That's Not How You Play the Sixth!

After the Lei Family and the Xie Family entered, the people of Mad Saber Martial Hall, dressed in blue robes patterned with Wild Dance Mad Saber designs, also made their way in.

The middle-aged man at their head was expressionless. Several crisscrossing saber scars marked his face, making him look rather chilling, and at his waist hung a long saber wrapped in black cloth.

He was the hall master of Mad Saber Martial Hall—Luo Cheng. He possessed late Heavenly Yuan Stage cultivation and was only one step away from the Core Formation Stage.

Among all the Heavenly Yuan Stage experts in Qingyang Town, those who could remain undefeated before Luo Cheng could be counted on one hand.

Even the arrogant Lei Family patriarch, Lei Bao, would not easily come to blows with Luo Cheng.

His ruthlessness and ferocity were enough to make anyone fear him!

When he had first arrived, in order to establish Mad Saber Martial Hall, Luo Cheng had let Lei Bao experience the wonderful feeling of taking a saber slash across the chest, leaving him with no small shadow in his heart.

What was more, he was extremely protective of his own.

Previously, when someone from Mad Saber Martial Hall had been bullied by people from the Lei Family and Xie Family, he had charged straight over to fight. It was only after the two families spoke to him politely and offered apologies and compensation that a large-scale battle between Heavenly Yuan Stage experts did not break out.

All of this made the Lei Family and Xie Family very much want to act against Mad Saber Martial Hall, which threatened their own positions, yet they did not dare move lightly. They could only adopt an indirect strategy, cutting off the Lin Family wing to weaken Mad Saber Martial Hall's influence in Qingyang Town.

"Brother Zhentian, I trust you've been well."

A stiff, ugly smile appeared on Luo Cheng's rigid face as he cupped his hands toward Lin Zhentian in greeting.

He had already learned from Wu Yun about how Lin Chen and Lin Dong had shone brilliantly at the earlier Trading Fair. Knowing that this Lin Family he had drawn to his side might very well rise into a great family on the same scale as the Lei Family, he did not dare show the slightest neglect.

Although Luo Cheng looked like a fierce brute who would kill gods if gods stood in his way, he also knew very well that under the joint strangling pressure of the Lei Family and Xie Family, the seemingly mighty Mad Saber Martial Hall could not truly withstand them.

Only by winning over the Lin Family could they gain a foothold in Qingyang Town.

Seeing the Lin Family grow stronger naturally pleased him greatly, and he could also breathe a little easier under the pressure brought by the Lei Family and Xie Family.

"Brother Luo, your strength has improved again. It seems the Core Formation Stage is just around the corner, and dealing with this chaos is also just around the corner!"

After sensing the change in Luo Cheng's aura, Lin Zhentian also smiled and offered his congratulations.

He did not conceal the close relationship between the Lin Family and Mad Saber Martial Hall in the slightest. In fact, those words just now had been said deliberately, precisely to make those two old fellows, Lei Bao and Xie Qian, feel stifled inside.

"Well, that is hard to say, hard to say."

Luo Cheng waved his hand modestly, then turned his head to look at Lin Chen and Lin Dong. These two rising stars who had emerged from the Lin Family's Clan Tournament had recently drawn nearly all of Qingyang Town's attention.

"This is the child Brother Zhentian took in back then? He's grown so big. His performance at the Trading Fair a few days ago was truly outstanding."

Those words of praise made Lin Zhentian very happy.

"Brother Luo, how could he compare to Wu Yun?"

"If only that were really possible."

Luo Cheng shook his head, then called over the saber-carrying youth behind him, Wu Yun, and instructed him:

"Wu Yun, from now on, follow your Brother Lin Chen and cultivate properly. I imagine your future achievements will still be quite impressive."

If he stayed in Qingyang Town, the highest realm he could see was only the Core Formation Stage. How laughable was that?

Luo Cheng did not want Wu Yun to end up with the Heavenly Yuan Stage as his final destination, nor did he want him to be unable to even touch the threshold of the Core Formation Stage.

People, after all, always had to climb toward higher peaks and walk toward farther places.

"Heh heh, that's a must!"

Wu Yun had known about this long ago. At that moment, his eyes shone as he looked toward Lin Chen and waved in greeting.

"Brother Lin, shall we find a time to spar another day?"

When Luo Cheng heard that, he smacked Wu Yun over the head with one palm.

What the hell?

That was not what he meant. He had not told him to go fight!

"Sorry, let me try that again."

Wu Yun shrank his neck and gave an awkward laugh, then said to Lin Chen:

"When you have time, let's get together more."

That way, he probably would not get beaten, right?

Seeing this, Lin Chen could not help but smile and nod. "Sure."

Who would have thought that Wu Yun, a martial arts fanatic, had this side to him too?

"Lin Chen, in this hunting event, I have high hopes for you."

Luo Cheng looked at Lin Chen. That somewhat ugly smile appeared on his face, but his sincerity could be felt.

Lin Chen cupped his hands. "Thank you for your praise, Hall Master. I will definitely work hard!"

After exchanging pleasantries with the Lin Family, Luo Cheng and the others also took their seats.

As for the so-called Lei Family and Xie Family, with Mad Saber Martial Hall's hall master Luo Cheng's personality, if anyone wanted him to go greet others, he would draw his long saber the next second and put it against the other party's neck.

The Lei Family was still Qingyang Town's number-one faction, after all. With a false smile on his face, Lei Family patriarch Lei Bao, after confirming that the many factions had arrived, immediately stood on the upper seats of the Grand Stage and briefly announced:

"According to the rules of previous hunting events, as long as you collect ten Identity Tokens, you may ascend the Grand Stage and participate in the final matches. Now, all contestants have already received your own Identity Tokens. Enter Beast Horn Arena now and begin the hunt at once!"

In the dense forest, Lin Chen looked around and could faintly hear the roar of a fierce tiger nearby.

The hunters from the various factions had all been shuffled out of order and were not traveling together.

Lin Chen planned to find Lin Dong and Lin Xia first. The more important of the two was the latter; even though her strength had improved quite a bit during this period...

She still was not strong enough to face the Lin Family's enemies, the Lei Family and the Xie Family.

Just as Lei Li had threatened earlier, this forest was vast, with countless wild beasts inside it, and there might even be powerful Demonic Beasts that had wandered out from the Boundless Mountain Range.

If that happened, it would be perfectly normal for contestants to die.

Such incidents had occurred in previous Qingyang Town Hunting Events.

Even if the deceased's family was furious and suspected that someone had deliberately committed murder, there was nothing they could do.

Under pressure from the other family factions, they could only leave in resentment.

The Hunting Event was not just about hunting beasts. It was also about hunting people!

The family factions that survived in Qingyang Town relied on hunting events like this to contend openly and scheme in secret.

Relying solely on top-level foundations like Heavenly Yuan Stage experts to decide a winner was simply too difficult.

So many matters were left to this Hunting Event.

In a sense, they used this event to achieve certain goals of their own.

For example, the Lei Family and the Xie Family wanted revenge on Lin Chen.

Then they could seize this chance to kill him in the forest, throw him beside a wild beast, and in the end it could only be deemed an accident.

It was cruel, but this was reality!

As Lin Chen advanced, he discovered that the surrounding forest had actually grown much quieter.

There was only one possibility for such an abnormal situation.

Either there was an extremely powerful wild beast nearby, watching hungrily from the shadows.

Or someone had already cleared the area in advance and was lying in ambush at the side, waiting for some unlucky fool to appear.

If he had guessed correctly...

Lin Chen released his Spiritual Power, probing into the dense, luxuriant forest nearby. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly, and he walked toward a certain spot.

In the process, he made no sound at all, arriving at his destination like a ghost.

On the ground, three sturdy, dark-skinned youths were lying prone, carefully concealing themselves to avoid being discovered.

And during this time, they were also subconsciously whispering among themselves.

The gist was: why had no one come yet? If they kept lying here in ambush and failed to catch anyone, there was no way they would make it into the top ten and compete for the championship.

Clearly, it was their first time playing dirty, and they did not have enough patience.

Faced with rookies like this, Lin Chen could only drift lightly to their side and say in a faint, eerie voice:

"I think it'd be faster if you just handed over your Identity Tokens. That way, you can go straight to the Grand Stage and wait for me to take the championship."