Chapter 2120 Raw 2225 : Not Pretentious (1/2)
An ambitious person? Xiao Chen thought to himself. Then, he looked at the Peach Blossom Sovereign Emperor and asked, “So, City Lord’s suggestion is?”
“I do not suggest you enter the Heavenly Alliance with core Doyen Suiren Ji’s recommendation. There are too many implications; you will find it hard to leave in the future.”
The Peach Blossom Sovereign Emperor spoke very directly, calmly sharing his opinion.
“I’ll reject it, then.”
Xiao Chen also calmly made his decision, without any hesitation whatsoever.
The Peach Blossom Sovereign Emperor looked at Xiao Chen in shock. He had not expected Xiao Chen to reply so quickly. “It looks like your fortuitous encounter in the past few days gave you a boost in confidence. Very well. I will help you to reject Lord Suiren Ji’s invitation.”
When Xiao Chen was on his way back from the Peach Blossom Sovereign Emperor’s pavilion, he met Yun Fei and Lei Hao, the disciples of the Peach Blossom Sovereign Emperor.
These two had not pa.s.sed the first stage of the test. Yun Fei, who had the best chance, ended up eliminated because of the last-minute change.
In the past few days, they should have been seeking out information about the loser’s arena before deciding whether to partic.i.p.ate or not.
“Little Brother Xiao Chen, where did you go in the past few days?” Lei Hao asked enthusiastically when he saw Xiao Chen.
“I just went into closed-door cultivation and only came out today.”
Yun Fei’s expression suddenly changed, revealing incredible shock. Only a long time later did he say, “Congratulations.”
Yun Fei’s congratulations confused Lei Hao. Then, he sensed Xiao Chen’s aura and realized that it was like theirs; Xiao Chen was already a Great Perfection Sovereign Personage. Lei Hao could not help feeling shocked in his heart.
This Xiao Chen before him was only forty-seven years old, and he was already a Great Perfection Sovereign Personage.
Even so, Lei Hao performed a cupped-fist salute and said, “Congratulations. No wonder Little Brother Xiao Chen was missing for the past few days. When comparing with Little Brother Xiao Chen, the two of us feel embarra.s.sed.”
“Many thanks. Did you two decide to join the loser’s arena?” Xiao Chen asked.
On hearing that, Lei Hao and Yun Fei sighed, appearing dejected.
Lei Hao said, “I have given up and exchanged my Faux G.o.d Spirit Jades for resources already. Yun Fei decided to continue.”
Yun Fei said seriously, “The loser’s arena will be a ten-thousand-person battle royal. Ten thousand people engaged in intense killing until one is left. Then, that person will continue to partic.i.p.ate in the next ten-thousand-person battle royal. This repeats until they arrive at the final ten.”
Xiao Chen was shocked to hear that. The difficulty was simply too horrifying. Calling this h.e.l.lish was no exaggeration.
“What are the rules for the winner’s group, then?”
Finding the question strange, Lei Hao asked, “Little Brother Xiao Chen, didn’t a core Doyen take a fancy to you? Why are you worried about that?”
“I just spoke with the City Lord and decided to reject it.”
“Ah!”
This greatly startled both Lei Hao and Yun Fei. They never expected Xiao Chen to reject a core Doyen’s invitation.
This was simply inconceivable. Xiao Chen actually rejected something that others did not even dare to dream of.
Countless people’s hearts would shatter after learning of this.
To think that Xiao Chen wasted such a great opportunity.
“Little Brother Xiao Chen, you have to consider this carefully. The test for the winner’s group is a battle royal with one hundred people. Only one person can emerge victorious. The final one hundred people will gain the qualifications to enter the Heavenly Alliance. Actually, the difficulty is not much lesser than in the loser’s arena,” Lei Hao advised sincerely. “The strength of those in the winner’s group is much higher than those in the loser’s group .”
While it looked like there were only one hundred people in the winner’s battles royal, these hundred people were all powerful Sovereign Personages who emerged from the intense killing in the first stage.
With Xiao Chen’s strength, his chances of standing out were still very slim, even if he was now a Great Perfection Sovereign Personage.
Yun Fei interrupted, “Lei Hao, stop dissuading him. If we can figure this out, Little Brother Xiao Chen can as well. Since he decided to refuse, he already has the determination to face this. Furthermore, I believe Little Brother Xiao Chen is not someone to decide this lightly.”
Xiao Chen thought to himself, Actually, I did arrive at this decision rather easily. There was no hesitation or conflict in my heart.
The merits and drawbacks involved made it easy for Xiao Chen to decide.
Since Suiren Ji was an ambitious person, he had to have a reason for inviting Xiao Chen.
Clearly, Xiao Chen could not accept that.
It was better to rely on oneself than on others. The best method was still to depend on himself to enter the Heavenly Alliance.
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