Chapter 913 – Song Yuchun

Many long tables were placed at the entrance of Ghost Arena with Underworld Soldiers sitting behind them. These soldiers included ten-plus Hundred-Sergeants and Sergeants, as well as more soldiers who maintained order.

The Hundred-Sergeants only briefly inspected every person who registered. Next to them were several Sergeants who would register the person’s details.

Young prodigies lined up with confidence in their eyes. All of them were arrogant people who did not talk much with others, only focusing on preparing for the upcoming fight. They had to win four Divine Martial Realm experts’ approval through their fight, and that was not an easy feat. That was why even many people who had killed Category Seven Emperor-tier feral beasts before were still nervous.

After registration, they could enter the Ghost Arena.

Long Chen observed for a while. Since his arrival, more than a hundred people had successfully entered the magnificent building. The Ghost Arena was an emerald-green structure built like a tiger roaring at the sky, and it had countless runes flickering on it. It showed how wealthy the Underworld Army was, to be able to build a building in the shape of a beast.

The people who entered were at the Seventh Heavenly Martial Stage and above. There was the occasional Sixth Heavenly Martial Stages person, but they had superior abilities. It was like what Long Chen had heard. Some Sixth Heavenly Martial Stage scribes or people with powerful divine weapons also registered successfully.

Some Fifth Heavenly Martial Stage cultivators also approached them, but the Hundred-Sergeant would stop them, do a brief test to confirm the person’s strength, and then send them away.

There were strict militaristic rules in the Underworld Army. Those who did not qualify were not allowed in.

Long Chen saw that it was almost time, so he entered one of the lines. His presence attracted a lot of attention because he looked quite young, and his cultivation level was clearly lower than everyone else’s.

“He’s ... at the Fourth Heavenly Martial Stage?”

“Is this a joke? Even Fifth Heavenly Martial Stage cultivators can’t pass, yet this Fourth Heavenly Martial Stage guy is going up there. Isn’t he just there to cause trouble?”

“The Hundred-Sergeant will probably be angry when it’s his turn.”

After Long Chen was in line, there was a lot of gossip. He looked around and saw people looking at him with contempt and even disgust.

He did not care about these things though. He would shock them with his performance.

A man with a flamboyant style turned around and eyed Long Chen, tutting. Long Chen took one glance at him. This man had on a full face of makeup, including eyeshadow.

“What are you looking at?” Long Chen glared at him.

“Not bad. You’re only at the Fourth Heavenly Martial Stage, but you dare come here to register, and you dare talk to me, Master Cun. You’re looking for a beating. If you upset me, I’ll make you wish you were dead.” He spoke demurely and looked at Long Chen with contempt.

Long Chen did not bother to talk to him.

“Why aren’t you talking? You’re guilty, right? I think you should leave. I, Master Cun, am irritated just looking at your face. You’re just a kid, yet you want to join the Underworld Army. You don’t know your limits! Hmph!” Master Cun turned around and threatened him, gesticulating wildly.

“Is there a problem with your brain?” Long Chen glared at him.

Master Cun took a few steps back in fear, then he gathered his emotions. His fully made-up face twisted in anger and turned fully red, as if being scared into taking several steps back by Long Chen was a very shameful thing. Without another word, he pounced and cried, “Fuck you! How dare you insult me? I am going to kill you!”

“Get out of my face, you eunuch!” Long Chen had been in a great mood, but he had the urge to beat this man up.

That was when someone yelled, “Song Yuchun, get yourself over here to register!”

It was one of the Underworld Sergeants. It was Song Yuchun’s turn.

Song Yuchun glared venomously at Long Chen, then huffed effeminately before striding towards the Ghost Arena. He acted arrogantly, as if he did not care about the few soldiers in front of him. When he arrived in front of the Hundred-Sergeant, he took out a token from his sleeve. After seeing the token, the Hundred-Sergeant’s eyes lit up and said, “Alright, you may enter directly. Your grandfather is waiting for you inside.”

Song Yuchun smirked smugly, his full face of makeup scrunched together. A few muscular men’s faces twitched. They wanted to vomit, but they held it down.

Long Chen noticed this detail.

It looks like Song Yuchun has a connection in the Underworld Army. Every organization has a path like that; the Underworld Army is the same.

Song Yuchun was related to someone in the Underworld Army. This meant that even if Long Chen was stronger than Song Yuchun, he still could not attack him. Of course, Long Chen was still not afraid of him, regardless of his background. The issue was that Long Chen genuinely wanted to join the Underworld Army, so he did not want to start any unnecessary conflicts.

However, despite wanting to avoid trouble, some people still came knocking on his door. Long Chen’s achievement today was mostly due to being forced by circumstances.

After registration, Song Yuchun did not leave, but instead watched Long Chen menacingly. He said to the Hundred-Sergeant, “That brat is only at the Fourth Heavenly Martial Stage. It’s ridiculous that he’s here to register. I hear that people whose cultivation levels are not up to par must go through a small test at registration. You guys have been working very hard today; why don’t you let me take care of this minor task?”

The Hundred Sergeant and the few other Sergeants hesitated.

The rules in this militaristic organization were strict. Song Yuchun was right; they indeed needed to test Long Chen, but an Underworld Soldier would have to conduct it, not an outsider. Song Yuchun was clearly here to cause trouble.

“If you guys don’t agree to it, I’m telling my grandfather,” Song Yuchun said when he saw their hesitant expressions.

“Young Master, don’t kill him or make it look too bad. If this gets to Ten Thousand-Sergeant Qin Xiong, all of us here will be done for,” said the Hundred-Sergeant after some thought.

“Isn’t that obvious? I’ll even make his dead body look nicer if it comes down to it.” This was the exact response Song Yuchun wanted. After he spoke, he approached Long Chen. He huffed, and a lot of powder fell from his face.

“You heard him. You’re only at the Fourth Heavenly Martial Stage. I need to test you to check if you’re only here to cause trouble.”

After he spoke, his Seventh Heavenly Martial Stage domain exerted pressure on Long Chen’s body. There was a whoosh, and a delicate-looking fist flew at Long Chen’s face. It looked like he was planning to kill Long Chen.

No Fourth Heavenly Martial Stage cultivator could survive this attack.

A Seventh Heavenly Martial Stage domain had absolute dominance over a Fourth Heavenly Martial Stage cultivator. Long Chen did not move, and when the spectators noticed them, they thought that Long Chen was unable to react.

“What’s going on?”

“How dare they fight right in front of the Ghost Arena?”

“I don’t know what’s happening, but the Underworld Soldiers aren’t stopping it.”

“Isn’t that a Fourth Heavenly Martial Stage cultivator? Ah, the woman wants to kill him! How could she kill someone in front of the Underworld Soldiers?”

“Woman? That’s a man!”

“That person must be very close with someone in the Underworld Army; why else would those Underworld Soldiers watch him kill someone?”

“Who’s killing who? Look!”

Everyone gasped because an advanced Emperor-tier spear appeared in Long Chen’s hand, and it flew out like a venomous snake.

“Three Thousand Star Clusters Spear Manual!” Dense dots of starlight flew violently at Song Yuchun. The Seventh Heavenly Martial Stage domain could not defeat Long Chen at all.

Long Chen did not use Dragon Soul Transformation, but he used his Yin Yang Sword Soul and the Five Emperor Palm. His attacking ability rose to the Sixth Heavenly Martial Stage, and with his weapon, he managed to force Song Yuchun back.

The Three Thousand Star Clusters Spear pierced through Song Yuchun’s clothes, and Long Chen whipped it around so that a large patch of snow-white skin was exposed. The crowd laughed at the sight of such white skin on a man.

“You!” Song Yuchun had not been paying attention, so Long Chen took advantage of it. He quickly wrapped new, beautiful clothing around himself while his face, caked with layers of makeup, was red with anger. He pointed at Long Chen, about to explode from rage.

“You ... You!”

“What did I do?” Long Chen opened his arms and grinned.

Song Yuchun was about to lose his mind. This had attracted a lot of attention, and Song Yuchun had reached his limit. In a panic, the Hundred-Sergeant behind him quickly held Song Yuchun back.