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Essendel is indeed a powerful asset, but this matter is quite troublesome.
She wasn't the only one who pushed this forward; Inosuke was too.
"I just wanted to test how much weight my words carried; saving him was just a side effect," Lü Cheng said.
"If Yi Zhisha can bribe half of the judges, I can't be worse than her, can I?"
"What if your words are useless?" Ye Chang said.
"How do you deal with disobedient dogs?" Lu Cheng asked rhetorically.
"..."
Ye Chang looked at her strangely, "You're planning to go back?"
“We won’t go back yet; it’s not the right time,” Lü Cheng said.
"Archangels like to give themselves a grand ceremony, and I want to do one too."
"A grand ceremony that attracted worldwide attention made it clear to them who the masters of the world are."
……
On the opening day of the treasure hunt, news of Essendel's guilty verdict swept the world, and the Holy Tribunal would carry out a no-retrial, life-or-death arrest.
Because of Eisendall's affair, the treasure hunt was postponed, and Andre, the candidate for goddess of Parthenon, also disappeared.
As for Eisendall himself, who was convicted, he was turned into a crow by Lü Cheng and followed Ye Chang to Parthenon to play.
Eliminating Ander only reduces one competitor, but what if Ander turns around and supports Ye Xinxia instead?
Theoretically speaking, this is impossible, but Lü Cheng believed in Ye Chang's abilities.
“Actually, there’s an even simpler way to do this,” Su Meng said.
"As long as Xin Xia's background is exposed, and the Parthenon soul within her is revealed, Ye Chang can easily push her into that position with her abilities."
Even today, Wen Tai still has his loyal followers in many key positions in Parthenon. Asha Ruya, who is only Wen Tai's adopted daughter, was promoted to that position, while Xin Xia is his biological daughter.
“She can’t accept her father yet,” Lü Cheng said.
"I can't accept Ye Chang either."
Ye Xinxia was willing to rely on him and was happy to rely on him.
But after learning the truth of what happened back then, Ye Xinxia couldn't respect Wen Tai at all, and even didn't want to have anything to do with him.
If Wen Tai's reputation is used to elevate Ye Xinxia to the position of goddess, the girl will feel very uncomfortable.
“But it would be similar if you asked Ye Chang to help her,” Su Meng said with a strange look in her eyes.
"The two of them now can't stand each other anymore."
Lu Cheng's eye twitched slightly. "What kind of look is that?"
"How can you blame me? Besides, I made it very clear to my sisters from the beginning that it was her feelings that changed."
"..."
"Okay, okay, I'll take one-third, alright?"
Chapter 223. Summoning the Beast Tide
223.
……
Two days later, the treasure hunt continued. Excluding the sixteen eliminated countries, the remaining sixteen powerful nations sent one hundred and sixty students into the treasure hunt space to compete for resources.
Since the participants are randomly assigned to different locations, no one knows where they will be teleported or where their teammates are. In addition, the treasure hunting grounds are fraught with danger, and there have been cases of accidental deaths in previous years. Therefore, before the competition started, the organizers emphasized that participants should not risk their lives for momentary greed.
"If you encounter danger, be sure to use the space scroll immediately, and don't act recklessly," Pang Lai solemnly instructed.
“In previous years, many students have ruined themselves by overestimating their abilities. I don’t want you to die on the treasure hunt field.”
Everyone nodded, indicating that they understood.
“And you.” Pang Lai looked at Lü Cheng.
"I'll emphasize it again: do not use force beyond the limits of the competition. If it weren't for the fact that no one was injured in the previous match, you would have been disqualified."
The World University Tournament has rules that limit the power that participants can use. Mages cannot exceed the high-level limit, and summoned beasts cannot exceed the leader limit. Once these limits are exceeded, the competition will be terminated immediately.
This is a competition, not a battlefield. Magic that is too powerful or can cause irreversible damage to the participants is prohibited.
"Yes, yes, yes, it can't exceed the limit for a single unit, right?" Lu Cheng said.
Pang Lai paused for a moment, about to say something more, when Lü Cheng stepped into the spatial magic array.
"Buzz~~~~"
With a tremor, space began to distort, and Lü Cheng, who was standing in everyone's sight just a second ago, suddenly disappeared into the spatial texture.
"..."
"Hopefully he'll take it easy."
……
Opening his eyes, Lü Cheng found himself in a dense jungle.
"Cannot exceed the commander..."
Lu Cheng pointed a single finger to the sky, and a beam of light burst forth, signifying the reign of the Night!
"One hundred and sixty people, excluding teammates, there are one hundred and fifty opponents..."
With a thought, Lü Cheng summoned 1,500 Shadow Soldiers of the Warrior General level from the darkness.
The Night Bats scout, the Trolls defend, the Samurai guard, the Scythe Shadows attack, and the Ninjas gather supplies—the five major battle groups have clearly defined roles.
"They're all warriors, so don't accuse me of breaking the rules."
Lu Cheng waved at the drone camera in the air and gave it a harmless smile.
"Black Shadow Corps!"
"attack!"
"..."
At the portal arena, everyone was stunned as they watched the densely packed warrior-level dark creatures summoned by Lü Cheng. Whether it was the competition staff from various countries or the hundreds of millions of viewers around the world, they were all dumbfounded.
Was that... a foul?
Someone asked a question, and the referees on the competition committee all started flipping through the rulebook.
No! !
There are no such rules at all!
Who the hell could have imagined that someone could summon thousands of warrior-level dark creatures at once!
This is already a formidable demon race!
"Fortunately."
Shao Zheng and his group breathed a sigh of relief.
Dark creatures are good, just don't release undead!
If that army of the undead were released in this situation, the game would spiral out of control!
"This dark creature looks familiar," Shao Zheng said with a strange expression.
"Ahem, it's just my imagination." Pang Lai looked somewhat uneasy.
This looks so much like the dark creatures that attacked the Holy City back then!
Although they look different, they feel so familiar!
……
In the treasure hunting space.
Lu Cheng strolled through the forest, while the Shadow Legion conducted a thorough search, taking everything they could find, whether it was on the ground or on people!
"Is this... okay?" Eileen, who was standing beside her, asked with a strange expression.
While conducting a thorough search, the Shadow Legion also took Eileen, whom they encountered along the way.
“What’s wrong with it?” Lu Cheng asked.
"I didn't break any rules, and I only sent my generals, which is already a lot of face."
Eileen hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped herself.
This is a treasure hunt!
What's the deal with her following Lü Cheng around like a prisoner?
"What's wrong?" Eileen asked, looking at Lü Cheng who had suddenly stopped.
"As expected of the National Government Team, my Shadow Legion has already suffered more than half its losses," Lu Cheng said.