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Chapter 696 Preliminary Competition Nearing the End

Chapter 88 The Eye

After confirming that Fang Yue was still in Chunuan City, Lin Ling breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help touching his right eye.

This eye… belonged to Lord Han…

Every time he thought about his lack of strength, which prevented Lord Han from being resurrected, he felt deeply guilty, even ashamed to see Fang Yue.

But between his self-esteem and helping Fang Yue, he chose the latter.

If possible, Lin Ling even wanted to transfer Lord Han's eye to Fang Yue.

However, Qing Chen said a lot of things in the morning that Lin Ling didn't understand. Anyway, it was all about compatibility issues. Fang Yue couldn't inherit Lord Han's eye, and the longer the eye stayed with Lin Ling, the more it would merge with him, making it impossible to remove it for transplantation.

Only then did Lin Ling give up.

"Strength, I still need to improve my strength!"

Perhaps it was because of the transplanted eye of Lord Han, but Lin Ling's recent strength improvement could be described as rapid.

The Acquired Third-Rate Realm, which had been stuck for so long, was actually broken through to the Acquired First-Rate Realm in these days.

Although it was still far from the Innate Realm, it already made him, who had always grown at a snail's pace, feel very gratified.

Therefore, Lin Ling practiced martial arts and cultivated whenever he had time on the road, not daring to delay for a moment.

Compared to the lazy players, Lin Ling's diligence was truly visible to the naked eye.

Jing Yan next to him suddenly seemed to think of something, and smiled slyly.

"When we see Brother Ye, we must give him a big surprise!"

Due to some reasons, except for a limited number of people, they didn't let others know about Lord Han's situation.

After all, this matter was not yet certain. Qing Chen himself didn't have much confidence. If he failed to revive Lord Han, wouldn't that be giving people false hope and asking for a beating?

As the distance closed, Chunuan City in front was getting closer and closer.

However, from a distance, they found that the city gate of Chunuan City was tightly closed, and there were figures walking back and forth on the city wall, as if the security was very strict.

The three of them were stunned for a moment.

"Isn't it said that Chunuan City is a large city mainly focused on commerce, and usually doesn't restrict the flow of people in and out?"

"...That means something has happened."

Qing Chen narrowed his eyes slightly. Those who do scientific research have clearer thinking.

"Then are we still going in?"

"If we can go in, we'll go in. If we can't go in, we'll find a way to go in."

"Okay..."

In principle, Jing Yan was not very willing to get involved in the muddy waters of Chunuan City. After all, it was not certain whether Fang Yue was in the city, and it was completely unnecessary to get involved in other people's troubles.

But if Fang Yue was really in the city, and there was really something going on inside, they would have to lend a hand, although... they might not be able to help much.

He recalled that night, the scene of Fang Yue soaring into the sky and killing Bai Xiaoya, like a mortal slaying a god!

With Fang Yue's strength, if something happened that Fang Yue couldn't handle, they would mostly be delivering food if they went up.

"Let's go into the city to investigate the situation first."

First, they openly asked to enter the city, and after asking for some information by trickery, they were turned away.

This was within the expectations of the three. Leaving the alert range, they circled around and began to think of ways to enter the city through the side door.

With the methods of the three, it was not difficult to enter the city. What was difficult was not being discovered and sneaking into the city.

...

Martial Arts Plaza.

Half a day passed in a flash.

The time was almost approaching the end of the preliminary round.

Fang Yue found that no one was really coming up to challenge his arena.

Everyone was seeking benefits and participating in the martial arts competition, not for the sake of bravery and fighting.

The martial artists who participated were all supported by merchant guilds behind them.

The merchant guilds fought in the arena to win places, not to be brave and fight, or to let the martial artists find someone to duel.

Generally speaking, they would pick the soft persimmons to pinch, to ensure that their martial artists could stand on the arena in the end.

Like Fang Yue's arena, it had already gone through so many tragic lessons, and Fang Yue's strength had been confirmed.

That was an existence that absolutely couldn't be provoked. Since that was the case, there was naturally no need to find trouble and just bypass it.

It was just that among the peers, it was inevitable that some people would be jealous.

These merchant guilds were ranked about the same as the Da Yang Merchant Guild. As a result, the Da Yang Merchant Guild actually hired a Human-rank powerhouse to sit in town, which made people envious, jealous, and hateful.

Of course, although they were jealous, they still had to curry favor.

After all, everyone knew that with a Human-rank powerhouse sitting in town, the ranking of the Da Yang Merchant Guild would definitely rise this time.

Although something happened to Da Yang Prefecture some time ago, and it suffered a great loss of vitality, this time, hiring a master to sit in town showed both financial resources and strength. For a time, the peers were also a little confused about the strength of the Da Yang Merchant Guild, and they were a little uncertain.

Whether intentional or unintentional, probes were everywhere, but they were all defended by Yang Hongxia, and she didn't reveal any of her own situation.

In the midst of hypocrisy and evasion, Yang Hongxia once again felt the difficulties her father and steward Hai had in the past.

To deal with these old foxes, these shrewd people, the energy spent was no less than practicing martial arts.

Fortunately, as the time gradually reached the prescribed hour, the surrounding merchant guild leaders all dispersed and went about their business.

On the 100 arenas, the final victors also stood on their respective platforms.

According to the numbering, more than a dozen Human-rank powerhouses steadily occupied the top spot, followed by Innate Realm martial artists. As for the Acquired Realm martial artists, there were only three, so they were quite conspicuous.

One of these three was a rather young junior, a genius, a promising young man.

As for the other two, they were veteran Acquired First-Rate masters, who could be said to be half-step Innate, so they barely occupied a position.

The young junior also looked towards Fang Yue's side several times, and his eyes flickered with a desire to challenge, as if his blood was burning.

"Youth!"

Fang Yue couldn't help but sigh.

Unfortunately, he hadn't experienced the cliché of 'don't underestimate a youth' before he became an old monster in the eyes of others.

Among the audience, the Human-rank powerhouses were the most discussed, followed by the Acquired Realm genius teenager named Ying, which also made the merchant guild behind the genius teenager feel honored.

As for the remaining Innate Realm powerhouses, the discussion was not high.

After all, with Human-rank masters in front and genius juniors behind, the Innate Realm was stuck in the middle, neither high nor low, appearing mediocre and ordinary.

The Human-rank masters guarding the arena seemed to know each other.

Seeing that no one was challenging them, they greeted each other across the arena and even chatted.

And what they discussed the most was Fang Yue, this unfamiliar face. It was just that they seemed to be quite exclusive, not even bringing Fang Yue to play with them, and just chatting in their own small circle.

Seeing this, Fang Yue was too lazy to pay attention to them. A group of Human-rank initial-stage martial artists was all they were. Even if there were 3 Human-rank mid-stage ones, Fang Yue didn't take them seriously.

Seeing that the time was approaching the final moment, each arena had basically locked in the final champion.

The remaining challenges also began to be based on their own preferences.

At this time, someone finally jumped onto Fang Yue's arena.

However, when Fang Yue opened his eyes and looked at the other party, he was stunned for a moment.