Free Web NovelChapter 2003: Chapter 2002: Sifting Gold from Sand
With the arrival of Tianqing Zi, the massive Tianqing Square immediately fell silent, so quiet that even the drop of a pin could be heard, as everyone’s gaze fell upon Tianqing Zi, fervently watching him.
Today, Tianqing Zi was dressed in a white long robe, wearing a purple-gold crown, hands folded behind his back, standing atop the main position on Tianqing Square.
Tianqing Zi’s majestic gaze swept over those below, seeing the enthusiastic eyes staring at him, each face filled with excitement, he nodded in satisfaction.
"I, as the City Lord, declare the start of the centennial Divine Clan battle!!!" Tianqing Zi said solemnly.
His words were like muffled thunder, echoing back and forth in the sky, roaring in everyone’s ears.
"Long live the City Lord! Long live the City Lord! Long live the City Lord!!!"
The crowd below, a sea of people, used all their strength to scream and shout frantically, as if only in this way could they release their inner excitement.
After speaking, Tianqing Zi took a veiled woman in a purple classical short skirt and sat down at the main position, while the veiled woman who had been standing beside him took the seat next to him.
The other top powerhouses behind, each according to their cultivation level, sat on both sides of Tianqing Zi.
As Tianqing Zi’s voice fell, a cultivator of Early Mahayana came over from the side, sought Tianqing Zi’s instruction, and then a mighty aura erupted from within him, causing a series of anomalies in the sky.
"The rules of the Divine Clan remain unchanged. As long as you have the ability, you can choose any shop within the Tianqing Giant City! If the first round suffers total annihilation, the ranking of the previous session will determine the shop’s location and quantity! Now, I declare the start of the first round of Divine Clan battles, the great sand washing begins! Within three minutes, all participants must enter Tianqing Square! If the time exceeds three minutes without entering, I will declare the corresponding shop as having forfeited participation!" This Early Mahayana old monster said coldly.
As his voice fell, the surrounding major shops began letting participants enter.
"Sir, the first round of the great sand washing has already started!" Qingyi Hong reminded.
"Hmm, got it!" Zhang Xiaohao nodded.
Standing up from the chair, lazily glanced over the surrounding crowd, by now, the cultivators entering Tianqing Square numbered at least ninety thousand, if not a hundred thousand, and countless cultivators were still entering, each with a badge corresponding to their shop number.
"Sir, this is our Qingyi Building’s badge!" Qingyi Hong respectfully handed over a badge.
"Hmm." Zhang Xiaohao nodded, taking the badge, casually looking at it.
The numbers on the badge read "Eighty-eight", apparently representing Qingyi Building’s number.
Shaking his body to loosen up, a thunderous crackling sound emanated from within as Zhang Xiaohao stepped towards Tianqing Square.
Just as he was about to walk to Tianqing Square, Zhang Xiaohao suddenly stopped, turned around, and seriously said to Qingyi Hong.
"What do you think about eliminating them all?"
"..." Qingyi Hong was momentarily speechless, failing to react promptly.
"Hahaha——!" Zhang Xiaohao laughed heartily, striding into Tianqing Square.
Three minutes swiftly passed, and all shop participants from Tianqing Giant City had already entered Tianqing Square, filling the space densely, positioning themselves accordingly, and although there weren’t three million, it was close enough.
Among these people, aside from Zhang Xiaohao being in the Early Stage of Divinity Transformation, others’ weakest cultivation was at the Peak of Divinity Transformation, but most were cultivators at the Half-step Refining Void Realm. For this Divine Clan battle, the shops in Tianqing Giant City truly spared no effort, employing great measures and inviting renowned cultivators from afar at considerable expenses.
The Early Mahayana cultivator on Tianqing Square, looking at the dense crowd below, smiled in satisfaction.
He patted the storage bag at his waist with one hand, retrieving a golden token, and with both hands holding the token, the Magic Formula in his hands changed, continuously releasing seals that fell onto the surrounding Tianqing Square.
"Rise!!!" A while later, this Early Mahayana cultivator roared.
As his voice fell, the great formation on Tianqing Square immediately began operating, instantly forming a giant transparent blue barrier, enveloping all the people on Tianqing Square, a powerful defensive power emanating from this blue barrier.
This blue barrier is connected to Tianqing Giant City’s City Protection Array, even if the cultivators inside attack the formation with all their might, they can’t break it.
"Kill!!!" With the blue barrier’s appearance, everyone inside Tianqing Square let out a fierce roar, each flipping one hand to take out powerful defensive artifacts from their storage bags, covering themselves first, and then taking other items to attack surrounding cultivators.
These cultivators formed groups, each shop belonged to a shop, and even ten or dozens of shops joined forces to attack surrounding cultivators.
In an instant, colorful artifacts blossomed with the most dazzling brilliance in the air, terrifying attacks erupted crazily from their hands, attacking surrounding cultivators.
Boom boom boom!!!
The powerful collision sounds, artifact clashing sounds, single-use Divine Thunder, and other explosive waves surged around, one after another, instantly causing a large number of cultivators to fall.
Seeing this, Zhang Xiaohao stood leisurely at the edge of Tianqing Square, arms folded, watching this scene, took out a panda, smoked slowly, the thick smoke occasionally escaping from his mouth.
"These shops are really going all out! Probably bringing them here required astronomical expenses!" Zhang Xiaohao quipped.
Knowing they would die, yet still participating in the Divine Clan battle, without sufficient interests, no one would agree to this, and perhaps after their death, their families and shops would be responsible for providing them with cultivation resources.
"Kill kill kill!!!" Suddenly, a burst of murderous intent filled the air.
Suddenly, a group of over ten thousand people from Yizi Gold Store and Ten Thousand Treasure Tower swiftly charged from the side, colorful artifacts released from their hands, attacking Zhang Xiaohao.
