The final battle over the token was, as expected, extremely intense.
However, this was mainly a contest between the major top tier factions. Only Jiu You represented the Great Havenlaw Domain in participating. As for Mu Chen and the others, they had absolutely no interest in it.
After all, an auction where bids started at tens of millions of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid was simply not something independent cultivators like them could participate in.
Without the little rich girl Lin Jing making a move, the token's price did not soar to the astronomical figure it had reached in the original story. In the end, Jiu You purchased it for thirty million Sovereign Spiritual Liquid.
However, everyone understood in their hearts that simply winning it at auction did not mean they were now the true owners of the token.
After all, this was still ultimately the human world. Although people feared the factions backing these Divine Beasts, there would always be desperate individuals willing to take risks when driven by benefit.
In the end, only sufficient personal strength truly mattered.
But clearly, Jiu You and the others alone were still not enough to make everyone retreat.
Thus, beneath the noisy and chaotic West City, undercurrents surged like a storm brewing in secret.
Inside the courtyard where Liu Bai and the others were staying, the gates were tightly shut. A Spiritual Array floated above the courtyard, Spiritual Light surging as it isolated all outside to secretly investigate.
Liu Bai stood within the courtyard. Looking toward the sky beyond the courtyard walls, he smiled faintly and said, "Right now, I'm afraid countless eyes throughout West City are fixed on us."
Behind him, Jiu You nodded and calmly replied, "It seems taking the token away from here will not be easy."
"In the end, they simply think our strength is insufficient. I just wonder who will be the first to make a move. I'm looking forward to it…"
Wasn't the reason they remained in West City precisely to wait for certain people to jump out?
"Oh right, where are Mu Chen and the others?" Liu Bai suddenly asked.
"They should still be studying the array diagram they just obtained…" Jiu You replied. "That Lin Jing took Mo Ling out to play. I had Dragon Arm Supreme and the others accompany them as protection."
Although undercurrents surged through the city, it did not affect Lin Jing's mood in the slightest. Moreover, the girl inexplicably got along very well with Mo Ling. The two girls were close in age and both innocent and adorable, so they quickly became playmates and wandered around West City together.
Liu Bai and Jiu You were not worried at all. Not only was Dragon Arm Sovereign, who accompanied them, a Ninth Grade Sovereign, but with Lin Jing's background and personal strength, there were very few people in all of West City capable of threatening her.
What Liu Bai had not expected, however, was that Mu Chen and Ling Xi had also chosen not to leave after the auction ended.
With their insight, they naturally could see that this place had already become a land of trouble. For them to remain under such circumstances showed that their character was actually fairly good.
After a moment of silence, Jiu You could not suppress her curiosity and asked, "Who do you think will strike first?"
Liu Bai merely shrugged indifferently. "Whoever it is makes no difference. But according to my guess, the Great Xia Dynasty is the most likely, perhaps their experts have already entered the city by now."
Jiu You's expression immediately turned serious upon hearing this. Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly felt a terrifying pressure descend upon the small courtyard where they were staying.
Although the pressure was instantly blocked by Liu Bai, everyone in the courtyard was still startled awake. They immediately transformed into streaks of light and appeared beside the two.
"Senior Liu Bai, what happened?" Mu Chen, who had been studying the Nine Dragons Immortal Slaying Array, looked astonished and had no idea what had just happened.
Only Ling Xi vaguely had a guess, and her pretty face was already filled with gravity.
"It's nothing. Just a few self important old fools coming to the door. I'll go deal with it. You all just stay here peacefully." Liu Bai smiled lightly.
The moment his words ended, the other side had already taken action. It seemed these people truly could not wait any longer.
"You all be careful. After I leave, there may be some ill intentioned people who come here. You can act freely. Even if you beat them to death, it doesn't matter!" Liu Bai said with a faint smile. "Of course, if you cannot win, just hide inside this courtyard. Unless an Earth Sovereign personally comes, no one can break my Spiritual Array!"
As he spoke, Liu Bai's figure merged into space and instantly disappeared.
The remaining Jiu You, Mu Chen, and the others all wore solemn expressions. Only deep within the eyes of Zong Qingfeng and the others flickered excitement.
On a plain a thousand miles away from West City, three figures were enveloped within a golden ring of light that confined them to an area only several meters wide.
A girl in black robes with fairy like beauty was holding a spiritual fruit in her hand. While taking bites from it, she said to the equally beautiful black skirted girl beside her, "Little Ling'er, don't worry. These people do not dare do anything to us. At most, they are using us as bait to lure Liu Bai out…"
These three were precisely Lin Jing, Mo Ling, and Dragon Arm Sovereign, who had previously been wandering through West City.
Although their movements had been restricted, the two girls did not appear injured at all. Only Dragon Arm Sovereign looked somewhat pale, clearly having suffered internal injuries earlier when the attacker used pressure to suppress him.
After all, it had been an Earth Sovereign making a move. The three of them truly possessed little power to resist.
Of course, that was under the premise that Lin Jing had not used one of her life saving trump cards.
Compared to the carefree Lin Jing, Mo Ling was much more cautious. Her pretty face carried traces of annoyance as she regretted still going out to play at a time like this.
"Uncle Dragon Arm, are you alright?"
Originally, people like Jiu You greatly disliked someone like Dragon Arm Sovereign who had directly transplanted Divine Beast limbs onto his own body.
But today, when facing such a powerful enemy, Dragon Arm Sovereign had still dared step forward. This caused the naturally kind hearted Mo Ling to greatly change her opinion of him.
Dragon Arm Sovereign smiled bitterly and shook his head. "It's nothing. Just some minor injuries."
The gap between both sides had been far too great. The other side had merely used pressure suppression and had not truly attacked, so the injuries were actually not too severe.
However, the feeling of being crushed so effortlessly by another was not pleasant at all. It had caused more than half of Dragon Arm Sovereign's fighting spirit to dissipate.
In truth, this was the most serious problem Cultivators were meant to forge ahead fearlessly. If that sharpness was broken, their cultivation path might very well end there.
Seeing her little companion's worried appearance, Lin Jing casually took out a medicinal pill from her Space Ring and said, "I have a healing pill here. You can have it."
The moment the pill appeared, Dragon Arm Sovereign and Mo Ling smelled an extraordinary fragrance filling their noses. As they breathed, streams of warmth entered their bodies, making them feel as though the blood within them had come alive.
Dragon Arm Sovereign stared in shock at the medicine bottle in Lin Jing's fair little hand.
Inside the bottle floated a jade green medicinal pill in silence.. Clearly, the medicinal fragrance just now had come from this very pill.
"Th this Miss Lin, quickly put it away. My injuries are only minor. There is no need to waste such a precious pill…" Dragon Arm Sovereign swallowed nervously, his speech even becoming somewhat incoherent.
There was no helping it. Although he did not know exactly what kind of pill this was, judging solely from its fragrance, it was definitely no ordinary item. His tiny injuries did not deserve treatment with such a precious pill. It was simply wasteful.
Lin Jing, however, did not care in the slightest and directly tossed the bottle over.
"Whether you eat it or not is up to you. Anyway, I've already given it to you…"
This was already the lowest grade pill she could take out.
High above the three of them, three figures stood suspended in the air. Although they did not lower their heads, everything happening below was clearly within their perception.
"Heaven Grade Spirit Recovery Pill. That little girl casually takes out a pill of this level. Could it be that she comes from some Alchemist sect?"
Among the three, a young man who appeared only around twenty or thirty years old spoke.
These three were all Lesser Earth Sovereign experts recruited by the Great Xia Dynasty. Although their appearances looked like three generations of old, middle aged, and young men, they were actually fellow disciples from the same sect, with similar ages. Their true ages were completely unrelated to the three generation appearance they displayed.
After hearing the young looking man's words, the old man with white hair and beard said, "That girl's identity is not simple, but she is not our target. Do not create unnecessary complications."
Clearly, Lin Jing and the other two truly were just bait. As Earth Sovereign experts, their target had always been Liu Bai, the Earth Sovereign. As for the others, the princes of the Great Xia Dynasty would naturally handle them.
Even if retaliation came later, it would be directed at the Great Xia Dynasty and had little to do with them, the guest elders.
It was also at this moment that Liu Bai's figure emerged from space.
"Hm? It is actually just a human Earth Sovereign..." Looking at Liu Bai walking over, the three immediately revealed astonished expressions.
From the information they received from Xia Hong, the opponents they were supposed to deal with were a team from the Divine Beast clans. Behind such a team there should naturally have been a Beast Race expert.
The reason all three of them had come together was precisely because of this assumption. They feared one person alone might not be enough to deal with the opponent, so the three fellow disciples who specialized in combined attack formations came together.
According to the Xia Emperor's intentions, with the three of them acting together, as long as the opponent was not a Divine Beast at the Greater Earth Sovereign level, they would be able to handle it.
Yet the one appearing before them was actually a human Earth Sovereign, Could it be that they had made a mistake?
Frowning slightly, the elder among the three stepped forward and looked at Liu Bai.
"This friend, state your identity. If there is some misunderstanding, we can clarify it quickly."
Their goal this time was merely the mysterious token. So if it truly was a misunderstanding, it would be better to resolve it quickly and avoid making enemies.
Unfortunately, Liu Bai did not think the same way.
"Heh, there is no misunderstanding. I am exactly the person you are looking for, and the token you want is indeed in my possession."
It had not been easy waiting for prey to voluntarily come to his doorstep. Naturally, he could not let them escape.
The expressions of the three changed upon hearing this, and their gazes immediately turned gloomy as they looked at Liu Bai.
No matter how they looked at it, this young man before them only possessed the cultivation of a Lesser Earth Sovereign Initial Phase. Yet facing the three of them, he still dared to act so arrogantly. Either he was a fool, or he possessed some kind of support.
Although it appeared that only a few of them were present in this region of heaven and earth, there were actually many hidden eyes secretly observing the area.
Thus, after hearing Liu Bai's words, all of those hidden observers were left dumbfounded.
"Good, good! Since you admit it, that is enough!" The young man spoke with a gloomy face. "Since you already know our purpose, then hand it over obediently. Otherwise, when the three of us brothers attack later, do not blame us for bullying you!"
"You want the token? Then that depends on whether the three of you have the ability to take it." Liu Bai still spoke calmly.
"But before that, release the hostages first."
The aftershocks of a Earth Sovereign level battle were not something a few Sovereigns could withstand. So there was naturally nothing wrong with what Liu Bai said.
As for whether the other side would agree, Liu Bai was not worried at all.
In front of so many watching eyes, as long as they still cared about face, they would not reject his request. Of course, that was under the premise that they believed taking down a mere Lesser Earth Sovereign Initial Phase like Liu Bai posed no difficulty at all, making hostage threats unnecessary.
And things indeed developed exactly as Liu Bai expected. After hearing his words, the young man directly waved his hand, causing the light barrier trapping Lin Jing and the other two to instantly disappear.
Seeing this, Dragon Arm Sovereign, who had already swallowed the medicinal pill and fully recovered from his injuries, immediately brought the two girls away into the distance.
They were not even qualified to observe a battle of this level, so it was best to quickly return to West City and regroup with Jiu You and the others.
Only Lin Jing still wore an expression of lingering interest, seemingly very curious about the upcoming battle. However, she was not a willful person, so she did not create any trouble at this moment.
Looking at the departing figures of the three, the young looking expert spoke.
"Alright, they are gone. Now it is your turn."
Liu Bai smiled lightly, raised his right hand, struck a Huang Feihong style pose, and said.
"Please!"
Boom!
Three violent waves of Spiritual Energy instantly erupted. The clouds in the sky were directly torn apart, while black spatial cracks spread outward.
When enraged, heaven and earth changed color. This was the power of a Earth Sovereign!
Even though Liu Bai was alone, and even though his cultivation was lower than any one of them, the three still showed absolutely no mercy upon attacking.
Even a lion used its full strength when hunting a rabbit, much less when facing a genuine Earth Sovereign. As old veterans who had dominated the Eastern Region for countless years, they naturally would not make the most basic mistake of underestimating an opponent.
The speed of the three was extremely fast. In almost an instant, they had already closed in on Liu Bai.
At this moment, countless hidden gazes across heaven and earth were tightly focused on this region.
Although everyone believed Liu Bai had no chance of victory after falling into such a situation, upon seeing his young yet calm face, they could not help but develop some speculation, Could it be that this young man truly possessed some hidden trump card?
Swish!
And amidst all those speculations, Liu Bai's figure finally moved.
However, he did not choose to confront the aggressively charging trio head on. Instead, his figure abruptly turned and dodged into the distance, moving as swiftly as thunder!
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