Chapter 432: Round Begins

"I truly do not understand whether you have failed to see the situation clearly? Or are you arrogant and conceited? Or perhaps..."

"Self-confidence?"

On the ten-thousand-zhang diameter battle platform, nearly two hundred figures stood sparsely. Among them, Bing Jingyu and Xiao Han stood facing each other. The latter's choice left Bing Jingyu, who usually prided himself on being cautious and having everything under his control, feeling somewhat at a loss.

The vast disparity in combat power gave him strong confidence, yet Xiao Han's abnormality caused a hidden worry to rise in the depths of Bing Jingyu's heart.

Regarding Bing Jingyu's doubt, Xiao Han responded with a gentle smile,

"For the Ice Spirit Clan's twenty-plus branches to expend such terrifying energy just to target one branch, if I were not to enter the arena, would I not be failing to show you all respect?"

"I suppose you are unwilling to give up?" Bing Jingyu's expression was heavy, and he lowered his head quite "painfully," "I even wanted to leave you a way to survive."

The gentle expression could not conceal the tangible killing intent behind it,

"Make your move."

Bing Jingyu waved his hand, and the Presiding Elder, having received the signal, immediately announced the start of the battle.

In that instant, five blue arrows trailing icy tail feathers shot out with chilling killing intent toward their common target.

"This is really..."

Glancing casually at the killing blow, which was nearly equivalent to the full-force efforts of five Earth Sovereigns, Xiao Han shook his head in regret in his heart. With such an obvious disparity, are they actually still going to test the waters?

"It would be good to teach you all a lesson."

For Earth Sovereigns, a mere distance of ten thousand zhang can be covered in an instant. The sharp arrows pierced through the figure that had been standing there in a flash, and the remaining afterimage slowly dissipated.

"What?"

"Where is the person?"

A commotion immediately broke out among the hundred-plus people on the battle platform. The opponent they had been staring at intently had just disappeared without a sound?

Compared to this group, the only five powerhouses on the field who had reached the Great Perfection Earth Sovereign realm could not help but raise their brows, looking curiously toward a certain location. They naturally sensed Xiao Han's terrifying speed and his methods of concealment.

However, sensing it was one thing, but not one of them had the thought to call out a warning.

The reason was simple: no one took this battle, which was destined to be won, seriously.

To them, Xiao Han's desperate struggle would instead provide an excellent viewing experience. On this battle platform, which was neither large nor small, the opponent would soon be exposed.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

What made their expressions change was that, three breaths later, four collision sounds rang out on the battle platform in quick succession. After the collision sounds, four Lower Earth Sovereigns who had participated in the encirclement lay powerlessly on the ground, their bodies twitching from time to time, clearly having lost their combat capability.

"What is going on?"

Their lazy and indifferent gazes suddenly froze. At the end of their line of sight, two figures that looked exactly the same simultaneously performed a motion of retracting their spears,

"Two people?"

"And both are physical entities?"

Bing Jingyu, who reacted the fastest, quickly made countless deductions in his mind, thinking of similar Supernatural Powers in the Da Qian World. Soon, his expression stiffened,

"This is... One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones? No, that's not right!"

The characteristics of One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones were no secret among the powerhouses of the Da Qian World; the number of clones did not match the number on the field at all.

Furthermore, to make him believe that a guy who had only arrived in the Da Qian World a few years ago could obtain one of the legendary Thirty-Six Peerless Divine Arts, One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, was wishful thinking!

"Do the lower planes actually have such miraculous Supernatural Powers?" Watching the two white-clad figures weaving and moving through the crowd's encirclement, Bing Jingyu's eyes gradually saw the vigilance replaced by heat and greed, just like the others.

Although it was not as good as One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, but... if one could gang up on someone, who would be willing to fight one-on-one?

At this moment, Xiao Han did not know that many people had already set their sights on his Frost Mirror Image, and he had no time to care.

Even though he and his clones had the same strength, shared the same mind, and cooperated seamlessly, facing over a hundred people of the same level, with dozens of powerhouses whose cultivation was even a cut above his own, was a tremendous test for him.

Even though he had tried his best to adjust his position to make many opponents act as his human shields, facing more than a dozen people at once was not an easy task.

The long spear tore through the invisible gale, easily parrying one person's weapon, and another figure suddenly flashed from behind,

"Bang!"

They came fast but flew away even faster. That figure instantly flew backward, taking two unlucky fellows who had not dodged in time along the way.

"Well done!" Xiao Han gave a mental thumbs-up to the clone that had blocked the shot for him, and then his eyes narrowed slightly. His entire aura changed abruptly, and the Spirit Power that had been flowing like a thin stream in his meridians surged violently. It was as if the rising and falling of tides were coming from within Xiao Han's body,

"Spear Settles, No Mountain!"

It was still that same long spear that appeared as light as a feather, yet in this instant, in everyone's eyes, it seemed like a mountain. The white figure was like plain white silk, weaving a scroll of death as it shuttled through the crowd.

"Boom!"

"..."

"The tenth!"

Xiao Han, having stopped his figure, drew a semicircle with his long spear at his side and let it hang behind him.

"No..." Following that, Xiao Han shook his head again, refuting his own conclusion.

"It should be..."

"The fifteenth!"

Accompanied by violent collision sounds and the massive noise of bodies smashing into the battle platform, another figure appeared behind Xiao Han using Shadow Follows Form, the tip of the spear still dripping with blood that had not yet dried.

Time on the field seemed to have been frozen suddenly. Endless horror lingered in the hearts of those participating in the encirclement. The fierce look in his eyes at that moment made them feel as if they had fallen into an abyss.

However, it was only a brief moment after all. The hot-tempered Bing Lingkun finally could not watch any longer, his voice like a booming bell,

"A bunch of idiots, where are your Supreme Dharma Bodies?"

"Where are your Supernatural Powers?"

"If you can't catch him, just use your Supernatural Powers to bombard him for me!"

The voice fell.

"Hmm?" Xiao Han's brows locked tightly; this was troublesome. Xiao Han could use the crowd to make others feel constrained when using Supernatural Power attacks, but if the opponent simply cleared the battle platform, there would be no game left to play.

In contrast, the others, who had been stuck in a dead end, all had their eyes light up. Suddenly, tall figures appeared out of thin air,

"Cold Moon Celestial Body!"

"Nine Nether Celestial Body!"

"..."

"Wind Frost Rage!" "Frost Rain Arrow Fall!" "Cold Shadow Tide!"

"Boom!"

Regardless of anything else, everyone threw every Supernatural Power they had mastered toward Xiao Han all at once.

As the dust and smoke dispersed, everyone craned their necks to peer into the mist, seemingly prepared to make out a figure that would most likely be a bloody mess.

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"Hum!"

The unnatural, strange sound made everyone's hearts tremble, and immediately after, a dazzling, blinding golden light bloomed from the center; as the light dimmed, their adjusted eyes looked toward the source, and then they all gasped in unison.

An unfathomably deep black hole appeared in everyone's field of vision; however, in the center of the hole's opening, a stone pillar several zhang in diameter stood proudly, faint golden light circling its surroundings, and Xiao Han, enveloped by the golden light, did not even have a single wrinkle on the corner of his clothes.

Seemingly sensing everyone's horrified gazes, a cold glint flashed and vanished from Xiao Han's eyes, and a gentle yet indifferent smile appeared eerily.

"Now..."

"The round begins!"