Everyone had thought this battle would end quickly, but they never anticipated it would conclude this swiftly and the final outco would be the complete opposite of what they had expected.
Even many didn’t get to see clearly because Yun Xiao’s speed was too fast, dazzling to the eyes. They knew that if they were in Gao Zheng’s position and unaware of Yun Xiao’s speed, they would undoubtedly be unable to dodge as well.
Of course, this group of shocked geniuses didn’t include ridian Rushing Realm Cultivators like Feng Hang and Shen Xiao, not to ntion Guan Tong over there, who sneered again and again.
The sneer on Guan Tong’s face was directed both at Yun Xiao and at Gao Zheng. In his view, Yun Xiao’s ability to defeat a ridian Gathering Realm Peak genius so effortlessly and quickly stemd not only from his cunning tactics but largely from Gao Zheng underestimating Yun Xiao.
Having clashed with Yun Xiao a few tis, Guan Tong had so understanding of this young man’s thods. He knew that although Yun Xiao’s ridian Qi Cultivation wasn’t high, his bizarre and formidable tactics could catch even a Cultivator at the early stage of ridian Rushing Realm off guard.
Let alone Gao Zheng, who was at the peak of the ridian Gathering Realm. This veteran Outer Sect genius had never engaged with Yun Xiao and only thought of overcoming him with his superior ridian Qi, not expecting to be defeated so miserably in the end.
As Guan Tong thought, Gao Zheng indeed lost due to his carelessness or rather his lack of understanding of Yun Xiao. Without employing the Ancestor Vein Power, defeating a ridian Gathering Realm Peak genius would still have required Yun Xiao so effort.
It happened that Gao Zheng’s pride clouded his judgnt, and he underestimated a newcor at the late stage of the ridian Gathering Realm, leading to his defeat.
With Yun Xiao’s left hand enveloped in a chilling aura gripping his neck, Gao Zheng didn’t dare to move because, despite not respecting Yun Xiao’s ridian Qi, the intense coldness was truly unsettling.
Seeing Gao Zheng remaining silent and unable to see his face, Yun Xiao thought the Outer Sect genius had conceded and consequently withdrew his left arm.
Yet, as Yun Xiao retracted his left arm, he failed to see the sly smiles on the faces of so who knew Gao Zheng well below the stage.
"Alas, still too young!"
As soone uttered this, Yun Xiao’s expression slightly changed on the stage, for he suddenly saw Gao Zheng, freed from his left hand’s grasp, take several steps forward and then turn around with a sinister look.
"Boy, exploiting tricks, how can one be convinced of such a win?"
Gao Zheng indeed had so cunning. With just a few words, he pointed out the reason Yun Xiao had won. In his view, as long as he was more careful, he wouldn’t be dominated by such bizarre speeds again.
"So, Elder Brother Gao Zheng, are you saying you lost and want to deny it?"
Yun Xiao looked displeased. He was known for his strategic cunning and had never been played before. He did not expect to be tricked by such a minor Outer Sect genius, which of course did not put him in a good mood.
"Ha ha, lost? When did I say I had conceded? You’re just too naive!" Gao Zheng seed to hear sothing very amusing, bursting into a belly laugh.
"This guy, truly so shaless!" Hearing Gao Zheng’s laughter, many Outer Sect geniuses who knew his nature couldn’t help but show a look of disdain.
Although Yun Xiao had been sowhat opportunistic earlier, he indeed had controlled Gao Zheng’s vitals. If he had been more ruthless and used that chance to seriously injure Gao Zheng, all this wouldn’t have happened.
Unfortunately, Yun Xiao’s mont of sympathy and his unawareness of Gao Zheng’s despicable character allowed him to be mockingly bitten back at this mont, which infuriated him extrely.
However, facing a Peak ridian Gathering Realm Gao Zheng, Yun Xiao showed no sign of fear. Since this fellow was so shaless, Yun Xiao would let him taste the consequences of his shalessness.
In fact, Gao Zheng also thought the sa way. Previously, Yun Xiao, ghost-like in form and elusive in speed, caused him a great disadvantage, striking several major acupoints on his back with the Continuous Brushing Technique.
This ti, though, Gao Zheng was fully alert. He believed that as long as he guarded properly and didn’t allow Yun Xiao any openings, the victory of this arena competition would surely be his.
The battle on the stage erupted once again, and like Gao Zheng’s shalessness, Su He could not do much more than watch. After all, Gao Zheng indeed had not verbally conceded; it was only that Yun Xiao was too "naive."
But no one saw that when Gao Zheng fiercely lunged at Yun Xiao, there was a fleeting sneer and fierce gleam in the latter’s eyes. Facing such a shaless opponent, he had no intention of showing any rcy.
"Hmph, you brought this on yourself, don’t bla !" Yun Xiao muttered to himself as he watched Gao Zheng approaching rapidly, his fists seeming to grow larger in his eyes.
"ridian Fire, appear!"
With another low shout, a swath of blood-red flas abruptly appeared on the outstretched right hand of Yun Xiao. Seeing these flas, the Cao Family brothers and Zhao Ningshu, who had previously suffered greatly from them, all had sowhat unnatural expressions on their faces.
Especially Cao Ju, the second eldest of the Cao Family, whose severed palm was burned off by Yun Xiao’s ridian Fire. Thus, his eyes were filled with venomous resentnt, silently praying that Gao Zheng could annihilate Yun Xiao with a single punch.
Unfortunately, hope is beautiful, but reality is often cruel. It seed that the heavens did not hear Cao Ju’s prayers, and Gao Zheng, not being very familiar with Yun Xiao’s Ancestor Vein Fire, once again faced a tragedy.
The Ancestor Vein Fire, evolved from Yun Xiao’s Blood Moon Jade, was fundantally different from ordinary Ancestor Vein Fire. The typical ridian Refining Master’s Ancestor Vein Fire was only slightly stronger than ordinary flas, and would indeed find it extrely difficult to impact an opponent with higher ridian Qi Cultivation significantly.
If Yun Xiao were an ordinary ridian Refining Master, the Ancestor Vein Fire he deployed with his late-stage ridian Gathering Realm Cultivation would certainly not be able to break through the defenses of a peak ridian Gathering Realm Cultivator like Gao Zheng.
Gao Zheng naturally thought the sa, believing that this junior from the Outer Sect, who was a minor realm below himself, trying to confront him head-on with ridian Fire was simply wishful thinking.
However, in the next mont, when Gao Zheng’s left fist barely touched Yun Xiao’s right palm, he realized he was terribly wrong, as such ridian Fire was unprecedented and unheard of for him.
"Ah!"
A piercing scream erupted from Gao Zheng’s mouth, and even his right fist, which was aid at Yun Xiao’s chest, retracted abruptly, perhaps due to the intense pain from his left fist making him forget everything else.
Bang!
At that mont, Gao Zheng felt a shock in his chest, and imdiately his body was flung into the air, violently thrown out of the arena, and he harshly landed on one side of the second stage, unable to even crawl up for a while.
Everyone stared dumbfounded at this scene, their minds seemingly unable to comprehend why, within one move, a peak ridian Gathering Realm Cultivator like Gao Zheng was severely injured by Yun Xiao, who was at a later stage of the sa realm.
Many sympathetic people couldn’t help but cast a schadenfreude glance at Gao Zheng, who had fallen to the ground. This guy clearly brought humiliation upon himself; he could have chosen to admit defeat and retreat safely, but he insisted on provoking Yun Xiao again - wasn’t this asking for trouble?
In fact, Gao Zheng once again suffered from not knowing Yun Xiao’s capabilities well. He thought that the newcor was only good at speed, and as long as he guarded against that bizarre speed, he wouldn’t be defeated.
Little did he know that Yun Xiao’s thods were not limited to speed alone. That bizarre Ancestor Vein Fire was frighteningly formidable; once touched, it seed to burn through one’s marrow and could not be shaken off.
However, people like Feng Hang and Shen Xiao still did not show even the slightest fear towards Yun Xiao, thinking that if this young man unexpectedly used these tactics during a battle, they might indeed be startled.
But now, Yun Xiao had shown his trump card in the first round of the battle, which was still a tactful maneuver. As long as one was prepared, they would not end up like Gao Zheng, this was unanimously agreed upon by the two ridian Rushing Realm Cultivators.
"Ah, help...help !"
As everyone watched in stunned silence, Gao Zheng finally managed to struggle up from the ground below the stage, but that blood-red fla on his left fist was still burning his flesh, causing him to cry out in terror.
"Senior Brother Gao Zheng, this ridian Fire of mine is no ordinary fire. If you wish to preserve your life, it’s best to amputate your arm courageously!" From the stage above, Yun Xiao’s voice, sowhat cold and mocking, conveyed down, letting everyone clearly understand what Gao Zheng was fearing.
At this mont, everyone felt pity for Gao Zheng; vile acts always had a price, it seed his earlier shalessness had truly enraged the newly acclaid genius on the stage, hence the misfortune of losing a palm at this mont.
Seeing the miserable state of Gao Zheng, for so reason, Cao Ju from the Cao Family felt a trace of satisfaction, as if having soone else end up with the sa fate as his was the most fair.
"I...I..."
Even with Yun Xiao’s warning, cutting off one’s own palm required enormous courage. At this mont, Gao Zheng, who took a short knife from his Waist Storage, still hesitated.
But the Ancestor Vein Fire on him would not entertain Gao Zheng’s hesitation and fear; it thodically spread up the arm of this genius from the Outer Sect, and soon it wouldn’t just be the left palm that Gao Zheng needed to cut off.
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