As Ling Xiao’s attack surged, a dazzling light flashed from Ke Long’s tail feathers, and astonishingly, the Scarlet Sun Cone vanished.
Huh?
Could it be the mystery of space?
No, Ke Long couldn’t possibly comprehend spatial mysteries, he couldn’t even harness spatial power.
What was this, then?
The Peacock Clan’s innate ability?
Ling Xiao clearly felt that the moment his Scarlet Sun Cone flew, it was sucked away by a force from another space.
Where it went, he couldn’t tell, as the cone was no longer detectable.
“Hahaha, see that, fool! You can’t strut before our Peacock Clan!”
With one move succeeding, Ke Long was elated, laughing loudly.
“Blood Skull, sorry, I’ll take Ling Xiao’s life first!”
“Cousin, you’re amazing, no wonder you didn’t need my help, the Peacock Clan’s talent is incredible.”
Chu Lin, previously worried, now jumped with excitement, “Kill him, cousin, I want his life!”
“Don’t worry, cousin, soon I’ll cut off this brat’s head for you to kick!”
Ke Long’s confidence soared.
Ling Xiao’s Scarlet Sun Cone was powerful, but if it couldn’t touch him, it was meaningless, he could rely on the Peacock Clan’s divine light to remain invincible.
“You’re pleased with yourself?”
Ling Xiao smiled faintly.
“Kid, stop bluffing, you’re scared witless, aren’t you?”
“Yeah, I’m terrified.”
Ling Xiao had no patience for this idiot, the Peacock Clan’s divine light was indeed remarkable, seemingly able to absorb attack energy.
But what if it couldn’t be seen?
The Eye of the World opened.
Everything around was laid bare to him.
“I’m so scared I want to end this fight quickly!”
A sword appeared in Ling Xiao’s hand.
The Golden Crow Sword!
A Scarlet Sun Cone formed at the sword’s tip.
A fiery aura spread, heat waves rising around.
“End the fight? Dream on!”
Ke Long poured all his Tianyuan power into his bloodline.
He planned to counter Ling Xiao with the Peacock Clan’s divine light, not bothering with martial techniques.
After all, the divine light worked.
Whoosh!
The blazing Scarlet Sun Cone was again absorbed by the divine light, vanishing.
But Ke Long was sweating profusely.
Ling Xiao’s attack was too strong.
His divine light required more Tianyuan power.
At this rate, it was a contest of whose Tianyuan power was stronger.
“Clap clap clap!”
Ling Xiao sheathed the Golden Crow Sword, smiling at Ke Long, “Well done, your Peacock Clan’s divine light is impressive.”
“Hmph, think I’ll spare you just because you put away your sword?”
Ke Long, seeing Ling Xiao sheathe his sword, thought he admitted defeat, his tension easing.
Switching from defence to attack, Ke Long drew two short blades and charged at Ling Xiao with great speed.
Thud!
His charging body halted abruptly.
Ke Long stared in horror at his body, a round hole glaringly obvious at his back.
“How? How is this possible?”
“You think you’re the only one with a trump card? Rest easy, I’ll send your cousin Chu Lin to join you, you won’t be lonely.”
Ling Xiao smiled faintly, ignoring Ke Long’s regretful expression, turning to Chu Lin.
Ultimately, this all seemed to stem from her.
Without her instigation, the fight might not have happened.
At least the guard wouldn’t have acted.
“No! I don’t want to die!”
Seeing Ke Long’s body go still, Chu Lin was terrified.
She backed away, her body pressed against the Tianyuan Pagoda’s railing.
“Scared now? Why didn’t you leave when I told you to?”
Killing the guard was surprising, but he was just average, insignificant.
Now Ling Xiao had killed Ke Long.
Face-to-face, fair and square.
Most terrifyingly, Chu Lin still didn’t understand how Ling Xiao did it.
What countered the Peacock Clan’s all-absorbing divine light?
Not just Chu Lin was shocked.
Even the martial artists training on the fifth floor were stunned.
They hadn’t paid attention to the earlier scuffle.
Ke Long bullied people here daily, they were used to it.
But his death forced their attention.
“Wasn’t Ling Xiao, who made a life-and-death pact with Blood Skull, only peak First Line Heaven? This is peak Three Talents Heaven.”
“Yeah, I heard he fled twenty days ago out of fear, why’s he back?”
“Idiot, he must have trained somewhere, now strong enough to kill Ke Long, wonder if Blood Skull is still his match.”
“Fool, Ke Long couldn’t last one move against Blood Skull.”
Many in the crowd knew Blood Skull.
Once a top ten in Divine Phoenix Academy, now slipped to twentieth, still an undeniable genius.
“Heh, not necessarily, if Blood Skull hasn’t broken through, against Ling Xiao, it’s unclear who wins.”
The crowd didn’t intervene, just watched.
Those unable to enter public training rooms were low in status and strength, they didn’t want to die.
Hearing their chatter, Chu Lin’s heart sank further.
She hoped the martial artists sitting cross-legged in the corridor would help, restraining Ling Xiao.
But now, she was truly desperate.
Ling Xiao could easily kill Ke Long, killing her would be effortless, she had no chance of winning.
“Scared?”
Ling Xiao’s cold voice startled Chu Lin.
“Young Hero Ling, we’re strangers, today’s events were a misunderstanding, you’ve killed Ke Long, don’t bother with a little woman like me, please?”
Chu Lin flaunted her charm, hoping her beauty would sway Ling Xiao to spare her, even make him her ally.
“Funny!”
Ling Xiao said coldly, “We’re strangers, yet you egged the guard and Ke Long to kill me, didn’t think I was a stranger then?
If I were weaker, I’d be the one on the ground, would you show any pity or sympathy?
Now you talk of being strangers? Want me to let you go?
Don’t you think your words are a bit too shameless, too laughable?”
