Chapter 265 - Double Kill
Upon hearing Hu Po's surrender, Zheng Zhan raised his hand to release his Level 9 Soul Device: The Indestructible Shield, which protected the entire arena. As the referee, even though he personally disliked evil soul masters and wouldn't mind seeing them perish on the stage, the rules were rules. Hu Po had surrendered, so it was his duty to ensure her safety.
Long Aotian, seeing Zheng Zhan intervene, also ceased his soul power output and began to retract the still-hot soul cannons, slowly descending from the sky.
Hu Po, with a trace of resentment, glanced at Long Aotian landing gracefully on the ground and huffed softly before she gracefully exited the arena. Despite just having lost the match, her composure and elegance did not betray her defeat.
With this, the Spirit Sect suffered three deaths and one defeat. Ji Li, Lu Geng Geng, and Tang Dai were dead, and Hu Po had been defeated and surrendered. That left Team Captain Yan Feng, Team Member Gu Yu, and Wang Xiao Lei.
Hu Po, stomping in her high heels, returned to the waiting area and downed a glass of juice. The red juice dribbled down her chin against her red lips, looking eerily like she was drinking fresh blood.
Yan Feng, noting her sour mood, chose not to provoke her further at this moment.
"Wang Xiao Lei, you're up next," Yan Feng said coldly, without turning to look at Long Aotian who was still on the stage.
"Okay." A figure shrouded in a black robe, with only his face visible, nodded and walked towards the stage.
Unknown to the hundreds of thousands of spectators at the Soul Arena, Wang Xiao Lei under the robe was already devoid of flesh and blood, reduced to merely a skeleton. His cultivation was also at the Soul Emperor level.
As the match began, the audience, seeing the six soul rings around Wang Xiao Lei, didn't know what to make of it.
What else could be said about an evil soul master?
On the Body Sect's side, things seemed more normal, even with a Soul Saint like Long Aotian, they still had Soul Kings like Gu Tong and Chen Lu, whose cultivation speeds were regular.
But on the Spirit Sect's side, aside from Hu Po whose soul ring configuration exceeded the norm, the rest were all Soul Emperors, and all under twenty years old. The training speed of the Spirit Sect's members was simply unreasonable.
As always, plundering and devouring proved to be much faster than ordinary cultivation.
But Long Aotian was no pushover.
Wang Xiao Lei might have been strong, but he was almost entirely suppressed by Long Aotian throughout the match. The black robe that hid his skeletal body shattered, revealing his horrific form.
Wang Xiao Lei's skeletal body genuinely terrified the spectators. Except for the enchantingly beautiful Hu Po, Wang Xiao Lei, Lu Geng Geng, Tang Dai, and Ji Li didn't look human at all, resembling grotesque figures more than people.
This was another skeleton after Tang Dai, and Wang Xiao Lei's level of horror was even greater than Tang Dai's. Tang Dai's skeleton form was at least adorned in dark gold and stationary could even be considered strangely beautiful.
But Wang Xiao Lei was different. His head appeared normal, but everything below the neck was stark white bone.
Terrifyingly, described as a lich in terms of undead creatures, he belonged to a powerful race from the necrotic half-plane of Ilyx, adept at magic.
It must be said, Wang Xiao Lei indeed had his strengths. His soul skills caused plenty of trouble for Long Aotian, a Soul Saint—Bone Claw, Sea of the Dead, Whip of Death—each more bizarre and spine-chilling than the last.
These horrifying soul skills magnified the audience's fear of Wang Xiao Lei, probably giving a few of the more faint-hearted nightmares that night.
The upper echelons of the Sun Moon Empire were increasingly discontent. Allowing such beings to participate in the competition was problematic.
Jing Hongchen's face turned an ashen hue. Having already collaborated with Xu Tianran, he was well aware of Xu Tianran's dealings with the Spirit Sect and understood that the competing team from the Spirit Sect was backed by the Spirit Sect itself. He now questioned whether collaborating with Xu Tianran was wise.
Cooperating with these twisted soul masters, Xu Tianran was bound to overplay his hand, and Jing Hongchen feared being dragged down with him, potentially dooming his family.
The match continued.
Despite the trouble Wang Xiao Lei caused, Long Aotian continually neutralized it with his formidable strength, and eventually, Wang Xiao Lei appeared increasingly desperate, clumsily dodging Long Aotian's attacks.
"Now!" Long Aotian's eyes sparkled, his right hand's skin twisted and transformed into a white jade-colored broadsword, and his soul rings lit up one after another.
Body Sect Martial Technique combined with the Unity of Heaven and Man.
Soul Skill—Furious God Slash!
The white jade broadsword cleaved through Wang Xiao Lei's shoulder in a diagonal slash from right shoulder to left flank, piercing through.
Struck fully by the Furious God Slash, Wang Xiao Lei didn't even have a chance to scream before he was reduced to a pile of bone fragments by Long Aotian.
Wang Xiao Lei, dead!
Long Aotian stood up, his face expressionless as his hand returned to normal, and calmly declared, "Next."
Long Aotian's imposing demeanor, in stark contrast to the remains of Wang Xiao Lei at his feet, instantly ignited the crowd's emotions.
Cheers and applause eventually merged into six words:
Body Sect!
Long Aotian!
No one likes evil soul masters, and the people of the Sun Moon Empire were no exception. Against the grotesque and repulsive appearance of Wang Xiao Lei, Long Aotian appeared even more majestic and handsome.
There is no comparison without contrast.
Seeing Long Aotian effortlessly dispatch the terrifying evil soul master, the common people transformed their fear into worship and admiration for Long Aotian.
"Gu Yu, you're up next!" Yan Feng clenched his fists. He wanted to step up himself, but he knew that even at his best, he might not be able to defeat Long Aotian at his peak.
The more Long Aotian expended his soul power, the better Yan Feng's chances were.
The chance to kill Long Aotian!
Yan Feng was confident that even if all his teammates were gone, as long as Long Aotian was defeated, he and Hu Po could clinch the ultimate victory.
After all, what feelings could an evil soul master possibly have?
Teammates dying didn't matter to Yan Feng. What concerned him more was whether his teammates could deplete some of Long Aotian's soul power, even if it cost them their lives.
As long as he and Hu Po survived, that was enough.
Gu Yu glanced at the indifferent Yan Feng and then at Hu Po, who was drinking juice and smiling enigmatically, and walked up to the stage with a sense of resignation.
Even evil soul masters fear death!
Three minutes later.
Furious God Slash—Boom!!!
Gu Yu, defeated! Long Aotian scores a double kill! (End of Chapter)
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