Chapter 1991 - 1515-1516: Unmatched Prestige at Its Peak!

Lu Xiaofeng stretched out his hand, and just as he finished speaking, he saw Ximen Chuixue had already charged to the eighth floor. Like a startled swan, his sword swiftly cut down two blockers. Helplessly cursing ’big watermelon,’ he looked to the side at Ding Peng, only to find that Ding Peng’s figure had already disappeared.

At the same time, mighty Qi Force boomed like huge firecrackers continually exploding, echoing from the ninth floor of the arena like a threshing stone on a threshing ground, booming incessantly, even stirring up a storm that swept down.

"Already fighting so soon!?"

Lu Xiaofeng and the others’ expressions shifted slightly, immediately looking towards the ninth floor. They saw figures densely packed above, seemingly with over a dozen experts of extreme power surrounding Dongfang Bubai. The combined heavenly Qi Mechanism they formed plundered the surrounding dense Heaven and Earth Power, forming a Combined Force that squeezed Dongfang Bubai’s ninety-foot heavenly force field, contracting it to merely a four-foot circumference.

"Brother Lu, it’s not good. Now at least five Heavenly Human 9th Realm and eight Heavenly Human 7th to 8th Realm experts have encircled the Sect Hierarch. Their joint Qi Force oppression greatly reduces the Sect Hierarch’s ability to utilize the surrounding Heaven and Earth Power..."

Wang Yuyan wore an expression of amazement. Relying on the Supreme Mysterious Scripture’s extraordinary sense of spiritual Qi Mechanism, although she couldn’t see the specific battles within the battlefield, she still saw the ninth-floor situation clearly and understood it thoroughly.

"We..."

Lu Xiaofeng was just about to ask if ’we need to go up and help,’ but before he could speak, Ximen Chuixue and Ding Peng had already charged to the ninth floor, where they encountered attacks from both Dongfang Bubai and others. The battle circle turned into complete chaos, and anyone entering the battlefield would be surrounded on all sides.

"Let them take the spotlight. I would rather conserve some strength to deal with the upcoming battles."

Wan Wan snorted coldly, her figure flashed, adopting a graceful and effortless fairy-like posture, she turned beautifully and darted towards a nearby intense battlefield, "Let’s go help out those little Black Tornadoes."

Lu Xiaofeng glanced in that direction, then at the already fiercely fought ninth-floor battlefield again. Stroking his mustache, he sighed and muttered, "Ximen, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, but entering this battlefield might require you to save me. Thankfully, Master Ding is there. Alas! I can only mediate these women’s battlefield affairs. Old Jiang’s women still need me to mediate, but I can’t..."

Seeing Wang Yuyan and Murong Qingqing already following Wan Wan, Lu Xiaofeng quickly leapt and followed closely.

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"It seems your beauty confidante is going to take the top spot this time."

On the Observation Platform, the Regent King sat alone on the Dragon Throne, with a slight smile on his handsome face, looking at Jiang Dali.

"Beauty confidante..."

Jiang Dali glanced at the Regent King, thinking to himself when this Regent King started to make jokes. A confidante indeed, but to call it a beauty, he smiled blandly, "It’s just the preliminaries now. The outstanding juniors from the Xu Family and a few other families, as well as some youngsters from Lingyun Pavilion and Yuanting Pavilion, are all hiding very deeply."

Although saying so, it must be acknowledged that Dongfang’s current strength truly stands out, having genuinely broken through to the Returning to Truth Realm. As long as those seemingly deliberately hidden strength elites from aristocratic families don’t join forces, winning the championship shouldn’t be in doubt.

A month ago, when he reunited with Dongfang Bubai at Heimu Cliff, he already knew Dongfang was at the final breakthrough threshold. Upon learning that Dongfang needed no help, he didn’t inquire further into the matter.

For the natives, to break through from the Heavenly Human 9th Realm to Returning to Truth either requires accumulating spirit to the utmost and having a Sudden Enlightenment through some serendipity or relying on ’Qi Fortune,’ gathering spirit, forcibly breaking through.

The breakthrough principle of the latter is similar to enhancing one’s strength with the power of Qi Fortune.

This technique has long been developed into a mature system in the Holy Dynasty, known as the Qi Fortune Skill.

The majority of Returning to Truth Realm experts in the Holy Dynasty cultivate the Qi Fortune Skill, relying on the Qi Fortune of their family or sect, igniting Qi Fortune for the final breakthrough.

The many experts in Marquis Countries, however, are all self-taught, lacking the proper method, groping painstakingly along this path, so only one or two might luckily break through.

Dongfang also relied on devouring and absorbing Orochi’s Poison Blood Fortune to break through to Returning to Truth in a short time. However, observing the battlefield on the arena now, it is evident that the current battlefield is still insufficient to force out Dongfang’s full strength.

But seeing that one dressed in red, like a red bolt of lightning freely weaving through the battlefield, mysterious Qi Force crystallized Poison Needles were impossibly indefensible, swiftly eliminating a few Heavenly Human 8th Realm and even 9th Realm experts. The remaining ones, after being hit, also suffered poison injuries, with combat effectiveness greatly reduced, and they retreated in shock.

Such achievements instantly sober many eager experts intending to join the fray, prompting them to unhesitatingly distance themselves from the ninth-floor arena’s battlefield.

As for those experts on the ninth floor eliminated or poisoned by Dongfang Bubai now, they almost felt as if they were coughing up blood.

Although Dongfang Bubai’s strength revealed earlier was astonishing, he hadn’t utilized Orochi Poison Liquid. The lethality and penetration of the Poison Needles were indeed terrifying, but for true experts, as long as they didn’t hit multiple vital points, they posed little significant threat. However, once the Orochi Poison Liquid was used, even several hardened experts couldn’t withstand such damage, having no choice but to avoid it.