As her heart started to palpitate upon hearing that manly voice, Belle was suddenly stunned. With unexplained nostalgia, she felt eerie yet immersed with his voice. It was as if the voice triggered something in her memory, which should be impossible by now. Goosebumps were on her skin as the voice was familiar to her.
"You... who are you? Do I know you?"
Belle asked softly, neglecting the strange feelings messing up in her state.
"Knowing my name would not benefit you. You must know that this competition will continue, so don't give up right away so easily. Alright?" Darren answered with a softer tone.
"Continue? How should we continue? We are a hopeless case."
Belle stood up and looked at the masked man. Tears in her eyes streamed down her rosy cheeks, making Darren's heart soften a bit.
"This competition is obviously pointless. How should we continue? And how could we win?" Belle whined more as her shrilling voice echoed in the square. Her mental state was unstable and shaken, close to insanity.
"Tell me mister, who will show mercy to my master and save her life? Of course, no one will," she said and lost almost all of her strength, making her kneel on the ground. Her cries became wilder.
As Belle lost her composure already, Diana's face cooled down. Belle's breakdown was so intense that she had no choice but to restrain herself from bursting out either. She took a glance at Belle, stepped on the green lotus and floated towards her. With a cold tune, she commanded, "Get up now, Belle."
But Belle cried as a response to Diana as if she had forgotten everything that was happening now. The only thing left to her that she could think of was desperation.
After a while, Diana bowed her head and stared at Belle. She was hesitant but what must be done should be done. With an infernal light flashing in her eyes, her thunder-like voice screamed, "Colin, get the magic spring water for me!"
After this contest, the three Ancient Families would send the magic spring water to the Lotus Holy Land whether they won or not. The significance of this gambling was just to decide which family would Belle belong to. Otherwise, the Ancient Families would not require the contest to be attended only by the outer disciples. Thus, they all brought the magic spring water with them, only to be stolen by Diana right now.
Everyone was surprised with Diana's command. Some were wide-eyed, while some dropped their jaws in too much shock.
However, hearing the Holy Lord's command made Colin doubtful. He looked at Diana intensively and dubiously and asked, "Madam, what do you mean?"
"Grab!" Diana answered abruptly. As Diana's cold voice came out and lingered on the square, she immediately commanded right after, "Where are the Left Guard and the Right Guard and the four elders? Get the magic spring water for me as I commanded. Kill everyone who resists! No mercy!"
Everyone was now in a panic. With the command of the Holy Lord, several people with strong breaths came from the air and landed on the square.
"You wench! How dare you!"
The chiefs of the three Ancient Families changed their faces dramatically and rushed to the air in succession. Fighting was the only resort now.
"Diana Bi, how foolish can you be? Do you think that with the strength of our three families, we will be terrified of you? Not even a chance. You have to wake up and think clearly about the consequences of doing so!"
However, Diana was torpid, ignoring their threats. She commanded eagerly, "Grab them!"
A look of coldness flashed across Diana's face. The blue yarn dress waved in the wind caused by her strong momentum and made her look more likely to depart from this mortal world. Everything got even tenser.
The atmosphere had become intense to the extreme, and the momentum of the strong forces emanated in the big square and gusts of fierce wind arose. And even the sky seemed to become gloomy.
"Madam, please think twice. Your mercy will be appreciated a lot."
At this time, an old man in a gray robe came and knelt in front of Diana with one of his legs as a sign of respect.
With reverence, he continued, "The three Ancient Families have lasted for countless years with numerous inheritances, and their implications are profound. Madam, please reminisce about how the Ancient Dragon Holy Land was replaced by the Dragon Sect? Once the war begins, I'm afraid the two sides will both bleed like rivers. Please reconsider these more, for our Holy Land." The old man pleaded, kneeling down and saluting deeply.
"The Ancient Dragon Holy Land?"
All of a sudden, Colin became nervous in his heart, recalling a story that had been handed down to today. It was famous folklore up until now.
That was more than a thousand years ago. At that time, there was no Dragon Sect in the Holy Land, the one was called the Ancient Dragon Holy Land.
As the legend told, the Holy Lord of the Ancient Dragon Holy Land made a great breakthrough one day that he entered the Grand Realm. He thought that he was invincible and said that he wanted to conquer all the forces in the Holy Land. Unfortunately, he met the ancestors of the Ancient Families in the first war. The capabilities that he possessed were challenged by the ancestors of Ancient Families.
At that time, the three chiefs of the Ancient families had a hard fight with the Holy Lord of the Ancient Dragon Holy Land. At last, the Holy Lord was killed by the ancestors of the Ancient Families victoriously. Even the Ancient Dragon Holy Land was destroyed awfully. The invincible Ancient Dragon Holy Land was defeated.
Although today's three chiefs of the Ancient Families were weaker than their ancestors, there was a rumor that made none of the eight Holy Lands could be not dread of them. That was to say that the three ancestors of the Ancient Families had not died yet and still lived in the world!
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