Fang Tianjing closed his eyes and remained silent. Gu Feng put away his divine weapon. "I won't kill you."
Meanwhile, Ming Zhitian had already won. As he rubbed his hands, preparing to collect spoils.
Suddenly, a person surged through the crowd, "Who killed my cousin Hu Shang? Get out and face me!"
Hu Bi, who had just emerged from seclusion, was furious upon hearing that his own cousin had been killed. Upon learning that Ming Zhitian was at Fengyang Terrace, he rushed over immediately.
He had spent years in seclusion in the inner sect and had rarely interacted with any direct disciples of Xuan, mainly because they looked down on him.
The disciples all looked at him with contempt. Hu Bi, arrogant and conceited, relying on his recent emergence from seclusion and successful advancement by two tiers, now possessed the cultivation of the Grand Completion Void-Floating Realm, Ninth Heaven. He was a prime candidate for direct disciple of Xuan. Striding with a defiant gait, he swaggered towards Fengyang Terrace, as if wanting everyone to know he was out of seclusion. Two outer sect disciples fanned him, clearly pleased with themselves.
"Ming Zhitian, get out here and face me!"
Hu Bi cleared his throat, as if fearing no one would hear him. He had heard Ming Zhitian was a newly promoted disciple, and he intended to make a name for himself under the gaze of thousands. That's what he thought.
Someone, not fearing trouble, pointed upwards towards Fengyang Terrace. "He's there."
Hu Bi feigned politeness, "Thank you. I am Hu Bi, a direct disciple of Xuan!"
The person barely acknowledged him, "Heh."
Hu Bi instantly appeared before them and looked at the group. "Which one of you is Ming Zhitian?"
Ming Zhitian stepped forward. "Looking for me for a late-night snack? No need, I'm not hungry."
This immediately drew roaring laughter from the assembled disciples.
Hu Bi, enraged, but accustomed to grand occasions, quickly composed himself and retorted, "Not bad. You've taken down a few outer sect disciples. Just a Divine Emperor realm, and you've managed this much. It's quite something."
He then spotted the corpse of Hu Shang discarded nearby and immediately summoned his divine weapon, the Starfall Divine Hammer. "Killing my cousin is like slapping my face, his cousin. Didn't you know Hu Shang was my cousin?!"
Ming Zhitian shrugged. "To me, he's just another corpse that can't speak."
"Arrogant!" Hu Bi pointed the hammer at him. "You will pay for your words and actions!"
"Is that so?" Ming Zhitian flicked his sword.
Hu Bi lunged forward with the Starfall Divine Hammer! "Explosive Divine Void!"
He passed Gu Feng, feeling as if he had seen him somewhere before.
Without further thought, he aimed to end it with one blow, confident of victory.
Ming Zhitian raised his sword and unleashed a technique. "Explosive Divine Void!"
"What?!" Hu Bi was horrified!
"Boom! Boom!"
The hammer and sword collided, tearing through space and sending fragments falling!
Evidently, Ming Zhitian's supreme divine weapon surpassed Hu Bi's. He was immediately sent flying, spitting blood, and tumbling to the ground.
Hu Bi finally remembered. Gu Feng was a direct disciple of Xuan, and Ming Zhitian could stand here unscathed. The outcome was predictable; he had misjudged.
Ming Zhitian slowly walked up to him and placed a foot on his face. "You were so arrogant. Why can't you get up?"
Expecting Hu Bi to retort, he was surprised when Hu Bi desperately wished to kneel and beg for mercy. "Junior brother Ming, no, senior brother Ming, no, Grandpa Ming, grandfather, spare my life, grandfather! Release me, I Hu Bi am willing to be your ox or horse as repayment..."
Ming Zhitian said, "Be your ox or horse? You? Do you think you're worthy?"
Hu Bi's heart felt like it had been struck ten thousand times. "Ming Zhitian! Why? Why?! You're just a mere Divine Emperor realm, how can you defeat me?"
"Do you know... how many years we in the Void-Floating Realm have endured to reach this stage? Five thousand years! A full five thousand years. Through constant peril and careful steps, we have slowly climbed to this point, only for you to shatter it with a single move, 'Falling Dream,' and extinguish our potential..."