Chapter 321: The Strange Zhong Man
“Do you dare to respond if I call you?”
As Li Mu took out the second Purple Gold Red Gourd, the scene immediately fell into silence.
“Hmm??”
Li Si widened his eyes, looking at this and then at that, feeling that each was incredibly familiar.
“Where did you get that gourd?”
“I’m going to ask you the same thing. Where did you get your gourd?”
Hearing this, Li Si smirked proudly, saying, “My gourd was personally crafted by Great Emperor Tai Shang when he became a saint in his youth!”
“Coincidentally, mine is the same!”
“I don’t believe it!”
Li Si frowned, directly expressing his doubt.
“Hehe… kid, don’t be disbelieving. The Emperor crafted two of them by hand; mine is the gourd grandfather, yours is the gourd grandson!”
“Nonsense!”
Li Si immediately got angry: “Let’s not talk about whose grandfather and whose grandson; do you dare to respond if I call you?”
“You can call,” Li Mu said confidently.
“Li Mu!!”
“I’m right here!”
…
“Mm?”
After a moment, nothing happened, and the atmosphere became awkward.
“How is this possible? Li Mu!”
“I’m right here!”
Still, nothing happened!
“What’s going on? This is clearly a sacred object, how can it have no effect? This shouldn’t be!”
He didn’t consider that the old man currently had several sacred artifacts with him, including the Nether River Water and the Divine Whip.
As for the Banana Fan and the Space Treasure Box, those were even more unquantifiable in terms of grade.
Besides, with Zhou Tong’s long-range suppression, it would be strange for their solitary sacred artifact to have any power at all.
“Hahaha… your grandson doesn’t dare to move when he encounters his grandfather; now it’s my turn!”
The old man opened the mouth of the gourd, bottom up and mouth down, and shouted loudly.
“Li Si!”
“Ah?? Ah!!!!”
The other side only responded once, and he was pulled into the gourd!
The scene once again fell silent!
Such an outcome left everyone exchanging glances, not expecting it to end so hastily.
“The battle is over; both competitors from the Mu family have been completely defeated!”
The host grinned broadly, showing no neutrality whatsoever.
They were all professionally trained and typically wouldn’t smile unless they couldn’t help it.
“I announce that the Mu family has been completely eliminated!”
Hearing this result, Li Congxin and Lin Ruoxii couldn’t help but tremble.
Initially, they wanted to make a big impression during this assessment to establish their authority among the five great families, but they didn’t expect to fall flat on their faces.
As the saying goes, “purely embarrassing,” they had suffered numerous slaps in the face, ending up with nothing but a round trip!
“I can’t swallow this anger!”
Lin Ruoxii said with wide eyes, madness bubbling beneath the surface.
“Then let’s fight back against them!”
Li Congxin gritted his teeth and crushed a jade amulet.
“Watch me directly summon a saint; after the assessment is over, those who dare to disrespect us will all perish!”
Their voices were quiet, and with the protection of artifacts in the area, generally speaking, others wouldn’t be able to hear them.
But unfortunately, there happened to be an extraordinary person present.
Zhou Tong raised an eyebrow, hearing their words clearly.
So he took out the Enforcer’s token.
“Can you hear me?”
“Master, this kid is here.”
The voice of the treasure-seeking group’s senior leader came from the other side.
“Is the onboarding going smoothly?”
As soon as he said this, the senior leader couldn’t help but laugh.
“Thanks to you, we are now a part of the Enforcers, managing the intelligence department, and we are highly valued!”
“Very good, a conflict will soon arise outside of Jianxiong City, so be prepared in advance.”
“Understood… I got it!”
After ending the call, Zhou Tong acted as if nothing had happened, coldly observing everything.
“We won! We finally won! We can refine weapons again!”
Li Xin Rou cheered enthusiastically, tearfully joyful, having broken free from shackles that had restrained them for a full fourteen years!
“You can be proud for now; after the assessment ends, it will be your death time!”
Li Xiang looked at the celebrating enemies, unable to suppress a sneer.
“The assessment continues; please have the competitors for the second match step onto the arena!”
With the official’s announcement, the next participants in the betting battle were from the Zhong family and the Lin family.
“Haha… Finally, it’s our turn! If our family’s genius doesn’t get a chance to shine, that old fool will steal all the limelight!”
The Zhong Family Head said excitedly, curiously, they had only one young participant in the assessment.
The other side appeared unremarkable, tall and thin, with almost no change in expression on his face.
But beneath that calmness seemed to hide some sinister intent, the consequences of which would be unimaginable once unleashed.
This person was named Zhong Man, keeping a low profile; almost no one had heard of his name, yet his aura had already stepped into the First Level Half-Sage realm, making him an extremely rare genius.
“Hiss…”
Not far from Zhou Tong, Zhong Ningxue couldn’t help but gasp in shock.
“What’s wrong? Do you feel familiar with him? Could he be one of your Heavenly Gu Clan’s surviving members?”
“It’s not that. I felt a chill that made me want to kill him!”
Zhong Ningxue rarely showed such a murderous expression.
She had felt this feeling before the Four Heavenly Kings descended to annihilate her clan; now it resurfaced, giving her a sense of foreboding.
“What!!”
Hearing this, Zhou Tong was taken aback and focused on looking, indeed discovering something unusual.
The other party had demonic energy, although hidden very deeply, it was exceptionally rich!
This person had clearly been possessed by the Demonic Race; Zhong Man’s exterior was merely a shell.
“How persistent you are; I want to see what tricks you still have!”
Zhou Tong did not immediately expose the other party, instead preparing to fish for bigger prey!
Zhong Man stepped onto the arena, scanning the Lin family’s camp with a look full of contempt.
“No need for such trouble; let your two competitors come up! I’ll take care of them all at once!”
As soon as he said this, those from the Lin family couldn’t help but burst into rage.
Today, they had already suffered a huge insult; was this Gu refiner trying to stomp on them again?!
How outrageous!
“Didn’t you understand what I said? I want you both to come up; you’re just a couple of ants, killing you isn’t worth my effort if I have to use both feet!”
These words completely provoked the sensitive nerves of the other party!
“That’s what you said; then let the consequences fall upon you!”
Old Lady Lin said with an unfriendly tone.
Having been slapped in the face and humiliated, they needed a punching bag to vent their frustrations, and they had decided it would be this overconfident young man from the Zhong family!
“You two brothers, go all out!”
“Yes, Mother!”
Two middle-aged men, their expressions dark, jumped onto the arena; they were named Lin Ruofeng and Lin Ruoyun, the elder and second elder brothers of Lin Ruoxii!
“You brat, are you ready to die?”
Lin Ruofeng, strong as a tiger, looked down at the frail Zhong Man as if he were prey.
“Those words should be mine to say!”
Zhong Man sneered, a strange blue light flickering in his eyes!
