prynovel Chapter 72 : Chapter 72
Chapter 72 : Chapter 72
Chapter 72: Spatial Execution! Ouyang Zhantian Slain in an Instant! The Martial Saint’s Killing Intent!!
Ouyang Lun suddenly shouted.
“What utter nonsense! He already used his full strength. How is that not a violation of the agreement!?”
Gu Xuan was the first to point at Ouyang Lun and curse him out.
The instant those words left his mouth, Ouyang Lun’s expression turned icy. He was, after all, a Martial Thearch. Yet some brat was actually pointing at him and cursing him to his face.
“Ouyang Lun, I need an explanation. Otherwise, I will report this directly to the Martial God, and then your father can explain it to the Martial God himself!”
Zheng Shanhe spoke coldly.
“Martial Saint Senior, wasn’t the agreement my nephew made earlier that he would seal part of his strength and fight Xiao Xuan?”
Ouyang Lun shouted loudly.
“That is correct!”
Zheng Shanhe nodded. But the moment he said that, his face darkened at once. He seemed to have realized something.
“Are you trying to say that he only said he would seal part of his strength, but never said to what extent he would seal it!?”
Zheng Shanhe’s expression turned utterly ugly.
That Ouyang Zhantian had practically trampled his intelligence into the dirt.
Seeing this, Ouyang Lun inwardly groaned. This was equivalent to scheming against Zheng Shanhe himself!
But a scheme was a scheme. No matter what, he had to protect his nephew first.
“That is correct. So he did not violate his own agreement. The strength he used just now was only at the Eighth Heaven of the Martial Emperor Realm. Compared to his peak combat power, that was less than a quarter!”
“It was Xiao Xuan himself who assumed that because my nephew initially sealed his strength to the Fifth Heaven of the Martial King Realm, that was the level he meant to keep!”
Ouyang Lun declared loudly.
At once, the entire venue fell silent.
“Damn. That is shameless beyond belief!”
“Disgusting. Absolutely disgusting!”
“So this is the number one of the Heaven Ranking? It seems Imperial Capital University is nothing special after all!”
“Hah. A university like this is not worth attending. I have no desire to study for years only to learn sophistry and wordplay!”
“The number one genius of the Ouyang family and the Heaven Ranking? Bah! What kind of trash is that!?”
For a time, curses and contemptuous jeers blanketed the entire Martial Arena.
Ouyang Lun directly shut off his hearing.
As long as his nephew was safe, nothing else mattered. Once his nephew grew into a Martial Saint, or even a Martial God, all of this would disappear entirely.
No one would remember the dead Xiao Xuan. They would only remember Ouyang Zhantian, the future Martial God.
At that thought, Ouyang Lun even felt a little pleased.
He had also avenged his other nephew.
“Good. Very good. Ouyang Zhantian, even I was played by you!”
At that moment, Zheng Shanhe’s furious voice rang out as well.
As a Martial Saint and the Martial Arts Department Director of Imperial Capital University, he had now lost face completely.
He looked furiously at the motionless Ouyang Zhantian standing on the arena and let out a cold snort.
But very quickly, he noticed something was wrong.
Why was Ouyang Zhantian still not moving at all?
More and more people also began to notice that strange state.
“Zhantian, what is wrong with you?”
Ouyang Lun asked loudly in confusion.
But Ouyang Zhantian did not answer him!
“Did he lose consciousness after falling into demonhood!?”
The moment that thought struck him, Ouyang Lun hurriedly flew over.
“Zhantian, are you alri—”
Ouyang Lun landed on Ouyang Zhantian’s shoulder.
PFFT!!
In the next instant, an extremely smooth cross-section suddenly appeared at Ouyang Zhantian’s shoulder, and his arm slowly slid off and fell to the ground.
RUMBLE—!!!
The enormous arm crashed onto the ground with a deafening boom.
In an instant, everyone below the stage who had still been cursing fell silent.
PFFT! PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!!
Before anyone could react, Ouyang Zhantian’s entire body suddenly split open with countless cracks.
In the next moment, his whole body broke apart into huge chunks and smashed to the ground in pieces!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!
That tremendous crashing sound hammered itself into everyone’s hearts.
Ouyang Zhantian was dead!?
How was that possible?
When had it happened?
For an instant, everyone, even Zheng Shanhe, rose to their feet in disbelief and stared blankly at the pile of shattered remains on the arena.
“Wonderful. Truly wonderful. So this is how a battle agreement can be played with. I have learned something today.”
“Unfortunately, if Senior Ouyang wants to try that trick again, he will have to wait until the underworld!”
At that very moment, a mocking voice drifted down from the sky.
The familiarity of that voice made every pupil contract violently.
All of them raised their heads and looked toward the heavens.
There, ten thousand meters above them, Xiao Xuan’s figure appeared before everyone’s eyes!
“How did he get up there?”
At that moment, that question surfaced in every mind.
Right under the gaze of Zheng Shanhe, a Martial Saint, Xiao Xuan had somehow reached an altitude of ten thousand meters without anyone noticing!
And how had he dodged Ouyang Zhantian’s attack, then turned around and killed him instead?
“You little bastard, you are courting death!!”
Ouyang Lun exploded with rage the instant he saw that Ouyang Zhantian had died. He shot toward the sky in a frenzy.
BOOM!!
Unfortunately, after charging less than a hundred meters, he was struck directly in the face by a terrifying force!
RUMBLE—!!!
He was smashed into the earth like a missile, instantly blasting the entire arena into a vast abyss.
If not for the protection of the formation, that impact alone would have been enough to level all of Imperial Capital University.
“Hmph. Ouyang Lun, do you uncle and nephew really take me for decoration?”
Zheng Shanhe’s furious voice rang out from the sky. The one who had struck Ouyang Lun was none other than him.
A long while later, Ouyang Lun finally flew up again from the abyss where the arena had been.
His face had been caved in by a fist-shaped dent.
His entire head had been smashed down into his chest.
His neck was gone entirely.
Yet as he looked down at the vanished arena, he froze completely. Ouyang Zhantian was dead. Not even a corpse remained intact.
“You look like a turtle with its head tucked in. It really suits you.”
When Xiao Xuan saw Ouyang Lun’s appearance, he could not help sneering.
“You are courting death!!”
The moment Ouyang Lun heard Xiao Xuan’s words, his fists clenched instantly.
But after glancing at Zheng Shanhe, who stood between them, he did not dare make a move.
“You can curse me all you like. I will not die from it. But your nephew truly is dead.”
“And he died a miserably gruesome death.”
Xiao Xuan grinned and mocked him again.
“Ahhh! You little bastard, you—”
Enraged beyond measure, Ouyang Lun roared and charged at Xiao Xuan once more.
BZZZ!!
Suddenly, Zheng Shanhe appeared directly in front of him.
“Get lost!!!”
With that shout, a terrifying giant fist crushed toward him.
BOOM!!!!
In the next moment, a horrifying punch powerful enough to destroy an ordinary city slammed into Ouyang Lun’s chest!
PFFT!!!
Ouyang Lun spat out a mouthful of blood, and at the same time, a large number of silver traits burst from his body!
In the very next instant, his entire body shot into the sky at an appalling speed like a meteor, vanishing completely from everyone’s sight.
“A grand Martial Thearch, and he cannot even see through such a simple provocation. Utterly useless!”
Zheng Shanhe let out a cold snort.
Then he turned back to look at Xiao Xuan behind him.
At that moment, Zheng Shanhe was also deeply shocked. He was extremely puzzled as to how Xiao Xuan had managed to evade Ouyang Zhantian’s attack and kill him in an instant.
But everyone had secrets of their own.
And this had been a life-and-death arena. Life and death were no object there!
Even he, a Martial Saint, could not tell what method Xiao Xuan had used. That meant it was valid and within the rules.
Unless someone could produce evidence that Xiao Xuan had violated them.
“Boy, this time you have completely offended the Ouyang family.”
“Martial Saint Ouyang is one of Huaxia’s ten strongest experts. You had best be careful.”
Zheng Shanhe looked at Xiao Xuan and sighed.
“Thank you for the warning, Director. I will be careful.”
Xiao Xuan nodded seriously the moment he heard that.
The reason he had escaped Ouyang Zhantian’s attack just now was naturally because he had used spatial teleportation to hide in the sky. Then, after raising his realm into the Martial Emperor Realm, he teleported back. While Ouyang Zhantian was still immersed in the joy of having killed him, Xiao Xuan launched a surprise attack and chopped off his head in an instant.
After that, he directly dismembered the entire body before venting even a fraction of his anger.
Of course, all of that had happened within the smoke and dust, and in the span of a single moment. Naturally, no one had noticed.
After finishing all that, Xiao Xuan turned his attention to his system backend.
After killing Ouyang Zhantian, all of the latter’s traits had burst out.
Whether it was the Blade Demon Body or the Power of Light and Darkness, both were top-tier traits.
Xiao Xuan directly chose to fuse those two traits, then recycled all the remaining traits he already possessed!
【Congratulations. You recycled a large number of silver traits and obtained: 3.8 billion Eco Points】
【Congratulations. You recycled the trait 【Aptitude Enhancement! Gold】 and obtained: 23.5 billion Eco Points】
【Congratulations. You recycled the trait 【Strength Enhancement! Gold】 and obtained: 10 billion Eco Points】
...
Very quickly, several notifications rang out in Xiao Xuan’s mind in succession. As he listened to them, the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
At that moment, his total Eco Points had already skyrocketed to the terrifying sum of more than 40 billion.
With that many traits, his strength was enough to undergo a qualitative leap.
At the very least, reaching Martial Venerable level was guaranteed.
...
With Ouyang Zhantian dead, this Hundred-Province Genius Tournament had finally come to an end.
Although Xiao Xuan had only placed second, in everyone’s eyes, his strength was the greatest of them all.
Of course, only Xiao Xuan knew that even now, if he faced Mu Xiying, who had cultivated thirteenth-tier cultivation arts and martial techniques to Great Perfection, there was still a gap between them.
But that gap was shrinking wildly, again and again.
And he could even erase it in an instant simply by increasing his strength.
“Xiao, I thought you were dead for sure back there. Come here and let me hug you!”
The moment Gu Xuan saw Xiao Xuan come down, he pounced over at once.
Naturally, what greeted him was still the sole of Xiao Xuan’s size-43 shoe.
“You brat, can you stop being so revolting?”
Xiao Xuan was speechless. But he had also seen how Gu Xuan had been ready to fight Ouyang Zhantian one-on-one for his sake, and had even cursed a Martial Thearch.
No wonder this guy would become his best friend in the future. There was clearly a reason for it.
“It is good that you are all right.”
Su Qingwu let out a sigh of relief as she looked at Xiao Xuan. Although she, like everyone else, was extremely curious how Xiao Xuan had managed to kill Ouyang Zhantian in return, no one dared ask.
After all, that counted as Xiao Xuan’s personal secret.
“Spatial Power? Xiao Xuan, I did not expect you to be hiding a talent like that as well.”
Mu Xiying could not help exclaiming in astonishment as she looked at Xiao Xuan.
She had lived for so long and seen so many powerhouses, but the one who had left the deepest impression on her was Dongying’s Ninja God, a powerful Martial God who possessed the power of teleportation.
Although he was only a Martial God, even ordinary Supremes could not catch him because of that teleportation ability, much less kill him.
If she remembered correctly, he had already reached Martial Thearch level by now.
He simply remained hidden in the shadows, which was why the public knew little about him.
Once he fully matured, even Mu Xiying had nearly been killed by him several times.
Had it not been for the uniqueness of her constitution, she would not have survived.
That was why, after realizing Xiao Xuan actually possessed a spatial-type trait, she was inwardly shaken.
Xiao Xuan’s talent far surpassed that future Ninja God’s.
Once he grew up, he would absolutely become one of the strongest existences in the human race!
“But how did his realm rise in an instant?”
“Could it be that he had been hiding his true strength all along?”
“But if even I was unable to perceive it, could he possibly possess a concealment-type trait at the Dark Gold level?”
Even as she marveled, Mu Xiying was filled with doubt.
But then she remembered that in the future, Xiao Xuan had not only become a Martial Saint of the human race, he had also died in battle defending humanity.
That thought set her mind at ease.
The stronger Xiao Xuan was, the better it was for the human race.
Under Zheng Shanhe’s personal supervision, this year’s Hundred-Province Genius Tournament finally came to a complete close.
As the runner-up, Xiao Xuan’s rewards were extremely generous!
Not only did he receive a monetary reward worth more than 10 billion, he also received many things that money could not buy, such as the right to choose any three cultivation arts or martial techniques below Peak Eighth-Tier, and one weapon of his choice.
In addition, once he entered Imperial Capital University, he would receive thebenefits reserved for a Heaven Ranking genius!
Thosebenefits were even better than Mu Xiying’s, because she had not gotten the chance to challenge Zhao Wuji.
After all, Zhao Wuji had been gravely wounded by Xiao Xuan. It would be impossible for him to recover in a short time.
...
Once the tournament ended, everyone dispersed.
Those who had advanced were all issued Imperial Capital University’s student battle armor and identity credentials.
Even their lodging had already been arranged.
As for those who had failed the assessment, they could each return home.
Xiao Xuan glanced at his assigned residence. Even within Imperial Capital University, it was among the best locations, which was not bad at all.
“Sister Ying, I am sorry. I stole your spotlight. I should have left Zhao Wuji with enough strength for you to finish him off.”
Xiao Xuan walked over to Mu Xiying and spoke a little awkwardly.
Zhao Wuji had been beaten so badly that if Mu Xiying wanted to gain Heaven Ranking status by defeating him, she would have to wait until school officially started.
“It is fine. Once school starts, I can challenge the Heaven Ranking myself.”
Mu Xiying spoke indifferently when she heard Xiao Xuan’s apology.
Of course, that was only something she said casually.
At the rate her strength was increasing, by the time school began, there would probably be nothing left in the university that could teach her anything.
“But you are the one I am worried about. You pushed the Bloodthirsty Demonic Art to that extent. Are you really all right?”
Mu Xiying looked at Xiao Xuan, frowned slightly, and asked with concern.
As a life-risking cultivation art, the Bloodthirsty Demonic Art naturally had its own extraordinary qualities!
At its limit, the power it produced from burning Essence-Blood far exceeded what it could produce under normal burning conditions.
For example, now that Xiao Xuan had advanced to the First Heaven of the Martial Emperor Realm, his Essence-Blood cap had risen to 100 million.
If Xiao Xuan burned 1,000 points of Essence-Blood per second, that just happened to be the recovery limit of a gold trait.
The resulting boost to his power was roughly eightfold!
If the supportive effect brought by recycling traits through the Scavenger Trait was added on top of that, then the intensity of the burn would instantly surge to the terrifying level of 1 million points per second!
That would grant his combat power a boost of more than seventyfold.
But if Xiao Xuan squeezed out his own potential and drove the burning rate all the way up to 10 million points, then the upper limit of his combat power would undergo a qualitative leap!
It could even reach two to three hundred times.
That was because Xiao Xuan’s Essence-Blood burning rate would then be extremely close to the limit of his Essence-Blood capacity.
In theory, it would burn him to death in ten seconds.
But if Xiao Xuan’s realm rose to Martial Venerable and his Vitality cap increased to 100 billion, then burning only 10 million Essence-Blood would leave him with a mere tenfold or so increase in strength.
Mu Xiying could sense that even now, Xiao Xuan’s Essence-Blood was still steaming away wildly.
At that rate, it was absolutely not something a Martial Emperor with a gold healing-type trait should have been able to withstand.
“The constitution I awakened this time is a little unusual. For some reason, my Essence-Blood heals extremely quickly.”
“And I can also freely adjust the Essence-Blood burning speed of the Bloodthirsty Demonic Art.”
“That is why I chose to cultivate it.”
After hearing Mu Xiying’s question, Xiao Xuan gave the excuse he had already prepared.
Changing the burning speed of the Bloodthirsty Demonic Art was simple. He only needed to recycle the Essence-Blood Burning trait, and the entire cultivation art would instantly stop.
That trait was not the same as things like Blood Loss and the other negative traits. Those were side effects produced by the Bloodthirsty Demonic Art.
But the Essence-Blood Burning trait itself was the very core of the Bloodthirsty Demonic Art.
In theory, Xiao Xuan could cultivate the Bloodthirsty Demonic Art however he pleased, then recycle the Essence-Blood Burning trait to farm Eco Points.
And in fact, that was exactly what he was doing.
It was just that the benefits he got from that were roughly the same as directly recycling the negative traits produced by Essence-Blood Burning.
And that was already with the High Silver Tailored Limb Regeneration trait stacked on top of it.
Of course, if he could raise the trait to Gold, then the grade of his Essence-Blood Burning trait might rise to Mid Silver or above.
At that point, it would slightly surpass the gains from directly recycling negative traits.
“A special constitution? Could it be that you have a Bloodline-Type Trait from the Blood Demon Race?”
The instant Mu Xiying heard Xiao Xuan’s explanation, a sharp glint flashed through her eyes.
“A bloodline trait from the Blood Demon Race? What is that?”
Gu Xuan leaned over from the side and asked curiously.
“The Bloodthirsty Demonic Art is said online to have been created by someone with a healing-type talent, but in truth, that is not the case!”
“The Bloodthirsty Demonic Art is an extremely powerful demonic art with a terrifying upper limit. It can even be said to be a cultivation art with no upper limit!”
“And this cultivation art was discovered three hundred years ago in a subterranean ruin belonging to the Blood Demon Race.”
“According to certain secret records, the Bloodthirsty Demonic Art was the supreme treasure of the Blood Demon Race.”
“Unfortunately, for the human race, it is of very little use!”
“Only someone who possesses the bloodline constitution of the Blood Demon Race can truly control this powerful Bloodthirsty Demonic Art and unleash its real might!”
Mu Xiying explained.
“There is really a bloodline like that?”
The moment Xiao Xuan heard that, his eyes lit up.
If he could get his hands on that, would it not mean that the boost his Bloodthirsty Demonic Art gave his strength could increase even further?
And by then, the grade of his Essence-Blood Burning trait would also rise by a huge margin.
The passive growth effect on his Eco Points would undergo a qualitative leap as well!
That was a good thing indeed!
“Then where can this Blood Demon Race be found?”
Xiao Xuan immediately asked.
“They went extinct long ago. Perhaps they will appear in the future. Why are you looking for them?”
Mu Xiying answered casually. Indeed, they would only appear in the future.
Three thousand years in the future, to be exact!
The moment Xiao Xuan heard that, he understood the implication in her words.
They would only appear in the future?
Then that was useless. Although he could go with Mu Xiying into the future, once he got there, his Scavenger Trait would be useless.
“I was just asking. When the time comes, I will check whether this constitution and bloodline of mine is really what you call a Blood Demon Race trait.”
“If it is, I can catch a couple and study them.”
Xiao Xuan said with a smile.
“Forget it. None of that matters right now.”
“You killed Ouyang Zhantian. Ouyang Xun will absolutely not let you go!”
“For the next few years, you should stay inside Imperial Capital University and focus on raising your strength as quickly as possible.”
“As for home, I will notify my parents and have them come live with us at Imperial Capital University as well!”
“As long as we remain here, Ouyang Xun will not dare make a move—unless he no longer wants the Ouyang clan to remain in this world!”
Mu Xiying then warned Xiao Xuan gravely.
“This time I was too reckless. Ouyang Xun would not really make a move against Uncle Mu and the others, would he?”
The moment Xiao Xuan heard that, his expression changed slightly.
His face also grew grave.
“Martial Saint Ouyang is still a Martial Saint. He would not stoop that low, would he?”
Su Qingwu’s face changed as well.
“Hah. Did either Ouyang Zhantian or Ouyang Lun look like good men to you?”
“Ouyang Xun is their father and grandfather. He would only be even worse!”
The instant Gu Xuan heard that, he let out a cold snort.
“Like it or not, Ouyang Xun is a powerhouse who has made great contributions to the human race!”
“He has guarded one region after another and rendered tremendous service to humanity.”
“But Ouyang Zhantian was the only grandson left behind by Ouyang Xun’s eldest son.”
“He treasured him more than his own life. If Ouyang Xun had only himself to think about, he might already have come here to kill you.”
“But as long as we remain at Imperial Capital University, the problem is not too serious. The university is protected by an extremely powerful eleventh-tier formation, and it also has experts at the Peak of the Martial Saint Realm who stand on the same level as Ouyang Xun.”
Mu Xiying spoke with some helplessness in her voice.
As a Martial Saint-level powerhouse, Ouyang Xun was someone she had known well in the past.
He was immensely powerful, and unquestionably one of the senior pillars of the human race.
The number of Huaxia humans he had saved was far beyond merely a trillion!
Of course, she did not blame Xiao Xuan in the slightest. Ouyang Zhantian had tried to kill him. Xiao Xuan could hardly just stand there and wait to die.
Moreover, it had been a life-and-death match. Life and death were no object there!
Back then, Ouyang Xun’s eldest son—Ouyang Zhantian’s father—had also died on a life-and-death arena.
But the moment she said that, Xiao Xuan fell silent.
In the end, it was still a matter of strength. He was not strong enough yet.
If his strength were sufficient, then right now he could directly raise his realm to the Martial Saint Realm and absolutely take down Ouyang Xun.
Whether Ouyang Xun planned to make a move or not, Xiao Xuan would simply assassinate him first and strangle every last danger while it was still in the cradle.