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"Have you recovered from your injuries?" Niu Meng seemed to be worried that his victory was unfair.

"Don't worry, I'm in my best condition right now." Lei Ao waved his snow blade with all his might and said, "Are you preparing to receive my blade attack with your bare hands?"

"No, your strength is not weaker than mine. I do not have the confidence to receive your sword with my bare hands." Niu Meng shook his head. Suddenly, he patted his belt and a pitch-black steel trident appeared in his hand.

Storage belt?!

Lei Ao's eyes reddened as he stared at the inconspicuous belt on Niu Meng's waist. He had heard from Old Man Skyblade that ever since the ancient era when immortals changed, the number of immortals in the world gradually decreased. In the end, it became a kind of legend.

From that time onwards, all magic treasures of the spatial attribute gradually disappeared. This was because only immortals had the chance to comprehend the rules of space, and only immortals could refine magic treasures that could be stored.

Since ancient times, there had only been 10 or so storage treasures in this world. In a sense, storage treasures were even more precious than top grade Saint Weapons.

Niu Meng was the son of the third hole Demon Commander. Although he knew that he held an extremely high status amongst the demon clan, Lei Ao never imagined that the demon clan would give him such a precious storage belt.

Just as he was thinking about how to swindle this magic treasure from the Barbarian Cow's body, a powerful aura came crashing over like a wave.

On the other side, Niu Meng was already prepared to attack at any time. Seeing that Lei Ao was totally unprepared, he issued a warning.

The battle was on the verge of breaking out, and just as the two were about to make their move, a long howl came from the distance. Soon after, figures could be seen coming from all four directions.

His speed was extremely fast. In a few jumps, he had already arrived at Lin Yuan City.

There were a total of eight people, and all eight of them had arrived at almost the same time, and all of them were aiming for the arena.

Out of the eight of them, two of them were elderly people. One of them was someone Lei Ao knew. Beside him was a young Daoist boy. He was looking around curiously.

The other old man was wearing a Taichi Eight Trigrams Daoist Robe. His hair was like a child's hair and face, and he had a sage-like appearance. Standing in the middle of the arena, he gave off an intangible and unfathomable aura.

Of the remaining four people, two were women, both of whom were breathtakingly beautiful. Compared to them, the disciples of the Floating Flower Palace were like fireflies and moons, perhaps only Huang Xin, who was under her veil, could compare.

The one on the left was wearing a light blue long skirt. Her long hair that reached her waist floated in the wind. Her skin was creamy, and she had long, curved eyebrows. She had a clean and pure demeanor, but her eyes were also icy cold.

The one on the right was the exact opposite of her. She was dressed entirely in fiery red, and a brilliant smile was displayed on her beautiful face. A pair of bright eyes flickered with a crafty light as they swept over to Lei Ao and Niu Meng from time to time.

One of them was obviously a monk, about the same age as Lei Ao. On the surface, he looked like a dignified Buddha, but his eyes were like a thief looking around.

There was also a young man in his early twenties. He was very handsome, but his face was terrifyingly pale. From time to time, he coughed softly, as if he was suffering from severe illness.

These eight people stepped onto the stage, forcefully separating Lei Ao and Niu Meng.

"It's the Mao Mountain Sect and the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets!"

Seeing these eight people appear, all the Elders of the Immortal Alliance secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Even though they were also looking forward to the battle between Lei Ao and Niu Meng, they were still worried that Lei Ao would lose.

In the Immortal Alliance's territory, they couldn't afford to lose!

The appearance of the Mao Mountain Sect and the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets meant that things had turned for the better. If it wasn't something that concerned the interests of the three clans, they wouldn't have invited the Demon and Demon Clans into the Immortal Alliance.

Compared to this major event, the so-called martial arts competition seemed insignificant. Moreover, the reason why the Demonic and Demonic Clans were fighting for the arena was to kill time and to give the Immortal Alliance a chance to show off their might.

On the stage, the elder looked around and said, "Looks like everyone is here. Elders and guests, please gather at the meeting room."

When Niu Meng heard this, he immediately became anxious and shouted, "Wait! My competition is just about to begin!"

"I didn't invite you here for the martial arts competition. This farce should be over." The old man said faintly, "Don't forget that you represent the entire Monster race."

Upon hearing these words, Niu Meng was at a loss for words. Before he left, his father had warned him a thousand times that everything depended on the Monster race and he couldn't let private matters go to waste.

With so many people rushing into the meeting room, the originally empty hall felt extremely crowded.

The old man who spoke was an Elder of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets. After seeing this, he said, "In the Immortal Alliance, other than the Elders and disciples from the ten great sects, the rest can leave."

As soon as he finished speaking, the number of people in the hall immediately decreased by thirty percent. It was barely enough to accommodate everyone, but it was still not enough to sit down.

The old man spoke again, "Disciples below the ninth heaven should also leave."

As a result, there were only twenty-seven people left in the hall, twenty of them were elders and chief disciples of the top ten sects.

Of the remaining seven people, there were three from the Infernal domain, one from the demon clan, as well as the two females and the young monk.

What surprised Lei Ao and the rest was that one of the three people representing the Infernal domain was the handsome man who seemed to be seriously ill. The other two were women.

As for Jin Gui and Luo Hai, they were nowhere to be found.

There was another strange occurrence. Lei Ao discovered that the Demon Region woman also had a beauty that could bring calamity upon herself. But from time to time, she would glance at the little monk opposite her. Her eyes were filled with hatred, as if there was something fishy in the middle.

Could it be that this monk did not abide by the rules and started to abandon this woman? Now they came looking for him? Lei Ao could not help but think sinisterly.

"This old man is an elder of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets, you can call me Xuanji." In that case, before we begin our discussion, everyone, please indicate your status and which power you represent.

The ten elders and ten disciples from the ten great sects reported their names one after the other. The young Daoist that Daoist Huairen from the Mao Mountain Sect had brought was named Zhou Qing. However, he did not seem like an outsider.

The little Daoist boy beside Xuan Jiancai was called Yi Zhen. He heard that he was the personal disciple of Daoist Master Tianji and was the future master of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets.

After them were the Demon and Demon races, as well as a few others that appeared afterwards.

"Xuan Bing Valley, Lan Hai Tong." The one who spoke was the ice-cold woman dressed in blue.

What kind of sect was this? Lei Ao looked at Elder Bai with a puzzled expression. Unexpectedly, even he had a perplexed look on his face, evidently having never heard of it before. Looking at the other people, besides the Mao Mountain Sect and the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets, everyone else had the same reaction as Lei Ao.

After which, the lady in red lightly smiled, "Nangong Clan, Nangong Mengjun."

Aristocratic families? This was obviously a family. Lei Ao suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Could this be the underworld family that old man Skyblade mentioned before?

"Buddhist sect, no." After the young monk said this, he thought for a moment before adding, "I am not a monk."

What was this? Everyone was stunned, they did not understand what he meant. Weren't there only monks in the Buddhist Sect? Since it represented the Buddhist Sect and didn't admit that it was a monk, it was still wearing the cassock of a monk.

Seeing that there was no point in explaining, the crowd couldn't help but ask. What followed was the Infernal domain and the demon race.

Previously, when he competed with Lei Ao in terms of power, his introduction was the same as before: "The son of the third hole Demon Commander, Niu Meng."

Out of the three Infernal domain members, the one that came with Golden Ghost was called Black Wolf. He was famous for his viciousness and ruthlessness in the Infernal domain. No wonder I haven't seen him fight before, I guess he doesn't have any confidence over Lei Ao.