Chương 323: Killing Bai Lixi

Bai Lixi could tell that Long Feng was anything but weak. His strength was at least on par with his own.

"I've underestimated you. I can see where you got your courage from." He narrowed his eyes.

"But don't think I'm afraid of you. You're still a mere spirit realm warrior. I don't know what tricks you're using to increase your combat power, but you can never cultivate a manual. And that dooms you to an inevitable loss!" He grinned. His words stirred up the excitement in many disciples.

"I think we all severely underestimated this Long Feng."

"Indeed. But he's still going to lose, just not easily. Bai Lixi is right. Spirit realm warriors can never cultivate manuals. Bai Lixi himself has an uncle who is the head warden, and we all know who is cousin is. He cultivates a peak mortal grade cultivation manual called the Radiant Flame Mantra. I heard that he's at the second level of the mantra.

Once he reaches the third level, he will be able to defeat many peak Imperials as a rank eight Imperial realm master, and the fourth level means stepping into the deity realm."

"Wow. Peak mortal grade manual! I thought only the top hundred geniuses were entitled to those! You can cultivate straight to the early Dao realm with such a manual, and the increase to your power won't be low!"

"Heh. That's an advantage of having good backing. We can only envy them and struggle on our own."

"Let's see how this fight turns out. But I'm starting to think this Long Feng might not die here after all. He should be strong enough to leave the ring quickly if he loses right?" According to the rules, if the opponent left the ring, then they had automatically admitted defeat and killing them would be a great crime. Before, no one held even that much hope for Long Feng. But now, he just might survive.

"You're forgetting that he has two more opponents, both stronger than Bai Lixi. According to the rules, he has to at least enter the ring with them. Fleeing from a challenge is equally an offense." Bai Lixi's aura began to soar and the surrounding temperature rose dramatically. His aura became blazing red, like fire and it's power rose by a level as well.

"This is my Radiant Flame Imperial energy. It is stronger than normal Imperial energy. Using it, I can survive at least fifty moves from an ordinary rank nine Imperial realm master and leave alive." Bai Lixi roared as his aura gradually reached a ceiling. Long Feng watched this with intrigue.

"So this is a Cultivation Manual. It has its own unique energy?" This was the first time he was witnessing a manual in use. Bai Lixi's attainment in the Radiant Flame Mantra was too low, otherwise he could even defeat peak Imperial realm masters using it, not just survive.

"What a waste. Such a good manual is being wasted on you." He sighed and shook his head. Bai Lixi's killing intent blazed along with his aura.

"Long Feng, die!" He gathered his radiant flame energy to his palm.

"Radiant Mountain cleaving blade!" He roared. His energy exploded and manifested into a massive flaming blade that cut the air in two towards Long Feng's head. Without doubt, a normal rank eight Imperial would lose their life to their attack if they didn't cultivate a manual.

"Bai Lixi definitely wants to kill Long Feng! I can sense his killing intent from all the way here!"

"Indeed. And this radiant mountain cleaving blade is the strongest skill in the second level of the Radiant Flame Mantra. He is really not holding back at all." Long Feng watched the approaching blade with a chill in his pupils.

"Second time. You tried to kill me in the mining cave without any reason. And now, once again, you're directing your killing intent at me." His killing intent began to reflect in his eyes.

"If I still let you live after this, then I will be letting my sword down." This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author's consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. He slowly pulled the origin spirit sword out of the sheath. Deep in his eyes, an extremely powerful sword intent began to brew.

"Solitary Sword, ruthless indifference at heart." He muttered. The approaching blade seemed to slow down, the expressions on everyone's faces, their shocked eyes, Bai Lixi's excitement, Gong Yangyu's expectations… he saw everything. He was indifferent to them all. The profound concepts in this sentence slowly filled his mind. He lifted his sword and a piercing sword intent covered the sword entirely.

The moment his intent surfaced, many swords in the surroundings began to shake as though they were paying allegiance. Everyone felt a chill in their hearts, as though a divine sword was hanging above their heads and could descend at any time. Their expressions all changed. Ninety percent of them hadn't ever sensed a true intent, but right now, they didn't have any doubts in their hearts. This was a true sword intent!

"Rudimentary — no, Minor Sword Intent!" Qui Yi's heart shook.

"Earth Firmament." Long Feng slowly swung the sword. A keen sword cry echoed from the Origin Spirit Sword. That sound caused all the swords in a certain distance to shake fiercely and almost leave the hands of their owners. This was the earth firmament skill, unleashed using a perfect sword intent. It's power was unlike anything Long Feng had ever revealed before. It was unlikely that the Firmament Sword Saint himself could unleash such power using this skill if he had the same cultivation as Long Feng.

The core of the skill had deviated from the original firmament sword path down a new path. The flaming blade was silently erased without any resistance and the sword light continued on it's path towards Bai Lixi. Bai Lixi's expression was nothing but pure terror. He could sense death approaching slowly, and he was unable to move at all from his spot.

The sword light moved at a slow speed that should've been easy for even a peak spirit realm warrior to dodge, but there was a force that locked him in place and made movement impossible. He could only stare as death approached.

"Long Feng! My uncle is the head warden and my brother is a deity! You can't kill me!" He shouted in a shrill voice, his heart nearly leaving his chest. But Long Feng's indifferent eyes didn't waver at all.

"Watch me." In his mind, he recalled one thing. Once the sword was swung, it must draw blood. He didn't just want blood. He wanted Bai Lixi's life as well.

"Long Feng don't!" Gong Yangyu's expression changed as he roared, but he was too late. The sword light cleanly passed through Bai Lixi's body, causing him to freeze. A line of blood appeared from the top of his forehead to his torso and the two parts of his body fell to the ground in a puddle of blood. The arena fell into a terrifying silence. Many people were still filled with confusion as to what happened, but those who knew were filled with terror.

The gazes which they directed at Long Feng contained great fear and disbelief. The silence was broken by a loud crack and a long crack instantly appeared on the Origin Spirit Sword. Long Feng stared at the crack and smiled gently. The Origin Spirit Sword was a Spirit armament. For it to have withstood his sword intent enough to unleash a strike was already good enough. Now, it had reached it's own limit. If he used it any more, the sword would truly shatter to pieces.

"Long Feng! How dare you!" Gong Yangyu roared after regaining his wits. His eyes were filled with extreme terror which wasn't directed at Long Feng. His terror was so strong that his entire body was shivering. Long Feng out the Origin Spirit Sword aside and glanced at him coldly.

"We still have a battle to fight. I'd advice you to watch your mouth, otherwise you might end up being the second corpse here." The curses Gong Yangyu was about to mutter immediately became stuck in his throat. His face alternated between red and green before he revealed a bitter expression.

"You madman, you have no idea what you just did. Bai Lixi's elder brother is one of the top ten geniuses at the deity realm; Bai Zijun, and they are very close. You actually dare to kill his brother…" Long Feng's eyes narrowed briefly before he regained his calm.

"He tried to kill me before and wanted to kill me once again. Even if he is the son of a true elder, I would still kill him." He replied coldly. Gong Yangyu's eyelids drooped as he lacked the words to say. From the very beginning, he and Bai Lixi had been in the wrong. But they never cared about that. After all, strength was everything one needed to be right in this world. But it turned out that they didn't possess that strength. The winner was king. Bai Lixi's death was actually fair.

Unfortunately, Bai Zijun wouldn't listen to that. Not just Long Feng, everyone remotely related to this incident would be implicated in this case.

"Do you still want to fight?" Long Feng stared at Gong Yangyu and asked calmly. Gong Yangyu sighed and turned around.

"I admit defeat. We're in the wrong. But I hope you can survive for long. Bai Zijun is out on a mission. Once he returns, you will die without doubt." He spat as he walked away. At this point, he couldn't care less about the rule preventing admitting defeat without stepping into the ring. After witnessing how easily Bai Lixi was killed, he didn't dare to overestimate himself. He was only slightly stronger than Bai Lixi after all.

"I will die? That remains to be seen." Long Feng turned his gaze from Gong Yangyu's departing back to the pale faced Xu Kui.

"Do you also admit defeat? Or are you still willing to fight?" Xu Kui's expression became bitter.

"Fight? You should be as strong as a veteran peak Imperial and you have also comprehended the minor sword Intent. I am not your opponent." He admitted calmly, and Qui Yi beside him didn't mock him. His expression was similarly solemn as he gauged Long Feng with his eyes.

"You have somethings that belong to me." Long Feng had already expected that. Killing Bai Lixi was all he wanted to do. That was more than enough to spread his name across the outer peak. At least, no one beneath rank nine Imperial realm would dare to oppose him. Xu Kui took out a void ring and threw it at Long Feng.

"There are twenty low grade essence stones in there." He lowered his head and walked away silently. The twenty essence stones was his way of saying he no longer wanted to stand in opposition to Long Feng. The strength Long Feng had displayed already out him among the top three hundred disciples in the outer peak. Foolishly opposing him wasn't a good idea. Long Feng put the void ring away and jumped off the ring, strolling back to his pavilion casually as the disciples respectfully opened up a path for him.

Strength was king. No one would ever dare to mock his low cultivation or talent in the outer peak after the strength he had revealed today. The only bad thing was that he had unknowingly birthed a powerful foe for himself, a deity. Once Bai Zijun returned to the peak and found out about his brother's death, it was unknown what would happen. But if Long Feng was given the choice to do it again, he would still kill Bai Lixi. The arena drowned in silence even after Long Feng had left.

The disciples silently dispersed, still reeling from shock of the events that happened. The turn of events was astonishing to say the least. Instead of Long Feng losing his life, he had actually killed Bai Lixi and forced both Gong Yangyu and Xu Kui to be unable to face him. This shocking news would spread through the outer peak within hours. Even the wardens were alerted and some of them were shocked due to many reasons.

As for those who knew of Bai Lixi's relationship to the head warden and Bai Zijun, they all hid in their pavilions and waited to watch the upcoming developments.