Supreme Dragon Lord-Chapter 90: I, Long Chen, Have Come to the Appointment!
「The next day.」
Long Chen slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a long, turbid breath. After a night of cultivation, he had successfully cultivated the Coiling Dragon Seal to the Fourth Layer!
With this achievement, coupled with the amplification from his cultivation technique and secret technique, he was now capable of battling a Half-step War King. The day of the life-and-death challenge had arrived. It was time to face those from the Earth Institute!
He slowly got up and walked out of his room, only to see Chen Yao and Tuoba Jiao waiting for him.
"Long Chen, this Miss is feeling magnanimous, so I’ll give you one last chance to live," Tuoba Jiao said coldly. "Today is the day of the life-and-death challenge. Right now, many disciples of the Martial Ancestor are already waiting at the Life and Death Platform."
"Before you get there, you’d better kneel and beg me for mercy. Agree to be my beast of burden, and if you can make me happy, you might just save that pathetic life of yours."
Chen Yao quickly added, "Long Chen, now is not the time to be reckless! For your own future’s sake, you should just..."
"I’ve made up my mind." Long Chen waved his hand. Just as he stepped out of the Deacon House, he ran into the approaching Tang Le.
"Brother Long," Tang Le called out immediately.
"What, you’re here to persuade me like they were?" Long Chen asked.
"Persuade you?" Tang Le shook his head with a smile. "I have faith in Brother Long’s strength."
Just as Long Chen was about to leave, an idea popped into his head. "How about we make a quick profit from this?"
At these words, Tang Le’s eyes lit up. "Brother Long, what do you have in mind?"
Long Chen whispered in his ear.
Tang Le hesitated for a moment before nodding in agreement. "Alright, no problem. I’ll play along with you."
"Stubborn fool!" Tuoba Jiao sneered as she watched Long Chen walk away. "Since you’re so insistent on dying, then hurry up and get it over with. That suits me just fine."
「Meanwhile.」
At the Life and Death Platform, numerous disciples of the Martial Institute had already arrived early.
This life-and-death battle had been the talk of the town for days, attracting a great deal of attention. Therefore, even though the challenge had yet to begin, the spectator stands were already filled with people waiting eagerly.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Su Miaoyu entered the arena, leading Gu Hanyue, Zhang Qianyu, and Sun Bi’an.
Their arrival immediately caused a stir.
"Is that Senior Sister Su? The one with the Emperor Meridians?"
"We’re so lucky to see her in person today!"
"When she first entered the Earth Institute, she was only at the War Maniac Realm. Now, in just half a month, she has successfully advanced to the War Sect! Such a cultivation speed is truly terrifying!"
The moment they saw Su Miaoyu, the crowd began to murmur amongst themselves.
Sun Bi’an scanned the area but didn’t see Long Chen. "That Long Chen fellow hasn’t shown up yet?"
Su Miaoyu scoffed. "Today is the day he dies. It’s normal for him to be a little scared. Let’s wait. Whether he comes early or late, he must die today!"
The thought of Long Chen dying on the Life and Death Platform today put Su Miaoyu in such high spirits that she didn’t mind the wait.
"Senior Sister Su, rest assured, I will make sure that kid dies a miserable death!" Zhang Qianyu said, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.
He harbored a bone-deep hatred for Long Chen, who had caused him to be punished with days of confinement.
After another ten minutes of waiting, Long Chen still hadn’t appeared. Su Miaoyu’s brow furrowed as her patience began to wear thin.
The audience also grew somewhat discontented.
"This Long Chen still hasn’t shown up. Could he be scared?"
"Of course he’s scared! He has no real skill, yet he dared to pose as a First-class Disciple to challenge Senior Sister Su. He’s just a Third-class Disciple; what does he have to challenge one of the top ten experts on the Martial Roll?"
"Now he hasn’t just shamed himself; he’s disgraced the entire Human Institute!"
The vast arena was filled with scornful jeers from the Disciples of the Earth Institute.
Hearing this mockery, the disciples from the Human Institute flushed red with shame and embarrassment.
They couldn’t help but curse, "This damned Long Chen! Our Human Institute is in this state entirely because of him!"
"Bastard! It’s one thing if he wants to die, but he had to drag our Human Institute into it! A person like him doesn’t deserve to be in the Human Institute at all!"
"Long Chen, I thought you weren’t afraid to die. To think you’re just a coward after all."
Su Miaoyu let out a cold laugh and then instructed Zhang Qianyu, "Junior Brother Zhang, since someone is afraid to die, yet he agreed to your life-and-death challenge... we can’t let him see tomorrow’s sun, can we?"
Her voice was calm, but when amplified by battle qi, it carried clearly to everyone’s ears.
"Senior Sister Su, I’ll go drag him here myself!"
Zhang Qianyu understood her meaning perfectly. That guy Long Chen absolutely had to die! Not only that, but he had to die in front of Su Miaoyu and everyone else present!
"There’s no need for that."
Long Chen strode into view. With a light tap of his toes, he soared through the air and landed steadily on the Life and Death Platform.
His piercing gaze swept over Su Miaoyu and her three companions. "The life-and-death challenge—I, Long Chen, am here to answer it!"
