Chapter 1347: Chapter 1347: All Are Master Actors

Lan Xuanyu couldn’t let the “audience” realize that he could casually use the Light and Dark Divine Thunder, otherwise, who would dare to challenge him? What about the Tianyang Crystal Stone then? So the act had to be properly performed.

Li Menglong frowned deeply, his eyes fixed firmly on Lan Xuanyu on the stage. When Lan Xuanyu announced the martial competition, he had already made up his mind to emerge victorious, and had even received approval from his father. Thus, the two previous battles—one was merely a probe, while the second was intended as a serious attempt to strike at Lan Xuanyu.

Zhu Cheng, the Monocle Rubber Clan member, had obviously attacked under Li Menglong’s covert instructions. Zhu Cheng had originally been brought in specifically to mess with the Sky Dragon Clan. Although the Sky Dragon Clan and the Sky Horse Clan jointly ruled the entire Dragon Horse Star System, the rivalry between the two had always been present. The Sky Dragon Clan held the dominant position solely due to the greater power of the Sky Dragon Leader.

This time, with the absence of the Sky Dragon Leader, the Sky Horse Clan naturally had some scheming planned, at least attempting to deal some blows to the Sky Dragon Clan during the challenge matches. Zhu Cheng was one of their secret weapons.

But Li Menglong never expected Zhu Cheng to lose so quickly or for Lan Xuanyu’s explosive abilities to be so fierce. That burst of power from the Golden Dragon Princess—if he had been on stage, Li Menglong felt he would have been heavily injured even if he could withstand it, and weaker opponents would have faced utter annihilation! Too ferocious. Moreover, during the Ascending Dragon Tournament, “she” didn’t seem this powerful! Had her strength advanced rapidly in mere months, or had she hidden her true abilities during the tournament? Could this have been a deliberate ploy by the Sky Dragon Clan to trap the Sky Horse Clan?

Yet recalling the situation from the Ascending Dragon Tournament, it didn’t entirely align. At that time, the Golden Dragon Princess’s battles had been too brutal at the end. For the Dragon Clan, the Ascending Dragon Tournament championship was an unparalleled honor, so no one would likely have yielded in such a matter.

In this fleeting moment, Li Menglong’s thoughts raced. Now, the third challenger had already emerged.

Another beam of light was absorbed into the payment tank, and a brawny figure instantly ascended the battle stage.

Each fight was separated by a ten-minute rest, but challengers had to pay the fee before participating. Paying first secured the opportunity for an earlier challenge. This contender clearly intended to seize that advantage. This time, it wasn’t orchestrated by Li Menglong. Evidently, they were trying to exploit an opportunity.

The figure on stage was another alien species. His build was robust and towering, his entire body encased in a layer of black shell, vaguely resembling a humanoid shape. Yet, beneath the black shell, he appeared somewhat peculiar. Furthermore, he lacked hands; his arms were two massive sickles extending three meters in length. His height exceeded four and a half meters. The moment he arrived, an intense aura of sharpness erupted.

Sun Weiping of the Mantis Clan! Li Menglong recognized this individual. Sun Weiping was the young patriarch of the Mantis Clan. Known as the foremost ground soldiers in the Dragon Horse Star System, the Mantis Clan ranked sixth among the top ten races in the galaxy. They were a truly formidable clan, positioned even above the Sky Domination Clan. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to produce the Tianyang Crystal Stone so easily.

Among the young generation of powerhouses, Sun Weiping was exceptionally renowned and hailed as the strongest within the Mantis Clan youth. He was the next patriarch in line. He had an imposing nickname—Reverse God Blade. It was said that his pair of massive mantis sickles had once slain a God Rank powerhouse. His combat prowess was extraordinarily ferocious.

The Mantis Clan’s rise to the sixth-ranked powerhouse species was in stark contrast to the Monocle Rubber Clan. The Mantis Clan boasted an enormous population—tens of millions. Moreover, every member of the Mantis Clan was naturally born as a warrior.

Mature Mantis Clan members reached a height of four meters and possessed naturally indestructible sickles. These sickles could easily rip through a mecha’s defenses. While their flying abilities were unimpressive, their expertise lay in gliding. On ground warfare, they were fearsome entities. The massive mantis blades they wielded rendered them invincible. Even the Sky Dragon Clan and Sky Horse Clan highly valued the Mantis Clan’s ground armies, which were praised as God-level Armies during galaxy invasions.

Simply put, if the Douluo Federation’s mecha soldiers faced the Mantis Clan, a single Mantis Clan member couldn’t defeat one mecha on their own. However, with three or more Mantis Clan members or a Mantis Clan powerhouse, the mecha would be in trouble. What’s more, the Mantis Clan maintained a reserve army of forty million. In contrast, how many mechas did humans have in total?

However, the Mantis Clan had their weaknesses, primarily centered on their lack of intelligence. Their Spiritual Power was relatively weak, which posed the greatest limitation for their species.

The Mantis Clan had virtually no scientific research capabilities. Their formidable physiques enabled them to dominate their original home planet without the need for technological innovations. Through brute strength, they could defeat almost any adversary on their planet, which left them without natural predators there. They were born warriors but did not engage in production or scientific research, leading to their eventual decline.

When the Mantis Clan voluntarily sought allegiance with the Sky Dragon Clan and Sky Horse Clan, their motive was the assurance of sufficient food supplies, in exchange for providing warriors as military forces.

The warships of the Sky Dragon Planet and Sky Horse Planet carried Mantis soldiers. During ground invasion operations or close-combat skirmishes, the Mantis soldiers played crucial roles.

Sun Weiping’s shell glistened with a dark luster, and his face was covered with patches of scale armor. His enormous Reverse God Blades extended from his sides, and he fixed his gaze on Lan Xuanyu. Suddenly, he spoke, “Golden Dragon Princess, concede! In your current state, you’re definitely not my match. Marry me, and you’ll become the patriarch’s wife. Our offspring might even produce Mantis Dragons.”

As his words landed, the crowd erupted into an uproar; his proposition was indeed bold…

It’s precisely because the Mantis Clan lacked intelligence—making enemies of the Dragon Knights among the Dragon Clan with such a statement, wasn’t that asking for trouble?

The Sky Horse Sect Leader smiled faintly as he glanced at Zhong Zhichang and Huang Liangwei beside him. Zhong Zhichang’s expression did not change, but Huang Liangwei had already furrowed his brows.

Zhong Zhichang turned slightly and cast Huang Liangwei a look, prompting Huang’s complexion to return to normal. The two exchanged divine consciousness briefly.

Huang Liangwei: “This girl can really act. ‘She’ hasn’t been hurt at all, and her energy consumption is minimal.”

Zhong Zhichang: “Don’t overdo it when you shield ‘her.’ Cover up a bit so the Sky Horse guy doesn’t notice.”

Huang Liangwei: “Don’t worry. This guy is clearly craving our ‘Lan.’ That’s impossible. This Mantis Clan brat is truly brainless. If he courts death, he can’t blame anyone else.”

Zhong Zhichang: “Hmm.”

Super God-level powerhouses are never simple characters. Huang Liangwei’s first move wasn’t just to secure the number-one battle stage and prevent the explosive force of the Light and Dark Divine Thunder from extending outward; it was also to conceal its aura, ensuring that the Sky Horse Sect Leader and other Super God-level powerhouses from the Sky Horse Clan couldn’t detect the energy fluctuation of the Light and Dark Divine Thunder. Additionally, it helped obscure Lan Xuanyu’s own aura.

When Huang Liangwei acted, the Sky Horse Sect Leader had initially intended to intervene, but he was subtly disrupted by the Dawn Dragon Knight in that instant, causing him to hesitate slightly. Given the circumstances, he couldn’t openly confront them, so he could only let things unfold.

Nevertheless, Huang Liangwei was unaware that because Lan Xuanyu perceived his presence, she deliberately revealed her unharmed state to him. Otherwise, with the Treasure Hunting Beast concealing her abilities, how could she leave such a flaw?

For a moment, everyone seemed to be matching wits and showcasing their skills, leading to the current audacious challenge from Sun Weiping, the Reverse God Blade of the Mantis Clan.

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