Chapter 120  : Ten Fourth-Grade Martial Artists

“Elder Lin, the Shi Family isn’t frightened by all the kills that Senior has made and dare not anyone else into the ring, is it?”

In the waiting area on the left, Mao Xiaomao, who was sitting next to Lin Tuotian, couldn’t help but ask.

“No.”

Lin Tuotian said in a deep voice, “If the Shi Family wants to continue living in Qinghe City… No, if they want to continue living in Yu Nation, they have to send people in and complete 100 matches!”

“Why?”

Mao Xiaomao scratched her head. “To be honest, I don’t understand this family clan duel very well. Under normal circumstances, when they have lost a few matches or a dozen matches, they should cut the losses in time and give up. Why they have to persevere to the end? To die for nothing?”

“Right, I don’t really understand either.”

Hearing that, Xiao Chengyue interrupted, “I looked up information related to the duel last night. I found that once the application for the duel is approved, it must continue until the end. It won’t end until the hundred matches are over! Although this is a rule, isn’t it a little too strict? What if the two families give up fighting halfway and choose to reconcile?”

“Reconcile?”

Lin Tuotian smiled. “Once the duel begins, there’s no other way other than finishing one hundred matches and having one person die per match. There is no other option!”

“Why?” Mao Xiaomao was wide-eyed.

Shen Qian, Zhang Jun, and the rest also turned their heads to listen.

“Why?” Lin Tuotian muttered. Then, he let out a sigh and said, “Because it’s what other factions want, especially the royal families of each nation.”

“Although royal families no longer have any authority and are only left with status, the cabinets are the same.”

“What do you think is most important to the royal families and the cabinets?”

“Stability!” Shen Qian said seriously, “To a cabinet, the stability of the nation is more important than anything else.”

“That’s right, stability,” Lin Tuotian said in a low voice. “To a royal family and a cabinet, nothing is more important than the stability of the nation. As for us martial artists, we just happen to be the most restless ones. Incidents involving casualties will happen from time to time. Today, you kill me, tomorrow, I’ll kill you. No matter who wins, the ones who suffer in the end are always the commoners.”

“I understand now!”

When Mao Xiaomao heard this, her eyes lit up. She analyzed, “Because martial artists threaten the stability of society, the royal families and cabinets are most willing to see a life-and-death battle between them. With duels being an amplified version, if two martial arts families were to kill off each other, it would be good for the stability of society.

“On the contrary, if we allow the two martial arts families to fight without any scruples, it will only cause chaos and panic in the city!”

“Yes.”

Lin Tuotian glanced at Mao Xiaomao and sighed. “In the general situation where “stability trumps everything”, once an application for a duel goes through, it has to be completed. If not, or if a family draws back midway, the two martial arts families will be cast aside by all the people and secretly suppressed by the royal family. With the royal family’s tacit approval, there will be other sects and family clans willing to step out and encircle and suppress them.

“Right now, even without the royal family’s orders and the cabinet is far away in the capital, unable to pay attention to the area, the various City Guards and Martial Suppression Offices will still secretly push for it, allowing other powers to encircle and annihilate the families involved in duels. In the end, the gains will be divided among the powers that have taken action.

“If the duel continues until the end, at most 70 descendants of the family clan will die. But if they regret their decision midway, then the ones who will die might be the entire family!

“Besides, if managed well, perhaps even the 70 people won’t have die.”

At this point, Lin Tuotian clenched his fists tightly.

Mao Xiaomao didn’t see it and asked curiously, “Ah, even the 70 of them don’t have to die? Are the people in one of the family clans as powerful as Senior and can defeat everyone?”

“Yes!”

Lin Tuotian clenched his teeth. “That year, the Shi Family used this method to deal with the Lin Family! I don’t know what price that old bastard Shi Zhinie paid, but he hired 10 fourth-grade martial artists to participate in the duel! Half of these 10 fourth-grade martial artists were mobilized to kill my Lin Family’s fourth-grade martial artists! Then, the remaining half slaughtered everyone else!!!”

Lin Tuotian’s entire body was trembling, and his eyes were spewing flames. He clenched his fists so tightly that he didn’t even notice that his nails had dug into his flesh.

The frenzied killing intent emanating from his body made Mao Xiaomao stick out her tongue and she dared not say another word.

Shen Qian, Jiang Tianhao, Xiao Chengyue and the rest were all silent.

fourth-grade martial artists!

years ago, the Shi Family hired ten fourth-grade martial artists to fight against the Lin Family.

No wonder the Lin Family disappeared overnight.

fourth-grade martial artists went on stage from the start.

One against one, they could take down ten of the Lin Family’s fourth-grade experts.

The problem was, did the Lin family have 10 fourth-grade martial artists?

No!

Therefore, after the fourth-grade experts were killed or severely injured, the outcome of the remaining people were fated.

Just like what was happening now.

Against Su Jingxing, unless the Shi Family continues to send fourth-grade martial artists, anyone else who went into the ring would die!

How many fourth-grade martial artists were there in the Shi Family?

Would they continue to send fourth-grades?

“Next, Shi Family, Helian Xuezhen, Lin Family, Stone Annihilator.”

Li Linzhou’s voice sounded.

At the same time, Lin Tuotian suddenly stood up. His eyes were filled with killing intent as he glared at a silver-haired old man who was flying into the ring. His voice came out from between his teeth.

“It’s him! It’s him! That old thing is actually still in the Shi Family!”

“…Elder Lin, do you know him?” Xiao Chengyue shrank his neck and asked softly.

“Of course I do! Even if this bastard turns into ashes, I can still recognize him!”

Lin Tuotian gritted his teeth and growled, “Helian Xuezhen, old bastard Helian! 30 years ago, one of the 10 fourth-grade martial artists hired by that old thing, Shi Zhinie. The beast who killed my father!!!”

“Huh?”

Mao Xiaomao, Shen Qian, Xiao Chengyue, Zhang Jun, Jiang Tianhao, and the others were all stunned.

In the next second, Shen Qian came to her senses. She looked flustered and said nervously, “Fourth-grade? This Helian Xuezhen was in the fourth-grade 30 years ago? Then what realm is he in now? Third-grade?”

“Impossible.”

Jiang Tianhao shook his head. “If he is in the third-grade, why would he still serve as a Guardian? Would he still stay in the Shi Family? He would have gone to the capital or abroad long ago!”

“Right. Let’s not scare ourselves.”

Xiao Chengyue swallowed his saliva and said in encouragement, “We have to believe in Senior. A martial artist in the fourth-grade 30 years ago is not even a third-grade. He can definitely defeat him!”

“Yes, he can definitely defeat him!”

“Definitely!”

“…”

The others around spoke up in agreement.

Even though all of them still looked worried.

He was already a fourth-grade martial artist 30 years ago. Even if he hadn’t reached the third-grade, he was still undoubtedly terrifying.

Not only was Shi Family continuing to send experts, they even sent out such a powerful figure.

Could Su Jingxing win against a fourth-grade martial artist who had cultivated for decades?

The Stone Annihilation Alliance, Lin Tuotian, the Li, Zhou, Qi and Wang families, and all the others who recognized Helian Xuezhen felt apprehensive and expectant.

In the ring.

“Friend, it’s not too late for you to regret now..”