Volume 8, Chapter 559 – Now, Who Is the Challenger?

“What?”

Hua Yu’s brain short-circuited once again upon hearing these words. For a moment, she didn’t know whether to be furious or to sneer.

“What? Did I hear that correctly? She said she herself would challenge Hua Yu?”

“That’s right, that’s what she said. Isn’t this just pure slacking off?”

“Yeah, even her main body wouldn’t stand a chance if it went up personally, let alone a mere doppelgänger. Could she possibly be more powerful than her main body?”

“What a joke! If she were more powerful than her main body, then she would be the main body!”

The people around pointed and whispered, all thinking Cheng Hongling just wanted to slack off, hence sending a doppelgänger.

“You mean for her to go up?”

Shi Yuqi asked her disciple incredulously.

“Mhm!”

Cheng Hongling nodded in response with an aloof demeanor.

“Why?!”

Shi Yuqi grew increasingly bewildered and flustered.

“Is this woman insane?”

Hua Meng and her master exchanged a glance, the pleasant surprise on their faces gradually turning into stunned disbelief, as all of this was utterly illogical.

“You dare send a doppelgänger to humiliate me!”

Hua Yu subsequently flew into a rage, her enchanting face twisting into something ferocious.

“I understand!”

Shi Yuqi, seeing this, suddenly had an epiphany: “Good disciple, I understand! This is psychological warfare. Send a doppelgänger up first to provoke her, then the main body waits for the right moment to strike. That way, the chances of winning are much greater.”

Cheng Hongling hesitated to speak, a trace of helplessness flickering in her eyes, thinking to herself, ‘Am I really the kind of person who resorts to such cheap tricks?’

“Even if you figured it out, you shouldn’t say it out loud!”

Protector Yuan reminded with some helplessness.

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“So that’s it. The new Holy Maiden of Huarong Sect is quite cunning, even employing psychological tactics.”

“What’s the use? The gap is too vast!”

“That’s true! How does the saying go? ‘All schemes and intrigues are but paper tigers in the face of absolute power!’”

The observing cultivators launched into another round of analysis.

Shi Yuqi hurriedly covered her mouth.

Hua Yu also suddenly saw the light: “So that’s it. Sending a doppelgänger up to anger me, then the main body waits for an opportunity to strike. Not a bad strategy. Pity, you’re too weak. I can crush you with Divine Sense alone.”

“I’m sorry, disciple! It’s my mouth running off, leaking your tactics. I’m not fit to be your master!”

Shi Yuqi was instantly filled with regret and remorse, nearly brought to tears.

“I can only say you’re overthinking it!”

Cheng Hongling helplessly rolled her beautiful eyes.

“Piss off! With your meager skills, you’re not worthy of challenging me!”

Hua Yu then shouted at Qi Huang.

“Challenge? Heh, you’ll soon understand that you are the challenger!”

Qi Huang smirked mockingly, then said: “I’ve already given you a chance, but you didn’t cherish it. So, say goodbye to your title of ‘Nine Monster’!”

As Qi Huang’s voice fell, she simultaneously vanished from her original spot like a ghost.

“Hua—”

Cao Yang wanted to warn his wife, but it was already too late.

Everyone only felt their vision blur. Qi Huang had already appeared in front of Hua Yu. A sharp sword, which seemed to have materialized out of nowhere, was now pressed against Hua Yu’s vulnerable throat, its keen tip threatening to pierce through.

“Tell me, who is the challenger?”

Qi Huang asked, her gaze sharp and piercing, a world apart from her previously casual and careless demeanor.

“What?!”

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All the observing cultivators widened their eyes in disbelief, completely unable to comprehend what had just transpired before them.

“What… what movement technique did she use? How is it so fast?”

A Immortal Alliance elder murmured breathlessly, because he knew even he might not have been able to dodge that sword thrust.

“It’s not a movement technique, it’s Divine Sense! She was just using her Divine Sense to move her body!”

Cao Hong stated word by word, his expression unusually grave.

“What? How is that possible? To achieve such speed relying solely on Divine Sense, one must at least be at the third layer of the Divine Realm!”

The Immortal Alliance elder questioned incredulously.

“Are you doubting me?”

Cao Hong’s face immediately fell as he reprimanded: “Elder Ma, instead of doubting others, you should focus more on your own cultivation! With your cultivation at the second layer of the Divine Realm, how many of those Nine Mosters can you actually defeat? I feel ashamed for you!”

“Yes, yes, yes! Alliance Leader Cao, please forgive me! This subordinate spoke out of turn!”

Elder Ma hurriedly admitted his fault.

“Heavens, how did she get over there? Teleportation?”

“Not teleportation. But because the speed was too fast, those with lower cultivation can’t even capture her shadow with their Divine Sense. For you, it’s naturally similar to teleportation.”

“Don’t mock me! Wasn’t Hua Yu equally dumbfounded? Doesn’t that mean her speed has reached the Divine Realm or above? What heaven-defying movement technique is this? Remember, her main body only has mid Incarnation Realm cultivation.”

“Heh, if I knew, the Nine Great Monsters would become Ten Great Monsters. With this terrifying speed alone, she could spar with those freaks!”

“It seems things aren’t so simple! This doppelgänger of the Huarong Sect Holy Maiden seems not to be trifled with. Everyone underestimated her.”

“Hua Yu is in an awkward position now. To have someone suddenly press a sword to her throat for no reason, she must be feeling utterly indignant inside!”

“Serves her right! Who told her to underestimate her opponent!”

The surrounding cultivators also reacted, exclamations of surprise instantly erupting.

Now, the other little freaks also no longer had looks of contempt on their faces, replaced instead by similar astonishment.

“This… is this really my disciple?”

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A look of trepidation appeared on Shi Yuqi’s face.

“The Sect Leader is right. The Holy Maiden is omnipotent!”

Protector Yuan smiled, crow’s feet appearing at the corners of his eyes.

Hua Yu snapped out of her shock, asking with utter unwillingness: “How is this possible? You, a mere doppelgänger, how could you possess such terrifying speed? What heaven-defying movement technique did you use?”

“She didn’t use any movement technique. She relied solely on Divine Sense!”

Cao Yang reminded from the side.

“Divine Sense? Are you joking me? Her main body only has late Incarnation Realm level Divine Sense. Where did she get such powerful Divine Sense?”

Hua Yu nearly shrieked hysterically. Anyone defeated so inexplicably would find it hard to accept.

Cao Yang shook his head helplessly. If he knew, he would have warned her earlier.

“How do you know my main body hasn’t been hiding her strength?”

Qi Huang intentionally threw out a smokescreen.

“Looking at your unreasonable and obstinate appearance, you just don’t want to admit defeat!”

Cheng Hongling also sneered contemptuously.

“Right! I wasn’t prepared just now! This was a shameless sneak attack!”

Hua Yu said shamelessly.

“Fine, I’ll give you another chance. Anyway, even if we fight a hundred more times, you won’t be able to change anything.”

Qi Huang withdrew her sword and returned to her original spot. She hadn’t come here just to defeat these little freaks; more importantly, it was to showcase herself. So, the more shocking the process, the better.

“Yuzhu, why are you giving her a chance? Isn’t this just asking for trouble?”

Shi Yuqi, unaware of the internal reasons, lamented as if Qi Huang lacked fighting spirit.

“Relax. With her meager abilities, she can’t cause me any trouble.”

Qi Huang replied casually.

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“Don’t celebrate too soon! If you only have powerful Divine Sense, then today I’ll let you know what it means for everything to have its nemesis!”

Hua Yu bit her red lip, reached out her hand and made a grasping motion in front of her. A scarlet-red dagger engraved with Red Spider Lily appeared in her hand. A faint, yet palpable, killing intent immediately began to permeate the air.

“Why does this dagger seem so familiar?”

Qi Huang was slightly taken aback.

“It’s one of the lethal weapons on the Registry of Slaughter.”

Cheng Hongling’s voice sounded simultaneously.

“A vicious weapon? I didn’t expect her to have one too!”

Qi Huang was rather surprised.

“Look! That’s the ‘Bi’an Blood Blade’, one of the twenty-four vicious weapons of the cultivation world!”

“No need for introductions. Everyone knows the Bi’an Blood Blade was in the hands of the previous Holy Maiden of Huarong Sect. I didn’t expect they failed to retrieve it!”

“Now that Jiang Ling’s doppelgänger is in trouble. If she really only has powerful Divine Sense, the killing intent on this dagger is precisely her bane!”

“It’s precisely because Divine Sense is extremely vulnerable to killing intent that no one specializes in cultivating it. Could it be that Jiang Ling doesn’t know this? She doesn’t actually think she’s invincible, does she?”

A group of cultivators commented from the sidelines.

“Aiyah! If only we had known, we should have had the Sect Leader retrieve that dagger earlier!”

Protector Yuan stamped his foot in frustration upon seeing it.

“Yuzhu! Be extremely careful! That dagger contains extremely terrifying killing intent, which naturally counters Divine Sense! If it’s too much, just admit defeat!”

Shi Yuqi’s worried voice came through.

‘Admit defeat? A vicious weapon like this… if Cheng Ling hadn’t assimilated my Essence Soul, I might still fear it somewhat. But now? It’s just a toy.’

A look of disdain appeared on Qi Huang’s face.

“Now… let me completely break you and revert you to your original form!”

Hua Yu’s gaze turned cold. Gripping the Bi’an Blood Blade, she charged towards Qi Huang. Infused with her True Qi, the dagger turned so red it seemed to drip blood, and the killing intent emanating from it suddenly surged dozens of times.