126: Kill Hong Tianyi

"Little Bastard, go to hell!"

Hearing the surrounding people whispering, Hong Tianyi could finally no longer endure it. His expression became extremely gloomy, and his eyes were almost spitting fire.

He suddenly swung the battle sword in his hand, slashing a wave of Sword Qi towards Yang Lingchen with the force of thunder.

This Sword Qi was extremely sharp, carrying all his pent-up anger and unwillingness, as it whistled towards Yang Lingchen.

Facing this powerful strike from Hong Tianyi, Yang Lingchen no longer held back. He directly unleashed the God Slaying Sword Art, combined with the Phantom Movement Technique, and charged towards his opponent like lightning.

Yang Lingchen's figure instantly became illusory, as if he had merged with the surrounding air, making him elusive.

"Clang! Clang! Clang...!"

The two continuously launched Sword Qi at each other, and for a time, the sounds of their battle swords clashing were endless.

Every collision between the two sparked countless flashes, like brilliant fireworks blooming in the night sky.

In the blink of an eye, a dozen moves passed.

Under the reinforcement of the God Slaying Sword Art, Yang Lingchen's attacks were smooth and fluid, with every move and stance containing endless power and exquisite changes.

Meanwhile, Hong Tianyi was forced into constant defense. His expression grew increasingly ugly, beads of sweat covered his forehead, and his breathing became rapid.

At this moment, Hong Tianyi was incomparably shocked. He truly could not understand how someone at the Eighth Layer of the Spirit Sea Realm could unleash such profound sword techniques.

The key point of the God Slaying Sword Art was that it was interlocked and continuous; one attack followed another, and it could be said to have no flaws.

Unlike Hong Tianyi, who grew weaker the more he fought, Yang Lingchen's fighting spirit grew stronger with each clash. His exquisite Movement Technique combined with his mysterious sword technique left Hong Tianyi unable to defend effectively.

Yang Lingchen's eyes burned with raging battle intent; every one of his attacks was filled with power and determination.

Under Yang Lingchen's relentless offensive, several wounds soon appeared on Hong Tianyi's body. Blood stained his clothes red, but he was still struggling to hold on.

After being injured, Hong Tianyi quickly lost the confidence of victory he had before the fight.

At this moment, Hong Tianyi was filled with fear and despair. He had never imagined that he would be so disheveled in this battle.

At this moment, Hong Tianyi wanted to admit defeat, but he could not accept the fact that he had lost so easily. Therefore, he wanted to persist a little longer, so that even if he lost in the end, it wouldn't look too ugly.

However, he wanted a decent defeat, while Yang Lingchen wanted to kill him.

With different fighting convictions, the outcomes were naturally worlds apart.

Seeing that his opponent's confidence had been shattered by him, Yang Lingchen finally unleashed his trump card.

At the critical moment, Yang Lingchen directly launched a Soul Devouring Slash, which instantly plunged into Hong Tianyi's Sea of Consciousness. This Soul Devouring Slash was astonishingly powerful, instantly plunging Hong Tianyi's consciousness into chaos.

Hong Tianyi, who had been constantly defending, suddenly fell into a stupor.

Just at this moment, Yang Lingchen's immortal demon sword drew a white light, which instantly flashed across Hong Tianyi's neck.

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

Hong Tianyi looked at the immortal demon sword in Yang Lingchen's hand with hollow eyes and slowly uttered these four words. His eyes were filled with disbelief and despair, and the light of life rapidly faded from his eyes.

"There is nothing that is impossible. Go in peace!"

Yang Lingchen walked to Hong Tianyi's side, directly pulled the storage ring off his hand, and then walked towards his champion throne.

His pace was firm, his expression indifferent, as if he had just completed a trivial matter.

"Thump, thump... thud..."

Just at this moment, Hong Tianyi's head fell to the ground without warning and rolled all the way under the stage where the Heavenly Yin Sect was located.

Silence, a silence so profound that a needle could be heard falling.

No one had expected that Hong Tianyi, the biggest favorite of this Four Sect Grand Competition, would be ended by this dark horse, Yang Lingchen, and that he would lose so thoroughly.

"Yi'er!"

Hong Jinming quickly collected his son's corpse. At this moment, his eyes were filled with endless killing intent. He held Hong Tianyi's corpse, his hands trembling continuously; one could imagine how strong his killing intent towards Yang Lingchen was at this moment.

Beside him, Wang Yuyan was also frightened to the point of losing her color. She never imagined that in just a few short months, Yang Lingchen had grown to such a terrifying level.

At this moment, she couldn't help but regret her decision.

And at this moment, the happiest person was naturally Ouyang Qingcang. Yang Lingchen winning the championship meant that the Immortal Sword Sect had achieved a complete victory in this Four Sect Grand Competition.

In this way, the Immortal Sword Sect would also obtain more cities and resources.

Of course, Ouyang Qingcang also knew that a peerless Genius like Yang Lingchen would definitely be recruited by the Phoenix Divine Dynasty.

After all, the top few of every Four Sect Grand Competition eventually joined the Phoenix Divine Dynasty, with almost no exceptions.

The imperial family's method of recruiting geniuses was also very simple: just find a princess or a princess who was not valued, and arrange a marriage with these geniuses.

And once married to these princesses, it meant they had completely joined the Phoenix Divine Dynasty. If they dared to betray the Phoenix Divine Dynasty in the future, they would be mercilessly erased by it.

In the subsequent ranking battles, no one dared to challenge Yang Lingchen again, and he was happy to be idle.

Originally, Ouyang Yunmeng wanted to challenge Yang Lingchen, but she was dismissed by Yang Lingchen with ten king profound pills.

In the end, Yang Lingchen won the grand championship of this Four Sect Grand Competition with an absolute advantage.

"Brother Yang, I didn't expect you to be so powerful. You are usually so low-key; you are truly a model for our generation!"

Ouyang Yunfei laughed. His face was filled with admiration and joy.

"Brother Yunfei, you flatter me. Compared to you, I still feel inferior!" Yang Lingchen said with a sheepish smile.

"Oh! What do I have that is worth such praise from Brother Yang?" Ouyang Yunfei said.

"Ahem, Brother Yunfei, what is going on with you and that beauty from the Tiantian Sect? A serious battle was actually turned into a dance of two lovebirds by you two. I admire you, I truly admire you."

Yang Lingchen laughed. Then the two of them put their arms around each other's shoulders and bragged about each other, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

"When did this idiot get so close to Yang Lingchen? No, I have to keep an eye on him, otherwise he will eventually learn to be bad from Yang Lingchen."

Ouyang Yunmeng thought to herself. She frowned and looked at the two of them with dissatisfaction.

At this time, the eunuch presiding over the Four Sect Grand Competition walked onto the Arena with an imperial decree and announced loudly: "The Four Sect Grand Competition has officially ended. Congratulations to Yang Lingchen of the Immortal Sword Sect for winning the grand championship of this competition. His Majesty has an edict summoning Yang Lingchen to the palace tomorrow to meet the Emperor. This is the decree."

Subsequently, Yang Lingchen walked onto the Arena, accepted the imperial decree, and successfully received the championship reward for this competition.

When the divine nether stone was in his hands, Yang Lingchen finally let out a sigh of relief. With this divine nether stone, he could upgrade his immortal demon sword to an Advanced Dao Artifact. At that time, he would be able to perform Sword Flight and become a true Sword Cultivator.

Of course, the championship reward could not be just one divine nether stone; there was also an Advanced Magical Artifact, the Qingxuan Sword, and some Advanced Cultivation Technique manuals. However, Yang Lingchen did not take these Cultivation Technique manuals to heart, and after leaving the Arena, he handed them to Ouyang Qingcang.

Ouyang Yunmeng and Ouyang Yunfei also received many rewards, especially Ouyang Yunmeng, who won second place in this competition. Ouyang Yunfei won fifth place in this competition.

After receiving the rewards, the group from the Immortal Sword Sect excitedly hurried towards their Residence.

Just as the Immortal Sword Sect group returned to the Residence and was about to enter, a cold voice came from behind.

"Yang Lingchen, Her Highness the Princess invites you."

A woman with delicate features, dressed in a satin palace gown, walked over. This woman was Ziwei, the maid of Huangfu Loulan.

"I wonder what Her Highness the Princess wants with me?" Yang Lingchen frowned and said.

He could see that this woman in palace attire should be a maid of some princess, but what shocked him was that this palace maid's cultivation level was actually at the Sixth Layer of the King Realm.

"Quit the nonsense. You'll know when you get there. Come with me!" Ziwei said in a cold voice.

"Damn, isn't she just a maid? Why is she acting so cold and arrogant in front of me."

Yang Lingchen cursed inwardly, but still chose to go with her. After all, in Phoenix City, his strength had not yet reached the point where he could ignore a princess.

Under the guidance of Ziwei, Yang Lingchen boarded a luxurious beast carriage and then hurried towards the Residence of Huangfu Loulan.

Along the way, Yang Lingchen kept thinking, what exactly does the princess want with him?

If the other party really had any special requests, should he refuse or not? His heart was filled with doubts and worries, but at the same time, there was also a hint of curiosity.