Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 547 - 20: Meeting a Stray One [Vote for the monthly ticket!] _1

Chapter 547: Chapter 20: Meeting a Stray One [Vote for the monthly ticket!] _1

"Start now! It’s almost over, if you don’t bet now it will be too late!"

At a stand situated at the foot of a mountain, a popular gambling house owner from Taotie City appeared, exclusively taking bets for cultivators from various Immortal Sects.

One hundred wooden tablets hung behind him on the wall, listing the names and odds of the factions participating in the Hundred Sects Challenge. The bets were placed on who could make it into the top ten.

At that moment, a youth with thick eyebrows and bright eyes, exuding a radiant aura, wandered over, looked at the odds on the wall, and exclaimed, "Wow, Penglai is 30 to 1, Misty Mountain is 10 to 1... Shu Mountain is 3 to 1, that’s ridiculous, right? Even Earthfire Door is 1 to 1."

"Hehe, our odds are based on past records and the talents of current disciples. Shu Mountain has not made it into the top ten for four sessions in a row, and this session has many strong competitors, so naturally, the odds are lower," The shopkeeper chuckled, "Young master, if you have faith in Shu Mountain, you can take a chance and wager for them."

"Well," the youth chuckled, "I will definitely bet, I just fear you won’t be able to pay up."

"Rest assured, our Azure Dragon Square has been operational for two hundred years, our creditworthiness is absolutely guaranteed," the shopkeeper replied, "We also have such a great shop in Taotie City, if we can’t afford it, we will give you the entire gambling house."

"Alright," the youth finally nodded, handing over a jade talisman, "Then put everything on Shu Mountain."

The shopkeeper, being worldly-wise and well-informed, was immediately shocked when he touched the talisman, "This... is so much?"

"Exactly that much, dare you take it?" the youth asked.

"This... let me go ask." The shopkeeper put down the jade talisman and ran to the back, seemingly contacting someone with a magic artifact. After a while, he returned, smiling, "Our boss said he would accept any amount. If you win, we guarantee to pay."

After that, he gave the youth a bamboo ticket with a seal on it.

The youth then turned around and left, but curious gazes from the surroundings were already focused on him, wondering what was the background of this young man who shocked the shopkeeper with his bet.

Immediately, a beautiful female cultivator came over and started a conversation, "Young hero, which sect are you from? Your massive bet just now really shocked that shopkeeper."

"Hey, hey, hey." The youth chuckled, "It’s just some pocket money, just having some fun."

"As for me..." He flipped his hair, continuing, "People in the martial world know me as Lin Bei, the most passionate man from Shu Mountain."

...

Whoosh-

When the call from the Mirror Sky Eight Diagrams ended, the golden light dissipated from their sight, the four from Shu Mountain truly landed on a lush green mountainside.

Remembering the contours of the earth in their minds, they confirmed that this was the small hill that Jiang Yuebai had selected in the hilly plains.

"Let’s follow the plan, I’ll scout ahead," Chu Liang said, "You three keep a good distance in my direction and be ready to assist at any time. Let’s clear out the area around this hill first."

"Alright," Jiang Yuebai nodded, watching him go and said, "Be careful."

Chu Liang smiled, "Don’t worry."

Then he leapt up and flew away.

They had previously undergone many such drills in the Hongmeng Secret Realm, along with the previous generation of disciples, and learned a lot of combat experience from their senior brothers and sisters.

In the Hundred Sects Battle, the acquisition of information is crucial. Cultivators’ divine senses are limited, and the range of detection at the same level is similar. Once you notice the other party, it is very likely that they have also noticed you.

Therefore, an experienced team would send out a scout as the vanguard, heading in the direction the team intends to go.

This would extend the team’s scanning range. If they encounter a formidable enemy or unpredictable danger, the scout could instantly transmit the information back, to prevent the main force from falling into the crisis.

Many of these experiences have been passed down from generation to generation, which is one of the advantages of an established Immortal Sect. Newcomer sects participating in the Immortal Sect Gathering for the first time might suffer in this area.

For instance, not too far ahead of Chu Liang, there was just such a team.

The Youshen Temple is an ancient Taoist temple located outside of Yu Capital City, which had a grand reputation a thousand years ago. However, it had long declined, and no strong cultivators had risen for nearly a thousand years.

But this session was different. Ten years ago, a disciple discovered a secret realm behind the statue of the god within the temple, and found the long-lost second volume of the "Wandering God Technique". Their cultivation levels soared as the technique was completed.

Thus, they successfully earned their spot in the Hundred Sects Battle.

They had chosen to land on a small hill in the open field as a safe choice during the placement process, which happened to be the same place where Jiang Yuebai chose to land.

Having two teams landing on one hill is not too much.

After the four Taoists of Youshen Temple had landed, with the same idea as Shu Mountain, they planned to clear the mountain peak first.

However, the four Taoist priests moved together. Soon, they noticed a lone figure flying over.

"Someone is alone?" A junior priest laughed, "Isn’t this a soul crystal delivered to us?"

"Don’t underestimate the enemy," the leading young Taoist priest cautioned, "Get into formation, let’s have a go at him first!"

...

As a scout, Chu Liang naturally noticed the existence of these four Taoist priests through his divine sense. However, he didn’t immediately alert his teammates behind him. Instead, he went ahead on his own.

Youshen Temple worshipped the Wandering Sun God. The "Wandering God Technique" they practiced also invited the power of the Wandering Sun God. The god they worshipped during the day and night greatly affected their strength.

During the day they worshipped the Wandering Sun God, they were fierce with infinite strength; at night they worshipped the Night Wandering God, they had acute senses and their movements were mysterious.

It was daytime now, and naturally, their battle power was stronger.

But Chu Liang was not afraid. He moved forward directly and quickly reached in front of the four.

After waiting for so many days, they finally arrived. Let’s start the first battle of the Hundred Sects Competition with you guys!

Bang——

Seeing Chu Liang charging in all alone, the Taoists from the Youshen Temple were slightly taken aback. They thought he was just bait and would surely call for his teammates once they got close. Therefore, two members of the Youshen Temple were always stationed on the sides during their advancement, to guard against ambushes.

But Chu Liang just barreled in recklessly, landing in front of the two men in the middle, causing a thunderous explosion upon making contact with the ground.

Because at this moment, his whole body was flaming up, showing that he had run his True Qi to its full capacity and had reached a peak.

"What boldness!" The young Taoist opposite him narrowed his eyes, already casting a spell.

Bam bam——

Their bones and muscles were thundering as both Taoists rose a few inches in height and pushed their palms together towards Chu Liang, Double Ghosts Attack!

Both palms carried swirling Blood Flames and the sound of a howling wind. If they struck, even a small hill would tremble.

But Chu Liang didn’t dodge at all.

You guys are pretty strong huh? Well, let’s see who’s stronger.

He threw two punches simultaneously, meeting both of their attacks head-on, pitting himself against two of them!

Boom boom!

This small, not so tall hill really did shake. The ground cracked and seemed on the brink of collapse. Chu Liang’s two fists met the two iron palms of the Wondering Sun Gods and he didn’t retreat even half a step.

However, those two Wondering Sun Gods’ shoulders shook and emitted a clattering sound as if shattering.

They lost.

In the past few months, Chu Liang’s White Dragon Heritage had made a breakthrough, technically speaking, he had arrived at the White Dragon Third Realm. Now his strength was incomparable to Body Cultivators at the same level.

Even if the Wondering Sun God was overwhelmingly strong, still he couldn’t tame this human-shaped true dragon!

Whoosh——

With just one strike, two Taoists were severely injured. As the other two Taoists surrounded them, the Divine Dragon Fire started to burn around the two injured Wondering Sun Gods.

Divine Dragon Fire!

Just a moment ago, as Chu Liang released his attack, a sudden intense flame sprang up around him.

This strike was honestly learned from his master. Using powerful Divine Fire coupled with against-the-heaven strength, if he couldn’t beat you, he would burn you to death if the burning didn’t kill you, then he would throw punches...

It seemed like Chu Liang’s strategy now was a poverty-stricken version of Empress Feng.

Many cultivators could use True Qi to resist the Divine Fire. However, under a heavy blow, this True Qi often gets dispersed and then the Divine Fire would invade the body disintegrating the opponent’s combat power.

Charging once more at his opponents who were screaming in the Divine Dragon Fire, he knocked down the two Wondering Sun Gods with one punch.

When the Taoists from the two sides arrived, their teammates had already been killed. Chu Liang’s situation was still one against two, but no one would think that he was at a disadvantage anymore.

With a loud roar, he swung a punch with his right hand and directly shattered the Wondering Sun God on his left, breaking his body in the air, the scene was quite bloody.

The Wondering Sun God on the right saw that his enemy’s back was facing him and thought the situation rare. He also swung his fiery fist towards Chu Liang.

But the Chu Liang in front of him disappeared in an instant.

A demonic figure suddenly appeared behind him. The terrifying temperature and pressure made the small Taoist realize instantly what had happened.

Instantaneous Movement.

Isn’t this a bit unfair?

Weren’t we just comparing strength and fist techniques, why did you suddenly use an Immortal Law?

Isn’t that unfair?

This idea had just appeared in his mind when a booming sound resounded, it was just that he could no longer hear it.

The Youshen Temple of Yu Capital City has been eliminated.

The total surviving time in the Hundred Sects Competition was less than fifteen minutes for four of them.

Eliminated single-handedly by Chu Liang, and it was a clean and efficient slaughter.

There were no bodies on the ground, only four glowing purple crystals remained.

Chu Liang extinguished the Divine Dragon Fire all around his body and shook his hands. He felt that his master’s simple and violent tactics were exceptionally useful although they were a bit brutish.

Just then, a message came from the Soul Crystal. It should be his teammates sensing the disturbance here.

Jiang Yuebai: "Anything up? Do you need backup?"

Chu Liang: "No need, encountered four people who were isolated, and I’ve already disposed of them."