Chapter 2196: Eleven People

Xue Yi"s face stiffened. She had lost. She had lost really badly. She had thought defeating Zhou Rong Man would be easy. She had attacked him just because it was necessary to eliminate more people. However, she hadn"t thought she would lose…

"How is that possible? His speed suddenly becomes explosive? Why does he look so slow?" she blurted out. Her face was stiff. She had the power to summon stars. She didn"t understand, his strength was just too explosive. She had underestimated him, and he had crushed her…

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In G.o.dly Clouds City, many people were completely astonished. n.o.body could see Zhou Rong Man"s attacks clearly. Each time, they noticed him after he won. How had he defeated Green Jade Clouds" First Lady, Xue Yi?

"What a guy! Hahahaha, he"s sick! He"s crazy!" exclaimed some people. One victory might be luck, two was maybe lucky, but three victories couldn"t be considered luck. He had defeated Green Jade Clouds" First Lady, Xue Yi!" Xue Yi was extremely strong, everybody had noticed her. She had a Star Battle Body and could summon the power of the stars!

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"Hee hee, Bald Donkey, leave now. Or do I need to kick you out of here?" said Saint Tianhun to Kong Ming, smiling coldly.

Lin Feng watched both of them. He initially wanted to fight against Tianhun himself, but since the Saint wanted to fight against Kong Ming, why not watch? Lin Feng was curious; how strong had Kong Ming become? He had always been mysterious. Back in the days, the Diviner had told Kong Ming something secretly, he hadn"t said anything out loud.

Kong Ming was seated cross-legged like an ancient Buddha, totally motionless. He opened his eyes and looked back at Saint Tianhun calmly. He put his palms together and was suddenly surrounded by a twinkling golden Buddha"s halo. Timeless Buddha strength filled the air.

"You harbor evil intentions, your soul attacks are not pure. You should be eliminated," said Kong Ming slowly. His voice echoed like an ancient Buddha.

Saint Tianhun frowned. This Bald Donkey was arrogant. His target was going to eliminate him?

A black mist condensed around the Saint. Soul spears appeared in front of him, and soul chains lashed towards Kong Ming as a terrifying soul strength filled the air.

At the same time, Saint Tianhun was standing in the air and holding his chains. "Die!" he said. His soul spears streaked across the sky and moved towards Kong Ming.

Eight Buddhas appeared behind Kong Ming. Their Buddha"s halos glowed with brilliant lights. Golden lights flew through Kong Ming"s body and then rotated around him. The soul spears crashed onto the golden lights, sharp and clear breaking and snapping sounds spread out. The soul spears couldn"t pierce through.

Several pairs of hands emerged behind Kong Ming and grabbed the soul spears and crushed them between their fingers. Lin Feng frowned… Kong Ming was really strong.

Everybody in G.o.dly Clouds City was astonished when they saw this. How incredible! Holy Mountain"s two cultivators, Hua Qing Feng and Kong Ming, were impressive. They were both in the top ten, and everybody knew that Hua Qing Feng was strong, but they had only heard about Kong Ming, they didn"t know how strong he really was. Now, they had the impression he was incredibly strong.

Saint Tianhun frowned. He was staring at the 108 Buddhas with golden bodies. He said coldly, "That"s the… Ten Thousand Celestial Buddha Solution, Indestructible Golden Body…"

Saint Tianhun walked forwards, his chains clanged in the air and covered the sky. At the same time, he continued releasing more and more of them, slamming them onto the Buddha"s halos, trying to crush them. Halos and chains collided.

Kong Ming started chanting a mantra in a clear and melodious Brahma"s voice, pure, deep, and far-reaching. Buddhist ancient imprints appeared and rose up into the air. The soundwaves emitted by his voice destroyed everything in their way and purified the atmosphere.

Saint Tianhun felt a sudden pressure, and started trembling, his robe fluttering in the wind violently. The wind howled as his face turned deathly pale. Kong Ming"s Buddhist strength was terrifying!

"Die!" shouted Saint Tianhun defiantly. An endless number of soul chains moved towards the ancient Buddhas with a sound of grinding thunder. The ancient Buddhas cracked. Saint Tianhun walked forwards slowly, looking like a real Saint. At the same time, he released even more soul spears to shoot forwards once again. He really wanted to crush Kong Ming!

Kong Ming finally stood up. He put his palms together again and closed his eyes. He looked solemn and respectful. He slowly walked forwards, looking like a Buddha. Behind him, ten thousand Buddhas appeared, the followers of an immortal.

The spears crashed onto Kong Ming"s body, and his soul shook. But he ignored it, continuing to walk forwards. He looked like a Buddha whose message was "don"t believe what you see". To see is not to believe. I am selfless.

Kong Ming looked expressionless, neither happy nor sad, neither strong nor weak. He was a Buddha.

Saint Tianhun"s face gradually paled. He couldn"t believe that his Saint"s techniques didn"t injure Kong Ming. However, Kong Ming steadfastly stood his ground, and his face didn"t change at all. He looked honest, kind, and pure, like a Buddha. He endured the pressure, which kept increasing. However, Saint Tianhun felt tiny before such a person.

An ancient Saint felt tiny in front of Kong Ming…

The ground was trembling, an ominous strength filled the air. Lights glittered and began to s.h.i.+ne. They swept towards Saint Tianhun. Saint Tianhun"s silhouette became distorted in the lights. His heart was pounding, and he disappeared inside them.

Then he really disappeared. A second later, he was on a pillar, he had been eliminated. He hadn"t managed to end up in the top ten!

"How is this possible?" he spluttered, clenching his fists. His face looked ferocious and hideous. He used to be Saint, and he had been eliminated!? He hadn"t even managed to make it to the top ten!? That Buddhist monk had eliminated him! How were his Buddhist spells so powerful?

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People in G.o.dly Clouds City were speechless. Kong Ming"s temporary rank was eighth. He was extremely strong. Not just Lin Feng and Zhou Rong Man, they had also underestimated him!

Lin Feng"s heart was pounding. Kong Ming"s strength was indeed impressive!

"That Bald Donkey has remained discreet," whispered Xian Ren outside. With that kind of strength, Kong Ming could compete with everyone on the battlefield.

Kong Ming went back to the gra.s.s field, he had already recalled his Qi. He looked indifferent, as if nothing had happened.

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Jing and the Third Beast"s battle was explosive. The Third Beast won. After an explosive attack, Jing left the battlefield. The Third Beast was bleeding though, and his eyes were bloodshot. He was severely injured. That girl was crazy for revenge….

After the three battles, twelve people were left now.

"Since you"re injured, leave or we"ll kick you out," Wu Ya Zi said to the Third Young Beast Master coldly. The Third Beast"s face stiffened. Qi Tian Holy Town"s Animal District had raised thirteen Young Beast Masters, most of them were at the top of the Huang Qi layer… but he was the only one left. They had come to succeed and finish in the top ten during the Meeting of the Continent of the Nine Clouds.

If he left, none of them would be in the top ten!

When he saw that everyone was staring at him, he pulled a long face. These b.a.s.t.a.r.ds! He was injured, so they wanted to kick him out; it was all because of Jing, that crazy girl. He had to kill her, or actually not, he wanted to make her suffer and have a life more miserable than death!

"You"re the only one to blame. p.i.s.s off now," said Lin Feng coldly. He glared at the Third Beast with murder in his eyes. The Third Young Beast Master"s face paled. He knew that he couldn"t stay any longer. Two more people had to be eliminated, and none of them were weak, he couldn"t fight them. He was injured, so he had to leave, he had no choice.

"Remember me!" snarled the Third Young Beast Master after glancing at the others, then he activated the scepter and disappeared.

He ended up ranked twelfth…

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The Third Young Beast Master had left the battlefield. Eleven people were left. One more person had to be eliminated. The atmosphere became even tenser. Who would leave?

Hua Qing Feng, the Great Deployment Master, Wu Ya Zi, Yu Qing, Chu Chun Qiu, Prince Wu Qing, Kong Ming, Jiu Ling Huang, Mara, Zhou Rong Man, and Lin Feng!

People in G.o.dly Clouds City looked them over. Many people hadn"t even fought yet, but n.o.body dared underestimate those people. Those who were at the bottom of the top thirty had proved they were strong enough to stay. n.o.body dared say that they had to leave.

"There are five First Masters. This time, even if one is eliminated, four of them will be in the top ten," the crowd saw. Apart from the First Masters who were still there, the one with deployment spells and Chu Chun Qiu hadn"t fought yet during that round. But those two people had already shown how strong they were during the previous rounds.

Apart from those two, Mara, Zhou Rong Man, Lin Feng, and Kong Ming had already proved that they were extremely strong. If others wanted to eliminate them, the other fighters had to get ready to have a crazy battle.

Therefore, wasn"t the best solution to choose someone who hadn"t fought yet? Yu Qing, Prince Wu Qing, or Jiu Ling Huang?

Jiu Ling Huang"s rank was the lowest in comparison with the other First Masters, so he seemed to be the most appropriate person to eliminate. Therefore, some people looked at Jiu Ling Huang!

Chapter 2197: Top Ten

But even though some people looked at him, he was still Red Clouds" First Master. Many people thought he deserved to be eliminated, maybe he wasn"t such a good fighter because he was an alchemist? However, n.o.body knew how strong he really was when it came to dueling. And who would fight against him?

One person had to be eliminated and then the top ten would appear, n.o.body was willing to take the risk!

"Jiu Ling Huang, your rank is low, fight against someone lower than you in the rankings and eliminate someone. What do you think?" said Wu Ya Zi indifferently at that moment. Jiu Ling Huang looked at the people who were after him in the rankings: Mara, Zhou Rong Man, and Lin Feng.

Jiu Ling Huang smiled coldly and shot back, "Why don"t you go and fight them?"

Wu Ya Zi looked at him icily, then Jiu Ling Huang continued, "Of course, if you think you"re stronger than me, you can also fight against me."

He was provoking Wu Ya Zi. Jiu Ling Huang was one of the First Masters of the Continent of the Nine Clouds. All nine of them were strong, and they were all proud. Jiu Ling Huang couldn"t let Wu Ya Zi talk to him that way, so he replied straightforwardly.

Wu Ya Zi was like Jiu Ling Huang, he couldn"t let anyone provoke him that way. Therefore, he took a step forwards and said, "I"ve heard about you a lot, Red Clouds" First Master, Jiu Ling Huang. Everybody says you"re extremely talented, but what about strength…?"

A terrifying Emotion-destroying intent filled the air. That kind of intent could destroy people"s seven emotions and six sensory pleasures.

"I won"t disappoint you," replied Jiu Ling Huang, rising up into the air. Fires started burning around him as nine flames floated around him.

The fighters around them moved away and watched. Supreme Clouds" First Master vs. Red Clouds" First Master, Jiu Ling Huang! Who was stronger?

The air began to hum. Wu Ya Zi" filled the air with emotion-destroying Dao power. Jiu Ling Huang"s eyes were suddenly filled with flames, which emerged and lanced straight towards Wu Ya Zi"s eyes.

"Do you think your fire can burn Dao power?" inquired Wu Ya Zi, smiling coldly. He jumped, raised his hands and stretched out his fingers, a terrifying amount of emotion-destroying Dao intent rolling out and sweeping everything away before moving straight into Jiu Ling Huang"s body.

Jiu Ling Huang"s face stiffened. Everybody had seven emotions and six sensory pleasures. If those seven emotions and six sensory pleasures were destroyed, people died and turned into slaves, puppets. That was the reason why Wu Ya Zi was terrifying. His skills and techniques had terrible consequences!

"I"m not trying to burn your Dao, I"m trying to immolate myself!" said Jiu Ling Huang, smiling coldly. His fire surrounded him and started burning as he turned into a gigantic brazier. The flames surged towards Wu Ya Zi!

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When the crowd saw that, they were astonished and trembled. Jiu Ling Huang had set his body on fire! How crazy!

"Red Clouds" First Master, Jiu Ling Huang, has a special fire body!" they deduced. He could set his body on fire, and turn into fire. That had to be a fearsome special body. Some incredibly strong cultivators sometimes had special bodies which were not well-known, or not known at all.

In a fight like this, that wasn"t strange, that was normal!

Jiu Ling Huang threw himself at Wu Ya Zi. He raised his fire fist, everything in his way burned. Nine flames rotated furiously around him. Each flame seemed alive.

Wu Ya Zi retreated, wondering what to do. Jiu Ling Huang had activated his fire body, his emotion-destroying strength was much less efficient. It was dangerous to collide directly with Jiu Ling Huang, it was suddenly a difficult battle for him.

"How come you"re not fighting? Why are you moving back?" Jiu Ling Huang asked hotly.

Wu Ya Zi pulled a long face. The air hummed again, lights plunged into his body, emotion-destroying lights filled the air again, and his Dao intent became even more powerful.

"If you want to fight, then come and fight!" said Wu Ya Zi. His Dao strength became more and more powerful.

Jiu Ling Huang smiled eagerly. His nine flames rotated around his hands, all ten thousand things of creation could burn in such a fire. He had completely fused together with his fire.

The nine flames became more and more ominous. The others watched as Jiu Ling Huang bombarded his own body with his nine flames, merging them into his body. Was he nuts?

"That guy is insane. What kind of power is that?" the audience wondered. He was burning himself! Jiu Ling Huang fused together with his flames and he turned into a fiery beam of light and shot towards Wu Ya Zi!

Wu Ya Zi"s face paled. The fire burned everything in its way. He had really turned into fire! It was incredible because usually only great emperors could resort to such methods!

"Die!" shouted Wu Ya Zi explosively. Even if Jiu Ling Huang had transformed into fire, he was still a human being, he still had seven emotions and six sensory pleasures. Wu Ya Zi could probably destroy them…

A terrifying strength penetrated into the beam of fire… but nothing happened, the fire light beam was unstoppable. Wu Ya Zi"s face paled even further as he retreated. However, Jiu Ling Huang didn"t give up. The crowd only saw an ocean of flames as everything burned around him.

"Impossible!…" shouted Wu Ya Zi furiously. He looked desperate. His Dao strength was terrifying, he could destroy people"s emotions! He could destroy their seven emotions and six sensory pleasures! But his opponent chased him without the slightest scruple.

Finally, Wu Ya Zi disappeared and reappeared on a pillar. His face was ghastly white. He had lost. He, Wu Ya Zi, had been eliminated! He wouldn"t finish in the top ten!

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"Jiu Ling Huang won. Wu Ya Zi has been eliminated!" the crowd mused. As expected, it was impossible to tell who was stronger sometimes, those people left were all astonis.h.i.+ng geniuses, it was difficult to evaluate their real strength.

Now, only ten people were left. The top ten were decided!

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Jiu Ling Huang"s fire dispersed, and his real body reappeared. However, his face was deathly pale, and he was shaking. Emotion-destroying strength had corroded his body. He had been injured.

Jiu Ling Huang"s Qi dispersed as he tried to calm down. There were still some flames burning here and there in the sky…

The crowd was staring at the remaining fighters: the cultivators of the top ten!

Hua Qing Feng, the reincarnated Great Deployment Master, Yu Qing, Chu Chun Qiu, Prince Wu Qing, Kong Ming, Jiu Ling Huang, Mara, Zhou Rong Man, and Lin Feng!

The light curtain disappeared, and the ten fighters reappeared on the central platform. More and more strong cultivators appeared in G.o.dly Clouds City, some truly mighty cultivators had even appeared. The most interesting part of the Meeting of the Continent of the Nine Clouds was going to start, enough for those strong cultivators to spectate.

"Congratulations, you all are the top ten. You will all become core disciples of Fortune Shrine. You"ve been fighting for a while now. Have a rest," smiled the Diviner. He brought them to a place for the ten cultivators to rest and recover.

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Lin Feng found a place and sat down cross-legged. He glanced at the nine other cultivators. They were all terrifyingly strong. Zhou Rong Man was enigmatic. Jiu Ling Huang had some trump cards, his strength was explosive. Hua Qing Feng and Chu Chun Qiu were terrifying, he had known that before. He also knew the reincarnated Great Deployment Master was extremely strong. Then there was Kong Ming, who had shown how strong he was. None of them was a weakling. The real battles were finally going to start!

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Up in the air of the inner part of G.o.dly Clouds City, there were more and more strong cultivators gathering. They were there to watch. Little Zhe Tian clenched his fists. He looked excited.

Duan Feng was pleasantly surprised. Brother Lin Feng was in the top ten, how strong! He was going to become one of Fortune Shrine"s core disciples!

I wonder what Brother Lin Feng"s rank will be in the end, thought Duan Feng. He was excited. The battles had been incredible to watch. Those people were geniuses, terrifying cultivators of their generation. They stood at the top of the Continent of the Nine Clouds at their cultivation level.

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The Diviner disappeared. The final battles were going to start soon, and the Diviner would definitely come back, so they didn"t need to worry. Now, all they could do was wait…

Chapter 2198: Fortune Shrine

There was a vast intangible and incorporeal shrine situated just under the starlit sky. At night, the stars seemed to be within reach.

At the top of the shrine was a star altar. An old man wearing a white robe was bathing in the starlight. It looked like he had been trying to catch stars.

Under his feet was a fortune wheel in which star strength was condensing. The wheel emitted dazzling white lights. All the stars of the sky seemed to be illuminating it.

There were many people behind the altar, but n.o.body disturbed him.

They didn"t know when the Diviner had arrived. All the people were wearing robes of the same color. They watched the strong cultivator using his Destiny Technique. His Destiny Technique had reached perfection, he could spy on the whole world. He had supreme powers!

"Do we know who will be in the top ten already?" whispered a strong cultivator standing in the air above the Destiny Wheel. The Diviner walked back and forth, releasing his G.o.dly awareness. His G.o.dly awareness stopped in front of the cultivator who was standing above the Destiny Wheel.

"Indeed. The Fortune Shrine has caused a great calamity and put people into misery and suffering. Even if many years have pa.s.sed and destiny can"t be differentiated from samsara, I can only rely on the Destiny Technique to predict the future," whispered the old man in white clothes solemnly.

In the Destiny Shrine was a precious treasure, the Destiny Wheel. It could be used to see destiny. A thousand years before, it had been used. A thousand years later, the Destiny Shrine was in charge of the Meeting of the Continent of the Nine Clouds, and they had used the Destiny Wheel again. They needed it because they couldn"t see destiny without it.

Maybe the Destiny Wheel had influenced the Meeting of the Continent of the Nine Clouds.

Under the old man"s feet, the Destiny Wheel started rotating. Terrifying lights illuminated the ten silhouettes, while at the same time Destiny Intent filled the air. The sky became dazzlingly bright.

Above the ten people, drawings appeared. In the drawings, there were portraits; some looked furious, some looked gentle, or arrogant, sad, and so on.

People"s eyes glittered. The ten finalists were really extraordinary. No wonder they were so strong…

"That mountain…" said the Diviner, pointing at a mountain. A drawing with a demon G.o.d appeared. He had a woman in his arms, and looked furious. The Diviner"s heart started pounding. He would have never thought that…

And Chu Chun Qiu…

The Destiny Wheel kept rotating. Among those ten people, only one could make the Destiny Wheel rotate that quickly. His drawing stopped inside. The Diviner and the others" eyes glittered when they saw that-

Something happened to the Destiny Wheel, the air began to shriek, like two metal wheels caught and grinding on one another. Some stars exploded in the sky. The old man above the Destiny Wheel trembled and suddenly coughed up blood!

The people behind him were astonished. They took a step forwards to help, but the old man raised his hand to tell them not to get closer. He lowered his head and the Destiny Wheel started rotating again.

The old man slowly turned around and looked at the Diviner. "The one you noticed many years ago was this one. Now, the Destiny Technique doesn"t work… it"s as you said."

"It should be right," nodded the Diviner.

The old man remained silent for a few seconds and said, "I"ll try again."

"Master, the Destiny Technique requires too much energy, it"s a calamity. Master, please take care," said the Diviner, his face stiff.

"Master, please take care!" chimed in all the people who were standing next to the Diviner.

"Alright. Let fate take its course. Even if we can see fate and destiny, we can"t change anything," said the old man. He turned around and gazed off into the distance.

Had the world been prosperous for too long?

A thousand years had pa.s.sed and the Destiny Wheel was rotating for the second time. What did that mean?

"Go. They"re waiting for you at the Meeting of the Continent of the Nine Clouds," the shrine"s leader said to the Diviner calmly. The Diviner nodded and left the starry sky altar.

The old man watched the Diviner leave and remained silent, gazing into the distance, "The Destiny Vision tells me that the Meeting of the Continent of the Nine Clouds won"t be that calm."

When the crowd heard him, they frowned and started trembling. Was something going to happen during the Meeting of the Continent of the Nine Clouds?

The Fortune Shrine"s leader was one of the cultivators who stood at the top of the world. His predictions couldn"t be wrong!

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The ten strong cultivators on the platform were waiting. The Diviner wasn"t there, so they recovered.

Zhou Rong Man was the exception. He was lying down on the gra.s.s and looking bored. His legs were crossed and he shook one foot. He glanced at the castles on the horizon. More and more people had appeared there, including some extremely strong cultivators, and many young people. Zhou Rong Man had the impression they were all extremely strong.

At that moment, Zhou Rong Man smiled. He looked at those people, finding many people were looking at him. He smiled at them.

"My name is Zhou Rong Man! After the Meeting of the Continent of the Nine Clouds, we will get to know one another! I will come to your world. You will see, I"m a hero!" said Zhou Rong Man, smiling without the slightest scruple. He was telling those people that he was going to become the strongest cultivator of their world!

Zhou Rong Man didn"t speak loudly, but many people heard him. They all looked at the castles on the horizon. Even the emperors of the top of the Huang Qi layer were respectful. Those people weren"t any weaker than those who partic.i.p.ated in the Meeting of the Continent of the Nine Clouds; they were in the higher world.

People in G.o.dly Clouds City belonged to the lower world; they looked at those people in the higher world with awe and veneration. When they heard Zhou Rong Man, they could only sigh. Why was that guy was so self-confident? But still, n.o.body could underestimate him. He truly was really strong. Otherwise, he wouldn"t have eliminated Green Jade Clouds" First Lady so easily. He wouldn"t have finished in the top ten of the Meeting of the Continent of the Nine Clouds either!

A silhouette appeared in the sky. It was the Diviner, he was back! When the crowd saw the Diviner, they trembled with excitement. The Meeting of the Continent of the Nine Clouds was finally going to continue!

The Diviner stopped up in the air, the way he looked at the fighters was different this time. Those people were outstanding, maybe they would stand at the top of the world someday. Maybe they would transmit a terrifying legacy. Many people who partic.i.p.ated in the Meeting of the Continent of the Nine Clouds became legendary cultivators someday…

The Diviner waved his hands and lights surrounded the platform. The Diviner said to the ten people calmly, "If you fight one-on-ones, you"ll consume too much energy. Same rules apply. Those who lose first finish at the end of the top ten. The last one standing on the battle stage will rank first," said the Diviner.

People shook. Same rules, but for those ten terrifyingly strong cultivators? No illusion? A normal battle? Ordinary eliminations? Who would be the strongest cultivator?

The Diviner gave them a battle stage, they could choose the kind of battle they wanted.

When the ten cultivators heard the Diviner, they remained calm, not shocked at all. Actually, they had been waiting for those battles, so why be excited?

No. Not at all. An eerie silence filled the air, a deathly silence.

"The top five can fight against the last five cultivators. Start from the fifth cultivator. Don"t fight at the same time," said Hua Qing Feng at that moment. If ten people fought at the same time, it would have been chaotic. But they wanted to see who the strongest ones really were. He was still first in the rankings.

"I agree!" said the reincarnated Great Deployment Master. It was the best solution.

Prince Wu Qing was temporarily fifth in the rankings. According to what Hua Qing Feng had said, he was supposed to fight first. So everybody looked at Prince Wu Qing.

Prince Wu Qing said nothing, he stood up. He couldn"t avoid fighting. Therefore, he stood up and looked determined.

Chapter 2199: Let"s Not Talk About Principles

Prince Wu Qing looked at the last five cultivators of the top ten: Kong Ming, Jiu Ling Huang, Mara, Zhou Rong Man, and Lin Feng.

Prince Wu Qing knew how strong Saint Tianhun was, but he hadn"t posed a threat to Kong Ming. Therefore Kong Ming was extremely strong. Prince Wu Qing didn"t need to think about Kong Ming for the time being.

Jiu Ling Huang had defeated Wu Ya Zi, one of the First Masters of the Continent of the Nine Clouds.

Mara had a king-type body, he was an a.s.sa.s.sin and he was terrifying, but his achievements were not that amazing.

Zhou Rong Man hadn"t achieved great things either, but he was a hidden evil. Each time he fought, he crushed people easily and Prince Wu Qing knew what that meant: Zhou Rong Man looked weird, but he was extremely strong.

Lin Feng had defeated one of the Continent of the Nine Clouds" First Masters, Ni Cang, which meant that he was extremely strong too. The crowd hadn"t antic.i.p.ated that those three people would end up in the top ten.

Therefore, Prince Wu Qing chose to fight against Mara. Among the cultivators of the top ten, was there anyone who was weaker than someone who had a king-type body? No. Some of them were even stronger. Therefore, Prince Wu Qing didn"t take the body into consideration. Even though Mara was a terrifying a.s.sa.s.sin, his Three Thousand Deadly Technique wasn"t weak, either.

The other eight cultivators moved away. Prince Wu Qing looked at Mara. Mara stood up and slowly walked forwards. Gradually, the atmosphere became dark, turning into a colorless world. Mara then disappeared into it eerily.

Prince Wu Qing released Emotionless intent, and emotionless lights emerged. They looked like dazzling swords surrounding him. Prince Wu Qing closed his eyes. He didn"t need his eyes when fighting against Mara. Mara was the King of Shadows!

n.o.body attacked for a while. Prince Wu Qing"s eyes were closed, and he looked calm and composed. Sometimes, some threads of energies appeared around him, but he didn"t allow himself to think about anything else.

Nothing could affect him. Emotionlessness Dao was a great path. Of course, it was a distinctive doctrine, Prince Wu Qing was actually quite focused and determined.

Finally, some lights appeared in the darkness and moved towards Prince Wu Qing"s throat invisibly fast.

Prince Wu Qing remained motionless. Emotionless Intent floated around him and hummed. Swords cut the air. Prince Wu Qing moved slightly, and then rose up into the air.

The deadly lights accelerated. Mara reappeared.

"Opportunity!" Mara"s eyes glittered. Prince Wu Qing was already extremely fast, and his attacks were extremely fast. However, he knew he couldn"t dodge this attack. He had to be careful.

The lights accelerated and turned into swords, then pierced through Prince Wu Qing"s chest. The crowd couldn"t even follow the lights with their eyes, they were too fast. What was going on? Prince Wu Qing couldn"t withstand a single attack?

When Mara saw his energies piercing through Prince Wu Qing"s body, he didn"t look delighted at all; his attack had pierced through, but Prince Wu Qing wasn"t injured at all. For an a.s.sa.s.sin, the most important thing was to strike fast and to defeat one"s opponent in one strike. However, he had failed to do that!

He now sensed danger!

At the exact moment when he attacked Prince Wu Qing, Prince Wu Qing had also released a sharp sword which flashed towards his opponent. It was so fast that even Mara, an a.s.sa.s.sin, didn"t have time to see it. However, his intuition told him that he couldn"t dodge, he had to strike back.

Emotionless Intent penetrated into his body and turned into Three Thousand Threads of Emotionlessness Strength.

"Die!" shouted Mara furiously. He also released even more energies. Prince Wu Qing was crazy, Mara had to be crazy, too.

Terrifying lights moved towards Mara, his face turned paled. He retreated, but the Three Thousand Deadly Technique condensed and turned into a hurricane, able to destroy everything in its way.

Suddenly, Mara penetrated into the darkness again. But there were rumbles of energies in conflict, and Mara reappeared. Blood splashed away, his face was deathly pale as he fell to the ground.

Prince Wu Qing coughed, he was also bleeding. The short battle was astonis.h.i.+ng. Prince Wu Qing was really emotionless, he didn"t even really care about himself!

"Mara is an a.s.sa.s.sin who hides and strikes. His abilities have reached the peak of perfection. However, he"s not good when it comes to direct combat. Prince Wu Qing is stronger than him in close combat," sighed the crowd. Prince Wu Qing was crazy. He knew that defeating Mara in the darkness was dangerous. He had taken a big risk, letting Mara reappear and attack him to strike back more easily. Even though he was ready, he was still injured.

Prince Wu Qing"s silhouette flickered; he landed in front of Mara and asked, "Shall we continue fighting?"

Mara"s face was bloodless. When he saw Prince Wu Qing was covered with blood, he said coldly, "You"re insane… but I lost."

Prince Wu Qing turned around and went back to where he had been seated, then closed his eyes. He looked so emotionless that people were scared of him.

The duel had last for only a few minutes. However, it was difficult to forget such a battle!

"Mara, Meeting of the Continent of the Nine Clouds, tenth!" The crowd looked at Mara. He had lost, so now he ranked tenth.

According to the rules, it was now Chu Chun Qiu"s turn, he ranked fourth.

Chu Chun Qiu stepped forwards. He hadn"t fought in the previous round. n.o.body had challenged him.

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"That"s Chu Chun Qiu, he"s King Chu"s descendant. I"ve heard that after King Chu, there have been two incredible cultivators in the history of their family. The first one was Chu the Insane, he absorbed many people"s wills, and because of that, many strong cultivators had encircled him. People thought he had died, but apparently, he reappeared in the Moon Palace.

"After him, the second most outstanding cultivator of the Chu Clan in history is Chu Chun Qiu. He used to be discreet, but when he became a high-level emperor, he started showing his true colors. He"s not yet as insane as Chu The Insane. However, he"s just as frightening," explained someone in G.o.dly Clouds City. Everybody already knew who those people in the top ten were. People even knew that Chu Chun Qiu studied at Celestial G.o.dly University and that Lin Feng studied at Champion University.

"I wonder whom Chu Chun Qiu is going to challenge. With his strength, he can probably eliminate anyone," said someone.

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Chu Chun Qiu glanced at the others and smiled coldly. He was looking at Prince Wu Qing. The crowd was stupefied. Hua Qing Feng had said that those in the top five could challenge those in the second half of the top ten.

But at that moment, Chu Chun Qiu was looking at the Dark Night Region"s First Master, Prince Wu Qing!

Prince Wu Qing opened his eyes and stopped resting. He looked emotionless.

"This battle is not necessary. Prince Wu Qing, the Dark Night Region"s First Master, can rank ninth. Of course, from today, you don"t deserve being called the First Master of the Dark Night Region anymore," said Chu Chun Qiu calmly.

Many people were stupefied. Chu Chun Qiu had no principles!

Prince Wu Qing had just fought, and was severely injured. He had defeated Mara, and now Chu Chun Qiu was trying to obtain an easy victory.

Hua Qing Feng was surprised and said, "He"s injured. Challenging him is unfair, and it gives you an advantage in the compet.i.tion."

"It"s the Meeting of the Continent of the Nine Clouds, those who are eliminated finish at the bottom of the rankings. Your principles are not my principles," said Chu Chun Qiu to Hua Qing Feng calmly, "You"re in first position right now, but your principles don"t correspond to mine. When it"s your turn, you can challenge me if you wis.h.!.+"

Chu Chun Qiu sounded calm, composed, and aggressive at the same time. Hua Qing Feng"s principles weren"t his principles, so he didn"t care about them. He wanted an easy victory. And n.o.body thought Chu Chun Qiu was acting like a coward, because he had told Hua Qing Feng he could challenge him if he wanted.

"He has no principles," thought the people looking at Chu Chun Qiu. n.o.body doubted his strength though. It was just his personality.

"Will you fight or not?" Chu Chun Qiu asked Prince Wu Qing.

Prince Wu Qing looked annoyed as he glanced back at Chu Chun Qiu. Just when the crowd thought he was going to go crazy and burst out angrily, he actually looked quite calm as he said, "I"m out."

After that, he closed his eyes. He was emotionless, how could he be angry? Chu Chun Qiu didn"t make him angry. All these people were extraordinary. They all had their own principles. He was out because he had been careless, it was his fault. But now he knew he had lost and accepted the truth.

In the top ten, now Mara ranked tenth and Prince Wu Qing ranked ninth!

Chapter 2200: Fighting Against Hua Qing Feng

n.o.body considered Prince Wu Qing weak.  There was no weakling in the top ten. More people were going to be eliminated.

The First Masters of the Continent of the Nine Clouds had already broken a record; there were four in the top ten. Now Prince Wu Qing, a First Master, had just been eliminated. There were three other First Masters in the top eight and they were terrifyingly strong: Hua Qing Feng, Yu Qing, and Jiu Ling Huang.

Chu Chun Qiu looked totally composed. He went back to where he was sitting before, sat down and closed his eyes. The others were all extremely strong. Chu Chun Qiu knew that, so he didn"t want to display his real strength. If someone challenged him, it would be different…

People remained silent. n.o.body wanted to attack. Everybody had seen what had had happened to Prince Wu Qing. n.o.body was sure they could crush their opponent easily. Even Hua Qing Feng, who ranked first, couldn"t be sure.

"Since n.o.body wants to fight, continue. Last one, choose your opponent," said Hua Qing Feng calmly. He was looking at Lin Feng.

However, Lin Feng smiled coldly. n.o.body wanted to fight, so that guy now made him bear the responsibility?

The eight remaining fighters were extremely strong. Among the three remaining First Masters, two were weaker than the third.

Therefore, Lin Feng ignored Hua Qing Feng. n.o.body needed to listen to anyone else. As Chu Chun Qiu had said, if Hua Qing Feng liked to give orders, he could use strength to express himself. If he wasn"t strong enough, then n.o.body would listen to him.

Lights twinkled. Hua Qing Feng rose up in the air and a dazzling celestial book appeared. On the book, There were brilliant words s.h.i.+ning on the book.

"Die!" said Hua Qing Feng. The sword lights shot towards Lin Feng, shrieking for attention. A trail appeared behind the sword in the air.

His sword was as fast as lightning. Hua Qing Feng was the strongest emperor of the G.o.dly Clouds Region. He was incredibly strong, and also extremely fast.

When Lin Feng saw that sword, he just looked at him coldly. Dazzling deployment lights appeared. He condensed cosmic energies which turned into a s.h.i.+eld, explosion and crackling sounds rang as their energies met. The ground crackled, and the sword lights disappeared.

More lights emerged, an endless amount of Sword intent suddenly appeared, emerging from the celestial book above Hua Qing Feng"s head.

"Confucian and sword cultivator, he strictly enforces the principles he learns in the Holy scriptures. Is that a Confucian and sword technique?" thought the crowd when they saw Hua Qing Feng seated cross-legged in the air. He didn"t move at all, but his sword energies were terrifying.

Lin Feng looked unruffled. He drew marks in the air with his finger containing cosmic energies. More sword lights appeared. The atmosphere was filled with sword energies.

"What a powerful deployment spell," murmured the crowd. They were astonished. He understood deployment spells as well, and was still seated, just like Hua Qing Feng.

After a short time, Lin Feng and Hua Qing Feng stopped moving their hands. Hua Qing Feng said to Lin Feng coldly, "You made it until here, you weren"t just lucky. I hope you can continue."

"If you don"t want to fight, at least don"t talk s.h.i.+t," Lin Feng shot back easily. Hua Qing Feng looked at him coldly.

"Boring people," said the reincarnated Great Deployment Master indifferently. He stood up and walked towards Jiu Ling Huang and said, "We"re not done. Let"s continue."

"Alright," said Jiu Ling Huang. His eyes glittered. Jiu Ling Huang and the Great Deployment Master had fought before, so he knew how strong he was. It might be his last battle. Jiu Ling Huang knew his opponent was strong, and he might lose. However, he was still going to use his full strength!

The reincarnated Great Deployment Master looked at him coldly. Some deployment beasts appeared and raced towards Jiu Ling Huang, their claws out. Jiu Ling Huang released nine flames, which rotated around him. He walked towards the reincarnated Great Deployment Master slowly. He had to get close to fight, otherwise, the deployment spells would attack him from a distance.

However, the Great Deployment Master was extremely strong. An incredibly sharp golden pattern appeared and moved blindingly fast. At the same time, he also walked forwards slowly. A hurricane appeared around him.

Jiu Ling Huang"s face stiffened. The place was small and narrow, it wasn"t the best when fighting against a deployment spell caster, since deployment spells could cover the whole area easily.

The Great Deployment Master waved his hand and deployment lights glittered dazzlingly. An incredible amount of intent filled the air. The people in G.o.dly Clouds City were astonished.

"That deployment spell caster can cast deployment spells in the twinkling of an eye. He can even cast deployment spells through his eyes! How powerful!" they thought in astonishment. No wonder n.o.body wanted to fight against him! Alone, he was like a whole army. Even a powerful army couldn"t get close to him!

"Even the strongest Great Deployment Masters from G.o.dly Clouds City are not worth mentioning when talking about him. If he joined Golden Mountain, he"d become a terrifying Great Scholastic Master of Weapon Manufacturing Arts."

Jiu Ling Huang fused together with his fire, releasing his greatest strength. He turned into fire and shot towards his opponent, burning through the deployment spell.

"Hmph!" the Great Deployment Master grunted coldly. In front of him, deployment spears appeared and moved towards Jiu Ling Huang. At the same time, under his feet, endless deployment marks appeared.

Jiu Ling Huang burned through everything in his way, his trajectory changing unpredictably. It was impossible to follow him with one"s eyes, but the deployment spells kept attacking him.

"Jiu Ling Huang is going to lose that way. He"s burning his own body, but he can"t get close to the Great Deployment Master. He can"t just endure the unceasing attacks. It doesn"t look good for him. Jiu Ling Huang is good in close combat, but if he can"t get close to his opponent, he"ll definitely lose."

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As the crowd thought, Jiu Ling Huang eventually ended up losing. He was getting weaker and weaker, but the Great Deployment Master"s deployment spells were only growing in power. The result of the battle was predictable because of their cultivation types.

Jiu Ling Huang, Red Clouds" First Master, now ranked eighth. Many people had seen how strong the Great Deployment Master was thanks to this battle. He could definitely end up in the top three!

After defeating Jiu Ling Huang, the Great Deployment Master didn"t stop, he turned to Jade Clouds" First Master, Yu Qing, and said, "None of you wants to fight, so I"ll fight against you. You want to fight against me, or against someone else?"

When Yu Qing heard the Great Deployment Master, he frowned. That Great Deployment Master was extremely strong and dangerous. The Great Deployment Master could easily defeat him. He didn"t want to take risks. He needed to find someone he might be able to defeat.

"No rush. We"ll fight later," Yu Qing said to the Great Deployment Master. The Great Deployment Master smiled coldly and moved back to where he was initially. Waiting for other people to fight was so annoying…

Yu Qing glanced at the others. One thing was sure, the battle was going to be difficult, because the battles were becoming more and more difficult. As he looked at the crowd, he had the impression the one who should be eliminated… was him!

Then, Yu Qing looked at Lin Feng.

"Now the tenth, ninth and eighth cultivators are set. Even if we lose, we"ll finish seventh. We made it until now, it"s already great," Yu Qing said to Lin Feng calmly. He considered that Lin Feng, Zhou Rong Man, or he had to be eliminated, but he didn"t know how strong Zhou Rong Man really was. Even though Lin Feng had defeated Ni Cang and had some powerful cursing strength and knew the Nine Netherworlds Demoniac Song, at least, he could use his own strength to oppress Lin Feng.

Lin Feng raised his head and looked back at Yu Qing, Jade Clouds" First Master, a terrifying cultivator who could destroy people"s seven apertures and who could communicate with the earth and sky. He was really strong.

People from G.o.dly Clouds City looked at Yu Qing and Lin Feng, someone said, "It seems that Lin Feng will finish seventh. Then, Zhou Rong Man will finish sixth. Poor guy."

"Yes, and the top five will be composed of Hua Qing Feng, the deployment spell caster, Chu Chun Qiu, Kong Ming and Yu Qing. If Zhou Rong Man had been challenged before Lin Feng, Lin Feng could have finished sixth."

"Indeed. The top five should indeed be composed of those people."

Many people were thinking. Lin Feng was very strong, but they also all thought that he had the greatest chance to finish seventh. Even Jiu Ling Huang and Prince Wu Qing had been eliminated already, even though they were extremely strong. It was probably the end of the compet.i.tion for Lin Feng!