Chapter 0461: The Arena Champion

Chapter 0461: The Arena Champion

The man in white was stunned. He never expected anyone to be so bold in front of him, especially since he was from Spirit Wasteland. People in Wuhuang Town could only look up to them!

The crowd gasped at the audacity of someone confronting the man in white.

Hong Yan and Murong Daren knew that Qin Yun would not stand idly by.

"Send me to hell? Big talk!" The man in white sneered.

Qin Yun ignored the man in white and turned to the old woman, saying, "Auntie, I’ll buy all your fruits."

The old woman, terrified but grateful, quickly handed over the fruits to Qin Yun.

There were thirty fruits in total, amounting to sixty thousand purple crystal coins.

The man in white’s face turned ice-cold, as Qin Yun was clearly provoking him.

Qin Yun bit into a Thunder Spirit Fruit and mocked, "I never thought someone from Spirit Wasteland would stoop to stealing fruit on the street! Since you’re so poor, I’ll give you one!"

With that, he tossed a fruit to the ground and looked at the tiger, saying, "Your master’s so broke he has to steal fruit. Pathetic!"

The crowd had seen people courting death, but never someone so eager to die.

"You’re young, but you’re already tired of living!" The man in white’s voice was filled with rage. He smashed the Thunder Spirit Fruit on the ground into pieces.

Then, he swung his sword at Qin Yun!

Qin Yun sidestepped and coldly said, "If you’re not gonna eat it, why smash it? Pay me twenty thousand purple crystal coins!"

The man in white’s sword was fast, but Qin Yun dodged it easily, showing his skill.

Just as the man in white was about to escalate the fight, an elder suddenly appeared, "Private fights are forbidden in Wuhuang Town. If you have grievances, settle them outside the town in a life-and-death battle!"

"Elder, this guy’s from Spirit Wasteland—a real thug. He won’t listen to you!" Qin Yun sneered.

Hearing this, the man in white roared, leaped off the tiger, and his sword blazed with a blinding white light, the energy menacing.

The elder from Qiwen Pavilion, a ninth-level martial realm expert, snorted and flew over, striking the sword with his palm.

At that moment, a middle-aged man appeared on a rooftop nearby, shouting, "Zhao Jingyu, keep this up, and I’ll kick you out of town!"

Hearing the middle-aged man, Zhao Jingyu reluctantly backed off and landed on the tiger.

"Don’t run! You owe me twenty thousand purple crystal coins for that fruit!" Qin Yun shouted coldly.

The elder from Qiwen Pavilion asked, "Qin Yun, what’s going on? Why the fight?"

The crowd watching from a distance buzzed in astonishment.

When they realized it was Qin Yun, it made sense.

Everyone knew Qin Yun’s reputation—he was the one who dared to kill bloodline warriors and Totem warriors, unafraid of bloodline families and the Totem Pavilion.

Only Qin Yun would dare to oppose such powerful forces!

"This guy was stealing spirit fruit! When the owner refused, he tried to kill her!" Qin Yun sneered. "I thought Spirit Wasteland folks would be classier. Turns out, they’re just like Wuhuang’s spoiled brats! Nothing to fear from them!"

The middle-aged man on the rooftop was clearly from Spirit Wasteland. Being so despised by people from Wuhuang, they felt deeply humiliated.

Zhao Jingyu's eyes burned with fury, his face filled with murderous intent, and the sword in his hand quivered, poised to strike at any second!

"I’ll end you!" he roared, thrusting his sword forward!

The middle-aged man darted over, quickly seizing the thrusting sword, and shouted angrily at Zhao Jingyu, "You think I won’t kick you out of the city right now?"

Qin Yun chuckled, "You just said that if he acts out again, you’d expel him from the city, but now? You’re just bluffing, and he knows it, so he’s not scared of you!"

The middle-aged man was fuming. Their sect from the Spirit Wasteland had arrived, and even the elders of the royal sects treated them with respect, but this punk looked down on them.

Of course, he also knew that Zhao Jingyu was in the wrong first!

"You’re on my list!" Zhao Jingyu glared at Qin Yun angrily, then spurred the tiger into a gallop.

Qin Yun took a bite of the Thunder Spirit Fruit and walked towards Hong Yan and Murong Daren, then left with them.

Zhao Jingyu hurriedly checked the tiger, not knowing what had happened, only assuming that the Puppet Beast had suddenly malfunctioned.

He stored the tiger in his storage artifact and, filled with anger, stormed off towards Runes Villa.

The middle-aged man and the elder from Runes Villa shared a knowing look, clearly thinking Qin Yun had pulled something, but they couldn’t figure it out and had to let it go.

...

At a hotel, Murong Daren and Hong Yan were happily knocking back drinks, toasting their latest win.

Hong Yan said, "Brother Yun, Zhao Jingyu’s a champion!"

"A champion? What’s that?" Qin Yun asked curiously.

"The Martial Ancient City opening and the Spirit Wasteland crew showing up isn’t a coincidence!" Hong Yan explained, "Those champions are disciples from the Spirit Wasteland. In Runes Villa, there are seven arenas, each led by a champion. Three months later, the seven champions will be able to enter the Ancient Garden, and the passes come from Runes Villa!"

"Isn’t it said that the Ancient Garden only opens once every thousand years?" Qin Yun also knew that Runes Villa and other forces were frantically searching for the Yang Spirit inside.

"Beats me, but it’s open again, with a total of seven spots!" Hong Yan drank and said, "Brother Yun, if you still want to enter, you can take on a champion and give that guy a beating!"

Murong Daren laughed, "Zhao Jingyu is the champion of the seventh arena, and the weakest one! Taking him on is a guaranteed win, and you can become the champion!"

Qin Yun quickly asked, "How can I challenge him? There must be some conditions, right?"

"You need a ton of Purple Crystal Coins to bid for the challenge spot, with an auction every five days! The highest bidder can challenge the champion five days later!"

Hong Yan cursed a few times while talking about this, then said, "Participants can only bid once, and whether they get the spot or not, they have to give the bid amount to Runes Villa!"

Qin Yun frowned, "If I bid ten million to participate in the auction, even if I don’t get the spot in the end, I still have to give ten million?"

Murong Daren nodded, "Exactly, Runes Villa is a real scam! Every five days in the evening, there are seven rounds of auctions, each auctioning the challenge qualification for one of the seven arenas!"

"Each round allows only one bid, and the bidding is done by inputting your price into a badge, which is then revealed simultaneously at the end. The highest bidder gets the challenge qualification!"

Qin Yun put down his cup, looked at the sky outside, and said, "Runes Villa is a real scam! It’s almost dark, when does it start? I’ll go buy a challenge qualification tonight!"

Hong Yan laughed, "Brother Yun, if you become a champion and successfully defend your arena, you can also earn Purple Crystal Coins! For example, if someone uses a hundred million to buy the challenge qualification and loses to you, you get fifty million Purple Crystal Coins!"

"Not bad!" Qin Yun smiled. "I'll go buy a challenge qualification tonight and teach Zhao Jingyu a lesson!"

He sipped his wine and asked, "Is Elder Xie coming? With his strength, he should be able to secure a spot as an arena master, right?"

"He should be coming, but I haven't heard any news about his arrival yet," Murong Daren replied.

Hong Yan said, "Let's go; the auction at the Qiwen Hall should be starting soon!"

After paying the bill, they rushed to the Qiwen Hall.

In a spacious hall of the Qiwen Hall, the auction for challenge qualifications was about to begin.

Upon entering, they were given a badge that needed a blood activation. During the auction, participants would input their bids into the badge, which would then transmit the price to a crystal wall on the stage.

At the end, all bids would be displayed publicly, revealing who had offered the highest price.

Qin Yun held the badge, thinking over a fair bid.

The first auction was for the challenge qualification of the seventh arena, where Zhao Jingyu was the arena master!

After some consideration, Qin Yun gripped the badge tightly and channeled his spiritual energy into it, bidding one hundred and fifty million!

He was confident his bid was high enough.

Half an hour later, an elder on the stage announced, "The highest bid is two hundred and eighty million, won by Yun Peixiao! All participants, please come to the stage to pay your Purple Crystal Coins!"

Qin Yun swore under his breath. Since this was the first auction, no one had a clear idea of the market, and he hadn't expected someone to bid so high.

Muttering under his breath, he stepped onto the stage and paid one hundred and fifty million. He scanned the crystal wall, noticing many bids around one to two hundred million, and realized many had been outbid.

Participants were mostly from major sects or noble families, with disciples from noble families bidding the most aggressively, all above two hundred million!

In just the first round, the Qiwen Hall had made a huge profit, leaving Qin Yun green with envy.

The allure of the Ancient Garden was too strong, and many were willing to pay a fortune to enter.

Rumors said that anyone who entered the Ancient Garden would inevitably become a Martial King, and this alone drove many to spend vast amounts of Purple Crystal Coins.

Qin Yun's target was Zhao Jingyu, so he’d have to wait five days for the next auction.

The auction for the sixth arena began, and Qin Yun wanted to see how the prices would fare.

The hall was packed with thousands of martial artists, and the chatter was overwhelming as everyone speculated on the final price for the sixth arena.

Soon, the prices were announced!

"The highest bid is three hundred and thirty million! The challenge qualification for the sixth arena goes to Xie Wufeng!" an elder shouted.

Qin Yun and Murong Daren were both surprised and delighted. Xie Wufeng had indeed arrived and was right there in the hall!