Chapter 969 - The Crazy Ding Hao

Ding Ling and the other masters from the God’s Palace had to retreat with livid faces.

Before figuring out the background of the God Divine Hall, they didn’t want to test how terrifying the punishment of the rules was. No one could be sure that he could resist the horrible golden lightning.

Feng Ning, who had silver hair and purple eyes, acted as if nothing had happened. He completely ignored the warning from the God’s Palace.

Although he was anxious to beat this pig to death, he had to be the one who would do it. If someone else killed Zhu Ganglie in front of him, Feng Ning would not stand by and watch. Just considering the relationship between their masters, Feng Ning must support this pigman whom he hated so much.

The golden light continued to flicker, selecting candidates in the crowd.

Time ticked by.

The number of people in the Gold Divine Hall was constantly decreasing—some people had been teleported to the golden fighting rings and had died in the battles. They would never return. The death rate was basically 50%. Within about half a day, almost every master in the Gold Divine Hall experienced one battle.

Feng Ning, Ding Ling, Yu Miejue, and others were selected one after another. They had defeated their respective opponents.

The atmosphere gradually became repressive.

The second round of the Battle of the Chosen on the golden fighting rings was about to begin.

This round of battles was even crueler.

After the first round of elimination through battling, the creatures that appeared on the fighting rings were all extremely powerful masters. Even Ding Hao was injured after encountering a middle-level God Realm Master from a sect of the Human Clan. Fortunately, due to the suppressive power between heaven and earth, the God Realm Master had been weakened to the Semi God Realm. Otherwise, Ding Hao might have no chance to leave the fighting ring alive.

Zhu Ganglie, Ding Ling, Feng Ning, Yu Miejue, and others had also encountered powerful enemies and had gone through tough battles.

Arnold, the bald giant beside Yu Miejue, lost an arm in the second round of the life-and-death battle. He was seriously injured and could not recover in a short time. Once he was in the third round of competition, which was even crueler, he would probably not survive.

Many masters who originally had confidence in their own strength also wore a solemn expression now.

Such kind of battle was really horrible.

All the masters who had entered the central area of the Saint-alighting Mountain Range were like swine or gamecocks which had been kept in captivity. They had no choice but to engage in life-and-death battles on the golden fighting rings. Sometimes, masters from the same sect would even be sent to the same fighting ring. They had to fight to the death against their friends or family.

Some masters refused to fight. As a result, they were struck by lightning coming down from the golden fighting rings and had directly become ashes.

Such scenes were too cruel.

Some tried to resist and escape, but all of them were killed by the golden lightning without any exception. Among them was a middle-level God Realm Master. He resisted the golden lightning for 30 minutes. In the end, he was killed because his strength was exhausted.

Later on, many people resigned themselves to their fate.

They could only keep fighting and defeating their opponents. Only in this way could they survive.

Recalling the previous experience, everyone felt as if they had had a nightmare.

“Ah, who has set up such a killing trap? How I hate it!”

“If I can leave here alive, I swear I’ll find the culprit behind all this. I’ll tear him to shreds and grind his bones to ashes…”

“Why is it like this? Where exactly is the Immortal Artifact?”

Countless masters cried out in grief. They died in the battles.

After half a day, there were only more than 20 people left from more than a hundred creatures and masters from all clans in the Gold Divine Hall where Ding Hao was at. Most of the people had died in the battles on the golden fighting rings.

“His opponent is a cat this time…” Someone exclaimed.

Ding Hao looked up and felt nervous.

This time, the one selected to be teleported out of the Gold Divine Hall was Zhu Ganglie, the fat pigman. The gold branch floating in the sea of blood was the fighting ring. Zhu Ganglie’s opponent was a chubby cute white cat with a pair of wings on its back.

It was Evil Moon!

Ding Hao was greatly shocked. He suddenly stood up and watched the crystal screen nervously.

It seemed that Evil Moon and the old guide with messy hair did not escape from the underground passageway before the arrival of the Gold Divine Halls. Instead, they were also absorbed into a Gold Divine Hall and were also sent to this horrible battlefield where there seemed to be a cycle going on.

Fat Cat was not in a good state. There were several bone-deep wounds on a white wing on its back. It must have been wounded in the previous battles in the fighting rings. It had experienced tough battles.

Its opponent was Zhu Ganglie, the pigman with the Nine-Toothed Rake on his shoulder.

“Oh no, Evil Moon is no match for this pig.” Ding Hao’s heart was beating wildly. He had seen Zhu Ganglie fighting countless times. This pigman’s strength was astonishing. Even if he fought against Zhu Ganglie, Ding Hao was not very sure of winning…

“In this case, Evil Moon is doomed to die?!”

Countless thoughts flashed through Ding Hao’s mind in an instant, but none of them seemed feasible at all. In the golden fighting ring, both sides were forced to engage in a life-and-death battle. There was no possibility that any side would lose the battle on purpose. If the victory or defeat could not be decided within the specified time, both sides would be killed by the golden lightning.

“Calm down, the Fat Cat has a chance.” The voice of the Sword Master came from the storage space.

The Saber Master also comforted him. “Yes, don’t worry. That Fat Cat won’t die so easily. There should be a turning point.”

The two old monsters felt Ding Hao’s change of mood and comforted him.

But how could Ding Hao not be anxious?

Although the Fat Cat had always been unreliable, Ding Hao had long regarded it as his closest relative. He had experienced too many difficulties. Even when Li Yiruo, Xie Jieyu, Li Lan, and others were not with him and he was extremely lonely, the Fat Cat stayed by his side.

“What should I do?” Ding Hao was so anxious that he wanted to kill someone.

At this moment, he could see on the big screen that the terrifying battle had begun.

Evil Moon’s body swelled, becoming hundreds of meters tall. It was like a prehistoric behemoth. The black and white wings on its back flapped, and terrible chaotic power burst out, sweeping across the entire golden fighting ring. Its sharp claws and teeth were the most terrifying weapons. There were even some astonishing scratches left by its claws on the gold branch.

Zhu Ganglie performed the Great Spatial Image, and his whole body also became huge. The Nine-Toothed Rake in his hand burst out the power of wind, rain, thunder, lightning, and various elements. As he waved it, heaven and earth were undergoing changes.

Blood spurted out.

Ding Hao could only watch as more wounds appeared on Evil Moon’s body. He watched it roar angrily and struggle for its survival. He watched as blood flew out of its wounds and dyed the gold branch fighting ring.

Boom!

After a violent collision, the two of them separated.

Zhu Ganglie panted violently, and there were long and thin wounds on his body, which seemed to be caused by sharp divine weapons. They were all scratched by cat claws. Blood flowed from his body to the ground.

Evil Moon’s strength was lower after all, and it was in a more miserable state. The two pairs of black and white wings on its back had been broken, revealing its white broken bones. Three of its limbs had been broken by the Nine-Toothed Rake. It almost couldn’t stand still, and it had no strength to go on fighting. From its big eyes, which were like a pair of black gems, Ding Hao could see its extreme helplessness…

At this moment, time seemed to have returned to the moment when Ding Hao first saw it.

In the mysterious cave in the back mountain of the Swordsmanship-seeking Sect, the first time he saw Evil Moon, the cute cat screamed with a kitten’s voice. It could not walk steadily and swayed like a snowball. It also looked so helpless and weak when it looked at Ding Hao.

“No, I must find a way to save it.”

Ding Hao could no longer control himself. With a flash, he madly shot toward the dome of the divine hall. At the same time, he summoned both the Devil Saber and the Rusted Sword into his hands. He decided to break out with all his might and smash the Gold Divine Hall to find the place where the fighting ring floating in the sea of blood was…

He didn’t care what price he had to pay. Even if he had to die, he could not stay here and do nothing.

Ding Hao looked crazy.

“No!”

Someone exclaimed and flashed.

It was Yu Miejue who had made a move.

A powerful force surged from one side, pinning Ding Hao down. A bright red blood seal spun in the void. It was the Divine Artifact—the God-suppressing Seal. Under the control of Yu Miejue, it released terrible pressure, stopping Ding Hao. Yu Miejue appeared in front of Ding Hao and said anxiously, “Do you want to die? Don’t do stupid things!”

“Get out of the way.” Ding Hao was anxious.

“No.” Yu Miejue’s eyes flickered with determination. “You saved my life back then, and now I can’t just watch you die. The rules of punishment here in the Gold Divine Hall aren’t something we can defy. Just wait patiently. We still have hope. We will definitely get out of here.”

She thought that Ding Hao suddenly lost composure because he couldn’t bear this invisible huge pressure.

“You’ve recognized me?” Ding Hao was stunned and then realized that this intelligent and cold girl had long recognized him, but that was not important. Ding Hao was about to activate the Devil Saber and the Rusted Sword to force Yu Miejue away and rush out forcibly.

At this moment, some people suddenly exclaimed in the crowd below.

When Ding Hao looked down, he happened to see the white figure jump into the horrible crimson sea on the crystal screen. Because of the strong corrosive effect, its weak and small body did not stir up any waves. Everyone seemed to hear hissing sounds in their ears, and then Evil Moon completely disappeared into the sea.

“The cat had integrity. It didn’t want to die in the hands of the opponent, so it jumped into the sea of blood and committed suicide!”

“What was it? This is the first time I’ve seen a cat with wings. Was it from the Beast Clan or a behemoth?”

“It’s a pity. If this cat were alive, it could be taken as a pet.”

Some people in the Gold Divine Hall were talking about it.

Ding Hao’s body went stiff in the air. His mind almost went blank. He could hardly hold the Devil Saber and the Rusted Sword firmly.

“Dead? Evil Moon is dead?”

Just now when Evil Moon shrank back to its normal body and jumped into the sea, Ding Hao caught sight of it looking in the direction of the big screen. Its eyes were full of attachment and reluctance. That kind of look was like a knife inserted deep into Ding Hao’s heart.

“When it needed me the most, I was not by its side.”

A kind of indescribable anger and sadness almost exploded in Ding Hao’s chest.

“Ah, ahhhhhh…” Ding Hao roared furiously like a wounded beast. The ice and fire Qi in his body was running wildly. At this moment, there was even a sign of his Qi counteracting the suppressive power between heaven and earth. His voice was like thunder in the ears of everyone in the Gold Divine Hall. A strong wind was surging and everyone’s expression changed.

Yu Miejue could sense the grief in his roar. She suddenly understood something.

At the same time, a golden light flashed in the hall, and the pigman Zhu Ganglie, who had been seriously injured, was teleported back.

Ding Hao flashed and instantly appeared in front of Zhu Ganglie.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.