Chapter 555: 556: Deadly Kill!

The black side’s martial artists gathered together and, led by Xuan Jiang, approached the red side.

It seemed that there was no suspense in this battle. With only five minutes left, the red side only had a few thousand people left who were completely vulnerable.

Of course, Lin Zhen was a thorn in their side. No ordinary person could compete with him, but it didn’t matter, since the black side still had Xuan Jiang.

After so many years in the arena, Xuan Jiang had become extremely popular and influential, and the martial artists in the 68399 small battle zone were even accustomed to obeying his leadership.

Now that Lin Zhen had emerged as a thorn in their side, they believed that Xuan Jiang would find a way to suppress him since there had been too many previous challengers to his authority who ultimately failed.

Not only was Xuan Jiang powerful, but he also had the support of the Seven Evil Stars of District 68 behind him. If Lin Zhen proved too difficult to handle, the Seven Evil Stars would never allow him to disrupt the current order and would personally destroy him in reality.

In today’s battle, Xuan Jiang performed exceptionally well, having already killed over ten thousand members of the red side, earning him 600-700 billion in prize money, and Lin Zhen would not escape his grasp either.

At this point, the black side had formed an encirclement, trapping the red side inside.

Xuan Jiang took the initiative to step forward and face Lin Zhen.

“Lin Zhen, I didn’t expect you to dare to return to the arena. It seems you’ve taken me for granted. Since you’ve returned, you must be prepared to face my wrath. Come on! Let’s see who the real king of District 68 is!”

The red side’s people consciously hid behind Lin Zhen, waiting for his decision.

Unconsciously, they had already taken Lin Zhen as their leader and believed that he could lead them through the last five minutes.

If they could hold on, they wouldn’t have to die in the arena, and they wouldn’t lose half of their prize money.

However, Lin Zhen did not seem to be aware of his leadership role and instead pointed to the tens of thousands of martial artists on the black side: “There’s so much money all around me; why would I bother to duel with you? There are only a few minutes left; let’s make the most of them!”

With that said, Lin Zhen charged back into the remaining martial artists, causing chaos!

“Damn it! Lin Zhen, you coward! If you don’t dare to fight Xuan Jiang, don’t take it out on us ordinary martial artists!”

“Yeah, if you have the guts, fight Xuan Jiang! Why show off here?”

Xuan Jiang seemed to disapprove of Lin Zhen’s actions and pursued him relentlessly, but it was not easy to catch up.

Lin Zhen didn’t care about the insults from the other martial artists. He used all his skills and techniques to bring down the opposing martial artists one by one.

These martial artists had fought to this point, and each had earned nearly a hundred million in arena funds. Killing just one of them would earn at least tens of millions, so why not take advantage?

Time passed by, and the martial artists on the black side were thrown into chaos by Lin Zhen’s onslaught. In just four minutes, even though they scattered in all directions, more than a thousand people still died at Lin Zhen’s hands.

Seeing Lin Zhen’s relentless pursuit, the martial artists decided not to engage him and instead fled for their lives, creating a chaotic scene.

Xuan Jiang chased from behind, and since Lin Zhen did not confront Xuan Jiang, some martial artists ran to Xuan Jiang’s side, thinking it was the safest place.

“Lord Xuan Jiang, save us!”

“Quick, go to Xuan Jiang’s side, Lin Zhen wouldn’t dare go there.”

The chaotic crowd of martial artists ran towards Xuan Jiang, unable to tell who was who.

As the arena time was about to end, Xuan Jiang was happy to protect his comrades and wait for the end.

A martial artist approached Xuan Jiang, keeping his head down and drawing closer at a rapid pace.

Unnoticed, a cold glint suddenly flashed!

Surrounded by the crowd, Xuan Jiang now had a spear pointed at his throat. It was Lin Zhen!

Lin Zhen had somehow blended into the crowd, deactivated his armorization, and kept his head low. In the chaotic scene, hardly anyone noticed him sneak over and successfully ambush Xuan Jiang.

Instant kill!

This was a countdown instant kill!

With Lin Zhen killing Xuan Jiang, the arena battle came to an end, with the black side winning and each surviving martial artist being rewarded with 10,000 Cosmic Crystals.

Although 10,000 Cosmic Crystals were not insignificant, they were negligible to these martial artists.

However, no one cared about that right now. Their focus was on Lin Zhen, who had managed to kill Xuan Jiang at the last moment!

For a while, the entire 68399 small battle zone was boiling with excitement!

However, most people were cursing at Lin Zhen.

“I swear, I’ve lived for over a thousand years, and yet today I saw someone as shameless as you, Lin Zhen! You’ve redefined the word ‘shameless’!”

“Me too. A martial artist should be upright and honest. Lin Zhen dares not to confront Xuan Jiang directly, but instead hides in the crowd and ambushes him, taking advantage of Xuan Jiang’s vulnerability while protecting his teammates. I disdain to associate with such a person!”

“Don’t be smug, Lin Zhen! You succeeded in your ambush this time, but you won’t be so lucky next time. Xuan Jiang will take you down first and show you the power of a true god!”

Looking at the scrolling subtitles within the Dimensional Universe, Zi Qianxia angrily said, “I can’t watch this anymore, it just makes me angrier. These people are just taking advantage of Xuan Jiang’s power and acting arrogant. If you, Lin Zhen, can defeat Xuan Jiang once in a fair match, I guarantee that they will all shut up.”

However, Lin Zhen gently shook his finger: “No, why do we need to defeat Xuan Jiang directly?”

“Ah!” Zi Qianxia couldn’t help but be stunned: “Why don’t you want to face him directly?”

Lin Zhen chuckled, “If I defeat Xuan Jiang in a direct battle, will you and I become gods of Zone 68399?”

At this point, Long Juetian interjected: “I guess not. The existing order is difficult to break. If Xuan Jiang no longer has the ability to suppress this small war zone, then there will surely be stronger people coming. I guess they might be one of the Seven Evil Stars. As long as they pay enough fees, martial artists can change zones. They are so rich, they won’t care about such a small amount of money.”

Lin Zhen nodded slightly: “That’s right. I need to stay here for a while, so Xuan Jiang can’t be overthrown just yet. I still need him in this position for now.”

Zi Qianxia and the dwarf Ni Ke also nodded knowingly.

It turns out that it’s not that Lin Zhen can’t defeat Xuan Jiang directly, but that the time isn’t right yet.

However, there was a question in the dwarf Ni Ke’s heart. Lin Zhen succeeded in sneak attacking for the first time, but what about the second time? How could he guarantee that Xuan Jiang would be defeated without a direct confrontation?

Even though Lin Zhen looked very strong now, it didn’t seem like there was such a big gap between him and Xuan Jiang, right?

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Inside the quiet room, Lin Zhen was excitedly looking at his bank card account.

In this million-people arena battle, he had actually earned over 110 billion!

He had previously accumulated more than 70 billion, and after killing Xuan Jiang, he unexpectedly obtained more than 40 billion!

This fight had brought him an unprecedented fortune!

Looking at the balance of over 300 billion in his bank card, Lin Zhen’s mood was also hard to calm down.

Soon, with less than 200 billion left, he could buy Fire Crystalstones core for the fourth time and advance to the intermediate blue flame.

With such flame power, Lin Zhen could return to the Chaotic Star River and revive Little Phoenix.

However, Lin Zhen didn’t slack off. He knew deep down that he might not be able to do such a thing for many more times, and he would soon be discovered by others. His cooperation with Xuan Jiang would also be exposed soon.

By that time, the Seven Evil Stars of Zone 68 would definitely take action, and Lin Zhen had to possess the strength to confront the Seven Evil Stars before that happened.

“Practicing cannot stop. This time I obtained quite a few Hearts of Star Plants on Mount Sumeru, which could further enhance my Dark Star Power. I’ve already put one into the Dark Star, and now it’s in a period of rapid growth.”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“My current body realm is also still improving, and I’m not far from the Late Black Hole Stage. After all, breaking through the Black Hole Period can be slow, but if it’s fast, it’s just a moment’s thing.”

Although he was eager to improve his Star Energy, Lin Zhen didn’t obsess over it, as he had other things to do.

In his spare time for cultivation, he would take out the double-handed mastery secrets procured from Mount Sumeru.

After the body and avatar could both transfer Star Energy, Lin Zhen’s avatar no longer needed to use the Cliff Corner Spear.

Lin Zhen began to formally practice with two long spears.

The Yin Yang Cliff Corner dual spears, each weighing tens of thousands of kilograms, could only be handled freely by someone with immense strength like Lin Zhen. As long as he successfully mastered the Double-Handed technique, his fighting ability would rise to another level.

For this, he didn’t even go to the arena for individual matches, but stayed in the rented place to practice wholeheartedly, waiting for the next million people fight to arrive.

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“Lord Five Ghosts, I have something to tell you, and I suspect there is something wrong with this matter.”

Inside the Dimensional Universe, Ye Hua contacted Five Ghosts.

As for Ye Hua, although Five Ghosts didn’t value him highly, there was still the face of the Mechanical World King to consider. Ying Huo had specifically mentioned Ye Hua’s matter, asking Five Ghosts to take more care of him. After all, the small war zones starting with the number 6 in Zone 68 were under Five Ghosts’ management, and Ying Huo had an old relationship with the Mechanical World King.

“What is it, Young Master Ye Hua? Please, go ahead.”

Ye Hua spoke solemnly, “I suspect there is something fishy between Lin Zhen and that Xuan Jiang. They are teaming up to make money!”

“Oh! How so?” Five Ghosts was surprised, and Ye Hua’s words gave him a bad premonition.”

“I’m not speaking without evidence. I know Lin Zhen well. He has an extremely outstanding Spiritual Power and even has a unique Soul Lock technique. He advanced his Spiritual Power to the Cui Mang rank in Chaotic Star River. I’m sure Lord Five Ghosts knows about the Mount Sumeru incident. With so many people, Xuan Jiang was not Lin Zhen’s opponent. At that time, Lin Zhen’s main target was Xuan Jiang, and everyone else escaped, leaving only badly injured Lin Zhen and Xuan Jiang, right?”

“Yes, go on.” Five Ghosts’ face became gloomy.

“I think, under such circumstances, Xuan Jiang would have had no way of escaping Lin Zhen’s pursuit. But Xuan Jiang returned unharmed. Combined with the recent arena event, Lin Zhen made hundreds of billions! When you think about these two incidents together, don’t you find it strange?”

Five Ghosts slowly closed his eyes: “Xuan Jiang is one of us…”

“It doesn’t matter if Lord Five Ghosts doesn’t believe me. In not too long, there will be another million-people battle. If the outcome of the next one is the same as this one, then I believe Lord Five Ghosts should know what to do.”

Five Ghosts hung up the communication without saying anything, but in Ye Hua’s heart, he had already obtained the result he wanted.