Several days later, in the Second Ancestral Land.
Shi Zhao secretly punished a few ill-intentioned servants and used a secret Primordial Spirit technique to conceal her and her companions' presence.
For now, she did not want to reveal herself. After all, her cover story was that she was studying in the Mystic Domain; appearing here without reason would make no sense.
"It's been ages since I last visited the Void God Realm. Let's have a look," she murmured to herself.
She was in no hurry to return to the Imperial Capital. Things had not yet reached the point of a desperate patient turning to any doctor. After spending years holed up in the Great Wilderness, though, suddenly being "back online" left her itching to explore.
The next moment, a slender figure appeared in the Initial Land of the Void God Realm.
"Whoa, what the hell? Why are there so many people in the Initial Land today?" Someone nearby had also just arrived and was baffled by the increasingly crowded surroundings.
"You just got here, right? Shi Yi broke a record a moment ago. With nothing but his physical strength, he leaped straight into the skies. Now he's about to challenge another record!"
"That's right! They say he isn't even ten yet, only eight or nine. He was born with Double Pupils-that's a trait of the ancient gods! He's destined to stand unrivaled in this age!"
Many people volunteered answers without being asked. The middle-aged man who had posed the question froze for a moment, then realized what he had missed. Filled with regret, he shook his head and sighed, repeatedly slapping his thigh.
Missing the chance to see a young prodigy break a record with his own eyes was truly a shame.
"Shi Yi's already this famous?" Amid the crowd, a girl bundled up from head to toe blinked and marveled.
The middle-aged man had sharp ears. Hearing her murmur, he turned toward her and snorted. "Ha! Ever since Shi Yi made his debut not long ago, his name has spread throughout the Stone Kingdom and the Void God Realm. There are hardly any in this generation who can compare to him!"
"Wow, that's pretty impressive." The girl exclaimed, her lovely eyes curving into a smile, then asked, "Didn't you say he was going to break another record? Where is he?"
The middle-aged man suddenly remembered that too and hurriedly grabbed someone beside him to ask.
That day, the Void God Realm was shaken. Shi Yi, the bearer of Double Pupils born with the traits of a god, was about to set two major records in a single day, stirring countless hearts.
Even in the various higher-level cave-heaven paradises, many could not remain calm. Experts cultivating in the real world also emerged from seclusion upon hearing the news.
Whether renowned elders, clan leaders, or prodigies from all quarters, they all rushed to witness it. Even several neighboring ancient kingdoms were shaken.
More and more people gathered in the Initial Land, arriving in wave after wave. No day in many years had been as lively as this one; in a short time, the crowd swelled tenfold, a hundredfold.
"I heard the challenge has already started over there! Hurry, hurry!"
"Quick, bring out your treasures! We're about to witness a new record!"
News came from afar, instantly stirring the entire crowd. A vast throng set off, each displaying their own methods, and for a time the scene descended into chaos.
Among the jostling masses, one girl stood out. Her steps were light, yet she did not fall behind in the slightest. For some reason, there were hardly any people around her, either.
"Hey, mister, want me to give you a lift?" she asked, turning her head.
The middle-aged man's face darkened. But seeing himself shoved toward the back, his feet trampled several times by who knew whom, he grew frantic and stopped caring about anything else. He shouted, "Girl-no, Little Celestial Maiden! Take me with you!"
The next moment, he felt an immense force seize him. Before he could cry out, his entire body left the ground, fluttering through the air like a tattered rag.
"Bang!" "Ow!" "Not the face!"
"Y-you..." The middle-aged man had no idea how many people he had collided with along the way. Even after they stopped, he felt as though his soul was still floating somewhere in the sky.
He laboriously raised a finger to point at the culprit, but lacked even the strength to curse.
"No need to thank me. A chance meeting is a bond of fate, after all." The girl waved a hand and smiled.
"I..." The middle-aged man wanted to say more, but a wave of gasps rose around him. He followed everyone's gaze and sucked in a sharp breath.
"He's so strong! That's already the second beast king, and he tore it apart alive!"
"He hasn't even used the power of his Double Pupils, yet he's already this ferocious. What astonishing combat prowess!"
"Look, two more beast kings have appeared! No, there are more over there! Heavens, is he really going to set a new record?!"
The onlookers could not help crying out.
Beast kings were outstanding among those of the same cultivation realm. Even if they were not the strongest, they were close, and few could contend with them. Otherwise, how would they dare call themselves kings?
Under normal circumstances, a beast king ruled an entire mountain range from its lofty perch. Ordinary people rarely encountered even one, yet now they were coming one after another, even surrounding a single person to kill him.
The scene alone was astonishing, let alone the fact that they were being slain in succession.
"Hmm, someone's helping him lure the monsters over." The girl gazed into the distance. With her excellent eyesight, she spotted many people driving or drawing beast kings toward him.
Some of them looked rather familiar, too. They were none other than people from the Martial King Manor.
Besides them, members of the Rain Clan and other factions of the Stone Kingdom had also been invited to help stage this glorious battle.
"Girl, I think you're just jealous." The middle-aged man could not resist rolling his eyes again.
"What do I have to be jealous of?" Unimpressed, the girl waved a slender hand as fair as carved jade and said with a grin:
"He's just a little brat. Beating him would be no different from beating my little brother. One slap across the face and he wouldn't dare hit back. I could suppress him with a flick of my hand, okay?"
The middle-aged man froze at her words. Instead of rolling his eyes again, he looked uncertain.
He was no fool. The way the girl had dragged him along at a sprint was clearly far beyond ordinary people, but claiming she could suppress Shi Yi with a flick of her hand was still impossible to believe.
The people nearby knew nothing of that, however. Some sneered in contempt, others shook their heads, and a few youths pointed at her as though watching a joke unfold.
"What, you don't believe me?" The girl raised her willow-leaf brows and cast them a sidelong glance.
"Where did this ignorant fool come from? My little brother Shi Yi has talent that astounds the world. How could a country bumpkin like you possibly compare?" A coquettish girl with narrow brows and eyes snorted.
"Sure, sure, sure. I did just come out of a village." The girl was not annoyed. Still grinning, she readily admitted where she had come from.
Then she suddenly turned toward the battlefield, cupped her hands around her mouth, and shouted, "Go, little brother Yi! Big sister loves you!"
Everyone was first startled by those words, then burst out laughing. For a moment, the air was filled with merriment.
In the battlefield, Shi Yi was slaying a beast king when he heard someone
shouting at the top of their lungs. He could not help frowning and cast a cold glance in that direction.
That glance immediately sent the coquettish girl into shrieks, and she too shouted that big sister loved him.
Shi Yi's gaze instantly turned icy, a chilling gleam flashing in his eyes.
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