King of Creation-Chapter 669 - 661: A Close Brush with Death

Boom!

The black thunder light poured down from Shang Lingqi’s head like rainwater, directly onto his head, not onto his Protective Spirit Armor.

Since both Shang Lingqi’s Protective Spirit Armor and Precious Armor Spirit Light had already shattered, this Heavenly Thunder of Fright was aimed squarely at Shang Lingqi’s head.

The smell of burnt hair turning to ash, the smell of scorched skin, instantly spread as Shang Lingqi’s body began trembling uncontrollably.

In an instant, his eyes were filled with terror!

This was the first time Shang Lingqi had felt fear since the beginning of the Spirit Returning Ranking Battles, the first time he felt the terror of death!

The moment a streak of Golden Sword Light burst forth from Ye Zhen’s front, Jian Qianxiong, Yin Changsheng, Wug Mengshan, Yan Cong, and all the seated participants stood up.

Their movements were the same, but their expressions were different.

For someone like Jian Qianxiong, it was a shock mixed with incredulous joy.

For people like Yin Changsheng and Yan Cong, it was purely shock mixed with frustration. Only Wug Mengshan, in addition to shock, showed immense urgency, and he stood up shouting almost immediately.

"Concede!"

"We concede!"

Regrettably, Ye Zhen’s Heart Sword Sword Light burst out at the same time as Wug Mengshan’s shouting. Even though the marshal of the combat, Qingyun Castle Master Yun Chongxiao, had no bias, it was too late to react under these circumstances.

Puff!

Shang Lingqi’s eyes suddenly widened, his expression filled with immense pain.

Enhanced by the Supreme Treasure Sword in his hands and supported by the Purple Spirit in Sword Heart Enlightenment, Ye Zhen’s Heart Sword Sword Light pierced directly through Shang Lingqi’s Supreme Treasure Sword and into his flesh in an instant!

The pain of the sword light penetrating flesh brought Shang Lingqi extreme agony, but it also triggered his will to survive. He was very clear that, at this moment, no one could save him but himself!

Most importantly, the intense pain from the Heart Sword piercing his abdomen countered some of the paralysis brought on by Ye Zhen’s Heavenly Thunder of Fright, allowing him to regain the ability to move.

Puff!

With a bite of his tongue tip, a mouthful of Spirit Blood, filled with abundant Spiritual Power and like a blood arrow, furiously sprayed towards Ye Zhen’s eyes.

A Blood Arrow formed from Life-bound Spirit Blood holds power comparable to the full strike of a Fifth Stage Vein Forging Realm Martial Artist, and even Ye Zhen dared not receive it directly.

Of course, this mouthful of Life-bound Spirit Blood Arrow came at a great cost. After this battle, Shang Lingqi’s cultivation would inevitably drop a minor stage, and it would take him no less than a year to recover.

This was because that mouthful of Life-bound Spirit Blood also contained a trace of Innate Primordial Spirit Blood.

It was for this reason that Ye Zhen had to hurriedly retreat under Shang Lingqi’s Life-bound Spirit Blood.

Seizing this brief respite, Shang Lingqi’s figure flickered, and he abruptly burst backward a kilometer, with Ye Zhen’s still-active Heart Sword Golden Sword Light being pulled out of his body as he retreated.

At a glance, a gash over five inches wide was opened from the front to the back of his torso, with blood violently spurting out and even his ruptured intestines and organs visible.

Meanwhile, Ye Zhen had just managed to fend off Shang Lingqi’s Life-bound Spirit Blood Arrow’s attack, which, despite Ye Zhen’s rapid retreat, had still shattered Ye Zhen’s Purple Jade Battle Armor, leaving a large gash on Ye Zhen’s face.

If Ye Zhen had reacted even slightly slower, losing an eye would not have been out of the question!

And it was this Life-bound Spirit Blood Arrow that caused Ye Zhen to lose the opportunity to finish off Shang Lingqi.

The marshal of the Martial Arena, Yun Chongxiao, timely positioned himself between Ye Zhen and Shang Lingqi.

The pale-faced Shang Lingqi, seeing Yun Chongxiao blocking him, relaxed his expression, his vision darkened, and he collapsed backward!

"Lingqi!"

In a cry of sorrow, Heavenly Net Sect Leader Wug Mengshan rushed onto the Martial Arena, and with flickering illusions, supported Shang Lingqi down from the Martial Arena.

In almost an instant, Wug Mengshan, along with the other two elders from the Heavenly Net Sect, formed a triangle around Shang Lingqi, enveloping him tightly with substantial Spiritual Power, like a cloud.

What remained was only the large puddle of blood on the ground.

The entire Martial Arena, silent as the Ghost Realm!

Everyone glared, staring at Ye Zhen!

No one had expected that Ye Zhen could win so cleanly and decisively! Had it not been for a competition with elders present, Shang Lingqi might have already been accounted for.

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The next moment, a burst of murmuring rose like a swarm of ants.

"How did he win?"

"How did Ye Zhen win? I didn’t see it clearly,"

"I don’t know either. I only saw Shang Lingqi stop for a moment, and then he was hit! It felt like Shang Lingqi was distracted. Otherwise, why would he just stand there foolishly and not move?"

"Exactly! It was almost like he was courting death, this battle, no matter how I look at it I can’t understand it."

Not far away, Nian Xinghe looked at Luo Xin, who had become stupefied, and had lost all desire to mock.

Next to him, Fengh Qingyue’s eyes were shining to the extreme, her surprise mixed with delight, and her view of Ye Zhen had completely changed.

As for Tian Guizhang, if it were not for Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong being present, he probably would have burst out laughing.

With Ye Zhen’s performance today, his recommendation was undoubtedly significant, and he could imagine that after the Spirit Returning Assembly ended, Ye Zhen would be given even greater importance, bringing him an endless stream of benefits.

Below the stage, Jian Qianxiong was also pondering. To tell the truth, he had not understood how Ye Zhen had won the fight, but it certainly wasn’t because Shang Lingqi had been foolish.

The moment Shang Lingqi seemed foolish must have been when Ye Zhen employed some technique.

"This kid, never running out of secret techniques! But, I like it!"

In an instant, Jian Qianxiong laughed heartily and gave Ye Zhen a thumbs up from the stage.

Ye Zhen had won this martial arts competition, and it was certain that advancing to the top three was no longer a problem for him. Moreover, given Ye Zhen’s current performance, competing for the first place was also possible. Could he not be happy?

The host of the martial arts, Yun Chongxiao, looked at Ye Zhen skeptically. While he had been overseeing the competition in the sky, at that moment, a faint suction force had come through. Could it have been something Ye Zhen did?

Suddenly, Yun Chongxiao realized that Ye Zhen, whom he had not taken seriously before, had now become a significant threat.

After a breathtaking battle, the competition continued, but the result of this fight had brought a profound impact on the rankings of this Spirit Returning Assembly.

Young Master Demon Sound Shang Lingqi had a narrow escape from death and was critically injured, at least for today, he was absolutely unable to fight. In other words, Shang Lingqi’s second day of the five rounds, where he only had victories in three rounds, and the fourth round, he lost to Ye Zhen, in the fifth round, no matter who he drew, he could only admit defeat.

Directly losing twenty points, Shang Lingqi had lost the possibility to compete for the first place, and even the chance to stay in the top three was at risk.

If Shang Lingqi fell out of the top three, then Heavenly Net Sect’s chance to win the final victory would become zero.

With Shang Lingqi in trouble, Wug Mengshan went all out to heal him, and the hosts of the Spirit Returning Assembly were then alternated between Yun Chongxiao and Jian Qianxiong.

However, after this, the fights until the end of the fifth round had no highlights. Most were direct counts, with only a few pairs bloodying each other.

In such situations, the casualties were very limited, not to mention deaths, there were hardly any serious injuries.

Even before nightfall, the second day’s fights had ended early, but many martial artists were very much looking forward to it.

Perhaps it was in the nature of the days, but the most anticipated fights had all been scheduled for the last day.

So far, among the first group, Ye Zhen, Yan Yijun, Yun Ce, and Shang Lingqi, who had only fought two bouts among themselves, were supposed to have six.

In other words, the third day would have four extremely intense and competitive matches, promising tremendous intensity.

But, this also tested the martial artists’ combat capabilities greatly, with two consecutive intense fights risking a complete loss if not careful.

The second night at Immortal Light Mountain, compared to the first, was much calmer.

By the end of the second day of fighting, those maintaining a perfect winning record were only Ye Zhen and Yan Yijun.

However, this did not mean the final fighters contending for the first place would be Ye Zhen and Yan Yijun.

Everything would depend on tomorrow’s four fights.

The total points still saw the Sun and Moon Divine Sect leading by a wide margin, and after two days of accumulation, they were sixty points ahead of the second-ranked Heavenly Net Sect and seventy points ahead of Qingyun Castle.

As for Longevity Sect and Stars Tower, they were still just in the competition.

Stars Tower had only managed a total of one hundred thirty points after two days, just half of Sun and Moon Divine Sect. Even if Yan Yijun took first place, Stars Tower’s chance of winning the final victory was still very slim.

Therefore, Stars Tower Master Yan Cong had very wisely changed his goal.

"Yijun, you will have two intense fights tomorrow, against Shang Lingqi and Ye Zhen! Depending on the order of tomorrow’s fights, if you fight Shang Lingqi first, I hope you can conserve your strength."

At this point, Yan Cong’s expression suddenly turned fierce, "Our chance of taking this Spirit Vein has already shrunk significantly. I just hope that in tomorrow’s fights, you can take down Ye Zhen’s head!"

"Fourth Uncle, I will! Anyone who has spilled Yan family’s blood must pay with blood! It’s just...." Yan Yijun’s expression suddenly hesitated.

"It’s just what?"

"Fourth Uncle, the method Ye Zhen used today to defeat Shang Lingqi, I haven’t figured out yet. Even Sunx Tributor doesn’t know..."

"What, are you scared?" Yan Cong coldly glanced at Yan Yijun.

"Scared? How could I be? AT most, it’s just an unknown secret technique. What’s there to be afraid of? Don’t I have numerous secret techniques? Fourth Uncle, rest assured about tomorrow’s battle!" Yan Yijun’s fist clenched tightly.(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it, and subscribe at Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)