1194 I Won’t Give Up

There were people coming and going in Lone Star City, and it was still lively.

Although as the Garden Hunting Assembly continued day by day and more and more participants were eliminated, less than a tenth of the participants was still qualified to stay on this planet, as the only neutral area on Planet Ricardo, regardless of whether they rested and reorganized or met up, most of the participants would still come to Lone Star City for a period of time.

There were even many people who planned to stay in Lone Star City for a few days until the first stage of the Garden Hunting Assembly ended.

You said that you want points to stay in the city?

Please, which participant who could still stay in the Garden Hunting Assembly was not a genius martial artist with outstanding strength or special abilities? Such points were no longer a problem.

Royes held a cup of drink of unknown dark purple color and the fragrance of wine in his hand. He sat on a section of the city wall not far from the west gate of Lone Star City. As he watched the distant star land on the horizon, the afterglow spread all the way over, dying the entire ground red. As he tasted the wine in his hand, he felt extremely satisfied and comfortable, and he was so comfortable that he could not help but groan in satisfaction.

“Sigh, after risking my life for so many days, I should have enjoyed myself like now and relaxed. Don’t you think so?”

The person he asked was a red-haired youth sitting opposite him. His name was Bodi, and he was a participant from an unknown small country in the Perseus Arm with him.

Hearing Royes’s words, Bodi did not have a relaxed expression like him. He frowned and drank half of the wine in his cup, but he gritted his teeth even more because the smell of alcohol was strong.

It was not easy for him to rely on his powerful body to forcefully suppress his drunkenness. Bodi threw the wine glass to the side, grabbed another glass of fruit juice, and drank it in large mouthfuls. Only then did he sigh in satisfaction.

However, his frown still did not ease.

“It’s true that you can relax now, but Royes, have you thought about what to do in the second stage?”

Royes frowned, thought for a moment, and smiled bitterly.

Their strength was between the fourth-stage to the fifth-stage Void Break Realm. In terms of personal strength, they could be considered the top geniuses in their country or even several surrounding countries. Before coming to participate in the Garden Hunting Assembly, the two of them were also filled with confidence, feeling that they would definitely be able to show off their skills and obtain the attention of everyone.

However, when they really arrived here, they were surprised to discover that there were actually young martial artists of their level everywhere.

Not to mention that fourth-stage or fifth-stage Void Break Martial Artists of the same strength as them were everywhere in the Garden Hunting Assembly, super-geniuses who had even successfully condensed a star cloud and broken through the Void Break Realm to the Heaven Control Realm could even be seen everywhere.

With their strength, if not for the two of them joining forces, they would have long been eliminated.

However, just as Bodi was worried, even if they persisted in the first stage, what about the second stage?

Without a doubt, the second stage was even more intense and cruel than the first stage.

With their strength, they did not have the confidence to stand out from those guys and finally obtain the super reward given by the Declan Empire.

In fact, Royes did not even have the slightest confidence that he could survive the second stage.

It would have been fine if it was some time ago, but what had happened in the past few days made him realize the true cruelty of this Garden Hunting Assembly.

Ever since the fact that the royal family of the Declan Empire had done so much preparation for the descendants of the royal family participating in the Garden Hunting Assembly was exposed, the conflict between the participants from other countries and the descendants of the royal family of the Declan Empire who were also participating in the Garden Hunting Assembly was even more intense. Many people simply banded together and attacked those royal descendants.

In the past few days, just Royes had seen six descendants of the royal family being forced to use the legendary strange cultivation method that could escape into an alternate space and be born with it. There was even a member of the royal family who died before he could even use this cultivation method.

Royes had to admit that when he saw the descendant of the royal family die before he could even escape, he indeed felt a trace of pleasure.

These guys from the Declan Empire always had a high and mighty appearance and looked down on young martial artists from other countries. He had long disliked them.

Not to mention that the royal family of the Declan Empire made it sound good. They said that this Garden Hunting Assembly was a fair competition, but they had privately prepared so many life-saving things for those descendants of the royal family. Even Star-Grade Martial Artists had been mobilized, causing Royes to be even more dissatisfied.

Seeing that no matter how prepared these descendants of the royal family were, they would still die, Royes naturally felt secretly happy.

Of course, he was not interested in besieging the descendants of the royal family with those people.

In his opinion, these guys were also a group of fools.

Even if they could kill those descendants of the royal family to vent their anger, so what?

This was the territory of the Declan Empire. Did these guys really think that they could leave safely after killing those noble princes and princesses?

Although the royal family of the Declan Empire said it very well on the surface and said that all the participants in the Garden Hunting Assembly were the same, it was normal for anyone to lose their lives in the Garden Hunting Assembly, but it was obvious that this was impossible.

Otherwise, why would they arrange for those descendants of the royal family to be received by Star-Grade Martial Artists?

Therefore, although it seemed to be very satisfying for those guys to search for those descendants of the royal family to besiege and even hunt all over the planet, their outcome would definitely be very miserable.

These thoughts flashed through his mind. Royes shrugged at Bodi and shook his head. “Nothing. After the first stage ends, I’ll pack my things and go home.”

“Go home?” Bodi was stunned, “You’re not participating in the second stage anymore?”

“Something that might lose my life. I’m not going.” Royes curled his lips and pointed at Bodi, “I think you should go back with me so that you can have company on the way.”

Seeing that Royes did not seem to be joking, Bodi frowned.

“You finally successfully passed the first stage. How can you give up like this? If that’s the case, you might as well not have come back then.”

“This is different.” Royes shook his head, “Before I came, I thought that I was the top genius in the entire Milky Way. After coming here, I can let the entire Milky Way see my outstanding talent. I’m confident that I can obtain the best S-rank martial technique rewarded by the Declan Empire in the end. However, after I really came, I discovered that I’m nothing. There are simply so many guys like me, and there are even more people stronger than me everywhere. There are even those ridiculously strong fellows that I didn’t even dare to think about in the past. Do you think I still have the confidence to safely pass the second stage in front of those guys?”

At this point, Royes leaned over and patted Bodi’s shoulder forcefully. He said seriously, “Listen to my advice. Give up like me. With your strength, it’s impossible for you to fight those abnormal people. Even if we don’t talk about those princes and princesses of the Declan Empire, do you think you can win against those abnormal people from other countries?”

Bodi was stunned for a moment before shaking his head in confusion.

“I I I don’t know”

Royes sighed and continued, “It’s best if you don’t struggle. This is not an ordinary competition, but a thing that might lose your life. In fact, although the two of us can’t compare to those abnormal people, we’re still young. If we cultivate well after returning, we might be able to break through to the Star-Grade Martial Artist Realm in the future, right? Why take this risk and lose our lives here?”

Bodi was silent for a moment before slowly shaking his head.

“No I keep feeling that if I give up like this, I’m escaping. In that case, it will definitely affect my mental state in the future. It might even be called the greatest obstacle when I break through.”

“So you’d rather lose your life than go?”

Bodi took a deep breath and nodded forcefully.

“Yes! I’ve decided! No matter how dangerous it is, it’s fine even if I might lose my life. I must participate. No matter what, I’m not allowed to be a deserter!”

Royes shook his head and stopped persuading.

Although he and Bodi had cooperated tacitly during this period of time and their relationship was quite good, they were not the kind of close friends who could be together since they were young. Speaking of which, it was already not bad. He did not have the obligation to persuade Bodi to leave.

Moreover, although he had chosen to leave, he felt that what Bodi said was not unreasonable.

However, he had never had the awareness that Bodi would risk his life to cultivate martial techniques, so he was naturally not interested in taking the risk with him.

Royes originally wanted to say a few words to encourage Bodi, but when he recalled the difference in strength that he had clearly recognized these few days, he could only swallow these words.

After thinking for a moment, he raised his wine glass and gestured to Bodi.

“Alright, since you’ve already decided, I have nothing to say. I hope you at least live until the end of the Garden Hunting Assembly.”

Now that Bodi had made up his mind, he did not mind the hidden meaning of Royes’s words. He smiled and was about to raise his wine glass to drink with him when his body suddenly shook slightly. His eyes narrowed and he looked out of the city.

“Eh? That guy actually dares to come?”

“Who is it?” Royes turned around in confusion and saw a figure land in the distant sky. He landed on the flattest and unobstructed ground outside the city and walked towards Lone Star City step by step.

With just a glance, Royes could not help but exclaim.

“Damn! Is this guy here to die?”

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