Li Yang flew down on his sword and landed in front of Su Miao, facing the male cultivator from the Five Elements Dharma Palace alone.
"Qin Feng! Stop fooling around and get down!" Su Miao scolded, her delicate brows knitted.
Qin Feng was only at the Foundation Establishment Third Layer. Although he came from the Qin Household's direct lineage, he could never defeat the Five Elements Dharma Palace's peerless prodigy.
Besides, Qin Feng was her junior brother. She knew exactly how much he was worth.
He was not even an Inner Sword Cultivator. What gave him the right to talk so big?
"Take our lives?" The male cultivator from the Five Elements Dharma Palace studied Li Yang carefully, then could not help laughing. "The Mystic Heaven Sword Sect really has no one left. Even someone at the Foundation Establishment early stage has come to die. I honestly don't know whether to call you turtles hiding in your shells or brainless fools throwing your lives away."
Li Yang laughed too.
"Your junior brother was pretty hilarious himself. Back in Yongning Commandery, he declared his love for a mortal woman like a madman. He practically tore his heart out to offer it to her.
"And what happened?
"That mortal woman wouldn't even give him a second glance.
"Do you know why?
"Because he was just as useless as the rest of you. She looked down on him so much that she chose an evil fiend over him.
"You didn't see how he fawned over her. He was no different from a little lapdog.
"That mortal woman was already kissing the evil fiend, yet one word from her still sent him eagerly scurrying over to serve as her bodyguard.
"In the end, one sword strike cut him in half, from the crown of his head right down through his dick. His death couldn't have been more insignificant.
"Just like yours will be when I cut you down."
Li Yang paused, then asked curiously:
"Say, just what sort of sect is your Five Elements Dharma Palace?
"It raised a groveling bootlicker like your junior brother, and it also raised an idiot like you who rushes headlong to his death.
"Seriously.
"You can belittle us sword cultivators all you like. It doesn't even make me angry.
"But your junior brother running off to guard a mortal whore and an evil fiend? That genuinely made me laugh in anger.
"Don't tell me the Five Elements Dharma Palace, with all its fame and deep foundations, has only managed to raise a pack of groveling pieces of dog shit without a shred of principle.
"Come a little closer. Let me whisper something to you.
"How embarrassing."
The entire arena fell utterly silent.
The smile slowly vanished from the face of the Five Elements Dharma Palace cultivator, who had remained so unruffled until now.
His eyes locked onto Li Yang, and he lowered the hands he had clasped behind his back.
He openly revealed his killing intent toward Li Yang, unleashing the full pressure of his cultivation upon him without restraint.
"Provoking me will do you no good. It will only make your death more painful!"
Su Miao immediately rushed in front of Li Yang and blocked the pressure.
Without looking back, she told Li Yang, "Stop being an idiot. I can understand wanting our attention, but seeking death like this will only make our Mystic Heaven Sword Sect a laughingstock to outsiders!"
Li Yang frowned.
Looking at the woman's graceful figure before him, he felt no attraction whatsoever, only irritation at having his kill stolen.
And that lecturing tone-she really thought he was that spineless cuckold Qin Feng.
Get your attention?
Are you even worthy?!
Who the hell do you think you are!
Thump!
Under the stunned gazes of the Mystic Heaven Sword Sect disciples, Li Yang unceremoniously kicked Su Miao squarely in her plump, upturned backside.
Caught completely off guard, Su Miao stumbled and nearly fell.
"Get lost! I insulted him, but I haven't insulted you yet, is that it?
"Don't think I won't hit you just because you're my senior sister. If you want to steal my kill, first weigh whether you're good enough.
"This fellow's head is so juicy. Killing him is bound to give my killing intent a nice boost. Are you even a match for him, barging in here to steal him?"
Such outrageous words left everyone's heads buzzing.
Even the elders were dumbfounded.
"Has this brat gone mad?"
"Doesn't Qin Feng adore his five senior sisters? Why has he changed his tune today?"
"'His head is so juicy'-is that something a normal person would say?!"
Su Miao steadied herself, her backside still aching.
An awkward flush of shame and anger colored her pretty face. Her almond-shaped eyes widened, and her willow brows rose sharply.
"Qin Feng, have you gone mad?! You dare kick my backside?! I'm protecting you! Do you really think you're his match? Keep this up and I'll leave you to it!"
Something was very wrong with Qin Feng today.
There was not a trace of admiration in his eyes when he looked at her, only disgust and impatience.
"Fuck! I'm begging you all to leave me alone. Every last one of you is so full of yourselves.
"Don't tell me there are five stupid pigs up on Sect Master Peak, each more ridiculous than the last. Do you really think you're fairies descended from heaven?
"Hurry up and get down. Stop being an eyesore.
"If you piss me off, once I've killed them, I'll invite you up here for a death match too."
He remained as consistent as ever.
The Mystic Heaven Sword Sect disciples had no idea what madness had possessed Qin Feng today.
But why did it feel strangely satisfying?
"Heh... Kill us? My composure is still lacking, it seems. To think I actually got angry over someone who's cultivated himself into madness." The Five Elements Dharma Palace cultivator shook his head.
Li Yang impatiently spat at him.
"Quit your fucking babbling. You spell cultivators drag everything out. The Life-and-Death Pact—hurry up and sign it."
Then he turned his gaze to Su Miao.
"Hurry up and get the hell down. Stop being an eyesore. Who do you think you are!"
The Life-and-Death Pact was issued by the Sword Alliance, but the Dao Alliance did not recognize it. After all, there was far too much room for manipulation.
Still, refusing to recognize them did not mean forbidding them.
Every use of a Life-and-Death Pact required strict procedures. If anything was disputed, the Sword Alliance would even send someone specifically to investigate.
Thus, once it was signed, one participant had to die unless both sides reconciled.
And while the Life-and-Death Pact was in effect, no one was permitted to interfere.
"Qin Feng, even if the arena equalizes your cultivation, he's still a peerless prodigy from a sect with a Dao lineage. You..."
But no matter how Su Miao tried to persuade him, Li Yang and his opponent still used their soul blood as ink and successfully signed the contract.
"You-Qin Feng, I'm done with you! Live or die as you please!" Driven mad with anger, Su Miao flung out her hand and flew off the arena on her sword.
Seeing that the Life-and-Death Pact had been signed, everyone grew serious.
"Qin Feng means it. He actually dared to sign a Life-and-Death Pact!"
"Where does he get his confidence? Even the Mystic Heaven Sword Sect prodigies stronger than him didn't dare go up."
"Let's hope he isn't killed instantly. Otherwise, everything he said will become a joke."
Then the Life-and-Death Arena erupted with spiritual light, and formation patterns spread through the air.
With the arena as its foundation, a circular enclosed space expanded outward.
After all, they were cultivators. Heaven and earth were their battlefield. They could not have a rule like ordinary mortals where being knocked off the arena counted as a loss.
"Until life and death have been decided, this formation will not shut down under any circumstances," an elder from the Mystic Heaven Sword Sect's Enforcement Hall said solemnly.
The Five Elements Dharma Palace cultivator shook his head.
"To think the one who finally dared fight me to the death would be trash like you. Still, for that courage alone, you may hear my name-
"Five Elements Dharma Palace-"
"Shut up!"
Before he could finish, Li Yang interrupted him.
"You talk too much. I'm not interested in hearing a dead man's name."
"Hmph... Heh." The Five Elements Dharma Palace cultivator laughed, his smile growing colder. "Then you may die."
As he spoke.
Without moving his feet, he raised a hand and grasped toward Li Yang through the air, as though crushing a fly.
In an instant-
Five palms of different colors appeared in the space around Li Yang, closing in from five evenly spaced directions.
The palms overlapped, their five elemental powers stacking together.
This was no mere addition of one plus one, but a qualitative transformation born from the five elements generating and overcoming one another.
"Five Organs Manifestation · Prison-Suppressing Hand!"
"Another divine ability. His cultivation has been equalized to the Foundation Establishment realm, yet he can still use it. Higher cultivation really does give you an advantage."
"It seems Fellow Daoist Chu Du is truly furious. This divine ability is infamous for its viciousness. Even a beginner can rupture someone's five organs, inflicting torments such as burning, tearing, crushing, piercing, and freezing them until they split. At perfection, it can even strip an opponent of their five senses and six perceptions."
"This brat called Qin Feng certainly has a sharp tongue. I wonder whether his sword is just as sharp. Heh..."
No one had any confidence in Qin Feng.
It was not that they thought Qin Feng was worthless, but that Chu Du was simply too powerful. The two prodigies were on entirely different levels.
Su Miao even closed her beautiful eyes.
Although she disliked this junior brother who humbly begged for affection and craved attention, there was still a bond between them.
Yet instead of the crushing sound of the Hell-Prison Hand squeezing Qin Feng's body apart, a sword's ringing tremor sounded.
Clang-!!!
It was unbearably piercing, as though it would puncture their eardrums, making their very souls tremble!
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