Xiao Juyan quickly arrived in front of the registration counter and was shocked to recognize Shun Long.

Both Xiao Shitou and Lin Wu that were standing behind him, were also staring at Shun Long in disbelief. Xiao Shitou couldn't help but ask

''Are YOU the Shun Long who defeated Lei Pong?''

Shun Long's eyes swept through Xiao Shitou and Lin Wu, but he didn't pay attention to them as his eyes then stared at Xiao Juyan.

Although Xiao Juyan was surprised to see that the person who defeated Lei Pong was the same person that had come in the sect with his brother from the 'Sky Fortune Kingdom' half a year ago, he still didn't take Shun Long seriously as he also turned to look at him and said

''Although you do have the right to challenge me, you do not stand a chance against me. I heard about your fight with Lei Pong a few days ago. You only won because you managed to tire him out. However, I am much stronger than both you and him. Being in the top 100 of the arena rankings is a different league altogether!''

Shun Long watched as Xiao Juyan walked at the registration counter and after handing over his 'sect jade' he had officially accepted the challenge.

''Senior brother Xiao accepted his challenge!''

''Of course he accepted! Did you think that senior brother Xiao is afraid of this Shun Long?''

Xiao Shitou gave a meaningful look to Xiao Juyan as he said

''Elder brother...''

Xiao Juyan however patted his shoulder as he said

''I know''

Then, after throwing a deep look at Lin Wu that made her ashamed as she lowered her head, Xiao Juyan walked in the arena.

Standing in front of Shun Long he then said

''Since you challenged me, how about a bet? You must have 200 spirit stones on you right?''

Xiao Juyan then took 200 spirit stones from his spatial ring as he looked at Shun Long.

Shun Long nodded his head as if he had expected Xiao Juyan to say this and said in return

''Indeed but how about a bigger bet?''

''What do you mean?''

''How about..... we bet everything that we have in our spatial rings?''

Not just Xiao Juyan, but everyone in the crowd had fallen silent as they looked at Shun Long as if they were looking at a madman.

''Are you crazy?''

Xiao Juyan blurted out as he saw Shun Long removing his spatial ring from his hand, while the crowd exploded in discussions

''Is Shun Long serious?''

''Is he confident that he can beat senior brother Xiao or is he just bluffing trying to scare him away?''

''I think that he is bluffing. I saw his fight with Lei Pong and all he did was run around!''

Xiao Juyan looked at Shun Long in skepticism as he asked

''How do I know that you haven't removed your items from your spatial ring?''

Shun Long smiled as he took out a few rank 2 herbs in front of Xiao Juyan and everyone else in the crowd. These herbs were the ones he had picked from the lush forest in the Demonic Mountain region. He also took out the silver grade dagger, as well as a handful of his spirit stones, before placing them back in his spatial ring.

...

Xiao Juyan looked at Shun Long with apprehension, unknown if he was thinking of him as confident or simply stupid.

''Is this guy trying to scare me away? However, the items in his spatial ring were definitely real.

No matter what, he fought with Lei Pong just 5 days ago, so his strength can't really have grown since then.''

After coming to this conclusion Xiao Juyan smiled as he removed an iron hammer from his spatial ring and said

''Then let's do this.''

Shun Long then handed his spatial ring to the arena representative, before Xiao Juyan did the same.

The crowd couldn't believe that Xiao Juyan had accepted this crazy challenge. No matter how much confidence these 2 had in themselves, this was truly a crazy bet where you could lose everything you had.

Finally, Shun Long smiled as he then asked something unexpected

''You must definitely know about the assassination attempt outside the 'Blue Forest' right?''

A glimmer flashed through Xiao Juyan's eyes before Shun Long saw him shaking his head and saying

''I don't have any idea what you mean.''

Little Black's voice however, sounded inside Shun Long's head at the same time as he said

''Master, I could definitely feel his heartbeat speeding up with my soul sense, when you asked him about the assassination. He definitely knows something about it.''

Shun Long nodded his head after getting confirmation from little Black as he circulated his 'Monarch's Hourglass' while his eyes immediately turned golden.

Xiao Juyan felt the change in Shun Long as he too unleashed his cultivation, that had already reached the middle of rank 6 earth grade, while his body then started changing into a rock-like substance.

Xiao Juyan now resembled a golem as every part of his body aside from his eyes were covered by rocks.

''This is senior brother Xiao's 'rock body'! Let's see how Shun Long wants to break his defenses when senior brother is among the strongest experts of his level when he takes on this form.''

Shun Long clenched his fists tightly as he looked at Xiao Juyan's eyes

''You still have a chance to tell me about the assassination attempt in the Blue Forest.''

Xiao Juyan however, was much more resolute this time as he answered

''Then how about you come and find out?''

Shun Long narrowed his eyes as he walked towards him with firm footsteps.

At the same time, Ren Gui and Fu Peizhi had just arrived in the arena together, when they turned their heads to watch the fight. Since everyone's attention was at the center of the arena, almost no one had noticed their arrival.

Xiao Juyan smirked as he saw Shun Long coming closer. Holding the iron hammer in his right hand tightly, he was ready to take him out in one hit, with the first chance he got.

Finally, as Shun Long took another step forward and entered Xiao Juyan's attack range, Xiao Juyan immediately dashed forward, swinging the hammer in his hand at full force towards Shun Long's head.

Shun Long's golden eyes lit up as he unleashed his 'Monarch's Domain', before his right leg suddenly kicked the ground, instantly arriving in front of Xiao Juyan instead of retreating.

Clenching his left fist, he punched in full force at Xiao Juyan's chest.

Xiao Juyan's hammer had drastically slowed as Shun Long's fist hit him with a loud bang, instantly crushing the rock armor on his chest.

Xiao Juyan stumbled 2 steps backwards before vomiting a mouthful of blood.

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