Lan Yu’er’s eyes were filled with surprise and confusion.
In all fairness, at the same cultivation base, no, even if her cultivation base was the same as Yang Cheng’s, she had at most a fifty-fifty chance in this battle. It was absolutely impossible for her to easily win.
This boy was a true freak.
Previously, she was worried that Ling Xiao would be taught a ruthless lesson, but now, it seemed that her worries were unnecessary.
She suddenly had a strange thought. Now, she was a Rank Nine Transcendent Realm powerhouse. Perhaps, after one or two years, Ling Xiao would catch up or surpass her.
“It’s over!”
Just when Lan Yu’er was lost in her thoughts, she suddenly heard Yang Cheng’s voice.
At that instant, Yang Cheng took out a golden ball from his pocket.
“That’s a hidden-weapon type rare-grade artifact!”
Lan Yu’er’s heart jumped to her throat.
The might of rare-grade artifacts was extremely terrifying, especially when Half Great Masters used them. They could easily kill martial artists below Peak Rank Nine Martial Vein.
Other than inner disciples, only the top-ten disciples of the outer sect were qualified to get this kind of thing.
“Ling Xiao, be careful!”
Lan Yu’er couldn’t help shouting.
She knew that the attack power of these rare-grade hidden weapons was very terrifying.
Ling Xiao also knew it.
Moreover, from the moment Yang Cheng took out that thing, he understood.
This match could no longer continue. If the other party used a rare-grade artifact, this match would lose its meaning for training purposes. Moreover, even if he won, it would absolutely be a tragic victory.
He didn’t want that kind of result.
One should know that he had challenged Li Anle and Yang Cheng today to take revenge and teach these two things a lesson.
If he was beaten miserably, this challenge would lose its meaning.
Indeed, it was time to end this match!
Ice Heart-A Terrifying Finger!
To this day, Ling Xiao still hadn’t figured out the grade of this ‘A Terrifying Finger.’
He had learned this move from that blue-robed woman he had encountered in Crouching Dragon Mountain Range. It was now almost perfect.
Nevertheless, the more he used it, the more frightened he was.
Because this move was not inferior to <Snow Lotus Sword Art> in terms of physical damage.
Moreover, in terms of soul damage, it far exceeded all his moves!
The only shortcoming was that its consumption was huge!
The more perfect it got, the higher its consumption!
This was also why he was unwilling to frequently use it!
Today, it was his real first attempt to combine Ice Heart and A Terrifying Finger. He had tested it before against his martial soul clone.
Ice Heart could make ‘A Terrifying Finger’ freeze the body and the soul!
This move had no momentum and was plain and simple to the extreme.
He just raised his hand and slowly pointed.
Hummmm~~
At that instant, the true essence at his fingertip unexpectedly turned into a light ray, and suddenly swallowed all the natural energy around him.
“This move, how can he…”
Elder White suddenly stood up in surprise, and he seemed confused.
“No, it seems a bit different, but why is the aura so similar?”
In fact, Elder White was not the only person who was so surprised; Lan Yu’er was also greatly surprised.
From Ling Xiao’s ‘A Terrifying Finger’, she also felt a familiar aura, but she couldn’t confirm it for a while.
“What’s he doing?”
This was Yang Cheng’s final thought before he fell.
He was prepared to use a hidden weapon that had the strongest attack power among rare-grade artifacts to end this battle, but he suddenly saw Ling Xiao pointing at him.
Before he could react, he felt pain all over. Then, his entire body was covered with an ice-cold aura.
Especially the depths of his soul, it seemed to be frozen in an instant.
Bang!
Yang Cheng fell straight onto the challenge stage. The small bloody hole on his shoulder was very conspicuous.
If this wasn’t a match for exchanging pointers within the sect, this small hole would have appeared on his forehead or heart.
Thus, he narrowly escaped with his life.
Ah~~
Suddenly, Yang Cheng, who had fallen to the ground, let out a blood-curdling scream.
He began to roll around crazily, scratching his head as if he wanted to pull out his brain.
Boom!
Because of his carelessness, the rare-grade artifact he had planned to use against Ling Xiao was activated.
It was a hidden weapon with fire and thunder attributes.
After the explosion, Yang Cheng’s entire body was bloody and mangled. His face was practically indistinguishable.
Even his eyeballs had been blown out.
No one knew where his legs had been blasted off to.
He had turned into a cripple.
Ling Xiao couldn’t help taking a deep breath.
Fortunately, he had taken the initiative to attack. Otherwise, if he was hit by this hidden weapon, even if he had survived, he might have become a cripple.
This Yang Cheng had forgotten the sect’s rules and wanted to cripple Ling Xiao in anger.
The result was that he had eaten his own bitter fruit.
Sympathy?
Ling Xiao didn’t have a hint of sympathy.
He truly wanted to directly kill this person, but it was not easy to do it because of the sect’s rules.
What a ‘A Terrifying Finger’!
Although many people hadn’t seen what was going on from that finger of Ling Xiao, they could clearly see the result.
Yang Cheng was wasted!
This scene made everyone feel a bone-piercing chill.
Even without the subsequent explosion of the hidden weapon, that blood-curdling scream of Yang Cheng’s had been terrifying.
“Could it be that it’s truly the <Dragon Extermination Finger> of our sect?”
Elder White was still confused.
Lan Yu’er also had the same question.
Challenge stage
Yang Cheng had already lost consciousness.
Some people had already carried him off the challenge stage and taken him to the Medicine Hall for treatment.
In any case, Yang Cheng was still a Moonlight Sect disciple and had to be treated. As for his future, it was not something that should be considered now.
“Elder White, you still have yet to announce the results.”
Ling Xiao looked at Elder White and noted.
“Oh, yes, the result!”
Elder White came back to his senses then announced: “Ling Xiao Vs Yang Cheng, Ling Xiao wins. He will replace Yang Cheng and become the tenth-place quasi-inner disciple!”
Elder White’s slightly excited voice resounded in the square.
He had had only a bit of expectation for Ling Xiao, but to his surprise, this boy actually accomplished it.
“Go back and inform those top-thirty disciples who didn’t come to watch this match. If you all continue to remain stagnant, then you all will be defeated one by one by the newcomers, just like Yang Cheng today!”
Elder White said what he wanted to say by using Yang Cheng’s defeat as a pretext.
Although he had always wanted to say this, no one had been able to successfully challenge the foundation of the top-thirty outer disciples in the past. Therefore, even if he said this before, it would not have been very effective, but it was completely different today.
Ling Xiao took a deep breath, not caring about Elder White’s intention. What he cared about was that no one would come look for trouble with him after this battle.
He coldly looked at Li Anle and others.
Li Anle’s face instantly turned deathly pale. He immediately lowered his head and trembled. He had also seen the end of Yang Cheng. He didn’t want to become a waste.
