Chapter 348 - The King of Robbing (1/2)
The entirety of the City of Black Hands covered an area with a circumference of over nine hundred zhang, resulting in a magnificent view. The city was built with some sort of atavistic pitch-black rock, granting it a mysterious aura.
At the entrance of the city was a square, which was currently crowded with over thousands of people.
Qin Nan was startled after roughly glancing in the square’s direction. Among the crowd were a few Martial Dominator Realm envoys.
“Greetings to my Senior and Junior Brothers!” At that instant, a young man rose into mid-air at the center of the square and said in a blasting voice, “I am the City Lord of the City of Black Hands, Zheng Kuo; the Competition of the King of Robbing that is held once every month here in the City of Black Hands will be taking place today! The rules are simple—there will be ten rounds of competitions, and the one ranked first will be given the title ‘King of Robbing’! Plus one thousand Contribution Points as the prize!”
“The Competition of the King of Robbing?”
Qin Nan standing a distance away was startled, before turning joyful.
This King of Robbing Competition is quite interesting; one will be given one thousand Contribution Points after coming first in it!
Qin Nan immediately made up his mind and swiftly went forward and blended into the crowd. However, he did not cause an uproar this time.
“Hehe, I’ll definitely be the King of Robbing!”
“You?”
“Do you know that some of the previous Kings of Robbing will be taking part this time too!”
“F**k, are you serious?”
“……”
Qin Nan listened to the chatter while being in the midst of the crowd. Apart from meaningless comments, there were also people talking about the rules regarding the King of Robbing Competition.
The rules were indeed exceedingly simple—anyone who was interested in participating in the competition would receive a badge after paying twenty Contribution Points, which would allow the person to enter the City of Black Hands. The atavistic pitch-black rocks of the city were capable of restricting one’s cultivation and Martial Skill Masteries etc. to the Xiantian Realm once activated. Even a Martial Dominator Realm expert could only use the strength of the Xiantian Realm.
Furthermore, within the City of Black Hands, apart from the mystical weapons that were sold by the official parties, no one was allowed to use their own Mystical Weapon.
“Interesting, this is very interesting!”
It was as if a cloud of flames had been ignited in Qin Nan’s eyes.
If there were a thousand people participating in this King of Robbing Competition, and if Qin Nan managed to rob them all, that would be a total of twenty thousand Contribution Points! Even robbing a hundred out of the thousand people would grant him two thousand Contribution Points!
This way of earning the Contribution Points was indeed faster than earning them through doing quests or selling their mystical weapons!
“I shall get my badge first!”
Qin Nan mumbled to himself.
Although he had no Contribution Points with him at the moment, he was fortunate enough to have been given the identity badge from Sacred Leader Qinglong. The badge would allow him to borrow twenty Contribution Points with ease.
At that instant, a sudden uproar took place among the crowd.
“Look! He is the eighth King of Robbing!”
“Shit, isn’t that Li Xiaoxue, who is ranked fifth in the ranking of custodians!”
“She is participating too? Her look is really terrifying!”
“Why would she be called her name[1] despite her fierce look?”
“……”
Qin Nan’s movement came to a stop in the midst of the crowd as he glanced in the direction of the uproar.
A woman with fierce facial features and a few scars on her faces wearing a torn armor-plate could be seen, who emitted a ferocious aura.
“Fifth-ranked in the ranking of custodians; this Li Xiaoxue should not be underestimated.”
Qin Nan’s eyes glistened.
In the Qinglong Sacred Area, there were at least three thousand custodians. Therefore, being able to be ranked fifth among the three thousand custodians was an indication that she possessed an extraordinary strength or Martial Spirit.
However, the cultivation, etc. of a participant would be restricted inside the City of Black Hands. As a matter of fact, Qin Nan would not be intimidated even if he ended up facing her in the competition.
“Hehe, eighth King of Robbing, I did not expect you to be here. Great timing though, I would like to see who’s better between us!”
All of a sudden, above the crowd of thousands of people, a white-shirted young man with a charming aura arrived, whose face was faintly filled with a hint of pride.
“That’s the third King of Robbing: Bai Shao!”