Realizer of Death : The Reaper

The audience cheered and applauded after Jin Zhaohui announced the result of the battle. The fight between Kong Ming and Jian Jiangfeng was enough to wash away their disappointment from the previous match.

After the eighth match, the second day of competition also ended and will continue tomorrow for the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final.

Jin Zhaohui gathered the eight participants who had qualified for the quarter-finals in the arena. He intended to give further instructions before dispersing them. The eight participants were Tenku, Wang Ruyue, Wang Zeming, Huang Yuxin, Long Aotian, Lin Zhantian, Kong Ming, and Gu Qingyang. Unexpectedly, the Wang family brought three of their disciples into the quarter-finals.

"Congratulations to the eight participants who have qualified for the quarter-finals. Some of you must have put in a lot of effort to get to this point, and the rest could enter easily due to your extraordinary strength. Just a little more, and you will be the champions of the martial arts competition." Jin Zhaohui stopped his words and smiled at the participants in the arena. After that, he opened his mouth again.

"In that case, I'll get straight to the point and start explaining about tomorrow's match. I'm not going to waste too much time here because you have to rest to recover your energy and condition for the quarter-finals.

Tomorrow's match rules are still the same as today. You already know who will be your opponent in the quarter-finals. But I'll still explain it to you..." Jin Zhaohui said in a slightly louder voice so that his words could be heard by the participants and spectators some distance away from the arena. Then he started explaining the match schedule for tomorrow.

1. Gu Qingyang vs Long Aotian

2. Huang Yuxin vs Wang Ruyue

3. Wang Zeming vs Lin Zhantian

4. Tenku vs Kong Ming

"That's my explanation. Now you can return to your temporary residence. I advise you to rest early and not wander around at night, as doing so might put you in danger and prevent you from participating in quarter-finals." Jin Zhaohui's eyes lingered on Tenku and the Wang family's participants for a long while before turning his gaze to the other participants. His actions showed that the words he spoke were directed at them.

Jin Zhaohui was from the Jin family, and they had many great informants in Beijing. He knew of the conflict between the Gu family and the Wang family. Jin Zhaohui also knew what moves the Gu family had secretly made. But because the Jin family didn't want to get involved in the matters of the two major families, they just stood by and watched.

But last night, Jin Zhaohui got news of twenty foreign cultivators secretly coming to the competition area. After he checked them, he discovered the identities of those people. They were disciples of the Gu family and came to that place to do something.

Jin Zhaohui guessed it was related to the participants from the Wang family. As one of the organizers, he couldn't let the matter slide. But when he traced the whereabouts of the twenty people, Jin Zhaohui couldn't find any of them. Their existence seemed to disappear in thin air. The next day, he saw that the Wang family's participants were intact, and none were injured.

He was confused by the situation and thought that his informant was wrong. But Jin Zhaohui had no intention of digging deeper into it for fear that the Gu family would find out. Even so, he couldn't let someone break the rules of the competition, no matter which of the major families.

But since Jin Zhaohui didn't have enough evidence for that, he couldn't reprimand the Gu family and could only warn the participants from the Wang family. If anything were to happen to them, it would tarnish the martial arts competition and the organizers, especially the Jin family's face, because the participants could have an accident under their watch. Jin Zhaohui didn't want that to happen. What's more, the competition would be boring without any participants from the Wang family.

"We understand, Elder Jin!" The eight participants answered in unison.

"Good! Then, you all can disperse." Jin Zhaohui said and left the arena along with the other seven referees.

After the referees disappeared from their sight, the young cultivators followed suit and left Tenku and the Wang family's participants at the scene. Huang Yuxin also returned to the participants' quarters to rest and recover.

Tenku looked at Gu Qingyang as he had sensed killing intent from him before he left the arena. But he only looked at him briefly and ignored him. Then he turned his eyes to Wang Ruyue and Wang Zeming.

"What are you going to do now?" Tenku asked the two people.

"I want to go to the infirmary to see Wang Xin's condition." Wang Zeming was the first to answer Tenku.

"Me too. I'm worried about his condition." Wang Ruyue added.

"Then I will also come with you." Tenku didn't have anything he could do if he returned to his room in that building. He had gotten to the point where he couldn't increase his strength just by cultivating and absorbing the Qi from the heavens and earth around him.

Tenku needed external help if he didn't want to be stuck in his current situation, and the answer was Qi Accumulation Pill or Sixth level monster core and above. The former was the easiest to obtain, and the latter was rather difficult as he couldn't find space collapse at the threat level of calamity.

"Okay. Let's go now!" Wang Ruyue walked over first because he wanted to see Wang Xin's current condition quickly. Tenku and Wang Zeming nodded and followed behind her.

***

Meanwhile, Gu Qingyang and his grandfather sat in a room in the participant's residential building. Besides them, there was another person in the place. He was the patriarch of the Gu family, Gu Tianba. After returning to the building, Gu Tianba asked the two people to meet him in his room.

"What do you want to talk to us about, patriarch?" Gu Yuxuan was confused about why Gu Tianba had asked him and his grandson to see him. But he broke out in a cold sweat after remembering something.

"I want to ask something of your grandson." Gu Tianba answered dignifiedly and turned his eyes to Gu Qingyang.

"Qingyang, how confident are you that you can become first place in the martial arts competition?" Gu Tianba asked seriously.

"I'm sure I can beat all the participants and win the competition." Gu Qingyang answered confidently.

"Are there any participants you are wary of?" Gu Tianba asked another question to confirm Gu Qingyang's words because he felt unsure about what he had said.

"Do you mean the disciple of Wang Haotian? If he's the one you mean, then you needn't worry. He is strong and can use the weapon Qi, but I can use it too. Moreover, my cultivation base is much higher than his.

If it was Long Aotian or Lin Zhantian, they might be able to make me a little wary. But if it's that boy, I don't see him in my eyes at all. He's like an ant I could step on anytime." Qingyang tried to convince Gu Tianba after seeing the doubt in his eyes.

"I understand. I'm relieved after hearing your answer. I hope your statement is not empty because this matter is crucial to us. If we fail, then we have to move on to another plan. If we go through with that method, we might end up suffering a lot of losses. Therefore, we must win this competition. So please prove your words in tomorrow's match." Gu Tianba warned Gu Qingyang.

"I will prove it, patriarch! I will beat them and take first place in the martial arts competition!" Gu Qingyang had set his mind on becoming first place in the competition without Gu Tianba having to ask him because he wanted to get Wang Ruyue.

"That's great! Then I will see your performance tomorrow. I hope you don't disappoint me." Gu Tianba was satisfied after hearing that answer.

"I will not let you down, patriarch!" Gu Qingyang replied decisively.

"Apart from talking about that matter, I also want to ask you something." Gu Tianba nodded and turned his gaze to Gu Yuxuan.

"Can you explain where are the twenty members of our family that I gave you? Why did I suddenly lose contact with them last night?" Gu Tianba narrowed his eyes.

Yesterday Gu Tianba permitted Gu Yuxuan to take action on Tenku. He gave the top twenty disciples of the Gu family according to Gu Yuxuan's request. Gu Tianba even lent one of the cultivators at the late stages of the Sky Origin realm to ensure that their plan was successful and could be completed quickly.

But then he was startled when he saw the participants this morning. Not only is Tenku still alive today, he even made it to the quarter-finals. Gu Tianba was confused about what the twenty Gu family disciples did yesterday and where they were now.

Gu Yuxuan had said that he would give an explanation after he got the results of his investigation. But after the competition on the second day ended, Gu Tianba still didn't get Gu Yuxuan's report, which made him angry. Thus, Gu Tianba summoned the grandson and grandfather to his room.

"That is… I have investigated their whereabouts, but I can't find them. I also didn't find any traces of battle in that valley either. I thought that they might have…" Gu Yuxuan hesitated to continue his words because he was worried that Gu Tianba would be furious after hearing that.

Gu Yuxuan had been trying to find the whereabouts of the twenty Gu family disciples he sent to kill Tenku. No matter how hard he searched, he still couldn't find them. But Gu Yuxuan waited until this morning and hoped the twenty people would return.

Unfortunately, Gu Yuxuan still had no news of the twenty people's whereabouts, and he thought they were all dead. Gu Yuxuan did not dare report it to Gu Tianba. Thus, Gu Yuxuan hid the matter for a while, and only Gu Qingyang knew about it. He had asked his grandson to find out about them directly from Tenku, but he still didn't get any information until now.

"Tell me what happened!?" Gu Tianba said impatiently, and the temperature in the room dropped drastically.

"They might have died." Gu Yuxuan forced the words out of his mouth. He slightly lowered his head because he didn't dare to look at Gu Tianba directly.

"What!?" Gu Tianba raised his voice and smashed the table in front of him with his hand until it shattered.