83: Chapter 83 The Final Round? No, this is a Slaughterhouse

Yunmeng City, the entrance to the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm.

With the conclusion of the second round, the final list of finalists has been released.

Su Qingyu ranked first with an absolute crushing advantage, followed closely by Ye Chen, Sacred Son of the Eternal Evergreen Sect and others.

"Third Round: [Secret Realm Championship]!"

The voice of the Righteous Path Alliance Leader carried a chilling aura: "Within the Secret Realm, ten Yao Beast Puppets at the Peak Golden Core Stage have been released. Whoever can slay the Puppets and seize the most beast cores will be the champion of this Saintess Selection!"

"Wait—"

The Ye Family Patriarch suddenly stood up, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes, as he added: "In the Secret Realm trial, life and death are determined by fate. If any... 'accidents' occur inside, the various families must not pursue the matter!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire audience was in an uproar.

This was an explicit license to kill!

The Ye Family intended to take action within the Secret Realm to forcibly kill Su Qingyu and that mysterious Lin Que!

"Elder Su, this..."

On the Su Family's viewing platform, Su Moyun's expression changed, and he was about to protest.

"It's fine."

Lin Que stood below, giving Su Moyun a reassuring look, then looked at Ye Chen, Sacred Son of the Eternal Evergreen Sect, who was making a "throat-slitting" gesture toward him not far away.

His lips moved slightly, silently returning two words: "Wait to die."

Boom!

The teleportation Formation opened.

Over a hundred Prodigies turned into streaks of light and rushed into the Secret Realm... Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, Falling Phoenix Slope.

This was a crimson wasteland, surrounded by jagged rocks, extremely suitable for an ambush.

"Young Miss Su, be careful, it's too quiet here."

Lin Que fanned himself with a folding fan, appearing nonchalant, but in reality, his Divine Sense had already covered a radius of a hundred miles.

Su Qingyu tightly gripped the long sword in her hand (the Su Family's ancestral spiritual sword), her small face tense: "Young Master Lin, I feel... a lot of Killing Intent."

"They're here."

Before his voice could fade.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!

Dozens of sounds of breaking air rang out.

From behind the surrounding boulders, more than thirty Cultivators suddenly lunged out!

Not only were there people from the Ye Family, but also from the Qingyun Sword Sect, Heaven Burning Valley, and even Prodigies from several small Sects affiliated with the Ye Family.

A full thirty experts ranging from Foundation Establishment Perfection to the Early Stage of the Golden Core Stage!

Leading them was Ye Chen, Sacred Son of the Eternal Evergreen Sect, with a cruel smirk on his face.

"Running? Why aren't you running anymore?"

Ye Chen, Sacred Son of the Eternal Evergreen Sect toyed with a blood-red Formation Plate in his hand, his gaze like that of someone looking at a dead person: "Su Qingyu, Lin Que, weren't you very arrogant? Scooping fish with a bowl? Making me kneel?"

"Now that you've entered this Secret Realm where no help will come, I want to see how arrogant you can be!"

"Form the Formation! [Spirit-Inhibiting Dragon-Locking Formation]!"

Buzz!

As Ye Chen, Sacred Son of the Eternal Evergreen Sect crushed the Formation Plate.

A grey light curtain instantly enveloped a ten-mile radius.

Within this light curtain, all Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was instantly drained! Cultivators could not replenish Spiritual Qi from the outside; every bit used was a bit gone!

"In this Spirit-Inhibiting Formation, even a Golden Core Perfection can be worn down to death!"

Ye Chen, Sacred Son of the Eternal Evergreen Sect waved his hand:

"Go! Chop the man into pieces to feed the dogs, and capture the woman alive!"

"Kill!!"

More than thirty Prodigies simultaneously sacrificed their Magic Treasures, and the sky full of light fell upon the two like raindrops.

Facing this overwhelming attack, Lin Que did not move. Instead, he took a step back, found a clean rock to sit on, and tilted his chin toward Su Qingyu:

"Qingyu, I'll leave it to you."

"It's time to test the results of your special training."

"Ah? Me?!"

Su Qingyu was startled. Looking at the thirty-odd ferocious enemies, she instinctively wanted to hide. But the next second, she remembered Lin Que's gaze during the three days of "hellish special training."

If she didn't fight, the outcome might be even worse than being killed by these people.

"I'll give it my all!!"

Su Qingyu grit her teeth, and the Innate Dao Body within her erupted!

The long sword in her hand unsheathed. Sword moves that were still extremely clumsy three days ago now seemed engraved in her bones.

"Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady Sword" — Sky Full of Flower Rain!

Swish, swish, swish!

Countless streaks of green Sword Qi bloomed like lotuses!

Every streak of Sword Qi accurately found the enemy's flaws — this was the "perfect version" that Lin Que had directly instilled into her with his Divine Sense!

Puchi! Puchi! Puchi!

The seven or eight Foundation Establishment Perfection Prodigies charging at the front didn't even have time to scream before their throats were directly pierced by the Sword Qi!

"What?!"

Ye Chen, Sacred Son of the Eternal Evergreen Sect was pale with fright: "How can this trash be so strong?!"

Three days ago, she was just a rookie at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, and now she can insta-kill seven or eight people of the same rank with one sword strike?

"Don't panic! She has no follow-up Spiritual Qi replenishment! Attack together and wear her down!"

The Chief Disciple of the Qingyun Sword Sect roared and led the remaining twenty people to surround her.

Su Qingyu, after all, lacked combat experience. After one round of eruption, she suddenly appeared a bit flustered in the face of the siege, and her Spiritual Qi was also being consumed rapidly.

"Young Master Lin! I can't do it! I'm out of Spiritual Qi!!"

"Out of Spiritual Qi?"

Sitting on the rock watching the show, Lin Que's lips curled into a mischievous smile.

"Didn't the Ye Family Divine Son prepare a grand Formation for us?"

"Let's borrow it for a bit."

[Environmental anomaly detected: Spirit-Inhibiting Dragon-Locking Formation.]

[Effect: Isolates Spiritual Qi, and the Formation core is continuously extracting dissipated Spiritual Qi from the organisms within the Formation.]

[Operation: Reverse Hijack!]

[Locking target: The Formation Plate in Ye Chen, Sacred Son of the Eternal Evergreen Sect's hand!]

[Transfer initiated! Logic reorganization — Spiritual Qi backflow!]

"Charge... for me!"

Buzz!

Ye Chen, Sacred Son of the Eternal Evergreen Sect, who was triumphantly maintaining the Formation, suddenly felt the Formation Plate in his hand become scorching hot!

The Spiritual Qi that was originally being drained within the Formation did not dissipate; instead, as if it had found a vent, it turned into a visible Spiritual Qi tornado and frantically poured into Su Qingyu's body!

"Ugh—it's so full!!"

Su Qingyu felt like she was about to explode!

Her originally depleted Dantian was instantly filled with Spiritual Qi, and it was even overflowing!

"Full mana? Then use your ultimate move!"

Lin Que's voice rang in her ear.

Su Qingyu no longer hesitated. The sword stance in her hand changed, switching to the second move of her special training — "Supreme Passionless Palm"!

"Toppling Mountains and Overturning Seas!!"

She discarded her sword and used her left hand to strike, thrusting it fiercely toward the surrounding crowd.

Boom!!!

A terrifying palm wind comparable to the Middle Stage of the Golden Core Stage, carrying endless Spiritual Qi (anyway, it wasn't her own, so she didn't feel bad about it), swept across the field!

"No!!!"

The twenty-odd Prodigies surrounding her were like scarecrows caught in a hurricane, directly sent flying! Some crashed into rocks, breaking bones and tendons, while others were slapped directly into the ground, unable to be pulled out.

Just two moves.

The thirty-person siege team was completely wiped out!

Only Ye Chen, Sacred Son of the Eternal Evergreen Sect was left, holding that hot Formation Plate, standing alone and bewildered in the wind.

"This... this is fucking cheating!!"

Ye Chen, Sacred Son of the Eternal Evergreen Sect's mentality collapsed.

The Spirit-Inhibiting Formation was meant to weaken the opponent, but it turned into an infinite mana hack for the other side?!

"Cheating?"

Lin Que patted his butt, stood up, and slowly walked toward Ye Chen, Sacred Son of the Eternal Evergreen Sect.

At this moment, he was no longer that gentle Young Master.

A suffocating Evil Qi spread from his body.

"The game is over, Ye Family Divine Son."

"Next, it's time for personal grudges."

Lin Que flicked his wrist, and the starfall mo dao appeared in his hand.

On the blade, the white Bone Spirit Cold Fire ignited on the left, and the crimson earth core flame marrow ignited on the right.

The intertwining of ice and fire caused the surrounding space to undergo a bizarre distortion.

"You... what do you want to do?!"

Ye Chen, Sacred Son of the Eternal Evergreen Sect looked at that terrifying, strange blade and felt a shiver from the depths of his Soul. He instinctively crushed his last life-saving trump card — the [Heavenly Fire Divine Talisman]!

"I request the Old Ancestor's Clone to descend! Kill him!!"

Boom!

A rift opened in the sky.

A giant hand composed entirely of flames, carrying a hint of the power of the Nascent Soul Stage, clawed down fiercely at Lin Que! This was a strike the Ye Family Patriarch had sealed within the Talisman!

"Another Clone?"

Lin Que looked up, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes.

"The same trick won't work on me."

He gripped the blade with both hands, the rotation speed of the three-colored golden core in his body reaching its limit. The Arhat Golden Body allowed him to ignore the high-temperature suppression of the flames.

The ninth form of "Seven Absolute Blades" (self-created) — Ice-Fire Purgatory!

Swish!

A terrifying spiral-shaped, red-and-white blade light rose against the heavens!

It possessed both the extreme cold that froze all things and the extreme heat that burned the firmament! The two extreme energies collided and exploded within the blade light, generating geometric multiples of destructive power!

Sizzle—!!!

The giant flaming hand sent down by the Nascent Soul Clone, at the moment it came into contact with the blade light, was first frozen into an ice sculpture and then immediately shattered by the internal raging fire!

One blade strike to break all laws!

The blade light's momentum did not decrease, directly piercing through that spatial rift, and a muffled groan from the outside could even be faintly heard (the Ye Family Patriarch was injured again).

"This... this is your true strength?!"

Ye Chen, Sacred Son of the Eternal Evergreen Sect slumped on the ground, looking at the demon-god-like Lin Que, completely in despair.

Even the Old Ancestor's Clone couldn't block a single blade strike?

This is still a False Core Loose Cultivator? This is a fucking Primeval Vicious Beast in human skin!

"In your next life, remember to keep your eyes peeled."

Lin Que walked up to Ye Chen, Sacred Son of the Eternal Evergreen Sect, and the mo dao in his hand was slowly raised.

"No! Don't kill me! I am the Ye Family Divine Son! I have money! I have many secrets!!"

Ye Chen, Sacred Son of the Eternal Evergreen Sect screamed in terror: "I know secrets about the Heavenly Demon Cult!!"

Swish!

The blade edge stopped at Ye Chen, Sacred Son of the Eternal Evergreen Sect's neck, cutting a bit of skin.

"Heavenly Demon Cult?"

Lin Que narrowed his eyes, retracting his Killing Intent, but adding a few hints of scrutiny: "I'll give you three breaths of time to say something that interests me."

"Otherwise, I'll throw you into the Bone Spirit Cold Fire and let you experience... what it means to be between the dual heavens of ice and fire."