Light Fortress
Chapter 503 - 114: Start Cutting!_3

Chapter 503: Chapter 114: Start Cutting!_3

These voices entered his ears, and Zhu Wang, who was originally expressionless, now looked vaguely displeased.

"The competition is not over yet!"

A soft, feminine voice suddenly rang out.

Han Dang stood up.

The noisy venue, due to Han Dang’s intervention, suddenly became quiet.

A powerful spiritual power swept over hundreds, if not thousands of seats. Han Dang released his "True Word" domain, but he was very measured, only using his spiritual power to suppress the noise in the venue in front of all the heavyweights before retracting it.

"I want to report... Someone violated the rules!"

He was expressionless as he pointed out a very serious issue.

"The rules of the rookie battle state, participants are only allowed to bring one sealed item into battle... The member from the Gong Family brought two. How should this be handled?"

Many of the noisy voices within the venue disappeared... and not just because of the suppression from the "True Word" domain.

Because these spectators also realized the issue Han Dang was talking about. If the sealed item that blocked the lethal hit from "Paper Cutter" was "Phoenix Bell", then what about the iron clothing from the beginning?

The rules of the rookie battle were clearly written.

All participants are only allowed to bring one sealed item into the battle!

"Elder Zhou... may I ask, in the rookie battle, how should we deal with cheaters who violate the rules?"

Han Dang looked towards the Federation Security Committee Chairman sitting across the venue.

Eyes converged on them from every direction.

Elder Zhou furrowed his brows and slowly stated the Federation’s regulations: "Violators who cheat... will be disqualified from competition and their results cancelled..."

Han Dang continued to ask, "So, does Gong Zi carrying two sealed items qualify as a violation of the rules and cheating?"

Elder Zhou did not yet speak.

By his side, a young figure slowly stood up, and that calm voice echoed throughout the entire hall.

"Of course..."

"It does not."

...

...

"Gu Shen..."

Han Dang stared at the young man before him.

His face showed little change, but in fact, fury had already surged wildly within him. These past few days, he had laid low and not troubled Gu Shen... Yet it was Gu Shen who took the initiative to stand out!

"This iron clothing was lent to Brother Gong by me," Gu Shen said indifferently, "It’s not a sealed item at all; at best, it’s just a bit more durable than ordinary steel..."

"Bullshit!"

Han Dang blurted out angrily upon hearing this, and then he immediately realized his outburst, swiftly adjusting his demeanor, coldly retorting, "Capable of blocking a blow from ’Paper Cutter’, and you say it isn’t a sealed item?"

Gu Shen smiled.

He gently said, "If you don’t believe it, you can certainly ask the Security Committee to investigate it, examine the composition... Elder Zhou, why don’t you go now and check it yourself?"

Elder Zhou looked meaningfully at Gu Shen and then toward Gu Qilin.

His thoughts drifted to the two’s smiles when they first saw the iron clothing... as if he understood something.

In front of everyone in the hall, Elder Zhou approached Gong Zi... The Flowing Fire of "Phoenix Bell" slowly receded, "Paper Cutter" clanged to the ground, and that iron clothing, no longer illuminated in vibrant red, returned to its clumsy and ugly original appearance.

Elder Zhou tapped it with his finger.

He then carefully examined it with spiritual power.

He shook his head and said in a deep voice, "This is indeed just an item... of ordinary quality. It does not count as a sealed item."

At these words.

The entire audience was in an uproar.

Han Dang looked shocked and could hardly believe it.

"May I ask Elder Zhou... In the rookie battle, does wearing iron clothing to the fight qualify as a violation of the rules?" Gu Shen seriously asked, pressing for details.

"Of course not," Elder Zhou slowly said, "As long as it isn’t a sealed item... it can be brought into the arena. That is the freedom of the participants."

Ordinary iron, no matter how it is processed, cannot withstand the strength of a Transcendent!

In important battles, everyone would wear some sort of protective equipment...

This iron clothing could always be considered "standard protective equipment"; it was just far uglier compared to those lightweight alloy armors.

Ugly, how does that qualify as a violation?

Zhu Wang, who had not spoken up until now, looked extremely displeased.

When "Paper Cutter" was first unveiled.

He had seen it very clearly.

His treasure, just one hit, was thwarted by the iron clothing!

You tell me, this is an ordinary item?

He couldn’t accept it... Zhu Wang was starting to feel unsettled, took a deep breath, and opened in a deep voice, "Chairman Zhou, perhaps you should take a closer look, are you sure... you didn’t see it wrong?"

Zhou Wei, who usually had a mild countenance, upon hearing this, became colder.

The incident yesterday, where Lian Zhou used "Paper Cutter" to inflict a wound on Chu Chen, was the most egregious injury in the Snow Forbidden City rookie battles of the past decade... As the chairman of the Security Committee, upon hearing the news, his primary reaction was to feel sorrow for that unfortunate young child, followed by anger for his old friend Gu Qilin.

It was hard to imagine that what was supposed to be a "point-to-point" match turned into an extreme measure for victory by Zhu Wang’s disciple.

But because of the "explicit rules,"

using a pseudo-S-grade sealed item "Paper Cutter" didn’t count as a violation.

No matter how much they contested this issue, it could only be marked as Lian Zhou "lacking martial virtue."

Merely "Paper Cutter" inflicting harm... The Security Committee couldn’t possibly take any real action.

So, he came here today.

It was both an explanation to his old friend as well as expressing the stance of the Security Committee... Today, when he came to the venue, he told himself not to let what happened yesterday occur again.

At this moment, Zhou Wei suppressed his anger and asked calmly, word by word, "This... acting Grand Judge, are you questioning my judgment?"

The words "acting" added a certain weight to Zhu Wang’s frown.

He slowly stood up.

The grand judge’s magic robe fluttered in the sunlight spilling into the venue.

Zhu Wang towered above, looking down from the railing at the center of the hall.

A tremendous pressure bore down on the entire venue.

Zhu Wang suddenly knitted his brows.

The "Paper Cutter" lying on the ground, already fractured at one edge... suddenly moved a bit.

The dispirited Lian Zhou slowly raised his head.

He looked toward Gong Zi.

The "Paper Cutter" on the ground vanished in an instant!

The next moment, the fully unleashed "Paper Cutter" emerged from the void, aiming for Gong Zi’s forehead, and cut down fiercely!