434: Warrior Alliance

Lu Xingchen waved his hand and said with a light chuckle, "No hurry. It wasn't easy to get rid of the enemy; I should at least get the spoils of war first!"

Xiao You said in a deep voice, "Xingchen, you're too greedy! The commotion here is so big, the surrounding Yao Beast and other contestants will definitely come to investigate. Maybe before you find the treasure, they'll already be here."

Lu Xingchen said in a deep voice, "Xiao You, your idea is correct. But if I don't get that treasure, I'll be unwilling. Cultivate the Martial Dao is like sailing against the current; if you don't advance, you retreat. Only by daring to fight and snatch can you go further. That treasure at the bottom of the water, I've decided I want it!"

"Don't worry, I haven't reached my limit yet. Although I've sustained minor injuries, my combat power hasn't been damaged. Unless another Chu Huai appears, no one can defeat me!"

Xiao You sighed softly.

"You boy, still as confident as ever! But that's what I like about you, daring to fight and charge. Then let's go down. If we encounter enemies later, I will do my part to help you."

"My Realm has also reached Eighth Rank Three-Star; it's no problem to help you block ordinary Human Martial Artist!"

"Good, in that case, let's go!"

It was already noon when they set off from Tianyuan Continent. After these few battles, night had fallen, and moonlight was already scattered over the stream.

Lu Xingchen took a deep breath, dived into the water, and swam towards the bottom of the stream.

With his Spirit Realm Great Perfection Soul Power, he quickly discovered a peculiar spiritual energy fluctuation.

A minute later, he saw a sky-blue bead, glowing brightly.

Lu Xingchen's heart filled with joy. He quickly grasped the bead in his hand and then shot out of the stream.

A wave of water splashed up. As soon as he leaped out of the water, he saw two young Martial Artist.

Both of them were Three-Star Martial Venerable in strength, ordinary in appearance, ordinary in power, and their weapons were also ordinary. Xiao You could probably handle them.

At this moment, Lu Xingchen held a glowing bead in his right hand, with bloodstains on the corner of his mouth, and fragments of a blue Dragon nearby. Anyone could tell what had just happened.

Lu Xingchen put the sky-blue bead into his Storage Ring, activated his fighting spirit, revealed his Four-star Martial Venerable Realm, and then looked at the two young Martial Artist, saying in a deep voice, "You're too late. I've already gotten this treasure."

"Either scram now, or leave half your points behind!"

The two young Martial Artist quickly put away their weapons and bowed to Lu Xingchen.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Lu! We two were only ordered to investigate here. If we had known earlier that Senior Brother Lu was here, we definitely wouldn't have drawn our weapons. Please forgive Senior Brother Lu!"

Hearing this, Lu Xingchen raised an eyebrow slightly.

It wasn't strange that these people knew him, after all, his portrait was still on the popularity rankings.

"Ordered? You have someone above you?"

Lu Xingchen immediately found the crux of the problem.

The two nodded repeatedly.

"Yes!"

"There are about a hundred contestants who were teleported into this mountain range. We originally wanted to slay Yao Beast and seize treasures, but we didn't expect that the Yao Beast in this mountain range had formed an organization. When we fought the smaller ones, the older ones came. All the Spirit Medicine we collected were spat out, and many people even lost their lives."

What they meant by "lost their lives" was, of course, that they had used up their life-saving talismans.

Lu Xingchen said in a deep voice, "So you haven't left yet, but are lingering around, hoping to attract more contestants to join forces and confront the Yao Beast of Chu Feng Valley?"

Hearing this, both of them showed expressions of shock.

"As expected of one of the nine prodigies of the central continent, Senior Brother Lu's reaction speed is too fast! Do you want to join us? After defeating the Yao Beast of Chu Feng Valley, the Spirit Medicine they've collected will be prioritized for Senior Brother Lu to choose from."

Lu Xingchen nodded slightly: "Lead the way!"

If he wasn't wary of Chu Huai's "Savage Formation," he could have single-handedly swept through Chu Feng Valley.

Now that someone was voluntarily offering to be a thug, what reason did he have not to accept?

As long as they blocked the other Eighth-rank monsters of Chu Feng Valley, defeating Chu Huai was only a matter of time.

Immediately, Lu Xingchen followed the two and flew in the opposite direction of Chu Feng Valley. After an hour of trekking, he saw a bonfire.

Around the bonfire sat many young Martial Artist, sparsely scattered, totaling 54 people.

Among them, there were 20 Martial Venerable Expert and 34 Martial Ancestor Expert, with the strongest being a Five-Star Martial Venerable.

Such strength would be enough to establish a sect even in the central continent, and they were only a small portion of the people who came to participate in the Martial Arts Convention.

From this, one could see the high value of this Martial Arts Convention.

"Senior Brother Lan Cang, the situation has been investigated. It was a master from the popularity ranking fighting with a Yao Beast. He also intends to join our Alliance, and we have already invited him over," a Three-Star Martial Venerable shouted towards the bonfire.

Immediately, all the young Martial Artist present looked at Lu Xingchen.

"Damn, this guy looks so familiar! I feel like I've seen him somewhere?"

"Could it be Lu Dazhuang? One of the newly promoted nine prodigies of the central continent, a master ranked ninth on the popularity list!"

"It's him! I remember everyone in the top hundred of the popularity list, no mistake!"

"With such a master helping, we have hope of dismantling Chu Feng Valley this time!"

The Five-Star Martial Venerable in Lu Xingchen's perception stood up from the ground and flew in front of Lu Xingchen.

"Junior Lan Cang, greetings, Senior Brother Lu!" He didn't hesitate at all and immediately bowed to Lu Xingchen.

Everyone was strangers, yet they all respectfully called him "Senior Brother," which was enough to show the influence of the nine prodigies of the central continent.

Lu Xingchen waved his hand and said with a light chuckle, "Lan Cang, right? No need to be polite, let's get straight to business!"

Lan Cang hurriedly shouted loudly, "Call everyone!"

The other young Martial Artist by the bonfire also stood up and respectfully bowed to Lu Xingchen.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Lu!"

Then Lan Cang said in a deep voice, "The popularity list only has contestants' identity information, not combat power information. May I ask what Realm Senior Brother Lu is currently in?"

Lu Xingchen said indifferently, "Four-star Martial Venerable."

As the two talked, the other young Martial Artist also gathered around, listening attentively.

When they heard the words "Four-star Martial Venerable," the entire place was in an uproar.

"No way? Only Four-star Martial Venerable? Senior Brother Lan Cang didn't make it onto the popularity list, yet he still has the strength of a Five-Star Martial Venerable. This Lu Dazhuang is too weak, isn't he? Undeserving of his position!"

"I heard he became one of the nine prodigies of the central continent mainly by defeating Peng Yu at the Alchemist Convention and earning the title of Pill King. His actual combat power probably isn't that great!"

"Most likely! In the Alchemist Domain, he is indeed a Prodigy, but the Martial Arts Convention speaks with strength. Being too weak is ultimately not good."

"A false alarm. I thought someone could help us contend with Chu Huai, but it's only a Four-star Martial Venerable. It seems this Alliance is bound to fall apart sooner or later!"