“Boom!”
In the instant the light and shadow battle armour cracked open, a terrifying surge of energy suddenly erupted from Ling Xiao’s body.
That supreme, all-destroying dreadful aura had already merged into Ling Xiao’s very breath.
Behind Ling Xiao, the faint shadow of a monstrous beast vaguely appeared. Others could not see it clearly, but Ling Xiao understood.
He had succeeded. After the perfect fusion of Golden Crow Eclipse and Void Shadow Crocodile, the terrifying Heaven-Devouring Giant Beast, Taotie, was born!
Golden light danced.
Radiance shot out in all directions.
From behind came the roar of the giant beast.
At this moment, Ling Xiao not only shattered Blood Skull’s attack in one strike, but also elevated his cultivation to a terrifying level, the early stage of Five Elements Heaven!
He had broken through directly from the early stage of Four Phenomena Heaven to the early stage of Five Elements Heaven.
The intermediate process was completely skipped!
“What is this situation?”
“Has his cultivation broken through? And directly to Five Elements Heaven cultivation?”
“How is this possible! We have never seen anything like this!”
“What is a genius? This is a genius!”
“And what about that heart-palpitating roar of the giant beast?”
People stared at Ling Xiao in astonishment. This scene brought them too much shock.
The aura bursting from Ling Xiao was definitely Five Elements Heaven cultivation, not the Four Phenomena Heaven realm!
Even more terrifying was that eerie roar of the giant beast, which made people’s entire bodies tremble with fear upon hearing it.
What exactly had Ling Xiao done?
How had he broken through in the midst of battle?
No one could answer this question.
Even Ling Xiao himself was somewhat puzzled.
But from ancient times to the present, no one had ever fully understood the matter of cultivation, regardless of race. Cultivation was always crossing the river by feeling the stones.
What was right?
What was wrong?
What was the correct path of cultivation?
One could only judge based on limited experience.
Yet in reality, correct experience might be entirely wrong in another environment.
Blood Skull was repelled by the ferocious power. If not for the bone cage blocking him, he would probably have been blasted off the arena platform again this time.
His face showed an expression of extreme terror.
No one could understand the fear in his heart at this moment. Standing before him now seemed not a person, but a giant beast capable of devouring the heavens.
Legends spoke of a Heaven-Devouring Giant Beast passing through the Mysterious Realm in ancient times, able to swallow a planet in one bite.
The ancients called it “Taotie”, but no one had ever seen its true appearance.
Yet that fear had been passed down through generations.
Blood Skull had also read about it in books and dismissed it, thinking the ancients had exaggerated too much. How could such a being exist in this world?
But at this very moment, he finally understood that the fear described by the ancients was not exaggerated; rather, it had been diluted by the passage of time.
Others could not see Taotie clearly.
Blood Skull could not see it either. All he could see was a massive black hole-like giant maw, as if it could swallow everything.
He felt his soul trembling.
Even with the effects of the Frenzy Pill, he still dared not step forward to fight, not even stand up.
“Are you afraid?”
Ling Xiao looked at Blood Skull and waved his right hand lightly. The bone cage disintegrated directly.
Others could not see it, but Blood Skull could. His bone cage was swallowed by the giant beast in one bite.
“I concede!”
Blood Skull completely lost the courage to fight. He did not want to continue. He could even see the omen of his own death.
“Concede?”
Ling Xiao sneered coldly: “You are quite clever. Knowing you cannot win, you choose to concede. When I was at a disadvantage earlier, you did not think of sparing my life. Now you attempt to survive through conceding?
Do not forget, this is a battle to the death!”
“Blood Skull, stand up! You are at Six Arts Heaven cultivation now. Do not be intimidated by his aura. It is only terrifying on the surface!”
Si Kong Zun shouted loudly.
Blood Skull was stunned for a moment. A flash of clarity appeared in his eyes, then it dimmed completely.
“No, Vice Dean, you do not understand. You truly do not understand!”
Blood Skull shook his head. The current Ling Xiao could absolutely not be measured by cultivation level. This terrifying pressure was even more frightening than many Cave Heaven Realm experts.
When facing Cave Heaven Realm warriors, he would not feel such despair. Even if he could not win, he could escape.
But at this moment, he did not even have the thought of fleeing.
“Hmph, it seems I can only resort to the last resort. This waste!”
Si Kong Zun snorted coldly in his heart.
Then, a beam of light suddenly shot from between his eyebrows. It was too fast; most people did not notice.
This beam of light entered Blood Skull’s forehead.
In that instant, Blood Skull lost his self-awareness.
His eyes glowed red; he was completely controlled by Si Kong Zun.
Si Kong Zun’s action naturally did not escape Ling Xiao’s eyes.
This old fellow was truly shameless.
Under Si Kong Zun’s control, Blood Skull lost all fear and charged madly at Ling Xiao to attack.
“Very well, if you truly had no power to resist, I might have been reluctant to kill you. But now, I can kill without any mercy!”
Ling Xiao sighed and did not draw his sword.
He could sense the terror of the next move. Even if executed purely with finger sword, it could easily slay Blood Skull.
The massive shadow shifted from behind him to his right finger sword.
Heavenly Origin Force continuously gathered, making the giant beast’s image clearer.
It was a beast that destroyed everything.
It was a beast that devoured everything.
Though not real, it still possessed an incomparably ferocious aura.
“Taotie!”
“Heaven-Devouring Giant Beast!”
Countless people cried out in alarm. They did not understand how Ling Xiao could control such a terrifying thing.
In legends, even Human Kings could not contend with the Taotie Giant Beast. How could Ling Xiao, a mere Five Elements Heaven cultivation warrior, possibly do so?
“No, no, that is not the Taotie Giant Beast. It should just be a special martial technique that condenses the image and aura of the Taotie Giant Beast.”
Warriors with keen eyesight finally saw through the trick.
“But even so, it feels too real. That evil, terrifying aura is simply like the real Taotie Giant Beast descending. What martial art does this boy cultivate?”
“Not sure.”
“It is strange indeed. Up to now, no one has ever seen him use his martial soul. What exactly is his martial soul?”
“Could it not be that huge eye?”
The crowd discussed animatedly, yet still could not see through Ling Xiao’s essence.
Even the few people closest to Ling Xiao did not understand what martial arts he possessed or what his martial soul was.
Ling Xiao sighed inwardly. Due to his relatively low cultivation, the condensed Taotie Giant Beast was merely in embryonic form. In terms of aura and power, it was tens of thousands of times inferior to the real Taotie Giant Beast, not on the same level at all.
