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 Chapter 8
 Chapter 8: Life and Death Battle
 Quite a few people had already assembled around the martial arena . Other than some idle people who regularly enjoyed watching, there were also a few of the imperial capital's noble heirs .
 Today was the day of Long Chen and Li Hao's life-and-death battle . Although this place would normally see a constant stream of duels and fights, life-and-death battles were still very few in number .
 What was even odder about this situation was that despite that the two noble heirs who were fighting didn't have shockingly high cultivation bases, countless people had still come to watch .
 In addition, Gambler You Lan, the most famous gambler in the entire imperial capital, had also came to open up a public betting pool .
 Li Hao's victory: 2 times the odds .
 Long Chen's victory: 10 times the odds .
 Since no kinds of counterfeit could occur during a life-and-death battle, and adding their high statuses as noble heirs, betting on the outcome was extremely exciting to many people .
 Even some people who weren't gamblers also started to place bets, but for the most part everyone bet on Li Hao's victory .
 Although Long Chen did defeat Li Hao last time, at that time Li Hao was completely off guard and Long Chen had taken advantage of that opening . Such a miracle would not occur a second time .
 Only an extremely small portion of people who liked to either play around or were desperate decided to take a long shot and bet on Long Chen .
 The betting place was located not far from the martial arena, and the section to bet on Li Hao's victory was completely packed with people, whereas the section to bet on Long Chen was completely deserted .
 "300000 gold coins on Long Chen . "
 Suddenly a large and lofty man appeared and tossed a crystal card over to the person in charge of the betting .
 "What?!"
 The handler was completely shocked by this amount; throughout the entire morning he had only collected ten thousand gold coins till now . Hearing this new bet, he almost didn't believe his own ears .
 That huge figure was of course Shi Feng . He had been entrusted by Long Chen to put all his gold coins onto his own victory .
 Because of his status, Long Chen knew that with Gambler You Lan's power he would definitely open up a betting pool, and so he had already preemptively told Shi Feng to bet on him .
 Even if Gambler You Lan ended up in a deficit from opening up the betting pool, he would definitely end up losing his popularity and the trust in him if he backed out .
 Most of the money he normally earned was from his own personal bets, and as for these outer public bets, he didn't actually make much off of them . The main reason he had to hold public bets was to keep the people satisfied .
 And even if he were to take a loss, with Gambler You Lan's imposing wealth, it could easily be brushed off . It was for these reasons that Long Chen decided to join the betting .
 Originally he had planned on having this money be bet with Li Hao, but now he could get ten times the profit compared to if he bet with Li Hao . Long Chen wasn't an idiot, so of course he knew which was better .
 Yesterday, with the help of Fatty Yu and his friends he had collected over two hundred thousand gold coins . When he had handed it over to Shi Feng, Shi Feng saw how assured he was acting and clenching his teeth, he increased the amount to three hundred thousand .
 Shi Feng's family was not actually very rich, mostly since they had a tendency to be rather hot-tempered and were not that good at handling business . The families of Fatty Yu and the others tended to be better off .
 In order to collect this much money . he had actually used all his weapons and armor as additional collateral .
 All this was just for Long Chen's wild and crazy bet . Shi Feng couldn't hold back having his heart jump a couple times in nervousness . Brother Chen, you have to stay calm and steady… all your brother's belongings have all been put on the line .
 Li Hao arrived just before noon . With a light push on the ground, he jumped several metres into the air to land on top the martial arena, arousing a burst of cheers .
 However this time the cheers weren't for his appearance, but rather because everyone was excited to see the start of a good show .
 Today Li Hao was wearing clean and neat robes that were quite attractive, and a proud thought arose in his mind: Long Chen, the humiliation you've given me will be returned to you tenfold!
 But even after quite a while passed after Li Hao went onto stage, no one saw Long Chen appear . No one understood why he hadn't appeared, and some people began to wonder if perhaps he had chickened out .
 Just as everyone was puzzling wondering, an old man in charge of the martial arena coldly told him, "Your appointment for your battle is for 12:45 so you're early by almost an hour . You can either continue to wait on top the stage or you can come off to wait . "
 Everyone booed in disappointment when they heard this, and the originally full of vigor Li Hao also became a bit dumbstruck as he had forgotten to check the time .
 "Whatever, I'll just wait for him on the stage . In any case he's a person who's about to die so his remaining time is more valuable than mine . "
 Li Hao indifferently smiled, and just like that he sat down cross-legged on top the martial arena, taking the air of an expert . However his attempt to maintain an expert's manner was only maintained for a short while before becoming a bit strange… .
 Because it was noon, the sun was extremely powerful, and to make it worse, the martial arena was topped with black stone tiles, and by now it was already boiling to the point where it could fry an egg .
 But since Li Hao had already sat down, he couldn't stand back up or it would ruin his act . Therefore all he could do was suffer .
 Of course some sharp-eyed people had already noticed that Li Hao's bottom had already begun smoking slightly, and in just a moment it became very obvious and the crowd's expression became very strange .
 "This guy is such an idiot; is he trying to save face? The fight hasn't even begun and his butt is already burning," a woman gently laughed . In the distance two veiled women were indifferently looking at the martial arena .
 "Speaking frankly, he's just a hypocrite," responded the other woman, shaking her head .
 "Sister Meng Qi, we've already been here for several days . When do you plan on withdrawing from the marriage agreement?" asked one of them .
 The woman who had been called Meng Qi elegantly creased her brows and somewhat awkwardly said, "Currently he's in a very difficult predicament, and if I were to bring up withdrawing from the marriage to him at this time then it would be too cruel . Even I don't know what I should do . "
 "But delaying this matter isn't a solution . Master has already urged us several times . If we don't return back to the mountain soon then we'll probably be punished . "
 "Furthermore with big sister's talent you'll definitely reach Xiantian and be able to touch Heavenly Daos . The two of you will be in completely different worlds; there's no way for you to work it out . " The woman sighed .
 "But I still feel that doing it in such a manner is still extremely unfair to him… sigh, let's just watch a bit more . " Meng Qi lightly shook her jade-like head, and a trace of distress appeared within her beautiful eyes .
 As Meng Qi hesitated, they saw a disturbance within the distant crowd . Turning to stare, they saw a black-robed man with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes slowly walk up . His body seemed to have a unique aura, giving people a very profound sense .
 He appeared just like a well; on the surface he appeared like nothing out of the ordinary, but it was impossible to see through him . No one could manage to see through his depths and his existence appeared like a mystery to them .
 Even Meng Qi and the other woman couldn't help but to feel some fluttering in their hearts when they saw his form . Compared to the Long Chen they had seen just a few days ago, it was like the difference between heaven and earth . The current him appeared to be full of self-confidence .
 Seeing Long Chen arrive, Li Hao jumped up, feeling a burst of scorching pain from his bottom .
 Blaming Long Chen, his anger rose even more and he angrily shouted, "Long Chen, come up to die!"
 Long Chen didn't even spare a glance for Li Hao, and instead he scanned the crowd and met Shi Feng's gaze . Shi Feng gave Long Chen a slight nod, causing Long Chen to feel relieved .
 Not only did he see Shi Feng, he also saw Fatty Yu and the others who had apparently come to cheer him on .
 Long Chen smiled over to them before turning his body to walk onto the martial arena . Li Hao had jumped up to show off his skill, but Long Chen decided to simply walk up… .
 For the moment, the people who had bet on Long Chen's victory all felt that the money they had gambled was about to be lost forever .
 "Long Chen . " Seeing Long Chen walk up, these two words were angrily forced out of Li Hao's clenched teeth .
 "Idiot, your butt's scorched, isn't it?" Long Chen sneered to Li Hao .
 Actually he had long since arrived, merely he just stayed in the shade further away and no one had noticed him . However he had seen very clearly what had been going on on the stage .
 "12:45 has arrived; both parties must sign the life and death contract . "
 At this moment the old man took out a document, and Long Chen indifferently smiled and signed his name on top of it .
 This time was different from the last duel; conceding to the victor would have no effect this time . Life and death was held within the victor's hands .
 Li Hao also signed, and with a sinister expression he said, "You little bastard, today I will return all the humiliation you gave me one hundredfold!"
 Now that the life and death contract had been signed there was no more need a referee . The current martial arena had now became the ground where they would decide who would die today .
 "Blade wounds heal quickly; insults can't relieve anger; looks like you don't understand; you've come to provoke me so many times and I'm not enduring any longer . "
 Long Chen took a deep breath… an extremely dense killing intent appeared within his eyes . Ever since Zhou Yaoyang had first said that he wasn't Long Tianxiao's son, many people had started using the same kind of insult against him .
 "Go die bastard!"
 Li Hao sneered, and with a loud bellow his whole body's spiritual qi started to circulate, and a spiritual energy visible to the naked ear could be seen fluctuating around his body .
 The crowd watching all nodded when they saw this . Last time Li Hao had been extremely unlucky; he hadn't made any preparations to protect his body and Long Chen had used one quick sneak attack to beat him . But this time he had properly prepared and set up his defences .
 Although this was only the spiritual energy of Qi Condensation and had no way of leaving the body, circulating spiritual energy within the body for protection meant that an ordinary person would have very great difficulty causing injuries .
 After Li Hao set up his defences, an evil smile appeared on his face . He charged towards Long Chen, both hands turning into claws aimed towards Long Chen's shoulders .
 These two claws of his were filled with spiritual qi, making them no different from iron fangs . If an ordinary person was to be hit by it, their shoulders would immediately break .
 "Good! Li Hao, completely degrade him!"
 From below the arena a loud shout came from the person who Long Chen had sent flying within the Imperial College, Wang Mang .
 Wang Mang had now already lost half his teeth while still a youth . And as for any bone growing medicinal pills, those were far too expensive for his family to buy . Nowadays he was already full of hatred for Long Chen, and seeing Long Chen about to be assaulted, he couldn't hold back from cheering .
 But Shi Feng, Fatty Yu and the others all became extremely worried . From the very start Long Chen had not shown even the slightest cultivation base, causing their hearts to momentarily get stuck in their throats .
 Long Chen coldly smiled as he looked at Li Hao charge towards . Taking one step, his whole body turned into a shadow as it charged forward towards Li Hao .
 BANG!
 Footnotes:
 I'm going to start Nine Star Hegemon Body Art again . I don't know how many chapters I'll be doing a week, but it will definitely be more than one a day .
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 Long Chen, a crippled youth who cannot cultivate, is constantly targeted and bullied by his fellow noble heirs. After a particularly vicious beating, he wakes up and realizes a Pill God’s soul has somehow merged with him, giving him some additional memories. Within those memories is the mysterious Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, a cultivation technique that even he can train in, but whose secrets and origin are still a mystery to him. Relying on his improved instincts as he finally begins to cultivate, he realizes a huge conspiracy is underfoot within the Phoenix Cry Empire, one involving his father, members of the imperial family, and even the Emperor himself.
 In order to solve the mysteries around him, he must rely on his new alchemy techniques and the powerful but baffling Nine Star Hegemon Body Art. Countless enemies block him as he attempts to climb to the peak of the cultivation world.
 Fate destined him to be only a chess piece, but he would not bow to the will of the Heavens.
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 Wendao, who embraces the world tree, opens up a square world as an experimental field, sows the seeds of life, unlocks the wisdom of all spirits, and leads the development of civilization. 
 The creatures of all races are just experimental products in his hands to verify thousands of cultivation systems and condense the fruits of brilliant civilization... 
 In the world of martial arts, he preached to the Martial Ancestor in his dream, opening the beginning of the extraordinary. 
 In the world of Taoism, he turned into an ancient Taoist priest, bestowing wordless heavenly scriptures on the three masters, creating a system of Taoism. 
 In the magical world, he incarnates as a god, bestows the Philosopher's Stone, and spreads the way of magic. 
 In the world of demons, he bestowed the way of incense and the method of conferring gods, casting heaven and hell, and the gods will prosper forever. 
 Rune World, Mother River World, Dou Qi World, Martial Soul World... 
 After the Endless Era, I heard that looking back on the past, he unknowingly opened up the heavens and the world, and the immortals, gods, Buddhas and demons in the sky are no more than pawns in his hands. 
 He is, the cultivator of the civilizations of the heavens!
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 Wang Qing traveled to a world of high martial arts where strange beasts were rampant. 
 Here, humans can start evolution, break through their limits, and become stronger by integrating the genes of alien beasts. 
 One day, Wang Qing discovered that he could see the evolutionary path. 
 What he saw from himself was: Pipi Monster → Mechanical Mantis Shrimp → Bright Silkworm → Eight-Armed Green Ape →... Golden-Horned Behemoth →? ? ? 
 Wang Qing chose to develop in a low-key manner and evolve secretly. 
 Until one day, a cosmic-level golden-horned giant beast suddenly appeared, shocking the world. 
 Wang Qing: "No more pretending, I'm going to show my cards."
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 [This article is adapted from real events of readers, please read critically...] 
 Xu Shan traveled through time and space, with a mysterious blue seal on his body, and created his own space to produce countless strange magic weapons of the law system. 
 He gradually developed and grew with the help of powerful secret treasures and modern culture. 
 Xu Shan built a professional immortal cultivation college, started performance appraisal immortal cultivation, and combined production, learning and research! 
 Shooting movies, shooting commercials, selling health pills, overthrowing the righteous path in public, and dominating the magic path in secret, and started a life of hanging on the wall... 
 『Super chef towel: The dishes made after wearing it can make people involuntarily make shameful reactions』 
 『Stainless steel pipe: Stand in place and force the target to dance pole dance. 』 
 『Elf ball: Put the opponent into it and turn it into a pet elf. 』 
 『Plot disc: Force the opponent to substitute into various video content. 』 
 『Washing machine: Automatically suck in female humans and get stuck. 』 
 And... 
 ps: There is a completed work "Rogue Emperor"
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 He has won some games, lost some games, but it always entertained him and made him happy. However, one day when DOTA is linked to his life, Zhao Dingguo couldn’t be calm anymore. Because in his PC, there was an unexpected DOTA battle platform! 
 If he lost a game on the platform, he could be obliterated! 
 However, when Zhao Dingguo was careful and triumphant, he found that the magical rewards he received were actually brought to reality. Whether it’s skills, equipment or bloodline, as long as he has survived a brutal Death Match, everything is possible! After many difficult battles, Zhao Dingguo finally could walk calmly on the narrow path between victory and obliteration. His unchanging pursuit is the victory!
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 [Uncle Nine + Yizhuang + Taoist + Renjia Town + Growth + System + Baby + Evolution + One Person] 
 Reborn as a baby at the beginning, picked up by Uncle Nine Lin Fengjiao! Uncle Nine, don't send me away, adopt me, I want to take care of you in your old age, if you don't abandon me, I am willing to worship you as your adoptive father! 
 Activate the achievement [Premature Baby]: Reduce the sense of existence, increase the compassion of strangers. 
 [Kick]: Kick 1000 times, body growth +0.2, body growth limit +0.5 
 [Turn over]: Turn over 1000 times, body growth +0.2, body growth limit +0.5 
 [Crawl]: Crawl 10 kilometers, body growth +0.5, body growth limit +1 
 [Watch ghost paintings]: Spiritual growth +0.5, spiritual growth limit +1 
 [Drink milk]: Absorb nutrition +1 
 [Toddling]: Walk 10 kilometers, physical... 
 [Read Taoist scriptures]: Read Taoist scriptures 10,000 words, mental... 
 Evolve from a baby, win at the starting line! Grow step by step to become a Taoist master! 
 "Did you see that child?" 
 "I saw him, a contemporary master, I heard he is a god descending to earth!" 
 "My apprentice and godson!" Lin Fengjiao raised her eyebrows and said proudly.
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 [Invincible Emperor, builds a family, recruits disciples, sign-in system, the whole family is undercover, traitor, many children, good fortune, funny and nonsensical. ] 
 This book is also known as: "At the beginning, the fiancée broke off the engagement, but she didn't know that everyone around her was mine", "Your ancestor is already the supreme, but you still want to be an undercover agent?", "The family has tens of millions of undercover agents, and the sixth one rules the heavens and the worlds", "On the surface, there is only me in the family, but in fact, there are Chen family members in all the worlds", "The whole family is taboo, the heaven is his ancestor", "On the day of breaking off the engagement, the young master became the emperor, and the undercover knelt to beg to return to the family", etc., etc. 
 Chen Fan traveled through the ancient continent and became the son of the head of the declining family. 
 The female emperor and the master went to reincarnation... leaving him to go back and inherit the family business. 
 Ding, activate [Invincible Ancient Family System] 
 Start with signing in the emperor's cultivation, supreme bones, ancient double pupils, chaotic body! 
 What? I'm an emperor, and my fiancée broke off the engagement with me? 
 On the day of the broken engagement, the family undercover begged to return to the clan! The fiancée looked at her close strong man and senior brother and her mentality collapsed. It turned out that you are all the fiancé's people! 
 While the female emperor teacher was still alive, he tricked her into becoming his wife. 
 It was not until later that he found out that the family ancestors and disciples were all undercover in other forces, and his father was even undercover in other worlds and continents! The ancestor became the world's will and heaven, and Chen Fan suddenly realized that it turned out that my whole family was taboo 
 Whether the world is in chaos or not, the Chen family has the final say! The mentality of the strong men in the world collapsed! 
 [Ding, reward three thousand emperors...] 
 One day, Chen Fan became a god and left the ancient continent. 
 His parents were raising the second child behind his back, and when he returned again, he suddenly had a demon sister! 
 "Brother, it's time to go back to the mainland!" 
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 At the end of the dynasty, demons and monsters abounded, clans and sects were rampant! 
 The strange world in ancient legends has come to reality! 
 Qin Jiang came here and obtained the potential panel. 
 From [Five Animals Play] to [Green Emperor's Record of Longevity], from [Iron Arm Fist] to [Ten Directions Hegemony Record]! 
 With unlimited potential and martial arts, punch this strange and chaotic world of demons and monsters! 
 Break the limits of the human body, break the limits of martial arts, and suppress the world in the name of hegemony fist! 
 ...... 
 "Immortals are mountain people?" 
 "So that's it... Big is power, power is strong, and becoming bigger is becoming stronger! The so-called immortal is that people become as big as mountains!" 
 "Come! Let me see, between you and me, who is the real immortal!"
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 Chu Jungui was originally a mysterious experimental body cultivated by the Tang Dynasty with the prohibition of law, trying to create a deep space warrior who could conquer any corner of the Xinghai. 
 However, in an accident, he broke away from the experimental base, broke restrictions, and gained independent personality. 
 Since then, in this great era of interstellar development, he has fought in all directions, stepped on the galaxy, and finally opened a new era for mankind.
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 The honeymoon journey of Qi Guan Rui and Zi Che Shu Bai across many worlds. This is about the second part of “Transmigrated into the world of Demon Lord Wu Zhun”, of course, it can be considered as the second part, or just as a sweet extra~
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 Everything has changed since Earth became a collectible.
 Modules have become the source of all superpowers, and the adventure dimension has become the best way to obtain modules.
 Internal Force Module + Meridians + Acupoints + Flame + Knife = Burning Wood Knife Technique?
 Magic module + spell model + spiritual guidance + missile = magic missile?
 Internal force + blood + space + life + death + grinding + transformation +? ? ? =? ? ?
 Lu Bai, who received his own death compensation, began a journey of constantly gathering death wool.
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 Having a rough life growing up, Wang Tong had numerous dreams of living a better life. However, his alcoholic foster father sells him off as a space settler of the distant planet Norton for some pocket change. Soon after his arrival, the Zergs overran the planet and obliterated its defenses in a matter of minutes. What awaited Tong on Norton was more than just an unbearable environment – its gravity alone was five-times stronger than earth – there were also swarms of bugs, constant hunger, thirst, and desolation.
 While he lives a year of total carnage and survival, humanity’s Confederation eventually overcomes the Zergs on Norton and the powerful survivor Wang Tong is given a recommendation to a once famous, but now dying military academy where he begins his life anew.
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 A young man sat on a chair and looked out at the ocean. With one wisp of Spirit Qi, he could point anywhere on this vast and expansive world, pointing at any place that didn’t look right. 
 Someone once became the last one to wield a knife that could decapitate huge dragons and bathed in dragons’ blood. Someone once loved treating others to chicken soup, so he kept nine phoenixes in his backyard. 
 Someone once sat lazily on the top of mountains as his words flooded river banks, and his qi could hold a million soldiers back. Someone once moved mountains and shifted hills with just one brush, his paintings so captivating it could enchant immortals and deities. 
 That year, the warmth of spring made the flowers bloom. They were merely an ordinary butcher, a bookworm, a chicken farmer and a poor artist. This is the story of how a Low Level Martial World Continent was transformed into the Ultimate Fantasy Universe.
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