“No——!”
A scream resounded as a figure rushed out from the crowd and caught Li Xinghui’s corpse before it could fall to the ground.
It was Li Yunsheng, Li Xinghui’s father, the Patriarch of Heavenly Peak City’s Li Clan and one of the culprits who had previously besieged the Ling Clan.
“My God, he killed Li Xinghui in four moves! What exactly was that sword move? Its might doesn’t lose to a complete martial soul’s attack!”
“It’s not that ridiculous, but it was certainly stronger than Li Xinghui’s 80% incomplete soul. I feel that the issue was the quality of his true essence. Ling Xiao’s foundation is too solid, and his true essence is also very thick. I fear that it is not inferior to a Rank Eight Martial Vein Martial Master!”
“So terrifying. Today, he has made a name for himself in Hollow Cloud City!”
“What virtues and abilities does he have? I heard that he was just a small beggar. How could he become such a terrifying figure? I’m so envious!”
“A beggar turning into a genius: how can we accept this?”
Seeing the result, everyone was stunned and exclaimed in surprise.
However, even more were jealous and unhappy.
The most unacceptable thing was that Ling Xiao had originally been just a little beggar. He wasn’t the offspring of a famous family or a disciple of a big sect.
This feeling of disparity fostered jealousy.
On the Hidden Dragon Battalion’s side, Lin Ze and the others were also surprised, but they only laughed heartily at this moment.
Ling Xiao’s performance had truly surpassed their expectations. This boy might be far better than what White Cloud Great Master had said.
Lin Ze had already made a decision. Since White Cloud Great Master hadn’t taken Ling Xiao as his true disciple, he would accept Ling Xiao.
Such a genius was absolutely qualified to inherit his legacy.
After all, he’d been seeking a disciple: he had let the Hidden Dragon Battalion’s disciples hunt down Dream Pill traffickers in order to select one.
In these troubled times, he was in a precarious state. Moreover, his potential had also stopped. He might never breakthrough to the Transcendent Realm in this lifetime.
Ling Xiao, however, was far more promising than himself, so he had more value in cultivating.
General Ninth Month turned around, looked at Ling Yixue, and couldn’t help but sigh: “What is called an unparalleled genius, today, I thoroughly understand. Very soon, Ling Xiao might become the most outstanding youth in White Cloud Province and even the entire Human Race’s Sacred Dynasty, contending against the monsters of the Ren, Blue-Eyed, and Barbarian Races.”
“General is still underestimating him.”
Ling Yixue shook her head, and strong excitement flashed through her eyes.
General Ninth Month was dumbfounded and suddenly thought of White Cloud Great Master’s words.
Human Race, Ren Race, Blue-Eyed Race and Barbarian Race were just low-class races.
Although they had a lot of differences in appearance, they were still humanoid and couldn’t exceed this category.
However, mid and high-class races were different.
Their appearances had a lot of differences, and their talent was also far higher than low-class races.
Unless one advanced to the Transcendent Sage Realm, it was difficult to enter those races’ world.
The Human Race’s Sacred Dynasty was very big, but compared to the entire world, it was a drop in the ocean.
Merely, General Ninth Month was not very clear about those matters. Glancing at Ling Xiao, he felt that perhaps, this youth might be able to tell him what the outside world was like in the future.
Li Yunsheng tightly holding Li Xinghui’s corpse was furious to the extreme. He glared at Ling Xiao and roared: “You butcher, you killed my two sons! I’ll stake it all against you!”
After speaking, he suddenly thrust his sword at Ling Xiao.
Clang!
With the sound of metal colliding, space violently shook. Ling Xiao stood there while his clothes fluttered in the wind.
In front of him, General Ninth Month had used his fist to disperse Li Yunsheng’s sword qi.
“Li Yunsheng, don’t forget that this is Life and Death Cliff. Your son signed a Life and Death Contract with Ling Xiao. What do you want to do in front of Governor Wan and General Lin?”
“My sons have all died!”
Li Yunsheng crazily roared.
Naturally, he knew that his current actions violated the rules, but Li Xinghui had been his great pride, and now, both sons were gone.
He had always hoped that his son would become Governor Wan’s right-hand man. Like that, their Li Clan could return to Heavenly Peak City and seize back control o.
But now, Ling Xiao had shattered his dreams.
As a result, he lost all reason and wanted to kill Ling Xiao regardless of everything.
“That’s right. Your son died, but this life and death battle was also initiated by your son. You didn’t stop him before and even supported him in this endeavor. Perhaps, you thought that Ling Xiao would be the one to die! If that was the case, you would have been very happy, right?”
General Ninth Month sneered: “Now that your son has died, are you angry? What were you doing earlier?”
“Enough!”
Wan Ben coldly looked at Ling Xiao. “On Life and Death Cliff, life and death are ruled by fate. Li Yunsheng, are you saying that you intend to bury your family’s old and young here together?”
Hearing his words, Li Yunsheng trembled before silently leaving while carrying his son’s corpse.
Before leaving, he glared at Ling Xiao with a vicious gaze as if he truly wanted to swallow Ling Xiao whole.
In fact, Wan Ben was also unhappy. This result had made him lose face, and he was dying to kill Ling Xiao here.
But he was still the Governor, and this place was White Cloud Temple. There were some things that he couldn’t do in public.
There was one other person who was very upset, Fei Yu.
It was not only because Ling Xiao had killed Fei Mu and Fei Yun before, but also that Fei Yu noticed that Shi Yulian, who he had brought back from Heavenly Peak City and whom he already treated as his woman, was actually staring at Ling Xiao in a daze.
This was simply unbearable.
The most unacceptable thing for any man was another man enchanting their beloved.
Fei Yu felt that his self-esteem was being seriously challenged, and anger simmered in his heart.
“Ling Xiao, don’t think that just killing Li Xinghui will make you great. You are nothing in front of me, Fei Yu!”
Fei Yu had no emotional fluctuations on the surface, but deep in his heart, a storm brewed.
Although he had claimed that Ling Xiao was nothing in front of him, he didn’t dare to challenge Ling Xiao on this Life and Death Cliff.
He didn’t have full confidence in winning.
Fortunately, he was about to breakthrough to Rank Eight Martial Vein. After that, the first thing he would do was kill Ling Xiao, absolutely not letting this fellow continue to be arrogant.
After giving Ling Xiao a vicious gaze, Fei Yu took a deep breath and simply closed his eyes.
What he needed to do now was endure.
Only now did Shi Yulian’s eyes leave Ling Xiao.
That youth had suddenly appeared in Heavenly Peak Gathering, risen like a comet, and finally defeated all experts including Li Xinghui to take the first position.
At that time, she had felt that Ling Xiao was no ordinary person, so she had wanted to seduce him to join the Shi Clan.
However, the Ren Race had messed up her plans.
She had thought that Ling Xiao’s progress would end there. After all, a comet arrived and left quickly.
However, Ling Xiao had killed Li Xinghui in just four moves today, which suddenly made her understand the truth. Saplings that would grow into towering trees all experienced difficulties and hardship.
Ling Xiao’s future was already beyond the control of these people.
