Chapter 122 - 104: Timid Peerless Genius

Chapter 122: Chapter 104: Timid Peerless Genius

A team of Qi Family geniuses also appeared beneath the night sky, flying toward the scene.

The genius teams returning to the Xingyue City realm watched the white-clad figure standing in the void, wielding a sword against formidable enemies. Their hearts trembled endlessly. With their eyes fixed on that familiar figure, they continued flying toward their respective family mansions.

Naturally, the Qi Family members saw Qi Tianhai and the others tearing through the sky toward them. Instantly, they were overjoyed.

"Tianhai! Old Patriarch, it’s Tianhai and the rest!"

Qi Tianhai was the Qi Family’s second peerless genius. Although his brilliance had been overshadowed by Qi Tianyang back then, his talent and strength were not far behind. Seeing the terrifying aura of Qi Tianhai returning with the remaining Qi Family genius team, all the clan members pinned their hopes on this second Qilin Child of the Qi Family.

"Tianhai, you’ve come at the perfect time! Kill that brat surnamed Jiang! Avenge Tianyang! Avenge the Patriarch and the others!"

"Hai’Er, it is inconvenient for us old folks to strike. Quick, go and kill this boy! I want to use his head to honor Yang’Er’s spirit in heaven!"

Every older generation figure in the Qi Family gritted their teeth in hatred, eager for Qi Tianhai to lead the younger generation in surrounding and killing the youth. However, as soon as these words were spoken, Qi Tianhai and the entire team of Qi Family geniuses lowered their heads, their expressions dimming.

"Hai’Er? What are you all standing around for? Kill him!"

The old Patriarch of the Qi Family looked at the unmoving younger generation. A trace of confusion and bewilderment, and even a sense of foreboding, surfaced on his weathered face. Only then did Qi Tianhai speak, his face full of dejection and self-blame. "Grandpa, I’m sorry. We... we’re afraid we are going to disappoint you."

"What do you mean? Hai’Er, what are you saying?" Qi Qincang’s body trembled as he stared fixedly at his grandson.

Not daring to meet the burning gazes of their clan members, Qi Tianhai and the others simply kept their heads down and said quietly, "Grandpa, we... we are no match for Jiang Hao. He... he is a peerless freak."

BOOM!

As soon as these words came out, the entire Qi Family Mansion felt as if it had been struck by lightning. Everyone stood frozen, their eyes wide with shock and disbelief.

"What... what did you say?"

Unable to believe his own ears, Qi Qincang couldn’t help but ask again.

Qi Tianhai finally looked directly at his grandfather, his eyes full of guilt. "Grandpa, Jiang Hao is in the ranks of peerless freaks. We are not his match."

Even though Qi Tianhai and the others hadn’t managed to connect the ghost-masked figure to Jiang Hao, when they entered the ancient ruins back then, they had seen the corpses of Lin Tai and the others from the Lin Family, as well as Sword Unrivaled’s corpse, with their own eyes. Not only that, but after entering the ancient ruins and boarding the Celestial Sword Sect’s ark, they had witnessed the scene before the grand array of the Ancient Emperor Sect’s ruins.

They had seen with their own eyes that figure release golden Spiritual Qi and kill Dugu Hongyun—someone on the Celestial Sword Sect’s Top 72 Peerless Evildoers Ranking—with a single sword strike. No matter how arrogant Qi Tianhai might be, he wouldn’t dare compare himself to Dugu Hongyun.

After all, there was a chasm-like gap between a peerless genius and a peerless evildoer. Not to mention, Dugu Hongyun was a famous figure on the Celestial Sword Sect’s Top 72 Peerless Evildoers Ranking. He was a truly terrifying existence who had fought his way out from among the peerless evildoers of numerous sects, leaving Qi Tianhai leagues behind.

If even a peerless evildoer like that had died at the other party’s hands, how could he, Qi Tianhai, possibly be a match? Furthermore, roughly two years had passed since Dugu Hongyun’s fall. The cultivation base of that white-clad figure was now far beyond their imagination.

However, as Qi Tianhai’s words echoed, the entire Qi Family fell into a dead silence, waves of terror rippling across their faces.

"Impossible. This is absolutely impossible."

"No, it can’t be like this, absolutely not! Back then, he was just a little piece of trash in the Xingyue City realm, a piece of trash who couldn’t even awaken a Martial Soul. He was just a fool. How could he possibly be a peerless freak?"

Countless Qi Family experts could not accept this, much less believe Qi Tianhai and his group’s words.

"Tianhai, are you just saying this because you’re greedy for life and afraid of death?"

"That must be it! Qi Tianhai, you are our Qi Family’s number one genius now. You are all the future of our Qi Family. How can you fear the enemy like this?"

Faced with their clan members’ doubts, Qi Tianhai and the others simply bowed their heads in silence, remaining motionless for a long time.

At the same time, the returning genius teams at the Tang Family Mansion, Li Family Mansion, Wang Family Mansion, and others were all gazing at that white-clad figure, their hearts filled with mixed emotions. No one understood the terrifying nature of that figure better than they did now.

High in the void, Jiang Hao’s voice rang out.

"The Sword Embryo you want is right here. Who will come to take it? Who wants it?

"The Ancient Imperial Race’s inheritance is in my mind. Whoever believes they have the capability is welcome to come and take it."

Jiang Hao’s all-or-nothing posture actually intimidated the sky full of his peers for a moment, causing all of them to furrow their brows tightly.

"What a terrifying fluctuation of Spiritual Power. Just what is his cultivation level?"

"I can’t see through him. This person possesses an extremely high-level concealment technique."

Looking from afar at the sword-wielding figure, countless peerless evildoers and peerless freaks began to feel a drum of apprehension beating in their hearts. Did the other party truly have the strength to contend against all of them? But this was clearly unrealistic, unless he was more than just a simple peerless freak.

For a moment, all the peerless evildoers and peerless freaks fell silent. Until, a voice broke the stillness.

"Kill him and take back the Sword Embryo."

An older generation figure from a terrifying faction had spoken. Instantly, the tension snapped.

"Hmph, let me see what you’ve got."

A peerless evildoer immediately stepped across the void, their terrifying might sweeping across the heavens. Seeing someone make a move, countless figures swarmed forward, scrambling over one another, deeply afraid that the Chaos Sword Embryo and the Ancient Imperial Race’s inheritance would fall into someone else’s hands first.

Their only concern was to kill that figure. Once they obtained everything, they could just hand it directly to the older generation experts behind them, barely needing to consider how to take it away. Thus, in a mere moment, countless peerless evildoers charged ahead. In their eyes, executing that white-clad figure would be as easy as reaching out and taking it.

"Whichever faction kills this person first will essentially claim the Ancient Imperial Race’s inheritance! Senior brothers, follow me. Let’s get there first!"

RUMBLE!

Suddenly, the entire night sky boiled over, filled in all directions by the terrifying existences of the younger generation. Obviously, since the older generation could not strike at those participating in the genius supremacy battle, the task of killing Jiang Hao fell upon the shoulders of their younger generation.

As long as they killed Jiang Hao and took the inheritance and the Sword Embryo, all the factions were fully prepared to retreat unscathed.

Watching the endless, terrifying coercion sweep forward, the entire Ye Family Mansion was dumbfounded.

"Little Fool?"

"Hao’Er?"

Ye Tiannan, Ye Canghai, Ye Qingxian, and Gu Qingyan all paled in horror. It wasn’t just them; even all the cultivators in the Xingyue City realm were shivering in fear. The formidable power of these young cultivators was enough to rival the patriarchs of the Xingyue City realm, and some were even far more terrifying.

In the direction of the Divine Pill Pavilion, Bai Wufeng, Wu Jing, Gai He, Zhang Changsheng, and four other Divine Pill Pavilion elders appeared in the sky above the Inner Cabinet Hall, their eyes full of shock.

"What terrifying killing intent! This power is likely enough to flatten the entirety of Xingyue City."

"That boy is dead for sure; there’s almost zero chance of survival. With this level of killing intent, even the Old Master of the Tang Family would find it practically impossible to block."

"Are these the peerless evildoers from the genius supremacy battle? It’s too terrifying."

Countless cultivators in Xingyue City watched this scene in utter horror, as if they could already foresee the outcome for that white-clad figure. In their minds, Jiang Hao was undoubtedly formidable, but he was merely an Awakened of a Ninth-Grade Celestial Tier Martial Soul. He was completely out of his depth on a grand stage like this.

However, in the very next moment, Jiang Hao slowly raised his eyes, boundless killing intent surging within them.

"Kill!"

BOOM!

The Sword Embryo trembled as he launched a sweeping strike. In an instant, a burst of Sword Qi spanning six thousand feet pierced through the void, making it seem as though the entire firmament was trembling.

The terrifying Sword Qi clashed with the overwhelming swarm of peerless evildoers, seemingly cleaving the sky itself in half.

"What?"