Volume Four: Buddha Saves No One; Only I, the Demon, Shall Save Them - Luring the Snake from Its Hole (Part One)

Cheers crashed like a mountain into the sea. Luo Qian felt a little smug. Look at the crew I've raised. Such booming voices, such powerful lungs—even a Premier League stadium at its most hostile couldn't do better, could it?

The Gengluo Lin Family's scout had already raced back to report what was happening. The family head's expression changed when he heard. "Impossible!" he blurted. He hurried into the crowd of his people and, shielded by them, found a slight figure whose face was veiled in black. "They've caught up. What do we do?"

"How is that possible? Doesn't your Lin Household call itself the foremost mining clan in the Immortal Realm? If you still lose to them under these circumstances, you'd better kill yourselves in atonement!" The voice was lovely, but it cut past the family head's ear like a bitter midwinter wind, making him shudder. He glanced at the judges on the field and whispered, "Could we perhaps..." The figure shook her head in displeasure. "I regret choosing you. Never mind. Things have come this far; one way or another, I'll make sure you win." "Thank you, Second Elder... Oh, no. Thank you, family head." "Hmph..."

Luo Qian suddenly sensed something was wrong. After a moment, he realized that the crewman who had been running back and forth between the two sides had not returned in some time. He called Xiao Xiangzi over. "Send someone to see why our man hasn't come back." An uneasy premonition stirred in him, and he added, "Be careful!"

Xiao Xiangzi sent a capable bodyguard. Before long, the man returned in a fury. "Boss, come and see! They've gone too far. Two judges are standing there with their hands behind their backs, watching seven or eight Lin men mine together..." Xiao Xiangzi flew into