As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life

Back at the preliminary banquet, Li Che defeated everyone in a flash, without giving them any time to react, and now...

At the main banquet, the defeat was just as swift, even the Three Pure Ones Rank Divine Weapon hosted by the Empress didn't react in time, it was a moment too late.

Heavenly Pill Divine Sect, main banquet area.

Gu Changqing's face was extremely dark, and he let out two streams of cold air from his nose.

Liu Qing was his direct disciple, yet he ended up causing such a scene.

However, now everyone present was curious.

Who exactly...

Humiliated the hero at the Divine Embryo One Divine Transformation realm of the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect?

And still went undiscovered?!

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...

Thousand-Year-Old Peach Garden.

Liu Qing lay collapsed on the ground, clothes disheveled, the Flat Peach he had just picked... gone!

Moreover, he lost not just one Flat Peach!

But also the Qiankun Jade!

"You've died, this Qiankun Jade is your pay for selling your life..."

The person who sneak attacked him took both his Flat Peach and Qiankun Jade and left behind this almost humiliating remark.

Liu Qing's eyes were bloodshot, feeling so aggrieved he almost coughed up blood.

That person...

So strong!

And yet they opted for a sneak attack!

A silent and stealthy sneak attack!

By the time Liu Qing realized it, the person had already disappeared far away, along with the heavy feeling from the Peach Tree's teleportation...

Liu Qing couldn't find the individual at all!

Despite his rage, Liu Qing picked himself up from the ground, yet he had to admit that the opponent's ability to defeat him so effortlessly and then brazenly steal his peach and Qiankun Jade...

showed a kind of overwhelming power over him.

That feeling...

made Liu Qing think back to the preliminary heroic banquet, when he fought Li Che.

That battle...

He was crushed too.

Instantly killed.

And today, that familiar feeling.

Although he didn't see Li Che, intuition told Liu Qing that the person who played him was Li Che!

"I may have lost my Flat Peach... but I still have a chance!"

"As long as I gather five Flat Peaches, there's still a chance to qualify for the second round!"

Liu Qing took a deep breath, leaned forward, and began to charge and dash swiftly again, continuing to run, continuing to shuttle through the maze in search of Flat Peach trees bearing fruit!

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...

Whoosh whoosh whoosh——

The Flat Peach tree branches and leaves collided and rubbed against each other, as if roots and stems were wriggling quickly through the soft ground.

Then a figure seemed to slowly emerge from the darkness.

Suspended around him were two Flat Peaches, the second Thousand-Year-Old Flat Peach was a longevity peach, fragrant everywhere.

"The Liu Qing from Heavenly Pill Divine Sect?"

Li Che smiled faintly.

He didn't kill him, just took his Flat Peaches, and besides that, since he decided to spare him, he also took Liu Qing's Qiankun Jade.

"Pay for your life."

Li Che brought his two fingers together, tore open the Qiankun Space, and threw the Qiankun Jade into it.

He wasn't in a rush to explore what was inside.

This time, by entering this Peach Forest through the West Queen Mother Divinity on the Peach Branch, Li Che vaguely felt, dying here... would mean true death!

It won't be like the preliminary banquet, where one could save their life through the West Queen Mother Divinity, with only some injuries as the cost.

Here, killing is allowed, and death is real.

Of course, if you encounter opponents you can't defeat, you can communicate with the linked West Queen Mother Divinity through your mind and choose to leave this Heroic Victory Conference.

To Liu Qing... Li Che still showed some mercy, mainly wanting to keep Liu Qing around to fish in troubled waters, as long as Liu Qing is alive, he has the chance to compete for other Flat Peaches.

Though he couldn't pick Flat Peaches anymore, he can continue to snatch the ones others hold.

Having one more person sharing the Flat Peaches, trying to gather five becomes more difficult.

In this Heroic Victory Conference, there are quite a few opponents that could make Li Che wary.

Even relying solely on divinity-level power, there are plenty of strong foes that can create pressure for Li Che.

For instance, the Golden-haired Hou from Wushen Mountain, this person is of the Martial Saint Three Openings realm, with immense combat power, the successor to the Great Witch God of Wushen Mountain, naturally not to be underestimated.

In addition, there's Zhang Xuanlei from Purple Mansion Divine Sect, Zhang Yunlong's biological father.

Li Che and this person are naturally at odds, after all, Xi Xi killed his son, and Zhang Xuanlei has stated that the grudges between the children will be settled personally by the fathers.

Therefore, between Li Che and Zhang Xuanlei, a battle is inevitable.

And Zhang Xuanlei, Purple Mansion Divine Sect's first hero, is extremely strong, aiming for the championship of the Heroic Victory Conference.

Additionally, there's Purple Mansion Divine Sect's second hero and third hero, Zhang Xuanhe and Zhang Xuanyu respectively.

The three heroes of Purple Mansion Divine Sect are not weak. Coming from Great Vista's First Divine Sect, the goal is to compete for the top!

According to the former Heroic Victory Conference situations, all three have a high likelihood of competing for the top.

Of course, besides these people, there are the Buddhist monks from West Buddhist Lands, West Buddhist Lands... that influence the external forces at Little Lingyin Temple, which might even be the origin of the Evil Buddha.

In previous Heroic Victory Conferences, West Buddhist Lands never sent monks, but it's different this time, they seemed to have anticipated something ahead of time.

No matter what, Little Lingyin Temple itself is extremely difficult, let alone the West Buddhist Lands behind it.

And then there's Ji Moli's disciple Zhou Chiguo and others...

"The pressure's quite hefty..."

"Without resorting to Martial Path, it's rather tricky."

Li Che's brows furrowed slightly.

The most important point is...

The rules of this year's Heroic Victory Conference contain a loophole, perhaps not a loophole, which is...

There might be heroes joining forces against a single person.

"Whatever..."