The Domineering King of the Netherworld and His Sweetheart

325. The Start of the Competition

Translator: 飞弹

It was just an interlude to meet Zhan Ling, but Feng Xi didn’t have the chance to wander outside for too long. Then he was carried back by King of the Netherworld who came out to look for him. God of Books and the others were also particularly unlucky. They met Feng Xi midway and they were also dragged back by Feng Xi.

God of Books and the others were complaining in a low voice along the way and they were immediately sent back to the Small World by the angry Feng Xi after they returned to the restaurant, which meant that he would let them out after the competition started and save himself the bother of looking for them by then.

God of Books and the rest agreed that Feng Xi was taking revenge on them because he had no chance to play, so he transferred the suffering onto them.

Thankfully, they could also play in the Small World. Although it wasn’t as lively as Nine Gods City, it wouldn’t be too boring. Anyway, Feng Xi also said that they would be allowed to come out during the competition and it would start tomorrow, so they thought it wouldn’t hurt if they had half a day less to wander around the Nine Gods City.

Lorraine heard that Feng Xi had been brought back by King of the Netherworld and therefore he had been gloating over it for a long time.

However, because Feng Xi lived in the same room with King of the Netherworld, he was also awkward if he came to see Feng Xi, so he waited for them to go out of the room until daybreak and the competition started the next day.

As they emerged from the restaurant, countless rays of lights flashed across the sky, created by the flying cultivators. Almost all of them rushed towards the Guardian Square.

Some of them were going to participate in the competition, but most of them still went to rubberneck. One after another, the colorful lights were really beautiful. They looked like shooting stars in the daytime, a delight to watch.

When Feng Xi got up, Lord Carendra and the rest were already on their way to the square.

Originally, they wanted to wake Feng Xi up, but because King of the Netherworld was also in the room, they felt awkward calling him. Therefore, they left together first. Anyway, they didn’t need to worry that Feng Xi would be late with King of the Netherworld staying with him.

King of the Netherworld soon rushed to the Guardian Square with Feng Xi.

They raised their heads and looked around, but they could only see the tip of the iceberg in the Guardian Square. It was obvious that the Guardian Square was indeed deservedly vast.

Because there were too many people, there were almost a thousand fully armed guards outside the Guardian Square. They were all sent by the God Demon Tower to maintain order in the square, mainly to avoid chaos, because in addition to the participants, there were many powerhouses in the bystanders. If there was a disturbance, it would affect the competition.

The unrest had happened when the competition was held in the past, so the God Demon Tower was very concerned about the order of the square.

There were two entrances to the square. The entrance for the contestants was different from that for the audience. Because the competition was only open to the people under the age of 1,000, it was necessary for the participants to be tested for age to prevent some people from muddling through.

Because of King of the Netherworld’s special identity, they received countless attention when they arrived at the square.

Everyone’s eyes were fixed on King of the Netherworld. They had heard of too many legends about the master of the Netherworld, but they had always had no occasion to see his true appearance. Now that they had a chance to see him, everyone’s eyes were gleaming as if they wanted to see through him.

Before the competition, the God Demon Tower had already released the news that King of the Netherworld would come to be a notary, so half of the audience in the Guardian Square were here for King of the Netherworld. Therefore, this was by no means out of the ordinary.

Following King of the Netherworld, all eyes were also on Feng Xi.

Feng Xi felt self-conscious under the envious gazes of the crowd. Although there were also people who admired him purely, most of the crowd were still jealous of him, so he ran directly to the other side of King of the Netherworld and used King of the Netherworld’s body to block the envious gazes.

Feng Yun had been waiting for them at the entrance. When he saw King of the Netherworld and Feng Xi, he immediately greeted them with a smile, “Your Majesty, Mr. Feng Xi, you are just here in the right time. The competition is about to begin. Please come here!”

They were clearly late, but Feng Yun said that they just came here in the right time, which was obvious that he really respected Feng Xi.

Feng Xi was also thick-skinned, so he responded with a smile, and then walked towards the VIP seats, holding King of the Netherworld’s arm.

There were already a row of big shots sitting in the VIP seats, including not only the three elders and Nine Heaven Gods of the God Demon Tower, but also other heads of big families, such as Ming Tian of the Dino Family and Huan Ye’s father. Besides, the masters of the Heaven World and the Demon World also came here. Di Yuntian was only a seat down from Mo Feimo.

Everyone looked over when they saw their arrival. Most of them revealed a kind smile, except for a few whose smiles were stiff.

The three elders of God Demon Tower saw that King of the Netherworld had come over and quickly stood up and bowed. Then they walked in front of King of the Netherworld and said with respect, “Your Majesty, we haven’t seen you for many years. You are still as handsome as ever!”

King of the Netherworld nodded indifferently without saying a word.

This attitude seemed arrogant, but it was just his real appearance. The three elders of God Demon Tower did not feel that it was inappropriate, because King of the Netherworld was of a cold disposition. Although the God Demon Tower only had met him a few times, they knew King of the Netherworld’s temper clearly, so his reaction was very normal in their eyes.

The third elders’ eyes fell on Feng Xi, who was next to King of the Netherworld. There was a kind smile on their wrinkled skin, “You must be Mr. Feng Xi. I’m really glad to meet you!”

Feng Xi couldn’t help but laugh. Feeling everyone’s strange gaze on him, he quickly swallowed the laughter and waved his hand, “Nice to meet you too!”

This sentence caused everyone to be stunned, which even numbed the three elders for a moment, “Well…”

“Ha ha, interesting. It’s really funny!” The first person to laugh was Mo Feimo. He had long been fed up with this kind of bureaucratic red tape and thought that life should be footloose. Now that he saw Feng Xi’s reaction, he felt that the more he looked at him, the more he liked the young boy.

After the awkwardness, the three elders invited King of the Netherworld to a seat. The seat was in the middle of the VIP seats, which was in accord with King of the Netherworld’s identity. The middle seat was between Mo Feimo and Di Yuntian, and the God Demon Tower deliberately arranged it.

The two old guys would quarrel every time they participated in the competition. Even if there were a few people between the two of them, they would still quarrel. Their quarrel was really a bogey for others, but now there was King of the Netherworld sitting between them. No matter how they disliked each other, they would never dare to argue with each other across King of the Netherworld. The arrangement of the God Demon Tower was really amazing, which directly made the two of them silent.

However, Feng Xi was unhappy. The seats on both sides of King of the Netherworld were occupied by others, “Where is my seat?”

The three elders coughed twice. “Hmm, Mr. Feng Xi, you’re a contestant. You should go to the participant seats according to the rules.”

Feng Xi looked at him and then at Mo Feimo and Di Yuntian. He blinked and said, “Then what if we don’t conform?”

The three elders was a little embarrassed, “…Generally speaking, we will act according to the rules.”

Feng Xi asked, “Then does it mean that there is an exception?”

The three elders were speechless.

Feng Xi burst into laughter, “Alright, I’m joking with you. Let’s just follow the rules.”

The three elders sighed in relief but suddenly heard him say something to King of the Netherworld, “Boss, why don’t you follow me to the contestant seats?” The three elders noticed that King of the Netherworld was about to agree with him. They immediately felt helpless and gave Feng Xi an imploring look.

Feng Xi burst into laughter, “Don’t cry. I’m just joking with you. Boss, I’m going to the contestant seats. I’ll look for you later.” He waved at King of the Netherworld and ran to the contestant seats, leaving the three elders behind who were conspicuous.

‘Hey! When did we cry?’ The three elders said in their hearts.

The three elders found that he had been fooled by a young boy. When they turned around, they said to King of the Netherworld, “Your Majesty, your man is very cheeky!” After saying that, they immediately regretted it. However, King of the Netherworld actually replied to them.

“Yeah, he is indeed cheeky.”

The three elders didn’t know what to say for a moment. Seeing that King of the Netherworld didn’t speak again, they went back to their seats with tails tucked firmly between their legs, but they finally knew that King of the Netherworld would only react when they mentioned the child.

After Feng Xi ran to the contestant area, many people immediately looked at him. Many of them had just seen him fooling the three elders of the God Demon Tower, so they could not help but be surprised by his boldness. However, Feng Xi ignored those gazes and was pulled to their position by Lorraine. The laughter came from there constantly. Seeing that Feng Xi and the others talking and laughing, many people were still envious of them.

“Feng Xi, you probably don’t know who are participating in this competition, but I’ll tell you about the events in the competition first. This competition is divided into three rounds. The first round is the Chaotic Race. Each of the ring has 25 teams, and the last 10 people are qualified to go to the next round.  All the contestants can earn their points. If you force an opponent to leave the ring, you can get one point. The more opponents you have beaten, the more points you will gain. The rankings of the competition are listed according to the points.”

“Wait, if the remaining ten people still have someone from other teams, what should they do?” Feng Xi immediately noticed something strange in the rules.

“Then the rest of the people have to play another game. The team that the winner represents can be qualified to go to the second round.”

“So that’s the case!” Feng Xi nodded thoughtfully.

Lorraine still wanted to explain the second round to him, but he didn’t expect that the competition started. When a crisp chime rang out in the Guardian Square, the entire square suddenly fell silent and the noise was instantly suppressed.

The three elders of the God Demon Tower were the marshals of this competition. When they heard the chime, they stood up and walked to the front of the VIP seats. They scanned all the participants in the contestant area and spoke slowly.

“We will announce in the name of the God Demon Tower that the tenth centennial competition officially begins!”

“Dong!” A chime rang again.

All the audience and the contestants below rose cheering to their feet.