Volume 8, Chapter 561 – One Against Seven (Part 1)

The few little fiends knew they were all in the same boat now and wanted to teach that arrogant girl a lesson, yet none of them rushed to make a move. The reason was simple: they lacked confidence. After all, the other party hadn’t revealed any of her true capabilities and could only be described as unfathomable.

‘You, Cao Yang, as the number one among the Nine Monsters, aren’t stepping up yourself but instead egging us on? Only a fool would fall for that!’

This was the shared thought among the several little fiends.

But now things were different. Qi Huang’s utterly contemptuous provocation directly caused some of the more brawny but simple-minded individuals to lose their reason, like Zheng Wei.

“All together? Hah! To deal with you, I alone am more than enough!”

Rage shot straight to the top of Zheng Wei’s skull as he prepared to take on Qi Huang one-on-one.

“Wait, Nephew. This girl is a bit strange. It’s better to let others test her depths first,” an old man with a pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks beside him spoke up to stop him.

“What? Scared? Are you even a man?” Qi Huang continued her taunts.

“Would I be scared of you?” Zheng Wei completely lost his reason. With a thought, a golden zhang long spear was already in his hand, making him look imposing and majestic, like a celestial warrior.

“Nephew, listen to me. If you must fight, it’s best to go up together with the others,” the old man advised again.

“Uncle Liu, if I need help from others to deal with a mere girl like this, even victory would be shameful!” How could Zheng Wei possibly listen now? Gripping his spear, he strode into the arena.

“Thank you, Brother Zheng. I, Cao, will remember this favor. Please ‘guide’ my junior sister well,” Cao Yang said, a mocking smile playing on his lips.

“Don’t mention it. But let me be blunt first. Although it’s called ‘guidance’, weapons have no eyes. If I accidentally injure your tender-skinned junior sister, I hope Brother Cao won’t mind!” Zheng Wei revealed a malicious grin.

“Naturally. If an immortal cultivator fears injury, what’s the point of cultivating? Might as well go home and have babies!” Cao Yang retorted with sarcasm, then turned to ask Qi Huang: “Don’t you agree, Junior Sister?”

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“Absolutely, Brother!” Qi Huang immediately clapped her hands in applause, then kindly reminded Zheng Wei: “Are you sure you want to go alone? If you lose, you’ll be the only one losing face! Why not call two more? If you lose later, everyone loses face together, so it won’t be too embarrassing.”

“She’s still provoking! She’s actually still provoking! What if Cao Yang really steps in?”

“Right, Cao Yang is the number one among the Nine Monsters. His cultivation has already reached the sixth layer of the Divine Realm. Compared to the other descendants of immortals, he’s on a completely different level!”

“Exactly. Talent like his probably isn’t far from the legendary perfect bloodline. He’s not stepping in simply because he doesn’t want to stoop to her level.”

A crowd of onlookers shook their heads helplessly.

“You wish! If we all go together, you’ll have an excuse to argue if you lose, right? Daydreaming!” Zheng Wei, however, was ungrateful.

“Aiya, I give you a chance, why won’t you cherish it? That Cao Yang is obviously using you as a tool. If you call him up, and you lose, everyone loses face together. Wouldn’t that be better?” Qi Huang muttered helplessly.

“Trying to drive a wedge?” Cao Yang sneered repeatedly, then said to Zheng Wei: “Brother Zheng, whatever you do, don’t hold back. If you can’t even ‘guide’ a junior like this, then your title of ‘Nine Great Monsters’ will just have to be given to her.”

“Shut up! Do I need you to remind me?” Zheng Wei snapped impatiently. He then slammed his golden spear into the ground in front of him, pouring the True Qi from his body into it. The dense, grayish-white Metal-attributed True Qi on the spear rapidly expanded and spread out like a thick fog enveloping the earth, so dense that even sunlight couldn’t penetrate it.

“Retreat quickly! It’s the Supreme Spear’s Domain ability!” an Immortal Alliance elder shouted a warning. A group of cultivators panicked and scrambled to flee in all directions.

Qi Huang did not retreat half a step. The light around her rapidly dimmed. She looked around curiously, trying to detect any clues.

“Holy Maiden, be careful! Under the Supreme Domain, no weapons can be used,” Protector Yuan’s voice came through.

‘Is it really that mystical?’ Qi Huang tried to use the treasured sword in her hand but found it seemed rooted in the air. Her Divine Sense at the Divine Realm couldn’t budge it an inch. She originally wanted to try using Heavenly Tribulation Realm power, but ultimately gave up to keep playing the pig to eat the tiger.

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“This is the immortal tool, the Supreme Spear. The spear is the king of weapons. Under its Supreme Domain, no weapon can be used. Surely you can’t defeat me relying on Divine Sense alone?” Zheng Wei narrowed his eyes and looked up at Qi Huang. His spear shot out like a dragon emerging from the sea, and he himself vanished from his original spot.

Swish!

The next moment, Zheng Wei crossed a distance of several zhang and pierced through ‘Qi Huang’ with his spear.

“Disciple!” Shi Yuqi cried out in alarm. The others from the Huarong Sect also showed looks of horror on their faces.

The onlookers, however, showed expressions of relief. After all, in their view, Qi Huang’s defeat was the normal outcome. Otherwise, if an eighteen-year-old blonde girl could trade blows with a powerhouse like him, how were they supposed to cope?

Zheng Wei’s expression, on the contrary, grew several degrees more solemn because he felt no resistance on his spear.

At that moment, the figure of ‘Qi Huang’ that had been pierced gradually turned transparent and then…

… dissipated.

“My heavens! That was actually an afterimage! How fast must she be?!” exclamations rang out from outside the arena.

Shi Yuqi opened her beautiful eyes wide in pleasant surprise: “That’s my disciple! Is that really my disciple? Maybe I should just become her disciple instead!”

“Not a bad Domain. Pity it only restricts weapons. What can you do if you can’t even touch me?” Qi Huang’s voice came through. Her figure had somehow moved several zhang away.

“How are you so fast? How did you do that?” Zheng Wei asked, barely suppressing his pounding heart.

“Brother Zheng, she just moved her body using Divine Sense again. Be careful!” Cao Yang reminded from outside the arena.

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“Still using Divine Sense? I could only vaguely capture her trajectory just now. Just how strong is her Divine Sense?” Zheng Wei frowned tightly. The look of arrogance he had worn earlier had long since vanished.

“Fifth layer of the Divine Realm!” Cao Yang answered, word by word.

“What?” Zheng Wei’s face changed.

“What? Did I hear correctly? Fifth layer of the Divine Realm? Isn’t that one layer higher than Zheng Wei’s cultivation?”

“One layer? No, no, no. The Divine Sense she was using rose from the second layer of the Divine Ability Realm all the way to the fifth layer. Who knows where her limit is?”

“And she’s just a doppelganger! How strong must her main body be? Where did this monster come from!”

The crowd of onlookers outside was stunned speechless.

“This secret art is actually this powerful? No wonder Cao Yang is trying every trick to marry her,” Cao Hong’s gaze gradually grew fervent.

“Alliance Head, what secret art?” Elder Ma beside him asked, puzzled.

“Nothing,” Cao Hong dismissed it casually.

Back in the arena, Zheng Wei, unwilling to accept this, once again deployed his movement technique to pursue and attack Qi Huang, but each time he only managed to catch an afterimage.

As for Qi Huang, her figure flickered in and out like a ghost, not even a single strand of hair out of place, elegant and agile.

Thus, the scene looked rather comical, like a toddling child trying to catch a dancing butterfly.

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“Do you only know how to run?” Zheng Wei, helpless, could only resort to provocation.

“Hehe, isn’t speed also part of one’s strength? If you can’t catch up to me, it only means your strength is inadequate!” Qi Huang retorted calmly.

“My strength is inadequate? Haha…” Zheng Wei let out a wild laugh, then bit his finger and smeared a few drops of essence blood onto the Supreme Spear. He roared, “Watch closely, you wretched woman! The Supreme Spear’s second domain: Soul Draw!”

As his words fell, the weapon Qi Huang had left behind in the arena suddenly bent towards the direction of the Supreme Spear as if submitting. Then, a tremendous suction force emanated from it, pulling her towards it like a magnet. It was an attraction directed at the soul.

Qi Huang immediately mobilized her fifth-layer Divine Ability Divine Sense to resist but found it was still slightly insufficient. Her body couldn’t break free from the suction. She looked at the treasured sword and scolded, “You traitor!”

“This ‘Soul Draw’ is Zheng Wei’s ultimate move. Among the Nine Great Monsters, only Cao Yang and Ning Wuxia can handle it!”

“Right. I heard only those with cultivation reaching the fifth layer of the Divine Realm or Divine Sense reaching the sixth layer can break free by brute force.”

“If the doppelganger of the Huarong Sect’s new Holy Maiden only has Divine Sense at the fifth layer of the Divine Ability Realm, she’s doomed to lose.”

“It’s already impressive. To have fought the second strongest Nine Monster to this extent is enough for her to boast about for a lifetime.”

“Haha! Under the Supreme Domain, in the eyes of any weapon, there is only the Supreme Spear, no master. You used it, so your soul will be offered up to it,” Zheng Wei laughed triumphantly. He then gripped the Supreme Spear again and charged towards Qi Huang.

“Hmph! So it just requires sixth-layer Divine Ability Realm Divine Sense to break free. I thought it was some amazing technique,” Qi Huang snorted coldly. Her Divine Sense instantly intensified to the sixth layer of the Divine Ability Realm, and sure enough, she broke free from that strange suction force in an instant.

Zheng Wei’s spear once again stabbed empty air. An expression of disbelief appeared on his face, and he looked around blankly.

“Careful!” Cao Yang’s eyes narrowed on the side. His figure abruptly vanished from his original spot. He had ultimately been unable to resist making a move.