blueteamnovel Chapter 910 567: The Three Clans Tournament Begins!
Chapter 910 567: The Three Clans Tournament Begins!
If those two families really start fighting, the Murong Family still needs some appeasement.
Even if we can't pull the Murong Family to our side, at least we shouldn't let them join the other side!
"Then it's settled for tomorrow!"
The Duanmu Family Head finished speaking and glanced at the Shangguan Family Head.
"After the Three Family Martial Arts Competition, if you haven't figured out who in your family is involved, don't blame me for taking action."
"That's none of your concern." The Shangguan Family Head snorted coldly, "You should take this time to check your own family!"
"It was your family who did it, and you're just pinning it on the Shangguan Family!"
"Hmph!"
The Duanmu Family Head snorted, "I've given you enough time. You better find evidence that it wasn't you!"
"I can tell you clearly, it wasn't us!" The Shangguan Family Head leaned back, resting on his chair, and spoke seriously.
"I think you just want to start a fight!"
"Am I supposed to be scared of you?"
Watching the two of them confront each other again, the Murong Family Head rubbed his temples, slightly frustrated.
"Go ahead, start fighting here and now!"
"Knock each other's brains out directly!"
After speaking, the Murong Family Head stood up and left.
The Duanmu Family Head and Shangguan Family Head exchanged a glance and then turned around and left with a snort.
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Early the next morning, Jiang Yuan and Mu Qianshan received the news.
At nine o'clock, the Three Family Martial Arts Competition begins!
The participation requirements for the Murong Family and Shangguan Family are the same.
Participants must be under 25 years old and have reached the Sixth Realm.
There are only fifty slots, so participants are determined based on strength.
Jiang Yuan and Mu Qianshan had no worries at all.
With their strength, it was inevitable that both of them would secure a spot among the fifty.
As long as they signed up, they were guaranteed to participate in the Three Family Martial Arts Competition.
And so it was.
After they signed up, they secured their spots in the competition.
At nine in the morning, the Three Family Martial Arts Competition officially began!
The competition was held at the arena in the center of Three Families City.
The rules of the competition were quite unique, and combined with the excitement, many people came to watch.
"The rules of the Three Family Martial Arts Competition are simple: one-on-one combat."
The Murong Family Head explained the rules to everyone.
He was speaking to everyone, but in reality, it was meant for Jiang Yuan and Mu Qianshan.
After all, among everyone, only they had just returned to the family.
Everyone else knew the rules and schedule; only they were unaware.
"The matches are one-on-one eliminations. You can rest assured, there will be no matches between people of the same family."
"First, a draw is made. If we draw someone from the Murong Family, for example."
"The remaining draw is done from a mixed pool of the Shangguan Family and Duanmu Family."
"Of course, if it comes down to only our Murong Family members left, inner-family fights are unavoidable, and this draw avoidance rule will no longer apply."
As soon as the Murong Family Head finished speaking, the Duanmu Family Head sneered from the side.
"You all having inner fights? You're really giving yourselves too much credit."
The Duanmu Family Head had every reason to laugh, as their family's Duanmu Ze was already at the early stage of Quail Fire in the Eighth Realm!
Although the Murong Family and Shangguan Family also had a few early Quail Fire Eighth Realm talents,
his family had sent theirs to participate in the All Races Martial Arts Competition!
What did the other two families amount to?
The Duanmu Family Head snorted again and turned to look at Duanmu Ze, "Are you confident in bringing back a first place win?"
"Of course!"
Duanmu Ze glanced at Murong Qingyao, then his brother Duanmu Yang, and nodded confidently.
"Good, give it your all!"
The Duanmu Family Head spoke and then gave a proud look to the Murong Family Head and Shangguan Family Head.
He then proceeded towards the stage.
The seats on stage were reserved for the heads of the three families.
Aside from them, Three Families City's city lord was also present.
Of course, this lord was appointed by the three families.
After all, trivial affairs still required a city lord to manage.
Additionally, there was Lan Jingtong, along with two elderly men.
Those two elders were reportedly teachers at one of the top universities of the Demon Race.
Although their strength was only early Ninth Realm, due to their affiliation with a prestigious academy, they received respect equal to that of Lan Jingtong.
"Now I declare the official start of the Three Family Martial Arts Competition!"
After the three family heads were seated, the city lord of Three Families City quickly stood up and came to the center.
After announcing, one of the two elderly men activated the [Demon Fighting Arena] card.
The effects of the [Demon Fighting Arena] and [Martial Arts Arena] cards were essentially the same, with no distinction.
Only the names were different.
Once the card was activated, the big screen began the drawing process.
The first draw was from the Duanmu Family, and the second draw was made from a mixed pool of one hundred people from the Shangguan and Murong families.
The draw selected a participant from the Shangguan Family.
Interestingly, the two selected participants, from the Duanmu and Shangguan families, had identical realm strengths.
Both possessed the late stage of the Sixth Realm as Shishen strength.
"Nervous?"
As the battle began in the arena, Murong Qingyao placed her hand on Jiang Yuan's as she noticed his nervousness.
"Not really."
Jiang Yuan withdrew his hand and continued watching the battle, speaking calmly.
He was indeed a bit nervous.
After all, this battle was entirely without the help of Nezha and Zhao Gongming.
It was purely his own battle.
In preparation for this battle, he had already chosen his skills a few days prior.
Given a three-day cooldown, he could still make another skill selection if necessary, although not right now.
Murong Qingyao glanced at her own hand, then at the hands of Murong Qingwan and Mu Qianshan holding each other's.
She sighed slightly.
But she quickly composed herself again.
So reserved; he must be someone who upholds integrity!
No mistake in my choice!
With newfound resolve, Murong Qingyao's face lit up with a bright smile.
This smile caught the attention of Duanmu Yang, who couldn't help but feel moved.
"By the way, are we really going to send it to Duanmu Lingchuan?"
"Otherwise, who else in Three Families City has stronger decryption skills than him?"
"That's true, but what if that old guy recognizes this backpack card as belonging to Duanmu Lan?"
In a Sound Transmission into Secret, Mu Qianshan sounded concerned.
While that old man had the best decryption skills, picking someone weaker to avoid exposure seemed wiser.
"Mister Lan has already examined it; there are no marks on the card, so it's unlikely he'd recognize it as Duanmu Lan's backpack card."
After speaking, Jiang Yuan hesitated a bit, "If necessary, just disguise ourselves, then place Duanmu Lan's backpack card within another backpack card."
"That way, if discovered, we can claim we only killed the person who killed Duanmu Lan."
"Alright then."
Mu Qianshan nodded in agreement and continued watching the match.
If exposed, then exposed; in that case, eliminate that old Duanmu Lingchuan too!
The old fellow was only in the late stage of the Eighth Realm in Quail Fire strength.
Nezha and Zhao Gongming were more than enough.
Furthermore, Mister Lan had assured them that even if both of them were exposed, he'd ensure their safe retreat.
Given that assurance, there was nothing to worry about.
First, they should focus on winning the Three Family Martial Arts Competition and claiming the reward!
While the two conversed, the battle in the arena concluded.
Although it ended in mutual injury, the Shangguan family's participant managed a narrow victory.
The drawing resumed, and this time the first draw.
The name displayed was Shangguan Ruiqian!