Chapter 157 Promotion

The cyan wolf head that emerged on Liu Suo's spiked club had a cruel glint in its eyes.

A wave of immense pressure instantly emanated from this cyan wolf head.

The crowd of Town Demon Guards watching from below the stage all revealed expressions of shock on their faces.

Each of them estimated in their hearts what kind of fate they would meet if they were under the attack of this cyan wolf head.

After thinking about it, these Town Demon Guards turned pale because they realized after pondering that if they were under the attack of this cyan wolf head, death would be almost certain.

After Liu Suo used the skill within this true spirit artifact, even Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing, who was sitting in the main seat, took on a somewhat serious expression at this moment.

The power of this cyan wolf head almost rivaled the strike of a Seventh-Rank Martial Artist, and the fact that Liu Suo could use a skill of this magnitude surprised Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing slightly.

Facing this cyan wolf head directly and feeling its power, Sun Xuan could not help but think in his heart.

If he had not gone to that underground space, this skill unleashed with a true spirit artifact would truly require Sun Xuan to deal with it with all his might.

But now, with a casual strike, Sun Xuan could shatter this cyan wolf head and blast Liu Suo into ashes along the way.

However, Sun Xuan obviously had no need to do so, lest he expose his true strength and affect his subsequent arrangements.

Therefore, Sun Xuan feigned a full-effort appearance, then raised both palms, and a flash of silver light immediately flowed across Sun Xuan's palms like flowing water.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Xuan let out a pretentious shout:

"Bone-Eroding Hand!"

As soon as his voice fell, the massive amount of silver light like flowing water on Sun Xuan's palms immediately converged towards Sun Xuan's palms.

After gathering in the center of Sun Xuan's palms, it instantly spun at extreme speed like a whirlpool.

An astonishing Aura emanated from Sun Xuan's palms, and expressions of shock once again surfaced on the faces of the people around.

This Bone-Eroding Hand was precisely a Transcendent technique learned after cultivating the Magic Silver Hand to the Transcendent realm. After Sun Xuan fused a vast amount of martial arts and self-created the Heavenly Demon Martial Classic, this Transcendent technique no longer had much use to Sun Xuan.

However, using it now to put on a show happened to be just right.

Things happened in a flash. After just the blink of an eye, the Bone-Eroding Hand employed by Sun Xuan collided with the cyan wolf head unleashed by Liu Suo with all his might.

"Boom!"

Only a loud explosion was heard, and a ball of light interwoven with silver and cyan colors instantly erupted at the point of collision between Sun Xuan's palms and the cyan wolf head on the spiked club.

Blazing light burst forth. Aside from a few Eighth-Rank and above Martial Artists in the arena who could still clearly see the situation on the stage, the other lower-rank Martial Artists could not help but close their eyes at this moment.

The explosion of light lasted only for an instant. After a short while, the light on the stage dissipated.

After the light dispersed, everyone immediately cast their gazes towards the stage.

Yet on the stage at this moment, only one person remained.

Sun Xuan was seen standing on the stage with his hands behind his back. Through the simulation of his formidable Physical Body, his face was feigned to look pale due to excessive True Qi consumption.

As for Liu Suo, his entire body fell flat on his back at the edge of the stage, his chest stained red with blood, looking as if his life or death was uncertain.

As for the spiked club-like true spirit artifact in Liu Suo's hand, under the condition that Liu Suo was wounded by Sun Xuan and his True Qi was heavily depleted, it automatically returned into Liu Suo's body.

Seeing this, the crowd below the stage instantly erupted into an uproar.

What the crowd of Town Demon Guards did not expect was that Liu Suo, whose strength was so formidable, had actually been defeated so neatly in Sun Xuan's hands.

Even Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing glanced at Sun Xuan with a look of astonishment before speaking to announce:

"In this battle, Sun Xuan wins! Someone come and carry Liu Suo down to recuperate!"

As the voice fell, moments later, someone immediately arrived on the stage and took away the unconscious Liu Suo to treat his injuries.

In fact, whether it was Yuan Dong earlier or Liu Suo at this moment, Sun Xuan had not dealt a fatal blow to either of them.

The injuries of these two men looked severe, but they were actually just superficial wounds. After resting for two or three days, given their Eighth-Rank Martial Artist Physique, there would be no problem at all for them to fully recover.

And after Sun Xuan defeated Liu Suo, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing spoke once again:

"The next challenger…"

Before Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing finished speaking, the remaining two Deputy Town Demon Envoys spoke in unison:

"Lord Lü, we concede defeat!"

Hearing the concession of these two Deputy Town Demon Envoys, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing's face did not reveal any look of surprise.

After all, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing was quite clear about the strength of these four Deputy Town Demon Envoys.

At this moment, even Yuan Dong and Liu Suo, who possessed the most formidable strength, had lost to Sun Xuan. If they went on stage again, it would merely be asking for humiliation.

Conceding defeat decisively at this moment could not be considered an unwise choice.

After these two Deputy Town Demon Envoys conceded defeat, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing shifted his gaze back onto Chu Lin.

Then he spoke to Chu Lin in a calm voice:

"Chu Lin, do you still wish to fight?"

Seeing this, Chu Lin's expression changed several times. After a moment, he spoke with a wry smile:

"Lord Lü, Brother Sun's strength is formidable, and I am no match for him. I won't go up on stage to ask for a beating!"

Hearing Chu Lin's words, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing nodded gently without saying much else.

Although Chu Lin had intentions of vying for the position of Town Demon Envoy, under circumstances where things were unachievable, he was also able to decisively let go.

This was also one of the reasons why Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing had looked favorably upon Chu Lin before.

After all the Eighth-Rank Martial Artists were defeated or conceded, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing directly cleared his throat and spoke to everyone in the arena:

"This official announces that Sun Xuan has won this arena competition.

Furthermore, the position of the Qinghe County Town Demon Envoy will be handed over to Sun Xuan after this official leaves.

Sun Xuan, your strength and potential are truly not weak. In the future, your prospects will be boundless! Haha.

Since you will be the Town Demon Envoy of Qinghe County from now on, do you have any questions you would like to ask? If so, this official will answer them for you right here.

After all, after these two days of time pass, this official will leave Qinghe Town and head to the commandery city.

By that time, it will no longer be possible to answer your doubts."

After announcing the result of the arena martial arts match, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing spoke amiably to Sun Xuan.

At this moment, Sun Xuan's promotion to the Qinghe County Town Demon Envoy was already a nailed-down certainty. A Town Demon Envoy was certainly worth befriending for Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing.

Especially since Sun Xuan had previously displayed ordinary performance, resulting in very little prior interaction between the two of them.

Under such circumstances, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing felt that interacting more with Sun Xuan and closing the distance between them would do no harm.

That was why he offered at this moment to answer Sun Xuan's questions.

Hearing Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing's words, Sun Xuan immediately spoke to him with a smile:

"For this subordinate to obtain the position of the Qinghe County Town Demon Envoy, it is all thanks to Lord Lü's cultivation and guidance.

Now that Lord Lü's promotion is imminent, if there is time in the future, this subordinate will definitely go to the commandery city to properly pay a visit to Lord Lü.

As for questions, this subordinate hasn't thought of any for the time being.

Once this subordinate thinks of them, I will come again to disturb Lord Lü."

As Sun Xuan's voice fell, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing nodded with a chuckle and spoke:

"Easy to say, easy to say! As long as this official has not left Qinghe County, whenever you have any questions, you can come and ask this official at any time!"

After saying this, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing waved his hand to dismiss the crowd.

Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing himself began preparing the luggage and various items he needed to carry to the commandery city.

Early the next morning, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing, eager to head to the commandery city, left Qinghe County City amidst the enthusiastic send-off of the Qinghe County Demon Suppression Guard.

Before leaving Qinghe County City, the official robe and official seal in his hands were all handed over to Sun Xuan.

And Sun Xuan, at this moment, officially became the Town Demon Envoy among the Qinghe County Demon Suppression Guard.

"Congratulations to Lord Sun on your promotion today! In the future, we hope Lord Sun will support and promote this subordinate."

"Indeed, indeed! Lord Sun has boundless potential and formidable strength. In the future, you will certainly be able to be like Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing, with boundless prospects!"

After Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing left, the crowd of Town Demon Guards immediately gathered around Sun Xuan, flattering him one by one with smiles on their faces.

Seeing this, Sun Xuan responded to them one by one.

After a brief moment, however, Sun Xuan discovered that after sending off Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing on his promotion, in just the blink of an eye, those four Deputy Town Demon Envoys quietly left this place.

Moreover, before leaving, these four people cast a glance at Sun Xuan with a trace of strangeness in their eyes.

At that time, although Sun Xuan was dealing with the flattery of many ordinary Town Demon Guards and the scene was rather chaotic,

the strange gazes of these four people as they left and looked back at him were still noticed by Sun Xuan.

After all, Sun Xuan's martial arts cultivation had not only reached the Seventh-Rank realm at this moment, but his Physical Body and Soul power had also reached a horrifying level.

His sensitivity to external surveillance and prying was extremely acute.

Thinking of the strange looks those four gave him and their sudden departure, a trace of inexplicable thought could not help flashing through Sun Xuan's heart.

After finishing dealing with the ordinary Town Demon Guards, Sun Xuan instructed his subordinates to pack up the things in the old courtyard and move them into the Town Demon Envoy residence where Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing used to live.

Just as Sun Xuan was busy with various matters following his recent promotion to Town Demon Envoy, Yuan Dong and the other three Deputy Town Demon Envoys gathered together with gloomy expressions at this moment.

Because Sun Xuan had not hit them heavily during the previous arena match, Yuan Dong and Liu Suo had basically recovered almost completely by now.

"Brother Yuan, are we really going to make a move against that fellow surnamed Sun?"

One of the Deputy Town Demon Envoys, whose strength was only at the Eighth-Rank Middle Stage, spoke to Yuan Dong with a trace of worry in his tone.

Hearing this, a Soul-stirring Killing Intent instantly flashed through Yuan Dong's eyes.

Yuan Dong spoke with bitter hatred:

"Things have reached this point, what else can we do?

If it weren't for this fellow surnamed Sun, the position of Town Demon Envoy would definitely not have slipped from the hands of the four of us.

If the four of us brothers controlled the position of Town Demon Envoy, we could subsequently acquire massive benefits within Qinghe County through the Town Demon Guard.

By relying on these acquired resources at that time, we would be able to charge towards the Seventh-Rank martial arts realm.

And once someone among the four of us reached the Seventh-Rank realm in cultivation, coupled with the operations of being a Town Demon Envoy,

and if we brothers established some more achievements by then, we would have the opportunity to advance into the commandery city just like Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing.

Yet that fellow surnamed Sun snatched the position by force, reducing our brothers' years of waiting to ashes.

The path for us to continue upward has been completely severed from now on.

How can we swallow this breath?"

As Yuan Dong spoke, he became more and more agitated, a trace of cruelty faintly flickering in his eyes.

Seeing this, Liu Suo beside him quickly pulled Yuan Dong and spoke:

"Brother Yuan, keep your voice down! Don't let that fellow surnamed Sun hear us.

Otherwise, the good days of you and me, the four brothers, will come to an end from now on."

After hearing Liu Suo's words, Yuan Dong took a deep breath before slowly calming down.

Immediately afterward, Liu Suo continued to speak:

"Brothers, what Brother Yuan said is correct.

That fellow surnamed Sun robbed us of our things and cut off our future path.

Only by making this fellow surnamed Sun disappear can the things belonging to us return to our hands once again."

Another Town Demon Guard who had not spoken all along spoke to Liu Suo with some hesitation at this moment:

"Brother Liu, even if we kill that fellow surnamed Sun, will the position of Town Demon Envoy definitely fall into the hands of us brothers?

If by then the commandery city directly parachutes down a Town Demon Envoy and snatches our position away once again, what should we do?"

Hearing the words of that Deputy Town Demon Envoy, a sinister smile suddenly surfaced at the corner of Liu Suo's mouth, and he spoke softly:

"What kind of place do you think this is?

This is Qinghe County, our territory! When outsiders come here, dragons must coil themselves up, and tigers must lie down.

By then, even if a Town Demon Envoy is parachuted down from above, in our territory, either he will dejectedly roll back to the commandery city himself,

or he will never need to leave at all.

You must know there are so many demons in the Wuling Mountains; the newly arrived Town Demon Envoy might just happen to die in battle within these Wuling Mountains!"

Hearing Liu Suo's murderous words, that Deputy Town Demon Envoy stopped talking immediately, and his eyes gradually settled down.

After the four of them plotted in secret for a while longer, a conspiracy targeting Sun Xuan gradually took shape.

As time slowly passed, in the blink of an eye, it reached nighttime.

At this moment, Sun Xuan was sitting cross-legged in the cultivation room, cultivating True Qi. Because Sun Xuan's Physical Body and Soul power were strong enough,

the efficiency of transforming it into True Qi was also extremely high.

Right at this moment, a voice suddenly rang out from outside the cultivation room:

"Lord Sun, Lord Yuan is outside requesting an audience, saying he has matters to discuss with Lord Sun."

Hearing these words, Sun Xuan slowly stopped continuing to refine True Qi, and then a mocking expression surfaced at the corner of his mouth as he softly muttered to himself:

"Hehe, a few ignorant and reckless fools; they finally couldn't hold back after all!"