Chapter 745: 745, planning on losing and not admitting it?
"Origin Seeking Realm Early Stage?!"
The sudden explosive aura from Peng Muxin on the stage shocked everyone to stillness, even a pair of opponents who were in the midst of fighting on the stage paused their hands as if they couldn’t believe their own eyes.
Everyone knew this was a Spirit Fighting Conference for the Qi Seeking category, so how could a cultivator in the early stage of the Origin Seeking Realm appear? At this moment, many people’s gazes turned to Xu Huang, the branch chairman of the commerce on the platform up north. His face had turned extremely somber.
The reputation of the Douling Commerce was well-known, and although it often resorted to underhand tactics and dirty tricks in secret, they would never be so brazen as to send a cultivator of the Origin Seeking Realm to compete in the Qi Seeking category of the Spirit Fighting Conference.
For if this matter were to be leaked, the reputation of the Douling Commerce would suffer tremendously, and it might even attract some unnecessary troubles, not to mention it would be a severe blow to the fairness and integrity of the Spirit Fighting Conference.
In the more advanced cities of the Tenglong Continent, there are plenty of Spirit Fighting Conferences for the Origin Seeking category, and it’s the stage where early-stage Origin Seeking Realm cultivators like Peng Muxin should demonstrate their prowess, rather than bullying Qi Seeking cultivators.
At this moment, many faces showed a look of disdain. If this really was an internal issue within the Douling Commerce, then they would have to re-evaluate this colossus on the Tenglong Continent.
Especially the three cultivators who had already won in this round of the Spirit Fighting Conference, their faces turned extremely ugly, because if it wasn’t for Yun Xiao, that early-stage Origin Seeking Realm Peng Muxin could very likely be their next opponent.
And upon thinking of this, many people’s gazes shifted back to the young boy in coarse clothes who was locked by the overwhelming aura. Could this guy who even defeated the Meridian Spirit of an early-stage Origin Seeking Realm cultivator be too monstrously talented?
Seeing the coarse-clothed boy who looked as if he were scared silly, a strange feeling arose in everyone’s hearts – could the kid who was so heaven-defying in dealing with the Meridian Spirit be killed by Peng Muxin in just one strike?
Everyone knew clearly that Peng Muxin was not comparable to yesterday’s Xu Huan. Even if Yun Xiao could withstand a hit from Xu Huan, a late-stage Qi Seeking Realm cultivator, he definitely wouldn’t be a match for just one exchange with an early-stage Origin Seeking Realm cultivator.
After all, those were two completely different realms, and the gap between them was a whole Great Rank, so no one even considered the possibility that Yun Xiao could survive after this powerful strike.
"Peng Muxin, since you’ve just broken through to the early stage of the Origin Seeking Realm, you can’t participate in the Spirit Fighting Conference of the Qi Seeking category anymore. Step down now!"
Just when everyone was watching Peng Muxin furiously pounce towards Yun Xiao, Xu Huang, the branch chairman on the platform up north, finally stood up abruptly. His loud shout made many people ponder.
"Could it be that Peng Muxin really just broke through to the Origin Seeking Realm during the fight?"
Some people started thinking this, musing that if that was the case, then it wouldn’t be breaking the rules, as breakthroughs during battle, although rare, were not impossible. Perhaps Peng Muxin had such good fortune?
However, most people who heard this only let out a snort of derision, thinking that such statements might deceive a three-year-old child or some unsophisticated country bumpkins, but everyone here who came to watch the battle had considerable insight and could see that such an argument was clearly untenable.
An eighth-rank cultivator who wishes to break through to the Origin Seeking Realm has to cross over a Half-step Origin Seeking Realm hurdle; it’s impossible to go directly from the Peak of Qi Seeking Realm to the early stage of the Origin Seeking Realm.
Previously, Peng Muxin had disguised his aura as merely at the peak of the Qi Seeking Realm, not even half-step into the Origin Seeking Realm, so his sudden outburst of early-stage Origin Seeking Realm aura was enough to reveal some issues – it was all a pretense.
Xu Huang on the platform up north knew that such words could only deceive the honest and experienced folks, and it was absolutely impossible to fool everyone.
However, he didn’t pay much attention to that. He only needed that one reason, so even if other powerful forces demanded an explanation, he would have something to fend them off with.
And after Xu Huang spoke out loudly, he did not make a single move; perhaps he harbored a strange expectation, hoping that Peng Muxin would end the life of that coarsely-dressed boy on the stage in one strike.
He knew that the Strange Spirit Crystal of a near-eighth-rank was quite tempting even for Xu Huang of the middle stage of the Origin Seeking Realm, and he would never allow it to fall into Yun Xiao’s hands.
Indeed, after hearing Xu Huang’s loud shout, Peng Muxin did not stop in the slightest; perhaps this was a prearranged signal for their plan - if he loses, this would be their only chance to kill Yun Xiao.
Even with the many tactics Yun Xiao possessed, faced with an early-stage Origin Seeking Realm cultivator, he would not have much power to fight back, so he quickly resolved that he absolutely must not face this attack head-on.
Yet Yun Xiao was looking for an opportunity, a chance to truly evade this strike because if he dodged too early, the early-stage Origin Seeking Realm cultivator might have other tricks waiting for him.
Thus, the scene that the people below witnessed was that the boy in coarse clothes seemed to be scared stupid, not making a single move until Peng Muxin’s figure arrived just a foot in front of him.
"Kid, no matter how powerful your Meridian Spirit is, once your true body dies, all of your Meridian Spirits will belong to others!"
Looking at the boy who was very close, even though he was defeated miserably by Yun Xiao at the Spirit Fighting Conference, as he said, ultimately, it’s the strength of one’s true body that counts on this Continent.
Take this moment, for example. Even if Yun Xiao’s Meridian Spirit is powerful, and even Red Feather can kill that Half-step Eighth Rank Tree Strange Spirit, it was just a surprise attack.
In fact, whether it’s Yun Xiao himself or the early stage of Seeking Origin Realm Peng Muxin, they are both far weaker than Red Feather, the fledging of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix; in one-on-one combat, they are bound to be defeated without a doubt.
And then there’s Golden Snake Worm Xiao Wu, who may be able to contend against a Seeking Origin Realm expert. Yun Xiao doesn’t want to reveal it too soon; after all, this place is crowded and eyes are everywhere, and such powerful combat capability is best kept hidden for a surprising effect.
But just to counter a blow from an early-stage Seeking Origin Realm expert, or even without having to counter, Yun Xiao could do that easily. After all, this Peng Muxin opposite of him knows almost nothing about his real combat capabilities.
Sigh...
Peng Muxin unleashed a potent and deadly palm strike, aiming ruthlessly at Yun Xiao’s head, and if this palm were to hit, that boy’s head would probably explode like a watermelon dropped from a height, instantly blasted to pieces.
"What’s the matter?"
However, just when everyone thought Yun Xiao couldn’t dodge this deadly strike, they suddenly noticed that the scruffy-dressed boy’s head swayed slightly, and then Peng Muxin’s palm passed right through it.
But the brain explosion that everyone anticipated did not happen. Peng Muyang’s right palm that went through Yun Xiao’s head seemed to have struck a shadow. It was evident that Yun Xiao narrowly dodged the deadly strike at the last moment.
"How can that boy’s speed be so fast?"
Yun Xiao’s response and speed at that moment shocked everyone, including some of the Seeking Origin Realm experts, who also did not quite catch how he managed to do it.
Swish!
The next moment, Yun Xiao’s true form had already retreated several meters away, holding a green Wood Spirit Crystal in his hand. His face looked somewhat awful, but he took this opportunity to turn his head toward the high platform in the north.
"The grand Spirit Fighting Commerce, it’s one thing to send a Seeking Origin Realm expert to participate in the Spirit Fighting Conference, but is it too much to not accept defeat and try to use their actual strength to completely kill the opponent on the stage?"
Yun Xiao’s words, infused with the Meridian Qi of his early-stage Qi Seeking Realm, sounded unusually clear in the silence that had just stunned the crowd, finally pulling everyone’s attention back to the matter at hand.
"If the Douling Commerce consists of such despicable and sordid actions, I think there will be no more Spirit Fighting Conferences in the future, and maybe all champions should be awarded to the people within your Douling Commerce, right?"
Seeing that Peng Muxin was about to make a move again, Yun Xiao did not pause and directly threw another heavy accusation. The problem was much more severe this time.
Because the implication of Yun Xiao’s words suggested that the Douling Commerce did not want the champion’s reward of the Spirit Fighting Conference to fall into the hands of an outsider, so they resorted to such sordid means. If so, why hold the Spirit Fighting Conference at all?
But in good conscience, a Seventh Rank Advanced Strange Spirit Crystal is not rare even for the headquarters of the Douling Commerce, let alone the Yuyang City branch.
To ruin the entire reputation of the Douling Commerce over such a Seventh Rank Advanced Strange Spirit Crystal, any sane branch Chairman would not be that foolish, right?
But how did all this come about? When Xu Huang realized everything, he finally understood that it was all because of the boy called Yun Xiao.
From the first day Yun Xiao defeated Ji Fu of the Douling Commerce, the Yuyang City branch of the Douling Commerce had been continually sending out strong competitors trying to eliminate him, but unexpectedly, this boy grew stronger with each battle and could not be suppressed by anyone.
Even Xu Huan was eventually defeated by Yun Xiao. Finally, Xu Huang could not sit idly by and had to resort to such measures, attempting to use an early-stage Origin Seeking Realm expert, a whole Great Rank higher, to overpower Yun Xiao.
But unexpectedly, even Peng Muxin’s Tree Meridian Spirit was no match for Yun Xiao, leading to the current situation. But could Xu Huang offer these as explanations? Wouldn’t that be exposing his own shortcomings?
But to let this young man tarnish the reputation of the Douling Commerce on the stage, Xu Huang could not bear this responsibility, and so, at this moment, he found himself caught between a rock and a hard place.