Chapter 262: Defeating Yuan Lie

Chapter 262: Chapter 262: Defeating Yuan Lie

Yuan Lie accepted the challenge.

The roars from the surrounding crowd grew even louder.

"This guy actually wants to challenge Squad Leader Yuan Lie?"

"Isn’t he the captain of the Ninth Team who defeated Black Crow? He thinks he has the right to challenge Squad Leader Yuan Lie?"

"Heh, it’s impressive that he beat Black Crow with his mid-stage Nascent Soul Realm Cultivation, but challenging a Squad Leader now? He’s just asking to die!"

The crowd on the training grounds swarmed over. Naturally, none of them favored Yi Xiaoyao.

In their eyes, Yi Xiaoyao’s taunt of "Do you dare?" hadn’t cut off Yuan Lie’s path of retreat. Instead, it had cut off Yi Xiaoyao’s own chance of survival.

Only the members of the Ninth Team, who had personally witnessed Yi Xiaoyao annihilate Han Sheng, had absolute faith in their captain.

"Hmph. These people... I bet even Yuan Lie himself doesn’t know that our captain killed Han Sheng all by himself. Otherwise, how could he possibly dare to accept this fight?"

"Since things have come to this, I’m really looking forward to our captain giving that despicable Yuan Lie a good thrashing!"

The members of the Ninth Team couldn’t hold back their excited expressions.

"Kid, I forgot to tell you, I’m quite merciless. I might just kill you by accident!"

Yuan Lie looked at Yi Xiaoyao flippantly and continued to sneer, "But now that you know, it’s too late for regrets."

"Regret? You’re not enough to make me feel regret." Yi Xiaoyao gave a dismissive, cold smile.

Yuan Lie’s gaze instantly turned murderous.

Then, he turned his head to Leng Yan and said, "Leng Yan, your Ninth Team is about to lose another captain. But you saw the situation. I assume you won’t blame me."

Leng Yan’s brow furrowed slightly, but she said nothing. She had no idea what kind of madness had possessed Yi Xiaoyao.

But the battle was set, and Leng Yan couldn’t change it. She could only say, "I don’t want you two destroying my grounds. From now on, neither of you is permitted to use any Spiritual Skill above the Earth Tier."

’Can’t use Celestial Tier Spiritual Skills?’ Yuan Lie’s eyes flickered.

In his view, a minor character like Yi Xiaoyao wouldn’t possess a Celestial Tier Spiritual Skill. This rule from Leng Yan was clearly meant to help Yi Xiaoyao.

However, Yuan Lie didn’t realize that Leng Yan had actually helped him inadvertently. If they were allowed to use Celestial Tier Spiritual Skills, he would be the one to suffer.

"No problem. To deal with him, why would I need a Celestial Tier Spiritual Skill?"

Yuan Lie agreed with utmost confidence.

At that moment, the members of the Ninth Team couldn’t resist jeering, "Since Squad Leader Yuan Lie is so confident he can defeat our captain, what happens if you lose, Squad Leader?"

"Hmph! If I lose, I’ll crawl away on the ground!"

After a cold sneer, Yuan Lie’s figure shot forward.

The ground beneath Yuan Lie’s feet suddenly cracked. He shot forward like an arrow, crossing several dozen yards in an instant. The long blade in his hand tore through the air, carrying an astonishing blade aura as it slashed down directly at Yi Xiaoyao’s head.

"So strong! That’s Squad Leader Yuan Lie’s Golden Killing Qi!"

"It looks like that guy from the Ninth Team is dead meat after just this one move!"

Seeing this strike, the crowd gasped in unison.

Yi Xiaoyao’s gaze was also fixed on the descending blade.

Yuan Lie’s blade was coated in a layer of golden Qi—the very Golden Killing Qi everyone was talking about.

Just like Han Sheng and Han Yuan of the Cold Blood Alliance, whose Cultivation Techniques were famous for being strange and difficult to deal with, the Primordial Evil Alliance was ranked eleventh among the major alliances. The Cultivation Technique Yuan Lie practiced also had its own extraordinary aspect: this Golden Killing Qi.

With this Golden Killing Qi, Yuan Lie’s attacks leaned toward the extreme, gaining a massive boost in power at the cost of being relatively weak in other areas.

Therefore, this strike was incredibly powerful. An expert of the Same Realm would find it nearly impossible to face.

But Yi Xiaoyao’s Destructive Sword Qi, Devouring Spiritual Power, and Fire of Heaven and Earth—which one of these wasn’t even more terrifying than the Golden Killing Qi?

Thus, as Yi Xiaoyao watched the strike descend, he didn’t show the slightest hint of panic.

He instantly activated the Soul Burning Forbidden Technique. The moment Yuan Lie’s blade came down, Yi Xiaoyao drew his sword with a SWISH. His Sword Intent soared to the heavens as an ultimate sword light flashed out.

CLANG!

The blade and sword clashed, their terrifying powers battling against each other, letting out a crisp ring of metal on metal.

In the scene before them, Yuan Lie brought his long blade down in a vertical slash, while Yi Xiaoyao met it with his sword held horizontally. Both men wore expressions of intense confidence.

But this scene lasted for only an instant.

"Huh?" Yuan Lie’s expression changed. He felt an astonishing force transmit from the point of impact, rapidly spreading through his long blade and into his arm, as if it would shatter it.

Yi Xiaoyao also felt his own wrist go numb from the shock. This Golden Killing Qi posed a slight threat to him, a testament to the domineering nature of his opponent’s Cultivation Technique.

The next moment, Yi Xiaoyao suddenly grinned at the astonished Yuan Lie, and the sword in his hand swept out fiercely.

With a muffled grunt, Yuan Lie was sent staggering back by the sweep of the sword. He crashed directly into the crowd behind him, who helped him steady himself.

In this exchange, Yi Xiaoyao hadn’t retreated a single step. He clearly had the upper hand.

His gaze fell upon the grim-faced Yuan Lie, a hint of cold indifference flashing in his dark eyes as he mocked, "You talked such a big game before, but this is all the strength you have?"

"Get off me!" Yuan Lie violently threw off everyone who was supporting him, his face flushed with shame and anger.

He, a dignified Squad Leader, had been forced back by a mere captain? And was being mocked for it?

It was an absolute disgrace!

At this moment, everyone in the surrounding crowd was utterly shocked. Yuan Lie was defeated and pushed back in a single blow? His Cultivation was so much higher than Yi Xiaoyao’s, and he had even cultivated the Golden Killing Qi.

Even Leng Yan’s beautiful eyes flashed with surprise. This was a result she had never anticipated.

"Your strength isn’t bad, but if that’s all you have, it still won’t change the fact that you’re going to die!"

How could Yuan Lie admit defeat after being mocked by Yi Xiaoyao? With an angry snort, the Golden Killing Qi erupted from his entire body, forming a Golden Demon Body wreathed in frenzied, malevolent Qi.

Immediately after, this frenzied Demon Body threw a punch. The shadow of the fist instantly swelled, forming a giant golden demonic lion that roared as it charged out.

"Amazing! That’s Squad Leader Yuan Lie’s Golden Demon Body! This Demon Body grants terrifying attack power, and that giant golden lion is the Golden Slaughter Frenzy Lion, a move with power comparable to a peak Earth Tier Spiritual Skill!"

"Squad Leader Yuan Lie is too strong! He must have been completely enraged by that careless slip-up that got him pushed back."

It was rare for the crowd to see Yuan Lie unleash such power within the Primordial Evil Alliance, and they all wore excited expressions. They could already imagine the scenes to come: Yi Xiaoyao being devoured by the Golden Slaughter Frenzy Lion, or being smashed to pieces by a single punch from Yuan Lie in his Golden Demon Body form.

"Die!" Yuan Lie laughed with cruel fury as he shot toward Yi Xiaoyao, following right behind the Golden Slaughter Frenzy Lion.

"A defeated foe." Yi Xiaoyao snorted with contempt. Destructive Sword Intent gathered on the edge of his sword. With a slash, a Sword Qilin Flame Dragon roared out to meet the opponent’s Golden Slaughter Frenzy Lion.

Although this Sword Qilin Flame Dragon was created by Yi Xiaoyao himself, its power was in no way inferior to any Earth Tier Spiritual Skill. Fusing the might of Sword Qi and Flame, it even far surpassed all other Earth Tier Spiritual Skills.

After a deafening ROAR, the Sword Qilin Flame Dragon and the Golden Slaughter Frenzy Lion began to tear at each other. The Golden Slaughter Frenzy Lion, formed from Golden Killing Qi, was also a force not to be underestimated.

The two giant beasts formed of energy battled and roared in the air. Below them, Yi Xiaoyao also erupted with astonishing Flame, transforming into a Flame Giant to meet Yuan Lie, who had taken the form of the Golden Demon Body.

Flame mingled with Sword Qi, clashing with the Golden Killing Qi to form a terrifying storm that swept out in all directions.

Within the storm, Yi Xiaoyao’s Sword Shadows flickered. Raging Flame and Sword Qi constantly clashed with Yuan Lie’s Golden Slaughter Blade Aura.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

The two figures fought their way from the ground into the sky, dazzling the onlookers below and drawing gasps of shock.

In the eyes of the crowd, it seemed as if the Flame Giant and the Golden Demon Body were evenly matched.

But in reality...

Right now, Yuan Lie’s face was filled with horror. His Golden Killing Qi could boost his attack power, but other aspects were his weakness.

When facing an ordinary opponent, his tyrannical attack power could completely compensate for these flaws.

But at this moment, he was facing Yi Xiaoyao, whose attack power was no weaker than his, and whose speed far surpassed his own.

Faced with this endless, tsunami-like torrent of Sword Shadows, Yuan Lie could only swing his long blade frantically to defend himself.

’This guy, how can he be so strong!’ The more Yuan Lie fought, the more terrified he became. He was actually being completely suppressed by someone in the Nascent Soul Realm.

At this moment, Yuan Lie felt that Yi Xiaoyao wasn’t even human. He was a monster.

Of course, Yuan Lie was far from the only person who had ever felt this way.

And up to now, anyone who had thought of Yi Xiaoyao as a monster had either been conquered or defeated by him. Yuan Lie would be no exception.

A moment later, the crowd saw one of the two figures battling in the sky suddenly get struck down with heavy force.

At the same time, high in the air, as the controller of one of the battling beasts was lost, it was instantly torn to shreds by the other.

The one torn to shreds was the Golden Slaughter Frenzy Lion.

The one struck down was, naturally, Yuan Lie.

Because they had been violently thrown aside when trying to help him earlier, no one in the crowd below dared to step forward and catch him as he fell. They just let him drop.

BAM!

With a dull thud, Yuan Lie slammed hard onto the ground.

"Cough, cough..." A mouthful of blood came from Yuan Lie’s mouth. His aura grew faint, and the light surrounding his body was no longer as dazzling.

Immediately after, a flash of sword light streaked by. A gleaming longsword grazed Yuan Lie’s scalp and embedded itself in the ground, its quivering blade letting out a low hum.

Yi Xiaoyao stood in the air, his cold gaze looking down on him.

"Yuan Lie, your strength is a far cry from your skill at boasting!"

Everyone in the surrounding crowd was shaken to the core. They had just witnessed a captain defeat a Squad Leader with their own eyes.

At the same time, hearing Yi Xiaoyao’s words made them even more curious.

Yi Xiaoyao kept saying that Yuan Lie was boasting. What exactly was he referring to?

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