Manager Jia revealed a ferocious grin. Then his body flashed suddenly and turned into a streak of startling light shooting toward Ling Xiao.
“Bright Sword Domain, Kill!”
At this moment, Ling Xiao had been ambushed by Manager Jia. His body movements were extremely restricted. After swallowing a pill, he was still in the recovery phase. So he could only use the sword domain to defend.
Streams of sword qi shot toward Manager Jia, like ten thousand arrows fired at once. The power was extraordinary.
“Child’s play!”
Yet Manager Jia showed no fear at all toward this terrifying sword qi. His body turned into cold liquid and easily dodged those sword qi attacks.
“Raindrop Martial Soul?”
Only now did Ling Xiao understand what Manager Jia meant by that assassin’s martial soul.
Raindrop. It really was raindrop!
Though raindrops are small, they possess incredibly miraculous effects. Especially when used by an assassin, the advantages become even greater.
It was a pity that the previous assassin was too foolish. He died before he could even display the unique effects of this martial soul.
Now that this martial soul had fallen into Manager Jia’s hands, he truly used it to perfection.
Inside Ling Xiao’s Bright Sword Domain, Manager Jia moved with complete ease and freedom, without any obstruction.
“No good. It looks like I cannot block him.”
Ling Xiao frowned. Behind him, sun and moon shone together. Then the sword domain changed once again.
Sun and Moon Sword Domain!
The power of the Sun and Moon Sword Domain might not necessarily surpass that of the Bright Sword Domain or the Dark Sword Domain. However, it was far denser, leaving no gaps at all for the opponent to evade.
Radiance burst in all directions. Manager Jia clearly paused for a moment. He probably had not expected Ling Xiao’s sword domain to undergo such a change.
“Ling Xiao is so young, yet his Cavern Heaven domain already has so many variations. If he is not a monstrous genius, then there are probably no monstrous geniuses left in this world.”
“Indeed. To force Manager Jia to this extent, he is already strong enough. Even if he really dies here today, his fame will definitely spread. Within a hundred years, the number one genius belongs to no one but him.”
“Do not forget there is still Ji Lingyue.”
“Who is Ji Lingyue?”
“Ji Lingyue! Never mind. Let us just watch the fight.”
The crowd kept discussing, but no one wanted to miss such a spectacular battle.
Facing Ling Xiao’s Sun and Moon Sword Domain, Manager Jia roared furiously. His body became wrapped in a huge raindrop. Then when those sword qi struck the raindrop, they produced clanging sounds of metal clashing. Yet they still failed to stop Manager Jia’s advance.
“It is useless, Ling Xiao. Today you will surely die!”
“Since Manager Jia revealed his true body, his strength has been completely unleashed. He is simply even more ferocious than that giant monster from before. Probably most ordinary Sixth Cavern Heaven realm martial artists are no match for him now?”
“Sigh. Ling Xiao has so many techniques, and almost every one is powerful. But the gap in cultivation between him and Manager Jia is simply too vast. Such techniques can only narrow the difference. They cannot fully make up for it.”
Watching this battle, people helplessly shook their heads.
Ling Xiao’s moves were varied and almost every one was formidable. Yet the cultivation gap with Manager Jia was far too great. Those techniques could close the distance somewhat, but they could never completely bridge it.
Even so, Ling Xiao’s performance had already far surpassed that of other Second Cavern Heaven realm martial artists. After all, under such a powerful Manager Jia, anyone else would probably have died long ago.
Ling Xiao had actually managed to survive until now without dying. He had even destroyed one of Manager Jia’s powerful human skin transformations.
That attack could not possibly have left Manager Jia completely unaffected.
At the very least, it had consumed a large amount of Manager Jia’s domain vital energy. That was already quite impressive.
It was just a pity that such a monstrous genius was going to fall here today. Truly regrettable.
Manager Jia’s expression remained cold.
Today’s Ling Xiao had caused him to lose all face. Not only had Ling Xiao killed Jia Tianfeng right in front of him, but he had also destroyed his human skin transformation.
It forced him to reveal such an ugly true body.
That was his weakness, something he never wanted to expose in his entire life.
So his hatred toward Ling Xiao could not even be described as bone-deep.
He wished he could tear Ling Xiao into ten thousand pieces.
Ling Xiao also looked at Manager Jia. The Sun and Moon Sword Domain continued to unleash sword qi nonstop. Although it could not completely block the opponent, it could slow him down and buy time for his own recovery.
“Ling Xiao, rest assured. Today I will not kill you. As I said before, I will turn you into a human pig. I will make you stay alive while you watch your relatives and friends die one by one. I will torture you to death slowly!”
As he drew closer and closer to Ling Xiao, Manager Jia seemed to see the hope of victory. His sinister voice echoed through Lingyue Courtyard.
Many people who heard it felt chills run down their spines.
Ling Xiao’s expression changed slightly, but he still did not speak. Talking now would just waste energy needlessly. He was not that foolish.
“Cousin, you should help. If Ling Xiao really dies, your plan will fall apart too.”
Feng Yanran still had feelings for Ling Xiao after all, even though those feelings had never truly been expressed.
Moreover, Ling Xiao’s parents were once the lifesavers of their Divine Phoenix Clan.
“If he dies today, then it only proves that this is all the ability he has. What good would saving him do?”
People say emperors are heartless. Feng Yinshan truly embodied that perfectly. In his eyes, only those who were useful to him deserved to be saved.
If Ling Xiao could not properly play the role of drawing hatred, then even if he died, Feng Yinshan would not feel any regret.
“Cousin, you are too heartless.”
Feng Yanran said angrily.
“Since ancient times, the imperial family has been heartless! Besides, today’s situation was brought on by Ling Xiao himself. If I had to rush in and save him every time he encountered danger, I might as well raise a dog. At least a dog would be more useful.”
Feng Yinshan’s words remained icy cold.
For some reason, although he had no certainty, he always felt that Ling Xiao could not die so easily.
Ling Xiao had gone through so many dangers. Even back in Beimo City when facing that formidable guy Temujin Mutu, nothing happened to him.
How could he die so easily this time?
His own judgement should not be that poor.
“What a pity. If he were given a bit more time, his achievements would definitely not be inferior to those old fellows from the eight great clans.”
Ming Jin, however, did not share Feng Yinshan’s confidence in Ling Xiao. He felt that Ling Xiao had really pushed things too far this time.
In the crowd, basically everyone shared Ming Jin’s view.
This time, Ling Xiao was truly finished.
Unless someone came to save him, he would die without a doubt.
Such a shame. A peerless monstrous genius, someone who could very likely become as strong as a Human King, was about to perish just like that.
Just like Ji Lingyue back then.
At twelve years old, a Tenth Cavern Heaven realm powerhouse. Everyone had placed great hopes on him.
Yet he vanished in a single day.
Would today’s Ling Xiao repeat the same fate?
Perhaps he would. After all, he had offended the Righteous Alliance.
Manager Jia, a martial artist in his forties, had climbed to Sixth Cavern Heaven realm after revealing his true body. Now he was fighting a seventeen-year-old youth.
This was never fair to begin with.
But in a life-and-death struggle, who cares about fairness?
Was all of this not brought upon by Ling Xiao himself?
Who told him to kill Jia Tianfeng?
Who told him to offend the Righteous Alliance?
Perhaps if Ling Xiao had been killed by the assassins sent by Jia Tianfeng, that would have been a kind of mercy. Today, facing the powerful Manager Jia, Ling Xiao was probably going to be turned into a terrifying human pig.
