Chapter 183: Temporarily Avoid Revealing Their Abilities“Lou Mu Yan, why didn’t you kill her?”
“I’m deliberately keeping her to report. The leading man already passed our news out using an Array Ball and we don’t even know who the enemy is. Instead of letting them hide in the dark, might as well use that woman as bait to fish them out.”
Lou Mu Yan knew that killing those people would surely provoke the anger of the other team of the opponent’s kingdom, but if they didn’t kill them, then the other party wouldn’t let them go either, so they could only continue to make enemies.
“What did you feed that ugly woman?” Yun Lan asked with a smile.
“A type of slow-performing poison pill. After taking it, her face will gradually be covered in blue lines, and she will age very quickly. Her cultivation base will also halt, then she will gradually die.”
A coldness flashed past Lou Mu Yan’s eyes, “She had ideas about my face and paid most attention to her own face. It would be too unkind of me not to repay her.”
In her spare time before, she refined several kinds of poison pills which were specifically designed to deal with those who were scheming and vicious.
But she just didn’t expect that on the second day after entering here, she would have to use one of the types of pills.
The several people couldn’t help revealing a bit of a smile. Such a ‘repayment’ would probably make that woman’s life worse than death.
“Lou Mu Yan, isn’t your combat power too powerful. You didn’t spend much effort to kill that Sword Monarch cultivation base leader.” After Fu Chen familiarised himself with everyone, he also gradually said more.
Lou Mu Yan’s cultivation base was only Middle-Phase Sword King, but the combat power she displayed could probably kill Sword Masters of Middle-Phase Sword Monarch cultivation base and above. After all, her means haven’t all been exhausted.
“Actually, the reason why I won so quickly just now was mainly because the other party underestimated the enemy, plus the sudden attack of my Spirit Pet which deterred him, and he wanted to escape without using his trump cards. That’s why he died so quickly.”
Lou Mu Yan wasn’t being humble. At first, the tall, big man felt that he would definitely win her so he slightly belittled. When she used her Natal Magic Tool, he was then intimidated, and then he was completely deterred by Mo Yan’s power.
That person only wanted to escape, so she had a chance to take advantage of it, otherwise if he really used his trump cards one by one, she definitely would never have won so easily.
Of course, although her own cultivation base was one stage lower than the opponent, but ever since she comprehended the water element to a new height, plus the power of her Natal Magic Tool, without using her trump cards, her comprehensive strength was already comparable to an average Advanced-Phase Sword Monarch. It wouldn’t be difficult to kill a man who was only at Initial-Phase Sword Monarch.
“That’s true. They underestimated the enemy from the beginning.” Fu Chen nodded, and his gaze moved to Mo Yan on Lou Mu Yan’s shoulder, clearly having some lingering fears at the power the Fire Cloud Mink displayed earlier.
Chi Yi Xuan knew that this Spirit Pet of Lou Mu Yan’s was won from an auction, but he didn’t expect this Demonic Beast to have reached Tier 6 strength in such a short period of time. It truly was incredible. Could he not be a Fire Cloud Mink?
“Mu Yan, your Spirit Pet is advancing so fast.” He couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.
Lou Mu Yan raised an eyebrow and joked: “His Owner, I, am a genius, so he naturally can’t be too far behind.”
Her joking remarks also avoided Chi Yi Xuan’s words.
“…” Was there such a way to praise oneself?
“I wonder how strong the other team of the Yi Si Empire is?” Yun Lan said with a solemn expression.
“Definitely much stronger than these rabble.” Lou Mu Yan saw that Yun Zi Mo obviously knew about the Yi Si Empire and asked him: “How is the Yi Si Empire’s national strength?”
The cultivation bases of the few people they killed were mostly piled up with pills. They had a cruel temperament and used ruthless methods. They were probably arrogant pupils raised by distinguished clans and the other team probably felt disdain towards them, so they acted separately.
Of course, disdain for this team didn’t mean that they could tolerate them being killed. Getting into trouble was inevitable.
“The Yi Si Empire is a large kingdom in the Western Region. It ranks in the middle of the entire Tian’ling Continent’s rankings and is much stronger than Yan’zhou Kingdom. That’s why they don’t take us seriously.” Yun Zi Mo’s expression was obscure as he answered.
Lou Mu Yan smiled and teased: “Who do you think will take us seriously? The red jade tablet in our hands means that we’re soft peaches, hurry up and come squeeze us.”
“Pfft!” After hearing her words, their originally heavy hearts gradually lightened.
“Then according to the strength of the Yi Si Empire, how many places are they allocated?” Lou Mu Yan asked.
“Eleven. Their other team should be an elite group of six.”
Yun Zi Mo paused, then said: “In each Region, the large kingdom’s forces are very intricate and complex, so the places to participate in the Continental Tournament for Hegemony couldn’t have been allocated like Yan’zhou Kingdom. Under the pressure of the Empire’s Imperial Family and distinguished clans, they will also allow a number of places to be given to other clan’s pupils to make up for the numbers, just like the five earlier.
“But they would also carefully select an elite team to compete for the top hundred. If we encounter elite teams from large and medium-sized kingdoms, then there is currently zero chance of winning.”
“So that’s how it is. No wonder that in the previous refuge city, I felt that a portion of the people weren’t as strong as I thought they would be. So it’s because they entered the competition through connections.” Lou Mu Yan rubbed her chin as she said.
Lou Mu Bai’s light eyes darkened, “Even if they came in through connections, but it also means their own strength isn’t that bad, otherwise it’d be impossible to be sent by their empires to participate in such a competition. We still have to hurry up to improve our strength. That way, if we meet the other team of the Yi Si Empire, we would be able to deal with them.”
His words touched the bottom of everyone’s heart. They were the genius leaders of the younger generation of the Empire when they were in Yan’zhou Kingdom, but it wasn’t enough here.
The strength of a random group of people even just looked stronger than them. Sword Monarch powerhouses were everywhere. They all had their own trump cards, but others might have stronger trump cards. If they weren’t careful, they might be the ones who fall here.
“How did the people of Yan’zhou Kingdom advance to above two thousandth?” Lou Mu Yan only found out that there were tens of thousands of talented Sword Masters. For a small kingdom like Yan’zhou, let alone top hundred, even entering top three thousandth was a good result.
Yun Zi Mo’s cold, handsome face was in a daze for a moment before realising what she meant, then replied with a light smile: “I heard that they hid in a secretive mountain forest to cultivate during the preliminary round. Only after they advanced their cultivation bases, did they come out to kill Demonic Beasts to score points.
“This method is actually used by many Sword Masters from small and medium-sized kingdoms. After all, as long as they weren’t at a refuge city, in the wild, as long as Sword Masters met and fought, then the organiser wouldn’t care about their life or death.” He added.
Lou Mu Yan’s eyes lit up. She pointed at the mountain ahead of her and said: “That could be considered a good way. Let’s also go to a hidden place deep in the mountain to cultivate for a month before going out.”
Their team was indeed quite weak. If they encountered the other elite team of the Yi Si Empire, they would probably lose a few people. It was better to temporarily avoid revealing their abilities and wait until they have the ability to fight back to act.
The Spiritual Force in this competition space was abundant, and they could even directly absorb and refine Demonic Beast Crystal Cores. She could also refine a few types of pills that could improve cultivation bases for the others to take, and after they come out in a month’s time, it would definitely be a different scene.
If there wasn’t enough time, then she could just get Bing Ji to transform and fly over directly.
“Alright! We’ll listen to you.” Yun Zi Mo and the others pondered a little, then agreed to her proposal.
It would take half a month for them to travel non-stop to the central area from here. It was still feasible for them to take a month to improve their cultivation base.
After negotiating, the several people flew towards the thickly forested mountains not far away.