in the city naturally did not escape the ears of the few Nascent Soul Demonic Cultivators.

Hundred Insects and Ten Puppets felt the same way, looking at the Qian Qiu Old Ancestor with looks that suggested a desire to kill.

It was all this old ghost!