"Let's fight!"
The two of them charged at each other simultaneously.
When cultivators reached their level, they skipped the probing stage of a battle. The mont they clashed, they went all out.
Hong Yu executed the first technique of the Tyrant's Walk: Thunder Step.
Lightning flickered on the soles of his feet, accompanied by the ROAR of thunder. His speed was incredible, and like a Thunder Battle God, he transford into a lightning storm, sweeping toward Zheng Tian.
At such a speed, he could even catch the wind.
He left a long trail of lightning in his wake. Then, he stopped and started abruptly, his feet kicking up a shower of sparks. A faint golden light shone as he condensed it in his palm. Three balls of pale-golden fla materialized there, rising and floating like wisps of Ghost Fire.
Imdiately after, Hong Yu changed direction, his body tilting slightly as he suddenly flicked his palm forward.
The three balls of pale-golden fla let out a FWOOSH, shooting toward Zheng Tian.
The three fiery spheres blood with a faint golden light, trailing waves of golden fla. Everywhere they passed, the air itself seed to cook.
The thod of releasing these three balls of golden Primordial Fire was remarkably similar to the Three Flas Palm.
The only difference was that these three flas were faster, more responsive, and easier to control. Consequently, their power was naturally greater.
The three golden flas, like three fireballs, shot toward Zheng Tian with a SWISH.
The searing heatwave made Zheng Tian's heart tighten. His brow furrowed. "The re glow of a firefly dares to compete with the bright moon? Break for !"
Zheng Tian placed his hands in front of him, then clasped them together.
Streaks of silver light burst forth, flowing out from between his fingers and bathing his entire body in a sacred, silvery glow.
He looked like a War God bathed in silver light!
"Silver Snake Dance!"
Zheng Tian slowly pulled his hands apart, stretching them out in opposite directions.
As his hands separated, the ball of silver light condensed between his palms gradually stretched out, becoming longer and longer like an elastic cord of silver light.
But it would be a grave mistake to think of it as a re elastic cord!
This silver light was, in fact, condensed from rcury Elental Power. Arcs of silver lightning traveled across its surface, like insidious vipers writhing in a nest.
"HISS!"
Zheng Tian struck abruptly.
The silver energy transford into a bolt of silk unfurling across the sky, coalescing before him into a massive silver serpent.
This energy serpent was half a ter in diater. Its gaping maw was filled with silver, blade-like tusks. Every twist of its body kicked up a cloud of dust.
BOOM!
The three golden fireballs finally collided with the Silver Snake Dance.
A burst of silver and gold light erupted, like a collision between the full moon and the blazing sun.
The powerful attributes of the energies kicked up a terrifying blast wave and a shockwave of power.
This imnse shockwave spread out in all directions.
"Not good…"
The expressions of Blood the Second and the others changed slightly. They grabbed each other's arms and simultaneously circulated their Elental Power to resist.
Only then did they barely manage to stabilize themselves.
The powerhouses still climbing the Celestial Ladder below were already exhausted and completely unprepared. They were suddenly struck by the powerful, howling whirlwind of energy, and were sent tumbling.
The luckier ones, like a few powerhouses from the Tiger and Wolf Corps who had been supporting their comrades, managed to avoid the disaster by quickly dropping to the ground.
As for the less fortunate…
For example, Qin Mutian!
He had been on the back of the Personal Guard Corps Commander. Hearing that Hong Yu and Zheng Tian were about to fight, he had been constantly urging the commander beneath him to hurry up. He wanted to personally witness Zheng Tian kill Hong Yu.
The Personal Guard Corps Commander could only climb with all his might, to the point of exhaustion.
Now, facing the powerful energy storm, he lost his footing and fell backward.
"N-No, no, don't…"
Qin Mutian watched in horror as he began to fall.
He wanted to jump off and get away, but his injuries were too severe. He couldn't move at all and fell flat on his back on the Celestial Ladder. His head slamd hard against a step. He felt a wave of dizziness, and though it was excruciatingly painful, the injury wasn't life-threatening.
But what happened next nearly brought Qin Mutian to tears.
He had just landed and hadn't even had ti to cry out in pain when the commander who had been carrying him also fell, his head coincidentally smashing right into Qin Mutian's forehead.
Qin Mutian's head swam, and the back of his skull hit the Celestial Ladder with another THUD.
The point of impact this ti was devilishly precise—right where the back of his skull connected to his cervical spine.
Furthermore, it struck the sharp, protruding edge of a step.
With a SNAP, the neck of the insufferably arrogant Crown Prince twisted to one side. A look of deep unwillingness filled his eyes as he lost consciousness for good.
Before he died, he was still looking up toward the top of the Celestial Ladder, his eyes filled with unwillingness and disbelief. 'I... I haven't killed Hong Yu yet... h-how can I be dead...?'
The commander was also dizzy and disoriented.
When he ca to his senses, he roared in horror, "Your Highness! Your Highness, wake up! N-No, the Crown Prince is dead…!"
Hearing this, all the powerhouses on the Celestial Ladder froze for a mont before looking toward Qin Mutian.
「On the Championship Arena…」
Zheng Tian and Hong Yu finally separated after their exchange of blows.
Zheng Tian frowned, his face dark as he looked at Hong Yu. "You planned this all along, didn't you?"
"What?"
Hong Yu raised an eyebrow.
Zheng Tian snorted coldly. "Your last attack wasn't aid at at all. You unleashed three balls of fla at once to use the energy collision to create a shockwave, borrowing my hand to kill Qin Mutian."
"I don't know what you're talking about!"
Hong Yu rubbed his nose and said earnestly.
In reality, the truth was exactly as Zheng Tian had analyzed.
This had all been designed by Hong Yu!
'Qin Mutian ca after ti and ti again. With that venomous heart of his, I had no choice but to eliminate the problem at its root. I hate leaving loose ends. However, I need to make use of the Qin Kingdom's power. If I killed Qin Mutian myself, I would definitely offend the Royal Family, which would be detrintal to my plans. That was why I used Zheng Tian's hand. When the ti cos, I'll just push the bla onto Zheng Tian, and all my troubles will be gone! After all, given the situation between the Royal Family and the Guiyuan Sect, the Guiyuan Sect probably won't bother explaining anything. Besides, they really do have a motive to kill Qin Mutian!'
That being said, Hong Yu would never admit to this, even if beaten to death!
"You…"
Seeing Hong Yu's shaless expression that scread, 'I'm not admitting it, what are you gonna do about it?', the corner of Zheng Tian's eye twitched.
He could already imagine how much trouble he would face from the Royal Family after they left the Celestial Essence Secret Realm and learned of Qin Mutian's death.
His marriage to the Third Princess might be completely ruined by then.
At this thought, Zheng Tian flew into a rage. "You bastard! I'll cripple you!"
"Thunderous Eight Desolates!"
Zheng Tian roared.
His long black hair whipped about without any wind, dancing in the air like the tentacles of an octopus.
A circle of surging energy rose from beneath Zheng Tian's feet, enveloping him like a tornado.
The storm swirled upward around Zheng Tian's body.
With each rotation, waves of energy spun out from around him. An imnse torrent of silver energy surged from his hands. Like a fairy's bolt of silk, it wrapped around his body, growing larger and longer.
In the blink of an eye, it had condensed into a cloud of silver energy with silver lightning dancing within.
It looked exactly like a heavenly tribulation cloud.
This tribulation cloud emanated an extrely powerful pressure.
Even other powerhouses at the Celestial Soul Realm felt their legs tremble and their bones creak with a KAKA sound under this pressure, their fighting spirit completely extinguished.
Blood the Second and the others looked at each other in dismay. "This Zheng Tian is too ferocious, isn't he? I'm afraid even Blood the First might not be able to suppress him. Holy cow, Hong Yu is dead for sure this ti!"
Blood the Fourth nodded excitedly. "I've heard Blood the First ntion Zheng Tian's Thunderous Eight Desolates before. He said that Zheng Tian once used this technique to kill a Celestial Soul Peak Powerhouse. You have to understand, among powerhouses of the sa level, it's difficult to kill an opponent unless one of them is a heaven-defying Demon Fiend. You can just imagine how terrifying Zheng Tian's strength is!"
"Hong Yu's defeat and death are inevitable. My only worry now is that Zheng Tian will go berserk and blast Hong Yu to pieces. If that happens, we won't be able to take his head, and it'll be hard to report back!"
The three of them whispered among themselves.
Hong Yu narrowed his eyes, tilting his chin up slightly. 'So this is Thunderous Eight Desolates? An attack of this magnitude has probably reached the level of a Spirit-Level High-Grade Martial Skill! What terrifying power. Before my Eight Desolates Saint Slaying Technique broke through, I wouldn't have had much confidence in facing this. But now… Since you plan to use thunder and lightning against , then I'll use thunder and lightning to trample all over your confidence!'
At this thought, Hong Yu took a deep breath.
He circled his hands in a wide arc at his sides, finally bringing them together in front of his chest in a holding posture.
Inhale!
Exhale!
The interval between each inhalation and exhalation grew longer and longer. At first, his breathing was very calm.
Gradually, each breath began to stir the air around him.
Eventually, when Hong Yu inhaled and exhaled, the very energy of heaven and earth seed to turn violent. A SIZZLING sound suddenly ca from beneath his feet.
Golden arcs of lightning flowed across the ground at his feet.
SIZZLE!
Where he stood, the ground was scorched black.
At the sa ti…
Zheng Tian's Thunderous Eight Desolates descended. The vast cloud of thunder fell from the sky like an apocalyptic Divine Punishnt, threatening to blast Hong Yu to smithereens.
Hong Yu also snapped his head up.
Illuminated by the lightning, his face took on a faint golden sheen. To the sound of thunder, he took a step toward the Thunderous Eight Desolates.
With this step, heaven and earth moved!
The descent of the lightning tribulation cloud ca to a sudden halt.
With another step, ghosts and gods were startled!
The lightning within the tribulation cloud seed to have t its natural counter, growing restless and agitated.
As he took the third and final step, Hong Yu charged into the lightning tribulation cloud…
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Waves of roaring thunder echoed from within the Thunderous Eight Desolates.
The entire Championship Arena was bathed in the light of thunder. Everyone craned their necks, watching with excitent and anticipation to see who would erge victorious from within the thundercloud.
After a long wait.
BANG!
A figure suddenly shot backward out of the thundercloud, plumting toward the ground, while another, indifferent voice echoed from within…
"You have been defeated."
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