Chapter 9 License Plates

  "Alright, sis, stop laughing. Since we've already found the storage location, let's get our hands on the number plates first!" Ling Tianyu said. Ling Tiansnow nodded in agreement.

  Two people arrived at the storage point, and on the storage point there was a round disc. Ling Tianyu followed the prompt to turn the disc counterclockwise. "Rumble!" A ground entrance appeared. The two of them exchanged a glance and walked in through the entrance. After walking for a short distance, they finally reached the end, which was a stone room about 100 square meters in size. In the middle of the stone room there was a cylindrical stone platform, on top of which was placed a numbered sign. Next to the numbered sign was a second-rate master-level puppet. As soon as someone approached the numbered sign, the puppet would automatically start up and begin attacking people who got close, and only by defeating the puppet could one obtain the numbered sign.

  Ling Tianxue asked, "Cousin, who should take this numbered plaque?" Ling Tianyu replied, "Sister, you can have it first, anyway there are thirty-two of them, I'm not in a hurry to get one." Ling Tianxue said, "How can that be? You defeated the enemy, so you should take it." Ling Tianyu smiled mysteriously and said, "No need, sister, someone will bring my numbered plaque to me?"

  Ling Tianxue curiously asked, "Who would send a number plate to you?" Ling Tianyu said with a mysterious tone, "You'll know when the time comes, first get this number plate in your hands and then we'll talk."

  Ling Tian Xue said, "Alright, since you said that, I won't be polite." After finishing speaking, she walked over to the stone platform. Ling Tian Yu asked kindly at this time, "Sister, the puppet's defense level is high, you're not good at attacking, if you need help, just say so!" Ling Tian Xue waved her hand and said, "No need, if I can't even beat a second-rate peak puppet, how can I participate in the next competition?" Ling Tian Yu replied, "Alright, be careful." "Mm." After finishing speaking, Ling Tian Xue got closer and closer to the puppet...

  Ling Tian Xue walked towards the puppet, and when he was about five zhang away from it, the puppet suddenly moved. It directly attacked Ling Tian Yu.

  This puppet, although only a second-rate peak warrior in terms of strength, has extremely high defense capabilities, and can only be defeated by a first-rate early-stage warrior who excels at powerful attacking methods. However, Ling Tianyu is not skilled at strong attacks. Ling Tianxue is now in a difficult situation, constantly fighting with the puppet, although she can always easily dodge the puppet's attacks, but her own attacks on the puppet only leave behind a faint sword mark.

  "Sister, hurry up and come over. Do you need my help or not?" Ling Tianyu had been watching for a long time, looking very impatient, because the puppet's defense was already close to mid-first-class, and Ling Tianxue still hadn't defeated it, making Ling Tianyu feel even more impatient.

  "Less nonsense, just watch!" Ling Tianxue said while fighting. At this moment, Ling Tianxue was constantly dodging the puppet's attacks, which were initially very easy to deal with, but he couldn't break through the puppet's defense. Twenty minutes later, Ling Tianxue took out a "Yu Ling Dan" and put it in his mouth. The "Yu Ling Dan" is a type of elixir that replenishes true energy, a mid-grade precious elixir that can instantly replenish the true energy of a top-notch expert. Ling Tianxue and the puppet continued to exchange blows. Ten minutes later, the puppet suddenly stopped attacking.

  Ling Tianxue walked calmly to the side of the stone platform and picked up the number plate on it. Ling Tianyu looked at him with a curious face: "Why doesn't the puppet move anymore?" Ling Tianxue smiled and said: "I knew you'd ask, the operation of the puppet requires a master to constantly transmit true energy to it, which is stored in the puppet. When the puppet attacks, it will continuously consume the stored true energy, and when the true energy is exhausted, it will stop moving."

  Ling Tianyu's eyes widened in realization: "So that's how it is! Eldest sister really is clever!" Ling Tiansnow smiled happily and said: "Of course she is!"

  Ling Tianyu said: "Sister, take out the number plate and see what number it is. I heard that in the second match, No. 1 and No. 2 will play against No. 3 and No. 4 in a similar format. At that time, we two must not meet again when thirty-two advance to sixteen."

  Ling Tian Xue took out a number plate, which was in the shape of a five-pointed star. The back was engraved with the character "Lu", while the front had a single digit: "Nine". Ling Tian Yu said, "Later on, I'll choose one that won't meet yours."

  Ling Tian Xue sneered, "You stinky little kid, you're so confident in yourself? Among the young generation of the five families, there are many masters. Out of a hundred people, only thirty-two have number plates. You think you can get many and still want to pick and choose?" Ling Tian Yu replied, "I won't take many, but with two number plates, I will definitely bring them down!" After finishing speaking, Ling Tian Xue felt a hint of anger in Ling Tian Yu's words.

  Ling Tianxue asked strangely, "What's wrong? Who provoked you?" Ling Tianyu said angrily, "It's those two bastards, Ling Tianyang and Ling Tianxuan." Ling Tianxue advised kindly, "Cousin, don't be like this. Although they are a bit arrogant, after all, we are one family. You should forgive them, living in the same place in the future, it's not good to hold grudges."

  Ling Tianyu said with a wronged expression: "Sister, you don't know. Those two bastards actually put slow-acting poison in my food today. As soon as I use my true energy, my whole body will become weak and powerless, just like a sheep waiting to be slaughtered. If I hadn't gone to the forest to meditate today and overheard those two bastards' plan, I would have been done for by now!"

  "What, Tianyu, they're so vicious! The grudges from before were just small squabbles, but now they've gone this far against you. Once we get out of the Spirit Maze, I'll definitely tell Uncle and your father to severely punish them." Ling Tianyu replied, "Forget it, cousin. Although I heard their conversation, there's no evidence to prove that they're the ones who poisoned me. Let's just settle our scores in the Spirit Maze this time!"

  Ling Tian Xue worriedly said: "But Ling Tian Xuan has already reached the late stage of the post-heaven, and you're only at the first stage of the post-heaven. Can you beat him?"

  Ling Tian Yu confidently said: "Don't worry, elder sister, I have my own way to deal with it."

  Ling Tian Xue said: "Alright then, you'd better be careful."

  Ling Tianyu and Ling Tiexue returned to the ground. Ling Tiexue asked, "Tianyu, where are we going now?" Ling Tianyu didn't respond, instead using his divine sense to perceive the surroundings: "Found him, I've located Ling Tianxuan, let's start with him!"

  At this moment, Ling Tian Xuan is in a place that replaces Tian Yu San Li. At the same time, Ling Tian Xuan also found an underground storage point. Ling Tian Xuan walked into the stone room below along the passage. Ling Tian Xue saw the numbered sign on the stone platform in the stone room and walked over to take it slowly.

  When Ling Tianxuan approached the stone platform, the puppet beside him suddenly attacked. Ling Tianxuan's reaction was extremely swift, and in an instant, he took out his treasured sword from his Qiankun bag. He raised his sword and casually made a slash, releasing a burst of sword energy. With a loud "boom", the sword energy struck the puppet's body. The puppet's defense was unable to withstand this attack, and it was easily defeated by the sword energy, scattering into pieces on the ground. Ling Tianxuan sheathed his sword with a flourish, muttering to himself as he coldly snorted: "A trivial little trick like this also dares to make a fool of itself in front of me, Ling Tianxuan."

  Ling Tian Xuan walked over, picked up the numbered card and took a look. The number on the card was "two". He observed it for a while, thinking to himself: "The two goals of entering the Phantom Maze are first to obtain the numbered card and smoothly enter the second round of competition. The second is to find Ling Tian Yu who has been poisoned and make him suffer. Presumably now that Ling Tian Yu has realized he's been poisoned, he must be terrified and doesn't dare to look for the numbered card."

  Ling Tian Xuan's heart was filled with the image of Ling Tian Yu's disheveled appearance, and he couldn't help but feel elated. As soon as he walked out of the underground storage point, he threw away his own number plate while walking through the maze. Ling Tian Xuan tossed the number plate high into the air. Suddenly, a black figure flashed by. Ling Tian Xuan's heart was shocked: "Not good!" Ling Tian Xuan began to search for the owner of that black figure. To his surprise, he found that the owner of the black figure was actually Ling Tian Yu.

  At this time, there was a lovely girl beside Ling Tianyu, and the girl was Ling Tianxue. Ling Tianyu sneered at Ling Tianxuan: "What's wrong, isn't it strange that I didn't get poisoned?" Ling Tianxuan said: "I really didn't expect it, how did you know I put poison in your food." Ling Tianyu replied: "Unfortunately, when you and Ling Tianyang were discussing how to deal with me in the Lu family forest, I happened to be there too."

  Ling Tian Xuan took a deep breath, calming his emotions before saying: "I didn't think it would be so coincidental that you'd actually discover this. But whatever, I was going to get rid of you anyway, the poison was just me being too lazy to waste energy. Now it's just a bit more effort. I was originally planning on finding you, but instead you delivered yourself right to my doorstep."

  Ling Tianxue indignantly said: "Ling Tianxu, I never thought you were such a despicable person. Why did you poison Tianyu?" Ling Tianxu burst out laughing: "I was always the number one genius of the Ling family since childhood. But after this beast was born, the high-ranking members of the family no longer paid attention to me, and the resources invested in me were no longer the best. How could I not hate him?" After hearing this, Ling Tianxue also got angry: "I never thought you had such a narrow mind. When we get back, I will definitely expose you in front of everyone in the family!"

  "Haha, you actually dare to say such things. Today, I'll let both of you die here. Do you have any last words?" Ling Tian Xuan said with a loud and clear voice.

  Ling Tianyu was very calm at this time, and said to Ling Tiansnow beside him: "Let me teach him a lesson!" Ling Tiansnow nodded obediently and retreated to the side. A big battle is about to begin.

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