The Friendly Combat Tournament:
It is a friendly tournament in the Demonic Sect that began fifty years ago in the current era of Cheonma.
It is held every ten years, lasts for ten days, and 1,032 fighters participate in it.
On the surface, it is a friendly tournament, but… it has hidden objectives.
The most important of those objectives is… the possibility of selecting an external heir to the sect.
The external heir is a person from outside the Heavenly Demon Family, who gains the right to succession and is officially considered a member of the family. However, the conditions for selecting one are miraculous.
In the grand arena in front of the Sect Leader's palace,
thousands of people gathered from all across the sect… also people from outside hiding among the crowds.
In a place within the crowd, Jin and Yun Hai were watching.
Since that day, Jin had been deeply lost in thought…
Why would someone like the Supreme Guardian—
a person with power equal to the leader of the Murim Alliance,
who surpassed human limits at the Ninth Star stage—
observe me personally?
What will happen after I revealed that I understand the game and willingly play along with it?
Why is Cheonma interested in me to this extent?
What is the secret behind all of this?
He found no answers to his questions, and what weighed on him even more was his thinking about what Ma Xingyuan would do.
Yun Hai: Boy, rest your mind from thinking for a while. Everything will become clear soon.
Yun Hai said this while not believing it himself, for this boy had now become a mystery to him.
Jin: I don't know how to do that… and also… the matter of that person tightens my chest.
Yun Hai: Even if he was a friend, is that really enough to make you feel this way?
Jin: It's not about friendship… but how he reached that level of power.
Yun Hai: What do you mean by h—
Jin interrupted him with a sorrowful gaze. He could not move his tongue, so he spoke to him through telepathy.
Jin: I… I was the one who gave him power in the beginning.
Yun Hai did not need to speak again. That was enough for him to understand the reason for Jin's sorrow.
They continued watching for hours, and Jin was observing his surroundings in every possible way.
Cheonma did not appear at all.
The Right and Left Guardians and the Council of Elders were present,
the Supreme Demons were sitting near them, but… he could not see their faces due to the location that concealed them.
As for the Supreme Guardian, he was at the highest building in the sect…
it was impossible for Jin to sense his presence if he had not seen him with his own eyes,
and Blade Demon was not present at the venue at all.
As for the Supreme Guardian, he was present today not for the tournament, but…
Jong Seo-rin: What is occupying your mind, Supreme Guardian?
Guardian: Unfortunately… this is not something you are permitted to know.
At that moment, the Guardian's eyes were searching within the crowd and…
A familiar-looking person!!!
The Guardian's eyes widened and he said: They really came!!!
Jong Seo-rin: What are you talking about?
The Guardian sighed for a moment and said: Tsk tsk, you are still foolish. Do not ask about everything.
Seo-rin replied irritably: What does my father think of that boy you brought into the sect…
He caused the death of my younger brother, yet I cannot do anything since my father has not spoken about the matter.
Guardian: Do you truly think you were the reason he reached this place?
Seo-rin: What do you mean?
Guardian: Shhhhhhh, enough questions.
After some time, the Poison King was looking over the arena, searching for someone…
Then, in a single moment, the Poison King felt a sharp gaze…
He looked toward its source quickly but found no one.
He looked at those around him; no one else had felt anything.
He confirmed that this concerned him alone.
In a distant place, Jin was walking among the crowd and thinking:
So… he has come as well.
Jin was searching for Yuan… but it seemed he would participate directly in the finals as well.
And there was someone watching Jin from afar…
Jin felt that someone was watching him, but… Jin thought:
There is someone watching me, but… I cannot release my perception here.
Hundreds of people would sense me… let us wait for a later time.
End of Chapter