Chapter 818 : “Don’t Ask for Death and You’ll Live (1)”
After confirming their alliance with Lei Chen, the rest of the Spirit Battle Tournant would be the ti for Jun Wu Xie and her companions to shine.
However, when Jun Wu Xie stepped into the fourth round of the tournant, the unexpected happened once more. The youth who was supposed to battle Jun Wu Xie in that round had pulled out from the tournant just like the others before him, and it was even more serious this ti!
The youth had not just simply failed to show up for the match, but had lost his very life in a corner of the Imperial Capital. This was the first ti a murder had occurred at the Spirit Battle Tournant ever since the inception of the competition and that news had attracted the attention of all the contestants imdiately!
The last few rounds of forfeiture had been connected to Jun Xie and the reason behind those disciples’ decision to pull out had already been heatedly debated by everyone. The incidents had also been linked to the Yan Country’s Crown Prince Lei Chen as well as everyone suspected that it was Lei Chen who was secretly pulling strings behind the scenes, forcing the youths to give up their chances in the tournant with both bribes and threats. But this ti, things have gone too far.
Soone had actually lost his life for it!
The crowd at the arena had actually curious to know what was going to happen and they were now highly enraged! Those disciples who had advanced to the fifth round were indignant as all of them did not know who Jun Xie’s next opponent would be! It was obvious to them by now that Lei Chen had in order to let Jun Xie win, taken a life. Wasn’t that a ssage to all the rest of them that if they continued to compete in the tournant, the road forward for them would only be death! ?
When the matter that had still not be entirely clear to everyone, was suddenly stained with blood, fear rose within the disciples who had advanced and made them highly tensed and jittery. The incident had now co to a boil. The disciples from the various academies had initially only been despised the Zephyr Academy for ingratiating themselves with Lei Chen, but now, the Zephyr Academy was being rcilessly cursed at and spat upon.
The kind of damage suffered was no longer a trifling matter, once the Zephyr Academy shouldered the cri of having caused another person to die, no matter how powerful the Zephyr Academy’s disciples were seen to be at the Spirit Battle Tournant, it would not be able to redeem their tainted na!
Imdiately, Jun Wu Xie summoned Lei Chen over, to question him on the actual circumstances behind the incident.
This ti, Lei Chen was completely innocent. After having sealed their alliance, he knew that he could no longer take things into his own hands and continue with any underhanded thods. He had given up on his earlier intentions and this ti..... he had not even gone near to the youth that was supposed to fight Jun Xie in the fourth round. In fact, he did not even know who Jun Xie’s opponent was going to be!
“It wasn’t you?” Jun Wu Xie asked, looking at Lei Chen.
Lei Chen only barely ca short of swearing to the Heavens. He said crying tearlessly: “It really wasn’t ! However dumb I might seem to be, I wouldn’t have chosen this mont to have done sothing so overboard! Wouldn’t I just be adding fuel to the fire if I did?”
Jun Wu Xie was deep in thought. If it was not done by Lei Chen’s hands, that the deed could only have been committed by the hidden hand that wanted to drag Lei Chen off his position, the Yan Country’s Emperor. Only he would be capable of that at such a ti.
“He is really rather rciless isn’t he?” Jun Wu Xie’s eyes narrowed. The Yan Country’s Emperor had in order to force Lei Chen to co off his position of being the Crown Prince, secretly laid his hands on contestants that had co here to partake in the Tournant. If news of this leaked out, the Yan Country can forget about hosting anything like the Spirit Battle Tournant henceforth.
“What are we to do now? The academies taking part in the tournant had already raised a protest and the matter has been brought to the attention of my Father. If he really uses this to force to submit to his wishes, then.....” Lei Chen was feeling highly antsy and he was too nervous to think of any way out.
Jun Wu Xie was however still completely calm. Her placid calm was however causing Lei Chen to beco more nervous.
“You’re not worried? This entire incident..... is affecting you as well you know?” Lei Chen looked expectantly at Jun Wu Xie.
Jun Wu Xie was still seemingly unaffected as she slowly said: “You do not have to bother with the matter. I will handle it. If the Emperor insists on finding fault with you about the disciple’s death, the only thing you need to do is to just drag it out as long as you can, and that will do.”
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