Volume 8, Chapter 560 – All of You, Come at Me Together

As everyone knows, killing intent is the natural bane of Divine Sense. The only way for a cultivator to overcome their inherent weaknesses is to, as early as possible, cultivate the Essence Souls representing the seven emotions and six desires into doppelgängers and banish them.

And what about Cheng Hongling? Her current cultivation is only at the Incarnation Realm, which means she can, at most, cultivate one doppelgänger. If this doppelgänger is not an Essence Soul, then she would inevitably be suppressed by killing intent.

Hua Yu was different. She was already at the early stage of the Divine Realm, capable of cultivating four doppelgängers. Therefore, her Essence Souls and the like had long been banished by her.

Thus, Hua Yu thought of employing the Bi’an Blood Blade. While this weapon had little effect on herself, it was a deadly counter for both Cheng Hongling and Qi Huang.

“That little bitch is done for now!”

Hua Meng and her disciple secretly rejoiced. Most of the surrounding spectating cultivators shared the same thought.

‘Such powerful killing intent. I’m quite interested to see how the new Holy Maiden of the Huarong Sect handles this!’

A look of keen interest appeared on Cao Hong’s face, completely like a bystander, which sufficiently proved that the various branches of the Cao family were indeed seemingly united but actually divided.

Hua Yu executed a mysterious movement technique, charging towards Qi Huang like lightning. The murderous weapon in her hand, fueled by her True Qi, turned so red it seemed to drip blood. The killing intent on it instantly surged dozens of times, crashing towards Qi Huang like a tidal wave. It was so powerful that it distorted the air, forming a pale red river!

The surrounding cultivators, though not the target, were also affected by this immense killing intent. Their faces turned pale, and they retreated repeatedly. Many with lower cultivation levels directly collapsed to the ground.

Hua Yu did not stop there. Powerful Divine Sense erupted from her body, distorting the air and similarly forming a semi-transparent great river that crushed towards Qi Huang.

So, to outsiders, it looked as if Hua Yu was controlling one clear and one turbid great river, crushing towards Qi Huang with overwhelming force, so intimidating that the surrounding cultivators dared not even breathe heavily.

“Hmph!”

A confident smile appeared on Qi Huang’s face as she allowed the killing intent to sweep over her.

The people around stared wide-eyed, only to find Qi Huang still standing proudly on the spot, her expression not changing in the slightest.

With a thought from Qi Huang, the treasured sword in her hand shot out like a bolt of lightning, tearing through the subsequent river of Divine Sense and heading straight for Hua Yu’s face.

The expressions of the several young prodigies nearby turned grave. The speed of this sword strike was something only a cultivator at least at the third layer of the Divine Realm could achieve. Hua Yu was only at the first layer of the Divine Realm; it would be very difficult for her to block it hastily!

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Of course, what surprised them even more was that this Jiang Ling was actually unaffected by the killing intent.

“What?”

Hua Yu was greatly shocked. She had no confidence in using her dagger to block it, so she frantically urged the True Qi within her body, forming a thick water screen in front of her in an attempt to slow the flying sword.

“Tsk tsk, quite wishful thinking!”

A look of pity appeared on Qi Huang’s face. She increased her Divine Sense output slightly, and the flying sword accelerated even more, directly frictioning with the air to form a layer of bright flame that dried up the water screen it encountered ahead, shooting towards Hua Yu completely unaffected.

“She actually still held back!”

Hua Yu’s eyes stared straight ahead, only able to watch helplessly as the flying sword shot towards her throat once again. Her heart was filled with extreme unwillingness; she was actually about to be defeated by that little bitch for the second time today.

‘If I had known this, I should have used my full strength from the start!’

Hua Yu thought with deep regret.

And at that moment, a tall figure blocked Hua Yu’s front, then with one sword stroke, knocked Qi Huang’s flying sword away.

Hua Yu took a closer look; who else could it be but her husband, Cao Yang? She was instantly overjoyed, tears even streaming out, thinking she had indeed found a good man.

“What’s going on? That Jiang Ling’s doppelgänger wasn’t affected by the killing intent? Could it be her cultivation isn’t just at the Incarnation Realm?”

“It must be so. Because only after cultivating an Essence Soul into a doppelgänger and banishing it will a cultivator gain some resistance to killing intent!”

“There’s another possibility: she hid her Essence Soul elsewhere beforehand.”

“Don’t be ridiculous! She’s not a god; how could she know she would encounter killing intent?”

“Right, I also lean towards her hiding her strength!”

“Is that even possible? An eighteen-year-old Divine Ability Realm expert? That’s a prodigy among prodigies! But she only has eight points of bloodline; how did she achieve it?”

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“This shows that the Bloodline Wheel is utter nonsense!”

The crowd of onlookers once again erupted in waves of discussion.

“Young Master Cao, this is a fight between me and Elder Hua. Isn’t it inappropriate for you to interfere like this?”

Qi Huang retrieved her treasured sword and asked leisurely, though she secretly felt pleased. She had held back precisely to lure these young prodigies onto the stage one by one.

“Yes! Do you perhaps intend to bully the few with many?”

Shi Yuqi also questioned agitatedly.

“Not at all! Not at all! Didn’t Hua Yu say just now? She only wanted to guide a junior. We’re all one family; it’s best to stop before going too far, lest we hurt harmony.”

Cao Yang deliberately spoke evasively.

“So you admit she lost?”

Qi Huang pressed step by step.

“This wasn’t a fight; how can we talk about winning or losing?”

Cao intentionally muddied the waters.

“Is your sophistry here of any use? Loss is loss, victory is victory. Everyone present understands in their hearts!”

Qi Huang said, looking around at everyone.

“Cao Yang’s integrity is truly somewhat low. It’s a fight between two people; why does he have to interfere?”

“What do you know, you wretched man? That’s called being a wife-protecting maniac! He’d rather suffer criticism himself than see his wife harmed in the slightest. Learn from him!”

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“What a love-struck fool! Acting like this, even if he were a mother-protecting maniac, he’d be scorned!”

“You dare criticize the top young prodigy? Wait for your family to be wiped out!”

“Who are you trying to scare? I’m a lone wolf; what family does he have to wipe out?”

“Exactly, justice resides in the hearts of the people! Loss is loss, victory is victory. The fact that the new Holy Maiden of the Huarong Sect could make Hua Yu eat humble pie proves she truly has potential comparable to the descendants of immortals. From now on, the Nine Great Monsters of the cultivation world will become ten!”

“Yes, the Huarong Sect has found another treasure. No wonder they expelled Hua Yu without hesitation!”

The surrounding cultivators offered objective evaluations.

“What nonsense are you all spouting?”

Hearing these discussions, Hua Yu became irritable and argued sophistically, “Did that sword strike just now actually hurt me? Why do you say I lost?”

“Correct. Even if I hadn’t intervened, Hua Yu had the ability to dodge that sword.”

Cao Yang also chimed in.

“You are too shameless!”

Shi Yuqi directly cursed.

“Oh? Can’t win the argument, so you start with personal attacks? Is this the Elder of the Huarong Sect? Truly an eye-opener!”

Cao Yang sneered.

“You…”

Shi Yuqi was furious but was stopped by Cheng Hongling beside her reaching out a hand.

“Master, don’t worry. My doppelgänger will make them submit willingly.”

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Cheng Hongling reassured.

“Still refusing to admit defeat? It’s fine. I have time. I’ll beat you until you don’t dare to quibble anymore.”

At the same time, Qi Huang also stated with a relaxed expression.

“Fine! I didn’t use my full strength just now, so you found an opening. This time will be different.”

Hua Yu was eager to try again, clearly still holding onto a sliver of hope.

“Wait!”

Cao Yang reached out to stop her, then shouted to the surroundings, “Brother Zheng, Brother Xiao, Brother Tang, Junior Sister Ning, Junior Sister Yang, you’ve all seen it. This junior of mine is indeed a good seedling. Given time, her future is limitless. Why don’t you all come and guide her as well? I wonder which fellow Daoist is willing to help? Cao will remember this favor.”

“What?”

Hearing this, all the surrounding cultivators were stunned. No one had expected Cao Yang to be so shameless, resorting to a war of attrition even when dealing with a junior. Moreover, those whose names were called were all young prodigies with cultivation levels higher than Hua Yu’s.

“Cao Yang, you and your wife need to ask for help to deal with a junior? Aren’t you ashamed?”

Shi Yuqi angrily rebuked.

“What do you mean ‘deal with’? Didn’t I say? It’s guidance!”

Cao Yang said with a mocking smile.

The five young prodigies fell into contemplation. Although this matter seemed unrelated to them on the surface, upon careful consideration, if they allowed the new Holy Maiden of the Huarong Sect to completely defeat Hua Yu, then their so-called immortal bloodlines would become worthless, and their status would plummet.

“No need to consider it. How about all of you come at me together? Save me the trouble of dealing with you one by one.”

Qi Huang, however, impatiently provoked them.