Chapter 777: Who dares to block, die (4)
“So… this Cheng Hong Ling… is the Saintess Jiang Ling of the Hua Rong Sect!” Cao Hong reiterated word by word.
“How… how is that possible? How… how did you know?”
Cao Hong asked with a trembling voice. If there was anyone among his peers he feared or even dreaded, it was the demonic Saintess of the Hua Rong Sect. She had won a battle against seven people, and even though he thought highly of himself, he knew he absolutely couldn’t do it!
“I presided over that Continental Evergreen Convention. I will never forget her voice!”
Cao Hong took a deep breath.
Cao Guang’s last shred of luck was completely shattered. His momentum rapidly weakened, and the corners of his mouth twitched as he looked at Cheng Hong Ling, unable to advance or retreat.
“Strange, why did it suddenly go quiet? Aren’t they fighting anymore?”
“I knew it would be like this. Even if you gave Cheng Hong Ling a hundred more guts, she wouldn’t dare to fight the Alliance Leader Cao’s grandson in such a place. She must have surrendered.”
“Yes, this isn’t the Evergreen Convention where you stop when you’re told. If she dared to act, whether she won or lost, she wouldn’t have a good outcome!”
“Not only that, but who knows if Cao Guang has Immortal Might protecting him? If she accidentally touched Immortal Might, she would surely die, so how would she dare to act?”
“What a shame, I was planning to steal her corpse to make her my zombie bride!”
The onlookers outside the Hong Hua Sect guessed in confusion.
“You… you are that Saintess Jiang Ling of the Hua Rong Sect?”
Cao Guang struggled for a long time before finally mustering the courage to ask. His voice was not loud, but it was like a thunderclap that made the millions of onlookers outside the Hong Hua Sect dizzy.
“What? Jiang Ling? Who is Jiang Ling? Other than the Saintess of the Hua Rong Sect, who else is Jiang Ling? Is it the Jiang Ling who once defeated the top seven out of the top ten monstrous talents of the previous session with her own power? Is it the Jiang Ling who was absent from two Continental Evergreen Conventions but still ranked first among the top ten geniuses in the cultivation world this year?”
The millions of onlookers were completely in an uproar. They never dreamed that things would develop this way. The country bumpkin they looked down on was actually the famous Saintess Jiang Ling of the Hua Rong Sect! Even most people within the Hong Hua Sect looked at Qi Huang with unbelievable eyes because they didn’t know about this either.
“Sister Hong Ling, are you really that Saintess Jiang Ling of the Hua Rong Sect who intimidates the younger generation of the cultivation world?”
At this moment, Mu Ruoyi appeared from nowhere and asked.
Cheng Hong Ling did not answer, her silence was an admission.
“It must be! Only you in the cultivation world can be called a monster!”
Mu Ruoyi then answered herself.
“So, you recognized me?”
Qi Huang had expected her identity to be exposed. She walked forward lazily and said loudly, “Since that’s the case, I won’t pretend anymore. I’ll lay my cards on the table. This main body of mine is the Saintess Jiang Ling of the Hua Rong Sect. It was I who defeated seven little monsters with my own power back then!”
“No wonder… no wonder we couldn’t find out your background after searching for so long. So you actually came from a tiny sect in a remote small country.”
Cao Hong sighed.
“Surprised, aren’t you? In your eyes, who are descendants of immortals, powerful cultivators must come from powerful immortal families or sects. Even though I’ve slapped your faces hard, the concept of bloodline is still so deeply ingrained in your minds. It would be a ghost if you could find me. You are truly stuck in your ways.”
Qi Huang said sarcastically.
“…”
Cao Hong was speechless.
Cao Guang looked at his grandfather being insulted, and the anger in his heart overwhelmed his reason. “So what if you are the Saintess of the Hua Rong Sect? I originally planned to find the Saintess of the Hua Rong Sect after defeating you. Now, it’s perfect to deal with both at once.”
“Is that so? You’re quite confident! I haven’t made a move for only six or seven years, but I didn’t expect that some rotten little brothers and sisters in the cultivation world have forgotten my power. I just don’t know if your grandfather has the confidence.”
Qi Huang sighed to herself, then looked at Cao Hong. “You know my strength the best. Knowing that your grandson is not my opponent, are you still planning to let him go? Once he loses, it won’t be gilding, it’ll be disgrace!”
Cao Hong’s face indeed showed struggle when he heard this. He knew how heaven-defying this little demoness was. After six or seven years, her strength might have already reached the late stage of the Divine Ability Mirror, while his grandson had just entered the mid-stage of the Divine Ability Mirror. He was not even as good as Cao Yang back then, how could he possibly win?
“What? Scared? If you’re scared, then have him get out of here quickly. I still need to distribute Golden Life Flowers to these common people!”
Qi Huang shouted impatiently.
Mu Ruoyi, Ruan Lingyu, and the other sisters looked at Qi Huang’s dominance, their beautiful eyes filled with starlight, and their admiration was evident.
“No wonder she is so confident. I didn’t expect her to be that monster Saintess from the Hua Rong Sect!”
Ouyang Yi in the distance was so excited that her pretty face was flushed.
“This identity is probably not very useful. Although the Hua Rong Sect is the largest female immortal sect in the cultivation world, it is still not as good as the Immortal Alliance, let alone the Cao family behind it.”
Tang Yuning next to her analyzed very rationally.
“I still say the same thing, based on how she acts, she would never do anything she’s not confident about.”
Jin Xue still believed in Qi Huang unconditionally.
Meanwhile, in the plaza, the pampered Cao Guang had never suffered such humiliation. His head became hot, and he said to his grandfather, “Grandfather, let me try. If I don’t defeat her, this woman will always be a worry in my heart!”
Cao Hong’s jaw moved for a long time before he bit his teeth and transmitted telepathically, “If you want to go, go. Don’t force yourself. I will help you!”
“Help me? Does grandfather think I’m definitely not as good as her?”
Cao Guang asked in telepathic transmission with emotion.
“No, I’m just being cautious. This isn’t the Evergreen Convention, so there’s no need to talk about principles with her.”
Cao Hong quickly explained.
“But…”
Cao Guang had a troubled expression on his face.
“There’s no ‘but’. Your personal dignity is secondary. If you damage the reputation of the Cao family and the Immortal Alliance, can you bear it?”
Cao Hong said without doubt.
“…”
Cao Guang wanted to say something, but ultimately did not insist.
“How is it? Have you considered it clearly? Don’t waste everyone’s time!”
Qi Huang became increasingly impatient. If she didn’t want to establish a persona, she could kill these clowns with just a glare.
“I’ve long heard of how monstrous you are, but I refuse to believe it. Today, I will prove to millions of onlookers that I am the foremost among the top ten geniuses of this era.”
Cao Guang increased his aura again.
“Top ten geniuses? I remember saying this at the Zhu Xian Terrace. As long as I’m around, there will be no one in the cultivation world who deserves to be ranked alongside me. But you all turned a deaf ear to it. Then today, I will use my actions to remind you all again, I am the only monster in the cultivation world, and also the only genius. You are simply not worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as me!”
Qi Huang was inexplicably agitated, because she never liked to be ranked with others; she only liked to be peerless.
“Let me do it. Such a minion isn’t worthy of your attention.”
Cheng Hong Ling volunteered herself.
Qi Huang thought for a moment and found it reasonable, so she retreated to the back.
“Minion? How dare you insult me…”
Cao Guang was furious. He wanted to retort a few words, but Chceng Hong Ling suddenly disappeared.
Cao Guang was stunned. Before he could react, he smelled a gust of fragrant wind. Then his chest felt as if it had been smashed by a giant rock. With a crisp cracking sound of bone fracture, his body was uncontrollably sent flying backward. His limbs flailed like noodles due to inertia, and the blood spewing from his mouth formed a dazzling blood mist.
At this moment, the entire Hong Hua Sect within a ten-mile radius was silent. No one could have imagined that the proud first genius of the Cao family would be instantly killed by Cheng Hong Ling with one strike!
Cao Hong hadn’t expected this either. He had thought that with his cultivation base at the third level of the Heavenly Punishment Realm, he could at least intervene to assist at a critical moment. He never imagined that the demonic girl’s speed would be so fast that he couldn’t even react.
Thus, the Alliance Leader of the Immortal Alliance, Cao Hong, who was in the Heavenly Punishment Realm, watched helplessly as his grandson was kicked away.
“Too much nonsense.”
Cheng Hong Ling stood proudly in the sky, her face as cold as frost, so cold that no one dared to look directly at her.
