Chapter 352 – Being Suppressed Once Again
When everyone’s cultivation was being restricted to the peak Xiantian Realm, only a few outstanding geniuses were able to face three opponents at a time. Only those with insane talents were able to face five opponents at a time.
But the previous situation?
In a period less than eighty breaths’ time, Qin Nan had managed to defeat over fifty peak Xiantian Realm opponents, and each one of them was relatively powerful. In other words, it only took him slightly over a breath’s time to defeat each opponent!
Was this Duan Qing really a peak Xiantian Realm expert?
“Impossible!”
“Damn, even a fifth-layer Martial Emperor Realm cultivator could not have done that!”
“Could it be that this Duan Qing’s cultivation was not restricted?”
“……”
The crowd of cultivators swiftly recovered from the shock and glared at Zheng Kuo, their eyes filled with rage.
Zheng Kuo shuddered violently. It was obvious that Duan Qing’s cultivation was not being restricted. Otherwise, there was no way he could achieve his result.
All of a sudden, Zheng Kuo reminded himself of Duan Qing’s indifferent attitude while he was asking the questions before the competition began.
Now that he had the time to think about it, the reality presented right before him felt like a powerful slap to his face, causing his face to go numb and his ears to buzz.
Wasn’t he trying to be smug?
Wasn’t he underestimating Duan Qing’s talent?
It turned out that he did manage to overcome the restriction of the City of Black Hands!
“Don’t panic yet, the City of Black Hands will definitely give you all a satisfying explanation!” Zheng Kuo blurted out after collecting his thoughts. Following this, his sight captured a figure exiting from the city, causing his eyes to flicker as he screamed, “Duan Qing! Explain yourself, what’s going on?”
The words immediately drew the crowd’s attention to gaze in Qin Nan’s direction.
Especially Zhao Fang and Bai Shao.
Zhao Fang had utilized his unique appearance-changing technique to transform his appearance into a woman’s, but the punch from Qin Nan had destroyed his attractive look as his nose had crumpled and his face was swollen. He had almost cried after seeing his current appearance.
It’s fine to hit me, but why were you aiming for my face; don’t you know how to be gentle with a woman!
As for Bai Shao, he felt extremely unpleasant, as he was eliminated with a single punch and was called an ant despite his identity.
“Explanation?”
Qin Nan was incredibly joyful at that instant. After the first round of the competition, the Contribution Points he had earned were equivalent to defeating one thousand three hundred participants—a total of twenty-six thousand Contribution Points, which meant he could now afford two Primary Stones!
If he were to compete in the remaining nine rounds of the competition, he would earn at least two hundred and thirty thousand Contribution Points, allowing him to exchange the points for twenty three Primary Stones!
As such, he was confused after hearing Zheng Kuo’s demand.
Zheng Kuo wore a stern look as he said, “You manage to defeat everyone in the end, a clear indication that your cultivation was not being restricted to the peak Xiantian Realm. What was going on there? Did you use some sort of trick?”
“Does it matter to you if I’ve used some trick? Are you implying that I’m breaking the rules?”
Qin Nan’s expression turned cold.
Zheng Kuo was lost for words. Initially, due to his cocky attitude, he had mentioned that it would not count as breaking the rules if he managed to overcome the restrictions applied to his cultivation.
“What’s the point of talking nonsense here!”
“So what is the City of Black Hands going to do now?”
“Can the King of Robbing Competition still be held?”
“……”
The cultivators who had fallen victim to Qin Nan’s fists could not help but become enraged.
Normally, they would be experts capable of dominating the scene, but they had ended up being crushed by a mere peak Martial Emperor Realm presence. Therefore, they would definitely feel unpleasant.
If Qin Nan’s cultivation had been peak Xiantian Realm too, they could only blame themselves for being defeated, but was that the case?
Zheng Kuo’s face darkened. If this kept on going, it would serve as a great disaster for the City of Black Hands, and the King of Robbing Competition would definitely be canceled. He then came up with a plan as he said while clenching his teeth, “Guys, listen to me, that must be an accident! When the second round starts, we’ll fully activate the forbidding aura of the City of Black Hands, to restrict everyone’s cultivation to the Body Tempering Realm!”
After saying this, Zheng Kuo glanced at Qin Nan and said with a calm expression, “Junior Brother Duan Qing, we’ve never seen anyone be able to overcome the restrictions of the City of Black Hands! Therefore, when the second round starts, we will fully activate the forbidding aura to restrict your cultivation beforehand!”
Restrict my cultivation beforehand?
Qin Nan’s eyes coldly flickered.
This Zheng Kuo is indeed hilarious; previously, he made a mistake due to his scornful attitude, and now he was trying to pick on him. Seriously?
“It doesn’t bother me!”
Qin Nan nodded his head without showing any expression.
Trying to suppress me with all you’ve got?
Bring it on!
Zheng Kuo let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately this Duan Qing is quite understanding. Otherwise, I would not know how to tidy up the mess today. He then turned around facing the crowd and said with a laugh, “Don’t worry guys, there won’t be any problem with the restriction this time. Duan Qing’s cultivation will surely be restricted to the peak Body Tempering Realm! Alright, those who are planning to participate in the competition, register your names at once. The second round will take place soon!”
“I’ll go!”
“Damn it, I can’t let it go just like that. I must beat the crap out of Duan Qing this time!”
“That’s right! Let’s get him!”
“……”
Compared to the first round, the number of cultivators registering to take part in the second round actually increased. All of them had the same goal—to beat the shit out of Duan Qing!
As a matter of fact, they did not hate Duan Qing at all. Most importantly, they were all Martial Dominator Realm or Martial Emperor Realm cultivators. Most of them possessed a cultivation higher than Qin Nan’s. They only participated in the competition since they were willing to have their cultivations restricted to ensure the fairness of the competition!
Contradictingly, Duan Qing’s cultivation was not restricted at all, and he bullied the crap out of them by abusing his cultivation!
They were not convinced with the result, and therefore, the only way to resolve the matter was to battle!
“Everyone, I’ve got a suggestion. When the second round takes place, the first thing we should do is to eliminate Duan Qing!” Bai Shao spoke, “I’ll now assemble a team and I’ll personally lead the team!”
“I’ll join!”
“That’s right, let’s pay Duan Qing back for what he has done!”
Many of the disciples immediately responded after hearing Bai Shao’s suggestion. Over two hundred cultivators now stood behind him.
“Sob sob sob.” Zhao Fang suddenly started crying while covering his face in a heart-aching tone, “That asshole Duan Qing abused his cultivation and eliminated me. I’m fine with being eliminated, but why would he hit my face to purposely destroy my appearance! Brothers, I will not forgive him for what he has done, and I hope you guys can lend me a hand!”
“Goddamned Duan Qing!”
“F**k, you dare to bully my goddess!”
“……”
Zhao Fang’s cries caused many of the male cultivators to feel their hearts aching. They all knew how glamorous Zhao Fang had been previously, and although his appearance now was crazily disgusting, the thought of a beauty being destroyed by Duan Qing’s hands caused them to feel angry at him.
In the blink of an eye, over eight hundred people stood behind Zhao Fang like a huge army with a terrifying aura.
Zheng Kuo let out a sigh of relief, whose eyes were filled with a gloating look as he glanced toward Qin Nan’s figure.
That’s what you get for overcoming the restriction of the City of Black Hands. You will definitely pay the price in the second round facing the horde of over a thousand opponents.
“Ok, we will now start the second round of the King of Robbing Competition! In this round, the City of Black Hands will start selling weapons! If you are planning to achieve a good result, remember to get your hands on the weapons!”
Translator: XephiZ
Editor: DOCuinn
Chapter 353 – A Huge Stick
Selling Weapons!
This was how the City of Black Hands made their profits.
In the midst of the competition, many of the participants would bear grudges after being defeated. Thus, in order to avenge themselves, they would choose to spend their Contribution Points on weapons.
Since everyone’s cultivation was restricted to the peak Xiantian Realm, with the aid of the weapons, they would have a chance to turn the tide around and avenge themselves.
“The round begins now!”
Zheng Kuo declared in a deafening tone.
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Nan immediately entered the City of Black Hands with a kick.
He could not care less about being picked on by Zheng Kuo or the crowd. If these guys were seriously trying to trouble him, he would not mind teaching them all a lesson.
“Damn, he’s running away!”
“Humph, at least he knows what situation he is currently in!”
“Hehe, no doubt about that. If his cultivation is being restricted to the Body Tempering Realm, why would he not be afraid after offending this many people?”
“……”
The cultivators standing behind Bai Shao and Zhao Fang burst out laughing.
“Guys, we shall not forgive Qin Nan, let’s move out!” Bai Shao yelled.
“Senior Brothers, thanks for helping me. We will not let him go so easily!”
Zhao Fang said while clenching his teeth. He had to get his hands on this Duan Qing and hit his face with several powerful punches.
With them two leading the way, the crowd entered the City of Black Hands with a ferocious aura. As for the remaining participants, they exchanged glances with one another and made up their minds to stay away from the trouble as far as possible. They might even end up as spectators to a grand battle in the end.
Qin Nan simply picked a residence and entered it.
To his surprise, these cultivators behaved fairly as they did not suppress him by abusing their cultivation before the start of the round.
“Activate the formation!”
Zheng Kuo uttered a roar. This time, there were a total of fifty peak Martial Emperor Realm cultivators behind him as they established the formation, causing the City of Black Hands to vibrate violently together with the activation of the formation. An invisible force was being accumulated above the city.
“The beginning of the formation, pitch-black rock sealing all things!”
A formation flag suddenly appeared in Zheng Kuo’s hand as his figure landed on the eye of the formation. He then waved the flag in his hand to activate the formation, causing its power to increase tremendously. It was as if an accumulated pool of water was poured downward all of a sudden, resulting in an endless arcane force that sealed the cultivations of the participants.
Following this, everyone’s cultivation was restricted to the Body Tempering Realm.
“Hmm?”
Qin Nan was able to observe everything that was currently taking place with his left eye of the Divine God of Battle. He then glanced at the Dragon-Lined Golden Core inside his body, and discovered that his Inner Core remained unaffected despite the great pressure being applied to it.
“Three Marks Cultivation Sealing!”
Zheng Kuo’s gaze locked onto Qin Nan’s figure as he waved the formation flag vigorously. Three beams of light were fired into the sky from the formation, forming three different marks that descended onto Qin Nan’s figure as seals.
“I don’t care what tricks you have up your sleeves, you won’t be able to get rid of the restriction this time!”
A scornful smile appeared on Zheng Kuo’s face.
The thing he had just done was extraordinary. The three marks were formed by accumulating the power of the entire City of Black Hands. Even a half-Martial Highness Realm expert would be suppressed within the City of Black Hands, let alone Qin Nan.
In the City of Black Hands, Qin Nan squinted his eyes after witnessing the three marks penetrating his body.
These three marks were absolutely fascinating—the first mark cut off the communication between him and his Martial Spirit, the second mark sealed off his flesh, while the third one targeted his Inner Core. In other words, if Qin Nan did end up being sealed off, his cultivation would not even be at the peak Body-Tempering Realm.
“It’s too easy to get rid of the seals. However, I shall wait a bit longer before I do so. I’ll take a look around to find a suitable weapon.”
Qin Nan rose from the ground.
Despite the fact that he was in such a hopeless situation after being surrounded by thousands of cultivators, he showed no sign of being intimidated. Instead, he was quite excited to have a stand-off with them. Therefore, he was not in a rush to erase the seals. Otherwise, he would be regretful if he ended up scaring his enemies away.
As for the reason why he was looking for a weapon, Qin Nan thought that it would be easier for him to fight against a thousand people with a suitable weapon.
The shops in the City of Black Hands were now in business. Various outstanding weapons were being sold in these shops, but none of them were mystical weapons, since these weapons were more suitable for Body Tempering Realm cultivators.
Qin Nan was quite disappointed after scanning the weapons. They were nothing special, but the prices were incredibly costly. It would serve as a great loss if he were to buy any of them.
“Hmm?”
Qin Nan’s footsteps came to a halt as he saw a large weapon inside a shop.
The weapon was a huge stick, extremely large-sized, with a length of five zhang, which was equivalent to nine Qin Nans stacking on top of one another. Furthermore, the tip of the stick was one zhang wide, while it got thinner toward the other end, allowing it to be held with two hands.
“There is nothing special regarding this huge stick, but some sort of ancient ore is added, causing it to be extremely heavy. Even ordinary Xiantian Realm cultivators would not be able to lift it!”
Qin Nan’s eyes glistened. This huge stick was not that great of a weapon, but it was violent enough. It was the perfect tool to beat up a bunch of Body-Tempering Realm scrubs.
“That will be it!”
Qin Nan changed his appearance with the Mortal Appearance-Changing Technique. Under the gaze of a disciple wearing a blank expression, he bought the stick with a hundred Contribution Points and stored it away.
“I hope you guys won’t come and make your life miserable.”
Qin Nan let out a hysterical laugh as he entered a residence and sat down with his legs crossed.
There was nothing he needed to do for the time being, as he planned to make his move toward the end of the round, and rob the participants of the points they collected.
Meanwhile, the City of Black Hands was immersed in a loud chatter.
“What? Where the hell did Duan Qing go?”
“Shit, I even bought my weapon. Is he actually hiding?”
“Are you stupid? With this many people hunting him and his cultivation being sealed off by City Lord Zheng, why would he show himself!”
“You’re right, but what should we do then?”
“……”
The cultivators completely lost their direction. They were initially here to avenge themselves, but how would they achieve their goal if they could not even find their target?
“Damn it, we can’t let him go just like that!” Bai Shao’s face darkened as he reminded himself of the scene when he had been humiliated. He then asked Zhao Fang standing not far from him, “Yu Luosha, you are an expert in ambushing and setting traps. Do you have any good suggestions?”
“What the hell are you talking about?”
Zhao Fang let out a scream, What did he mean by ‘expert in ambushing and setting traps’?
Was this Bai Shao kicked in the brain by a donkey?
However, now was not the time to argue with him. Zhao Fang could not help but clench his teeth when he thought about Duan Qing hiding somewhere in the city.
This Duan Qing, not only did he destroy my appearance, he also possesses an incredible amount of points. Apart from being able to avenge myself, I would also be one step closer to being able to afford the drug after obtaining his points, speaking of killing two birds with one stone.
“I do have a plan. We might need to try it out!”
Zhao Fang uttered the words, before he entered a weapon shop and discussed with a disciple. Following this, the disciple left the store.
Meanwhile, outside the city, Zheng Kuo’s eyes flickered after hearing the report from the disciple.
Three thousand Contribution Points?
That’s quite a nice price.
In the City of Black Hands, since everyone’s cultivation was being restricted, they could not use their Divine Sense to detect their enemies’ whereabouts. As such, apart from selling weapons, they would also sell the information regarding the location of specific participants.
Even though Duan Qing was the disciple of Sacred Leader Qinglong, Zheng Kuo was not fond of him in the first place. Therefore, he would not mind selling the information about Duan Qing’s location to Yu Luosha.
“Only idiots would miss such a chance to earn a fortune. It’s not my fault. Oh Duan Qing, do take care of yourself.”
Zheng Kuo mumbled to himself, before he unleashed his Divine Sense and scanned the City of Black Hands. He immediately located Qin Nan’s figure, resulting in a grin appearing on his face. He then whispered to the disciple, who then returned to the city.
Qin Nan’s location had been thoroughly exposed!
Translator: XephiZ
Editor: DOCuinn