Chapter 0790: Too Reckless

The competition for the top ten in the second round was even fiercer than the first round. However, the second round wasn’t held immediately after the first round ended. According to the rules, it would take a month before the second round commenced. During this month, the hundred victorious families would be arranged to rest in various halls of the Hongmeng Hall. Generally, a month was enough for the elders injured in the first round to recover.

The Hongmeng Hall was located in the central area of Hongmeng City, not far from the Hongmeng Terrace. It consisted of a hundred halls, just enough to house the hundred families. It was an elder named Gao Li from the Leipeng clan who arranged for Huang Long and the others to go to the Riyue Hall, a branch of the Hongmeng Hall. Gao Li wasn’t among the top ten elders of the Leipeng clan but was just an ordinary elder. After leading Huang Long and the others to the Riyue Hall, he turned to them from a higher vantage point and said, “I really don’t know what kind of bad luck you have to find the Hongmeng Spiritual Treasure and make it into the top hundred. This Riyue Hall is meant for your Naisi clan!”

Huang Long and Huoyang frowned. “Old man, what did you say? Say that again, and I’ll kick your weak ass!” roared Pili Long Zherom.

Gao Li wasn’t expecting Pili Long to dare speak back to him. His face turned red with anger as he pointed at Pili Long and shouted, “You dare! Don’t think just because you defeated the Black Bear clan you can act recklessly. Let me tell you, in this Hongmeng City, it’s the Leipeng clan that rules. It’s not your turn to be arrogant. Otherwise, even if you make it into the top hundred, your competition eligibility will be revoked!”

“Revoke our competition eligibility? Ha, just because of you? Do you represent all the God Kings?” Huang Long sneered.

The decision to revoke a family’s competition eligibility wasn’t up to the Leipeng clan. It could only be done by the God Kings if a family violated the rules on the competition terrace. This Gao Li was just bluffing and trying to intimidate Huang Long and the others.

“Fine, fine!” Gao Li grew even angrier. Pointing at Huang Long, he said, “Wait and see. Better not fall into my hands, or I’ll make you regret it!” With that, he waved his robe and prepared to leave.

But just as Gao Li was about to leave, a figure flashed before him—Pili Long blocked his path. Seeing this, Gao Li was filled with shock and anger. He said harshly, “What do you want?”

He had also watched the battle between the Naisi clan and the Black Bear clan. The sight of Black Bear Clan’s second elder, Livaku, being smashed to pieces by Pili Long’s blows filled him with fear. Earlier, he had only been acting tough because of the Leipeng clan’s dominant position.

“What are you doing? Hehe, old man, I’ll make you regret this right now!” Pi Long said coldly. With that, he dashed forward and kicked him.
Gao Li barely had time to speak before being kicked by Pi Long and flying into a huge stone pillar in the distant hall.
There was a muffled crash as the pillar cracked.
Gao Li staggered to his feet, spitting out blood, looking at Pi Long with both fear and anger.
The elder of the Naisi family actually dared to attack him!
“This is rebellion! Rebellion!” Gao Li roared inwardly.
Lei Peng was the leader of the three thousand races in Hongmeng, holding absolute dominance. Although the Naisi family had defeated the Black Bear clan, in Gao Li’s eyes, they were still weak—just ants compared to the Lei Peng clan, without any powerful divine kings backing them.
But now, he didn’t dare to show off anymore. He knew his strength wasn’t comparable to Liwaku, the second elder of the Black Bear clan, who had been crushed to pieces by blows from that man. If the same happened to him, he would surely end up as minced meat.
“Get lost!” Huang Long’s indifferent voice rang out.
“Yes, yes, I’ll leave right away!” Hearing Huang Long’s words, Gao Li, instead of getting angry, hurriedly nodded and fled like a scared dog.
After Gao Li fled in disarray, Pi Long stepped forward to Huang Long and said, “Master, should we just let this old man go? I still want to knock him out!”
“Yes, second brother. In my opinion, we should kill him,” Huang Yi added.
Huang Long smiled calmly, “There’s no rush.”
Although killing Gao Li would allow the Lei Peng clan to revoke the Naisi family’s qualification to compete, it would still cause a lot of trouble. Right now, Huang Long hadn’t yet obtained the Heavenly Cauldron and didn’t want to incur too many issues.
“Let’s go inside. I heard that each hall in this Hongmeng Hall contains the essence of the laws. Practicing there brings many benefits,” Huang Long said, then entered the Sun and Moon Hall.
Seeing this, Huang Yi and the others had no choice but to let Gao Li go and followed Huang Long into the Sun and Moon Hall.
As soon as they entered, Huang Long sensed that the spiritual energy in this hall was different from others. While other spiritual energies nourished the body, this one nourished both the body and the soul.
Huang Yi, Pi Long, and the others also stood there, as if settled in place.
And so, Huang Long and the others began to practice in the Sun and Moon Hall.
After fleeing in panic from the Sun and Moon Hall, Gao Li finally stopped when he reached the Pengcheng Hall, where the Lei Peng clan resided. He sighed in relief, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead—having survived a great ordeal.

After ensuring safety, Gao Li remembered being kicked away by Pi Long and how Huang Long and the others had completely ignored him. Fury surged within him, and a killing intent flared up in his heart: “The Naisi family! I’ll make you all die! I absolutely will! Especially that Second Elder of the Naisi family—once I get my hands on him, I’ll make you suffer every kind of torment before forcing you to kneel and lick my toes before killing you!”
“Gao Li, what’s going on?” A voice rang out at that moment.
Gao Li snapped back to reality. Seeing that it was Elder Bota, he quickly calmed himself down and said respectfully, “I see Elder Bota!”
Although he and Bota were both members of the Leipeng clan, their statuses differed, so he still had to show respect when meeting Bota.
Bota nodded and glanced at Gao Li’s chest, where there was a brand of a footprint—clearly left by Pi Long’s kick.
“Did you fight with someone?” Bota asked.
Gao Li hesitated for a moment.
“Speak up. What happened?” Bota frowned.
Seeing this, Gao Li finally recounted what had happened. After finishing, he complained, “Elder Bota, the Naisi family is simply too arrogant! They don’t even respect our Leipeng clan at all. In my opinion, we should capture them all and throw them into our clan’s prison, so they can experience the pain of the Abyssal Ice Spirit Fire!”
Upon hearing that the Naisi family had dared to attack Gao Li, Bota’s eyes filled with murderous intent as he snarled, “Since they dare to ignore the dignity of our Leipeng clan, the Naisi family really doesn’t deserve to exist anymore.” Then his tone changed, “But for now, we can’t openly kill them. Let them live a few more days and act arrogantly for a while longer!”