I tried to kill the heroines of destiny, but they ended up chasing after me.

However, he was very casual, but Zhang Shen in the Qing Pavilion felt a pang of heartache.

"Hahahaha! That gray-robed masked man's strength is not impressive at all!" Takenaga laughed loudly, clearly wanting to get punched.

But Zhang Shen didn't know what to say about it.

……

On the other hand, as the battle between the two intensified, the people of the four clans were all dumbfounded. Perhaps they themselves did not expect that Huang Quan would last so long!

On the stage.

Two people.

"Let me give you a compliment! But I'll say it again: if you don't have any other tricks up your sleeve... then this is the end of the road."

After speaking, Zhang Jian slowly raised his right hand, and countless bolts of lightning rose again, rapidly converging towards his palm. Soon, a silver sphere slowly took shape.

Upon seeing this, Huang Quan wiped the sweat from his forehead, then closed his eyes slightly and calmed himself down.

In silence, he raised the nameless sword again, its tip pointing to the sky. A muffled groan came from his body, and then rings of gray profound energy slowly gathered from his feet toward the tip of the nameless sword!

It seems he's brewing something!

"You can't beat me, no matter what." Zhang Jian's feigned disdain reached Huang Quan's ears as he saw Huang Quan's actions.

"I've said it before, until the very end... no one knows the outcome!"

Huang Quan didn't say much, continuing to prepare for his attack. As far as he was concerned, he wouldn't care what Zhang Jian said at this point.

If Zhang Jian wanted to use these words to distract him, that would be impossible.

Of course, Zhang Jian wasn't the type to waste words. He simply shook his head and continued to circulate his profound energy, while the lightning ball in his right hand grew even larger.

At this moment, his left hand moved again. He slowly raised his left hand and gently touched the silver lightning ball!

Suddenly! An unexpected change occurred! The area around the lightning ball suddenly emitted even more violent fluctuations of profound energy.

"Roar!"

"Hoohoo!"

"Hoohoho!"

One after another, small silver dragons, accompanied by not-so-loud roars, slowly emerged above the sphere of lightning!

That was one, two, ten, a hundred...

Countless silver dragons, too numerous to be counted with the naked eye, swam on the lightning sphere. Upon closer inspection, they were quite beautiful, but beauty aside, the dragons on the lightning sphere were more than just pretty.

"This is the Thunderous Dragon Dance. If you withstand this move, I will automatically concede defeat!"

Zhang Jian spoke again, and judging from his tone, he seemed to intend to decide the outcome with this attack.

However, Huang Quan remained silent, simply watching Zhang Jian quietly.

Seeing that Huang Quan did not respond to his words, Zhang Jian was not angry. He just looked at Huang Quan with a little amusement, but he did not immediately use the lightning ball to attack. It was as if he himself wanted to know what tricks his opponent could play in this duel!

However, after about ten breaths, Huang Quan made no other movements, as if frozen in place, which was rather strange.

"Hmph!" Zhang Jian muttered, seemingly losing patience to wait any longer.

"This is the last move. Let's end it here!"

"Thunderous Dragon Dance!!!"

A soft shout emanated from Zhang Jian's mouth, and along with it, a ball of lightning flew from his right hand, carrying silver lightning dragons that sped rapidly toward the Yellow Springs.

The silver lightning dragons also roared and fluctuated with impatience, as if they themselves were reflecting Zhang Jian's emotions.

As the lightning ball and lightning dragon drew ever closer, Huang Quan remained largely unresponsive. However, he would not sit idly by and wait for his doom, a fact that everyone present understood.

It's a long story, but it really just happened in that one instant.

Huang Quan felt the countless thunder dragons and thunder balls getting closer and closer to him. He finally opened his eyes slowly. However, his eyes were slightly different from usual, as if they had an extra black color.

“No hole… appears.” Huang Quan’s expression remained slightly calm as he murmured to himself.

As he finished speaking, a large black circle, about two meters in diameter, appeared faintly behind him. The inside of this circle was also pitch black, like a black hole.

This is... the God of the Underworld.

"Swallow them all!!!" Huang Quan roared as he saw the thunderball and the thunder dragon.

Just as his shout fell, the outline of the black hole behind him instantly shifted to Huang Quan's front. A black suction force emanated from that darkness, immediately enveloping the lightning ball and desperately pulling it toward the direction Huang Quan had indicated—the interior of the black hole outline.

But the lightning ball seemed to possess some kind of sentience. Instead of sitting idly by, it manipulated the countless lightning dragons connected to its body to roar desperately into the black hole, as if in extreme resistance.

boom!

A muffled boom came from the outline of the black hole, as if it could no longer withstand the power of the lightning ball and the lightning dragon, and began to collapse from the inside.

puff!

A mouthful of blood immediately spurted out of Huang Quan's mouth. His body seemed to be unable to withstand it, but his gaze remained firm. He spat out the remaining blood, wiped the remaining blood from the corner of his mouth, and then took a step forward with his right foot and waved his right hand, solidifying the outline of the black hole once again!

"Hmph? Devour me again!"

Huang Quan snorted coldly, and the black suction force of the black hole's outline intensified again, but this time it did not only surround the lightning ball, but directly surrounded the entire lightning ball and the lightning dragon.

"Roar!"

The countless thunder dragons were drawn in by the suction, and all of their bodies began to writhe, as if they were resisting the black suction of the black hole's outline.

Huang Quan's body and power are closely connected to the outline of the black hole. If the outline of the black hole is damaged, then Huang Quan's body and power will also be damaged. However, due to the resistance of the Thunder Dragon and the Thunder Ball, Huang Quan's body and power are now barely in balance with the Thunder Dragon and the Thunder Ball.

"No way!" Huang Quan thought to himself.

"But this scene needs to be performed successfully..."

I'm sorry!

"Go out!!" With a slight thought, Huang Quan roared in his heart, and his hands immediately clasped together. His deeply hidden evil energy slowly transmitted to the outline of the black hole, and at this moment, the outline became much more solid.

In an instant, an even stronger black suction force than before suddenly erupted from the outline of the black hole, and in the blink of an eye, it surrounded the lightning ball and the lightning dragon.

"Swallow it!!!"

Huang Quan roared again, instantly suppressing the sweat and disheveled look on his face. At that moment, the suction force of the black hole's outline surged strangely, instantly transforming into something like a powerful python swallowing its prey whole.

And this prey... was none other than Zhang Jian's thunderous attack.

In the blink of an eye, the thunder dragon that had been roaring had vanished without a trace.

This process is simple yet powerful.

"What!? This... how is this possible..."

Seeing his move broken so easily, Zhang Jian's eyes narrowed sharply, and he even unconsciously took a few steps back. His mind was slightly hazy, as if it were an illusion. His shock and disbelief were beyond words.

At that very moment, an extremely weak voice slowly reached Zhang Jian's ears.

You lost!

It was obvious that the person who said this was Huang Quan.

But now, his face was extremely pale, and he was breathing heavily, as if this attack had exhausted almost all of his abilities.

Upon hearing Huang Quan's weak voice, Zhang Jian remained silent. After his initial surprise, his expression returned to calm. However, the shock hidden beneath that calm was still there.

After a moment of silence, he casually uttered a sentence.

"I, Zhang Jian, keep my word!"

Chapter 217 Acting

This was naturally a play, a play that only Zhang Jian and Huang Quan understood.

However, in order to deceive everyone present, they put real emotions into this play, because only when there is truth within falsehood and falsehood within truth can it be the easiest to be unpredictable.

About half an hour ago.

“In that case, we still have to fight, otherwise my father will definitely find out,” Zhang Jian said, looking at Huang Quan with a serious expression.

"Yes, that's true. But we can control the outcome of this battle. However, until the result is clear, you must treat me as a true opponent and not show mercy because of our relationship."

"I know, and I can't just let you win easily, because that would attract other people's attention. So during our fight, it's better if we use some methods, like making a bet or something."

“Hmm!” Huang Quan’s eyes flickered slightly, and he nodded in reply, “Making a bet is a good idea. It increases the credibility of our battle and can also mislead some people.”

“That’s right, but…” At this point, Zhang Jian suddenly looked puzzled.

"What's wrong?" Noticing Zhang Jian's unusual behavior, Huang Quan's expression shifted, and he asked softly.

But Zhang Jian did not respond to Huang Quan immediately. He remained silent for a while, sighed, and then said seriously, "The Tree of Time is a sacred tree that my Imperial Sword Clan has guarded for generations. It possesses unparalleled power, which is why many wars concerning the Tree of Time have occurred in ancient times..."

"The mark of pain is branded on the soul of our clan. During that period, the Emperor Sword Clan never had a moment of peace. It was for this reason that our ancestors chose the Ice Plains to avoid another war, hiding all our clansmen there during the winter..."

"But I don't understand, I really don't understand. Starting with the previous patriarch, the members of the Emperor Sword Clan have had frequent contact with the outside world, and even took the initiative to find the other three reclusive families, establishing a superficial harmony with them..."

"But this goes against the will of our ancestors! Aren't they afraid of angering them by doing this? Especially my father, who, in order to consolidate his position as clan leader, actually used the power of other clans to frame my second uncle..."

"Now, he's even brought so many people to the Emperor Sword Clan. I really don't know what he's trying to do. Does he think the Emperor Sword Clan is too strong and there's no need to care about the existence of other clans, or does he think other clans are too weak and it doesn't matter if they come to the Emperor Sword Clan?"

"Sigh! When I was seven years old, because of my extremely poor talent for cultivation, he threw me out of the Emperor Sword Clan like trash. Now, for the sake of the Emperor Sword and a prophecy, he has brought me back from the Li Mo Sect. So sometimes I wonder, am I his son or his tool..."

"Huang Quan! If what you say is true, my second uncle has been released and intends to avenge my father. I will absolutely not interfere in this matter. This is their feud, and I really have no right to meddle..."

“So I hope we can leave this place as soon as they start the war. I don’t like it here. I don’t want to be the eldest son of the Emperor Sword Clan. I have no sense of belonging here. Call me selfish or irresponsible, it doesn’t matter…” As he spoke, a firmness appeared in Zhang Jian’s eyes.

Upon hearing this, Huang Quan's eyes flickered slightly, and he fell silent. He understood Zhang Jian's thoughts very well. You also know what Zhang Jian meant. After all, whether it was Zhang Jueyi or Zhang Shen, they only had a nominal relationship with him, and their true feelings were not very deep.

“No problem. As long as your second uncle takes action, we’ll have a chance to escape in the chaos,” Huang Quan replied, his eyes gleaming.

……

Now, after Zhang Jian conceded defeat, he walked off the stage quite naturally, much to everyone's surprise. His resentment and anger were portrayed very convincingly.

"How could this be? Zhang Jian actually lost?!" a disciple of the Bamboo Sky Clan exclaimed in disbelief.

"Not really! After all, my young master had a bet with that guy, so no matter what, he only lost the bet, not the fight," a disciple of the Emperor Sword Clan quickly said to defend Zhang Jian.

"Tch! A loss is a loss! That gray-robed masked man was able to make Zhang Jian use so many mystical techniques, and it seems like he still had some strength left. It's clear that even if the fight continued, Zhang Jian might not necessarily win!" A disciple of the Flame Clan chimed in.

"You can't say for sure, it's possible that my young master will win!" said the disciple of the Emperor Sword Clan.

In short, at this moment, the people of the four clans below the stage also began to debate this somewhat absurd result. And it wasn't just them; several elders from the Qing Pavilion also had some inexplicable feelings.