In truth, Chen Mu did not care about the situation in Thousand Lakes City. He only wanted to find the Devil Woman.
According to the plan, now that he had obtained a Tournament Entry Pass, all he needed to do was compete in the Elite Tournament. Chen Mu and his companions took over the Xiong Family's former rooms at the Victoria Hotel. No one would-or dared to-refuse lodging to a Card Adept that powerful.
The tournament began tomorrow, making this undoubtedly the fiercest period of competition for Tournament Entry Passes. Almost every half hour, word came that someone else had been challenged. Chen Mu had prepared himself for challengers, but to his surprise, time ticked away without a single one appearing.
Thousand Lakes City was in an uproar. As the final deadline approached, the struggle for Elite Tournament Entry Passes reached a white-hot intensity, while Cang Lan's sudden arrival threw Frostmoon Cold Isle's arrangements into disarray. Although Cang Lan had come alone, Frostmoon Cold Isle not only dared not strike at him in secret, but had to do everything possible to protect him. The Underworld Coalition of Northwatch Continent watched like tigers eyeing their prey, putting tremendous pressure on Frostmoon Cold Isle. Add the overt and covert struggles between the various factions, along with those fanning the flames in secret to fish in troubled waters, and "chaos" hardly began to describe it.
Even Bagnell, when speaking with Chen Mu, said they had shot down another three Card Adepts that day who had tried to approach.
Thousand Lakes City was now an extremely unstable powder keg.
Amid this instability, the Elite Tournament's main competition officially opened. Compared with the delicate relationships between the various factions, the public was much more interested in a major event like the Elite Tournament. They worshipped