Chapter 289 - The Best Or Nothing (1/2)
Qiu Jin'er exerted her bravery and defended Zhong Yue, "Senior martial siblings, my senior martial brother didn't renege on his words at all. He did leave the first place of the Warrior Board to you all. Look, my senior martial brother is now in the Godlike Board, you have all returned to your usual ranks, there really isn't a need to challenge my senior martial brother anymore."
Their faces turned dark and gloomy as Xia Shengchu, Jiao Qingtu, and the others heard her words. Even the ever-smiling Tian Mo Concubine had a sudden urge to kill the innocent young maiden and shut her mouth forever.
Every time the good-hearted Qiu Jin'er tried to convince them and resolve the conflicts, her words were blunt to the point of driving them insane.
Tian Mo Concubine was grinding her teeth as she forced a smile and said, "Little sister from the Qiu family, your words somehow have quite a sting to them!"
Qiu Jin'er was a few years younger than Zhong Yue, she was fifteen this year, and while Tian Mo Concubine was a few years older than Zhong Yue, it was normal for her to be addressed as a little sister. And it was true, her appearance to the other Qi Practitioners was indeed like a little young girl in a wheelchair that had yet to grow up.
Xia Chusheng's white hair waved as the wind breezed over, he said indifferently, "This little sister, your words sound like a child's joke, you put it in a way that your senior martial brother was generous enough to spare us his kindness. But you see, our names and reputation weren't simply given to us by the others, we have climbed through the rankings in the Warrior Board with our own strength."
Qiu Jin'er trembled, and she said softly, "If my senior martial brother didn't come out from the Warrior Board, you'd still be number three…."
"SHUT UP!"
Xia Shengchu bellowed in anger, right after which he immediately inhaled a deep breath of cold air in an attempt to calm himself down. How hurtful ... Qiu Jin'er's words stung so much that she almost broke the tranquil mentality that belonged to an expert Martial Master, nearly tossing him into a raging storm of emotions.
The temperament and state of mind of an expert Martial Master like him would be still like a calm pool of water. He would be alerted of anyone or anything that entered his senses. Meanwhile, Qiu Jin'er's words were like a meteor that crashed into the pool, causing its previously still surface to be fraught with chaotic ripples.
Zhong Yue lifted his hand up, smiled and said, "The world only cheers for the strongest, and only the best will be remembered. Junior martial sister, there is no need to waste any more words as explanations are useless to them; they are all the bright and promising stars of their respective races, the only one they ever look up to are themselves. Words are meaningless to them!"
Jiao Qingtu laughed out loud, "Precisely right, the only way to convince me is to defeat me in a fair and square fight!"
Zhong Yue smiled, he said leisurely, "I suppose, all of you have been very, very troubled all these years, looking for an opponent that is listed in the Godlike Board? You want to enter the Godlike Board, but you can't find an opponent in the Godlike Board. That's why your hearts are not content. You think that you are only stuck on the Warrior Board because there weren't opponents strong enough for you to prove yourselves, am I right?"
Bai Canghai nodded, answered in a serious tone, "Even though there are living Qi Practitioners that on the Godlike Board, most of them are nowhere to be found nowadays. Whether they are dead or alive, no one knows. Some others were sealed away, and some have already become magnate cultivators. That being said, it is fairly hard to come by someone who is in the Godlike Board and is also in the level of Atman Body. Senior Martial Brother Zhong, you are a perfect candidate: an Atman Body cultivator and you are listed in the Godlike Board. Perhaps you can show us what someone of that caliber is like?"
His words were precisely the thoughts of everyone else there. It was too difficult to come by a peer that could be listed in the Godlike Board for Qi Practitioners like them that had cultivated to the extremity.
Zhong Yue's emergence fulfilled the wish they have been demanding for. He was a perfect stepping stone for them to enter the Godlike Board, or at least, he would be a benchmark for them to determine their prowess and their distance away from the Godlike Board.
In the Lesser Void World, it was impossible for the Atman Body Qi Practitioners to challenge the Inner Core Qi Practitioners. Hence, it was incredibly difficult to enter the Godlike Board.
In fact, if it weren't for the emergence of the Heavenly Monarch residence, Zhong Yue wouldn't be able to meet with Xiao Chushan and enter the Godlike Board by killing him.
"Defeated by me, your name will still be preserved, even more, you will be honored for putting up a fight against a Godlike Board listed cultivator; let alone the benefits you will get from defeating me, the name, the fame, and reputation. Isn't that a good deal? You benefit if you won, and you lose nothing if you are defeated. On the other hand, I wouldn't gain anything at all."
The smile on his face slowly faded away, in turn, a frigidly cold expression climbed onto his face, "Challenge me? You lot are still too weak, neither one of you are qualified to be my opponent."
"Hmph! Qualified or not is not something you can decide with your words alone!"
Zhu Jiangyue let out a shrill whistle, she bolted over like a flash of lightning and launched her palm out right at Zhong Yue; the force she brought about stirred the air into a raging tempest, tossing the weaker Qi Practitioners behind her off balance!
Even if these Qi Practitioners were also in the same Atman Body level as she was, it was clear that they would stand no chance against her. They couldn't even withstand the impact force from a single strike of hers!
Casually raising his hand up, the two palms clashed into one another. Zhu Jiangyue was a petite lady, but as she let out a ferocious war cry, she dove into the state of [Atman Body as One]. She started to morph into a form entirely different for her usually graceful stature — her muscles bulged out, her skin became taut over their striations, and totem patterns crawled all over her body. She became a giant creature with a single horn, strong and muscular, and she looked even more heavily built than Zhu Jushan in his [Atman Body as One] state!
"Arghhh!"
The lady turned scarlet-red, her howling sounded akin to the rumbling thunders, her strength increased egregiously, pushing Zhong Yue up high into the air while she was clenching down her other fist, and she bellowed in anger, "Five wheels as one, [Zhu Yan Divine Fist] !"
The five light wheels revolved in the center of her palm, a Zhu Yan celestial being could be faintly perceived sitting in the middle of the five wheels, she clenched her fist and struck right at Zhong Yue!
Bai Canghai was shocked, he mumbled, "The Zhu Yan Celestial Race, the strongest race in terms of strength throughout the whole West Barren celestial race, it is indeed true!"
All of a sudden, Zhong Yue's mortal body also transformed. He morphed into a three-legged creature. There were also five light wheels emerging in his other hand, and he parried her fist with a fist. At the same time, countless sword feathers were launched out from the golden wings on his back.
Zhu Jiangyue yelled, the vermillion horn on his forehead dazzled in rays, lightning converged at the tip of the horn, and suddenly, a bolt of lightning thrust over at Zhong Yue like a nocked arrow let loose!
This was the natural talent skill of the Zhu Yan Celestial Race, the horn on her head was born with the natural totem patterns of the Zhu Yan Celestial Race, it could converge the lightning and lash it out like a sharp sword at her target!
The thunders stopped rumbling, and all of the lightning disappeared, except for one. One bolt of lightning that was the convergence of all the other lightning bolts. Zhong Yue rapidly flew backward while the fire-like feathers scattered around him, eroding the strength in Zhu Jiangyue's [Zhu Yan Divine Fist] . Meanwhile, the mighty lightning sword was parried by a bright moon that shot out from Zhong Yue's right eye.
Dang dang dang dang——
Blunt sounds of each clash of strikes resounded together to form a cacophonous symphony; the bright moon became smaller with every clash with the lightning sword. Soon, the near-depleted lightning sword finally disintegrated its foe into thin air. But at this moment, Zhong Yue reached his hand out, clenched on the lightning sword, and crushed it into smoke in his hands.
He was moving backward while Zhu Jiangyue stood on the same spot unmovingly. Out of everyone's expectations, her body became engulfed in sunfire, and her skeletal frame burnt in a blazing fire, while her body was mutilated by the sword feathers!
A strong breeze of wind blew over and carried her bone ashes along with it.