474: perish together

Lu Xingchen also held his sword with both hands, launching the "Chixiao Slash." A crimson Battle Qi Sword Blade condensed in the air.

Feeling the powerful fluctuations from both sword blades, everyone around was incredibly shocked.

"These two kids are too powerful! They are probably the strongest combatants below the three great demon kings and Queen Chiluan!"

After ten seconds of charging, their ultimate moves were fully condensed, and they slashed toward each other.

At the moment of swinging his sword, Lu Xingchen activated "Jade Shatter." Half of the Battle Qi in his body instantly vanished, exchanged for a five-fold increase in attack power.

Just when everyone thought their collision would definitely be earth-shattering, Lu Xingchen's "Chixiao Slash" and Luo Chen's "Luoshen Slash" brushed past each other, and then flew toward Luo Chen.

Seeing this scene, Luo Chen was shocked and lost his composure.

"Big Strong One, you want to trade your life for mine! You are shameless!"

Lu Xingchen chuckled without saying anything more.

Luo Chen was higher than him in both Realm and Martial Skill grade. If they truly fought head-on, even with "Jade Shatter," he did not have absolute certainty of killing the opponent.

"Jade Shatter" could only be used once. If he couldn't succeed in one strike, he would lose this match.

Compared to "doing one's best and leaving the rest to fate," he preferred to keep victory and defeat in his own hands, so he made the plan to trade his life with Luo Chen's.

Regardless, he had a Life-saving Talisman, so he wouldn't truly lose his life.

Luo Chen hurriedly used a heaven rank middle grade defensive Martial Skill, and also used the Solemn Gold power from the "Solemn Gold Art" to strengthen his defense, wanting to block Lu Xingchen's strike.

As for Lu Xingchen, he directly gave up resisting.

He knew in his heart that no matter how he defended, even if he used "Vajra Barrier" to drain his blood and Qi dry, it was impossible to block Luo Chen's strongest strike.

Conversely, no matter how hard Luo Chen tried, he couldn't block the "Chixiao Slash" strengthened by "Jade Shatter."

Two huge Battle Qi Sword Blades slashed toward both of them simultaneously.

A white light shone on both of them, and they immediately returned to the entrance Plaza.

Luo Chen stared fixedly at Lu Xingchen, his eyes full of hatred.

As the head of the nine prodigies of the central continent, he had always been invincible among his peers; except for those two, no one was his match.

Yet now, he had been finished off by an up-and-coming talent.

Although it was three against one, and although it was only mutual destruction, for him, it was a tremendous humiliation.

But Luo Chen was not blinded by hatred.

Fighting was not allowed in the entrance Plaza. If the two wanted to determine victory or defeat, they would have to go to the Liuxing Continent or wait until the finals.

Seeing Lu Xingchen and Luo Chen appear at the same time, Zhong Ruiyi and Ning Zhifeng were both somewhat surprised.

These two people—one was the head of the nine prodigies of the central continent, and the other was the Human Race War God—were both top geniuses of the Human Race, yet now both of them had been eliminated.

This situation was rare indeed!

Of course, they respected Lu Xingchen's wishes. As long as he did not voluntarily expose his identity, the two would not reveal it.

Ning Zhifeng said indifferently, "Little Friend Luo Chen, how did you and Big Strong One both get eliminated? Did you encounter some powerful enemy?"

Luo Chen had a dark face, but he still had to bow and salute to the two on the high platform, saying in a deep voice, "Replying to Alliance Master Ning, Lu Xingchen teamed up with his Dao Companion and the Evil Soul Sect Saint to eliminate me!"

Hearing this, Lu Xingchen frowned.

This Luo Chen really knew how to stir up trouble; as soon as he opened his mouth, he tied him and the Evil Soul Sect Saint together.

If this matter wasn't explained clearly, it would likely affect the two big shots' impression of him.

Hearing this, Ning Zhifeng was greatly shocked.

"The Evil Soul Sect Saint? How is that possible? The information of every contestant has been jointly reviewed by the Human Emperor Hall and the Righteous Path Alliance. How could the Evil Soul Sect Saint enter the Liuxing Continent?"

Luo Chen said in a deep voice, "I suspect that a Martial Saint Expert has appeared within the Evil Soul Sect!"

Hearing this, Ning Zhifeng's expression froze.

"That is not strange then, that is not strange! Every Saint's Law Domain is different. Perhaps that Saint from the Evil Soul Sect has a Law Domain related to space, thus helping the Saint within their sect sneak into the Liuxing Continent."

After speaking, Ning Zhifeng turned his head to look at Lu Xingchen and said in a deep voice, "Evil Soul Sect Disciples use harming civilians as capital to Cultivate their martial arts. The Disciples in the sect are all ruthless and vicious people, and they are wanted by the Righteous Path Alliance. Big Strong One, as one of the Nine Elites, as the Personal Disciple of Jiang Taishen, why are you walking together with the Evil Soul Sect Saint?"

Lu Xingchen had already thought of his excuse, smiled slightly, and said softly, "Alliance Master, I am wronged! I don't know Dongfang Yuqing at all. It was just that I had a dispute with Luo Chen over a Spirit Fire in the Liuxing Continent, and it just so happened that Dongfang Yuqing was passing by."

"Luo Chen was too greedy and wanted to finish off both me and Dongfang Yuqing. I could only defend passively, and then I ended up in mutual destruction with Luo Chen. It is true that I attacked Luo Chen together with Dongfang Yuqing, but in fact, we have no personal friendship!"

Lu Xingchen said this beautifully; he stated ninety percent of the facts while also distancing himself from his friendship with Dongfang Yuqing.

For a moment, Luo Chen didn't know how to refute, and he even somewhat believed Lu Xingchen's words himself.

Luo Chen was stunned for a moment, then immediately said sternly, "Then why did you call Dongfang Yuqing 'Brother Dongfang'!"

Lu Xingchen said indifferently, "I begged someone else to save my life; can't I say a few nice words? If I called you 'Brother Luo Chen,' would you be willing to let me go?"

"..."

Luo Chen was left speechless.

Ning Zhifeng cleared his throat and said indifferently, "Enough. I believe Big Strong One is a person who understands the big picture. Do you two still intend to enter the Liuxing Continent? A word of warning: dying this time means truly dying."

Luo Chen said sternly, "Of course! I still have to determine victory or defeat with Big Strong One in the Liuxing Continent!"

Lu Xingchen nodded heavily and said softly, "I don't want to encounter Luo Chen again. I am going for the resources in the Liuxing Continent."

Ning Zhifeng nodded slightly, not surprised by their answers.

"His Excellency, the Firmament of Martial Arts, has already set a Restriction at the entrance. Only young people between 20 and 30 years old can enter, so I cannot send Saints into the Liuxing Continent. The task of killing Dongfang Yuqing can only be handed to you two!"

After speaking, Ning Zhifeng waved his sleeve, and two tokens flew toward Luo Chen and Lu Xingchen.

"This is the Enforcer Token of the Righteous Path Alliance. If you encounter the Evil Soul Sect Saint again on the Liuxing Continent, you can display this token to call upon all the surrounding contestants to kill Dongfang Yuqing!"

"If you can kill Dongfang Yuqing, I will give you a heaven-rank spirit tool as a reward. Do you dare to accept this task?"

Luo Chen took the Spirit Tablet and said in a deep voice, "Eliminating the tumor for the Nine Provinces is our bounden duty. If I meet Dongfang Yuqing again, I will definitely take his life!"