MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again

Tai'e staggered to his feet and slowly descended from the platform, gradually disappearing from everyone's sight.

Finding a secluded palace, Tai'e finally entered, lay down on a chair, and gasped for breath.

At that moment, the second ancestor of the Lionheart walked in with a sullen face, and scolded Tai'e, "Do you realize what you have done?!"

Tai'e glanced at the second ancestor and then closed his eyes, responding, "If one is inferior in skill, losing is inevitable."

"You think I can't see? You didn't fight seriously at all!"

"The opinion of the old ancestor doesn't matter as long as the Beast Race thinks it's acceptable."

"You!" The second ancestor, infuriated and pointing at Tai'e, appeared almost resentful, "Are you willingly handing over the title of Beast King? Do you know how long the Lionheart royal family has ruled over the Beast Race? This glory will now end in your hands, you will be the sinner in our family's history!"

Tai'e was indifferent to the second ancestor's rebuke, "Listen, old man, technically speaking, that Tukulu is also my son. If he becomes the Beast King, the royal bloodline still continues, so how can you speak of an end?"

"Hmph!" Having vented, the second ancestor lost the mood to argue further. Following Tai'e's defeat, he had to make plans to prevent Lu Hong from claiming the title of the Beast King.

Watching the second ancestor leave, Tai'e then let out a long sigh.

In his battle with Lu Hong, he had held back, not using his full strength, and he had also pulled his punches during their last collision; otherwise, he might have accidentally killed that reckless son.

Tai'e was by far stronger than Lu Hong, but not many knew the true extent of Tai'e's strength; at least, the spectating Beastmen had no idea.

In short, very powerful. Extremely powerful.

Thus, it was easy for Tai'e to throw the fight in favor of Lu Hong, as they clashed almost purely with brute force. When it came to the depth of magic power, Tai'e was certainly no less brilliant than Lu Hong.

As for Lu Hong, he barely managed a draw with the boost of blood essence, which showed the mightiness of Tai'e.

Initially, Tai'e had entered the arena intending to teach Lu Hong a lesson and make him back down, but as the fight intensified, he realized Lu Hong's resolve and eventually acknowledged him and threw the fight.

With Tai'e's defeat, the powerhouses of the Beast Race hesitated for a moment. If even the top beast in their race had lost to Duke Shenwei, did they have any hope?

Moreover, since he had defeated Tai'e, Lu Hong was fully qualified to be the new Beast King.

This sentiment spread among countless brethren of the Beast Race, causing a lack of immediate challengers stepping forward.

Lu Hong seized this opportunity and sat cross-legged to restore his magic power.

Unfortunately, it wasn't long before a Barbaric Bull warrior, wielding two basin-sized copper hammers, stepped onto the platform.

Lu Hong opened his eyes and looked at his opponent.

The warrior's eyes blazed with fiery determination as he loudly declared, "Today Tai'e was defeated, and you're also severely wounded. Wouldn't I then have the chance to become the Beast King? Though I am unaware of the origin of this Blood Oath, I am certain that the Heavenly Gods of our Beast Race established it to let the position of the Beast King be held by the capable. Why does it have to be someone from the royal family? Today, I represent my Barbaric Bull race in challenging for the position of Beast King!"

Lu Hong watched the brash Barbaric Bull warrior coolly. Generally speaking, Barbaric Bulls were known to be not very sharp, just honest - very honest.

Such words couldn't have been spontaneously spoken by the warrior; someone behind the scenes must be instigating it.

Lu Hong then glanced at the old ancestor of the Lionheart in the stands, along with the group of Beast Race Heavenly Gods who had traveled from the past.

Surely, it was these entities stirring things up, though which side specifically was hard to say.

The Barbaric Bull warrior wasn't very strong; Lu Hong knocked him down with just three punches.

But those words had indeed stirred up quite a nerve among many powerful warriors of the Beast Race.

As he said, under the fair rules of the Blood Oath, they indeed had the chance to become the Beast King and rule the Beast Race, so why should they yield to anyone?

Almost simultaneously with the defeat of the Barbaric Bull warrior, another challenger had already mounted the platform.

The battle was on the verge of eruption.

Then, the half-month blood battle had begun.

Even though the Blood Oath battle appeared extremely wild, there were still many aspects that could be manipulated.

Unless one had an absolute overpowering strength, no one could remain standing undefeated.

Firstly, three months without sleep and endless battles were more than an ordinary person could endure.

Normally, Third Transition powerhouses who had not focused on cultivating their Divine Soul couldn't last a month in relentless combat.

Fortunately, Lu Hong had some advantages in this regard. His inherent upgrade experience bar allowed him to completely fill all three aspects, making his Divine Soul full, significantly better than ordinary strong men.

During these half-month of slaughters, the strengths of those who stepped up to challenge were almost entirely in the late Third Transition phase, but none had reached the state of Great Perfection.

It was easy for the discerning to see that it was a battle of attrition, aiming to wear down the defender's spirit.

Following a punch that floored a feline strongman in front of him, Lu Hong now appeared very exhausted, breathing rapidly. Yes, the one who had started at hell difficulty, was now nearly unable to hold on.

If Tai'e hadn't been the first challenger, enduring till now, he estimated he could still handle it easily. But the initial fight had been too tough, and the subsequent challenges barely gave him time to recover. Constantly depleted, Lu Hong's vitality was almost spent, unable to withstand the challenges from those who had achieved Great Perfection if he could not get replenishment.

At that moment, a Lionheart royal strongman pulled away a beast tribe strongman who wanted to step up.

The beast tribe strongman felt the drag, was about to angrily react, but was suppressed by a brutal strength, then tossed into the crowd behind, knocking down a swath of them.

"Who? Who dares challenge..." The beast tribe strongman who was about to reproach shrank back upon seeing the other's appearance: "Warrior... Warrior Lion..."

Barley glanced at the other party, and coldly said, "Don't let me see you again. You disgrace!"

"Obedience... Obedience!"

Barley's appearance surprised everyone present. After the battle at Extreme Demon Abyss, news of Barley's death had spread throughout the Star Sea; no one expected that this second-strongest beast tribe warrior was still alive!

Seeing Barley now preparing to step onto the ring, Lu Hong looked a bit uneasy, but he quickly adjusted his mindset, displaying no fear.

Seeing Lu Hong's fearless demeanor, Barley smiled and said, "You're not wishing to step on the ring, are you?"

Lu Hong shook his head, "Being from the beast tribe, I fear no challenge. As a member of the beast tribe, I am very willing to accept your challenge."

"Good, then as you say." Stating this, Barley stepped onto the ring, and the barrier of Divine Power once again enveloped them both.

However, Barley, having stepped onto the stage, did not immediately act but sat down, and even took out a large amount of Magic Potions from his Space Ring, throwing them to Lu Hong not far away.

"This..."

Lu Hong was also baffled by Barley's actions.

At that moment, Barley explained, "Don't get me wrong. I just don't want to take advantage of someone in a weakened state."

Hearing Barley's words, the Lionheart patriarch stood up in anger, pointing at Barley and scolding, "Barley, you are violating the rules of the Blood Oath. Get down from there!"

Faced with the patriarchs' rebuke, Barley remained unconcerned, smiling said, "May I ask the patriarchs, which specific rule of the Blood Oath did I violate?"

"This..." The Lionheart patriarch thought hard and realized he couldn't really say.

When the Blood Oath was announced by the Heavenly God of the beast tribe, the Human Race hadn't invented such highly restorative Magic Potions, and the beast tribe was not skilled in concocting Magic Potions, so they hadn't considered restricting the use of Magic Potions. Also, there wasn't a restriction concerning the timing for challenges.

Thus, Barley's action of stepping onto the ring without fighting and allowing Lu Hong to use Magic Potions seemed unsavory but did not break any Blood Oath rules.

"Since Barley has not violated any Blood Oath rule, then you all should sit down and watch the match!" Netherworld God snorted coldly, a strong pressure instantly overwhelmed these Lionheart patriarchs, forcing them back into their seats.

Picking up the premium Magic Potions Barley had thrown, Lu Hong did not consume them immediately, but instead scanned the beastmen surrounding the ring.

Though using Magic Potions didn't break the rules, this action...

Lu Hong exerted a bit of force, crushing the Magic Potions in hand, "Thank you for your kindness, but I must decline."