Penghancuran Diri
Penghancuran Diri
Sumber Energi di tubuhnya keluar seketika, Wawasan Pedang tingkat kesembilan telah lenyap tanpa bekas, sedangkan, sembilan cahaya pedang yang dikerahkan oleh keterampilan pedang, Sembilan Pedang Budak Siluman, telah menghilang bersama dengan Sumber Energi dan Konsep.
Feng Yu benar-benar tanpa jejak kehidupan.
Wuss!
Ketika melihat Feng Yu yang melesat terbang ke langit dengan momentum, Zi Shang tidak terburu-buru bergerak ke samping setelah menyingkirkan sitarnya.
Setelah melesat selama beberapa waktu, kecepatan Feng Yu secara bertahap berkurang dan kemudian berhenti, dan kemudian tubuh Feng Yu jatuh ke bawah sebelum jatuh ke kandang yang berada di Kandang Pertarungan, mengikuti jejak Ye Lu dari Klan Ye tergantung di atas kandang besi.
Tidak seperti Ye Lu, meskipun Feng Yu telah tewas, tidak ada jejak darah di tubuhnya, dan seolah-olah dia langsung tewas dengan kematian yang tidak wajar.
"Apa yang terjadi?"
Untuk sementara waktu, seluruh Kandang Pertarungan menjadi gempar.
Tentu saja, orang-orang yang gempar adalah mereka yang memiliki kultivasis yang relatif lemah.
"Adakah yang bisa memberitahuku apakah mereka berpura-pura? Zi Shang hanya memetik sitar satu kali dan Feng Yu tewas? Apalagi, dia tewas tanpa menumpahkan darah?"
"Membunuh tanpa menumpahkan darah ... Bukankah ini kemampuan Feng Yu? Dia terbunuh sekarang, dan tidak menumpahkan darah juga, mungkinkah ini adalah karma?"
"Apakah Feng Yu benar-benar tewas? Mengapa aku merasa kematian itu seperti palsu? Apakah ada di antara kalian yang melihat seseorang memetik sitar satu kali dan membunuh yang lainnya?"
...
Banyak penonton tidak bisa menahan diri untuk tidak bertanya-tanya tentang mayat Feng Yu yang tergantung di kandang di atas Kandang Tarung.
"Feng Yu memang tewas." Sementara itu, salah satu orang tua yang bertugas memimpin seleksi putaran kedua mengumumkan.
Kata-kata pria tua itu adalah sesuatu yang tidak diragukan lagi oleh kerumunan penonton.
"Dia benar-benar tewas?"
"Zi Shang terlalu menakutkan, kan? Dia hanya memetik sitarnya dan Feng Yu tewas?"
"Zi Shang tidak hanya membunuh tanpa menumpahkan darah, dia membunuh tanpa terlihat!"
"Tepat! Bahkan jika Feng Yu membunuh yang lain, dia butuh menggunakan pedangnya ... Tapi Zi Shang tampak seolah-olah dia sama sekali tidak memerlukan senjata dan mampu membunuh orang tanpa terlihat."
...
Banyak penonton berbisik membahasnya, dan ketika mereka melihat Zi Shang sekali lagi, mata mereka menunjukkan sedikit rasa takut.
Tentu saja, tidak semua orang memiliki pikiran yang mirip dengan para penonton ini.
Ketika semua terjadi, alasan para penonton ini merasa Zi Shang membunuh tanpa terlihat adalah karena kultivasis mereka terlalu rendah, dan itu menyebabkan kekuatan tatapan mereka menjadi kurang, sehingga mereka sama sekali tidak dapat menangkap setiap jejak serangan Zi Shang.
Sebelumnya, selama itu adalah seorang ahli bela diri di tingkat kesembilan Tahap Pengenal Ruang atau di atasnya, hampir semua dari mereka dapat dengan jelas melihat pada saat Zi Shang memetik senar sitarnya, Sumber Energi yang keluar dari ujung jarinya dikombinasikan dengan dua jenis Konsep sebelum berubah menjadi cahaya Sumber Energi kecil yang tak tertandingi yang membunuh Feng Yu tepat setelah Sumber Energi itu keluar.
Karena cahaya Sumber Energi kecil sangat kecil dan tipis, dan kecepatannya sangat cepat, jadi setelah menembus mayat Feng Yu, cahaya itu tidak meninggalkan jejak yang jelas di tubuh Feng Yu.
Sedangkan darah, sama sekali tidak ada jalan untuk keluar.
Ini adalah sesuatu yang mencapai tujuan yang sama dengan cara yang berbeda ketika dibandingkan dengan metode Feng Yu sebelumnya untuk membunuh orang lain, dan keduanya adalah metode membunuh tanpa menumpahkan darah.
Pedang roh tingkat empat di tangan Feng Yu adalah pedang yang sangat tipis.
"Membunuh tanpa terlihat? Untuk berpikir mereka dapat memikirkan hal semacam itu." Duan Ling Tian menggelengkan kepalanya ketika dia mendengar pembahasan dari kerumunan penonton di Kandang Pertarungan, dan dia merasa penonton ini benar-benar terlalu naif.
"Duan Ling Tian ... Zi Shang membunuh Feng Yu dengan mengerahkan Sumber Energi miliknya lebih awal?" Su Li menarik napas panjang dan bertanya.
Meskipun ia adalah seorang ahli bela diri tingkat delapan Tahap Pengenal Ruang, tetapi ia hanya melihat kejadian Sumber Energi muncul di ujung jari Zi Shang dan Sumber Energi menyatu ke dalam sitarnya, sedangkan, Setelah Zi Shang memetik senar sitar, Untaian Sumber Energi yang kecil benar-benar lenyap dari penglihatannya.
Dia menduga mungkin untaian Sumber Energi itu terpancar keluar untuk menyerang Feng Yu.
"Iya." Duan Ling Tian mengangguk. "Sebelumnya, dia menggabungkan Sumber Energinya dengan Konsep Angin dan Konsep Api, dan kemudian dia mengandalkan penambahan kekuatan dari sitar roh tingkat empat untuk meringkasnya menjadi cahaya Sumber Energi kecil dan tipis yang berasal dari senar sitar untuk menembus dan membunuh Feng Yu."
Ini adalah sesuatu yang mirip dengan busur dan anak panah.
Cahaya Sumber Energi kecil adalah panah, sitar roh adalah busur. Sedangkan senar sitar adalah tali busur.
"Aku benar-benar tidak pernah membayangkan kekuatan Zi Shang sangat menakutkan. Selain itu, dia telah memahami dua jenis Konsep seperti mu ... Duan Ling Tian, apa kau dapat mengetahui tingkat apa Konsep Angin dan Konsep Api yang dia capai?" Su Li tersentak setelah mendengar Duan Ling Tian, dan dia tidak bisa menahan diri untuk tidak bertanya pada akhirnya.
"Tidak." Duan Ling Tian menggelengkan kepalanya. "Begitu dia menyerang, siluet naga bertanduk kuno bahkan tidak punya waktu untuk benar-benar membentuk dan buyar."
Zi Shang menyerang begitu cepat sebelumnya, kecepatan itu tidak kalah dengan kecepatannya saat dia membunuh Ye Lu sebelumnya.
"Aku tidak pernah membayangkan kekuatan Zi Shang benar-benar telah meningkat sekarang ..." Duan Ling Tian memiliki tatapan yang sangat rumit saat dia menatap Zi Shang.
Meskipun ketika dia melakukan perjanjian dua tahun dengan Zi Shang bertahun-tahun yang lalu, kultivasi Zi Shang jauh melampauinya, tetapi karena dia memiliki Kekuatan Spiritual yang lebih kuat dari Zi Shang dan keterampilan jiwa, Seribu Ilusi, untuk diandalkan, dia masih bisa sepenuhnya mendominasi Zi Shang.
Setelah itu, dia memperoleh pertemuan kebetulan lagi dan lagi sepanjang jalannya, dan dia awalnya berpikir dia akan dapat meninggalkan Zi Shang jauh di belakang, namun siapa yang akan membayangkan pertemuan kebetulan yang diperoleh Zi Shang dalam beberapa tahun terakhir tampaknya tidak lebih rendah dari dirinya sendiri.
Kejadian di depannya di luar dugaannya.
"Feng Yu!" Di area barat, ekspresi para petinggi Sekte Bulan Hitam berubah menjadi tidak menyenangkan.
Mereka tidak pernah membayangkan Ketua Siswa Sekte Bulan Hitam mereka akan jatuh di sini dan akan dibunuh dengan satu serangan, tanpa sedikitpun kemampuan untuk melawan.
Mereka bisa membayangkan setelah hari ini, Sekte Bulan Hitam mereka akan menjadi bahan tertawaan dari Dinasti Darkhan.
Para petinggi Sekte Bulan Hitam saling memandang sebelum membuat keputusan pada akhirnya.
Mereka membawa mayat Feng Yu dan meninggalkan Kandang Pertarungan, dan sebelum mereka pergi, mereka memandang Zi Shang dengan tatapan yang dipenuhi dengan niat membunuh yang ekstrim.
Sekte Bulan Hitam tidak pernah menjadi sekte yang baik, dan mereka tidak bermoral demi mencapai tujuan mereka.
Hari ini, Zi Shang telah membunuh Ketua Siswa Sekte Bulan Hitam dan menyebabkan Sekte Bulan Hitam kehilangan muka, dan sudah pasti telah menyinggung Sekte Bulan Hitam, jadi mustahil bagi Sekte Bulan Hitam untuk melepaskannya dengan mudah.
Meskipun Zi Shang adalah anggota Keluarga Kekaisaran Dinasti Darkhan, tidak mungkin baginya untuk dilindungi oleh para ahli Keluarga Kekaisaran selama seumur hidupnya.
Selama mereka bisa menemukan peluang, mereka pasti akan membunuh Zi Shang!
"Sekte Bulan Hitam …" Saat dia melihat sosok para petinggi Sekte Bulan Hitam menghilang, cahaya dingin melintas di dalam mata Zi Shang yang menyipit.
Jelas, Zi Shang telah mendengar tentang reputasi Sekte Bulan Hitam sejak lama.
"Duan Ling Tian, aku sangat menantikan bertarung denganmu." Sebelum Zi Shang meninggalkan langit di atas Kandang Pertarungan, tatapannya terkunci pada Duan Ling Tian saat dia berbicara melalui pesan suara.
Ini adalah pertama kalinya setelah bertahun-tahun Zi Shang berbicara dengan Duan Ling Tian.
"Aku juga sangat menantikannya. Aku harap kau tidak akan melarikan diri seperti anjing liar seperti yang kau lakukan terakhir kali." Duan Ling Tian menyeringai dan menjawab secara blak-blakan melalui pesan suara.
"Kau ... Hmph! Aku tidak akan bicara omong kosong denganmu." Kata-kata Duan Ling Tian membuat Zi Shang tidak dapat menahan diri dari mengingat kembali peristiwa masa lalu yang tak terlupakan baginya, dan ekspresinya menjadi suram, tetapi dengan cepat kembali normal seolah-olah dia segera memulihkan ketenangannya.
Rasa takut sedikit muncul di kedalaman tatapan Duan Ling Tian ketika dia melihat perubahan dalam ekspresi Zi Shang.
Jika Zi Shang sangat marah, Duan Ling Tian tidak akan terlalu memikirkannya.
Tapi Zi Shang sudah tenang begitu cepat, dan itu menyebabkan Duan Ling Tian menyadari Zi Shang saat ini sudah tidak sama dengan Zi Shang dulu.
Zi Shang saat ini jauh lebih menakutkan.
Setelah beberapa saat singkat, Zi Shang menarik tatapan yang dia arahkan pada Duan Ling Tian, dan kemudian sosoknya melesat kembali ke area penonton kelas satu yang dimiliki Keluarga Kekaisaran.
"Zi Shang, aku benar-benar tidak pernah membayangkan kekuatanmu sudah kuat sampai sejauh itu ... Bahkan Bai He mungkin bukan tandingan mu sekarang." Kaisar tersenyum ketika dia berbicara dengan Zi Shang, dan dia tidak pelit dengan kata-kata pujian sedikit pun.
"Yang Mulia, Paduka terlalu baik." Zi Shang tidak berbicara dengan arogan atau rendah hati, sedangkan, Bai He, yang duduk di dekatnya, memiliki ekspresi yang tidak enak dilihat.
Kata-kata yang diucapkan Ayahanda Kaisarannya tampak berubah menjadi jarum tajam yang dengan keras menghujam ke dalam hatinya, dan itu membuatnya sangat marah ...
Dia lebih rendah dari Zi Shang?
"Zi Shang, aku akan segera membuktikan kepada Ayahanda Kaisaranku kau bahkan tidak bisa mengelak perkelahian denganku!" Bai He menatap Zi Shang dan berbicara dengan suara rendah melalui pesan suara.
Zi Shang melirik acuh tak acuh pada Bai He, dan kemudian dia mengubah nada rendah hati sebelumnya saat dia menjawab melalui pesan suara. "Meskipun aku tidak tahu mengapa kau selalu menentang ku, tetapi aku masih ingin memberi tahu mu jika kita bertarung, aku tidak akan menahan diri."
"Apa? Kau pikir kau mampu mengalahkanku jika kau tidak menahan diri?" Bai He mengejek melalui pesan suara.
Tapi Zi Shang tidak memperdulikan Bai He kali ini, dan dia malah melihat pria tua berpakaian hitam. "Guru, Zi Shang tidak membuat Guru malu."
"Bagus … Bagus." Pria tua itu sangat puas dengan penanpilan Zi Shang, dan dia mengambil inisiatif untuk memberi isyarat agar Zi Shang duduk.
"Kakak, selamat." Zi Yan mengucapkan selamat kepada Zi Shang, dan wajahnya yang cantik berseri-seri bersemangat dan bahkan lebih mencolok.
Zi Shang tersenyum ringan saat dia mengangguk, dan tatapan yang dia arahkan pada Zi Yan dipenuhi dengan kasih sayang yang lembut.
"Sekarang, apa masih ada orang yang tidak yakin dan ingin menantang para jenius muda di tingkat kesembilan Tahap Pengenal Ruang?" Di langit di atas Kandang Pertarungan, salah satu orang tua yang bertugas memimpin kompetisi bela diri berbicara sekali lagi, dan suaranya menyebar ke seluruh Kandang Pertarungan.
Untuk sementara waktu, selain Feng Tian Wu yang berkultivasi dengan mata terpejam, 11 jenius muda tingkat ketujuh Tahap Pengenal Ruang dan tingkat kedelapan Tahap Pengenal Ruang yang tersisa menutup mulut mereka dengan erat.
Lelucon macam apa itu!
Akankah salah satu dari mereka masih tidak yakin pada saat ini?
Ye Lu dan Feng Yu bisa dikatakan sebagai tokoh teratas di antara mereka, namun mereka berdua terbunuh karena tidak yakin dengan kekuatan jenius muda tingkat kesembilan Tahap Pengenal Ruang dan mereka mati di tangan jenius muda yang tampak memiliki kekuatan terlemah.
Mereka tidak ragu sedikitpun jika salah satu dari mereka masih berani menantang jenius muda tingkat kesembilan Tahap Pengenal Ruang, mereka pasti akan mengikuti jejak Ye Lu dan Feng Yu.
"Sayang sekali ... Dengan kekuatan Feng Yu, ia awalnya memiliki kesempatan 100% mendapatkan salah satu posisi untuk berpartisipasi dalam Kompetisi Bela Diri Sepuluh Dinasti."
"Bukan hanya Feng Yu, bahkan jika Ye Lu tidak tewas, dia juga dapat memperoleh posisi untuk berpartisipasi dalam Kompetisi Bela Diri Sepuluh Dinasti."
"Mereka menghancurkan diri mereka sendiri."
...
The Origin Energy on his body had gone out instantly, the ninth level Sword Insight had vanished without a trace, whereas, the nine sword lights executed by the sword skill, Nine-Vassal Demon Sword, had vanished along with the Origin Energy and Concept.
Feng Yu was completely without any trace of life.
Whoosh!
When faced with Feng Yu who was brought flying up into the sky by momentum, Zi Shang unhurriedly moved to the side after putting away his zither.
After charging up for some time, Feng Yu's speed gradually reduced and then stopped, and then Feng Yu's body plunged down before crashing heavily onto the cage that enveloped the Cage Battle Arena, following in the footsteps of the Ye Clan's Ye Lu to hang atop the iron cage.
Unlike Ye Lu, even though Feng Yu had died, there wasn't a trace of blood on his body, and it was as if he'd instantly died an unnatural death.
"What's going on?"
For a time, the entire Cage Battle Arena was in an uproar.
Of course, the people that were in an uproar were those with comparatively weak cultivations.
"Can anyone tell me if they were f*cking acting? Zi Shang only plucked the zither a single time and Feng Yu is dead? Moreover, he died without spilling blood?"
"Killing without spilling blood… Isn't this Feng Yu's ability? He was killed now, yet actually didn't spill blood as well, could it be that this is karma?"
"Has Feng Yu really died? Why do I feel that it seems fake? Have any of you seen someone pluck a zither once and kill another?"
…
Many spectators couldn't help but shook questioning gazes towards the corpse of Feng Yu that hung on the cage atop the Cage Battle Arena.
"Feng Yu is indeed dead." Meanwhile, one of the old men that were in charge of presiding over the second round of the selections announced.
The old man's words were something that the group of spectators would naturally not doubt.
"He's really dead?"
"Zi Shang is too terrifying, right? He only plucked his zither and Feng Yu died?"
"Not only does Zi Shang kill without spilling blood, he kills imperceptibly!"
"Exactly! Even if Feng Yu killed another, he would need to utilize his sword… But Zi Shang seemed as if he utterly didn't require any weapons and was able to kill people imperceptibly."
…
Many spectators whispered in discussions, and when they looked at Zi Shang once again, their eyes revealed slight terror.
Of course, not everyone's thoughts were similar to these spectators.
When all was said and done, the reason these spectators felt that Zi Shang killed imperceptibly was because their cultivations were too low, and it caused the strength of their gazes to be inferior, thus they were utterly unable to catch sigh of any traces of Zi Shang's attack.
Earlier, so long as it was a martial artist at the ninth level of the Void Initiation Stage or above, practically all of them were able to clearly see that at the instant Zi Shang plucked his zither string, the Origin Energy that flashed out from the tip of his finger combined with two types of Concept before transforming into a matchlessly swift tiny Origin Energy light that killed Feng Yu right after it flew out.
Because the tiny Origin Energy light was extremely small and thin, and its speed was exceedingly swift, so after it passed through Feng Yu's corpse, it didn't leave behind any obvious traces of Feng Yu's body.
As for blood, it had utterly no way to flow out.
This was something that achieved the same goal with different means when compared to Feng Yu's previous methods of killing others, and they were both methods of killing without spilling blood.
The grade four spirit sword in Feng Yu's hand was a sword that was shockingly thin.
"Killing imperceptibly? To think that they can think of such a thing." Duan Ling Tian shook his head when he heard the discussions of the crowd of spectators in the Cage Battle Arena, and he felt that these spectators were truly too naïve.
"Duan Ling Tian… Zi Shang killed Feng Yu by shooting out his Origin Energy earlier?" Su Li took a deep breath and asked.
Even though he was an eighth level Void Initiation Stage martial artist, but he only saw the scene of Origin Energy appearing on the tip of Zi Shang's finger and the Origin Energy fusing into the zither, whereas, After Zi Shang plucked the zither string, the strand of tiny Origin Energy had completely vanished from his field of vision.
He guessed that it had probably flashed out to attack Feng Yu.
"Yes." Duan Ling Tian nodded. "Earlier, he combined his Origin Energy with Wind Concept and Fire Concept, and then he relied on the amplification of the grade four spirit zither to condensed it into a small and thin Origin Energy light that was flicked out by the zither string to shoot and kill Feng Yu."
This was something that was similar to a bow and arrow.
The tiny Origin Energy light was the arrow, whereas, the spirit zither was the bow. As for the zither string, it was the bow string.
"I truly never imagined that Zi Shang's strength was so terrifying. Moreover, he has comprehended two types of Concept like you… Duan Ling Tian, were you able to discern what level his Wind Concept and Fire Concept attained?" Su Li gasped after he heard Duan Ling Tian, and he couldn't refrain from asking curiously in the end.
"No." Duan Ling Tian shook his head. "The instant he attacked, the ancient horned dragon silhouettes hadn't even had the time to completely condense into form when they'd dispersed."
Zi Shang had attacked so swiftly earlier that it wasn't inferior to the speed he killed Ye Lu with earlier.
"Never had I imagined that Zi Shang's strength has actually risen to such an extent now…" Duan Ling Tian had an extremely complicated gaze as he looked at Zi Shang.
Even though when he carried out the two year agreement with Zi Shang all those years ago, Zi Shang's cultivation far surpassed him, but because he possessed a Spiritual Force that was stronger than Zi Shang and the soul skill, Thousand Illusions, to rely upon, he was still able to completely dominate Zi Shang.
After that, he obtained fortuitous encounters again and again all along his way, and he originally thought he would be able to leave Zi Shang far behind, yet who would have imagined that the fortuitous encounters Zi Shang obtained in the recent years seemed to not be inferior to his own.
The scene before him exceeded his expectations.
"Feng Yu!" In the western spectating area, the expressions of the Darkmoon Sect's higher ups turned ominous.
Never had they imagined that their Darkmoon Sect's Head Disciple would fall here and would be killed by a single strike, without the slightest ability to resist.
They could imagine that after today, their Darkmoon Sect would become the laughing stock of the Darkhan Dynasty.
The Darkmoon Sect's higher-ups looked at each other before making a decision in the end.
They carried along Feng Yu's corpse and left the Cage Battle Arena, and before they left, they looked at Zi Shang with gazes that were filled with extreme killing intent.
The Darkmoon Sect had never been a righteous sect, and they were unscrupulous for the sake of attaining their objective.
Today, Zi Shang had killed the Darkmoon Sect's Head Disciple and caused the Darkmoon Sect to lose face, and he'd undoubtedly offended the Darkmoon Sect, so it was impossible for the Darkmoon Sect to let it go easily.
Even though Zi Shang was a member of the Darkhan Dynasty's Imperial Family, it was impossible for him to be protected by the experts of the Imperial Family for his entire lifetime.
So long as they were able to find a chance, they would surely kill Zi Shang!
"Darkmoon Sect…" As he looked at the disappearing figures of the Darkmoon Sect's higher-ups, cold lights flashed within Zi Shang's narrowed eyes.
Obviously, Zi Shang had heard of the Darkmoon Sect's reputation long ago.
"Duan Ling Tian, I extremely anticipate battling you." Before Zi Shang left the sky above the Cage Battle Arena, his gaze locked onto Duan Ling Tian as he spoke via voice transmission.
This was the first time after so many years that Zi Shang spoke to Duan Ling Tian.
"I anticipate it extremely as well. I hope you won't flee like a stray dog like you did the last time." Duan Ling Tian grinned and replied bluntly via voice transmission.
"You… Hmph! I won't talk crap with you." Duan Ling Tian's words caused Zi Shang to be unable to refrain from recalling the past events that were unbearable to him, and his expression went grim, but it quickly returned to normal as if he'd instantly recovered his calm.
Slight fear arose in the depths of Duan Ling Tian's gaze when he saw the changes in Zi Shang's expression.
If Zi Shang had been enraged all the way, Duan Ling Tian wouldn't think much of it.
But Zi Shang had calmed down so quickly, and it caused Duan Ling Tian to realize that the present Zi Shang was already not the same Zi Shang as before.
The current Zi Shang was much more terrifying.
After a short moment, Zi Shang withdrew the gaze he shot at Duan Ling Tian, and then his figure flashed out to return to the first-class spectating area that belonged solely to the Imperial Family.
"Zi Shang, I truly never imagined that your strength is already strong to such an extent… Even Bai He might not be a match for you now." The Emperor smiled as he spoke to Zi Shang, and he wasn't stingy with words of praise in the slightest.
"Your Majesty, you're too kind." Zi Shang spoke neither arrogantly nor humbly, whereas, Bai He, who sat nearby, had an expression that was as unsightly as unsightly could be.
The words his Imperial Father spoke seemed as if they'd transformed into numerous sharp needles that fiercely plunged into his heart, and it caused him to be extremely angry…
He was inferior to Zi Shang?
"Zi Shang, I'll soon prove to my Imperial Father that you can't even withstand a fight before me!" Bai He looked at Zi Shang and spoke with a low voice via voice transmission.
Zi Shang glanced indifferently at Bai He, and then he changed his previous humble tone as he replied via voice transmission. "Even though I don't know why you've always been against me, but I still want to let you know that if we fight, I won't hold back."
"What? You think that you're capable of defeating me if you don't hold back?" Bai He mocked via voice transmission.
But Zi Shang paid no attention to Bai He this time, and he looked at the black clothed old man instead. "Master, Zi Shang didn't lose face for you."
"Good… Good." The old man was extremely satisfied with Zi Shang's display, and he took the initiative to gesture for Zi Shang to sit down.
"Big Brother, congratulations." Zi Yan congratulated Zi Shang excitedly, and her peerlessly beautiful face was beaming with spirit and even more striking.
Zi Shang lightly smiled as he nodded, and the gaze he shot at Zi Yan was filled with tender affections.
"Now, are there still any people that are not convinced and want to challenge the young geniuses at the ninth level of the Void Initiation Stage?" In the sky above the Cage Battle Arena, one of the old men that were in charge of presiding over the martial competition spoke out once more, and his voice spread out throughout the Cage Battle Arena.
For a time, besides Feng Tian Wu who was cultivating with her eyes closed, the remaining 11 seventh level Void Initiation Stage and eighth level Void Initiation Stage young geniuses shut their mouths tightly.
What a joke!
Would any of them still dare be unconvinced at this moment?
Ye Lu and Feng Yu could be said to be the top figures amongst them, yet they were both killed because of being not convinced with the strength of the ninth level Void Initiation Stage young geniuses, and they'd died at the hands of the young geniuses that looked to possess the weakest strengths.
They didn't doubt in the slightest that if any one of them still dared to challenge a ninth level Void Initiation Stage young genius, they would surely follow in the footsteps of Ye Lu and Feng Yu.
"What a pity… With Feng Yu's strength, he originally had a 100% chance of obtaining one of the positions to participate in the Martial Competition of the Ten Dynasties."
"It wasn't just Feng Yu, even if Ye Lu didn't die, he would similarly be able to obtain a position to participate in the Martial Competition of the Ten Dynasties."
"They destroyed themselves."
…
The Origin Energy on his body had gone out instantly, the ninth level Sword Insight had vanished without a trace, whereas, the nine sword lights executed by the sword skill, Nine-Vassal Demon Sword, had vanished along with the Origin Energy and Concept.
Feng Yu was completely without any trace of life.
Whoosh!
When faced with Feng Yu who was brought flying up into the sky by momentum, Zi Shang unhurriedly moved to the side after putting away his zither.
After charging up for some time, Feng Yu's speed gradually reduced and then stopped, and then Feng Yu's body plunged down before crashing heavily onto the cage that enveloped the Cage Battle Arena, following in the footsteps of the Ye Clan's Ye Lu to hang atop the iron cage.
Unlike Ye Lu, even though Feng Yu had died, there wasn't a trace of blood on his body, and it was as if he'd instantly died an unnatural death.
"What's going on?"
For a time, the entire Cage Battle Arena was in an uproar.
Of course, the people that were in an uproar were those with comparatively weak cultivations.
"Can anyone tell me if they were f*cking acting? Zi Shang only plucked the zither a single time and Feng Yu is dead? Moreover, he died without spilling blood?"
"Killing without spilling blood… Isn't this Feng Yu's ability? He was killed now, yet actually didn't spill blood as well, could it be that this is karma?"
"Has Feng Yu really died? Why do I feel that it seems fake? Have any of you seen someone pluck a zither once and kill another?"
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Many spectators couldn't help but shook questioning gazes towards the corpse of Feng Yu that hung on the cage atop the Cage Battle Arena.
"Feng Yu is indeed dead." Meanwhile, one of the old men that were in charge of presiding over the second round of the selections announced.
The old man's words were something that the group of spectators would naturally not doubt.
"He's really dead?"
"Zi Shang is too terrifying, right? He only plucked his zither and Feng Yu died?"
"Not only does Zi Shang kill without spilling blood, he kills imperceptibly!"
"Exactly! Even if Feng Yu killed another, he would need to utilize his sword… But Zi Shang seemed as if he utterly didn't require any weapons and was able to kill people imperceptibly."
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Many spectators whispered in discussions, and when they looked at Zi Shang once again, their eyes revealed slight terror.
Of course, not everyone's thoughts were similar to these spectators.
When all was said and done, the reason these spectators felt that Zi Shang killed imperceptibly was because their cultivations were too low, and it caused the strength of their gazes to be inferior, thus they were utterly unable to catch sigh of any traces of Zi Shang's attack.
Earlier, so long as it was a martial artist at the ninth level of the Void Initiation Stage or above, practically all of them were able to clearly see that at the instant Zi Shang plucked his zither string, the Origin Energy that flashed out from the tip of his finger combined with two types of Concept before transforming into a matchlessly swift tiny Origin Energy light that killed Feng Yu right after it flew out.
Because the tiny Origin Energy light was extremely small and thin, and its speed was exceedingly swift, so after it passed through Feng Yu's corpse, it didn't leave behind any obvious traces of Feng Yu's body.
As for blood, it had utterly no way to flow out.
This was something that achieved the same goal with different means when compared to Feng Yu's previous methods of killing others, and they were both methods of killing without spilling blood.
The grade four spirit sword in Feng Yu's hand was a sword that was shockingly thin.
"Killing imperceptibly? To think that they can think of such a thing." Duan Ling Tian shook his head when he heard the discussions of the crowd of spectators in the Cage Battle Arena, and he felt that these spectators were truly too naïve.
"Duan Ling Tian… Zi Shang killed Feng Yu by shooting out his Origin Energy earlier?" Su Li took a deep breath and asked.
Even though he was an eighth level Void Initiation Stage martial artist, but he only saw the scene of Origin Energy appearing on the tip of Zi Shang's finger and the Origin Energy fusing into the zither, whereas, After Zi Shang plucked the zither string, the strand of tiny Origin Energy had completely vanished from his field of vision.
He guessed that it had probably flashed out to attack Feng Yu.
"Yes." Duan Ling Tian nodded. "Earlier, he combined his Origin Energy with Wind Concept and Fire Concept, and then he relied on the amplification of the grade four spirit zither to condensed it into a small and thin Origin Energy light that was flicked out by the zither string to shoot and kill Feng Yu."
This was something that was similar to a bow and arrow.
The tiny Origin Energy light was the arrow, whereas, the spirit zither was the bow. As for the zither string, it was the bow string.
"I truly never imagined that Zi Shang's strength was so terrifying. Moreover, he has comprehended two types of Concept like you… Duan Ling Tian, were you able to discern what level his Wind Concept and Fire Concept attained?" Su Li gasped after he heard Duan Ling Tian, and he couldn't refrain from asking curiously in the end.
"No." Duan Ling Tian shook his head. "The instant he attacked, the ancient horned dragon silhouettes hadn't even had the time to completely condense into form when they'd dispersed."
Zi Shang had attacked so swiftly earlier that it wasn't inferior to the speed he killed Ye Lu with earlier.
"Never had I imagined that Zi Shang's strength has actually risen to such an extent now…" Duan Ling Tian had an extremely complicated gaze as he looked at Zi Shang.
Even though when he carried out the two year agreement with Zi Shang all those years ago, Zi Shang's cultivation far surpassed him, but because he possessed a Spiritual Force that was stronger than Zi Shang and the soul skill, Thousand Illusions, to rely upon, he was still able to completely dominate Zi Shang.
After that, he obtained fortuitous encounters again and again all along his way, and he originally thought he would be able to leave Zi Shang far behind, yet who would have imagined that the fortuitous encounters Zi Shang obtained in the recent years seemed to not be inferior to his own.
The scene before him exceeded his expectations.
"Feng Yu!" In the western spectating area, the expressions of the Darkmoon Sect's higher ups turned ominous.
Never had they imagined that their Darkmoon Sect's Head Disciple would fall here and would be killed by a single strike, without the slightest ability to resist.
They could imagine that after today, their Darkmoon Sect would become the laughing stock of the Darkhan Dynasty.
The Darkmoon Sect's higher-ups looked at each other before making a decision in the end.
They carried along Feng Yu's corpse and left the Cage Battle Arena, and before they left, they looked at Zi Shang with gazes that were filled with extreme killing intent.
The Darkmoon Sect had never been a righteous sect, and they were unscrupulous for the sake of attaining their objective.
Today, Zi Shang had killed the Darkmoon Sect's Head Disciple and caused the Darkmoon Sect to lose face, and he'd undoubtedly offended the Darkmoon Sect, so it was impossible for the Darkmoon Sect to let it go easily.
Even though Zi Shang was a member of the Darkhan Dynasty's Imperial Family, it was impossible for him to be protected by the experts of the Imperial Family for his entire lifetime.
So long as they were able to find a chance, they would surely kill Zi Shang!
"Darkmoon Sect…" As he looked at the disappearing figures of the Darkmoon Sect's higher-ups, cold lights flashed within Zi Shang's narrowed eyes.
Obviously, Zi Shang had heard of the Darkmoon Sect's reputation long ago.
"Duan Ling Tian, I extremely anticipate battling you." Before Zi Shang left the sky above the Cage Battle Arena, his gaze locked onto Duan Ling Tian as he spoke via voice transmission.
This was the first time after so many years that Zi Shang spoke to Duan Ling Tian.
"I anticipate it extremely as well. I hope you won't flee like a stray dog like you did the last time." Duan Ling Tian grinned and replied bluntly via voice transmission.
"You… Hmph! I won't talk crap with you." Duan Ling Tian's words caused Zi Shang to be unable to refrain from recalling the past events that were unbearable to him, and his expression went grim, but it quickly returned to normal as if he'd instantly recovered his calm.
Slight fear arose in the depths of Duan Ling Tian's gaze when he saw the changes in Zi Shang's expression.
If Zi Shang had been enraged all the way, Duan Ling Tian wouldn't think much of it.
But Zi Shang had calmed down so quickly, and it caused Duan Ling Tian to realize that the present Zi Shang was already not the same Zi Shang as before.
The current Zi Shang was much more terrifying.
After a short moment, Zi Shang withdrew the gaze he shot at Duan Ling Tian, and then his figure flashed out to return to the first-class spectating area that belonged solely to the Imperial Family.
"Zi Shang, I truly never imagined that your strength is already strong to such an extent… Even Bai He might not be a match for you now." The Emperor smiled as he spoke to Zi Shang, and he wasn't stingy with words of praise in the slightest.
"Your Majesty, you're too kind." Zi Shang spoke neither arrogantly nor humbly, whereas, Bai He, who sat nearby, had an expression that was as unsightly as unsightly could be.
The words his Imperial Father spoke seemed as if they'd transformed into numerous sharp needles that fiercely plunged into his heart, and it caused him to be extremely angry…
He was inferior to Zi Shang?
"Zi Shang, I'll soon prove to my Imperial Father that you can't even withstand a fight before me!" Bai He looked at Zi Shang and spoke with a low voice via voice transmission.
Zi Shang glanced indifferently at Bai He, and then he changed his previous humble tone as he replied via voice transmission. "Even though I don't know why you've always been against me, but I still want to let you know that if we fight, I won't hold back."
"What? You think that you're capable of defeating me if you don't hold back?" Bai He mocked via voice transmission.
But Zi Shang paid no attention to Bai He this time, and he looked at the black clothed old man instead. "Master, Zi Shang didn't lose face for you."
"Good… Good." The old man was extremely satisfied with Zi Shang's display, and he took the initiative to gesture for Zi Shang to sit down.
"Big Brother, congratulations." Zi Yan congratulated Zi Shang excitedly, and her peerlessly beautiful face was beaming with spirit and even more striking.
Zi Shang lightly smiled as he nodded, and the gaze he shot at Zi Yan was filled with tender affections.
"Now, are there still any people that are not convinced and want to challenge the young geniuses at the ninth level of the Void Initiation Stage?" In the sky above the Cage Battle Arena, one of the old men that were in charge of presiding over the martial competition spoke out once more, and his voice spread out throughout the Cage Battle Arena.
For a time, besides Feng Tian Wu who was cultivating with her eyes closed, the remaining 11 seventh level Void Initiation Stage and eighth level Void Initiation Stage young geniuses shut their mouths tightly.
What a joke!
Would any of them still dare be unconvinced at this moment?
Ye Lu and Feng Yu could be said to be the top figures amongst them, yet they were both killed because of being not convinced with the strength of the ninth level Void Initiation Stage young geniuses, and they'd died at the hands of the young geniuses that looked to possess the weakest strengths.
They didn't doubt in the slightest that if any one of them still dared to challenge a ninth level Void Initiation Stage young genius, they would surely follow in the footsteps of Ye Lu and Feng Yu.
"What a pity… With Feng Yu's strength, he originally had a 100% chance of obtaining one of the positions to participate in the Martial Competition of the Ten Dynasties."
"It wasn't just Feng Yu, even if Ye Lu didn't die, he would similarly be able to obtain a position to participate in the Martial Competition of the Ten Dynasties."
"They destroyed themselves."
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