Qianxiao sensed the danger ahead, his expression changed drastically, and without thinking, he roared.
"Ready for battle!"
Having said that, he immediately gathered his spiritual power and attacked forward.
Many prodigies from the Innate Dao Sect and the Wuji Divine Sect also reacted, gathering their power and using their supernatural abilities to resist.
However, they knew very well that although they outnumbered each other, their chances of winning in a direct confrontation were slim.
The difference in rankings on the Heavenly Pride Ranking is far too great!
Even though their chances of winning are slim, all they can do now is grit their teeth and continue fighting.
There was no other choice.
At this moment, everyone hated Li Chang'an to the core.
They made all those promises before I came, and I even received all the benefits. Why are they suddenly changing their minds?
Is saying Mo Li is ugly a valid reason?
It's not like you just found out today!
Mo Li looked on incredulously.
He never expected that the powerful outside help he had recruited would betray him for such a bizarre reason!
Am I ugly?
Is it my fault that I'm ugly?
I was born this way!
No, I was even uglier when I was born. I gradually became normal because of my cultivation practices.
Because of his immense strength and revealed talent, no one dared to directly attack his appearance anymore.
This made Mo Li almost forget what it felt like to be attacked for her appearance.
Now you say I'm ugly, but if you saw what I looked like before, would you just say I'm a ghost?
Before Mo Li could have much time to think, the sword light had already arrived.
Sensing this sharpness, Mo Li mobilized the power within his body, and terrifying spiritual energy surged around him. He raised his palm and suppressed the sword light.
" Destruction Palm!"
A black palm print instantly materialized from the palm and collided with the approaching sword light.
"Bang!"
"Boom!"
"Pfft!"
The sword light and the black palm print kept canceling each other out, neither able to gain the upper hand.
However, because the distance was too close, the sharp Sword Qi splashed everywhere, causing Mo Li's robes to tear.
A moment later, the sword light and the black palm print vanished simultaneously.
Mo Li withdrew his hand, glanced at his tattered robes, and wore an ugly expression.
He wasn't physically injured, but he suffered a psychological humiliation!
He can tolerate being told he's not strong enough; he can work hard to improve and catch up.
Even if we can't catch up, it doesn't matter. After all, there are so many geniuses, and it's not a big deal if we can't be number one.
But attacks on his appearance—that's something he can't tolerate!
Even if he's ugly, no one can criticize his appearance; that's a bottom line!
Looking at Li Chang'an, who had already sheathed his sword, Mo Li was about to utter some harsh words.
Just then, Mo Li sensed a sharpness completely different from the Sword Intent surging from behind him.
" Mo Li, your opponent is me!"
A familiar voice rang out from behind Mo Li, causing Mo Li's expression to change drastically.
" Xiao Jing!"
Without a second thought, Mo Li turned around and slashed down with his claw.
" Ghost-Slaying Claw!"
A sinister black spiritual energy coiled around his palm, and a massive black claw print crashed down behind him.
Not far behind.
Xiao Jing exuded a chilling aura of Saber Intent, holding a blood-red battle blade in his hand. Upon seeing the black claw mark, he smiled disdainfully.
"That kind of move is far from enough for me!"
"Buzz!"
With a clang of blades, the battle sword swung and clashed with the black claw marks.
"Pfft!"
The blade flashed, and the black claw mark couldn't even withstand a single blow, shattering in two.
The sharpness of the battle blade only increased, continuing its slash towards Mo Li.
Mo Li's expression turned even uglier, and he hurriedly mobilized his spiritual power to defend against Xiao Jing's battle blade.
"Damn it!"
What should have been a sure-fire encirclement and suppression has turned out like this.
Mo Li filled with rage and roared out loud.
" Li Chang'an, I will never let you get away with this!"
The sound reverberated throughout the entire Extreme Thunder Valley.
Xiao Jing shattered Mo Li's palm print with a single strike and chuckled.
"Let's not be enemies yet, let's think about how to survive first!"
On an open space not far away.
Li Chang'an stroked his chin, glanced at the battlefield where the fighting had already begun, and looked thoughtful.
" Mo Li is determined to be my sworn enemy, what should I do? I'm weaker than him now, and I have no powerful backing."
"It seems he's determined to be my sworn enemy, which puts me in a difficult position! If I leave the Heavenly Pride Battlefield, am I doomed?"
"This is really giving me a headache!"
At this point, Li Chang'an nodded with a knowing look on his face.
"Hmm, as expected, let's just join forces and kill him. Once he's dead, he shouldn't be my sworn enemy anymore, right?"
Before he finished speaking, an extreme sharpness appeared in Li Chang'an's eyes.
Ninety-nine percent of his body was enveloped in Sword Intent, and his astonishing Sword Qi pierced the sky.
" Your Divine Son Hall of the Ziwei Holy Land, I helped you this time, so you must help me this time in the future!"
"It's settled then!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of a sword clashing suddenly rang out.
"Clang!"
Li Chang'an drew his longsword, transforming it into a streak of light, and joined Xiao Jing in attacking Mo Li.
Mo Li was already no match for them, and with Li Chang'an's arrival, the situation became even more perilous.
Ji Zining severely injured a prodigy from the Innate Dao Sect with a single sword strike and was about to finish him off when she heard Li Chang'an's voice.
After listening, Ji Zining's expression turned somewhat strange.
So I didn't ask for your help at all?
Why are you answering your own question without respecting my opinion?
Isn't Li Chang'an, this sword cultivator, a bit too peculiar in his thought process?
Ji Zining shook her head, not wanting to think about it further.
Regardless, Li Chang'an did help them this time, and making a friend is a good thing.
These sword prodigies, once their cultivation improves, can be a valuable asset.
"If I can kill Mo Li and Qianxiao today, how about I help you this once in the future?"
Ji Zining chuckled softly, then picked up her Void-Soaring Sword and rejoined the battle.
"Clang!"
" Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique!"
With a single sword strike, several prodigies from the Wuji Divine Sect were instantly obliterated by the sharp Sword Qi.
At this moment, Lin Shan was chasing Qianxiao, and the other prodigies couldn't get involved in their battle at all.
Each strike shattered space, causing the void to tremble incessantly.
Qianxiao is only barely holding on now, and it won't be long before he is completely suppressed by Lin Shan.
As for the other geniuses who ranked slightly higher on the Heavenly Pride Ranking, they have all been restrained by Qingshuang.
Compared to Qingshuang, Heavenly Pride Ranking, the prodigies ranked in the hundredth place could not cause any trouble.
The remaining Heavenly Pride Ranking were all ranked outside the top six or seven hundred, which was not worth mentioning for Ji Zining.
Although there were many of them, once the battle started, Ji Zining was like a wolf among sheep, slaughtering these prodigies!
Not to mention Ji Zining, even Qing Tan could handle it with ease.
The entire situation was instantly reversed because of Li Chang'an's change of heart!
On the ranking stone tablets within the seventy-two grotto-heavens cities of the Heavenly Pride Battlefield, names are disappearing one by one, being replaced by names behind them.
Those prodigies who, lacking sufficient strength, had not rashly ventured into the Martial Emperor Secret Realm were all shocked by this scene.
What happened? Why have so many Heavenly Pride Ranking fallen in such a short time?!
Moreover, those who perished were all top talents on the Heavenly Pride Ranking from the Wuji Divine Sect and the Innate Dao Sect!