"Have you forgotten that I can step on the void?" Seeing Ling Zhan about to unleash his martial skill, Xiao Chen couldn't help but sneer. He quickly stepped on the void, his figure swiftly moving to the left, narrowly avoiding Ling Zhan's terrifying palm strike!
"What?" Ling Zhan's expression changed drastically once again. For a moment, he had forgotten that Xiao Chen could step on the void, wasting his powerful strike.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
"Boom!"
Xiao Chen swiftly moved in mid-air, only a meter above the ground. His speed was so fast that Ling Zhan couldn't avoid him. With a loud bang, Ling Zhan was struck by Xiao Chen's powerful punch, sending him flying forward.
"A perfect attack!" Xiao Chen sneered proudly, blowing on his fist. His gaze swept towards Ling Zhan, who was lying on the stage, and he coldly said, "Have your doubts been resolved? Do you understand what I intended to do? How does it feel? Must be quite pleasant, right?"
"Well done! Hit him hard, Xiao Chen! Hit him mercilessly! Teach that bastard a lesson!" Su Gutian shouted excitedly, his face flushed with exhilaration.
"That's right! Hit him hard! Beat him until even his mother won't recognize him!" Ge Tianming also shouted excitedly, as if he wouldn't stop until he lost his voice.
"Excellent! I believe Xiao Chen definitely has the strength to defeat Ling Zhan! This way, Xiao Chen can help us vent our anger!" Yu Tian said excitedly, eagerly anticipating the sight of Ling Zhan being beaten by Xiao Chen.
"What a brilliant move! Absolutely perfect! Magnificent! Absolutely magnificent! Haha!"
"Xiao Chen is incredible! He swiftly dove from mid-air, supported the diving force with his hands, and changed direction quickly! He even attracted Ling Zhan's attack, avoided it, and launched a faster counterattack! Amazing! Truly amazing! It's hard to believe that such a perfect tactic was devised by a teenager. So clever!" Su Wanlin couldn't help but get excited seeing such an outstanding battle.
The experts of the Su family were stunned. In all their time in the Su family, they had never seen Su Wanlin so excited, not even when he nurtured the geniuses Su Guyun and Su Gutian.
Liu Yuntian also couldn't help but applaud, saying, "This boy named Xiao Chen is truly a combat genius! Such a powerful tactic executed so perfectly by him. I have to admire him! Sometimes it seems like he isn't just a teenager."
On the dilapidated stage, Ling Zhan stood up, slowly turning around. His cold gaze fixed on Xiao Chen, and a chilling killing intent emanated from him as he coldly said, "Your tactic was indeed perfect, but you have also angered me!"
"Buzz buzz!"
Ling Zhan's true essence surged once again, containing a terrifying blend of cold killing intent and furious resentment. As his power continuously increased, the dilapidated stage trembled once more.
Ling Zhan's entire body emitted a purple light. While channeling his true essence, he looked at Xiao Chen and coldly said, "Xiao Chen, you better not fall too quickly. I will slowly make you understand the gap between us and show you what fear truly is!"
"This guy doesn't seem to be injured, and his power is increasing again. Does he have inexhaustible strength?" Xiao Chen thought, his expression becoming serious once more.
"Earth Kun Technique! Devour!" Ling Zhan immediately channeled his earth attribute true essence, forming seals with his hands. The debris on the stage began to tremble, and the earth attribute true essence quickly spread to Xiao Chen's feet.
Xiao Chen frowned, looking at the earth attribute true essence gathering beneath and around him, puzzled, "What kind of martial skill is this? What is he trying to do?"
In no time, the earth attribute true essence started spreading onto Xiao Chen's body. As it spread from his feet to his entire body, it turned into stone at an incredible speed, leaving Xiao Chen no time to react.
"Oh no! Xiao Chen has been turned into stone by the earth attribute true essence!" Ge Tianming's face changed instantly, becoming anxious.
"What powerful earth attribute energy, far stronger than mine!" Su Gutian said in shock, his expression also becoming worried.
"Extreme Ice! Infinite Ice Seal!" As Xiao Chen turned into stone, Ling Zhan formed seals once more, channeling his ice attribute true essence. With a fierce shout, the powerful ice attribute energy spread across the entire stage, enveloping the stone-turned Xiao Chen and turning him into ice.
"Xiao Chen, under my double seal, you cannot escape! I will now shatter you to pieces! Haha!" Ling Zhan laughed maniacally, his eyes filled with chilling killing intent.
"Xiao Chen!" Seeing Xiao Chen sealed by both the earth and ice attributes, unable to move, Mo Yan's face turned pale with anxiety.
Trapped by the double seal, Xiao Chen couldn't move. Ling Zhan formed seals again and shouted, "Xiao Chen, shatter into pieces! Vajra Seal!"
In mid-air, a powerful energy seal formed, enveloping the stage in purple light. With a wave of Ling Zhan's hand, the purple energy seal descended rapidly.
When stone and ice are struck by a powerful force, they shatter easily. In his current state, sealed by the earth and ice attributes, Xiao Chen would be no different if hit by such a force.
"It's over! Xiao Chen can't break free! Is he going to lose?" Shi Yu said anxiously, watching the purple energy seal rapidly descend.
"Ling Zhan! Stop! This is a martial arts tournament! You can't kill anyone! Stop immediately!" Seeing the energy seal about to strike Xiao Chen, Mo Yan shouted in panic, rushing towards the stage.
"Mo Yan, come back! Do you want to die?" A cultivator quickly pulled Mo Yan back.
"Let go of me! Let go! Xiao Chen!" Mo Yan shouted anxiously.
"Xiao Chen! Get out of there! Defeat Ling Zhan!" Su Gutian also shouted anxiously.
"Boom!"
In the shocked and anxious eyes of everyone, the purple energy seal struck the ice-encased Xiao Chen with a loud explosion. The ice instantly shattered into countless small pieces.
"Haha! Xiao Chen! Now you know the consequences of angering me? No, you don't, because you're already shattered to pieces! Haha!" Having struck the ice-encased Xiao Chen, Ling Zhan laughed arrogantly.
The powerful purple energy seal blasted a large crater into the stage. The resulting explosion spread out, destroying the stage, leaving only the edge visible. The spectators instinctively used their arms to shield themselves from the spreading force.
Two minutes later, the explosion's smoke began to dissipate, and the entire venue fell silent. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the stage. At that moment, the only person visible on the stage was Ling Zhan.
Xiao Chen had disappeared.
Seeing no trace of Xiao Chen on the stage, Mo Yan collapsed to the ground, his face pale and filled with grief. "If I had known, I wouldn't have let Xiao Chen participate in the tournament. Xiao Chen, it's all my fault."
"He... he killed him! Ling Zhan killed Xiao Chen!" A cultivator shouted in terror.
"Xiao Chen was killed by Ling Zhan?" Ge Tianming muttered, his face dazed with disbelief. This was a martial arts tournament, yet Ling Zhan dared to kill someone!
"Ling Zhan is terrifying. Even Xiao Chen isn't his match, and now he's even killed him!"
"The tournament rules forbid killing. Lord Liu, cancel his qualification! Ling Zhan isn't qualified to win first place!"
"Yes! That's right! Ling Zhan doesn't deserve to win first place!"
Slowly, the cultivators below the stage began to boil with anger, demanding that Ling Zhan's qualification be revoked. Even if he defeated Xiao Chen, he couldn't win first place!
"Outrageous! How dare you kill during the martial arts tournament! Ling Zhan, I thought you came from a powerful faction in the Tianyue Continent, so I spared you. This tournament was supposed to stop short of killing, even when you seriously injured my son, I let it go. But today, you disregard the honor of Tiandu, insult Tiandu, and kill during the tournament. How can I tolerate this?" Liu Yuntian roared, releasing a terrifying aura.
"Buzz buzz!"
Just as Liu Yuntian was about to take action, the nearly flattened stage suddenly trembled. A powerful force emanated from beneath the stage.
"Huh? What's happening? Is Xiao Chen still alive?" Liu Yuntian said in surprise, looking towards the stage.
"Xiao Chen!" Sensing the power, Mo Yan looked towards the stage.
"Is Xiao Chen still alive? Such strong power! What... what is going on?" Su Gutian also looked towards the stage in shock. At this moment, hope rekindled in everyone's hearts.
"This is impossible! He was sealed by my earth and ice attribute true essence. He couldn't escape. The Vajra Seal clearly hit him. He can't still be alive!" Ling Zhan thought in shock, but the power emanating from beneath the stage made him uncertain.
"Boom!"
"Pfft!"
Xiao Chen's figure suddenly emerged from beneath the stage at Ling Zhan's feet. His powerful fist struck Ling Zhan's chin, sending him flying into the air with a loud bang and spitting blood.
"It's Xiao Chen!" Xiao Chen's appearance reignited the crowd, this time with excitement.
"How amazing! Xiao Chen isn't injured at all! How did he avoid Ling Zhan's attack just now? It's unbelievable!" Su Gutian said, his face filled with astonishment. At the same time, he was also extremely excited.
"Xiao Chen! Xiao Chen!"
"Xiao Chen! Xiao Chen!"
The youths below the stage cheered excitedly. Everyone was shouting and cheering for Xiao Chen. At this moment, they all truly realized Xiao Chen's formidable strength.
Hovering in mid-air, Ling Zhan looked at Xiao Chen with an extremely shocked expression and said, "How is this possible? He is completely unscathed? How did he avoid my attack?"