Chapter 1700: Peak Battle
Looking at Shi Haoxuan's overwhelming power, a single thought could not help but arise in everyone's minds.
Even if the other nine geniuses in the top ten joined forces, they might still fall short compared to Shi Haoxuan alone.
"Completely defeated..."
Ye Ting's heart turned ashen. Even if Ling Feng had never taken his Thunder Soul Vigour Divine Crystal, even if he trained for another ten years, he still could not match Shi Haoxuan.
He was the kind of genius that appeared once in a thousand years, a peerless prodigy who cut through an entire era. Compared to him, Ye Ting was nothing more than a supporting figure.
The competition continued.
In the next match, Li Yanluo faced Gongsun Changfeng. After a fierce battle, Gongsun Changfeng ultimately prevailed through the sword dao.
After that, Tuoba Yan faced Ling Feng. Without any surprise, Tuoba Yan chose to concede on her own.
Then came Yu Linglong against Tuoba Yan. The two women exchanged only a few symbolic moves before Yu Linglong also admitted defeat first.
Their situations were quite similar. Yu Linglong's earth spirit guardian was in a weakened state, while Tuoba Yan could not fully activate her Nether Yin origin power. Compared to the two, Tuoba Yan still had more techniques at her disposal, so her victory was not controversial.
Next was Yue Huaqing versus Gongsun Long.
To everyone's surprise, after a long and bitter struggle, Yue Huaqing narrowly defeated Gongsun Long.
Just as Ling Feng had expected, Yue Huaqing had indeed held something back when she fought him earlier. However, whether she had held back or not, she would have ultimately lost to him anyway.
After Yu Linglong, Yue Huaqing also defeated Gongsun Long, drawing waves of astonishment from the audience.
It turned out that in this Sunset Heaven Selection, all the female participants were hidden experts.
Yue Huaqing's reversal more or less helped the Yunluo Sacred Land regain some face.
Half an hour later, the puppet referee once again announced in an emotionless tone.
"The next match, Shi Haoxuan versus Ling Feng. Both participants, step onto the stage."
In an instant, the entire crowd erupted once more.
Ling Feng.
The rising dark horse who had surged through the ranks had finally met Shi Haoxuan.
Was this ultimate collision arriving so soon.
In a flash, two figures landed on the arena almost at the same time.
Their gazes clashed, and their auras rose together.
Shi Haoxuan stood with his hands behind his back, a faint smile forming on his lips.
"Junior brother Ling Feng, I hope you will not disappoint me too much."
Before the battle had even begun, everyone was already restless with excitement.
Perhaps there was no suspense in this match, and no one believed Ling Feng would win.
But what mattered was how far Ling Feng could go.
Could he withstand three moves from Shi Haoxuan.
On the high platform.
Saint Lady Bi Luo narrowed her eyes slightly and murmured, "Who would have thought this young man would actually make it all the way to Shi Haoxuan."
Back then, when Ling Feng was assigned to the outer sect, although Elder Gui had somewhat interfered behind the scenes, very few people had thought highly of him from the start.
After all, when Ling Feng first joined the Dongling Immortal Pool, he was only at the early stage of the Human Emperor realm. In less than a year, he had already advanced to the peak Human Emperor level.
Even now, among the top ten participants, his cultivation realm was still the lowest.
Yet his strength was undeniable.
After all, reaching Shi Haoxuan alone was already a kind of honor.
It was just unfortunate that being born in the same era as Shi Haoxuan was, in itself, a kind of tragedy.
At that moment, Shi Haoxuan raised three fingers and said calmly, "Junior brother Ling Feng, do you need me to let you three moves?"
The moment those words fell, the crowd below was left stunned.
When facing Ye Ting, Shi Haoxuan had directly said that he would let him three moves.
But when facing Ling Feng, he had turned it into a question.
A question.
That meant, in his eyes, Ling Feng and Ye Ting were not even on the same level.
Was Ling Feng truly worthy of such attention from Shi Haoxuan.
Ye Ting's face instantly darkened.
Who exactly did I offend? Was there really a need to drag me out just to be humiliated again?
"I'll defeat you, and I'll do it completely. Why would I need you to let me?"
Ling Feng smiled faintly, a trace of confidence flashing across his lips.
Down below, Ye Ting's expression turned pitch black.
Why am I being dragged into this again?
"I will defeat you with absolute certainty. There is no need for you to hold back."
Ling Feng's face carried a calm, confident smile.
Facing Shi Haoxuan, he did not have much certainty.
But confidence had nothing to do with strength or weakness.
If he did not even have the belief that he could defeat Shi Haoxuan, then there was no reason for him to stand on this arena at all.
As a descendant of the Heavenly Dao Clan, he could accept defeat.
But he would never allow himself to lose the heart of invincibility.
"Very good."
Shi Haoxuan laughed loudly as he looked up at the sky.
"Junior brother truly has the bearing of a king. In that case, be careful."
"Nine Suns in the Sky!"
Shi Haoxuan spoke the words lightly.
In an instant, the power of the Nine Suns surged outward from his body.
Shi Haoxuan was a disciple of the Hall Master of the Blazing Sun Hall. His divine skills were all built upon the true energy of the great sun.
The great sun true energy carried an unmatched, overwhelmingly yang force. The moment it erupted, the entire arena was almost engulfed in the flames of the golden crow. A sea of fire spread in all directions, and even the defensive barrier around the arena began to tremble violently, as if it could collapse at any moment.
The next instant, within Ling Feng's soul, nine enormous golden crow divine birds suddenly soared up from behind Shi Haoxuan.
The nine golden crows transformed into nine blazing suns, hanging high in the sky.
Even with Ling Feng's physique, he could still feel an unbearable heat.
It was not the burning heat of ordinary flames, but a scorching that seemed to sear the very soul itself.
"Junior brother Ling Feng, I hope your strength will not bore me too much."
In that moment, the nine golden crow divine birds behind Shi Haoxuan folded their wings. Countless fiery feathers swept outward with the intent of burning everything in their path, as if to incinerate even the Nine Nether realms.
Boom!
The entire arena, within a range of several hundred zhang, shattered in space. The sheer force of this aura was terrifying beyond measure.