For Senior Brother Hai,
Ling Xiao’s terrifying attack, though indiscriminate in its range, made him feel as if he were bound by some force, leaving him no choice but to fight back.
Senior Brother Hai’s instincts were correct.
While this ability couldn’t be controlled, Ling Xiao could restrain his enemies through other means.
Like formations, dragon might, and more.
His methods were far from singular.
In just a moment, the full power of “Heaven’s Blaze” erupted.
In that instant, Senior Brother Hai suddenly understood why Ling Xiao said the battle was over.
This move was simply beyond his ability to counter.
The terrifying heat scorched everything within a ten-metre radius into charred earth, the ground cracking from the intense temperature, plants and animals perishing in droves.
Senior Brother Hai could clearly feel his technique being utterly destroyed by that searing heat in an instant.
Then, he felt his body as if plunged into molten lava.
Fear surged through him.
“Why did I provoke this fiend, why, I hate this! I regret it so much!”
Senior Brother Hai let out a final cry in his heart.
But this fear didn’t last long, as in a mere moment, he lost consciousness entirely.
To the onlookers, Senior Brother Hai’s body was swiftly engulfed in flames, then incinerated, and finally vanished completely.
What a scene.
An absolute vision of doomsday!
The spectators’ hearts trembled.
What kind of martial art was this, so terrifyingly powerful?
As Senior Brother Hai was reduced to ashes,
The blazing sun vanished.
Ling Xiao wiped the sweat from his brow, his face showing a trace of shock.
Honestly, even he found it somewhat unbelievable.
This power far exceeded his expectations.
Was this really just a top-tier gold-grade martial art?
Simply terrifying!
Ling Xiao grew excited, perhaps this could become even stronger.
He suddenly thought of a possibility: merging his martial soul with it, forging an even more fearsome soul-based martial art.
This idea naturally stemmed from his martial soul inheritance.
But this matter was best studied slowly in the future; he had seen too few martial souls to find a suitable match, which would require careful planning.
For now, he should deal with the matters at hand.
With that thought, his gaze turned to She Mei.
That cold yet mocking and scornful look made She Mei, who had already fled dozens of metres away, tremble uncontrollably.
When Ling Xiao killed Junior Brother Zhang with a single palm, she could explain it away as Ling Xiao cultivating some special palm technique, capable of unleashing an attack equivalent to an early Mortal Realm Second Layer martial artist, catching the careless Junior Brother Zhang off guard.
But now,
Ling Xiao wasn’t using a palm technique.
And from start to finish, Senior Brother Hai hadn’t underestimated his opponent, even fighting with utmost seriousness and full effort.
Yet Ling Xiao surpassed him in defence, movement, and attack!
Especially that final strike.
She Mei couldn’t comprehend what kind of attack it was.
There was no trace of true essence fluctuation, yet it produced such terrifying destruction.
Even now, the air within a ten-metre radius around Ling Xiao reeked of burning, the ground blackened, and even stone slabs had turned to ash.
How did he do it?
What was his cultivation level?
Was he even human?
“This outer disciple of Moonlight Sect is too powerful, he said his name is Ling Xiao, have you heard of him?”
“No, Moonlight Sect is the weakest of the twelve sects, their inner disciples aren’t even well-known, only the top ten core disciples have some fame, the rest are hardly worth mentioning.”
“That’s not entirely true, I heard Moonlight Sect’s Golden Light Heavenly Lord and Demonic Flame Heavenly Lord took in two highly talented disciples, one named Leng Hao and the other Ming Tian, our sect’s higher-ups told us to keep a close eye on them.”
“I know about that too, apart from the top ten core disciples, those two are the most famous, who is this Ling Xiao? Is he really an outer disciple of Moonlight Sect?”
Seeing Ling Xiao kill Senior Brother Hai, a Beast King Palace disciple, in such a spectacular and eerie manner, the crowd, after a moment of stunned silence, couldn’t help but start discussing.
They were all shocked by Ling Xiao’s techniques and wanted to know his background.
“I have some information about this guy.”
As expected, in the world of sects, there were always those well-informed.
“Oh? Tell us.”
“He’s indeed an outer disciple of Moonlight Sect, but his rise is somewhat legendary.”
The person continued, “Before joining Moonlight Sect, he offended Demonic Flame Heavenly Lord. After entering, he was constantly suppressed by Demonic Flame Heavenly Lord’s disciple, Hei Suo.”
“Then he must be done for, right?”
“Done for? No, you’re all wrong, he joined Moonlight Sect less than two months ago, yet in life-and-death challenges, he consecutively killed the third, fifth, and sixth-ranked outer disciples, and later even injured the former top outer disciple who had advanced to the Mortal Realm!”
The speaker grew more excited, “The most bizarre thing is, he later single-handedly killed two of Demonic Flame Heavenly Lord’s Mortal Realm disciples, one of whom was that former top outer disciple.”
“That powerful? Did someone help him?”
“People used to speculate that, but like our sects, Moonlight Sect has inner sect joint training, and just a few days ago, this guy participated, defeating an inner disciple who used a demonisation pill to boost his cultivation to early Mortal Realm Third Layer on the first day.”
Hearing this, the crowd gasped.
There were many geniuses in the sects.
But someone like Ling Xiao, still at the half-step master realm, defeating Mortal Realm martial artists repeatedly, was unheard of.
She Mei’s face turned ashen.
She regretted not investigating beforehand, if she had known Ling Xiao was this terrifying, she wouldn’t have recklessly made an enemy of him, or at the very least, she would have brought stronger allies.
“No wonder he could kill Junior Brother Zhang and Senior Brother Hai with half-step master cultivation, he’s done this in Moonlight Sect before, there must be something strange about this kid, we absolutely can’t face him head-on!”
At this point, She Mei was utterly terrified, not daring to fight Ling Xiao.
After all, her cultivation was only late Mortal Realm Third Layer, her abilities likely no stronger than Senior Brother Hai’s, and since Hai died so miserably, her fate against Ling Xiao was obvious.
She didn’t want to die.
With her beauty, in just one year, she had drained four or five Mortal Realm First and Second Layer martial artists, raising her cultivation from early Mortal Realm First Layer to late Mortal Realm Third Layer.
That was an astonishing cultivation speed.
