The Legend of Min Hong

Chapter 284: Rivals

These disciples would obviously still be a disciple of the Desert Sun Sect, but this transaction would be like; [a Loan Move Between Football Clubs in Modern Day Earth]

Thus, these smaller sects get to use the disciple for a while, and when the disciple realizes his or her potential, they return to the Desert Sun Sect

So, these sect leaders were here to also see some disciples they could request the Desert Sun Sect to give to them, because there were also some cases where a single disciple would have high talent for two different Daos which might cut across two of these Sect affiliates, thus some might look to stake claim on these disciples before the competition even ends

In terms of the Merchant Alliance, they weren't a sect like the Saber God Sect and the likes, but they simply look to recruit disciples who could serve as their guards whenever they were moving massive amount of valuable goods...

Then, apart from paying the Sect heavily in terms of gold, spirit stones, treasures and even the supply of cultivation resources, while the disciple gets battle experience by fighting bandits and assassins, and that is not even looking at the amount of connections the disciple would be opportune to build for the Sect

Thus, they were also here to pick a disciple of their choice, and since the beginning of this tournament, only the Tribe Alliance Leader had yet to speak about choosing any disciple, and because he acts like a fool most of the time, people tend to underestimate his level of craftiness and cunningness, except from the Grand Elders of the sect who deal with him directly

Others thought the Grand Elders did that because of the money, but only a very selected few knew any better

Thus, after winning the exchange between him and Lu Tao, the Fifth Grand Elder went to sit in his position with the Merchant Alliance Head to his right and Sect Leader Lu to his right

The Ghost King Sect Leader, Lu Tao, had an eye bloodline power just like Min Hong even though these eye bloodlines were miles apart, but they were not to be underestimated either

Every time he came across the Fifth Grand Elder, they usually had these bouts of checkmating one another just to know who had grown stronger

Sect Leader Lu and the Fifth Grand Elder were both friends since they were little, but the 'Fifth' was always stronger than Sect Leader Lu, but not until Sect Leader Lu awakened his bloodline abilities

Back then, his father had told him to pick the 'Fifth' as his rival because he could sense that 'Fifth' had what it takes to spur his son's potential

Thus, whenever they meet, they test each other to know who is lagging behind, and on this case, the 'Fifth' made it extremely clear by showing him he had long since advanced into the Law Level of the Space Dao, which by all standards was superior to any Dao Sect Leader Lu had comprehended

"You lot don't even know if he would survive yet and you are already tussling amongst yourselves"

The Fourth Grand Elder who for some reason had taken it as his duty to follow the Fifth around wherever he goes and oppose whatever motive he had, spoke up with a ridiculing look

"Ha-ha ha, are you looking to see a talented kid such as him die, Elder Fourth?"

"If one didn't know any better, they might think you are an enemy of the sect"

The Merchant Alliance Leader showed a glimpse of his true colour as he dropped a treasonous bomb with a playful laughter

"Unh!?"

"No way!"

"What are you saying!?"

"Hmm"

Sensing that if he continued to speak, everything he says would just sound like an excuse, Elder Fourth cut his statement short by clearing his throat as Elder Fifth spoke up;

"He is simply telling you guys not to count your chicks before they hatch He just has a poor taste when choosing his words"

"Trust me guys, that is what I live with everyday"

Elder Fifth said as everyone laughed the seemingly awkward situation off, whilst Elder Fourth simply stood there with his face ugly and his face so pissed it looked like he was about to burst

Kun Chao on the other hand had just formed a massive sword in the hand of his Susano and now the battle was just like the final battle between [Uchiha Madara and Hashirama] the golem vs the susano.

The water python surrounding the broken golem dashed towards Kun Chao, baring its fangs whilst Kun Chao responded with a diagonal, samurai-like slash which split the water python in equal halves as cheers blared from the stand at the display of power these two were showing

The water python burst apart and splashed on the floor before it then began to gather together once again

But as it was gathering together it washed over the rock crumbs on the ground and by the time it flowed back to the golem, it began to repair the golem just like a mason fixing the cracks on a wall with a cement mix

"Eeh! The healing properties of his Water Dao can heal inanimate objects too!?"

The Sect Leader of the Saber God Sect couldn't help but shake his head in incredulity

Using the Water Dao to heal a human or a beast or a living thing was common place, but using the Water Dao to heal inanimate objects

That has never been heard of before, at least, in the entire Dogon Empire

Kun Chao who was on the stage was also troubled by this outcome

Not only was his enemy adept in using the Water Dao which was a natural enemy with his Flame Dao, but if this golem can be healed every time it was broken, then wouldn't that be a troublesome matter

Though, this was not a problem for him as he was still only using about 70 percent of his total battle power because he still has a mission he had yet to complete

"If I should use that technique, I can end this battle in a matter of about seven breaths, but my target would be alerted if I did that"

"Ugh, I hate situations like this"

Kun Chao thought to himself as Min Hong's voice floated into his ears;

"You don't need to reveal all your strength"

"There is a limit to the amount of Qi he can use in this battle If he continues to battle you and heal his puppets, his Qi would definitely be drained at a very rapid rate-"

"So, I simply wear him out by dragging out the battle..."

"Fei Hong, you are a genius!"

Kun Chao got the idea as he simply retreated and dispersed his susano

After all, maintaining the susano drains a lot more energy compared to him battling with his 'Nine Paths of Hell'

But the moment he dispersed his susano and retreated, people thought he was out of energy and this was going to be the end of the line for him, as several whispers began to float around;

"Another defeat, another merit point lost"

One of the outer court disciples who had placed 80 percent of all his merit points on Kun Chao winning, heaved a heavy sigh of loss as his friend jeered and clowned all over him;

"Ha-ha ha, didn't I tell you to bet on Bai Gui!?"

"But you insisted on betting on a newbie who was fighting the eight strongest outer court disciple"

"He he, good riddance to you maybe next time you will take my advice"

His friend poured more salt on his injury as the outer court disciple slumped deeper into his seat, accepting his fate