“You only have one last chance left!”
Ling Xiao hooked his finger at Feng Ming Qingshan and said with a cold smile.
“Third move. You cannot possibly block it.”
Feng Ming Qingshan no longer planned to hold back. He had already lost his last shred of reason.
He had declared he would cripple Ling Xiao in three moves. If he failed to do so, he would truly have no face left to show anyone.
So for this final move, even if it meant killing Ling Xiao and offending Ji Luoyu, he would go all out.
His bloodline power burned completely.
A pair of wings made of ice crystals grew from Feng Ming Qingshan’s back. His body increasingly resembled an ice phoenix.
The only difference was perhaps that his face remained human and he was still standing upright.
“Bloodline fully ignited! The full power of the ice phoenix erupts! You have no chance left!”
Feng Ming Qingshan soared into the air. His entire body merged into the attack, like an ice-crystal phoenix ready to hunt at any moment.
Ling Xiao said nothing. No one noticed that his shadow had already separated from his body and hidden itself under the shade of the trees.
“Die!”
The massive ice phoenix dove down. This strike, several times stronger than the previous two, slammed straight towards Ling Xiao.
“Die. You have thoroughly angered me, so I will give you no more chances!”
Ling Xiao still remained silent. He simply stood there, motionless, as if his soul had left him.
Only when Feng Ming Qingshan’s attack was less than a foot away from him did he murmur softly, “Switch!”
Boom!
His voice was instantly drowned by the attack. Then the ground was blasted open into a pit six or seven metres wide and three to four metres deep.
“Brother Ling!”
Ji Luoyu cried out anxiously and tried to rush over to check on Ling Xiao.
But Leng Mei beside her pulled her back.
“The master is fine.”
Just those simple words left Ji Luoyu stunned.
Ling Xiao was fine?
How could that be possible? That strike just now would have left nothing but dust of Ling Xiao’s bones. Yet Leng Mei said he was fine?
What was this woman thinking? Was Ling Xiao really still her master?
“Hahaha! Hahahaha! Ling Xiao, it’s too late for regrets now. If you die, don’t blame me. Blame yourself for daring to fight me over a woman!”
Looking at the pit where Ling Xiao had supposedly been smashed to pieces, not even a single hair remaining, Feng Ming Qingshan laughed wildly in excitement.
“Did he really kill Ling Xiao?”
The crowd was shocked.
After all this time, so many people had wanted Ling Xiao dead, yet no one had ever truly succeeded.
Feng Ming Qingshan had actually done it. It felt almost unbelievable.
“Killed is killed. What’s so special about it? Frankly speaking, Ling Xiao is only at the level of someone like Sword Phoenix Child. He is far beneath Young Master Qingshan.”
Someone else said.
“That may be true, but if he killed Ling Xiao, will the Moon Lady let Young Master Qingshan go?”
Someone asked worriedly.
In the imperial capital, one major reason many people dared not act against Ling Xiao was naturally the existence of the Moon Lady.
The Moon Lady was too powerful.
Many feared that if they killed Ling Xiao, she would seek revenge. That was one of the reasons Ling Xiao had been able to live peacefully.
“What is there to fear? As long as Young Master Qingshan hides in the imperial palace, even the Moon Lady cannot break in. The Ice Phoenix Clan, Fire Phoenix Clan, and Nether Phoenix Clan all have their own powerhouses. They will not let the Moon Lady run wild.”
People discussed heatedly, but none of them noticed a figure walking out from the dark shade of the trees.
Above this person’s head hovered a giant sword, cold and sinister.
“What are you all so happy about? You only shattered some air. Is that really worth celebrating?”
Ling Xiao’s voice suddenly rang out, startling everyone.
Ji Luoyu wept with joy.
Feng Ming Qingshan trembled all over.
“Impossible! I clearly saw you standing there and getting hit! How can you still be alive! This is absolutely impossible!”
He could not believe that his strongest strike had failed to kill Ling Xiao!
“I already told you. No matter how powerful an attack is, if it does not hit the target, it means nothing.”
Ling Xiao spoke calmly and unhurriedly. “Now the three moves are over. It is my turn to act.”
A cruel smile appeared on his face. He reached up and grasped the radiant divine sword hovering above his head.
Feng Ming Qingshan could feel it. Although the treasured sword seemed intangible, it carried an extremely terrifying and powerful aura that made even breathing difficult for him.
“I will give you a chance to block. One move. I will use only one move. If you can block it, you may leave.”
Ling Xiao did not rush to attack. He looked at Feng Ming Qingshan with clear contempt and disdain on his face.
Feng Ming Qingshan’s actions had truly made him look down on him.
“I refuse to believe your attack can be that strong!”
Feng Ming Qingshan felt deep humiliation. Ling Xiao clearly had lower cultivation than him, yet he dared to say he would cripple him in one move.
How could he accept that?
He gathered all his bloodline power once more. This time he channelled it entirely into defence. His whole body was enveloped inside a thick ice-crystal phoenix shell.
“Are you ready?”
Ling Xiao asked lightly.
“Come on! I want to see on what basis you are so confident!”
Feng Ming Qingshan roared.
Ling Xiao smiled, gripped the giant sword with both hands, and thrust it forward.
Radiant Divine Sword, First Transformation – Rising Sun Form!
Killing Feng Ming Qingshan was actually not an easy task. Ling Xiao knew this clearly.
So the moment he acted, he directly used the Rising Sun Form of the Nine Scarlet Sun Transformations.
Dazzling light swallowed everything. The instant the massive sword of light touched the ice-crystal phoenix, it pierced straight through.
Terrifying high temperature began to spread. The ice-crystal phoenix started melting continuously.
Under such dreadful heat, even a phoenix became powerless.
In the crowd, those who originally harboured hostility towards Ling Xiao now watched with fear and disbelief.
They were truly stunned.
This one sword from Ling Xiao was far too terrifying. It effortlessly shattered the defensive technique Feng Ming Qingshan had painstakingly condensed.
“No… impossible!”
“Ahhh…”
A shrill scream came from Feng Ming Qingshan’s mouth.
Although in that instant he spread his wings and soared hundreds of metres into the sky, sword qi still tormented him relentlessly from within his body.
His skin was covered in ugly burns from the scorching heat.
Yet the pain on his body could never compare to the pain in his mind.
He had believed he could cripple Ling Xiao in three moves.
But he never dreamed that his three moves would fail to harm Ling Xiao, while the other party injured him with just one move.
Crushing!
He felt the terror of being utterly overpowered.
Yet Ling Xiao clearly only had cultivation at the Third Heavenly Cave Realm. How could he be so strong?
He could not understand!
And he could not accept it.
The crowd fell completely silent. Such an outcome was truly impossible for them to accept.
