Chapter 439 - 232: Sword Lotus Blooms, Sword Qi of the Cyan Nether

"Liou Hexuan is so ruthless, he actually made Liou Xie shatter his Qi Mansion. To win this duel, the Liou Family has directly sacrificed two Foundation Establishments." Bi Yunxiang looked at Liou Xie’s body twisted from extreme pain with a complex gaze.

"The Qi Mansion is shattered, so Liou Xie is now at the Qi Cultivation Realm, fitting the rules." Although Zhao Leisheng sneered at Liou Hexuan’s approach, he had to admit that even the Disciplinary Hall could not find fault with this tactic.

Liou Yuan now also understood, looking at Liou Xie’s body constantly leaking True Essence like a funnel, he cursed loudly on the Spirit Ascension Platform, his voice reaching far: "You shameless old coot."

Liou Xie’s intention was clear by shattering his Qi Mansion, self-destructing his cultivation aiming directly at himself.

A Foundation Establishment shattering their Qi Mansion has almost no chance of re-condensing it; they’re considered wasted.

But his True Essence won’t disperse completely, his power will be below Foundation Establishment, above the Qi Cultivation Realm.

The prior plan of the Liou Family was likely to have Liou Qifeng take part.

With Liou Yuan’s current strength, it’s evident to anyone that Liou Qifeng would surely lose if he took the stage.

Thus, Liou Hexuan had Liou Qifeng retreat and directly let Liou Xie shatter his Qi Mansion to face Liou Yuan.

What Liou Yuan is about to face is a Foundation Establishment without a Qi Mansion.

The previously confident Liou Yuan’s expression instantly cooled down, even Liou Zhen frowned.

But this couldn’t change the result.

Hearing Liou Yuan’s curses, the Liou Family’s Patriarch Liou Hexuan didn’t even glance at him.

The three elders also looked at each other silently.

Just as Zhao Leisheng had said, with Liou Xie’s Qi Mansion shattered, he’s no longer considered a Foundation Establishment.

Liou Xie struggled for a moment, breaking free from the agony of his shattered Qi Mansion. His cheeks appeared even older, and his hair was lifelessly gray.

But his gaze remained fierce, looking at Liou Yuan like a dying old wolf eyeing its prey.

"I have few days left to live," Liou Xie wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, grinning viciously at Liou Yuan: "Having an Ice Vein genius as company in death, I will not go alone."

The Chaotic Scene proceeded as usual.

Ya Kuan and the three elders paused, then began to cast Seal Skills towards the Spirit Ascension Platform.

Rumble! Liou Yuan, about to retort against Liou Xie, felt the platform beneath him tremble.

Array ripples appeared on the Spirit Ascension Platform, as Spiritual Qi from the Five Extremes Mountain converged towards the platform.

In a blink, Liou Yuan felt himself surrounded by the Misty Spiritual Qi.

His vision couldn’t even reach more than a yard away, but he felt Liou Zhen’s presence beside him, calming his heart considerably.

Then Liou Yuan felt his body lifted by some force, rising uncontrollably into the air.

Rising with him were the participants of this Chaotic Scene: Liou Zhen, Liou Le Yao, and Liou Xie.

When the mist dissipated, Liou Yuan’s vision cleared, and he found himself high above the center of the five Spirit Mountains beyond the Outer Sect of Five Extremes Mountain.

Below him lay a magnificent arena.

The entire arena was forged from an unknown dark red Spirit Iron, with intricate silver patterns flowing on its surface, resembling the bloodline of an ancient beast winding beneath the skin.

Eight pillars pointed towards the sky, their tops inlaid with crystals emitting a ghostly blue glow, with arcs of electricity occasionally rampaging within, shredding the surrounding void clouds into blue-purple fragments.

The edge of the platform had nine hanging chains, each anchored to a floating platform. On the high platforms, crafted from white jade, the three elders sat among them.

Liou Yuan looked down to see remnants of blood stains on the arena, some dried into black marks permanently etched on the arena’s surface.

Some remained fresh, emitting a pungent bloody scent.

A fierce aura lingered over the arena, where countless cultivators had fallen in the two thousand years since Five Extremes Mountain was established, their dying grievances and hatred interwoven within the Chaotic Scene, causing Liou Yuan’s body to slightly stiffen.

"This is the Chaotic Scene!" Liou Yuan, captivated by the arena’s lingering fierce aura, breathed deeply several times before dispelling that oppressive feeling.

He finally understood why the disciples of Five Extremes Mountain regarded the Chaotic Scene with such fear.

Since ancient times, in the Chaotic Scene, two enter, and one leaves, undoubtedly extremely fierce.

The Chaotic Scene rose at the center of the five peaks of the Outer Sect, visible to the entire Outer Sect of Five Extremes Mountain.

Countless disciples crowded on the mountain tops, gazing at this Chaotic Scene symbolizing the most brutal arena of Five Extremes Mountain with awe.

"Five Extremes Mountain respects strength, and those who emerge from the Chaotic Scene are granted a promise from the sect."

On the fifth peak, Outer Sect guide Fang Yu stood with his hands behind him, solemnly gazing at the Chaotic Scene, whispering:

"Twenty years ago, the Liou Family’s Patriarch Liou Hexuan slew the Ice Vein’s strongest Foundation Establishment, Liou Xu, in this Chaotic Scene, gaining the high-level’s permission for the Fog Vein’s usurpation of the Ice Vein Patriarch’s position."

"Today’s rise of the Chaotic Scene is again due to the Liou Family’s two-vein rivalry."

"Will the outcome be different this time?"

For those disciples aware of the Liou Family’s two-vein secrets, the concern lay in the high-level machinations behind this Chaotic Scene duel.

Yet, most Outer Sect disciples watched merely for entertainment.

Their gazes fixated on the four figures participating in the Chaotic Scene.

Liou Zhen, Liou Yuan, Liou Le Yao, Liou Xie.

The choice of whom to send from the Ice Vein was hardly suspenseful since the Ice Vein had only the two Liou Family brothers remaining.