“Haha, you think you can touch me? What a joke. Are you even worthy?!” Shu Chi laughed loudly.
“Shu Chi, you talk too much. Can we just get to it?” Lin Yun said impatiently.
“Arrogant fool, still so cocky here? I’ll make you pay!”
As Shu Chi finished speaking, he brandished a heavy blade, his powerful inner energy surging. The aura of his Mysterious Saint Realm burst forth instantly!
“So, Mysterious Saint Realm,” Lin Yun sneered dismissively.
If Lin Yun were still in the Dominion Realm, Shu Chi’s realm might have posed some pressure.
But now, in Lin Yun’s eyes, he was utterly insignificant!
While Shu Chi was confronting Lin Yun, elsewhere in the arena, A Yu and Zhu Xing, both under Guang Tiancheng’s command, stood together.
“A Yu, Shu Chi’s gone to trouble Lin Yun. Commander Guang warned Shu Chi before. Should we go over?” Zhu Xing asked, looking toward Lin Yun’s location.
After all, Lin Yun was also a Heavenly Fire Lieutenant under Guang Tiancheng, part of the Cold Fiend Army. They couldn’t just watch him get bullied.
“No rush. Lin Yun’s too arrogant. Since he dared to enter, he should be ready to face trouble. Let him take a beating first. It’ll teach him a lesson and knock down his overconfidence,” A Yu said.
“Alright,” Zhu Xing nodded.
Outside the arena.
“As expected, Shu Chi went to trouble Lieutenant Lin Yun,” Old Black said, watching the arena with a serious expression.
They were naturally keeping an eye on Lin Yun.
“Don’t worry. Lin Yun will handle him with no trouble at all,” Mu Ji said with a smile.
As for the other spectating members of the Heavenly Fire Temple, few were paying attention to Lin Yun.
Inside the arena.
“Golden Wing Slash!”
“Get ready to suffer, kid!”
Shu Chi didn’t hesitate any longer. With a swing of his heavy blade, golden light surged, transforming into a golden serpent, carrying immense power as it streaked through the air toward Lin Yun!
“Looking for trouble!”
Lin Yun sneered, then waved his hand, drawing the Purple Star Sword and meeting the attack head-on!
The moment he swung his sword, Lin Yun’s realm aura burst forth.
“What? Heavenly… Heavenly Saint Realm?”
When Shu Chi sensed Lin Yun’s realm aura, the smile on his face froze, and his heart surged with shock and disbelief.
This guy was in the Dominion Realm when he signed up five hundred years ago!
Breaking through from the Dominion Realm to the Saint Realm was a major bottleneck, incredibly difficult to overcome. Many cultivators got stuck there, unable to break through in their lifetime.
Even if someone managed to break through, it would take an extremely long time.
In Shu Chi’s view, even if Lin Yun had broken through to the Saint Realm in these five hundred years, he would at most be at the Initial Saint Realm!
Boom!
Shu Chi’s ferocious strike was easily blocked by Lin Yun’s single sword swing.
Lin Yun had only swung to parry the attack.
“Shu Chi, is that all you’ve got?” Lin Yun sneered.
“You… you…” Shu Chi’s face turned ugly.
He knew how difficult it was to defeat someone a realm above him!
“I’ll give you another chance to attack me. Come on,” Lin Yun said, standing with his sword behind his back, looking unconcerned.
Hearing this, Shu Chi’s face flushed with anger.
Lin Yun’s words were a blatant humiliation!
“Even if you’re in the Heavenly Saint Realm, you broke through too quickly. Your foundation might not be solid. I still have a chance to beat you!” Shu Chi roared, swinging his blade fiercely again.
He unleashed all his techniques, the blade glowing with even brighter golden light, slashing toward Lin Yun with immense force!
“This strike is indeed stronger, but unfortunately, it makes no difference to me!”
As Lin Yun spoke, he met the attack head-on.
Clang!
A loud clash erupted, and Shu Chi was forced back by the impact!
“Enough. You’ve had your chance. Now let me show you my attack!”
As Lin Yun spoke, he swiftly slashed at Shu Chi.
Boom!
The sword transformed into a golden dragon, carrying terrifying power, streaking through the air at astonishing speed, crashing toward Shu Chi!
“This…”
Sensing the power of the strike, Shu Chi’s face changed drastically.
Facing the incoming slash, he had no choice but to raise his heavy blade, pushing his strength to the limit, frantically channelling his inner energy to defend!
Boom!
With a loud crash, the golden dragon sword shadow struck Shu Chi’s blade, its terrifying power pouring onto him.
“Pfft!”
Shu Chi spat blood, his body flying backward like a kite with a cut string, crashing heavily a hundred metres away!
“Pfft! Pfft!”
On the ground, Shu Chi coughed up blood, his internal organs shattered by the impact, his meridians completely broken!
His life force was rapidly fading.
“How… how could this be…”
Shu Chi’s eyes widened, filled with shock, fear, and regret…
He never dreamed it would end like this.
Lin Yun’s strength completely overwhelmed him, killing him with one strike, leaving him no chance to surrender.
Lin Yun landed in front of Shu Chi.
“This is the price for targeting Old Black. I warned you before, but you didn’t listen,” Lin Yun said, looking down at him.
Lin Yun knew that over the past few hundred years, Shu Chi had continued to trouble Old Black, who had endured in silence.
When Lin Yun first met Shu Chi, he had warned him to stop targeting Old Black, or he would face the consequences!
In the arena, where life and death were not held accountable, Lin Yun could kill him without repercussions from the Heavenly Fire Temple. It was the perfect opportunity.
Shu Chi opened his mouth, as if to say something, but before he could, his breath ceased.
Lin Yun’s slaying of Shu Chi had drawn considerable attention.
“That guy, the one who signed up as a Dominion Realm cultivator, is now in the Heavenly Saint Realm?”
“From Dominion Realm to Heavenly Saint Realm in five hundred years? This guy’s no ordinary talent. No wonder he dared to sign up!”
“Before the Heavenly Fire Trial began, Shu Chi went looking for trouble with him, only to be killed with one strike!”
“Shu Chi really got himself into deep trouble!”
…
Exclamations and gasps of amazement rose from the crowd.
When Lin Yun signed up as a Dominion Realm cultivator, he had been a laughingstock, mocked and discussed by many.
Now, killing Shu Chi with one strike had stunned everyone.
Elsewhere in the arena.
“That guy… he actually killed Shu Chi?”
“He’s reached the Heavenly Saint Realm?”
Zhu Xing and A Yu were both visibly shocked.
They had planned to step in and help Lin Yun after he took a beating, then convince him to withdraw…
