When Li Youdao retreated, because he withdrew his power, this also screwed over Ya Qianxue.
Originally, with Li Youdao’s power, Ya Qianxue could fight evenly against Ling Xiao’s humanoid sword qi. However, now that Li Youdao was dead, he clearly felt his strength waning. The huge ghost claw was easily shredded by the humanoid sword qi.
This scared him into fleeing hastily. On the way, he condensed a Ghost King to block Ling Xiao’s pursuit.
“Can you escape?”
Ling Xiao’s voice was like a soul-reaping demon. The humanoid sword qi easily tore through the blocking Ghost King and pierced Ya Qianxue’s body.
“No—!”
Ya Qianxue roared in terror. “I can’t die! I can’t die! I’ve only just obtained the Ghost Eye!”
“Don’t worry. I’ll take good care of your Ghost Eye. You don’t need to concern yourself with it.”
Ling Xiao smiled coldly, beckoned the Ghost Eye, and threw it into his Mountain River Martial Soul.
He planned to fuse this Ghost Eye with the Ghost Lamp of the Lamp Fish Clan. This way, it could generate even more powerful force and perhaps even forge a new martial soul.
After all, he still needed a martial soul specifically to amplify soul attacks.
Then, he collected the storage rings of Li Youdao and Ya Qianxue. Together, the contents of the two rings were worth at least three million low-grade spirit stones and two hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones.
These were all obtained after entering the True Demon Forbidden Land.
He put away the two storage rings, feeling a sense of relief in his heart.
Killing these two, even if others suspected him, without solid evidence, they would not rashly act against him.
After all, although Ya Qianxue was outstanding, he was just an inner disciple of the Heavenly King Gate, not even a core disciple.
The Heavenly King Gate was unlikely to rashly make an enemy of the Moon Woman for his sake.
As for the Gu King Sect.
They were already irreconcilable enemies anyway, so it did not matter. After leaving here, the first thing to do was to crush the prestige of the southern three sects and make them completely decline.
…
Outside the True Demon Forbidden Land, from the huge black tornado, two beams of light suddenly shot out, revealing two names and images.
“Li Youdao!”
“Ya Qianxue!”
“They died?”
Only confirmed dead warriors would have such a display. This was also why those without news earlier were determined to be dead.
“Who! Who killed Youdao! Who exactly!”
The Gu King Sect Master almost had fire spewing from his eyes, roaring angrily to the sky.
Unfortunately, no one could answer his question!
The Heavenly King Gate side was not so agitated.
Ya Qianxue’s death did surprise them somewhat, but since he could not pass the preliminaries, he was just a waste. There was nothing to be surprised about.
Of course, if they knew who killed Ya Qianxue, they would not stand by idly. They would casually kill that person.
In Ying Wuya’s mind, a figure flashed instantly.
Ling Xiao’s strength had long been deeply rooted in his heart, so he was certain that these two were killed by Ling Xiao.
But he would not say it.
First, there was no evidence.
Second, he was now unwilling to offend Ling Xiao again.
Yan Liehuo felt extremely fortunate.
He had withdrawn after choosing the Scarlet Flame Spear. Otherwise, he probably could not escape death. After all, the person who could kill Ya Qianxue and Li Youdao had truly terrifying strength.
Could it be Feng Yaorao?
Just as he guessed this, a figure shot out from the crack.
“Feng Yaorao?”
“It’s Tianlong Academy’s Feng Yaorao. She should be the last one to come out. Could it be that Li Youdao and Ya Qianxue were killed by her?”
“You can’t say that. The True Demon Forbidden Land is full of dangers. Deaths aren’t all from warriors killing each other; they could be killed by monsters inside.”
“That’s true.”
Feng Yaorao’s brows furrowed slightly, her face showing some helplessness.
She had obtained a treasure, a set of cultivation techniques suitable for her.
Originally planning to continue searching and get a few more things, but after seeing Ling Xiao kill Li Youdao and Ya Qianxue, she was completely despairing.
She immediately used the secret technique scroll to leave.
The six treasures—
Ying Wuya one;
Yan Liehuo one;
Feng Yaorao one.
The remaining three all fell into Ling Xiao’s hands.
This was beyond doubt.
Because at this time, inside the True Demon Forbidden Land, only Ling Xiao remained.
“I didn’t expect this preliminary round to end with Tianlong Academy’s great victory.”
“Yes, Feng Yaorao must have obtained quite a few treasures.”
“This time, in the contest for the Six Young Masters of the Sacred Dynasty, she’ll probably be one of them.”
Seeing Feng Yaorao come out, everyone began discussing spiritedly, feeling that this preliminary round was finally over. Although there were some surprises, it was not completely beyond expectations.
But at this moment, a discordant voice rang out.
“Eh, that’s not right. The time hasn’t ended yet, and haven’t you forgotten someone?”
No!
Everyone was puzzled. The warriors who could compete with Yan Liehuo, Ya Qianxue, Feng Yaorao, and others had almost all died or been eliminated. Who else could there be?
“That disciple from the Moon Flower Sect!”
“Ling Xiao! Right, how did we forget this kid? His presence is really too low.”
“But with just this kid, can he persist to the end? I think he must be trapped inside. It’s not like this hasn’t happened before.”
“Exactly, a mere Moon Flower Sect. How could they have a disciple more outstanding than the Holy Son? Too ridiculous.”
“Hahaha, yes, yes. If it were someone else, I’d believe it, but Moon Flower Sect? Forget it.”
Discussions rose one after another. Almost no one believed Ling Xiao was still alive.
And those who believed it was Ling Xiao who killed Li Youdao and Ya Qianxue were only a few.
Feng Yaorao secretly shook her head. These fools. You haven’t seen that kid’s ruthlessness and terror. If you had, you’d understand that you really can’t make an enemy of such a person. Too terrifying.
Time passed slowly, and the time until the True Demon Forbidden Land closed was very near.
Once the black tornado’s crack closed, even with a secret technique scroll, it would be impossible to teleport out. At that time, one would inevitably be trapped to death inside.
If lucky, perhaps when the True Demon Forbidden Land opens next time, there might be a chance to come out.
“Look, look, I said it. That Ling Xiao must be trapped inside, just temporarily not dead, so no prompt.”
“Yes, looks like he’s really trapped. Just as I said, a mere Moon Flower Sect. How could they have such a heaven-defying disciple?”
On the Moon Flower Sect side, there was also worry.
“Ling Xiao won’t really be in trouble, will he?”
“Wait a bit more. There’s still a moment until the black tornado heals.”
“Yes, with Senior Brother Ling’s strength, he couldn’t just wait for death.”
Time continued to advance.
The black tornado finally almost completely closed, with only a sliver of gap invisible to the naked eye remaining. In most people’s view, this was no different from completely closed.
