"Oh, it's those three, no doubt about it."
Wan Lei nodded.
"All three of them are in the Tai Heng realm, right?"
"Yes, yes."
"Good, issue them a challenge. Challenge them to a match."
"Alright, alright."
"You know what to say and what not to say, right?"
"Understood, understood."
After giving his instructions, Wan Lei didn't leave. The group waited there for a reply.
The young man waited for a full quarter of an hour, his heart pounding with trepidation, before joyfully exclaiming,
"Senior Brother Wan, Chai Lian has replied. They've agreed to the match. They are currently in the Eastern Territory and are on their way back to the Five Elements Hall."
"Good, arrange the arena. Tell them the location."
"Yes, the location is Arena Number Eight. You're familiar with that place."
Well, how could he not be familiar? He had knocked out a hundred little kids with one punch there, a total of four hundred and ninety-nine of them.
"Alright, brothers, let's go."
Suddenly, Wan Lei turned around and said boastfully to the young man,
"Young man, your attitude is good. In the future, if you need anything, just report... report the name of our Thunder Rain team."
"Yes, big brother. Safe travels."
Wan Lei, the big boss of the dark forces, led his henchmen away from the mission hall and flew towards the arena.
On a mountain not far from the arena, they landed.
Wan Lei called Xiao Jin.
"Hey, Xiao Jin, are you busy? Go wait outside Arena Number Eight. When Chai Lian and the other two arrive at the arena, call me."
Xiao Jin on the other end was extremely excited. He felt it was a great honor to be able to work for Senior Brother Wan, the strongest boss of the dark forces in the Five Elements Hall.
At this moment, Arena Number Eight was already displaying the match information.
On the big screen, it showed the Thunder Rain team challenging the Wind God team.
The number of spectators was neither too few nor too many, with only half the seats filled. Team battles were truly rare. Generally, only teams that held a grudge against each other would fight in the arena, and others wouldn't usually show up.
However, team battles were indeed much more exciting than individual battles, and one could witness various combination techniques and team coordination, which was also very beneficial for combat experience.
Therefore, with the announcement of a team battle, many people came to watch.
They hadn't heard of the Thunder Rain team, but the Wind God team was somewhat famous.
In the Five Elements Hall, not many could cultivate the Wind Blade escape technique. Chai Lian was one of them, indicating that even among the Tai Heng realm, he was considered to be in the upper echelons.
Exchanging for the Wind Blade escape technique required ten thousand merit points, a sum not easily afforded by ordinary Tai Xu realm disciples. As Tai Heng realm disciples had been in the Five Elements Hall for a long time, they could accumulate so many points.
Chai Lian's fame was due to his own achievements and because he was a member of the influential Chai family in Chang'an City.
It was said that because Wan Lei had killed Chai Yan, the Chai family was furious and offered a bounty for Wan Lei's head. However, a few days later, Wan Lei became a disciple of the Five Elements Hall, and the Chai family quickly withdrew the bounty.
It was a joke to offer a bounty for the head of a Five Elements Hall disciple. Were they tired of living?
No matter how powerful the Chai family's connections were, they couldn't possibly be stronger than the Five Elements Hall.
Later, when the Chai family learned that not only Wan Lei but also the sons of the Immortal Venerable had killed Chai Yan, they became even more desperate, realizing they would never be able to take revenge in this lifetime.
The number of people in Arena Number Eight continued to grow, with many drawn by the prospect of a team battle. After a long wait, a small airship finally flew in from the direction of the spatial jump point.
Since Chai Lian and his companions were not on official duty, they could not use the warships of the Public Security Bureau.
The airship stopped in the sky above the arena. Chai Lian and the other two emerged from it and landed in the arena.
The three stood side by side, awaiting the appearance of their opponents.
"Senior Brother Chai, why are we suddenly being challenged by a team? We haven't offended anyone recently." asked the Earth Hall disciple on the left.
"I don't know either, but I inquired with some acquaintances in the mission hall. This Thunder Rain team challenging us is a newly formed team, and their captain is only in the Tai Xu realm. With a Tai Xu realm disciple as the captain, how strong can this team be?
They are just some new disciples forming a team, overconfident and ignorant of the immensity of the heavens and earth, wanting to establish their reputation against an established strong team. They just happened to choose us."
"By the way, half a year ago, Wind Sage personally issued us a gag order, telling us not to return to the Five Elements Hall for a year. Now that we're back, will Wind Sage be angry?"
Chai Lian sneered.
"Heh, don't you understand what's going on yet? Who in the Five Elements Hall doesn't know that the reason Fang Xiaoyu was captured was a plan by the Immortal Venerable to test Wan Lei?
Our hall master issued us a gag order simply to prevent the news of Fang Xiaoyu's capture from spreading within the Five Elements Hall, to protect Wan Lei.
What happened later? Didn't Wan Lei go through a series of trials, and finally succeed in the prison break and meet the Immortal Venerable?
When they met the Immortal Venerable, all was revealed, and the entire sect knew about Fang Xiaoyu's capture. What meaning does our gag order have now?"
"That's true. Sigh, if we had known this was the Immortal Venerable's plan, we wouldn't have gotten involved at all. When the big shots scheme, we could easily become cannon fodder."
"Look at what you're saying. Quickly spit, spit, spit! What does this have to do with us? We were just enforcing justice impartially. What did we do wrong?
Indeed, Wan Lei is now the strongest hall disciple in the Five Elements Hall, and Fang Xiaoyu is also a disciple of the Five Elements Hall. But so what? Can they come and beat us up? There's no reason for that."
Chai Lian spread his hands and looked at the disciple beside him, only to find the latter staring blankly at the sky in the distance.
"Brother, it seems they are really here to fight us."
Chai Lian looked back and saw a group of figures flying towards them from the sky. At a rough glance, there were more than thirteen of them, with the most talked-about Wan Lei leading the way in the center.
Yes, the Thunder Rain team, except for Kaka, was fully assembled!
Thirteen people, they descended gracefully, and for a moment, the entire venue fell silent.
Not only did the disciples around recognize who had arrived, but even Chai Lian and his two companions recognized more than half of them.
Chai Lian and his two companions had not seen anyone except Fang Xiaoyu, but they worked in the Eastern Territory, not cut off from the internet.
Could they not have watched the videos of such a major event in the Five Elements Hall?
"Holy crap, am I seeing this right? The Thunder Rain team is Wan Lei, Fang Xiaoyu, and the Immortal Venerable's sons' team?"
"You can tell from the name, right? Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu, calling them the Thunder Rain team is also correct."
"This is going to be good. The strongest prodigy disciple of the Tai Xu realm versus an established strong team in the Tai Heng realm."
"Hurry up and call people over! Holy crap, another major event, we can't miss it."
"Who do you think will win? I think the Thunder Rain team will definitely win."
"Isn't that obvious? Has Wan Lei or the Immortal Venerable's sons ever lost?"