Those noble young geniuses originally thought that no matter how strong Ling Xiao was, facing Feng Ming Qingshan, a martial artist at the Fourth Heavenly Cave Realm, he could not possibly gain any advantage.
He might even be easily defeated.
However, the cruel reality told them otherwise.
They were wrong, terribly wrong.
The reason Ling Xiao had survived so many assassination attempts until now was definitely not just because a few women protected him.
His own strength was equally astonishing.
“A person should know his own limits. I ignored you not because I feared you, but because I disdained you. Did you really think I was afraid? If Luoyu had followed you, she would probably have been harmed by you one day without even knowing where she went wrong, you useless trash!”
Ling Xiao looked coldly at Feng Ming Qingshan. His gaze was filled with contempt and indifference.
His words carried strong sarcasm.
Feng Ming Qingshan had fallen to the ground. The sword qi raging inside his body prevented him from maintaining flight. Even his ice-crystal wings had already retracted into his body.
He stared at Ling Xiao in terror. Within that dreadful sword qi was intense heat, as if he were being scorched by a blazing sun.
He could feel his internal organs being burned by this high temperature. His meridians were enduring agonising torment.
“Get lost. Today I spare your life, giving some face to Feng Ming Wuliang. If there is a next time, I will show no mercy and cut you down!”
Ling Xiao looked calmly at Feng Ming Qingshan and spoke coldly.
“You want me to get lost?”
Feng Ming Qingshan truly found it hard to accept that a lowly beggar-born commoner was telling him to get lost.
“That’s right. I want you to get lost!”
Ling Xiao said.
Feng Ming Qingshan finally managed to temporarily suppress the frenzied sword qi inside him. Then he glared at Ling Xiao with venomous hatred.
This person was too hateful.
Not only had he made him lose all face in front of Ji Luoyu, but he even told him to get lost?
What did he take him for?
Yet he truly feared Ling Xiao and did not dare do anything more.
He slowly stood up and looked coldly at Ling Xiao. “You will regret this. Anyone who fights me over a woman will end up very miserable.”
After saying that, he turned to leave.
“Stop right there!”
Ling Xiao’s icy voice rang out behind him. “Can’t you understand human speech? I told you to get lost, not to walk away!”
What!
Feng Ming Qingshan froze.
Everyone was stunned.
They had thought that when Ling Xiao said “get lost”, he simply meant to leave.
But now it seemed they had all misunderstood. When Ling Xiao said “get lost”, he really meant rolling on the ground.
How could Feng Ming Qingshan possibly accept such a thing?
A blazing ball of rage was constantly swelling and burning inside his chest.
“Ling Xiao, you go too far!”
Feng Ming Qingshan roared in fury.
“I go too far? I already showed great mercy by not killing you!”
Ling Xiao said coldly. “When you forced me to fight you just now, did you ever think that you were the one going too far?”
Feng Ming Qingshan clenched his fists tightly. He felt unprecedented humiliation.
He desperately wanted to unleash all his rage on Ling Xiao with one full strike.
But he did not dare.
The scene from earlier was still vivid in his mind. His fear of Ling Xiao had already rooted itself deep in his heart.
He felt terrified and did not dare make a move.
Yet he also refused to leave by rolling. If he really did that, he would have no choice but to hide in the divine palace like a pathetic coward for the rest of his life.
He was Feng Ming Qingshan, son of the Emperor, a genius of the Ice Phoenix Clan. His cultivation was powerful and his talent outstanding. He had always been one of the top figures among the younger generation.
With his powerful background, no one had ever dared humiliate him like this before.
Even the two crown princes would not dare.
Yet today, Ling Xiao actually demanded that he roll away from here. This was clearly deliberate humiliation, meant to make him lose all dignity.
Looking at Ling Xiao’s mocking and icy gaze, the fire of rage in Feng Ming Qingshan’s heart burned even more fiercely.
Then he glanced at the noble martial artists who had not yet left. Although they did not openly show contempt or disdain, the mockery and ridicule in their eyes could not be hidden.
That fire was finally about to explode completely.
But what ultimately made him decide to strike back was one sentence.
“Young Master Qingshan, make your move. I will kill him.”
Feng Ming Qingshan recognised that voice. It belonged to Mo Cong of the碧波 Sword.
They had interacted outside before. They were not exactly friends, but they were allies because neither of them liked Ling Xiao very much.
Hearing those words, Feng Ming Qingshan finally made up his mind.
“I’ll roll!”
He gritted his teeth and began rolling back along the path he had come from.
The path he rolled along happened to pass right beside Ling Xiao.
When he was only about a metre away, he suddenly sprang up. Both hands condensed an ice sword.
Although it was not as large as the previous ice blade, it was far more suitable for a sneak attack!
A cold smile curled at the corner of Ling Xiao’s mouth.
How could he possibly let Feng Ming Qingshan leave so easily?
They had already formed a deadly grudge. If he did not kill him now, there would be endless trouble later.
That was exactly why he had told Feng Ming Qingshan to roll.
He had deliberately provoked him.
If Feng Ming Qingshan could endure it and act like a coward, then he really would have no way to act.
Unfortunately, Feng Ming Qingshan was not the type who could swallow such humiliation.
As the son of Feng Ming Wuliang, he was used to being raised high on a pedestal. Now suddenly someone wanted to trample him underfoot. How could he accept it?
So Feng Ming Qingshan’s sneak attack was inevitable.
Ling Xiao had already prepared for all of this.
On the surface he seemed reckless and impulsive, but in reality his mind was sharp and meticulous. Some events that appeared accidental were actually deliberately arranged by him.
If Feng Ming Qingshan did not launch a sneak attack, then Ling Xiao would not have sufficient justification to kill him.
Unfortunately, Feng Ming Qingshan did not know this. His choice doomed him to be crippled today.
Ling Xiao slightly shifted his body backwards, then stepped forward again. On both fists, blazing light power condensed, stretching out like sharp blades.
Then those cold blades chopped down onto Feng Ming Qingshan’s ice sword.
The ice sword instantly shattered into pieces, turning into scattered ice flowers on the ground.
“Since you seek death, do not blame me.”
Above his head, the Radiant Divine Sword hovered once more. Ling Xiao gripped this divine sword, ready to slay Feng Ming Qingshan beneath it.
“Who dies and who lives is still uncertain!”
Feng Ming Qingshan sneered. He had no intention of clashing head-on with Ling Xiao. Terrifying cold qi suddenly burst from both his hands.
In that instant, Ling Xiao’s entire body was frozen solid inside the ice crystals.
Although Feng Ming Qingshan knew very well that such a trick could not pose much threat to Ling Xiao.
But he had never expected it to actually injure him.
The reason he dared to strike was because he had help!
The moment Ling Xiao was encased in ice, a silent sword beam pierced through the void and stabbed towards him.
It had no flashy appearance.
No dazzling light.
Yet it was like a deadly venomous snake. Once it struck, death was certain.
Everyone stared at this sword in complete shock.
