Chapter 658: Chapter 657: Qi Sina is not as good as you
With great difficulty, Lu Miaoyi managed to stand. To his surprise, he realized he was unharmed, and his confidence grew. He almost forgot, the grade of the Soul Extinguishing Arrow was so low; it could never penetrate his psychic defenses.
"Still unwilling to admit defeat?"
Noticing the spiritual fluctuations from the opponent, Shi Xiaole fired three arrows indifferently with such speed that Lu Miaoyi couldn’t react in time. What was even more brutal was that the three arrows hit exactly the weak spots in his psychic defenses.
In the midst of the resounding bangs, the psychic barrier shattered to pieces. Lu Miaoyi turned deadly pale, and his psychic attack, which was yet to be completed, collapsed in mid-air.
"Shi Xiaole wins!"
The Third Elder stood up and announced loudly.
The scene immediately exploded into excitement.
"This Shi Xiaole is so impressive, defeating Lu Miao with just the Soul Extinguishing Arrow. He definitely ranks at the top after Qi Sina and Gao Kun."
"With his strength, among the team of the Seventh Elder, only Gao Kun can surely beat him, but it might not be a smooth victory. And then when Qi Sina steps on the field, tch tch, the Ninth Elder is good at strategy."
Before this, people had predicted that Shi Xiaole would certainly be stronger than Zhao Sen, but they had no idea how much stronger he was. Now, they got it. He was not just a bit stronger, but at least a whole level stronger.
"This seems rather unfortunate."
On the Seventh Elder’s side, several Elders exchanged glances.
The capability to fire the Soul Extinguishing Arrow dozens of times consecutively suggested that Shi Xiaole possessed powerful psychic abilities, perhaps infinitely close to the Divine Barrier Realm.
"No need to panic! He joined the Yiling Clan only a month ago; he should have just mastered the Soul Extinguishing Arrow and displayed it so many times just now. I don’t believe he didn’t use up his energy."
Collecting his thoughts, one of the Elders suddenly burst into laughter.
A psychic martial art of the second rank does not consume as much psychic energy as a first-rank martial art. However, if wielded recklessly, like Shi Xiaole just did, the expenditure is actually considerable.
If given a choice, the opponent won’t be that foolish.
"That makes sense."
"I almost got scared for a moment. Ha-ha, I want to see, how many more times he can display in the next round."
Having figured this out, the several Elders were much relieved.
However, in the camp of the Ninth Elder, everyone seemed worried. Apparently, they had thought of this too.
"Shi Xiaole, why doesn’t he use the Severing Air Fist?"
The Thirteenth Elder secretly frowned, almost unable to refrain from rebuking.
Before the eyes blinked, the second young expert of the Seventh Elder’s team had come on stage. He was a medium-sized man who introduced himself, "I am Qu Yong, looking forward to your guidance."
"Brother Shi, be careful, his defense is comparable to that of Ba Erlei."
A voice entered Shi Xiaole’s ears, coming from Qi Sina. She seemed worried about Shi Xiaole after his first round, so she was extra cautious.
What stunned Qi Sina, however, was that before she could finish, Shi Xiaole had already launched his attack. With a light tap of his finger, a radiant energy thundered forth.
"What, the Angry Waves Finger!"
The astonished Lu Miao, who had just descended from the stage, stood up from his seat. The energy wave from his opponent was clearly not as experienced as his own, probably only initial success, but the potency indeed surpassed his own high-level skill.
This indicated that it was not only the psychic energy of the opponent, but also his psychic quality was extraordinarily high.
"I sent this set of martial art techniques to him only three days ago. How could he...?"
With a shocked expression, Qi Sina watched the scene, even more staggered than before.
Zzz...
The radiant energy kept pressing on Qu Yong, forcefully pushing him backwards. The psychic defense on his surface was gradually corroded. Coming to his senses, Qu Yong, enraged, punched and shattered the radiant energy.
But it was of no use. The second wave, then the third wave of radiant energy, stormed after him. They bore down on Qu Yong, as if Mount Tai toppling down.
Unexpectedly or not, the two waves of energy collided and exploded into a terrifying force. With a thunderous bang, Qu Yong was sent flying. Luckily, he was not injured.
"Shi Xiaole wins!"
The Third Elder had just sat down and had to stand up again. The excitement in his voice was perceptible to all.
Anyone with fairly good judgment could tell, the explosion just now was no accident—it was Shi Xiaole’s unconventional use of the Angry Waves Finger. What’s more horrifying was his sublime control over it.
Had they not known his identity, everyone would wonder if he was an old hand, immersed in the Spiritual Path for many years.
Whoa!
The crowd broke into an uproar, cheering wildly.
Frankly speaking, everyone was too familiar with the top talents of the Yiling Clan. They could more or less predict the outcome when they fought against each other. Now, the emergence of Shi Xiaole satisfied their curiosity, igniting an inexplicable excitement.
The other reason was that Gao Kun had stepped on the field!
He was like a human flame. Wherever he went, all eyes were drawn, yet everyone couldn’t help but look at him.
Wasn’t the flame the most noticeable thing in the dark?
Wait, the Seventh Elder and his companions suddenly realized that Gao Kun’s unique aura had been disrupted.
Opposite him stood a young man in a blue robe, who didn’t make any move but stood out like a jade tree, forming a world of his own. Though looking low-key, he attracted attention, fending off the influence of Gao Kun.
"Qi Sina is not as good as you."
Halting thirty feet away, Gao Kun stood firm, startling the audience with his words and laughed, "From the beginning, I knew that you, you are my real opponent."
"What on earth is he babbling about?"
"Is he trying to deliberately confuse Shi Xiaole?"
People like Han Bolin and Wang Yuankang felt uncomfortable listening to him, and the audience was filled with more mockery.
They were all staunch fans of Qi Sina, believing that no one could compete with her, at least not yet. Even Gao Kun was no match for her.
Qi Sina didn’t say a word, her expression simply cooling by another three degrees.
"But even if it is you, you are no match for me. Time to step down."
Gao Kun said indifferently.
"Confidence is good, but too much confidence is arrogance."
Shi Xiaole said with a calm tone.
Without relying on intuition, just judging from Gao Kun’s spiritual power, Shi Xiaole already knew that this person was definitely a formidable opponent. In terms of spiritual power alone, he even surpassed ’Jade Lion’ Mu Ling among the five great freaks of nature.
Because of this, Shi Xiaole felt a somewhat absurd excitement.
It’s been a long time since he’s felt this way.
Being unmatched in his stage was exciting, but only those who have truly experienced it know the loneliness behind it. Shi Xiaole yearned for a worthy opponent, for someone who could compete with him.
When he advances to the Divine Border Realm in the future, the four freaks of nature will be his opponents. Right now, it was Gao Kun.
On hearing Shi Xiaole’s words, Gao Kun nodded, extended his left hand, flicked his fingers, and shockingly, unleashed the Angry Waves Finger as well.
Compared to Lu Miao and Shi Xiaole, his finger was undoubtedly bigger and brighter. Even the sun seemed dim compared to the radiance of his finger.
Men like Han Bolin suddenly gasped. This move made them feel despair.
Shh-shh-shh-shh-shh...
Meeting the burst of finger-light were countless spiritual arrows, falling like rain, endlessly.
Crack!
The finger-light suddenly exploded, unleashing a second burst half the size but so dazzling that it was hard to open one’s eyes. Even from hundreds of meters away, people could feel the immense destructive power of the finger-light. It made their hair stand upright.
If Han Bolin and the others were in despair earlier, now they were completely desolate.
They had witnessed similar incidents with Shi Xiaole, but while one was Severing Air Fist, the other was Angry Waves Finger. The subtlety of the latter was beyond the former.
Correspondingly, the power unleashed by the finger burst was so great that everyone from the Yiling Clan had to bow down, including Qi Sina.
It was not that Qi Sina couldn’t withstand this move, but she was clear that she would have to use eighty percent of her strength to have a chance. Judging from Gao Kun’s carefree stance, how much power had he used? Fifty percent, or sixty percent?
"I underestimated Gao Kun, sigh!"
The Ninth Elder sighed in his heart.
How could he not see that with just that one finger, Gao Kun was enough to make Qi Sina put up a tense fight? This didn’t even include his cultivated upper-class spiritual martial arts.
Compared to that, Shi Xiaole’s moves seemed inadequate. Looking at probability, his chances of winning would not exceed thirty percent.
And if Shi Xiaole couldn’t drain Gao Kun’s spiritual power, then Qi Sina would have a suspenseful match next. Despite all his calculations, he had failed to consider how formidable Gao Kun was.
"What are you going to boast about now?"
Lu Miao laughed in his heart, feeling invigorated.
Gao Kun was the most outstanding genius in the history of the Yiling Clan. How could some foreigner be a match for him?
Just when everyone thought Shi Xiaole would have trouble defending against this move, or simply fail to defend at all, Shi Xiaole made his move. This time he didn’t even use the Soul Extinguishing Arrow or Angry Waves Finger, he just stood quietly in his place.
Whoosh!
A brillant white blade suddenly cut down from the sky.
"It’s this move!"
Gu Mu and Gu Shui were shocked. They knew the Eye Blade Absolute Technique better than anyone. But could this move withstand Gao Kun’s finger-light? No way.
But in the next moment, a scene that scared them both occurred.
The spiritual blade suddenly released an illusionary breath that caused one to lose grasp of reality, just like an Illusion Sea. It made everyone lose themselves as it spread out with a continuous momentum.
The Illusion Sea didn’t cover any of the spectators, but most of the people saw a series of images in the void, reflecting their deepest desires.
An Eye Blade Absolute Technique mixed with Illusion True Intent!
Illusion True Intent represents martial arts, the Eye Blade represents the Spiritual Path, but this is not a combination of martial arts and Spiritual Path, it’s merely a dual-use at best.
Under the influence of Illusion True Intent, Gao Kun had a moment of daze, and the finger-light under his control immediately deviated, giving Shi Xiaole the opportunity to pass by.
This was his first time moving, not fast, but very clever. As soon as he stopped, he immediately launched several Eye Blade attacks, crisscrossing and appearing like a blade in the void, causing hallucinations.
Gao Kun simply closed his eyes, raising a layer of spiritual defense around him. The Illusion Sea’s aura crashed into it, causing ripples that spread to even further distances.
Some of the spectators were finally affected, some screamed, some wailed, and some even started laughing hysterically, all of them succumbing to madness.
"Shatter."
After a few flickers, illusion-filled Gao Kun’s figure began to shatter from a certain point, tearing up the entire Illusion Sea, and allowing those who were affected to recover, all drenched in cold sweat.
They couldn’t comprehend how powerful Shi Xiaole was, the aftereffect alone was enough for them to get caught, but to easily break Shi Xiaole’s killing move, just how powerful was Gao Kun?
