The Unparalleled Sword Emperor Chapter 3218 - 3193: The Zhao Family’s Challenge!

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Previously on The Unparalleled Sword Emperor...
Lin Bai learned about Longhe County's vast territory and the power structures within it, including the Governor's Mansion, Four Great Families, and Four Major Sects. He discovered the "Holy Blood Pill" is ideal for his cultivation but prohibitively expensive. With no suitable demon beasts to hunt, Lin Bai planned to inquire about refining the pill himself. However, upon trying to contact Zhang Zhengqing, he found himself ignored and learned the Zhang family was engaged in a martial arts competition against the Zhao family and Chaotic Heaven Sect, with the Zhang family already losing ground.

The two prominent families of Thousand Leaves City both have some degree of background support from the Great Sects.

For instance, behind the Zhao Family stands the Chaotic Heaven Sect, one of the Four Major Sects of Longhe County.

And behind the Zhang Family stands Jian Lake.

However, now that Jian Lake has been eradicated, the Zhang Family, which depended on it, naturally lost its backing. The Zhao Family now wants to seize the opportunity to severely suppress the Zhang Family’s arrogance.

Especially in the past six months, the Zhao Family has been getting an inch and taking a mile, aggressively seizing the Zhang Family’s territories, relying on the support of the Chaotic Heaven Sect, the Zhao Family is completely fearless towards the current Zhang Family.

A blue-robed Sword Cultivator on stage strikes the opponent with a sword, sending them flying off the Martial Arts Stage, vomiting blood.

On either side of the Martial Arts Competition Arena, the strong ones from the Zhang Family and Zhao Family are seated.

On the Zhang Family’s side, they are mainly led by the youth generation headed by Zhang Zhengqing.

Whereas on the Zhao Family’s side, they are led by the youth generation represented by Zhao Zhou.

As for the strong ones from the two families and the experts from the Chaotic Heaven Sect, they are spectators, drinking and laughing as they watch the younger generation spar.

They naturally won’t take action; if the strong ones within the families were to take action, it would lead to a fierce battle, potentially sparking an all-out conflict between the two families within Thousand Leaves City.

Thus, most of the time, only the younger generation can take action.

Like now, although the experts from the Zhang Family and Zhao Family are casually chatting at the top, the sight of Zhang Family’s youth being crushed so badly leaves Zhangtian Ye and others feeling displeased, whereas the experts from the Zhao Family are beaming with smiles.

"Hahaha, Zhang Zhengqing, it seems your Zhang Family’s warriors have made little progress these past two years. They’ve all been defeated continuously; do you have any other warriors to send on stage, or would you like to go up yourself?" Zhao Zhou, the Eldest Young Master of the Zhao Family, burst into laughter upon seeing his family’s warrior defeat the younger generation of the Zhang Family.

At this moment, Zhao Zhou looks at Zhang Zhengqing with a face full of pride.

Zhang Zhengqing, along with other young warriors from the Zhang Family, sits together with extremely gloomy expressions.

Especially now within the Zhang Family’s Martial Arts Competition Arena, the Zhao Family has come for a spar, clearly intending to stir trouble.

Furthermore, with tens of thousands of Zhang Family warriors watching, if the Zhang Family were truly to suffer a crushing defeat, it would likely cause the family’s morale to drastically drop.

Several young men sitting beside Zhang Zhengqing quietly said, "Cousin, the Zhao Family has clearly come prepared. Today’s sparring warriors are all Zhao Family talents, and Zhao Zhou hasn’t even taken action yet. Just Zhao Yang alone has already won four consecutive matches."

Another young man said, "Cousin, Zhang Yang is not weak. He is one of the top strong ones among the Zhao Family’s younger generation. Over the years, he has been cultivating within the Chaotic Heaven Sect and has become a core disciple, practicing the sect’s ultimate techniques, making his strength increase significantly. It’s understandable that our Zhang Family warriors can’t match him!"

The blue-robed Sword Cultivator standing on the Martial Arts Stage is Zhao Yang.

This person has quite a reputation within Thousand Leaves City and is a rare genius within the Zhao Family.

Especially in the recent years after joining the Chaotic Heaven Sect and becoming a core disciple, Zhao Yang’s cultivation of the sect’s ultimate techniques has greatly enhanced his strength, coupled with his cultivation at the First Level of the Wending Realm, there is almost no one among the youth of the same realm who can consistently defeat him.

Zhang Zhengqing shook his head and said, "Let’s set that aside for now. Since at the banquet, the seniors from the two families and the Chaotic Heaven Sect all agreed to a martial arts competition to liven things up, even if our Zhang Family loses today, it must not be in such a humiliating way!"

"Among you, who has the absolute confidence to defeat Zhao Yang?"

Zhang Zhengqing checks with the young men and women by his side, the outstanding ones among the Zhang Family’s young generation.

Upon hearing Zhang Zhengqing’s words, everyone lowered their heads in silence.

Zhang Zhengqing said helplessly, "It seems I’ll have to go up myself."

At that moment, another warrior said, "Cousin, let me go instead, Zhao Zhou hasn’t taken action yet; it’s not time for you to enter the stage!"

"Let me give it a try!"

Zhang Zhengqing turned to look and nodded, "Alright, Zhang Tian, be extra careful."

The warrior named Zhang Tian immediately leaped to the Martial Arts Stage and said to Zhao Yang, "Zhao Yang, long time no see!"

Zhao Yang disdainfully flicked his sword and said, "Enough with the nonsense, make your move. I’m not interested in talking trash with a loser."

"You!" Zhang Tian was furious, immediately taking out a longsword from his Storage Bag, attacking Zhao Yang.

On the Martial Arts Stage, the two engage in fierce combat for hundreds of rounds, ultimately Zhang Tian is defeated by Zhao Yang with one strike, landing embarrassed on the stage.

"Ah? We lost again!"

"Could it be that we won’t win a single match today?"

"Zhao Yang has been learning at the Chaotic Heaven Sect for years; we never realized he was this fierce. Even Zhang Tian couldn’t withstand him."

Many of the Zhang Family warriors surrounding the area said in disappointment.

"Hmm?" At this moment, Lin Bai furrows his brows, looking at Zhao Yang on the Martial Arts Stage, his eyes flashing in surprise as he said, "What was that earlier? It seemed as though there was a force within Zhao Yang that doesn’t belong to him; it appears that this force is what allowed him to defeat Zhang Tian!"

"Moreover, if his strength was truly profound, he wouldn’t have struggled for hundreds of rounds before defeating Zhang Tian!"

Lin Bai felt it somewhat strange.

Immediately, the Zhang Family sent another warrior to face Zhao Yang.

And this battle, unsurprisingly, was won by Zhao Yang.

The Zhang Family lost five consecutive matches!

This caused all the Zhang Family warriors’ moods to plunge to rock bottom.

"It happened again! Why does it only appear after three hundred rounds, the force that isn’t his?" Lin Bai was puzzled as he immediately looked at Zhang Zhengqing, seeing Zhang Zhengqing’s face looking extremely sour, clenching his teeth, and fists, glaring at the unceasingly laughing Zhao Zhou.

Lin Bai sighed softly and squeezed through the crowded audience to come not far behind Zhang Zhengqing.

"Brother Zhang, Brother Zhang!"

Given that the Zhang Family warriors’ mood was low, the entire Martial Arts Competition Arena was silent, so Zhang Zhengqing clearly heard Lin Bai’s voice.

Zhang Zhengqing turned around to look and saw Lin Bai, saying, "Brother Lin, sorry, I can’t help you retrieve the books from the Scripture Storage Pavilion today. Leave me a list, and I’ll send the books to you tomorrow!"

"Those are minor matters." Lin Bai smiled and shook his head, saying to Zhang Zhengqing, "Brother Zhang, if your Zhang Family warriors want to defeat Zhao Yang, you must do so within three hundred rounds!"

Upon hearing Lin Bai’s words, Zhang Zhengqing and the surrounding Zhang Family warriors were stunned. Zhang Zhengqing asked bewildered, "Why?"

Lin Bai said, "Because after three hundred rounds, a force will emerge within him that doesn’t belong to him, at which point his Sword Skill becomes particularly profound and sharp, his overall strength after three hundred rounds will increase by at least double."

"If you wish to defeat him, you must act swiftly!"

Lin Bai instructed Zhang Zhengqing.