Douluo Dragon King: I'm creating a golden age behind the scenes!

Chapter 69 A Shocking Change on a Quiet Night

At this moment, inside the Xingluo Stadium, where hundreds of thousands of people had gathered, everyone seemed to have their throats choked, unable to utter a sound.

Hundreds of thousands of eyes were focused on the huge soul-guided screen in the center, on the figure lying on the arena, the figure representing the pinnacle of the younger generation of the Star Luo Empire, who was now helplessly collapsing on the broken arena.

Long Yue, this name has captured the most attention and fervor in the entire Star Luo Empire in countless competitions.

A monster that appears only once every thousand years, possessing the powerful Mountain Dragon Martial Soul, which stands at the top of the Martial Soul system, he is expected to become the next Star Luo Guardian God, and even challenge the legendary Limit Douluo realm!

He is the one whom the Star Luo Empire has nurtured with all its resources to resist the calamity, and he is the unshakeable king in the hearts of countless young people!

However, just now, that unwavering faith, as solid as a mountain, crumbled.

Their young pillar of the Star Luo Empire, the legendary Dragon Leap, hailed as a monster unseen in a millennium, was poised to succeed the Star Luo Guardian and become the Dragon King, a Limit Douluo! He was defeated!

Not only him, but also Tiger King, Wolf King, Wind King, and all the champion seeds of Star Luo Continent were defeated!

This Soul Master Competition, originally held on the Star Luo Continent, now has absolutely no connection to the Star Luo Continent.

In the waiting area, the other students of Monster Academy went from initial fervent anticipation to incredulous astonishment, and now stared blankly and bewilderedly at the figure lying on the arena.

"We lost————"

"Dragon Leap—he actually lost—"

An unprecedented feeling of suffocation pressed heavily on their hearts, making it difficult for them to breathe!

On the platform, the ever-steady Dean Grace, who symbolized the highest authority in the Monster Academy and even the Star Luo Empire's Soul Master world, slowly stood up.

In his deep eyes, there was no anger, no rebuke, only an indescribable heaviness and complexity.

He didn't glance at the arena again; his figure flickered slightly, and he appeared in the center of the shattered arena as if by teleportation.

He silently walked to Long Yue's side.

At this moment, the Mountain Dragon King, who used to be so majestic and domineering on the competition stage, had already dispelled his martial spirit possession and returned to his original appearance. However, his pale face and tightly closed eyes revealed his former arrogance.

Enci didn't say anything, but simply bent down and gently but firmly picked up Longyue.

He didn't even bother to wipe away the dust and bloodstains left from the battle on Long Yue's body. He just held him and, step by step, under the watchful eyes of hundreds of thousands of lifeless people, silently and heavily left the arena and disappeared into the shadows of the contestants' passage.

For the people of the entire Star Luo Continent, the competition is over.

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As night falls, Xingluo City, this magnificent capital city named after the empire, is shrouded in a thick and heavy silence.

The owner of Haifeng Shop is named Zhang Haifu, who is 52 years old this year. His shop has been open for nearly 20 years in the big city of Xingluo City.

His children had urged him to retire more than once, but he always refused. He liked this kind of life and the lively atmosphere in the small shop. As an ordinary person, he felt that he was already very happy. Tomorrow was the day of the highly anticipated final of the All-Continent Youth Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition.

In the past, his shop would always be as lively as a battlefield when the finals of a major competition approached.

The guests sat together in small groups. They might not know each other, or they might know each other, but they always liked to have a heated discussion about which contestant they supported, which contestant could win the championship, and which contestant had the most powerful soul skills.

He didn't actually know much about Soul Masters, only that their arguments were so loud that passersby outside the shop could hear them. It was common for neither side to be able to win an argument, and sometimes they could go on all night.

The only thing that troubled him was that some agitated customers would get increasingly agitated during arguments with their friends, and would start fighting at the drop of a hat, overturning tables and chairs and throwing plates and teacups around.

He often heard that this kind of thing had happened not only in his shop, but also in other small restaurants.

So these small restaurant owners have a love-hate relationship with these kinds of days.

He was pleased that the bustling crowds made his business thrive, with the restaurant always packed and drinks and dishes in short supply.

But he was constantly on edge, fearing that customers might fight and get injured in the store.

Therefore, in the past, he would put up a sign in the store at this time to control the supply of alcohol and the closing time, in order to prevent customers from causing trouble after getting drunk.

However, tonight, Xingluo City gave him an unprecedented and suffocating atmosphere.

Although the streets and alleys, whether they are brightly lit upscale restaurants or roadside stalls filled with smoke, are still packed with people.

The tables and chairs were crammed full, and some people even sat on the floor or leaned against the cold walls.

But this "lively" atmosphere is completely devoid of any sense of "jubilation".

The guests were no longer as lively as they used to be, nor did they have the enthusiasm to argue excitedly with their friends, and there was no more clinking of glasses.

All he could hear was the monotonous clatter of bowls and chopsticks, the low slurring of chewing, and the occasional suppressed gasp.

A heavy sigh with a thick nasal tone.

Seeing the customers who came to drown their sorrows with dejected expressions, Zhang Haifu said nothing and asked nothing. He simply moved all the stock of liquor out of the warehouse and put up a sign in the store, only changing the words on the sign to "Unlimited liquor, all night allowed".

After setting up the sign, he would be busy walking between the kitchen and the dining table, serving food to the silent customers. Occasionally, his eyes would meet those customers', and he could only sigh softly before continuing to work.

I glanced at the urban management team on the street from time to time. They were still patrolling very diligently, just like they have been doing tonight for the past twenty years.

In previous years, on this day, they were always the strictest urban management team, never tolerating any violations.

However, they were a little different today. When they saw the drunkards crying and shouting in the street, they did not scold them harshly as usual. Instead, they stood silently to the side and waited for the drunkards to cry themselves out and pass out.

Only then would the city management officers step forward, their movements no longer rough, but unusually gentle. Working in pairs, they carefully lifted these souls, utterly defeated by grief and alcohol, and quietly, step by step, escorted them back to their homes, perhaps equally cold and filled with the same air of failure.

Throughout the entire process, there was not a single conversation; there was no interaction between the shop owner and the customer.

There was no conflict between the urban management officers and the drunkard, nor between passersby.

The night in Xingluo City has never been so long, nor so cold.

At least, it was quiet during the first half of the night.

In the middle of the night, Zhang Haifu looked at the dwindling liquor inventory in the shop and at the customers who still didn't want to leave. He wondered if he should contact his old friend who supplied the liquor to his shop and ask him to send a few more truckloads.

But just as he was thinking of finding the soul-guided communicator to make a call...

Suddenly, he saw that the sky more than ten kilometers away from the western outskirts of Xingluo City suddenly became very bright, so bright that it was somewhat frightening. Before he could see what it was, several sounds came from that direction, "Boom."

Immediately afterwards, he felt the ground beneath his feet seem to shake slightly.

Then, the entire city seemed to be awakened by a noise. Light flashed across the sky, alarms blared from the soul-guided loudspeakers on the roadside, city defense soldiers walked the streets to maintain order, and soul-guided military vehicles drove out of the barracks one after another, heading towards the place where the noise had come from.

He seized the opportunity and stopped a regular customer who often ate at his restaurant in the patrol team, and asked him a question.

All I heard him say was, "A black market arms depot on the western outskirts of the city has been blown up!"

Rewind to an hour earlier. In the western suburbs of the city, there was a black market that had been hidden in the mountains for many years. Due to the complex terrain and numerous secret passages, the Star Luo government had failed to eradicate it several times and had no choice but to try to control the source of its goods.

Over time, this place became a no-man's-land.

Many shady deals are conducted here.

Today was the same, with people coming and going.

At this moment, in the southwest corner of the black market, dozens of people were gathered. 888.

It's important to know that in places like the black market, buyers and sellers don't bring many people to avoid attracting attention and try to keep a low profile.

But the people here are fearless because this is a well-known arms shop in the black market. It is said that a terrifying super power stands behind it, and it often sells a large number of soul-guided weapons.

Therefore, many shady organizations come to them to purchase goods.

Today, as usual, a group of people came to the store.

"Welcome, welcome! What would you like to order?"

The person didn't speak, but simply handed over the key to an order placed a month ago.

The boss understood immediately upon seeing this.

"Everything is ready, please follow me."

After saying that, he led the group to the foot of a mountain a few kilometers away from the black market.

On the surface, this place looks no different from any other mountain.

But when the boss stepped forward and activated the mechanism, the mountain actually split open on its own, revealing a cave to them.

The group of people then discovered that the mountainside had long been hollowed out to store goods.

The shelves inside the cave were filled with various types of weapons, but what impressed them most was that many of them were soul tools, which were not the same type of soul tool as those from the Star Luo Continent.

Furthermore, there were many guards wandering around, their clothing remarkably similar to that of a sect of a certain power: the Tang Sect.

Despite realizing this, the buyer was not surprised. This was not the first time that Tangmen and they had done business together, and everyone was well aware of each other's background.

After confirming that all the goods were complete, he handed the suitcase to the shopkeeper without saying a word, clearly not wanting to reveal his identity.

The boss wasn't surprised; he'd seen far too many people like that in the black market.

He opened the briefcase, and a crystal-clear white herb and a Soul Guidance Bank card came into view.

This is a rare herb found only on the Star Luo Continent, with a strange name called "Growing Old Together." It is said that if two people in love take it at the same time, it will add ten years to their lives.

It is an extremely rare and precious longevity treasure.

After confirming that the herbs were correct and the bank card balance was correct, the two parties officially began the handover.

Just then, a sinister voice came from above their heads.

"Thank you all for showing me the way!"

"The goods here will be received by my Holy Spirit Church!"

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