Chapter 0495: The Lord of Red Flame City

As Hua De’s voice faded, silence settled over the Red Flame Temple, turning somewhat eerie.
“That Yellow Dragon’s motives are probably not that simple!” Amo said with a smile.
Though Amo didn’t say it outright, how could anyone else fail to understand the Yellow Dragon’s intentions?
“Hehe, it’s been over a hundred billion years—I’ve been bored and worried about having no one to train against.” On the main hall, Hogan sneered as waves of fire surged from his body, filling every corner of the Red Flame Temple. The entire temple’s surface glowed like burning torches, with flames leaping high into the clouds.
Although the Yellow Dragon was strong, based on the information and judgments of Amo and the others, its strength was at most on par with theirs, perhaps even slightly weaker. If this Yellow Dragon really dared to challenge him, Hogan wouldn’t mind stretching his muscles a bit.
“Master, what should we do with this Yellow Dragon then?” Elder Puli Fei asked.
“Wait until he defeats Augustus first,” Hogan replied coldly.
Augustus—the lord of Red Flame City.
“If he loses to Augustus and submits to me, I can give him a position as an elder. If he dares not submit to me…” He chuckled.
“Death!”
Hogan’s icy voice echoed throughout the Red Flame Temple.
Day 20 of the Yellow Dragon’s battles.
By now, the news that the Yellow Dragon had defeated the master of the Guangqing Cave Sect had spread to every corner of Red Flame City. Even some divine-level powerhouses from other sects outside the city had heard of it and rushed to Red Flame City.
However, since the Yellow Dragon defeated the master of the Guangqing Cave Sect—just as it had defeated another high-ranking god of the gold element—no one dared to challenge it for several days in a row.
In the Guangqing Cave Sect, even a late-stage level-8 warrior was defeated by the Yellow Dragon easily. All those who wanted to challenge it had to reassess their own strength.
Beyond late-stage level-8 was the peak of level-8, and above that were peerless powerhouses.
Although the Red Flame Divine Mountain had trillions of divine-level powerhouses, there were few above level-8, let alone those in the late stage. Across the entire mountain, only a handful of powerhouses at the peak of level-8 were qualified to challenge the Yellow Dragon.
But these powerhouses wouldn’t simply seek to spar with the Yellow Dragon. There was no need!
What did they want? The rewards from the Red Flame Divine Sect? Those rewards meant nothing to them.

Of course, the master of Guangqing Cave challenging Huang Long was an exception. Thus, twenty days passed, and Huang Long became a champion with twenty consecutive victories. At this point, even more gods gathered around the arena to watch. The discussions among these godly warriors were loud and intense. “I don’t think anyone dares to challenge Lord Huang Long anymore.” “That’s true. With Lord Huang Long’s strength, it’s no problem for him to become a champion with a hundred consecutive victories. After hundreds of millions of years, a champion with a hundred consecutive victories has finally appeared again!” “What do you think? After becoming such a champion, will Lord Huang Long continue to challenge the lord of Chiyane Main City?!” “Who knows? But I think he will!” Many godly warriors looked forward to the moment when Huang Long, having achieved a hundred consecutive victories, would challenge the lord of Chiyane Main City. As one of those warriors said, it had been hundreds of millions of years since a champion with a hundred consecutive victories appeared, and no one had challenged the lord of Chiyane Main City in that time—so they really wanted to see his current strength! Moreover, battles between such powerful warriors were rare. Even many godly warriors began betting on whether Huang Long or the lord of Chiyane Main City would win when the time came. The lord of Chiyane Main City had been a peak-level warrior of level eight hundreds of millions of years ago, just short of becoming an unparalleled warrior. With his unique secret techniques, he could fight against ordinary unparalleled warriors! For a while, an atmosphere of excited anticipation swept through Chiyane Main City. Thirty days passed, then forty, then fifty—as time neared the hundred-day mark, not only Chiyane Main City but also the godly warriors in the various palaces of Mount Chiyane were in a state of tense excitement. Fifty days later, no other godly warrior stepped onto the arena to challenge after the master of Guangqing Cave. On the arena, Huang Long stood in mid-air with his eyes closed, calm and composed. When ninety-nine days had passed, the entire Mount Chiyane was filled with an inexplicable tension and excitement. And when the hundredth day arrived, as expected by all the gods, the arena was packed with a sea of people. “After more than five hundred million years, Mount Chiyane has finally produced another champion with a hundred consecutive victories!” “Our new champion with a hundred consecutive victories—Lord Huang Long!” “Let’s cheer for our Lord Huang Long!” The arena host shouted excitedly. His voice was immediately drowned out by the noise around the arena. All the godly warriors around cheered with reverence. The noise continued for a long time. The arena host had to raise his hand to ask everyone to quiet down.

“Well then, Lord Huang Long, will you continue to challenge our Lord of the Red Flame Capital, or give up and stop here?” The arena host suppressed his excitement and asked Huang Long, then looked at him nervously after speaking.
The gods surrounding the arena also held their breath, staring intently at Huang Long, fearing he might say “no.”
Huang Long glanced at the gods around him, seeing their expectant expressions, and then slowly said, “Since everyone expects me to continue the challenge, I certainly can’t disappoint you.”
When Huang Long’s words fell, the gods realized what was happening, and immediately, waves of wild cheers erupted around the arena.
“Lord Huang Long is really going to continue challenging our Lord of the Red Flame Capital!”
“I told you Lord Huang Long would definitely continue the challenge!”
The gods were excited and discussed fervently.
“Lord Huang Long, do, do you really intend to continue challenging our Lord of the Red Flame Capital?!” On the arena, the host asked Huang Long again, filled with excitement.
He understood Huang Long’s intention, but out of excitement and nervousness, he couldn’t help but confirm it once more. After all, this was the first time in over 500 million years that a champion with a hundred consecutive victories had challenged their Lord of the Red Flame Capital.
Huang Long nodded and said calmly, “Exactly!”
The gods erupted into even greater excitement.
However, since Huang Long had become a champion with a hundred consecutive victories and was continuing to challenge the Lord of the Red Flame Capital, according to the arena competition rules, they had to wait for a month before the two would fight.
Huang Long didn’t go anywhere and simply waited on the arena.
It was just a month; he wasn’t in a hurry.
“Has Bradd been sucked into another continent by a black hole?” While waiting on the arena, Huang Long wondered. During these days of waiting for the competition, he had hoped to see Bradd reappear, but he was disappointed as he didn’t see any sign of him. By Huang Long’s guess, if Bradd were on the Red Flame Continent, he should have heard about his competition and rushed to the Red Flame Capital by now.
Huang Long simply waited on the arena for the day of his fight against the Lord of the Red Flame Capital. The gods surrounding the arena also stayed put and waited with him.
After Huang Long said he would continue challenging the Lord of the Red Flame City, the powerful gods from the Red Flame Divine Mountain, who hadn’t come at first, also began to arrive. Naturally, more and more divine-level warriors from the Red Flame Capital gathered, especially around the arena, crowding it tightly.
In the center of the Red Flame City, in the city’s palace.

“This Yellow Dragon, after achieving a hundred consecutive victories, indeed continued to challenge me. It seems Elder Yamo was right,” August said coldly. “But that’s good. Over the years, I’ve hit a bottleneck in my cultivation, unable to break through to level nine. This battle with the Yellow Dragon is exactly the opportunity I need to make a breakthrough!”
Many powerful warriors stuck in a cultivation bottleneck usually seek a breakthrough by fighting against peers or those slightly stronger than them.
“Lord City Master, this Yellow Dragon is likely an unparalleled warrior. What about you?” one of the chief administrators of the city hesitantly asked.
“Unparalleled warrior? Hah, so what if they’re unparalleled? In the Divine Realm, there have been cases where such warriors were killed by peak level-eight warriors!” August replied coldly.
After hearing this, the chief administrator fell silent. As their Lord City Master had said, there indeed were such cases in the Divine Realm, but usually only after the unparalleled warrior was severely injured and then ambushed by a peak level-eight warrior or surrounded by several of them.
Moreover, such unparalleled warriors were generally those who had just achieved that status.
Otherwise, under normal circumstances, peak level-eight warriors would only end up being utterly crushed by them.
Time passed slowly.
The battle between the Yellow Dragon and August, the Lord of Red Flame City, was approaching. The gods surrounding the arena were filled with anticipation. As time went on, silence fell over the arena; no one spoke anymore, and there was no more commotion like at the beginning.
Eventually, the one-month deadline arrived.
When the sun dispelled the darkness and its light shone upon Red Flame City, the gods anxiously looked toward the lord’s residence.
Although August was the lord of Red Flame City, most of the city’s affairs were managed by several chief administrators in his residence. He rarely appeared in front of the city’s gods, making him a mystery to many godly warriors.
Buzz! Amidst the gods’ eager gazes, suddenly, a clear sound came from the lord’s residence, like a divine sword drawn from its sheath. A figure flashed out and rushed toward the arena at high speed.
It was August, the lord of Red Flame City!
August rushed through the air, his entire body radiating intense light. Even the gods in the arena could feel his overwhelming presence, so fierce it seemed to cause bone-deep pain.
In the blink of an eye, August landed on the arena and stood firm.
On the arena, the Yellow Dragon and August, the lord of Red Flame City, stared at each other.