Chapter 161 - 158: I Finally Saved You for Once

"Nine Nethers Underworld Physique!"

The Ling Family’s Supreme Elder, who was currently locked in a stalemate with Li Haoran, revealed a look of profound shock. "That is a legendary physique, equivalent to a Divine Body!"

"What? Equivalent to a Divine Body?" The crowd was stunned once more.

They did not know what the Nine Nethers Underworld Physique was, nor did they know about the Divine Body. However, anything crowned with the word "Divine" was already transcendent, something that almost exclusively appeared in legends.

"By that logic, Mo Qianqian isn’t the most monstrous genius here. That Shi Muyao is?"

"You could say that."

"My god, how many monstrous geniuses are going to pop out today? Ling Lang, Nangong Ling, Ling Qingxue, Mo Qianqian... and now, there’s an even more terrifying one! How are the rest of us supposed to live?"

The young people present were going crazy, especially Lie Yao, Yu Wenshuo, and the others. How could the gap between people be so massive?

"Hmph! I don’t care what kind of Nine Nethers Underworld Physique you have—die for me!" the Dean of Tai Xuan Academy snorted coldly, slashing out with her broadsword once again. This time, the attack was vastly more powerful than her previous swift strike.

"Get lost!"

At this moment, Shi Muyao seemed like a completely different person. Expressionless, her skin pitch-black, and her eyes devoid of light, she looked like a walking corpse. She slashed out with her sword, clashing heavily against the Dean of Tai Xuan Academy’s blade.

CLANG!

The Dean’s broadsword was instantly knocked back, slamming violently into her own body.

SPURT!

Coughing up a massive mouthful of fresh blood, the Dean of Tai Xuan Academy was sent flying far backward.

"What!" The crowd gasped in shock again.

A cultivator at the First Level of Tongyou Realm had sent a Quasi-Space Spirit Realm expert flying? How could she be this formidable?

The Dean of Tai Xuan Academy was equally dazed. She was at the Quasi-Space Spirit Realm! To think she had been beaten to the point of vomiting blood by a mere junior...

"How could this be... How could this be..."

No matter what, the Dean of Tai Xuan Academy was a top-tier powerhouse who had dominated the region for decades. Being reduced to this state was unacceptable to her. Coupled with the death of her disciple, Nangong Ling, her Spirit began to waver in a trance-like daze.

WHOOSH!

At that exact moment, as if breaking through her shackles, a terrifying aura surged from the Dean of Tai Xuan Academy. Her cultivation aura directly shattered the bottleneck, breaking through from the Peak of the Ninth Level of the Tongyou Realm directly into the Void Spirit Realm!

A terrifying pressure swept outward, billowing in all directions.

"She broke through! The Dean of Tai Xuan Academy has broken through and stepped into the Void Spirit Realm!"

This left the crowd astounded once again. They had experienced endless surprises today. Putting everything else aside, Shi Muyao’s sudden transformation had already been shocking enough. Yet, who could have expected that the Dean of Tai Xuan Academy, after being sent flying, would actually break through right then and there, advancing to the Void Spirit Realm?

Before today, the Void Spirit Realm was completely unseen. Now, a second one had appeared, breaking through right in front of them!

On the other side, Li Haoran, who had not utilized the Third Form of the Vast Spear Technique, was being forced into a continuous retreat by the Ling Family’s Supreme Elder. Seeing the Dean of Tai Xuan Academy successfully advance to the Void Spirit Realm, he was incredibly astonished.

"This old hag actually broke through..." Li Haoran’s aura erupted once more as he continued his battle against the Ling Family’s Supreme Elder.

"I have broken through! Hahaha!" The Dean of Tai Xuan Academy laughed maniacally. She then locked her gaze onto Shi Muyao, killing intent flashing in her eyes. "Die for me!"

With a flicker of her silhouette, the Dean charged at Shi Muyao once more.

"Die." Shi Muyao spat out an icy word and charged forward with her longsword in hand. However, barely halfway through her charge, she suddenly coughed up a mouthful of black blood and collapsed.

"Yaoyao!" Mo Qianqian cried out in alarm, hastily rushing forward.

BOOM! BOOM!

At that moment, the Yuling Sect Master and the masked man in black stepped in front of Shi Muyao, clashing head-on with the Dean of Tai Xuan Academy.

The Yuling Sect Master was beaten to the point of coughing blood, his body sent flying backward. The masked man in black, however, was merely forced back a few steps. Shockingly, the aura he emitted belonged to the Quasi-Space Spirit Realm.

"Shi Muyao is suffering from a backlash!"

"It’s only normal to suffer a backlash after bursting out with such terrifying power all at once."

"Another Quasi-Space Spirit Realm expert? To be able to withstand an attack from the Void Spirit Realm, who is that masked man in black?"

The crowd was astonished yet again.

SWISH!

Having already activated his Spirit Body, Mo Qianqian quickly reached Shi Muyao’s side and caught her. He noticed that the surface of her skin was gradually returning to a normal hue, no longer pitch-black like a corpse. However, her aura was extremely feeble; she had suffered a severe backlash and sustained heavy injuries.

"Qianqian..." Shi Muyao looked up at him, her voice incredibly weak. "I finally managed to save you once."

"Don’t speak." Mo Qianqian hurriedly took out a Healing Elixir and fed it to her.

"Who are you?" On the other side, the Dean of Tai Xuan Academy asked in a deep voice.

The masked man in black, who had been repeatedly forced back by the Dean’s attacks, was now being pushed closer to Mo Qianqian’s direction. Mo Qianqian furrowed his brows and rapidly retreated while holding Shi Muyao.

At this moment, no one else nearby dared to attack Mo Qianqian. He now possessed the strength to kill those at the Seventh Level of Tongyou Realm. Anyone below that level had absolutely no chance of killing him.

Mo Qianqian retreated to the side of the Yuling Sect Master, who had already climbed back to his feet.

"Sect Leader Yu..." Mo Qianqian spoke.

The Yuling Sect Master wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. "I’m fine. Hand her over to me."

"Alright." Mo Qianqian nodded, passing Shi Muyao to the Yuling Sect Master. He was the main target for everyone here. Carrying Shi Muyao would only put her in greater danger.

"Everyone, why haven’t you made a move yet? Are you waiting for another unexpected variable to appear?" Right at this moment, Patriarch Ling shouted out anxiously.

Even though the Dean of Tai Xuan Academy had broken through and gained the upper hand, and even though the Ling Family’s Supreme Elder also held the advantage against Li Haoran, Mo Qianqian was currently unguarded. Patriarch Ling felt uneasy not killing Mo Qianqian immediately.

Moreover, it wasn’t just Mo Qianqian he was worried about anymore. There was also Shi Muyao. Her talent was simply too terrifying. If even one of them was allowed to live, the Ling Family would never know a moment of peace.

Hearing Patriarch Ling’s words, Mo Qianqian frowned. Were there more of them?

The crowd was stunned once again. Did the Ling Family still have other trump cards hidden away?

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Suddenly, three figures descended from the sky. Moving as fast as lightning, they quickly appeared in the airspace above the Ling Family’s Martial Arts Arena.

All three were white-haired old men. Two wore yellow robes, while the third wore a black robe. As soon as they arrived, they directly unleashed their mighty auras. A terrifying pressure surged from the three of them, instantly enveloping the entire area.

Among the three, the two yellow-robed elders emitted the cultivation aura of the Void Spirit Realm First Layer. As for the black-robed elder, his aura astoundingly belonged to the Void Spirit Realm Second Level!

"What? Three Void Spirit Realm experts?"

The crowd present was completely dumbfounded. Hadn’t the Great Xia Dynasty been entirely devoid of Void Spirit Realm experts previously? Why had three of them suddenly popped out of nowhere? And one of them was even at the Void Spirit Realm Second Level!

"You are not from the Great Xia Dynasty!" Seeing this, the Eldest Prince frowned, his expression turning incredibly solemn. The members of the royal family also grew grave.

The onlookers were collectively shocked. Were they not from the Great Xia Dynasty? Had the Ling Family colluded with outsiders?

"Delays only invite trouble. You three, please strike quickly and kill Mo Qianqian first!" Patriarch Ling yelled.