Chapter 13

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Juyu inclined her head, and upon looking at the light screen formed of seal characters, shock surfaced in her heart.

Those deep eyes of hers glanced at Shun, only to see that Shun's palms were like the hands of god, unceasingly banging on the war drum. With every blast, the war drum vibrated violently as though it was struck by thunder, causing more seals to manifest in the air.

Juyu furrowed her brows. Her protector knights all made their moves as well, causing the sounds of drum echoes to fill the air. Boundless devil might congregated together, forming an imposing devil sword. The edge of this sword was extremely thin, as though it could even slice through space.

As the sword slashed down, the light screen made of the seals was actually split apart. However, those seals contained a terrifying toughness.

Despite being torn into two, they still radiated a supreme suppressive pressure, fighting back and neutralizing the might from the devil sword.

The protector knights behind Juyu acted at the same time, launching their counter attacks towards Lia. Since Lia wanted to target them, they could only fight back.

In a few short moments, the entire battlefield was drowned in the echoes of the war drums. The first general quietly sat in his war chariot and watched on. He didn't even need to act. The troops behind him were from the strongest regiment here in the Blackstone Valley, an invincible existence.

The second-ranked general Blood Butcher was also standing by and watching the battlefield with a face full of interest.

The third-ranked general glanced at Itsuki beside him and asked, "Should we act to directly kick them out of the battlefield?"

"No rush. My target is his life. Let's allow him to get to the next round." Itsuki spoke.

"Since this is the case, we will do it your way." Zonn spoke. "Tell Lia to stop attacking."

"Yes." Another protector behind him obeyed the order. After that, he bang on his drum, causing a darkness flame dragon to form in an instant which shot towards the direction Lia was at. Lia's countenance turned stiff, her dainty hands then blasted on the surface of her drum as she slew the dragon in a single slash.

"I want him to pass." Zonn spoke, his words causing Lia's expressions to turn unsightly. The third-ranked general Zonn was truly tyrannical. He wanted Shun to pass, hence he told her to stop.

However, to avoid another attack by Zonn, Lia did stop her attacks. She coldly glanced at Shun and Juyu. Her eyes were telling them that they should thanks the gods for their good fortune. Which enabled them to escape this calamity.

At this moment, there was a devil general who was defeated in battle. His war drum shattered as he coughed out blood. This devil general would be the new ranked #28.

"Seems like my rank has risen." Juyu smiled.

Shun cast a glance in the direction of Zonn and Itsuki. He naturally knew that these two weren't helping him. They wanted to play him to death.

They were allowing him to pass this round?

In that case, let's wait and see then.

More and more generals were eliminated. Because the of how domineering the third-ranked general Zonn interfered earlier, no more generals issued a challenge to Juyu. Resulting in the fact that she wasn't in the last fourteen ranks when this round ended.

This time around, the previously ranked #28 Juyu, was now within the top fourteen.

Such an ending actually caused Juyu to feel somewhat ridiculous.

The fourteen generals who were eliminated retreated out from the battlefield.

The devil formation disappeared, leaving the top fourteen generals behind.

Right now, the first general opened his eyes. His gaze swept around the battlefield as he spoke, "Next, the second round will be to select the generals from rank #8 to rank #14. You guys should already know the rules."

"What are the rules?" Shun transmitted his voice to Juyu.

"Chaotic battle." Juyu's expression turned solemn. Being able to enter the first fourteen ranks was because of luck. But for the next round, there were Itsuki and Lia targeting her. Most probably, she wouldn't be able to advance further.

"Chaotic general battle. Protectors will fight protectors and if a protector won, they can remain on the battlefield. But if all protectors under a general lost, the general had to step up on the battlefield, defeating the opposing general and their three protectors. If the general was defeated again, they would be directly eliminated. But of course if the general won, the other party would be eliminated." Juyu explained.

"Does it also mean that if the protectors and their general lost, they would all be eliminated from this round?" Shun asked.

"You can understand it that way." Juyu nodded.

"Since this is the case, wouldn't it be interesting if a protector is stronger than a general?" Shun mused silently.

However, such a situation most probably wouldn't happen usually. If a protector was stronger than a general, they would already have thought of ways to replace that general, how would they still be willing to fight as protectors under someone? Unless, it was those protectors of those top ranking generals. That might still be possible.

For example, for protectors under the first general, it was highly probable that they would be stronger when compared with the generals at the last few ranks. But despite so, they would rather choose to serve under the first general as there would be more benefits. Although their ranks were merely protectors on the surface, their strength wasn't any weaker in comparison to some of the generals.

"Also in this battle, there might be situations where death occurs. If you are overmatched, just admit defeat earlier." Juyu transmitted her voice, reminding Shun.

"Lia, one of your protectors seems to have been chosen on the spur of a moment. I'm afraid it would be disadvantageous to you on the battlefield. If you are willing to spend time with me, I can send one of my protectors to finish off that fellow. How about it?" Situ had a demonic smile on his face as he spoke.

Lia's beautiful eyes glanced at Situ, "Protectors are not generals. The battles in this round are still ultimately decided by the general. Even if my protectors are defeated, I can still participate."

"Juyu, you should know what level your true strength is. This round isn't somewhere you should be in. Tell your protectors to give up on this battle and fuck off immediately." A general didn't mask his disdain and rudely commented. Juyu was the last-ranked general but only climbed up to here due to luck. It should be about time for her to scram.

"I will aid you to become one of the top seven." Shun spoke to Juyu, his words causing Juyu's gaze to freeze for a moment.

After that, she only saw Shun stepping out. When she saw this scene, a smile appeared on her face as she spoke to the other protector beside her, "You should also join him in battle."

"Roger." That person nodded and walked out after Shun.

"Get your protectors to come out." Shun spoke as he stared at Lia.

Lia's expression was glacial. Before this, Shun has already slain one of her protectors. As for her other protectors, they most likely wouldn't be his match.

"You should know how you all managed to pass the previous round. To think that you actually selected me as your first opponent? I will make you regret it." Lia spoke. Two of her protectors walked out, staring at Shun with a heavy expression on their faces.

"BOOM!" Shun's chakra energy frenziedly circulated. A Dark Golden-coloured energy congregated and caused a sword to materialize in his hands. This color was the same color as his chakra currently.

At this moment, Shun shed off all of his low-profile behaviour. The him right now exuded an aura that was tyrannical and extremely sharp.

Since this was a battlefield, he would adopt the attitude of experts on the devil path to suppress his opponents.

"RUMBLE!" A fearsome aura gushed forth. Right now, Shun was extremely strong. Although he was approximately only at the seventh-level of chakra sea, his aura was as mighty as the sky, causing the protectors under Lia to tremble when they felt it. After all, his physical body was already rivaling a chakra king's body.

Heavenly Sword Technique; Second Form: Devastation.

Shun stepped out, moving towards one of his enemy protectors. His sword erupted forth with explosive might. As this strike blasted out, the winds changed, the destructive energy unleashed collapsed everything, like a bloody maw that wanted to devour his target's life.

That protector roared in rage. His entire body was covered with a terrifying blood-colored light. He gathered the entirety of his energy and punched out with fearsome force.

However as the sound of an explosion rang out, the fist light was shattered completely. That terrifying sword exuded an aura of pure devastation, annihilating everything. An instant later, the sword was driven into the body of that protector, killing him instantly.

Lia's countenance changed. Although she knew her protectors had no way to defeat Shun, she didn't expect that they would lose so badly. One couldn't help but to say that her decision back then to use Shun as one of her protectors, was an extremely intelligent one. Sadly, he had a conflict with the protector under the third-ranked general.

Shun brandished his sword and walked towards the other protector. That protector hurriedly retreated and said with a pale face, "I admit defeat."

Leaving aside the overwhelming strength of Shun, he still had another protector beside him. There was basically no chance of victory, he could only admit defeat.

That domineering strike by Shun has defeated the protector of Lia.

Shun was so domineering because he wanted to tell these generals that if they wanted to find trouble, they best be careful. It can also be considered as a reply to that general who told Juyu to scram earlier, wanting her to quit of her own accord.

And if they wanted to eliminate Lia from the round, they first had to deal with her protector knights.

Right now, her protectors were already defeated.

Next, Lia needed to step out for battle.

Lia's countenance was like ice. Her eyes coldly regarded Shun, "Are you filled with unwillingness because I abandoned you? But in the valley, what use is that emotion?"

As she spoke, Lia stepped out. Her entire body shimmered with law energy as devilish might gushed forth from her. Her gaze was sufficient to cause terror in the hearts of those who saw it.

For this battle, Lia needed to challenge the other party's devil general and three protectors. She could choose not to fight Shun and Juyu, but she purposely did so instead.

"Juyu, scram out here." Lia coldly spoke. After that, Juyu similarly entered the battlefield.

For this battle, the loser would be eliminated, becoming the #14 ranked general.

Without a doubt, the probability of defeat for Juyu was much greater.

Lia has been sitting on the #9 ranked for over ten years. How could she be defeated by a last ranked general and a seemingly somewhat powerful protector?

Even if Shun was extremely strong, a protector naturally couldn't be compared to a devil general.

"I'll control her. The two of you will provide support." Juyu spoke to Shun and one other protector.

Shun's eyes flashed when he heard this. After that, he smiled and nodded, "Sure."

"Juyu, the general ranked at the last, are you even worthy to fight against me?" As the sound of Lia's voice faded, sword diagrams manifested and surrounded her, as though merging with her as one. Her body was that of the devil sword, radiating the law energy of both sword and devils.

She didn't continue to glance at Juyu, she turned to Shun and coldly spoke, "Earlier, my combat prowess was limited by channelling my might through the war drums. Right now, as someone who betrayed me, do you think you can still live?"

As she spoke, she stretched out her palm and a tiny devil sword could be seen there. However, given how resplendent it was, shimmering with brilliance, the crowd all felt chills in their hearts when they saw it.