A 100 Billion Bounty!

Under the raging snow-and-ice domain unleashed by Li Long, both sides locked in fierce battle felt as if a bucket of cold water had been dumped over them, snapping them several degrees back to clarity.

"What's going on?" someone asked.

"Big trouble—Li Long's own younger brother Li Hu was punched to death by a Sky Grade martial artist from Thunder Star Mountain!" a voice whispered back.

"Now that's some juicy gossip. Wasn't it agreed that during the Blood Trial, battles between major powers wouldn't target core disciples and core elites? How did Li Hu get killed?" the first speaker said, a hint of excitement in his tone.

"Who knows? We're on Blood Sun City and Nine Spirits Society's side anyway—just sit back and watch the show." The latter sounded almost gleeful.

"I've got a little suggestion. Once Li Long blows his top, we take the chance to land a few cheap shots. Maybe this time we can scrape together enough battle suits!" the first speaker suddenly thought of something and whispered to his companion.

"Great idea. Thunder Star Mountain is about to get hammered. Even if we don't try to cash in, we should still cut down a few more to ease the competition for ourselves."

Just as the Thunder Star Mountain trial takers were gripped by fear and the Nine Spirits Society side was itching to move...

"Everyone hear my order: prioritize killing Thunder Star Mountain trial takers. Kill an Earth Grade elite—reward ten million Cosmic Crystals. Kill a Sky Grade elite—reward one hundred million. Whoever kills Kadi gets one hundred billion. And the one who dared kill my brother—whoever captures him alive gets another one hundred billion bounty."

"Kill as you please. I'll take responsibility for everything!"

Li Long's domineering voice rang out across the land, clear for all to hear.

"Li Long, you wouldn't dare!" Leo roared.

He, Leo, could ignore the rest, but Kadi was a Special Elite of Thunder Star Mountain. Though Kadi wasn't born into Thunder Star Mountain's Imperial Clan, he was still a rare genius among the outer clans.

Li Long was clearly demanding that everyone from Thunder Star Mountain be buried alongside his brother Li Hu!

"Hmph, you broke the rules first, so don't blame me! Not only will I kill them, but you won't fare any better either."

Li Long charged in again with his long spear, driving Leo back step by step.

Only this time, Li Long's goal was clearly to kill Kadi, while Leo resolutely stood in front of Kadi, weathering Li Long's fiercest assault.

The situation looked similar to before, but the intent had shifted drastically.

"Li Long, who do you think you are, thinking you can kill me?"

Kadi resembled a pangolin, over two meters long, with shimmering brown scales on his body, wrapped in a pale yellow domain. His small, round eyes revealed a hint of madness.

"This is a desert—it'll severely weaken your ice domain's power. I've also broken through to Sky Grade Tier Two. In this terrain, my domain matches a Second Layer domain. You don't have much advantage in domain, just one tier higher in internal energy. You can't kill me!"

Kadi roared wildly, using his domain's power to push his strength to the limit. Going further would require burning his soul.

Indeed, after Kadi's explosive surge in power, with Leo and Cang Ge coordinating, Li Long struggled to make significant headway in the short term.

But on another battlefield, the trial takers from Blood Sun City and Nine Spirits Society went berserk, all charging madly to kill that Sky Grade martial artist from Thunder Star Mountain.

As the saying goes, heavy rewards bring bold takers. If it were just petty cash, even tens of millions of Cosmic Crystals wouldn't excite these trial takers much.

But a bounty of one hundred billion—anyone would covet that. Even most Domain Lords would struggle to cough up that kind of money!

If Li Long hadn't ordered the man captured alive, he'd already be dead.

"Don't steal it—that's mine!"

"Bastard, who broke my Telekinetic Weapon, the Golden Silk Net!"

"Damn it, I almost had him!"

A group of Prison Clan members were like wolves starved for days, eyeing that man as if he were a huge, fragrant piece of roasted meat—each one desperate to claim him.

Just then, Wu Sheng let out a long howl, dashing to the front of the crowd, his eyes sweeping wildly with red light.

At first, many ignored him, thinking it was just some reckless Earth Grade Tier Nine elite unable to resist temptation, charging in to snatch a bargain.

But as those struck by the red light froze in place one after another, the crowd finally reacted.

"Damn, he's an illusionist!"

"So powerful—one soul sweep, and even those Sky Grade elites can't hold out!"

"Don't mention Sky Grade martial artists—even those Sky Grade psychics can't resist. How is that possible!"

Everyone was stunned again as they watched Wu Sheng go on a rampage.

For someone to render Sky Grade elites helpless, it would have to be a Special Elite who had also advanced to Sky Grade and possessed a domain!

Could this short, green-robed youth rival Kadi or Cang Ge?

"Look, he's about to clash with Zhe Luo and Anji! Those two have no souls—they're completely immune to his soul illusions!" someone shouted.

Fortunately, Wu Sheng was well aware of the weakness of illusionists.

Over the years, he had focused on training Soul Confusion and Soul Thorn, but he had also put considerable effort into the control techniques for the Flowing Cloud Needle.

His true strength lay in his willpower. With a Cosmic Level will backing him, even his weakness in using Telekinetic Weapons was only relative to his soul illusions.

Besides, he had an extra advantage.

"Man Gu!"

Wu Sheng bellowed, and a massive black Triceratops came charging in—two huge brow horns on its head, a nose horn on its snout, and a giant bony neck shield behind its skull.

Under Wu Sheng's orders, Man Gu had already been freed from the "Mind Control" brand, initially restored to freedom, though a "Soul Spider" brand had been planted deep in its soul.

Moreover, in terms of realm, thanks to treasures like the Mystic Spirit Fruits that came with Li Hu's spatial ring, Man Gu had broken through all the way to Star Grade first tier.

Now, although he lagged behind Zhe Luo and the others by a full grade in power, relying on his physical advantages, he was still quite confident in temporarily holding Zhe Luo back.

"Croak!"

Bai Yu flew midair, also controlling a green net to temporarily block Anji.

His spiritual telekinesis had also broken through to Star Grade first tier. Though his strength couldn't even compare to Man Gu's, his advantage lay in ranged attacks. Plus, Wu Sheng had only asked him to hold Anji off as best he could, not to fight to the death—so naturally, it was easy.

"Hmph, break for me!"

Flowing Cloud Needle was transformed by Wu Sheng into a thick blue pillar as wide as a forearm, easily knocking back the remaining soulless trial participants and shattering their coordinated assault.

Then Wu Sheng went straight up to the Sky Grade martial artist from Thunder Star Mountain.

"You, what are you doing!"

That Sky Grade martial artist from Thunder Star Mountain wore a grimace. He still had no idea how Li Hu had been killed so easily. But seeing such a ferocious figure charging at him, though he knew escape was impossible, his heart still pounded with fear.

"Tsk tsk, a walking 100 billion! Just like that, it's mine!"

Wu Sheng swept his soul power down, plunging the man directly into an illusion, then quickly took him away from the area.

"Sigh, not even in the same league. Who would've thought a mere Earth Grade ninth tier could have combat power rivaling a Sky Grade first tier Special Elite!"

"With three years left until the trial ends, if he can break through to Sky Grade, he'll probably be second only to Li Long and Leo!"

"Anyway, if he really does break through to Sky Grade, he'll definitely be stronger than Cang Ge and the others!"

"Yeah, I've heard that in every Blood Trial, there are always some monsters. Could it be that in this Trial Ground, not only do we have Li Long and Leo, but now we have to deal with this dark horse too?"

"The more strong people there are, the smaller our chances of breaking through!"

"Being in the same Trial Ground as someone like that, even if we're on the same side, it's still a huge disadvantage!"