Chapter 579: The Intervention
Chapter 579: The Intervention
Lu quickly took a leap back to avoid his head being skewered by Sima Yi’s sword.
Slice.
However, he wasn’t fast enough to avoid being hurt; the blade of Sima Yi’s sword slit a wound on his cheek.
"You shall regret this!" Lu shouted and pulled back his arm, ignoring the blood dripping onto the ground, ready to unleash another strike at Sima Yi.
Sima Yi also got ready and the golden glow engulfed his body.
"Is that the Artifact Armor that the soldiers were protesting about?"
"I think so?"
"It seemed to be working fine to me."
"Who knows what actually happened?"
"Who cares by now, the most important thing is for Lu to win..."
The crowd saw the effect of the Sima Family Golden Armor and they were surprised by it.
But their focus was on Lu winning the match as they had placed their bets on him.
Zhao Geng Nian and the Qing Feng Sect disciples frowned when they heard the chatter that was going on around them.
The intent of holding the tournament to whitewash the reputation was working.
They must do something to turn the opinion of the crowd.
Zhao Geng Nian gave a side-eye to Xiao Feng.
Xiao Feng nodded his head and shouted at Lu on the competition stage, "Give whatever you have to win, the Peak Lord will reward you with a hundred Spirit Stones for it."
Getting the win for the first match was important to set the tone for what would happen later on.
Lu nodded his head and reached into his pocket sleeve.
The participants were allowed to have an Artifact with them on the competition stage.
Sima Yi’s Artifact was his armor, and now was the time to use his.
"Let’s see if your armor can withstand this!" Lu shouted and he took a small coil of red string out from his pocket sleeve.
He flung it into the air in the direction of where Sima Yi was.
The coil of red string gave out a red glow and it began to grow longer.
Whoosh.
Strands of the red strings shot at Sima Yi and coiled themselves around Sima Yi’s body.
Sima Yi tried to break free from the entanglement of the strings but couldn’t.
Sweat formed on his brow and his face flushed when he used all of his Spirit Qi.
But his arms could only move a few inches before the strings wrapped themselves tightly, sticking his arms to his body again.
Lu smirked and lunged at Sima Yi with his sword.
The tip of his sword aimed for Sima Yi’s eyes this time.
Everyone in the spectator stand held their breaths, not knowing what might happen next.
Their hearts were in their throats, ready to shout for Lu’s triumphant win against Sima Yi.
Zhao Geng Nian finally felt some relief from all the frustrations so far, while Xiao Feng was confident that he would be able to beat his opponent when it was his turn.
In comparison, the Sima Family members weren’t feeling so great.
Sima Yu held onto the armrest of the seat he was sitting in and snapped it into pieces.
The other family members began to question their decision to go with the tournament.
Only Sima Ye was sitting calmly in his seat.
He was confident that Lin Xuan Qi had something up his sleeve.
From what he knew of Lin Xuan Qi, Lin Xuan Qi wouldn’t make such a suggestion to him if he didn’t.
And Sima Ye was right.
Lin Xuan Qi saw the dire situation of Sima Yi and he knew that it was time for him to step in and intervene.
He began to make use of the system’s ability and information panels with words appeared in his mind.
[Ding!]
[Detected Host’s need for his ally to win.]
[Initiating intervention for it.]
Sima Yi’s armor gave out a bright glow that was never seen before, which blinded everyone who didn’t look away fast enough.
And that included Lu.
Lu had to stop his attack and cover his eyes with his arm.
Snap.
He heard a snapping sound when the strings bound onto Sima Yi snapped.
Sima Yi had somehow mustered enough Spirit Qi to break free from the red string artifact.
Lu, who wasn’t able to see anything, could sense a gust of wind coming at him and the next thing he knew was the pain that came from his throat.
The chill from the blade of Sima Yi’s sword could be felt while his warm blood oozed out from his throat.
Sima Yi, after breaking free from the strings, had lunged at Lu and plunged his sword into Lu’s throat.
"Grrr..." Lu tried to say something but couldn’t.
There was only the gargling sound of air and blood coming out from his throat.
Sima Yi drew his sword out from Lu’s throat and the blood began to splatter out from the wound.
Plop.
Lu fell onto the ground and it was obvious who had won the match.
The whole arena went silent.
No one had expected this to happen.
Lu was doing fine until the very last moment and all of them wanted Lu to win so badly.
"What the hell happened?"
"How can this be?!"
"He was so close to winning..."
Finally, the spectators came back to their senses and they began to be in denial of what had happened.
Sima Yu quickly took the opportunity to stand up and raise his hands, "I declare the winner to be Sima Yi from the Sima Family."
No one could argue with his decision and everyone was resigned to their loss.
The other members of the Sima Family gave out a cheer and they were now glad that they had agreed to the tournament.
"The family head is so farsighted to go with this suggestion."
"To think that Sima Ba even dared to question his decision."
"I think credit must be given to the person who came up with this suggestion."
They began to praise Sima Yu and his decision as if they too had been supportive of it from the beginning.
Meanwhile, on the opposite side from where they were, Zhao Geng Nian frowned and gritted his teeth.
His eyes and Spiritual Senses scanned around frantically, looking for any abnormalities.