Meanwhile, news of the Your Highness Sixty-Four's challenge to Lianxin had already spread throughout the Profound Domain.
Countless people are watching this ongoing and seemingly endless struggle.
Winning or losing is no longer the most important thing.
Everyone just wanted to know: would Lianxin participate in the battle this time?
Or perhaps...
Are they still pretending to be deaf and dumb, and afraid to fight, just like before?
Nobody knows the answer.
Everyone is waiting.
The day will come when the Your Highness Sixty-Four challenges us to a duel.
At that time...
No need for further explanation; the answer is self-evident.
A few days passed in the blink of an eye.
The appointed time for the duel has arrived, and everyone has gathered once again.
It was still those powerful figures protecting them, hidden in the air; it was still that battle platform; and it was still that Your Highness Sixty-Four.
Cultivators from numerous Ancient Alliance and Profound Alliance gathered from all directions, stirring up clouds of yellow sand, which was then dispersed by the powerful figures with a wave of their hands, revealing the mottled platform and the Your Highness Sixty-Four, who looked down upon Human Race from a high vantage point.
Just like last time, the Your Highness Sixty-Four arrived early, his crimson eyes scanning the Human Race, searching for someone who resembled the " Lianxin " he had imagined.
Unfortunately...
Last time, Ming Shou stepped onto the platform and fought against the Your Highness Sixty-Four. This time, however, there was no one who was unsure of his own strength. From the time the Your Highness Sixty-Four arrived and stood on the platform until now, less than an hour before the agreed time, Lianxin still hadn't appeared.
No one else went on stage to challenge the Your Highness Sixty-Four.
It's a good thing that no one is humiliating themselves anymore, but the Human Race cultivators felt a mix of emotions.
Time ticked by, and the appointed time for the duel drew ever closer, yet the expected person still hadn't appeared, causing a sudden unease to set in among the many cultivators.
This is the second time. Is Lianxin still not coming?
Most of the Profound Alliance cultivators who come here are people who admire Lianxin.
The top-ranked genius on the Earth Ranking crushed the members of the Ancient Alliance, killed the Your Highness Sixty-Five, and greatly brought them honor.
They longed for and hoped that Lianxin would step forward at this moment and decisively defeat the arrogant Your Highness Sixty-Four of the Alien Race.
This is not only a slap in the face to the Alien Race, but also a slap in the face to those ignorant Ancient Alliance cultivators.
During this period, the conflict between the Profound Alliance and the Ancient Alliance did not escalate, but verbal disputes increased.
On one side was the Ancient Alliance, spreading rumors and mocking, claiming that Lianxin must have used underhanded methods to kill the Your Highness Sixty-Five; on the other side, the Profound Alliance was also getting angry. The more offensive the Ancient Alliance's words were, the more they praised Lianxin and would not tolerate the Ancient Alliance's arrogance.
But they knew it in their hearts too.
As long as Lianxin does not fight, this rumor will not disappear.
As time goes by, rumors amplified by malicious individuals will not disappear slowly; instead, they will settle like a bottle of wine, until they are eventually accepted as fact by everyone.
Their vehement arguments were no match for the Ancient Alliance's question, "Where has your Lianxin gone?"
Lianxin still hasn't appeared; on the vast platform, only the figure of the Your Highness Sixty-Four remains.
Even the Profound Alliance cultivators who had always supported Lianxin began to waver and become uncertain at this moment.
Could it be...?
Those people from the Ancient Alliance were right, weren't they...?
Lianxin it really as they say...?
The Profound Alliance cultivators remained silent.
The Ancient Alliance cultivators, however, would not let go of this good opportunity to mock them.
"I've already told you, that Lianxin must have used some shady methods, but you didn't believe me. Now you should believe me, right?"
"There's no way she'd show up. Tsk tsk, if she did, wouldn't we be exposed?"
"Wake up, you lot! Relying on a cultivator who's hiding his true identity and might not even be using his real name is less reliable than hoping for the emergence of some of the most outstanding talents in our Ancient Alliance, so that we can leave the Ancient Realm as soon as possible."
Originally, even if the Profound Alliance cultivators didn't resort to violence, they would have at least retorted in response to these taunts. But now, everyone's faces were grim, and they remained silent.
Among the Ancient Alliance cultivators, one person remained silent.
Today, Ming Shou, dressed in an indigo robe, kept his mouth tightly shut, his eyes filled with indescribable disappointment.
His second visit here was not to challenge the Your Highness Sixty-Four again, but rather because he thought that perhaps this time he would have the opportunity to witness Lianxin's battle against the Your Highness Sixty-Four.
Unfortunately, the time was almost up, and the person he was waiting for still hadn't arrived.
Thinking about it, Ming Shou couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly.
never mind.
What on earth was he thinking?
He had personally experienced the power of Alien Race royalty; even he had been defeated in a single move. So what could Lianxin do even if she came?
It's just adding another defeat to the Human Race.
Is it possible that Lianxin might defeat the Your Highness Sixty-Four?
This thought existed in Ming Shou's mind for only a moment before he erased it with his own hands.
How could there possibly be such a genius within the Profound Alliance?
He's overthinking things.
"Hiss!"
"That is..."
"Is that because...?"
At that moment, the sudden shouts of those around him brought Ming Shou back to his senses. His eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something, and he abruptly looked up at the platform.
There, a young girl dressed in a purple brocade dress appeared at some unknown time and silently stepped onto the platform.
She was none other than Qu Youmeng, who had come here to fight on behalf of Su Lianxin.
However, the others did not recognize her. Their gazes toward her were filled with speculation, scrutiny, and an indescribable excitement.
Could this be...?
The Your Highness Sixty-Four, who was on the platform, slowly opened his eyes, straightened his body, and looked at the girl in front of him.
"You've finally arrived."
He sneered, "I thought you were planning to stay hidden forever."
Clearly, the Your Highness Sixty-Four directly mistook Qu Youmeng for Su Lianxin.
After all, almost no one present had ever seen " Lianxin," who only existed on the War Merit Ranking; they could only judge from the name that she must be a woman.
Seeing a strange woman stepping onto the stage to accept the challenge, everyone naturally assumed she was Lianxin, the number one on the Earth Ranking.
Just as the Ancient Alliance cultivators were surprised and the Profound Alliance cultivators were extremely excited, the purple-clad girl raised her eyebrows slightly and smiled faintly after hearing the Your Highness Sixty-Four's words.
However, what she said next was a bucket of cold water poured on the heads of countless Profound Alliance cultivators who supported Lianxin.
"I'm sorry, I am not the Lianxin you challenged."
"Um?"
Upon hearing this, the Your Highness Sixty-Four frowned.
Judging from the girl's imposing manner, he thought it was Lianxin, the one who had killed his sixty-fifth brother.
Surprisingly, it wasn't like that at all.
A flicker of disappointment quickly crossed the eyes of the Your Highness Sixty-Four.
Many Ancient Alliance cultivators and Profound Alliance cultivators around them were in the same boat.
After all that, they thought Lianxin had really come, but it turned out they were just getting their Lianxin up for nothing...
"But..."
Qu Youmeng didn't care about the joys and sorrows of others. She looked directly at the Your Highness Sixty-Four and slowly spoke.
" Lianxin is my senior sister."
These words once again made everyone prick up their ears.
"Oh?"
The Your Highness Sixty-Four slightly raised his chin and let out a cold laugh through his nose.
"I didn't challenge you, I challenged your senior sister. What? She's too scared to come?"
Qu Youmeng shook her head.
Throughout, she remained calm, appearing as if she had no temper at all.
But what happened next surprised everyone; her words were so arrogant that they left everyone speechless.
The girl in purple on the platform glanced disdainfully at the Your Highness Sixty-Five.
"It's not that I'm afraid, but... I want to challenge my senior sister. To be honest, you..."
"Not worthy!"