Chapter 1731: Ling Feng Makes His Move
"Who do you think you're up against?!"
Shi Haoxuan let out a beast-like roar.
Ignoring his injuries, he unleashed the full force of his Great Sun True Energy. Blazing power surged from his body as he once again transformed into the Golden Crow Incarnation.
Nine suns shone together.
The boundless solar radiance condensed into a single blazing true sun.
His strongest technique.
His final strike.
His last glorious performance.
The attack erupted like a falling star, dazzling beyond compare.
"Hmph. Trivial tricks."
A look of disdain appeared on the cold-faced man's face.
In his eyes, this was nothing more than a futile struggle.
As expected, the finger strike he unleashed carried highly condensed power along with a perfected Sword Force. It instantly shattered Shi Haoxuan's ultimate attack.
The force did not stop there.
Shi Haoxuan's upper robes exploded apart inch by inch, fragments scattering through the air. The remaining finger force then shot directly toward his forehead.
It intended to pierce straight through his skull.
In the blink of an eye, Shi Haoxuan was about to die beneath that terrifying finger blast.
But at that critical moment, a clear sword cry rang through the heavens.
A streak of sword light descended as though it had come from beyond the sky itself.
Its speed was so great that nobody could react.
The sword light collided with the incoming finger blast.
Both attacks shattered instantly.
"Who dares interfere when I'm killing someone?"
The cold-faced man's expression darkened.
His brows furrowed as terrifying malevolent qi burst from his body.
Around him, it seemed as though mountains of corpses and seas of blood rose and fell.
This was a Sword Emperor who had walked through countless massacres.
The moment his anger erupted, the geniuses of the Dongling Region coughed up blood once again.
Those with weaker cultivation collapsed unconscious on the spot.
"I-It's Ling Feng!"
"Senior Brother Ling!"
"Junior Brother Ling!"
Hope flashed across the eyes of every genius from the Dongling Region.
Ling Feng had finally emerged from seclusion!
Ao Jue clenched his fists tightly and turned around.
A golden figure shot into the sky.
Brilliant divine light radiated from his body like the noonday sun.
The man standing within that golden radiance was none other than the strongest genius of the Sunset Heaven Selection from the Dongling Region.
Ling Feng!
"It's Junior Brother Ling!"
Yue Huaqing nearly burst into tears of relief.
He was stronger than before.
Much stronger.
"Junior Brother Ling!"
Having narrowly escaped death, Shi Haoxuan looked toward Ling Feng and smiled knowingly.
"The rest is yours."
He slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.
The strength left his body, and he collapsed onto the ground.
At this point, he had completely exhausted himself.
"Leave it to me."
Ling Feng's figure flickered.
The next moment, he was already standing before all the geniuses of the Dongling Region.
He stood proudly at the front, facing the cold-faced man without the slightest hint of fear.
"So you're the one who said you'd kill everyone from the Dongling Region?"
Ling Feng's voice was calm.
There was no anger in it whatsoever.
Yet every word struck with unquestionable force.
His frame was not particularly imposing, but as he stood before all the martial practitioners of the Dongling Region, he seemed as immovable and majestic as a towering mountain.
"Where did this brat come from?"
The cold-faced man was initially furious, but then he paused.
After studying Ling Feng for a few moments, he suddenly laughed.
"A Human Emperor? I thought some great figure had arrived. So it's only a mere Human Emperor. You really don't know the meaning of death."
Although his words dripped with contempt, he did not truly underestimate Ling Feng.
After all, Ling Feng had managed to neutralize his finger strike at the last possible moment.
No ordinary Human Emperor could have done that.
A trace of jealousy flashed through Long Tengyuan's eyes.
Ling Feng looked even younger than he was.
Yet he had managed to attract the attention of this Senior Brother.
Did that not mean Ling Feng's strength might actually surpass his own?
A mere native from the Dongling Region possessing talent comparable to the top geniuses of the Xijian Region?
How could that be possible?
Ling Feng glanced at the cold-faced man and spoke leisurely.
"The Dongling Region has always believed in resolving conflicts peacefully."
He paused briefly before continuing.
"How about this? If the person responsible cuts off one of his own arms and kneels to apologize, I may consider letting all of you leave."
His voice remained calm and composed.
It was as though he did not regard the experts of Dragon Sword Heavenly Manor as a threat at all.
This was despite the fact that he was only a Human Emperor.
His opponent was a Fifth Level Destiny Sword Emperor.
"What?"
The disciples of Dragon Sword Heavenly Manor stared in disbelief.
Had they heard him correctly?
Who was supposed to be sparing whom?
Even the martial practitioners of the Dongling Region were dumbfounded.
Some nearly fainted from shock.
Had Senior Brother Ling completely misunderstood the situation?
Did he really think the current Dongling Region had the strength to speak this way?
He was actually demanding that Long Tengyuan cut off his own arm and kneel in apology.
Was he trying to declare war on Dragon Sword Heavenly Manor?
"Heh heh heh! Boy, that's the funniest joke I've ever heard in my life. Since you've entertained me so well, I've decided to leave your corpse intact."
The cold-faced man burst into laughter.
A newborn calf fears no tiger.
But for someone to remain this foolish even now and say something like that, there could only be one explanation.
The boy's brain clearly wasn't working properly.
"Wait."
A cold gleam flashed through Long Tengyuan's eyes.
He stared at Ling Feng and spoke through gritted teeth.
"You think someone like you can tell me to cut off my own arm and kneel in apology? You've got guts, I'll give you that."
The cold-faced man glanced at Long Tengyuan.
"What would Junior Brother Long like to do with him?"
Long Tengyuan's eyes twisted with malice.
"I want him on his knees, eating the mud beneath my feet. If he refuses, I'll make sure he suffers a fate worse than death."
His face became increasingly distorted.
What had once been a fairly handsome appearance now looked as frightening as a vicious ghost.
"If that's what Junior Brother Long wants, then you'd better do as you're told."
The cold-faced man sneered.
"Don't bother resisting. With your tiny bit of strength, you're nothing more than a slightly stronger ant in front of me."
Faced with the cold-faced man's pressure and Long Tengyuan's hysterical threats, Ling Feng acted as though he heard nothing.
His expression remained calm.
"I'll say it one last time."
"Kneel."
"Apologize."
"Then cut off one arm and swear never to trouble the martial practitioners of the Dongling Region again."
His gaze swept across the group.
"If you do that, I may consider letting you leave alive."
For a moment, everyone present was completely stunned.
Ling Feng's words had left them utterly speechless.
"Boy, enough already. This joke has gone on long enough."
The cold-faced man frowned.
His patience was beginning to run out.
"Really?"
Ling Feng smiled faintly.
"Then very soon, you won't be laughing anymore."
With that, he slowly drew the Eradicator of Realms.
As the sword emerged inch by inch from its sheath, an incomparably powerful sword will rose from his body.
It was sharp beyond measure.
The aura soared into the heavens as though it intended to pierce the void itself.
Everything around him seemed on the verge of being cut apart.
Aside from the cold-faced man, everyone present felt as though they had fallen into an ocean of sword qi.
Countless sharp sensations assaulted their bodies.
Pain spread across every inch of their flesh.
It felt as though they were being subjected to death by a thousand cuts.
"Hm? What a sword!"
The cold-faced man's eyes immediately lit up as he stared at the fully drawn Eradicator of Realms.
"I want that sword."
With his eyesight, he could instantly tell that the weapon in Ling Feng's hand was extraordinary.
In fact, it surpassed ordinary celestial artifacts.
"You want it?"
A cold light flashed through Ling Feng's eyes.
He looked directly at the cold-faced man.
The gaze he gave him was no different from looking at a dead man.
"Do you even have the life to take it?"