Chapter 174 - Gods Realm (1/2)

PanZhong Yue met up with Qi Feng, Lei Teng and the others while on the other hand, the hall masters gathered together as well. Zuo Xiangsheng looked around and said seriously, "Today is the day of the battle! Swords Gate has selected us to participate in the battle and during the battle, we all fight for the Swords Gate and the future of the Great Wilderness! Remember that no matter how strong is your opponent, you will have to fight with your life and give it all you've got to attain victory!

Everyone nodded in solemn silence.

Tian Yanzong also said seriously, "Make the Swords Gate proud!"

Then, the white robed priest who was responsible for registering them walked towards them with a few of the Xiao Mang Celestial Race's diciples. He then looked at everyone before finally landing his gaze on Zhong Yue, at which the latter simply smiled back at him. The white robed priest humphed and looked towards the other side as he was afraid that he would fail to restrain himself and impulsively kill Zhong Yue.

"Come with me."

The white robed priest walked forward and said coldly, "This time, you Swords Gate do not know your limit and dare to challenge our Xiao Mang Celestial Race. However, we are a generous race so we opened up a God's Realm as the stage for your battles. You humans from the Swords Gate must have never seen what a God's realm is I presume? It would be an honor for you if you were killed in the God's Realm, humans."

"God's Realm?"

Lei Teng laughed and replied, Truly generous of you Xiao Mang Celestial Race. You could even bring yourselves to open up the secret realm within the body of a godly spirit. I guess that it would be a very interesting and happy thing to do if those from the Xiao Mang Celestial Race were to die inside the God's Realm of their own godly spirit!"

The disciples behind the white robed priest became incensed and when they were on the verge of lashing out, the white robed priest raised his hand and said, "There's no need to be so calculative with soon-to-be-dead people. He may say something bad for now but after he is dead, he would naturally be silenced for eternity. It's better to let him have his final words now."

Lei Teng laughed even louder and he asked the few disciples of Xiao Mang Celestial Race, "Brothers, do you like to eat dog meat?"

One of them replied angrily, "Do you eat human meat? You like it raw or cooked? I could treat you as we have nothing much except for an enormous amount of human slaves."

Lei Teng maintained his laughing expression and said, "In the battle later, you will find out whether I like it raw or cooked. I guess I will cook a pot of dog meat with soup to fill up my stomach."

The disciple replied, "You will be devoured alive by Senior Martial Sister Xiao Qin with no mercy later!"

Lei Teng's face brightened up and he asked, "So the Awakening level candidate for you is a bitch? And her name is Xiao Qin? Good, good! I'd better prepare a pot and wait for her to jump into my pot!"

The two continued to argue while Zuo Xiangsheng and the others remained silent. They followed the white robed priest and they passed celestial temples and palaces one after another before finally arriving at the peak of the Xiao Mang Celestial Race's saint mountain. When they got to the supreme celestial temple, there were huge celestial race statues standing in front of the temple that were very tall and emitted an aura that placed in inexplicable pressure on people.

At that time, there were already countless people waiting in front of the temple, the majority of whom were Qi Practitioners of the Xiao Mang Celestial Race. When they gathered together, their collective aura merged together to place a huge amount pressure on Zhong Yue and the others.

Other than the Qi Practitioners from the Xiao Mang Celestial Race, there were other people from the other celestial races as well. When Zhong Yue looked around carefully, he saw quite a few of them that came from the Shen Ya, Shan Shen and the Gui Shen celestial race.

Qi Practitioners from the Gui Shen Celestial Race were cyclops and Qi Practitioners from the Shen Ya Celestial Race appeared to have bird heads and human bodies while the Qi Practitioners from the Shan Shen Celestial Race had four limbs and four eyes – it was quite easy to distinguish each of the different races from one another.

The Qi Practitioners from these three great celestial races must have been brought along by their respective high priests. They were here to witness the battles and also to have a look at the battle between the Xiao Mang Celestial Race and the humans in order to increase their knowledge and to broaden their perception.

Those who were selected to observe the battles were all people with great talent and possessed far greater combat power than those at their respective levels. This huge congregation of exceptional individuals formed an ineffable pressure on everyone else there!

As soon as Zhong Yue and the others showed up, they could feel thousands of gazes shooting towards them. One would not be able to withstand the direct gazes of all these strong Qi Practitioners if they did not possess a strong will and a strong mind.

After having survived through countless trials and tribulations, it was natural that Zhong Yue was able to remain calm and ignore this pressure, but Qi Feng and a few other weaker Qi Practitioners was not able to do the same. Their faces turned slightly blanched as they felt their minds going blank and began to suffocate.

"Don't be afraid"

Upon seeing their faces, Zhong Yue whispered to them, "If you are afraid, then you would have lost the battle before the battle could even start! Qi Practitioners are all individuals of strong will, able to remain steadfast in the face of great dangers and adversity."

Qi Feng and the few Qi Practitioners looked at him gratefully and they quickly calmed themselves down.

Although the few of them had participated in many friendly matches with the Qi Practitioners back in Swords Gate, their experiences paled in comparison to those of Zhong Yue, which was why they panicked as soon as all the Qi Practitioners turned to stare at them.

But things were different for Zhong Yue; he had stood on stages far bigger with the stakes much higher. For example, the Devil Soul Forbidden Land, the volcano mountain of Gu Xia City, the Black Mountain's secret realm and much more. Therefore, a scene like this meant nothing to him and failed to cause him any pause at all.

"The Western Barren must have contained a huge secret…."

In his psyche ocean, Xin Huo said, "Or the God Emperor wouldn't have built his base here and left behind this many celestial races."

Zhong Yue was shocked as he had never thought of this and after Xin Huo said it out, he too felt that something was off.

There were too many celestial races in the Western Barren. It was not normal at all for all those thousands of celestial races to be concentrated within the Western Barren. Besides, as compared to the Eastern Barren and the Great Wilderness, the Western Barren possessed terrific power. If these celestial races wanted to get out of the Western Barren, it would not be a difficult task for them, yet they have been dwelling here for such a long time. It must be that something has been keeping them here!

And this 'something' must have been the secret that Xin Huo was alluding to!