This night, the most shocking event was not the Half-Step into Dao Integration battle between Xi Qingyi and Shui Tianyi. It was Su Bei! This Mid Stage Refining Void cultivator had boldly claimed he could fight twelve opponents. The Sky Mirror shone brightly, reflecting everything happening on the platform to the entire Twenty-One Provinces, the whole world!
A Sacred Land Elder on the high platform took a deep breath, a wry smile playing on his lips. "Even if Elder Su is defeated today, the fame of this battle will surely spread throughout the world!"
"What a Su Bei! What a Nineteenth Elder!" another on the platform exclaimed. "Such spirit... I, Yumen Du, am truly impressed—"
Ji Nanjue's palms unknowingly broke into a sweat, while Lin Jinyu beside him, her bosom heaving, stared unblinkingly at that very platform! An elder from the Sacred Land gazed at Su Bei, who was surrounded by twelve Refining Void Cultivators in the arena. After a long, deep look, the elder announced, "Then... let the battle of the Ascension Platform officially begin!!"
As soon as these words fell, a muscular man's figure suddenly burst forth, throwing a punch towards Su Bei! The world instantly echoed with a series of explosive sounds as the punch tore through the air with immense momentum and tyrannical force!
"Fist of Great Sorrow!"
Su Bei's eyes narrowed, and his figure retreated instantaneously. Suddenly, several whooshing sounds came from behind him, accompanied by dazzling brilliance, as if white cranes were soaring high into the sky with prolonged cries!
"Crane Decree! Crane Cry!!"
A woman let out a sharp cry. Instantly, a pair of snowy wings forged from white light-feathers appeared behind her. With a light flap, she arrived above Su Bei in a flash, her five fingers forming a claw as she swooped down at his head!
CLANG—
The sound of metal striking stone resounded! A white rainbow suddenly flashed across heaven and earth! The woman felt an overwhelming force between her hands, and then her whole body was sent flying backward in an instant! Her eyes filled with shock, she muttered to herself, "Such terrifying power! Even a Late Stage Refining Void cultivator might not possess such terrifying strength! How on earth did he cultivate?!"
Qingping Sword Qi filled the air as ten figures moved simultaneously, attacking the man in the center. Streaks of Qingping sword light, imbued with Great Dao Qi, crisscrossed the platform, painting the sky with swathes of azure and violet, like a sea of flourishing azure lotuses blooming to cover heaven and earth! Under the dual influence of the Selfless Realm and the Microcosmic Realm, Su Bei had full awareness of every attack from the dozen opponents, every split-second change in the Spiritual Energy within their bodies. Beneath the oppressive terror of the Spiritual Energy engulfing the sky, the bursts of explosive light could not harm Su Bei in the slightest!
An old man in a green robe, who had been hiding in the shadows, watched Su Bei thoughtfully and then zeroed in on a subtle flaw! The next moment, he swiftly drew the long knife at his waist and thrust it simply towards Su Bei! There was no dazzling display of blade light, no overwhelming Spiritual Energy—only a terrifying aura of slaughter! This strike, half its power rooted in sheer killing intent, unleashed a monstrous, murderous aura that surged through the sky as a glint of cold light flashed past! This was the moment he deemed most opportune, precisely coinciding with a lull in Su Bei's Spiritual Energy circulation—a fraction of a second where old energy was spent and new energy was yet to rise, when Su Bei's defenses were at their weakest! The blade glimmered, almost imperceptible, capable of wounding unseen!
"Hidden Strike!"
In an instant, Su Bei saw through it all. Spiritual Energy erupted from his Dantian, and the dense, robust Great Dao Qi spread throughout heaven and earth!
"I must say, your timing is exceptionally good," Su Bei remarked, licking his somewhat dry lips. "But—"
He squeezed his right hand tightly, and at once, another sword flew out from the storage ring on his hand!
In a mere blink, the distance between the assailant and Su Bei's sword was less than thirty feet!
"Sword One, advance mightily!"
The green-robed elder's strike met Su Bei's sword head-on and was abruptly halted! The exploding azure-violet Sword Qi scattered violently in all directions, the sound of it tearing through the air as if ripping apart the vast sky! In the elder's eyes, a terrifyingly vast azure-violet streak of Sword Qi, like a pool of lightning, magnified rapidly within his pupils! That murderous strike was utterly suppressed by this single sword, unable to advance even an inch!
The next moment! The sword, enveloped in profound Great Dao Qi, pierced the blue clouds, rushing towards him!
"Fellow Daoists, aid me!"
Facing imminent danger, the green-robed elder could not afford to care about anything else. He roared loudly as his figure rapidly retreated! This Sword One, its power equivalent to one hundred Refining Void cultivators and bolstered by Su Bei's Energy of Great Dao, resembled a mighty azure-violet dragon!
CLANG—
Seeing this, the other eleven cultivators rushed forward to block!
A knife!
A fist!
An axe!
A whisk!
BOOM—
BOOM—
The Ascension Platform seemed to suddenly resonate with the resounding clang of a great bell! The onlookers felt their eardrums vibrate as the noise, almost tangible, created ripples that swept through the world, visibly disturbing the air. The combined powers of the twelve cultivators converged into a single line, coalescing into a fearsome dragon of Spiritual Energy that howled as it charged!
"Break!!"
The sky suddenly darkened!
Then, complete silence descended. Atop the Ascension Platform, only a figure in a white robe embroidered with begonias stood proudly between heaven and earth. Opposite him, twelve figures converged into a line. Two awe-inspiring currents of terrifying Spiritual Energy furiously radiated outwards!!