Chapter 835: Holy Demon Emperor Court

The competition continued, and the twenty winners of the first round were re-organized into pairs to fight.

Shen Zheng did not show his true colors. When he met an opponent, he just pretended to barely cope with it, pretending to win by luck. In this way, he survived the second round of the top ten competition and entered the top ten.

The subsequent battles were no longer such a life-and-death fight. Mo Yun Zhanjun issued a death order that anyone who killed the opponent would be directly judged as the loser. Therefore, the refereeing work became more difficult, and the original referees were also removed and replaced by a referee team composed of the Empire Elders, who monitored the competition of each pair of players and took timely action when necessary to prevent deaths from happening.

From this, Shen Zheng was more certain that this was the selection of good killers. When the good killers had been selected, the Saint Demons were reluctant to let these talents be wasted, so they came up with such strict protection measures.

At this time, the competition still adopted the rules of the knockout tournament. The winners directly entered the top five, and then started the round-robin tournament to rank. The losers did not leave the field, but continued the qualifying round for the last five. [

Since he has entered the top ten and can participate in the finals with the team, Shen Zheng does not need to act hard. But in order to ensure that he will not lose, he "worked hard" to get an eighth place, which is neither higher nor lower than the last five, and is not eye-catching at all.

The battle for the top five was very fierce. Because there was no threat of death, the players were no longer afraid of opponents who were stronger than themselves. Even if they knew they were not opponents, they had to fight, at least to understand the style of the strong.

After a battle, there were many exciting scenes and cheers, but it finally came to an end. Mo Guangcuo won the championship as expected. Amid the cheers, Mo Yunzhanjun flew down from a high place and raised Mo Guangcuo's hand on the awarding platform.

"The champion has been born, it is the son of the Mo family in the imperial capital, Mo Guangcuo, the nephew of the emperor!"

An etiquette officer shouted the result, followed by the cheers of the crowd. Amid the cheers, Mo Yunzhanjun took a worm core from the etiquette officer and took out a strange item.

Shen Zheng's eyes were immediately attracted by the object, because he sensed the powerful power of the artifact from it.

"Xiaocuo." Moyun Zhanjun's eyes showed a kind light, and he handed the object to Moguangcuo. "This is the champion's prize, the artifact 'Heavenly Demon Control'. Use it with your own insect spirit weapon edge to instantly increase the power of the weapon and gain the power of the Heavenly Demon, and you can switch between long-range and close combat at any time."

"Thank you, Emperor!" Moguangcuo saluted respectfully and took the artifact.

The artifact was one meter long and looked like an overlong hilt. There was a round hole at the front, like the muzzle of a gun. Moguangcuo took it in his hand and suddenly exerted his strength. Immediately, the light in his body was transmitted to the artifact, and it sprayed out from the hole and turned into the blade of his curved knife.

He held the handle of the artifact and waved it violently in the air a few times. Immediately, cracks in the space appeared in the air, as if he would be directly cut open if he exerted more force.

"Good baby!" He couldn't help but shine with excitement.

"Work hard, my child." Moyun Zhanjun patted Mo Guangcuo on the shoulder. "After you win the position of the expeditionary army commander, there will be greater benefits waiting for you!"

"Yes!" Mo Guangcuo put away the artifact and bowed respectfully to Moyun Zhanjun. "My nephew will definitely live up to my uncle's expectations!"

Shen Zheng stared at the artifact, thinking about who he could give it to to increase his strength when he got it.

Looking at this group of people, Shen Zheng felt a little sorry for them. He already knew that the lifespan of these holy demons was only about tens of millions of years, which was pitifully short compared to the hundreds of millions of years of lifespan of the normal Star Sea King, so they would do everything they could to kill into the Source Realm and seize the power of the Source Realm.

Because that is directly related to the length of their lives.

But this can never be a reason for them to kill people in the Source Realm. No matter what, as long as they invade the Source Realm, Shen Zheng will never tolerate it.

After the award ceremony for the champion, the top ten contestants were invited to the podium to receive the award from Lord Moyun Zhan himself. The reward was quite generous. It turned out to be a space bug core, which contained a large number of treasures from the Holy Demon Realm - the black jade stone used by the King of the Star Sea to replenish his strength, called the Holy Spirit Stone; the golden crystal used to increase his strength, called the Holy Demon Crystal. The number of rewards for these two things varied depending on the ranking. Shen Zheng, the eighth place, received a thousand Holy Spirit Stones and five Holy Demon Crystals.

For ordinary people, this is already a huge fortune, but for Shen Zheng, it is not enough. But he still pretended to be excited and accepted it. [

"I heard that you are a blind man?" Lord Moyun Zhan stood in front of Shen Zheng, saying with the mask on his helmet.

"Your Majesty actually knows me?" Shen Zheng pretended to be excited, his body trembling slightly.

"Take off your helmet, let me remember your heroic appearance." Lord Moyun Zhan said with a smile.

"I... I'm afraid of scaring His Majesty..." Shen Zheng still pretended to be excited, with his hands half raised, pretending to be hesitant about whether to take it off or not.

"Your Majesty, it's not necessary, right? I heard it's really difficult." The etiquette officer beside him whispered a reminder.

"No!" Moyun Zhanjun said with a smile, "Such a powerful warrior appeared in a small family. I have to remember him. Come on, my child."

"Yes!" Shen Zheng took off his helmet, revealing a face that was transformed into a fierce ghost by the power of the demon armor, and a blank look. He was confident that he had disguised himself very well, but he was still nervous, because Mo Yun Zhanjun was indeed a master among masters, and he was afraid that his ability to hide could not be hidden from the other party.

No matter who they are, they all love beauty and are unwilling to face ugliness. Even Mo Yun Zhanjun was the same. After admiring this ugly face, although he appeared calm on the surface, he was extremely disgusted in his heart. He nodded and signaled Shen Zheng to put on the helmet.

"Don't mind your appearance. The most important thing for a man is strength and power!" He patted Shen Zheng on the shoulder to encourage him. "Go to the source world to establish merit! In this way, you will be admired by several people and become a hero who can be recorded in history!"

"Yes!" Shen Zheng pretended to be excited.

Mo Yun Zhanjun continued to walk back, giving prizes to the ninth and tenth place, and said encouraging words, but Shen Zheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Finally, I got through it. Since the emperor of this country could not detect any abnormality, I basically don’t have to be afraid of anything in the future.

After the grand award ceremony, the top ten were invited to a special hotel and enjoyed the most luxurious hospitality. Two days later, this team protected by the royal guards set out from the Demon Empire and arrived at a more magnificent secret realm after a long hyperspace flight.

That secret realm was full of magnificent momentum. Although it was full of high-rise buildings, the architectural style was completely different from the imperial capital of the Demon Empire. It was full of classical atmosphere, like a castle. And there were no billboards, hotels or anything like that. Shen Zheng felt that this was a simple imperial city at first glance.

This secret realm is the supreme ruler of the Holy Demon Realm. The Holy Demon Clan’s Imperial Court Secret Realm is the highest authority in the entire Holy Demon Realm. Here, any guard is an extremely strong master. Even if he saw the senior officials leading the Demon Empire, he would just nod slightly to greet them. As for the officials, they all put on old-fashioned faces. When the officials of the Demon Empire saw them, they would take the initiative to come forward and say hello.

Although they called the Demon leader "Sir", the light in their eyes did not show much respect.

The leader of the Demon Empire was of high status. He was a member of the Empire Elders Council and a member of the Royal Demon Family. His name was Mo Lun. He was not a person who would act in a friendly manner, but in front of these imperial officials, he had to smile. It can be seen that things in the officialdom are common to both mortals and the major planes.

The group was taken to an ancient castle by the reception officials and arranged to live in one of the castles. In front of the castle was a huge garden square with fountains, flowers, beautiful birds and docile little animals. There was also a band playing music from time to time and beautiful singers singing. On the other side of the square was another small castle. I don't know who lives in it.

A group of people were arranged to have good things, and many people had nothing to talk about, so they went to the square to relax. There were also respectful waiters who were always ready to serve wine and food. Some of the contestants who were interested in this went to drink and chat.

Shen Zheng followed them, not to relax, but to get to know these people better, and at the same time began to think about how to carry out his plan.

He quickly mixed into the group with a humble attitude.

Except for the first place winner Mo Guangcuo, the nine contestants from the Demon Empire came to the square outside, sat around a round table, ordered the waiters to serve wine and food, and then ate, drank and chatted. Shen Zheng pretended to be respectful, constantly helping everyone add wine and food, and gradually made everyone accept this strong man from a small family in a remote place in the village. [

"Brother Tianfeng, I say." The ninth place player who lost to him in the competition taught him earnestly, "You are right to do this. Although your ability is not low, you should know that your family has no power at all. We are different. Our families are all famous families in the empire. You have to know that the strength of an individual is not strong, and the strength of a group of people is really strong. This attitude is right. You can't be as high and mighty as Mo Guangcuo, unless you have a stronger force behind you."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Shen Zheng nodded hurriedly, and then pretended to be sad and angry. "It's a pity that my family was destroyed by the Yi Lian family. I will avenge this sooner or later."

"I heard about your story." The second-ranked player pretended to be calm and nodded. "Don't worry, as long as you help me well in the army in the future, I can help you settle this matter."

"Thank you very much!" Shen Zheng hurriedly poured him a glass of wine and flattered him.

In secret, he kept looking at the castle opposite.

He had asked the waiter here and knew that it was the residence prepared for the Saint Clan players. These arrogant saints have not come yet.

The first step is to get closer to these idiots, the second step...

Shen Zheng smiled secretly.