“Chase them!”
In the tear gas smoke, there was chaos. Jialan Lou and others rushed out by instinct, pursuing Xu Mu. One Domain Master even unleashed his domain, plunging the space into darkness and desolation.
However, even this failed to stop the streak of crimson light. The small Qiong Qi roared and leaped through space, escaping.
The person was gone.
The old Domain Master stood frozen, seemingly unable to believe what he was seeing. At the same time, the smoke in the area was completely dispersed.
Many cultivators, with disheveled clothes and covered in dust, looked surprised and bewildered. They had been enveloped in an incredibly strange domain and had no idea what had happened.
“Old Ghost, where is he? This brat cheated me out of over ten million taels of gold. I’ll kill him myself!” Jialan Lou stood at the street corner, wiping away tears and asking through gritted teeth.
The old man’s face was withered, his voice hoarse, and his eyes gloomily fixed on Jialan Lou. “He escaped.”
Jialan Lou’s eyes widened in disbelief. “Escaped?”
“You are a pillar of strength in the Ghost Domain, a prominent figure of my Jialan clan. You couldn’t even capture a junior?”
“He’s skilled in spatial arts. What could I do!” Old Ghost retracted his domain, and the space returned to light. The crowd felt a sense of survival as soon as they saw the sun.
“The Great Dao of Space…” Jialan Lou’s angry expression stiffened upon hearing these words. He hadn’t expected the unknown youth from the Hidden Dragon Inn to be a genius who had comprehended the supreme Dao law.
“That’s the Great Dao of Space, the supreme law. Old Ghost, are you sure you saw correctly?” Jialan Lou asked the elder, unwilling to accept it. He found it hard to believe that a genius who comprehended the Great Dao of Space would come to a money house to gamble.
It was like his friend, Gao Kui, who, having comprehended a trace of the Great Dao of Severing, could easily defeat Gui Shou Thirteen, shatter weapons with his bare hands, and was rarely matched among peers.
And the Great Dao of Space, as one of the supreme laws, would be even more terrifying in power. But the most terrifying thing was that the other party had used the Great Dao of Space to escape Old Ghost’s blockade.
Jialan Lou knew clearly that comprehending just a trace of the Dao was not enough to achieve this. One had to comprehend the true Dao.
But geniuses who comprehended the true Dao were extremely rare. Even the most outstanding geniuses among the hundred clans might not have succeeded. Chen’s young sword saint had only just entered the Great Dao of Swords and had already swept across several domains. What kind of genius was Xu Mu, who had comprehended the Great Dao of Space?
Why was he here?
“I don’t believe a genius of that caliber would be so bored as to come to a casino to cheat people out of money,” Jialan Lou concluded after much thought.
It was simple. If the other party was truly a genius who comprehended the Great Dao of Space, then based on his own value, countless factions would scramble to spend money on him. Why would he resort to such underhanded tactics?
“Is it possible that an elder from his clan helped him escape, or perhaps he used some artifact?” Jialan Lou asked, still unconvinced.
Old Ghost descended to the ground, looking at the spot where the Qiong Qi had disappeared. He shook his head and said with a solemn expression, “No, I clearly sensed that he left alone.”
“And he didn’t use any artifact. I could feel the energy from the origin of the Dao in space. That must be the Great Dao of Space without a doubt.”
“Alright, then we’ll just have to accept our losses.” Jialan Lou’s face was grim, but he didn’t say much more, only clenching his fist in anger before releasing it.
Now that it was confirmed that the person was a genius among geniuses, and might even win the Myriad Races Assembly, he could no longer seek revenge. The price of failure might cost the entire Jialan family!
Jialan Lou calmed his emotions and then said loudly to the crowd, “Everyone, do not panic. This is an elder from my Jialan clan. He just used his domain to apprehend a rule-breaking gambler. It’s all fine now.”
The people in the area exchanged glances, then some became angry, but they didn’t say much more, as they hadn’t suffered any substantial harm.
“Stop everything!”
At this moment, a commanding voice floated from the sky south of the Holy City. Everyone looked up and saw a middle-aged man in luxurious robes, riding a Golden-winged Great Peng demon, slowly descending onto the battle stage.
“Yun, are you alright?” the man asked, turning to the young man beside him.
The latter was slowly straightening himself with a grim expression, his gray-sleeved robe attempting to wipe the dirt from his face, only making it blacker.
“Damn it.” The young man, called Yun, cursed and put down his sleeve. He then glared fiercely at the elder from the Jialan clan and said, “Fourth Brother, this old fellow almost killed me. He trapped me in his domain!”
The middle-aged man’s eyes immediately sharpened, golden light emanating from them. The Jialan clan members also looked serious.
Especially Old Ghost, who was in the Domain Master realm. He could sense an extremely dangerous aura from the middle-aged man, like a noble lion.
“I am the guardian of the Zhongtian Mo Clan, ranked fourth, known as Shu.”
“I am an elder of the Jialan clan, known to the world as Old Ghost. I released my domain just now to apprehend a rule violator. My apologies for any offense, please do not take it to heart,” Old Ghost said calmly to the man.
The middle-aged man stared at the elder. They met each other’s gaze for a moment, and a flicker of apprehension crossed both their eyes.
“Yun is one of our clan’s guardians, ranked thirty-first. If anything were to happen to him because of your Jialan clan, this matter would not be easily resolved,” the middle-aged man said with sharp eyes.
Old Ghost remained silent for a moment, then nodded slightly. He reached into his embrace, pulled out an artifact resembling a bell, and threw it out. He said,
“What happened earlier was my oversight. Let this be a gift of apology to my worthy brother. Please do not mind it.”
The middle-aged man caught it in mid-air and squinted as he examined it, raising an eyebrow in surprise.
“Demon Suppressing Copper Bell. This is an item refined by an ability user from the Demon Extermination Division of the Great Xia Dynasty.”
Old Ghost nodded and said, “That’s correct. This item is indeed a Demon Suppressing Copper Bell developed by the Demon Extermination Division. However, after my refinement, it has become a stage four protective artifact, with the effect of clearing the mind and calming the spirit. It is the best artifact for defending the soul.”
The middle-aged man handed the Demon Suppressing Copper Bell to the young man beside him and said, “Yun, since that is the case, let this matter end here.”
The young man called Yun took the bell, and the gloom on his face vanished. He immediately nodded happily, “Of course.”
Jialan Lou and the others exchanged glances, then inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief. The others felt the same, as if they had narrowly escaped death.
Undoubtedly, if two Domain Master-level powerhouses were to fight here, few of them would survive.
Don’t talk about the Holy City’s prohibition of fighting; in the face of absolute power, rules were not necessarily inviolable.
With this matter resolved, the subtle oppression in the air vanished. Many ability users who had come to watch the spectacle dispersed one after another. Only the group of gamblers who still wanted to place bets remained on the scene.
And among these gamblers, a young man with a large fake beard was hidden.
Watching the two people who were about to fight return to the stage, the young man chuckled inwardly.
“Great, I can bet again.”
Xu Mu thought to himself.
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