Chapter 206: Sword Intent Reaches Divinity, Qi Shaoyu's Strength!

Inside the arena, after both sides appeared, the opposing candidate, upon seeing Fang Xu, was stunned for a moment, then delighted, his gaze toward Fang Xu carrying some amusement.

Given the current situation, barring any surprises, Fang Xu is very likely to become the Dark God Temple's Divine Son.

To him, Fang Xu had taken advantage of a secret technique in the first stage, and he didn't know what method Fang Xu used to exploit a loophole in the second stage.

Although he had already anticipated that behind the tens of thousands of ferocious beast zombies in the second stage was Fang Xu.

But this candidate was not worried at all.

Because this is the third stage, the Three Gods Arena.

Here there is nothing usable, nor any loophole to speak of.

Inside the Three Gods Arena, the two combatants can only rely on their own strength to fight.

In this situation, any scheme will be mercilessly crushed by strength.

A strange smile flickered in the opposing candidate's eyes.

It seems that Fang Xu's eventual becoming the Divine Son is now unlikely to change.

And if I could defeat him quickly in the Three Gods Arena, then when Fang Xu becomes the Divine Son, even the Temple Lord, I would have bragging rights.

What Divine Son Temple Lord? Back then in the Three Gods Arena, wasn't I the one who beat him like a dog?

Thinking of this, his heart became very excited.

On Fang Xu's side, seeing the opponent's face always bearing a playful smile, he found it hard to understand.

Is he just that happy to meet me?

In terms of strength, the opposing candidate is only at the early Dharma Appearance Realm.

And although his guard squad's overall surface strength is somewhat higher than the Ghost Face Army's, its numbers are only four thousand.

The key is that the Ghost Face Army's true strength is not as simple as it appears on the surface.

With seamless coordination, absolute obedience to orders, plus battle formations and Divine Guard Armor, the Ghost Face Army's true strength is by no means low.

Fang Xu's mouth corners slightly rose; he seemed to have roughly guessed the opponent's thoughts.

Never mind; we'll see who cries harder later.

Between the two sides, there was no excess talk; they launched directly into attack.

In large-scale cultivator confrontations, it's usually soldier against soldier, general against general.

After all, if a Dharma Appearance Realm cultivator charges over to slaughter the opposing low-realm cultivators, the opposing Dharma Appearance Realm cultivators can likewise turn around and slaughter your subordinates.

Thus, even if one side wins, it ends up being a bare-bones commander.

The subordinates painstakingly trained are all slaughtered to the last; it's unnecessary.

But this situation is not stipulated explicitly; it's merely an unspoken rule everyone silently follows.

Now, the opposing candidate seems unwilling to abide by this unspoken rule.

In his view, Fang Xu and his guard squad are roughly equal in strength, so he has no need to engage him in single combat.

He intends to utterly crush Fang Xu and his guard squad's "misshapen melons and cracked dates" with the toughest stance!

As for killing Fang Xu, he naturally considered it, but the problem is that the Dark God Temple's Seventh Elder Qi Shaoyu changed the rules, giving Fang Xu a chance to surrender.

He lacks confidence in slaughtering Fang Xu and his guard squad cleanly within fifteen minutes.

Seeing the opponent immediately reveal his Dharma Appearance upon arrival, and seemingly not intending to duel him one-on-one, Fang Xu frowned, a hint of killing intent flashing in his eyes.

The rules of group combat among cultivators are, for the most part, something no one wishes to touch.

But this guy obviously intends to slaughter my Ghost Face Army with his Dharma Appearance Realm cultivation.

The Ghost Face Army is strong, but it still falls short of matching a Dharma Appearance Realm cultivator.

One can imagine that once the opponent charges into it, the Ghost Face Army will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

Knowing that securing the Divine Son position of the Dark God Temple is practically a foregone conclusion, Fang Xu also didn't intend to create more slaughter in the third stage, after all they are all disciples of the Dark God Temple, and will be the living force for his future opposition to the Great Expansion Dao Sect.

But now, he has already felt killing intent toward this opposing candidate.

With a flash of his form, Fang Xu directly charged toward the opponent's towering Dharma Appearance!

What about the Primordial Martial Realm?

Today I will slay a Dharma Appearance Realm cultivator with Primordial Martial Realm strength!

Clang!

A clear, ringing sword chant sounded!

Fang Xu's charging body directly turned into a sharp longsword!

The power of heaven and earth is at his disposal; the longsword gradually solidifies!

Having mastered the laws of time and power, Fang Xu's speed is extremely fast!

The opposing candidate apparently also didn't expect that at this moment Fang Xu would actively charge forward to seek death.

In his plan, Fang Xu should hide among the many guards, using their lives to protect himself, or alternatively use the arena's terrain to maneuver against him, delaying until the fifteen-minute surrender.

"Since you yourself seek death, don't blame me."

The massive Dharma Appearance emitted his voice; a terrifying palm met the charging Fang Xu and slapped straight over!

The palm's center carried a terrifying suction, firmly sucking in everything around.

Obviously, this is a secret technique!

Terrifying strength can control the opponent's movement, forcing them to clash head-on with me!

Previously, whenever he used this move, it was always advantageous.

But now, Fang Xu felt the suction from the opponent's palm and couldn't help but laugh.

Really, he's courting death himself!

His speed was already fast; now the palm's suction further boosts his speed!

Whoosh!

His body turned into a sharp sword, the sword into light and shadow! In the flash of lightning and flint, a dazzling sword blade pierced straight through before that terrifying hand could strike down!

Although the Dharma Aspect is not the cultivator's body, it is closely linked to the cultivator's soul.

When the palm was pierced, the soul naturally suffered some damage as well.

The opposing candidate never expected Fang Xu's attack to be so sharp; after sustaining a minor injury, he actually still wanted to counterattack.

But how could Fang Xu give him a chance to counterattack?

After his body-turned sword pierced the opponent's palm, he himself flew straight toward the head of the massive Dharma Aspect.

The terrifying sword blade pierced the surrounding space, and instantly appeared at the forehead of the massive Dharma Aspect.

Compared to the Dharma Aspect towering a hundred zhang tall, the sword that Fang Xu had turned into was like a toothpick.

But it was precisely such a 'toothpick' that made the opposing candidate feel an intense sense of mortal danger!

You should know that his Dharma Aspect comes with an innate secret technique; the suction of his palm just now was part of that secret technique.

Another part of that secret technique uses metallic energy to strengthen his Dharma Aspect's palm, turning it into his secret weapon.

Without hesitation, one can say that mastering this Dharma Aspect makes them naturally very attuned to the metal elemental law.

But just now, his palm, strengthened with metallic energy, was pierced through by Fang Xu's sword!

With such a sharp attack, his Dharma Aspect certainly couldn't block it!

In a sense, the head of the Dharma Aspect is also the core of his own soul.

Once attacked, his soul would suffer heavy damage.

Therefore, when faced with a life-or-death crisis, all he could think of was to quickly retract his Dharma Aspect and dodge this deadly strike!

The Dharma Aspect is formed by the soul communing with the power of heaven and earth; it can be considered a semi-material entity.

Trying to retract it in a short time is obviously too late.

Although the sharp sword blade is slender, its speed is extremely swift as it thrusts toward the Dharma Aspect's head!

"No!"

"I surrender!"

"Don't kill me!"

That candidate panicked, and a flicker of fluster appeared on the massive Dharma Aspect's face.

At this moment, the powerful Dharma Aspect did not give him a sense of safety; moreover, his soul was locked onto by the sharp sword blade, making him feel like an egg stripped of all defenses.

Fang Xu felt no mercy whatsoever for his plea.

He clearly understood that the opponent's submission was only due to desperation; if their roles were reversed, and he were the one whose life was in the opponent's hands, the opponent would certainly not show mercy either.

The brilliant sword blade thrust straight forward!

Seeing no hope of survival, the opposing candidate, at the critical moment, actually burst forth with potential; the massive Dharma Aspect suddenly blazed with dazzling light, and for a moment, vast amounts of heaven-and-earth energy gathered, forming a terrifying storm.

These storms carried the power to destroy heaven and earth, attempting to block Fang Xu's advance.

Faced with a defense almost like heavenly-earthly pressure, Fang Xu felt somewhat surprised.

But it was only a brief surprise, and he continued his attack.

The sword blade swiftly broke through the storm, the surrounding raging energy sweeping along; Fang Xu leisurely walked to the forehead of the massive Dharma Aspect, and the energy long sword in his hand, carrying supreme sword intent, directly pierced the Dharma Aspect's head.

Sword intent ran rampant!

The massive Dharma Aspect's head was rapidly being shredded!

All Fang Xu needed to do was completely obliterate his opponent, leaving no room for survival!

The sword blade, like a thread, sliced the entire Dharma Aspect's head into fragments!

The Dharma Aspect, formed from soul and heaven-and-earth energy, at this moment gradually turned into points of light and vanished between heaven and earth.

The Dharma Aspect disappeared, and the surrounding rampant energy storm gradually dissipated.

Heaven and earth became clear; the candidate's guards watched as their young master was instantly slain, and they all panicked.

That was the Dharma Aspect Realm!

In the cultivation world there is a saying: entering the Dharma Aspect allows one to communicate with the divine!

The meaning of this saying is that, in a sense, the Dharma Aspect Realm possesses the divinity of ancient gods.

Generally speaking, cultivators of the Dharma Aspect Realm have absolute overwhelming strength over those below the Dharma Aspect Realm.

This overwhelming superiority does not change much with the number of cultivators.

Unless the numbers are truly huge, allowing attacks to completely wear down the energy of the Dharma Aspect's true form.

But the premise is that the strong cultivator of the Dharma Aspect Realm must remain stationary and not actively absorb surrounding heaven-and-earth energy to replenish himself.

But now, this saying has been broken!

An Elemental Martial Realm cultivator actually, against heaven, slew a strong cultivator of the Dharma Aspect Realm.

Moreover, they all discovered that their young master, when facing Fang Xu's attack, had hardly any means to counter, nearly being killed instantly!

How could this be possible!?

Then the guard team's shock was still to come.

Their young master was instantly killed by Fang Xu, and Fang Xu naturally disdained to act against them.

The task of slaying them was left to the Ghost Face Army.

Excluding Kong Jie and others, the Ghost Face Army's overall strength lay at the Martial Venerable level.

Even to make up numbers, later selected from the barbarian tribe those Hunyu Tribe warriors now have cultivation only at the Warrior Master High Realm.

But just such a unit, under the effect of battle formations, relying on the Divine Servant Armor, actually managed to suppress a group of Elemental Martial Realm cultivators!

Perhaps some of the reason is that the candidate's death threw their formation into disarray.

But the cultivators' instincts remain.

To survive, they will unleash all their potential in battle.

Even so, facing the Ghost Face Army, which seemed born for battle, these people were still quickly slain.

According to rumors from the Yu State era, the Ghost Face Army's lineage can be traced back to ancient times.

It is rumored they were the guards of the Ancient Human Emperor.

This lineage has persisted for so many years, so the Ghost Face Army's strength is naturally not to be underestimated.

Their only shortcoming may be that, previously limited by resources, their cultivation realms are not high.

After the opponent's candidate died, the battle had no suspense left.

Relying on their battle formation, the Ghost Face Army steadily struck down, quickly slaughtering all the opposing guards!

Yet until now, only a quarter of an hour has passed.

The victory was decided, and the Three Gods Arena slowly faded away.

Fang Xu and the others' consciousness also returned to their own bodies.

At this moment, the entire Divine Temple Plaza fell into silence.

Because while both sides were fighting in the arena, many people were still guessing how many would remain on Fang Xu's side after this battle.

But as the combat began.

In a brief moment, the opponent's candidate suddenly fell from the stone pillar, his consciousness directly erased, becoming a living corpse.

Immediately after, his guards behind him fell one after another.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the four-thousand-strong guard corps lay scattered like felled trees.

Without exception, their consciousnesses were erased!

On Fang Xu's side, however, not a single guard suffered any casualties!

What is going on?

Everyone was bewildered.

If Fang Xu had some means to slay the opponent's divine child candidate, winning with an Elemental Martial Realm against a Dharma Appearance Realm, then what about his guards?

Everyone present could clearly see that, in terms of cultivation realm, Fang Xu's guards were overall inferior to the opposing side.

Even if these people were elite and extraordinarily brave, it would be impossible for them to annihilate the enemy without suffering any casualties!

Cheating!

It must be cheating!

There must be some unspeakable secret behind this!

Leaving aside how shocking it is for an Elemental Martial Realm to slay a Dharma Appearance Realm, the fact that Fang Xu's guard unit could annihilate a group of Elemental Martial Realm cultivators without any casualties is already highly abnormal.

At this point, some people directed their suspicions toward Qi Shaoyu.

Earlier, they had suspected that Fang Xu could obtain such high points in the second stage only through some underhanded means behind the scenes.

After all, Qi Shaoyu is the president of the Ascendant Immortal Society, an elder of the Dark Divine Temple, and the person in charge of this divine child selection.

Fang Xu, meanwhile, is a disciple of the Ascendant Immortal Society.

They all felt that in this selection, Qi Shaoyu must have tampered with things.

Now it seems this suspicion has been confirmed again.

Faced with the countless gazes from below, Qi Shaoyu grew somewhat angry.

She favored Fang Xu from the bottom of her heart, hoping he would win this divine child selection.

Yet she deemed it beneath her dignity as a temple elder to interfere in the divine child selection.

Moreover, the divine child selection is constructed by the will of the Three Gods.

Even if she wanted to intervene, it would certainly not be that easy.

How could she possibly intervene repeatedly?

"Are you doubting this seat?" Gazing at the looks coming from the crowd, Qi Shaoyu's icy voice sounded as if it came from the nine heavens!

At the same time, a towering divine sword appeared in the sky!

On the divine sword, countless golden runes formed chains that coiled around its blade!

In an instant, the terrifying sword intent squeezed the surrounding space into distortion, and visible spatial cracks appeared around the sword's body!

At this moment, everyone on the plaza was pressed down by this terrifying aura, unable to lift their heads.

"Haha... I have long heard that the Seventh Elder of the Dark Divine Temple is a once-in-a-millennium sword prodigy of the Heaven Mystic Realm."

"Having seen you today, your reputation is indeed well-deserved."

"Your sword intent reaches the divine; it seems you are about to master an entire sword dao law."

A booming voice came from the sky outside Tianhuang City.

The next moment, a terrifying blazing sun appeared in the sky above Tianhuang City!

The terrifying heat dispersed the mist that had lingered over Tianhuang City for years, and a figure slowly walked out of that blazing sun! (End of chapter)