CHAPTER 1174: CHAPTER 1174: GUARDIAN ELDER

The gray figure passed directly through the arena array formation restriction and hovered above the arena.

He raised his palm, and a palm seal appeared in an instant. The next moment, the palm seal arrived before the colorful sword light that was attacking Shen Jun.

The palm seal gripped the colorful sword light, which violently trembled as if trying to break free. Yet, with a squeeze from the black palm seal, the colorful sword light began to rapidly dissipate.

In the blink of an eye, the sword light, containing the power of Third Realm Sword Intent Divine Ability and half of the body origin power, was effortlessly shattered.

"A Main God strong person?" Jing Yan stared at the figure in the gray robe in the air, his heart pounding heavily.

The newcomer was definitely a strong person of Main God level. When he appeared, the colorful sword light was already very close to Shen Jun. Yet, with a casual palm strike, it intercepted the colorful sword light before it hit Shen Jun, at a speed even Jing Yan couldn’t capture.

Among the strong people in the Main God realm, this person was likely very powerful.

Jing Yan felt that this person’s strength was not inferior to Senior Brother Xiao Ying, the Palace Master of Luo Jiu Divine Palace.

"Indeed, killing Shen Jun isn’t that easy." Jing Yan thought resignedly to himself.

There was no way; on someone else’s turf, expecting their top figures to stand by and watch their people be killed was indeed unlikely.

"Guardian Elder!"

Seeing the gray figure descend and block the colorful sword light that was about to claim his life, Shen Jun’s dull eyes rekindled with vitality. He respectfully saluted the newly arrived person.

Guardian Elder.

Within the Purple Spirit Commerce, a true high-level elder. For a figure like Shen Jun, within the Purple Spirit Commerce, he could only be considered a low-level elder. Compared to high-level elders, there was a world of difference.

The gray-robed elder waved his hand at Shen Jun without speaking to him and turned his gaze to Jing Yan.

"Yan Jin Alchemist?" The gray-robed elder’s face showed no expression.

"Junior Yan Jin, greets Elder!" Jing Yan respectfully greeted.

"Hmm, let’s consider your battle with Shen Jun concluded! You two don’t have much enmity; there’s no need to decide life or death on the arena." The gray-robed elder spoke casually, but Jing Yan clearly felt the sort of unquestionable tone.

Jing Yan bitterly smiled in his heart.

Not much enmity, no need to decide life or death, that’s easy to say.

If he were about to die at Shen Jun’s hands, would this Guardian Elder step forward to make Shen Jun stop? The answer was obvious.

Jing Yan naturally felt dissatisfied, but what could he do? Circumstances were stronger than people, and he had to accept them despite his reluctance.

"Junior listens to the Elder." Jing Yan could only respond in this way.

Only then did the gray-robed elder nod, seemingly quite satisfied with Jing Yan’s attitude.

"However, this battle relates to my agreement with Shen Jun’s supervisor. So, although there’s no need to decide life or death, a victor needs to be determined." Jing Yan said.

"Naturally, Yan Jin Alchemist is the winner." The gray-robed elder directly stated, "Whatever Yan Jin Alchemist and Shen Jun agreed upon, it should be carried out according to the agreement."

"Thank you, Elder!" Jing Yan hurriedly expressed his gratitude.

"Guardian Elder, I..." Shen Jun still wanted to say something.

"Enough, don’t say anything more, go back and heal well. Whatever you promised Yan Jin Alchemist, you must fulfill. If I find out that you’re secretly playing tricks, don’t blame me for turning hostile!" The gray-robed elder’s voice sternly commanded.

"Yes! Yes!" Shen Jun dared not say more, responding timidly with his head lowered.

The gray-robed elder gave Jing Yan one last deep look, then vanished from the arena in a flash. The gray-robed elder had stayed only a few breaths from arrival to departure.

After the gray-robed elder left, Shen Jun looked at Jing Yan, his mouth moving a few times, but ultimately he said nothing and turned away. He didn’t even bid farewell to the arena zone supervisor.

Jing Yan also stepped down from the arena, first heading towards Gui Ben, whose face was filled with excitement.

"Gui Ben, go back and wait for me first." Jing Yan said to Gui Ben.

"Yes!" Gui Ben responded promptly, his eyes sparkling with admiration.

Senior Yan Jin actually had the strength to kill Shen Jun, making Gui Ben feel truly thrilled and unable to calm down for a long time. After turning away, he didn’t immediately return to his residence but instead headed to the betting counter in the arena hall. At the betting counter, he could claim a payout of one hundred billion divine crystals, including his principal.

The area near the betting counter was desolate. If Shen Jun had won this arena battle, the area near the betting counter would surely be crowded. Now that Jing Yan had won, there were only four martial artists who had bet on Jing Yan. The betting counter’s work, naturally, was very light.

"Yan Jin Alchemist, please!"

The arena zone supervisor timely came over and motioned for Jing Yan to follow.

The two-hundred-billion-level divine crystal bet was still temporarily managed by this arena zone supervisor. Jing Yan politely responded and followed the supervisor to a room.

"The strength of Yan Jin Alchemist truly opened our eyes! Even Shen Jun’s supervisor isn’t a match for Yan Jin Alchemist. What an utterly unexpected outcome." Praised the arena zone supervisor, exuding high spirits.

In hindsight, Jing Yan’s defeat of Shen Jun indeed brought no dissatisfaction to this arena zone supervisor; on the contrary, he was very pleased. If Shen Jun had won, the arena zone would have to suffer a loss, but now that Jing Yan had won, the arena zone profited, earning approximately a hundred billion divine crystals.

At this moment, the arena zone supervisor even somewhat regretted halting bets against Shen Jun. If he hadn’t issued such a command three days ago, this arena battle could have yielded approximately four hundred billion divine crystals for the arena zone.

What a pity indeed!

But who could have imagined that an unknown God Alchemist would have the strength to defeat and even kill Shen Jun’s supervisor?

"The supervisor is too kind." Jing Yan chuckled softly and said.

"Yan Jin God Alchemist can just call me Wen Zhuo." The supervisor Wen Zhuo said, "Inside here are the two-hundred-billion-level divine crystals for your bet. Please, Yan Jin God Alchemist, verify it."

Jing Yan took the Sumeru Ring offered by Wen Zhuo, his divine thought quickly verifying the correct amount, and then, releasing a wisp of divine power, he separated ten billion divine crystals and placed them into another Sumeru Ring.

"A small token of appreciation; I hope Supervisor Wen Zhuo will accept it." Jing Yan offered the Sumeru Ring containing ten billion divine crystals to Wen Zhuo.

Jing Yan could tell that Wen Zhuo was not displeased by Shen Jun’s defeat; evidently, his relationship with Shen Jun was not close. Therefore, Jing Yan made this gesture of giving divine crystals. Establishing a connection with Wen Zhuo might provide unexpected benefits. A mere ten billion divine crystals, if exchanged for some useful information aboard this Void Divine Ship, would be worth far more than its cost.