Meng Chen threw the token in front of Monk Huikong, causing his heart, which had gradually calmed down, to beat violently again.

"These tokens...how do you have so many?"

With trembling hands, he picked up the storage bag, and when he saw the token inside, his face was full of shock.

"You...how do you have so many tokens?" he said in disbelief.

Meng Chen sneered, "There are eleven tokens in here that you collected so hard. Xiao Yicheng hid them secretly, and I took them from him quietly. When he said he lost the token, you didn't even search him. It's really weird."

Meng Chen's sarcasm and ridicule were not concealed at all, making Monk Huikong feel ashamed.

"There's a reason for that. Even if he really took it, I don't want to kill him." Huikong said bitterly.

"Oh? That means your Empress lost her kingdom in vain, right? I think your loyalty is nothing more than this. Huang Wujin really misjudged you!" Meng Chen said sarcastically.

Monk Huikong sighed and said bitterly: "Xiao Yicheng's brother saved our lives. If it weren't for him, we and even His Majesty might have died in that desperate place..."

Meng Chen stared: "So it was your Majesty's intention to indulge Xiao Yicheng?"

Huikong shook his head: "Your Majesty doesn't really care about Xiao Yicheng's affairs."

Meng Chen understood. Although he didn't allow it, he tacitly approved of them doing this. Since Huang Wujin herself didn't take her kingdom seriously, he didn't need to worry about it for her.

He frowned slightly, still having that weird feeling. Huang Wujin seemed to care a lot about this competition, but he didn't seem to care that much...

"Congratulations to the Scarlet Phoenix Immortal Dynasty team for being the first to collect all eighteen tokens and win the first stage of the competition!"

"Combining the eighteen tokens into one will give you a reward, a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Wandao Yuanhao Ding!"

The eighteen tokens in Monk Huikong's hands emitted golden light at the same time. After a roar, they suddenly gathered together and turned into a beam of light that shot straight into the sky.

After a moment, Huikong felt his hand sink, and a three-legged tripod fell into his hand. The tripod was painted with ancient and complex runes, mixed with totems of birds, beasts, insects and fish. The divine light was restrained and solemn.

After Hui Kong got the Wan Dao Yuan Hao Ding, he immediately looked at Meng Chen and said, "Donor Meng Chen, since you collected the tokens, then the Wan Dao Yuan Hao Ding should belong to you."

Of course Meng Chen would not be polite. He could only say that Monk Huikong was sensible, otherwise he would definitely take the tripod back later.

After Meng Chen got it, he quickly checked it to make sure there were no marks left. Fortunately, there was nothing inside and it was very clean.

Outside the secret realm, the representatives of the Zheng, Wang, Li, and Cui families all had grim expressions on their faces. The external aid they invited, that is, the cultivators from the Three Profound Heaven Realms, were actually no match for the people sent by the Empress!

The Zheng family representative had a gloomy face and gritted his teeth as he said, "Seniors, may I ask why the winners are those mud-legged people from the East Phoenix Territory?"

The representatives of the four major families now want to figure out this problem and why this result occurred. After all, the price they paid was extremely huge, almost giving away half of the family.

The cultivators of the Xufa clan and their companions looked at each other, feeling a little bewildered. The ones they brought with them were all the best of the younger generation of the Three Profound Heavens. They shouldn't have lost in the first stage, right?

However, the most urgent task was to appease the representatives of the four major families. The cultivators of the Xufa clan could only use their cultivation to start exploring the situation in the secret realm. After a while, his expression gradually eased, and he even smiled.

"Everyone, please be patient. Although they won the first stage, this competition is not a best-of-three match. It is a duel. Only the survivors are qualified to win the final victory!"

The old man of the Zheng family said unhappily, "We didn't even win the first stage, so how can we win the second stage?"

The cultivator of the Void Law Clan was waiting for him to say this, and snorted coldly: "Although they were the first to collect all the tokens, they paid a painful price of eight people! And we only lost three people! That means in the next duel, they need four to nine! In terms of numbers alone, we are definitely the advantaged party!"

The representatives of the four major families' eyes lit up after hearing this. If this was the case, the ending seemed to have been determined long ago.

They were able to kill eight people from the Red Phoenix Immortal Dynasty in the first stage, so how could the Red Phoenix Immortal Dynasty win in the subsequent duel with an absolute advantage in numbers? There was no chance of winning at all, right?
The four people's nervous and frightened expressions disappeared, and they breathed a sigh of relief, returning to their relaxed and calm demeanor.

On the flying boat of the Scarlet Phoenix Immortal Dynasty, Huang Qi had a solemn look on his face. Eight people had died in the first phase. This news was like a bolt from the blue to him. However, he had no way of intervening in the matter and could only sigh quietly.

After all, these people have been cultivated by Your Majesty with great effort over many years. If they are not worthy of being reused, it will really disappoint Your Majesty's expectations.

What follows is a showdown between cultivators. This will be a contest that will determine the future and fate of the Scarlet Phoenix Immortal Dynasty. If Your Majesty has no other arrangements, we can only leave it to fate!
He no longer has much hope for Huikong and Zhou Chao. After all, their previous performance was really disappointing.

In the secret realm, Huikong and the seriously injured Zhou Quan were resting and recovering from their injuries.

Huikong paid a heavy price to go in and look for the token, and is not in a very good condition now.

The will of the secret realm spoke again half an hour later: "In the second stage of the battle, both sides will step into the realm of life and death and fight with all their might until no one on the other side is left alive."

Meng Chen was stunned when he heard this. He thought it would be the same as last time, where the opponent would be decided by drawing lots, but he didn't expect that a big fight would take place in the same place.

In this way, the advantage of the large number of people in the Three Mysterious Realms is almost fully utilized!
Of course, it would be even better if those people had the same mental problems as Long Teng and agreed to fight him one-on-one.

Meng Chen thought so and decided to give it a try once he saw the cultivators from the Three Mysterious Heaven Realm.

While they were stunned, the sky in the secret realm suddenly changed. The originally grey sky was suddenly covered with a bloody color. The entire sky turned blood red, like a sea of ​​blood that could collapse at any time.

Affected by the sky, the scenery on the ground was also changing. The originally ordinary sand land, under the influence of the bloody sky, actually added a sense of death. From a distance, the undulating sand dunes looked like waves of blood, revealing a cold and weird feeling.

"Buzz!"

A black rune flashed in the sky and continued to expand. After dozens of breaths, it blocked an area of ​​a thousand miles in radius.

"The competition will begin in one day. Please enter the Life and Death Realm. Before the competition begins, no action is allowed!"

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