Can You Show the Main Tournament Champions the Bare Minimum Respect?
The first battle of the finals had begun. It should have been the liveliest moment, yet the entire venue abruptly fell silent, as though someone had pressed the pause button.
"Dead?"
"The Demon Emperor's Adopted Son... was killed!?"
Countless pairs of eyes stared at the small Light Screen, slowly widening as shock filled them!
That was right.
Ling Shi was dead.
Only a few seconds had passed from the referee's shout to begin until he drew his last breath.
That sacrificial offering to the heavens had come far too fast.
"..."
Gu Tianxing was dumbfounded.
That non-Core Disciple who had been brutally thrashed by Ling Li in the main tournament had actually... instantly killed the Demon Emperor's Adopted Son in the opening battle of the finals!
Was Ling Shi weak?
No. He was strong.
Much stronger than the Ling Li who had once participated in the main tournament.
By convention, an opponent of that caliber would at least require an Eternal Sect Core Disciple to face him.
Yet Li Shangtian had wiped him out—and done so instantly.
Gu Tianxing did not understand internet slang. Otherwise, he would surely have roared, "Did this guy turn on cheats!?"
That was right.
Li Shangtian had turned on cheats.
He had directly summoned the SS-rank Heroic Soul, Jing Ke.
As Huaxia's most renowned professional assassin, unless he encountered a King of Qin who ran circles around pillars, he would certainly have no trouble killing people.
Then again.
Earning the recognition of an SS-rank Heroic Soul had also been bought with being beaten countless times.
So Li Shangtian's victory today, advancing to the second round by stepping on the Demon Emperor's Adopted Son, had relied entirely on himself rather than cheats.
Li Qingyang, Xiao