Shui Han, cold as ice, ignored the cheers and flattery around her. After putting away her Phoenix Qin, she walked straight off the stage and approached someone.
That person wore a smile, half handsome, half lecherous.
The crowd’s faces twitched!
“Congratulations!” Mo Qi said, looking at Shui Han.
Shui Han shook her head, “I should thank you!”
Her fair face was as white as jade, without a single flaw. It was almost transparent, so delicate one might want to blow on it to see if it would break.
Her pristine skin was adorned with glistening beads of sweat, like dew drops on a freshly bloomed lotus, so crystal clear, so breathtaking.
Mo Qi reached out and gently wiped a bead of sweat from Shui Han’s forehead.
Shui Han frowned but did not dodge or swat his hand away!
The people around them all collapsed!
What was happening?
Was it the end of the world?
Had the heavens and earth flipped?
Shui Bing, watching from afar, was greatly shocked and laughed, “My sister must be ill!”
Ge Xiang, seeing this, was furious and stomped her feet incessantly in the distance, “Shameless!”
Shui Han asked Mo Qi, “Did you win too?”
“I did! I wouldn’t dare face you if I hadn’t!”
“You… don’t say such things. I’m leaving to prepare for the next match.” Shui Han said, her face flushing, and turned to leave.
Mo Qi immediately called her back. As Shui Han turned, Mo Qi handed her several pills, Response Pills.
“Just take one before you go on stage.”
Shui Han took them without asking what they were. She trusted that the pills he gave her would be of great use.
Moreover, she remembered the last time she had taken a pill from him, it had unleashed her divine power, allowing her to defeat Lian Xin in conjunction with Ge Xiang.
She surmised that the pills he gave her today were of the same kind.
Mo Qi found it difficult to explain the nature of the pills to her.
It might be considered cheating!
Thinking of cheating, he thought of Xue Nu.
What stage had she ascended to now?
In the second round, Mo Qi was to face Wang Qiming, the son of Heavenly Master Wang.
Wang Qiming was at the middle stage of Xuan Xian cultivation. Among all the contestants, he wasn’t particularly dazzling, but everyone believed that he was more than enough to deal with Mo Qi.
At this moment, someone was cheering for Wang Qiming, “Go, Wang Qiming!”
Following suit, the crowd also cheered, creating a deafening roar and an unprecedentedly high atmosphere.
Wang Qiming felt greatly honored, and unconsciously, his body filled with strength!
“You actually defeated Shi Yi, not bad!” Wang Qiming said to Mo Qi with a playful gaze.
“Likewise,” Mo Qi replied indifferently.
“I thought I would be eliminated in the second round, but I didn’t expect to be so lucky to draw an auspicious lot,” Wang Qiming continued.
“Not necessarily, perhaps it’s an inauspicious one,” Mo Qi said coldly.
“Enough nonsense, let’s fight,” Wang Qiming said angrily.
“You were the one talking nonsense first,” Mo Qi retorted, not yielding.
Wang Qiming stopped speaking, formed a hand seal, and moved his feet, stepping in a celestial pattern, circling the arena.
His figure suddenly moved east, then west. He performed hand seals for a long time, only shifting his stance, without any visible attack.
Is he trying to confuse me? Mo Qi was bewildered.
But at this moment, the situation in the arena changed silently.
A rumbling sound came from underground, as if demons were trying to break free from the shackles of hell to wreak havoc upon the human world.
Mo Qi cautiously guarded himself, feeling a force surge from the ground, its edge unstoppable.
He hurriedly dodged aside to evade it.
With a swish, a beam of light shot up into the sky and vanished.
Where he had been standing, a crack appeared on the ground, and the divine light had risen from that very crack.
If he hadn’t dodged in time, he would have been torn in half by that divine light.
Mo Qi thought how close it was. Still shaken, he suddenly sensed movement underground and quickly dodged again.
A beam of divine light flashed and vanished, leaving another fissure in the ground.
As soon as he landed, he sensed another disturbance and hastily dodged, only for another beam of divine light to tear through the ground and shoot skyward.
They came one after another, becoming increasingly dense.
Later, there was almost no time to land.
Not landing might save some time, but it reduced his ability to perceive the ground, making it impossible to predict when the divine light would strike.
He could only keep moving, keep moving, using his agility to evade the attacks.
He was overwhelmed, struggling to cope.
For a few moments, he almost gave up dodging.
Perhaps after giving up, he wouldn’t be so tired.
But he was immediately startled by his own wild thought and continued to dodge.
However, dodging like this was not a solution.
Even if his footwork was agile and he never tired, he couldn’t escape the increasingly dense attacks!
If this continued, he would surely die!
He had to find a way to change the situation, to turn from passive to active.
To change the situation, he had to attack proactively.
While dodging, he tried to unleash his Pangu divine power, but it mostly missed.
Wang Qiming’s figure continued to circle outside, faster and faster, until only afterimages remained.
This technique was too bizarre!
Mo Qi’s heart pounded, feeling that he was about to fall here!
Wang Qiming’s arrogant voice rang out, “Surrender, and I’ll spare your life.”
“I heard you gambled with Zhong Xin Tie and the others for your life, but I don’t want to kill you. Just surrender, and you can live.”
“But if you remain stubborn, I don’t mind sending you on your way.”
While dodging, Mo Qi closed his eyes, trying to pinpoint Wang Qiming’s location by sound. However, his voice was so elusive, making it impossible to track.
Sound?
Right, if I can’t find you, I can attack indiscriminately.
Mo Qi took out the Donghuang Bell and struck it.
A deep, resonant hum echoed through heaven and earth.
Smoke and clouds gathered in the arena, sand and stones flew, and dazzling light and energy flashed.
Mo Qi’s chest was struck hard, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Wang Qiming’s unrestrained laughter reached his ears again, “Hahaha, once I unleash my Void Shattering Steps, it forms a field. Any indiscriminate attack you launch within that field will only harm yourself.”
Mo Qi quickly put away the Donghuang Bell. This momentary delay allowed a beam of divine light to rise, grazing his skin. His clothes were instantly burned away in a large patch, leaving his flesh bloody and stinging.
He had to grit his teeth and continue to dodge quickly. Any hesitation would result in his complete destruction.
Mo Qi was now almost frantic. Indiscriminate attacks were self-harm, and targeted attacks couldn’t hit. He was truly at a loss.
Wang Qiming laughed even more wildly, even more piercingly.
The surrounding spectators were also very pleased, “Good, good, this child Wang Qiming is good.”
Shui Wancheng also showed a smile, “Nothing special.”
At this moment, Mo Qi’s figure suddenly disappeared!
The spectators felt bewildered and searched everywhere.
Wang Qiming circled a few more times. Once he was certain that Mo Qi had truly vanished, he stopped circling, filled with confusion, looking around. At the same time, he was still somewhat fearful.
If he had simply fled, it would have been simple.
But what if he was performing some secret technique?
Whether he was fleeing or not, he would treat it as fleeing.
Wang Qiming looked at the referee, “My opponent has fled. Please announce the result.”
The referee, Steward Yu, heard this and pointed at the sky with a wry smile.
At the same time, among the spectators, someone had already cried out in alarm, “Look quickly, up there.”
Wang Qiming also felt the intense heat and pressure coming from above, surging towards him like a tide.
He looked up abruptly and saw a giant sun descending from the sky.
Divine light flowed around the sun’s periphery, flames like surging tides flowing, intensely hot and scorching, clearly visible even through the eyes.
It was a power that could melt and incinerate everything!
The spectators, far from the arena, felt an unbearable proximity and rapidly retreated.
Simultaneously, they couldn’t help but be greatly shocked, “I didn’t expect this child to have also mastered such a powerful divine ability.”
Some, unable to bear seeing Wang Qiming rush to his death, shouted, “Run quickly, your life is more important. Winning or losing doesn’t matter.”
“Yes, your life is more important, or you can surrender now.”
Wang Qiming thought for a moment, a hint of stubbornness appearing at the corner of his mouth, “I will not surrender!”
At the same time, he once again stepped in a celestial pattern, forming hand seals and spinning in the arena.
The ground continuously cracked, and beams of light and energy shot up into the sky, forming a pillar of light like a volcano, surging upwards with immense power, astonishing and awe-inspiring.
However, the pillar of light was uneven. The divine light behind it had just risen when the divine light in front had already dissipated.
Wang Qiming had no choice but to spin frantically. In the face of death, he pushed his Void Shattering Steps to their absolute limit, reaching heights he had never achieved in his life, accomplishing a difficulty he had never realized.
The entire pillar of light became almost level, shooting straight up, dazzling and brilliant.
He felt gratified, believing he could contend.
However, reality dealt him a harsh blow.
Upon contact, all results were already decided.
A powerful red light instantly engulfed the ground, and the pillar of light merged into that sea of fire.
There was no fuel on the ground.
But the raging flames continued to burn.
As if burning fire itself.
Wang Qiming was almost charred, still struggling and rolling in the sea of fire.
Another imposing figure landed in the sea of fire and, like picking up a dead dog, grabbed Wang Qiming’s body, flew out of the fire, and threw him onto the ground. His skin, blackened like charcoal, peeled off in layers, and Wang Qiming let out a wail.
His family rushed over and, with much fuss, carried him away for treatment.
Heavenly Master Wang, a Golden Immortal cultivator, was furious, “This brat is too arrogant, I must kill him.”
As he spoke, Heavenly Master Wang shot forward like lightning, forming a claw with one hand and grabbing fiercely at Mo Qi. If this grab had landed, it would have surely ripped out Mo Qi’s heart.
Mo Qi dared not be negligent. In a moment of inspiration, he thrust the Donghuang Bell in front of him.
Heavenly Master Wang’s hand landed on the Donghuang Bell without surprise.
With a hum, as if the heavens and earth were just opening, and chaos was just separating, the first thunderclap of the earth sounded!
Mo Qi and the Donghuang Bell, together, danced in the air like withered leaves in the wind, flying far away before crashing heavily onto the ground.
Wang Tian Shi was still not appeased. His figure seemed unable to stop, and he continued to flash forward, lunging at Mo Qi, his eyes blood-red, his face contorted, veins bulging, all witnessing his madness and bloodlust.