Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 997: The Final Showdown

Chapter 997: Chapter 997: The Final Showdown

The final battle of the Martial Arts Competition is set to begin tomorrow and it truly draws everyone’s attention—whoever wins will be the leader of the Martial Arts community. The key point is that one of the fighters is the most skilled in the competition, while the other is the least skilled. This match is certainly worth watching.

Many people are discussing the upcoming battle fervently. Some still firmly believe that Gu Fan is favored by great destiny and will definitely win, while others think that even good luck runs out eventually and Gu Fan might lose the last fight.

Thinking about tomorrow’s decisive battle, Gu Fan was so nervous he couldn’t sleep and decided to get up and move around, stretching his muscles and even going to a desolate place to practice his fist and foot techniques.

Mo Yun followed him because she was worried about Gu Fan but also started to doubt him after a reminder from Lord Xiong. She wanted to observe Gu Fan again to see what kind of person he really was.

People from the World’s Number One Gambling House also received orders to start surveilling Gu Fan and those close to him, so they also started to keep an eye on Mo Yun. And since Mo Yun had contact with Lord Xiong, the people from the World’s Number One Gambling House began watching him as well.

But who was Lord Xiong? With trackers on his trail, could he possibly not notice? Shaking them off was a piece of cake for someone with his skills.

Since the final battle was tomorrow, the leader of Xuanjian Sect and the head bookmaker were calculating the odds, but when they heard that their men had lost track of Lord Xiong, they were alarmed and immediately sent out more people. They specifically dispatched those with the best Qinggong, determined to find Lord Xiong.

What the leader of Xuanjian Sect thought was this: with Gu Fan and Mo Yun being watched, they couldn’t interfere with tomorrow’s decisive battle no matter what tricks they tried, leaving only Lord Xiong to take action.

In fact, Lord Xiong more or less guessed who was tracking him. He didn’t care at first, but then he thought something was amiss.

Lord Xiong had always believed that with Gu Fan’s poor Martial Arts, his delusional aspiration to compete for the leadership of the Martial Arts community could only be possible if everything was arranged beforehand. How otherwise did he gain such confidence? Now that Gu Fan actually made it to the final battle, which seemed impossible, it only further convinced Lord Xiong of his suspicion.

But how exactly could the battles be arranged for Gu Fan to succeed at every turn? It might involve the opponents intentionally losing to him, and how to arrange that? By bribing the opponents.

Lord Xiong remembered that in several of the battles that Gu Fan won, there were fighters who intentionally lost to Gu Fan arranged by the leader of Xuanjian Sect.

"Could it be that the leader of Xuanjian Sect, the head bookmaker, and Gu Fan are actually in cahoots?" Lord Xiong felt a chill in his heart. What if this was all a conspiracy? The whole Martial Arts Competition, the struggle for the leadership of the Martial Arts community... could it be a trap set for Lord Xiong by Gu Fan?

Now, as Gu Fan is the leader of Xuanjian Sect’s final opponent, it seems reasonable that the sect sent people to watch Gu Fan and, by extension, Lord Xiong, but what if all this was deliberately orchestrated?

Gu Fan was trapped, unable to inform the Martial Arts figures about the second wave of vampires entering the Central Plains, so he came to the Martial Arts Competition to pretend to compete. In reality, he wanted to draw attention to himself and thereby to Lord Xiong by his side. And in doing all this, Gu Fan could still remain uninvolved.

"Clever boy, if this is truly your plan, then it’s brilliant. Unfortunately for you, I have seen through it." Lord Xiong decided to change his strategy. Since Gu Fan had not shown any weakness from the beginning, he might as well start from the leader of Xuanjian Sect and the head bookmaker.

So Lord Xiong took the initiative to look for the head bookmaker, hoping to find a breakthrough from him and gather evidence of Gu Fan’s trickery.

"You brat, your little life was in our hands before, that’s why you helped cover our tracks, thereby gaining our trust. Then, when you saw us having trouble finding someone, you took the opportunity to suggest participating in the Martial Arts Competition to vie for the position of the Martial Arts Alliance Leader. With the identity of the alliance leader, you could command all the heroes to search for the person we wanted to find," Lord Xiong felt a chill in his heart. Gu Fan’s methods were so subtle, manipulating events without raising any suspicion, that by the time you realized something was amiss, you would never suspect it was Gu Fan’s doing.

At this moment, the leader of Xuanjian Sect and the major gambling house owner were still planning tomorrow’s Martial Arts Competition, pondering over and over to see if they had overlooked anything.

Suddenly, the leader of Xuanjian Sect heard some movement outside the room and sent a palm strike that shattered the wooden door, blasting towards Lord Xiong outside.

"Impressive, you truly are a real master." Lord Xiong quickly retreated while taking on the leader of Xuanjian Sect’s attack with a palm strike of his own. The two clashed forcefully, proving themselves evenly matched.

The leader of Xuanjian Sect frowned, knowing this was Gu Fan’s Lord Xiong. But why had he appeared here? A bad premonition instantly took hold.

At that moment, the people from the World’s Number One Gambling House immediately surrounded Lord Xiong.

Seeing the overwhelming number of enemies, Lord Xiong was not the least bit nervous, displaying an air of utter disregard.

The leader of Xuanjian Sect asked loudly, "Are you from Gu Fan’s side? Why are you here so late..." Before he could finish, a chill ran through his heart as he feared whether Lord Xiong had come specifically for him, or for the gambling house owner. If Lord Xiong had come for him, how did he know about his location at the major gambling house tonight? Could it mean that Gu Fan and Lord Xiong already knew who was behind all this?

"That’s right, we are here to expose you," Jin Yi and Lu Bei suddenly burst in with a group of people, everyone looking indignant and ready to hold to account.

Upon seeing so many Martial Arts heroes, both the leader of Xuanjian Sect and the gambling house owner felt a chill in their hearts, as if they had stepped into a carefully laid trap.

Lu Bei said indifferently, "Leader of Xuanjian Sect, someone has secretly accused you, claiming you conspired with the World’s Number One Gambling House behind the scenes, manipulating the competition to gather the wealth of the Martial Arts community."

"Nonsense, you have no proof!" the leader of Xuanjian Sect denied immediately, though he knew the situation had turned against him.

Lu Bei snorted coldly, "Then why are you here so late? Please give me a reasonable explanation."

The leader of Xuanjian Sect broke out in a cold sweat, truly at a loss for words now.

Another Martial Arts figure added, "We split into three groups: the first was to find you and the major gambling house owner; the second went to the World’s Number One Gambling House’s arranged lodgings for the competitors, where it’s said that only your room has a secret passage; the third group went to find those you bribed to participate in the competition, like Valley Tong with his Iron Wall Fist and Jiang Tie with his Northern Desert Sword."

Upon hearing this, the leader of Xuanjian Sect’s heart sunk further, knowing it was all over, his dreams of becoming the Martial Arts Alliance Leader shattered.

"This... this..." The major gambling house owner looked at the furious Martial Arts figures, panic-stricken to the extreme. The only thing he could rely on now was the Xuanjian Sect, but when he saw the leader of Xuanjian Sect was also at his wit’s end, his heart continued to sink.