The Legend of Min Hong

"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…

"By the power vested in me by all those who have fallen at war,-"

Kun Chao began to chant as almost everyone within the arena leaned forward on their seats…

"Is that a divine ability!?"

One of the outer court disciples exclaimed as the outer court disciple who had bet on Kun Chao earlier opened his eyes and sat up on his seat with an incredulous expression plastered on his face…

"Ha-ha ha… Yi Li, you bastard, what were you saying earlier!?"

"Chen Jiu, do not gloat yet… Let's see if Bai Gui responds with his own Divine Ability or not…"

The youth who placed his bet on Kun Chao to win because of his odds of defeating the 'War God Trials' was about 800:1, jeered back at his friend who just stomped on his luck when Kun Chao dispersed his Susanoo… 

"This boy is not only wise, but he has also comprehended a divine ability of the Flame Dao…"

"Elder Fifth, do you mind us taking this guy away?" Sect Leader Mei of the Flame Phoenix Sect pleaded…

"Let the tournament end, then we will discuss the best location to send them…"

"Moreover, you all shouldn't be in a rush yet, after all, the inner court selection exam is only in a little over a year, and then you will find a lot of disciples that would suit your sects, rather than you all bickering over these five youngsters…"

Elder Fifth responded with his gaze set on Min Hong throughout the entire time…

"I call forth the weapons of the warriors past, heed the humble call of my remembrance…"

Kun Chao finished his chant as numerous weapons of different types ranging from a chain to a rake flew out of the nine pits of flame around him, but the strange thing was that, these weapons were radiating Intent level Daos of their respective weapon class, as they bolted through the air towards Bai Gui…

"I was wondering when you were finally going to get serious…" 

Bai Gui said with a mocking smile when he saw 200 weapons erupt from the pit, but before that smile could extend to its limits, his lips twitched intensely because of what he was seeing…

Just as the first 200 weapons flew out, they were instantly accompanied by another 200 that lined up neatly behind their predecessors…

Then after that, another 200 weapons came out, then another 200, and just ten breaths later, about 20,000 weapons were floating within the air, radiating their respective intents causing the atmosphere to vibrate intensely because of the multiple amount of intents that were gathered together in one place...

Even most of the outer court disciples were finding it very hard to breathe and most couldn't even stir up their Daos, as almost all of the Dao Intents in the atmosphere had already turned chaotic by the high density of Special Daos...

Min Hong on the other hand was seeing his Chaos Dao very much boosted at this point as he began to sense everything that was happening with all the Daos in the atmosphere, as he began to gain enlightenment about a brand new Dao entirely… 

"I admit defeat!"

"…!"

"…!"

"…!"

The entire arena went so silent that even mortals could hear the ants that were carrying breadcrumbs on the ground march into their hive…

Everyone was stunned speechless, and no one could comprehend what was going on except for the experts who simply smiled and shook their heads helplessly at Bai Gui…

If Kun Chao had stopped at a thousand or maybe 2,000 weapons, then Bai Gui perhaps would have been able to fight back with the little amount of Qi he had left in his reserves…

But with 20,000 weapons, there was no way he could have come out undefeated, even if the same scenario was replayed a million times over…

"Clever fellow! I would really like to take this kid back with me…"

Sect Leader Mei voiced out once more as the two disciples behind her began to look at Kun Chao in new light… 

Not only was he handsome, he was also able to challenge the 'War God Trial' and force his final opponent to admit defeat with his overwhelming strength, or so they thought…

Whilst the girls had such a view about the situation, the Merchant Alliance Head had a pleased and cunning smile etched on his face as he thought;

"This kid had also run out of Qi, but he was able to force his opponent to admit defeat just by using his last shred of Qi reserves to conjure a massive and overwhelming attack…"

"If his opponent had called his bluff, he might not even have enough Qi left to go on with the move…"

"Sometimes being wise can be more beneficial in battle than being strong…"

"What a cunning lad… I must definitely get my hands on him…"

"He would make a fantastic and understanding personal guard… He hehe…"

"Kun Chao triumphs!"

Just as the Merchant Alliance Head ended his train of thought, the elder presiding over the 'War God Trials' announced Kun Chao the winner as the same thing happened on the female stage where Kun Lin had just been announced a winner also, but she was in a lot worse shape than her brother… 

Her final opponent was much stronger than her in terms of cultivation, whilst being a little weaker than her in terms of Dao, but Kun Lin was way smarter than her in terms of battle tactics and fighting pattern which was evident from the first moment the duel started…

But because Kun Lin had fought eight different opponents successively on her way to this final battle without having a single minute of rest, she started the duel a little laggy and lethargic, but in the end, she was better in many fronts than her opponent whilst her opponent was only better than her in terms of Qi reserves…

The moment this announcement was made, the entire crowd burst into a massive pandemonium, majority of them in woes whilst very little of them had a reason to be happy, and outer court disciple; Chen Jiu who had just won almost 16,000 merit points from placing 80 percent of his 1,000 merit points on Kun Chao to win was the happiest of everyone around at this point… 

Whilst those who had place all of their merit points on Kun Chao losing were raining several curses and glares on Bai Gui, some calling him a cowards for not even standing up to Kun Chao's last attack, but majority of them knew within themselves that if their positions were reversed, they would have done the same…

But the most heartbroken outer court disciple was Shen Yang who hated Min Hong and his crew to his life-blood…

He had borrowed 40 percent of Shen Wang's total merit points and 60 percent of Shen Tang's merit points with all of his merit points which amounted to about 35,000 merit points and then placing it on Bai Gui, and thought he was only going to make about 45 merit points, he just relished in the pride it brought him when he was placing such an insulting bet in the presence of over ten thousand people…

But now, not only did all these people make fun of him to relieve themselves from their loss, he had also lost 35,000 merit points, and even though his father might be an Elder of the Inner Court, losing that much merit points is something he would frown over with utmost displeasure…