Chapter 1840: Chapter 1834: Choosing an Opponent or Choosing a Way to Die

"Clan Leader, these guys have such thick skin. We’ve been cursing them for so long, and yet no one has come out?"

"That’s right, my mouth is dry. Does anyone have water to give me a bottle?"

"I think the core disciples and direct disciples of the Divine Profound Hall are not that great. They boast so much, but to think they are actually a bunch of cowards!"

"Everyone, don’t worry, they should be coming out soon," Zhang Menglong said with a smile. "If we’ve cursed them this much and they still don’t dare to show their faces, wouldn’t that be too embarrassing for the Divine Profound Hall? Beating such people might just dirty my own hands!"

"Look, aren’t they coming out now?"

At this moment, the turtle-shell-like defensive formation of the Xingyu Empire finally withdrew. A massive army surged out from the military fortress like a tide, while the core disciples and three direct disciples of the Divine Profound Hall stood at the forefront of the army.

"Are these the intern disciples?" Bai Qi glanced over at the group and suddenly felt something was off.

"Bai Qi, what’s wrong?"

"The information from the Inner Gate was incorrect. They said most of these people hadn’t even reached the Divine Cultivation Realm, but the lowest level among them is that guy called Gu Xiao, and the rest have a life level no lower than the Second Grade of the Divine Cultivation Realm! How did their strength increase so much in just a few days?" 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Hahaha, what are you thinking? Even monsters would find it impossible to break from the Divine Breath Realm to the Second or Third Grade of the Divine Cultivation Realm in just two days. They must have been hiding their strength earlier, right? Otherwise, even if they mastered the Nine Nether Sunset Art, it wouldn’t be so easy to defeat our Inner Sect disciples."

"Maybe so... but I don’t know why, I have this uneasy feeling. These intern disciples are definitely more complex than they appear!"

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"I have to say, you guys have some real guts. All your Inner Sect disciples have already returned to the Sunset Sect, yet you dare stay here waiting for us!" Having been taunted for so long, the people of the Divine Profound Hall also need to regain some face.

"Today, you’ll pay for your choices!"

"The entire Shenxiao Empire will also be buried with your ignorance and arrogance!"

"Huh? What did you say?" Zhang Menglong took off his headphones from his ears. Those direct disciples were talking tough, but Zhang Menglong didn’t hear a word of it.

This behavior immediately made them feel an illusion of blood rushing to their heads.

"Stop the BGM for a moment!" Zhang Menglong waved to the Shenxiao Empire’s army, and the millions of troops suddenly quieted down quite a bit.

"Alright, everyone can head back now!"

"Huh?" The warriors of the Shenxiao Empire were also a bit baffled. What’s going on? The enemy’s army finally left their military fortress willing to battle, and now they’re being told to retreat? Does this mean surrendering?

"Hahaha, I thought these intern disciples of the Sunset Sect were so arrogant, but upon seeing us, they’re preparing to retreat?"

"I must say, they do have situational awareness. Fighting us when they clearly aren’t our opponents is the dumbest move. His choice is rational."

"But it’s too late to think about leaving now!"

"You’re already on the battlefield, do you think you can just leave when you want?"

Not to mention those disciples of the Divine Profound Hall came with the mission to eliminate all these intern disciples of the Sunset Sect, determined to capture them all at any cost.

Even without that premise, they had just reached the Xingyu Empire, initially intending to have a welcome feast, then a lovely bath, and finally sleeping with a beauty, thinking of dealing with the issues of Shenxiao Empire and Sunset Sect the next day. Who knew they wouldn’t have time to sit down, nor drink a sip of wine, as the enemy would come challenging first, now everyone, it seemed, was holding a grudge.

"Are you all mistaken?" Zhang Menglong said to those who were jabbering mockingly at them, "I meant the soldiers of the army can go back. I didn’t bring them here to fight, just to make the scene grander and cheer us on. Now that you came out, naturally, they can go back."

"Yes, dealing with your ragtag army and you bunch of weaklings, do we really need so many people?"

"Look at them, they take themselves so seriously. Do they really think we need this many people to deal with them?"

"You guys..." The disciples of the Divine Profound Hall’s eyes gradually turned cold, but before they exploded, those Sunset Sect disciples started their puzzling behavior again.

"Clan Leader, we don’t need so many to deal with them either!"

"Right, the cannon fodder from the Xingyu Empire aren’t worth mentioning. Though the Divine Profound Hall people are over ten thousand, we don’t need to mobilize all of us, right? What a waste of manpower!"

"True!"

That intern disciple called Gu Xiao nodded, seemingly in full agreement, and then brought out a box full of paper slips and placed it on the ground, "Everyone, draw lots. Those who draw ’battle’ step forward, those who draw ’watch’ step back. There are only 100 slots!"

"What the...? Only that many slots? That’s like less than a 1% chance."

"I am speechless, what’s the point of this? I’m a black hole for drawing lots, basically no chance!"

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"Do they think they’re dismissing garbage? Do they think 100 people are enough to take us on?"

"They’re even crazier than I imagined!"

"Drawing lots, huh? I want to see if their skills match their big mouths!"

A few minutes later, the drawing was concluded. The 100 selected individuals cheerfully moved to the front, while the rest sulkily retreated backward.

Zhang Menglong stepped forward, "How do you want to do this? Should we send someone up first for you to fight one by one, or do you want to send a group up together?"

"Enough!" A core disciple of the Divine Profound Hall finally couldn’t hold back, "Gu Xiao, let’s settle our matters today!"

At this point, a familiar figure stepped out from among the core disciples, none other than Wan Ning, who had several conflicts with Zhang Menglong!

The last time he couldn’t be said to have been entirely defeated, his martial arts were helpless against Zhang Menglong, but Zhang Menglong didn’t gain much of an advantage either. He merely countered with knowledge about the Divine Profound Hall’s martial arts, not a victory in the truest sense.

After returning to the Divine Profound Hall, he went through a period of endless ridicule, mocked for a core disciple being unable to handle a newcomer, called useless.

He went through a low period for a long time, but he didn’t sink into despair; instead, he regained his determination, which elevated his mindset, and by a stroke of luck, he directly opened a Divine Vein and comprehended a Dao Path!

Achieving this is something even a few direct disciples manage, practically an entry ticket for promotion to the Dao Realm!

And today, he came to wash away his shame!

"Oh, isn’t it Senior Wan Ning? What a coincidence!" Zhang Menglong was a bit excited at seeing his old acquaintance, "How about this, I’ll give Senior Wan Ning some face. You can choose anyone from our side. If you win, you can do whatever you want with us, and we won’t interfere with the Shenxiao Empire’s matters!"

Without even thinking, Wan Ning pointed directly at Zhang Menglong and said, "You! Come out!"

"What the...? How bold is he?"

"Dare to choose the Clan Leader? Is he selecting an opponent or a way to die?"

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