Chapter 478: This Isn’t Even Her Limit Yet (3)
What happened next was shocking. The two spiritual sense shields, which had been as solid as rock before, instantly warped and twisted like thin film, shattering with a “snap” before Zhen Chao and Shi Fei could react.
The disciples behind them, unprotected by spiritual sense shields, were not so lucky. They were like fallen leaves, swept into the sky by the spiritual sense, falling to various parts of the plaza with screams like shooting stars.
Of course, this was because Qi Huang had shown mercy. Otherwise, these people would not have had the chance to go to the sky; they would have been crushed into blood and soaked into the ground immediately.
“This…”
The cultivators below were dumbfounded.
“Master, didn’t you say that all things must obey objective laws? Then what is this?”
At the entrance of the main hall, Steward Cai pointed at Qi Huang, his expression numb.
“This is impossible! This is absolutely impossible!”
Elder Zuo muttered to himself like a madman.
“Broken? Just like that?”
Zhen Chao and Shi Fei on the stage looked at each other foolishly, completely unable to accept what they saw. After all, this was a Body Protection Talisman of the Shentong Realm third layer that the Shi Xin Sect had bought for two hundred thousand taels.
“Could this be a fake?”
The same thought flashed through both of their minds at the same time, and then they looked at the people from the HuXiao Sect outside the field with questioning eyes.
Zhou Ming was also taken aback, but he couldn’t see any expression of guilt. It was obvious that the talisman was genuine, and he didn’t need to explain anything.
…
“My heavens! Isn’t that a Body Protection Talisman of the Shentong Realm? She broke it so easily?”
“Could that Body Protection Talisman be fake?”
“How is this possible? You just saw it. Countless cultivators in the field have tested it, including experts of the late Huashen Realm, but that spiritual sense shield didn’t move at all. It’s impossible to achieve this without a Body Protection Talisman of the Shentong Realm.”
“Doesn’t this mean that Qi Huang’s spiritual sense is even stronger than that Body Protection Talisman of the Shentong Realm? Then how strong is her spiritual sense?”
“I don’t know. It looks like this isn’t even her limit yet!”
…
The cultivators below, after reacting, began to boil like water in a pot.
Qi Huang, who was always concerned about the people from Shuiyu Valley, had no patience to continue entanglement. The Cicada Wing Sword appeared before her eyes and then vanished.
“Ah! My hand!”
Immediately after, two screams echoed through the sky.
The crowd was startled and looked towards Zhen Chao and Shi Fei. They saw that the swords in their hands had fallen to the ground, but their right hands’ five fingers had also fallen off.
“Hiss hiss…”
Seeing this, the cultivators below gasped. As the saying goes, ten fingers are connected to the heart; how painful would this be.
“Since Senior Brother said that even if he lost an arm or a leg, his wife wouldn’t mind, then severing your five fingers shouldn’t be a big deal!”
Qi Huang controlled the small stool and slowly floated up, a hint of mockery on her delicate face. In fact, she had originally intended to remove their right arms, but she suppressed that impulse in the end.
“Demon girl, how dare you be so ruthless?”
Protector Hong from the Shi Xin Sect below became anxious and cursed loudly.
“So what? I remember that the Evergreen Convention only stipulated that killing was forbidden, but not injuring, right? Elder Zuo?”
Qi Huang provocatively looked at Elder Zuo, whose mouth was full of anger, in the main hall.
Elder Zuo’s face turned red and his neck bulged, but he couldn’t find any reason to refute.
“You should roll down first. I get a bit dizzy from blood.”
With a move of Qi Huang’s spiritual sense, Zhen Chao and Shi Fei fell off the stage screaming. With the loss of their five fingers on their right hands, it meant they could only hold their swords with their left hands in the future, and they lost the opportunity to “dual-wield,” which would definitely greatly reduce their strength.
Qi Huang did this for a reason. First, it was for revenge; second, it was to deter the remaining sects. She was in a hurry to deal with the matters of Shuiyu Valley and didn’t have time to entangle herself at the Evergreen Convention. Therefore, the best way was to make these opponents retreat in fear.
“Winner, Number Six!”
The Immortal Alliance disciple announced with a trembling voice.
Qi Huang put away her stool and calmly walked off the stage. Passers-by along the way quickly moved aside, their faces filled with fear.
Thus, only the last match remained in the fourth round of the Evergreen Convention.
Qi Huang walked to the HongHua Sect team and looked at her fellow disciples, asking cautiously, “Was I too cruel just now?”
“Cruel? For those two loose-tongued guys, if it were me up there, they wouldn’t have just lost a few fingers, but their whole arms.”
Ruan Lingyu said indignantly.
“Yes, Junior Sister. I think you were too merciful.”
Shen Yuan also chimed in.
Qi Huang felt a little more at ease, but she still explained the purpose of her actions.
“Qi Huang’s considerations are very thorough. With the speed of those Daoist friends from Shuiyu Valley, they should arrive at our Yongning Prefecture in seven or eight days, so we can’t get bogged down here forever. Being able to scare away opponents and fight fewer matches is naturally the best choice.”
Xu Mei expressed her approval.
“I think after this match, no one will dare to face Junior Sister Qi Huang anymore.”
Ruan Lingyu guessed.
“After the last match tomorrow, there will only be three sects left: us, the winner, and the Longchang Sect where the Sixth Princess is. I don’t know about the other sects, but the Sixth Princess will definitely not back down, so I will have to fight at least one more round.”
Qi Huang refuted with great certainty, as the Sixth Princess had already stated her stance before.
“I wonder what the Sixth Princess is trying to achieve? Knowing that she’s bound to lose, she still wants to go through with it. Doesn’t she realize how embarrassing it is to lose publicly?”
Shen Yuan couldn’t help but complain.
“She has no other choice now. If she retreats now, it would be fleeing without a fight, which is even more embarrassing than losing the match.”
Yun Fei analyzed.
“Serves her right! Junior Sister already warned her before, why didn’t she believe it?”
Shen Yuan said straightforwardly, complaining.
“Don’t say that. The Sixth Princess has good character. If it weren’t for her, I’m afraid not a single Daoist friend from Shuiyu Valley would have escaped.”
Xu Mei quickly intervened.
“Master, it’s precisely because of this that I’m saying a few words. If it were anyone else, I wouldn’t bother to pay attention. Anyway, it’s her own shame, what does it have to do with me?”
Shen Yuan said proudly. She had always had a sharp tongue but a soft heart. What she said just now was not because she had any prejudice against the Sixth Princess, but purely out of concern that her reputation would be damaged.
“Since she insists on competing, let’s satisfy her request. After all, she chose this path herself.”
Cheng Hong Ling’s voice was heard unexpectedly.
…
In the dead of night, Elder Zuo was drinking alone in his bedroom. He never dreamed that such a monstrous prodigy would appear in such a small place as the Xihui Dynasty, specifically in a rat’s nest like Huang Tian Prefecture. This made him, a dignified elder of the Immortal Alliance, unable to do anything about it, both mentally and physically.
“Master, what should we do next?”
A moment later, Steward Cai entered the bedroom and asked cautiously.
“Cai De! Are you the person in charge of the Yongning Prefecture branch hall, or am I?”
Elder Zuo took a deep breath and asked back.
“I am!”
Cai De answered instinctively.
“Since that’s the case, why don’t you think of a solution yourself? Why do you have to ask me about everything? Don’t let others think you became an Immortal Alliance steward by connections, otherwise, I can’t save you either.”
Elder Zuo said with a sigh of disappointment.
“But I really have no other way, so I came to seek your opinion, old man.”
Cai De said with embarrassment.
“Didn’t I ask you to think about how to change the rules to deal with her before? After all this time, is this your answer?”
Elder Zuo questioned sternly.
“I did consider increasing the upper limit of the number of participants to twenty or thirty, but Qi Huang’s spiritual sense has already reached the mid-stage of the Shentong Realm. This is no longer something that can be overcome by quantity, unless it is explicitly forbidden for cultivators to use their spiritual sense in the Evergreen Convention.”
Cai De replied weakly.
“But what’s the reason? Spiritual sense is naturally the most important ability of a cultivator. Why should you forbid it?”
Elder Zuo asked again.
Steward Cai opened his mouth, but in the end, he was speechless.
“Forget it, we can only try the last method. I hope her spiritual sense is only at the mid-stage of the Shentong Realm.”
Elder Zuo gritted his teeth.
“What method?”
Steward Cai asked quickly.
“My spiritual sense is indeed not as strong as hers, but what if there were ten of me, twenty of me, or thirty of me?”
Elder Zuo said fiercely, “You immediately change the competition rules of the Evergreen Convention and increase the upper limit of participants to twenty… no… thirty people. I don’t believe I can’t deal with her!”
