Chapter 460 - 315: A Shocking Debut, Stunning the World

Chapter 460: Chapter 315: A Shocking Debut, Stunning the World

Just as Yisha was about to head out, she heard an uncontrollable shriek from Feng Ling outside.

A little bewildered, Yisha didn’t know what the shriek meant. Her heart clenched tight. She threw open the door and walked out into the courtyard, only to see Feng Ling standing on the roof in a white gown, her eyes fixed on the Inner City. Bathed in the light, Yisha could see a single, glistening teardrop trace a path down Feng Ling’s cheek. For a moment, she didn’t even have the courage to leap up and see for herself.

"Feng Ling, wha... what’s... what’s happening?" Yisha stammered, her voice trembling with anxiety.

Feng Ling glanced over at Yisha. Just as she saw Yisha’s lips begin to tremble and tears well up in her eyes, she burst into laughter. "Little Yisha, Ling Xiao won! Ling Xiao won!"

"Ah!"

Yisha tapped her toes on the ground and shot up to the rooftop in a blur. She paid no mind to Feng Ling’s teasing. Her pure, innocent eyes were fixed on Ling Xiao within the blinding golden light, and she didn’t even blink. Two streams of joyful tears flowed freely down her cheeks, like a river bursting through a dam.

All of Penzes New City erupted in celebration!

The soldiers of the Lightning Legion took an unprecedented seven days off from all training. The main road destroyed by the Zhe Family’s Sword Venerable, Zhe Wanqian, had only been crudely filled in, just enough to be passable. No one was in the mood to repair it properly.

Ling Wu, a man as tough as iron, was crying like a baby, but his face was split by a brilliant smile. "We won, dammit! Brothers, the Young Master won! That bastard Sword Venerable from the Zhe Family is dead, and those bastard Sword Emperors are dead too! The Young Master killed every last one of those sons of bitches from the damn Zhe Family!"

The entire Lightning Legion, thousands of men strong, gathered outside the Inner City and roared with abandon, their voices thundering across the skies of Penzes New City.

Even the members of the great families and sects, who looked upon this group of men as laughably weak, fell completely silent.

No one had the right to criticize them. No one dared to call their boasts arrogant. And certainly, no one dared to look down on these iron-willed men.

There was only one reason for this... they were Ling Xiao’s men!

Furthermore, the sheer force of will that erupted from them as a group was different from the coercive pressure of a High-tier Martial Artist. It was an aura that would stir the heart of even a warrior at the Sword Venerable Realm.

This was the true essence of the Mortal World! They were a band of men made of flesh, blood, and feeling! They had faith, and so they were fearless!

After seven or eight days of suffocating tension, the common people of Penzes New City also let their emotions completely loose. Most of them didn’t even know what had transpired from start to finish.

But that didn’t stop them from worshiping the man bathed in golden light above the Inner City. He was the god of Penzes, the faith shared by all its people!

As the members of the hidden families and sects watched in silence, everyone in Penzes New City poured into the streets, lost in a city-wide carnival.

...

「Two hours earlier.」

Inside the vast Four Symbols Grand Array, only Zhe Wanqian remained. He was utterly exhausted, like an old man on his deathbed, barely clinging to life within the formation.

Not a shred of light remained in his old eyes. His body was stooped, and it was as if all life force had fled from him, leaving his face an ashen gray.

Strangely, as Zhe Wanqian grew weaker, the countless illusions capable of launching tangible attacks had slowly begun to dwindle. By now, all the illusions within the Ming Gate had ceased completely.

What Zhe Wanqian hated with every fiber of his being, however, was that Ling Xiao had used some unknown method to turn the souls of his family’s Sword Emperor Realm experts into mindless phantoms. As if they knew no exhaustion, they attacked him relentlessly.

’If I had known it would end like this,’ he thought, ’I would have rather attacked a super-sect than come to this godforsaken place!’

Deep regret, the fear of death, a bottomless hatred for Ling Xiao... a storm of negative emotions tore at Zhe Wanqian’s heart, driving him to the brink of madness.

Zhe Wanqian collapsed in a wretched heap within the Ming Gate formation. His hair was a mess, his body was covered in wounds, and there wasn’t an uninjured spot on him. He looked like a dying man ready to speak his final, honest words.

"Ling Xiao... I’m dying. As a Martial Artist of the Sword Venerable Realm, I have my dignity and pride. So... come out. Come out and tell me... what is this thing? I can’t die in such ignorance!" As he spoke, Zhe Wanqian’s head drooped powerlessly. But in that instant, a venomous glint flashed in his eyes.

Ling Xiao stood at the eye of the formation. These past seven days had been an ordeal for him as well. However, Ling Xiao was also using this time to achieve a breakthrough.

Enlightenment and breakthroughs achieved in the heat of battle were the best form of cultivation.

The eye of the Four Symbols Grand Array was where the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was most abundant. The array frantically absorbed all the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi from the entire Penzes region. Any expert beyond the Sword Emperor Realm could sense that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi around Penzes was far thinner than anywhere else.