After more than 500 moves, Ling Yihang lagged and was finally defeated by Shi Feiyu.
However, this battle had completely exhausted Shi Feiyu; it had been a miserable victory.
Even though Ling Yihang had lost, no one doubted his strength.
Nevertheless, Shi Feiyu retrieved some of his face.
“Shi Feiyu lost to Ling Yixue but defeated Ling YIhang. Now, among the top four, two are from the Ling Clan, one from the Li Clan, and the last one from the Shi Clan. The Ling Clan is still dominant.”
“I guess that Ling Xiao’s strength is similar to Ling Yihang’s. Both defeated Wang Zui in one move but would find it relatively difficult to defeat Shi Feiyu. I guess the final rankings will reflect this.”
“That’s not necessarily the case. Ling Chen has yet to make a move, and his strength is unknown, but perhaps, just his movement technique is amazing. There is also Shi Yulian who has yet to challenge anyone. What’s more, Ling Xiao’s <Nine Transformation Golden Body Transformation Art> is not any inferior to Shi Feiyu’s <Iron Dress Divine Technique>. There will be good shows to watch soon.”
Ling Xiao interrupted the crowd’s musings.
“Shi Feiyu, I will give you an hour to rest. I will challenge you later.”
“That’s not necessary. You can come now!”
Shi Feiyu roared.
“Defeating you now would not be a true victory.”
Ling Xiao shook his head and sat down cross-legged.
Originally, he had planned to directly challenge Ling Chen before challenging Li Xinghui. But since Ling Feiyu had defeated Ling Yihang, as a good brother, he had to at least knock him out for Ling Yihang.
In any case, it wouldn’t take long.
“Well, Feiyu, just do as Ling Xiao said. Rest for an hour first, and take this recovery pill.”
Heavenly Peak City’s City Lord was a person with great insight, so he didn’t dare to look down on Ling Xiao.
Hearing his words, Shi Feiyu nodded in agreement. Then, he swallowed the pill and rested.
During this hour, no one challenged Shi Feiyu to avoid offending Heavenly Peak City’s City Lord.
Moreover, not many people were qualified to challenge him. After all, the four noble sons weren’t weak.
Even Wang Zui, if not for encountering Ling Yihang and Ling Xiao, would have surely been a formidable opponent.
Ling Yihang challenged the sixth ranked martial artist and became the master of the sixth arena.
After treating his injuries, Wang Zui also easily defeated the master of the eighth arena. This showed that he was strong.
People gradually understood that it was not that Wang Zui was weak, but that Ling Xiao and Ling Yihang were too terrifying.
Now, the current ranking was as follows:
Li Xinghui
Ling Chen
Ling Yixue
Shi Feiyu
Shi Yulian
Ling Yihang
Ling Xiao
Wang Zui
……
As an hour passed, Ling Xiao stood and looked at Shi Feiyu.
“Ling Xiao, if you are truly my good friend, then defeat him in one move! Heh heh!”
Ling Yihang grinned at Ling Xiao.
He knew both of their strengths, so he was naturally confident in his words.
However, when other people heard his words, they thought he was not putting Shi Feiyu in his eyes.
“One move: you are truly putting me in a difficult problem.”
Ling Xiao wryly smiled. “Forget it. In any case, I also wanted to test a new move. I’ll give it a try for you.”
What?
He actually agreed!
This Ling Xiao was crazy. He had defeated Wang Zui in one move because Wang Zui was not skilled at defense. But Shi Feiyu?
He had previously been known as the martial artist with the strongest defense among Heavenly Peak City’s younger generation. Wasn’t Ling Xiao underestimating him?
“Good, Ling Xiao! You are good at talking big. I will let you know whose defense is the strongest!”
No matter how mild Shi Feiyu’s temper was, he couldn’t withstand this provocation. Ling Xiao was truly despising him.
However, Ling Xiao actually didn’t underestimate him; he was only speaking the truth.
Ling Chen struggled to control his gloom. Today was supposed to have been his limelight.
However, Ling Yihang, Ling Yixue, and finally Ling Xiao had successively seized his limelight.
Ling Xiao’s performance had been too eye-catching. If he could truly defeat Shi Feiyu, he might be recognized as the number one among the Ling Clan’s younger generation.
This damned fellow!
Ling Xiao was entirely unaware of Ling Chen’s thoughts since he had never planned to stand in the limelight. He had only participated in the Heavenly Peak Gathering to test his martial arts and strength.
As for challenging Shi Feiyu, it was purely to vent for his good friend Ling Yihang.
He didn’t care about titles.
What was great about being called one of the four noble sons?
The world was so big that Heavenly Peak City’s so-called four noble sons were not worth mentioning outside.
Although Shi Feiyu was angry, he didn’t dare to underestimate his enemy. He circulated his defensive martial art at full power from the beginning.
Now, his skin emitted a black, metallic luster that resembled black iron.
“Not even a sword can pierce through my defense, I want to see how you will break it!”
Shi Feiyu didn’t know what Ling Xiao had up his sleeves, but since the other party had announced that he would defeat him in one move, he would absolutely prevent being shamed in that manner.
In this way, Ling Xiao would definitely lose face.
After that, he would slowly cook Ling Xiao.
Unfortunately, dreams were abundant, but reality was scarce.
When Ling Xiao unsheathed the Ice Glaze Sword from his back, fear filled Shi Feiyu.
“Impossible! The other party’s cultivation base is equal to mine! How can I feel such fear even before he’s attacked?”
Although shocked at heart, he was a person with a firm will. He quickly calmed himself, but facing that sharp sword, he didn’t dare to relax.
“Release——Duplicate Shadow Sword Technique!”
Ling Xiao pointed his Ice Glaze Sword at Shi Feiyu, before rushing at him like lightning.
En route, he split into two clones, both holding an Ice Glaze Sword with a calm expression.
“My God, hass my vision blurred? How did Ling Xiao suddenly split into two?”
“<Duplicate Shadow Sword Technique>! It’s actually <Duplicate Shadow Sword Technique>! I never thought that anyone would successfully cultivate it in this world!”
Ling Xiaotian stood up with a huge change in expression.
That day when he had met Ling Xiao in the Library Pavilion, he hadn’t been particularly curious, so he hadn’t learned that Ling Xiao had chosen this technique.
Seeing Ling Xiao successfully display <Duplicate Shadow Sword Technique>’s first layer, he truly felt regret.
Ling Xiao was clearly a solid pillar, a successor that the Ling Clan should have truly cultivated.
Ling Yin, however, had completely different thoughts beside him.
“This child’s talent is too terrifying! I must eliminate him as soon as possible. Otherwise, my grandson Ling Feifan will have no future.”
The people having such thoughts were not limited to him.
Heavenly Peak City’s City Lord, the Li Clan’s Patriarch, and the Wang Clan’s patriarch all planned to kill Ling Xiao.
After all, they absolutely couldn’t let one clan among the four rise. They saw Ling Xiao’s terrifying future potential.
They had to kill this bud in the cradle.
One person split into two: one was the main body, the other a clone.
The clone possessed 70% of the main body’s power.
This 70% included the 50% increase from <Duplicate Shadow Sword Technique>’s fourth layer, 10% from <Bull Demon-Change Form>, and the final 10% came from his sword intent.
He only used one close because one was sufficient to defeat Shi Feiyu.
