Chapter 1533 - 1510: Beyond Saving!
The members of the Sword Family, including the Sword of Impermanence, lay on the ground, their faces filled with panic, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
If, as they suspected, Ye Huan was the Dragon Son, the Sword Family would be doomed to an irreversible fate!
There would be no room for redemption!
Moreover, the 150,000 gold coins spent by the Sword Family to please the Dragon Son would all be in vain!
The most crucial thing is, money doesn’t matter!
Losing money isn’t a big deal; losing lives is the real concern!
If Ling Zhiyuan was the Huaxia Dragon Son, the Sword Family could merely be considered to have displeased him somewhat, making only a slightly poor impression in his mind, which wouldn’t be a major problem.
But if the Dragon Son was Ye Huan...
Oh my god, the Sword Family repeatedly provoked Ye Huan, pushed him to the brink of death, stood as his enemy without regret, and publicly denounced him multiple times...
For these offenses alone, the Sword Family is definitely doomed!
Once Ye Huan’s identity is revealed, he will surely use swift and decisive measures to send the Sword Family into hell!
"It’s over, everything is over!" the Sword of Impermanence muttered emptily, but soon he shouted with disbelief: "No, Ye Huan definitely is not the Huaxia Dragon Son! The Dragon Son intended to make Junlin one of his core disciples, and Ye Huan had no motive to get close to Junlin!"
"All of this is merely our speculation, it’s all false!"
"Ye Huan cannot be the Dragon Son!!"
The Sword of Impermanence screamed in a sharp voice.
The expressions of Jian Bafang, Jian Jiuzhou, and the other disciples of the Sword Family were ashen, even paler than long-rotted corpses.
They didn’t entirely dismiss the Sword of Impermanence’s speculation, but by now, suspicion regarding the Dragon Son’s identity lingered in their hearts!
Everything else could be debated, except the fact that the Ling Family had sent Ye Huan into the top 16-to-8 tournament, which was utterly perplexing!
It must be noted that the lineup for the top 16-to-8 match was presumed to be the lineup for the team battles the next day!
And for the team battles, the eight strongest disciples of the family must compete!
Only this would ensure the family’s performance wasn’t surpassed by others!
However, in such a critical match, the Ling Family sent Ye Huan!
This was not only not a good thing for the Sword Family, but rather a massive disaster!
This indicated that perhaps Ye Huan was not the useless person he appeared to be!
Could the Cao Family really defeat Ye Huan steadily?
Could the Cao Family truly crush him on the stage of the grand competition, making him grovel and beg for mercy?
Unlikely!
Just as the Sword Family was pondering this, the door of the operating room opened!
"Sorry, Patriarch of the Sword Family, your son’s injuries are far too severe!"
"The destructive force has ravaged his internal organs beyond recognition, dissolving them madly, with severed and fractured blood vessels and meridians, obstructing the blood and energy flow immensely, his breath extremely weak!"
"I just gave him ten shots of adrenaline, which might keep him alive for half a day!"
"Besides that, I’ve prepared twenty more vials of adrenaline, enough to keep him alive until the end of the grand competition."
"For the next two days, just spend some quality time with him!"
The doctor brought the worst news: Jian Junlin was beyond saving!
Only with adrenaline could Jian Junlin be barely kept alive for a little while longer.
And that was only temporary!
Two days later, Jian Junlin would still die!
"Ah! Junlin, oh, Sword Family was too rash, it’s all my fault, if only I hadn’t been so resolute in opposing Ye Huan!" the Sword of Impermanence bawled, feeling utterly foolish.
Why did I have to target Ye Huan?
Was there any evidence that the Huaxia Dragon Son held a grudge against Ye Huan?
No direct evidence at all!
No evidence that the Huaxia Dragon Son was angered by being impersonated by Ye Huan, discovered a blood relation between Ye Huan and the Sword Family, and thus became dissatisfied with us, which is why he left our banquet in a huff!
The Ling Family only said the Dragon Son attended the Sword Family’s banquet and left, but didn’t say who the Dragon Son was!
Ye Huan also came and left, but he was kicked out!
The hearts of the Sword Family members became cold with desperation, feeling as if their lives were engulfed in darkness, never to see the light again.
In a critical moment, it was the Patriarch, the Sword of Impermanence, who stood up!
"At this point, saying anything more is meaningless!"
"We have no way back!"
"Besides, Ye Huan might just be potentially the Huaxia Dragon Son, it’s not confirmed, we can’t explain how someone with such thinly-blooded waste has pure Yanhuang blood, nor explain why, if he were the Dragon Son, he would want to make Junlin a core War General!"
"Everyone, pull yourselves together, we still have a chance to live!"
"Let’s take Junlin to the Tian Family’s arena!"
The Sword of Impermanence forced a rally of spirits among everyone, entering the operating room and wheeling Jian Junlin out.
Jian Junlin told the Sword of Impermanence that his dying wish was to witness the revelation of the Huaxia Dragon Son’s identity and, in his final moments, strive for the favor of the Dragon Son for his family.
The Sword of Impermanence wept.
But little did he know, Jian Junlin was already scared witless, not intending to benefit the Sword Family at all!
Jian Junlin knew he was dying, and whether the Sword Family fared well or ill after his death was irrelevant to him, as he would no longer witness it; he might as well take a last desperate gamble to see if he could win the Huaxia Dragon Son’s favor.
As soon as he pleased the Huaxia Dragon Son, he might have a chance to get help from the divine healers seeking to please the Dragon Son!
This was Jian Junlin’s only hope of survival!
However, Jian Junlin kept his true thoughts to himself and didn’t tell the Sword Family’s high-ranking members. He knew they wouldn’t easily agree to let him return to the fighting arena, so he fabricated a lie about wanting to serve his family one last time.
The Sword Family’s high-ranking members naturally all believed and were moved.
"Very well! Junlin, it’s heartening to see you have such sentiment, Grandpa is pleased! Let’s go, I’ll take you to the arena!" The Sword of Impermanence lifted Jian Junlin and, with a wave, led all the Sword Family disciples waiting in the hospital back to the arena!
A quarter of an hour later, they returned to the Tian Family’s arena.
Just at that moment, the first of the top 16-to-8 matches ended.
The Ling Family faced the Cao Family, achieving complete victory!
Though Ling Yao and Ling Zhiyuan’s strength and bloodline purity had decreased, they were still far superior to the genius disciples of the Cao Family, who had lost their Dragon Son-level genius.
All seven core disciples of the Ling Family ended their battles with overwhelming dominance!
Ye Huan hadn’t even needed to make a move!
The Dark Night Dragon Sword volunteered to directly defeat his opponent!
This infuriated the Cao Family’s Patriarch, Cao Menduo!
Hoping to use this opportunity to pummel Ye Huan and avenge Dragon Son Cao Bin, things went against his wishes as his own genius prodigies couldn’t even get close to Ye Huan but fell under the Dark Night Dragon Sword!
Failing to avenge, the Cao Family fell into the losers’ bracket!
This grand competition had a high probability of relegating them from the ranks of the top families to second-tier status!
Cao Menduo was humiliated and explosively angry, glaring at Ye Huan with venomous resentment!