As soon as the words fell, the image in the Spirit Mirror, originally covered in flames, abruptly turned into great swaths of ash that drifted endlessly down through the air.
Boom!
When the image in the Spirit Mirror cleared again, Blade Emperor Yang Ben was already on his knees, his face filled with disbelief.
"He really... lost?!"
After a brief, deathly silence in the First-Rank Pavilion, someone suddenly cried out in disbelief.
In the Withered Stone Sea, Blade Emperor Yang Ben's name was known to one and all.
Ever since Blade Emperor Yang Ben had made Yangxian City his Dao Field over thirty years ago, dozens of Blade Cultivators had come to challenge him, one after another.
Yet in the end, not one had defeated the Blade Emperor in a Blade Inquiry.
Never mind winning-even leaving Yangxian City alive was no easy feat.
That was precisely why they were so astonished to see an unknown Martial Artist defeat the Blade Emperor so easily in a Blade Inquiry.
"What exactly happened just now? How did Senior Blade Emperor suddenly lose?"
"I didn't see it either!"
"Could that brat have cheated?"
"How could someone like the Blade Emperor fall for another person's dirty trick so easily?"
"That's true."
After that startled cry, the deathly silent First-Rank Pavilion erupted into an uproar once again.
Everyone from Ningchan Cave, however, wore a livid expression.
After a moment of silence, Purple-Robed Elder Lu suddenly spoke in a low voice, his expression dark.
"With this boy's cultivation and experience, he could never defeat Blade Emperor Yang Ben. Even if he didn't cheat just now, he must have used some special True Intent or Divine Intent to win."
Qingshi of Ningchan Cave nodded slightly.
"This disciple thinks so too."
But he immediately added:
"Still, Elder Lu, whatever