The Scum Is A ***

Ke Lu still didn't know that more than half of the participants are now going after him after he incited their rage. Though, even if he will know it, he wouldn't care. The remaining half, aside from him, he has sent out of this space – of this stage. This is his task. But, this is also what he wants – to kill. It is just a pity that he can't kill these participants, especially the disciples. Or else, the Righteous Alliance will definitely cut him off the competition. He will be sent to their hands earlier.

This can't happen. He knows that they will definitely arrest him as soon as this stage ends. They still haven't yet because he is still protected by the rules. But, as soon as the stage ends and they return to the Zhongyang, they will definitely will not let him off. Thus, he will escape before this stage ends. He knows that his superiors won't save him if he will get caught, since they are still cautious with the cultivators who managed to solve each problem they gave them.

Ke Lu grinned maliciously. He has already dealt with the weaklings. The ones left are the strong ones. He felt his blood boiling and he licked his lips in excitement. He can't wait to kill them all, too! He thought as his eyes gleamed with bloodlust.

…

"This should be the last one, please!" the audience cried when they saw that Bai Tan brought another participant back.

Zheng Fu Gong's expression is grave as he looked at the images projected by the Cleansing Stone with a dark expression on his face. He is pondering still if he should just end the competition.

"They will solve this." Cheng Sheng spoke.

They all looked at him and watched as he skillfully fixed the rogue cultivator's broken bone. Everyone felt goosebumps appeared on their skin when they heard that snap.

"They will solve this, so, please give them more time." Cheng Sheng said as he raised his head and looked at Zheng Fu Gong with a pleading gaze. He meant for the competition continue and let the participants solve this by themselves.

Zheng Fu Gong felt his heart is heavy. "Okay." He decided.

"Thank you." Cheng Sheng bowed before he resumed treating the participant's more serious wounds on the spot. Or else, this participant would definitely become bedridden. And they definitely can't let this happen. "All of our promising disciples are going to work together to deal against the enemy. Why should we stop them? This will halt their development." He explained.

Everyone understood. Their disciples can't rely on them forever. They have to let them go and spread their wings in the end. And the sooner they learn how to fly, the better it is since they can grow earlier, or else everything will be too late for them.

Time definitely can't go back, no matter for who it is.

…

"Er Zi! Everyone, they are back!" Wen Wen called as he ran to welcome Fei Yinzi and the others.

When Fei Yinzi and the others arrived, they saw that the atmosphere is gloomy.

"It is us who found Lu Xiu. At first we thought he was a ghost." Fei Huo spoke.

The Shanliangde Sect disciples looked at him, especially Xi He. "…" it was only you who thought that it was a ghost! Don't include us! They thought. Don't lump us in with you! They added.

"Jing Xu?" Chen Wu called as he turned to Jing Xu. He wanted to ask about the remaining two participants.

"When we found them, there are unable to move and the demons were attracted by their blood." Jing Xu answered.

Everyone's heart thudded in fear. If Jing Xu and Jing De found them later, these two participants would have… they all shook their heads to throw those thoughts away.

"The two of them seemed to coincidentally allied together but Ke Lu still attacked them." Jing Xu added.

Qian Jue and Qian Meng frowned. "So, he finally gave up on his deceiving act?" Qian Jue's voice is sharp.

Jing De shrugged. "They are luckier than Ning Zhe." He said and casted a pitiful gaze at the similarly unconscious Lu Xiu. Cui Xiang and Cui Xiao are decocting a tonic to suppress the poison in Lu Xiu's body. Fortunately, Cui Xiang knows the poison." He explained what happened earlier.

"Good." Everyone sighed in relief. Then, they looked at the Shanliangde Sect who are enviously looking around.

"They managed to bypass the traps?" He Shun exclaimed when he remembered the traps.

Hearing his question, the atmosphere turned lighter and Jing De laughed.

Jing Xu smiled. "Of course not. They should also be aware that we placed traps so they waited at the foot of the hill where we then found them." he explained and looked at the Shanliangde Sect disciples.

Sun Yan's smile became stiff while Sun Ri's shoulder shook in suppressed laughter. Fei Luo frowned while Xi Bing said nothing. Fei Huo didn't understand the meaning behind Jing Xu's words while Xi He sneered.

"Since the patients are all been handled by Cui Xiang, shall we start discussing the counterattack?" Chen Wu spoke.

Everyone nodded in agreement, including the Shanliangde Sect. They know that Ke Lu is a poison that has to be removed or else the poison will spread until all of them die.

"What do you suggest?" Fei Luo asked with an icy expression.

"Tie him up?" Ling Yun asked.

"Too soft!" Xi He sneered.

"Xi He. We can't kill him." Xi Bing told him.

Xi He shut up.

"Then, tie him up?" Chen Yu asked in a timid voice.

Suddenly, they heard Qi Lan spoke. "I have an idea." He looked at them.

…

The next day, Wu Tie and Jin Yu were surprised that they were called. Then, they found out about the existing problem in the third stage.

"You guys are hunting a person instead of hunting demons?" Wu Tie looked at them with a weird gaze.

"This person is more troublesome than the demons." Wu Lian curtly answered.

Wu Tie was defeated.

"The first elimination period is only two days away." Jin Yu reminded them.

"If we can't deal with this Ke Lu, then we might as well all be eliminated. He will finish us all before we can finish him first." Chen Wu said.

"If you don't want to help, then don't. It's not like we are short of people." Su Mi spoke. "We won't take this against you." She added.

"Aside from all of us, only three other participants remained, including the MuliSu Sect disciple Lu Xiu whose shixiong Ning Zhe almost died." Su Yi spoke. "Who knows how the others ended up? Lu Xiu was poisoned while the remaining disciple and rogue cultivator are still unconscious. Since last night." He explained.

Wu Tie frowned. "I didn't say I won't help." He told them. "It is just that we don't know much about the enemy. How sure are you that you can defeat him?" he asked. "Even if this is just one person while there are more than ten of us, we might still be defeated if the enemy would catch us all off-guard. Worse, he will really kill us when he finally disregard the rules." He explained. "If he really is an enemy, a spy, then he should be just waiting for us to gather to take us all in one swoop. Based from your words, he is wicked. Then, he definitely wouldn't care about the rules when his goal is finally within his sight. He can obtain his objective." He warned them.

"We know." Fei Yinzi spoke. "That is why we still feel tense even if we outnumber him. My master said that we should never feel confident even if we can see the light of victory, for that light is just the tail of its ray and its head is actually still far from our reach." He said.

Everyone nodded in agreement. Even if victory is within your sight, but an accident can still happen, especially if you committed a mistake.

"Also – " Fei Yinzi continued when he saw that neither Wu Tie nor Jin Yu spoke. They have finally convinced them… or convincing Wu Tie is enough since Jin Yu is following Wu Tie, who he declared his master. " – we already have something to counter Ke Lu in case he would near us and catch us off-guard, which will make us unable to react and move our body in that time." he said.

Wu Tie's brows rose. He looked interested. Then, he smiled. "Count me in." he told them.

…

"Ah!" Cheng Sheng suddenly snapped his fingers and started everyone.

"What is it?" the others asked and glared at him. They were too focused on the disciples' plan of counterattacking that their hearts almost jumped out of their throats when they heard Cheng Sheng's sudden snap.

"Are they going to use… 'that'?' Cheng Sheng tilted his head.

"… 'that'?" they asked.

Fei Yin, who is the only one who can understand Cheng Sheng's thoughts, smiled. "Most probably." He answered.

Everyone looked at them with curious gazes. What are they talking about? They thought.

Cheng Sheng smiled. "Then, their counterattack plan is definitely going to be interesting." He said.

"… huh???" everyone muttered, looking bewildered.