Chapter 999 - 755 - Nielan’s Open Conspiracy

In this arena, Felpe was facing off against an ancient powerhouse. Felpe’s solitary nature meant he had few friends, but his hot temper from practicing fire magic caused him to offend many, including the ancient warrior he was now confronting.

The original cause was still to help Delas; at that time, Felpe hadn’t yet been injured. He was still that highly sought-after genius, an ancient warrior of renown, so the other party was forced to be tolerant. However, upon hearing that Felpe was injured and crippled afterward, the adversary had been longing to seek revenge, but no one except Delas knew Felpe’s whereabouts. And clearly, Delas was not about to betray a friend to an old enemy—even though that friendship was only on the surface.

But now, Delas was dead. And since Felpe had appeared on his own, the opponent certainly wasn’t going to miss this opportunity. It could be said that he joined the Ancient Powerhouses Alliance not to confront Long Yi but purely to take revenge on Felpe.

Yet, things took an unexpected turn, for Felpe was far stronger than imagined at this moment.

This was not merely because Felpe was young! He had fought the younger Felpe before, who was far worse off than now! Although he knew Felpe had healed from his past injuries, he resolutely refused to believe Felpe could have achieved so much in such a short time.

However, the current Felpe’s nearly unreasonable barrage left him without an ounce of temper. Felpe specialized in fire magic, known for its destructive power; once seamlessly executed, the flames left by one spell would boost the next!

"Impossible! This is utterly impossible! Did Long Yi give you some Giant heritage to make you so strong!" the ancient warrior roared aloud.

"This power should have been mine all along! Had I not been seriously injured back then, I would be even stronger now! Then scum like you would never have had the chance to run wild!" As Felpe spoke, like a blazing demon god, the arena turned into a sea of fire.

Though the crowd-favorite Long Yi was not in this arena, the magnitude of the battle was clearly capable of arousing the audience’s interest, eliciting cheers and shouts of approval. After all, as part of Long Yi’s side, everyone was delighted to see Felpe overpowering his opponent.

Simultaneously, even louder cheers erupted as Felpe and his opponent looked up to see the battle of Long Yi being live-streamed above, right at the moment of Borca’s self-destructive demise!

"The battle there has ended, and now it’s my turn!"

Felpe immediately gathered all his mana and launched a fierce assault, but his opponent had already lost all will to fight. He tried to escape, but as a participant in the Stellar Realm Arena, nobody was allowed to flee.

"Let me out of here! Let me out! You idiots, do you hear me? Otherwise, I will kill you all! I will destroy the entire Stellar Realm Arena!" the ancient warrior threatened loudly.

"Oh! Did you hear that? Someone is threatening the audience! He is threatening the audience!" the commentator immediately exclaimed with excitement.

Almost all the audience members also got excited, for what was about to happen was an event seldom seen in decades in the Stellar Realm Arena!

"Come forth, the wrath of the audience!"

With a roar from the commentator, almost all spectators simultaneously raised their hands.

At that moment, a huge metal device full of runes and arrays flew out from a certain spot. Clearly, it was a Giant relic! This was what the Stellar Realm Arena referred to as "the wrath of the audience."

In this plane, nearly everyone possessed some degree of mana. While one person’s might be limited, the total could be astonishing once the numbers added up.

The mana of each audience member was drawn out by the Giant relic, as all the runes upon it lit up.

The ancient warrior instinctively felt that things were taking a bad turn. He dodged Felpe’s attacks while shouting, "What are you doing! I command you to stop! I command you!"

However, only more booing and an influx of more mana answered him.

Finally! The device stopped absorbing mana and, after a series of operations, launched a golden ring toward the ancient warrior. Seeing the golden halo, the man was scared out of his wits; he knew that whatever the ring was, it was not going to be pleasant!

"Damn it! Don’t follow me!" the ancient warrior shouted as he unleashed magic spells in an attempt to break the ring, but the halo passed through all the magic like it didn’t exist and hit the ancient warrior squarely.

Clang!

A metallic sound rang out, and the golden ring hovered just above the ancient warrior’s head. No matter how he moved, it remained motionless, hovering about fifteen centimeters above his head. He reached for it, but his hand passed right through the ring.

"Hahaha, what is this ridiculous thing? Some kind of decoration?" the ancient warrior laughed out loud.

"Alright! Now, dear audience, please start voting! For or against! I’ll go first! I choose against!" The commentator stretched out his thumb, but pointed it downward.

"Against!"

"Against!"

"Against!"

Almost everyone was in unanimous agreement.

"More than fifty percent of people have chosen ’against’! Unfortunately, Mr. Ancient Powerhouse, because you have scorned the most esteemed spectators of the Stellar Realm Arena, you are hereby collectively sentenced to death by the audience!"

Boom!

A deadly radiance shot out from within the golden Halo, which then began to spin rapidly as it moved downward. The Ancient Powerhouse watched with wide eyes as the Halo settled onto his head, attempting to block it with his hand, but his hand was instantly shredded. The Halo descended bit by bit until it had completely ground the Ancient Powerhouse to dust and then vanished without a trace.

Although Felpe considered him an enemy, the sight made his heart jump with fear. It turned out that the Stellar Realm Arena possessed such terrifying power!

"No one can challenge the rules of the Stellar Realm Arena!"

The commentator shouted fervently.

The audience went wild, as from today on, virtually all spectators in the Arena could brag to their friends that they had personally killed an Ancient Powerhouse!

The Teleportation Array flickered, and Long Yi and Felpe almost simultaneously returned to the main battlefield. Laughter burst from Long Yi when he saw the scene before him.

Now, including Nielan, there were only five people left in the Ancient Warrior Coalition; all the other Ancient Powerhouses had been killed by Lingling’s Light Cannon!

"Hey, what’s the point of continuing the fight under these circumstances?" Long Yi yelled from a distance.

"So, Borca is dead as well? That Power of Rules of his that could plunder others’ abilities has also fallen into your hands, hasn’t it?" Nielan asked.

"Yeah, do you have any interesting abilities I can plunder—or should I say, copy?" Long Yi raised his hand, and streaks of golden electricity flickered.

"In that case, I can rest easy." A smile played on Nielan’s lips as he suddenly raised his hand, unleashing a bolt of red lightning. To his surprise, the remaining Ancient Powerhouses instantly disintegrated into red light, which the lightning absorbed back into Nielan’s body. Then more lightning spread out, disintegrating the nearby corpses of Ancient Powerhouses and funneling more energy into Nielan’s frame, which grew increasingly large, reaching a height of five meters.

Boom!

Lingling’s Light Cannon fired again, but the colossal Nielan merely raised his hand, and rather than breaching it, the beam of light exploded against his palm!

"Hehehe, I really must thank you, Long Yi. Without your arrival, I truly don’t know how else I would have acquired such immense power!"

Nielan’s voice was deep and sonorous, so much so that Mana spewed out with his words whenever he spoke.

"You’re the one who’s been leaking information to me all along, aren’t you?" Long Yi suddenly asked.

"Correct! It was me! I’ve always been following you, and every time you kill an Ancient Powerhouse, I devour them! You don’t have a clue how wonderful it is to gain power through devouring!" Nielan declared, his voice thundering with Mana, even causing the nearby barriers to waver.

At that moment, all the shields in the Arena vanished, and the entire energy of the Stellar Realm Arena channelled into this one Arena.

"This is quite unexpected. It turns out that the Ancient Warrior Coalition that was formed against me has always been part of your scheme," Long Yi said.

"Not a scheme, but a open plot! Some people have always known about my devouring ability, but those people are dead. Adaman, Delas, and that ridiculous Lou Aran whom I drove away, they all thought I wanted to devour you. But what they couldn’t guess was that devouring you was only my final objective, and before that, they were my meal! Now, I already possess the power of more than thirty Ancient Powerhouses! And you, you are merely my next meal!"

"Interesting, I suppose the one who sabotaged the Mana Suppression Field was also part of your plan from the beginning?" Long Yi said.

"How could I let you keep something that is the only real threat to me?" Nielan replied.

"Brother Long, this guy is already so strong, why isn’t he rushing to attack us and instead wasting time talking?" Ai Lin suddenly asked from the side, her voice was loud enough for the audience and Nielan to hear.

"There are two possibilities. The first is that he has been secretly planning for so long, and now that his plan is finally coming to fruition, he desperately needs to share his joy with someone, to boast," explained Long Yi.

"What about the second possibility?" asked Silver Light.

"The second possibility can only be that this idiot can’t adapt to the power that has suddenly entered his body and he’s stalling for time," Long Yi deduced.

"Hmm, hahaha! You’re very smart, Long Yi! You actually noticed that I’m stalling, but what does it matter? Even in my current state, I am beyond your league!" Nielan roared.

"I’d like to see that for myself!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)