Chapter 331 - Ascension (1/2)

Shi Shenzong did not tremble and did not pant. He had nearly exhausted his lifeforce and his body stiffened, unable to move anymore.

He could not look up and see Zhou Xuanji’s expression.

He said with great difficulty, “I’m not done yet.”

Zhou Xuanji frowned; this fellow seemed unable to accept his loss.

“Since it was just a spar, and there’s no enmity between us, why are you unwilling to give up unless I kill you?” Zhou Xuanji said coldly. Seeing Shi Shenzong like this made him feel quite disappointed.

After all, he was a Grandmaster of the Way of the Sword and should be able to meet victories and defeats with equanimity.

As long as the mountain remained, one did not have to worry about not having firewood.

“I was already a dead person,” Shi Shenzong said emotionlessly as he closed his eyes.

After losing to a member of the later generation, how could he still have the face to continue walking on this world.

He had already died once, so it was not a big deal for him to die again.

Sand was blown about by the wind, and the two of them looked as if they were within the primal chaos. They could not see others, and the spectators could not see them.

“Don’t you have any regrets?” Zhou Xuanji asked. Shi Shenzong was very powerful, and if an expert like him died just like that, he would have one less rival.

In the current age, there were already very few people who could become his rival.

Shi Shenzong did not reply.

Zhou Xuanji frowned. You’re not going to speak? I’ll talk you to death.

“Do you know what later generations’ biggest regret towards you was?” He slowly asked, sounding pained.

Shi Shenzong asked incuriosity, “What is it?”

Zhou Xuanji sighed and said, “Your disciple, the Hegemon Sword Emperor, became a Great Emperor, but you were a single step away. As for this biggest regret, it’s not that we don’t believe in you but that we believe that you could definitely become a Great Emperor.

“Did you not have this kind of regret before dying?

“As a man, knowing there are greater heights, don’t you want to see what it’s like?

“Also, even though you lost to me, don’t you want to defeat me in the future?”

Zhou Xuanji’s tone rose and fell, and he sounded incredibly persuasive.

Shi Shenzong’s head hung downwards, making it impossible to see his expression.

“I don’t know what you’ve gone through, but the path that I’ve walked has been filled with failure. There were many times that I was homeless and on the run, and many times I barely ran away with my life. In fact, I can say that the moment I was born was when my failure began.

“If I was like you and could not accept losing, perhaps it would not have been you who lost here.” At the end, Zhou Xuanji’s tone became calm.

Of course, he knew that he had won more than he had lost.

In one-on-one fights, unless his opponent’s cultivation far exceeded his, he had never really lost before.

Shi Shenzong slowly stood up.

Zhou Xuanji’s expression fell. Fudge, this fellow was recovering his strength and had been listening to his nonsense on purpose.

Shi Shenzong looked up, his gaze just as sharp as when he was fighting.

Seeing this, Zhou Xuanji’s heart thumped.

Crap, he was about to experience another intense battle.

Even though Zhou Xuanji felt quite panicked, he outwardly looked calm.

Since he could defeat Shi Shenzong once, he would be able to do it again.

He was just worried that he would be heavily injured, giving those who had ill intentions an opportunity to act against him.

“I’ll wait for you in the Upper Realm,” Shi Shenzong said in a low voice as he stared at Zhou Xuanji, causing Zhou Xuanji to feel quite startled.

Upper Realm?

Boom!

A pillar of light blasted through the billowing dust and sand, landing on Shi Shenzong’s body, and he started to rise up.

Ascension.

Zhou Xuanji frowned; Shi Shenzong ascended just like that?

He had thought that maybe he could take this fellow as his sword slave.

He was about to say something but stopped himself; he was about to ask, “Can’t you give me a chance?”

“Zhou Xuanji, you’re indeed stronger than me and I wholeheartedly accept my defeat. From now on, I will take you as my greatest rival. I await you in the Upper Realm, and next time we will have another grand battle.