Tyrant Sky Martial Soul

Chapter 499: Chapter 499 Mighty Ming Tian_1

Ling Xiao should now be more wary of Tantai Lingzi, who harbors inexplicable hostility toward him, and Shen Tian Lin, who has just become a disciple of the Demonflame Celestial.

The cultivation levels of these two are quite high, making them truly difficult to deal with.

Moreover, this time, both of them are participating in the Pagoda Climbing Ceremony. Although they are seeded contestants and won’t encounter each other now, they will inevitably have to fight once inside the Moon Blossom Pagoda.

”Today is the first day of the Moon Arrival Festival, and the annual Pagoda Climbing Ceremony is about to begin. Today is the struggle for qualifications to participate in the ceremony. Since all the competitors have arrived, let the competition begin now.”

The speaker was the Divine Sky Heavenly Venerate, the Hall Master of the Inner Sect Hall.

This was the first time Ling Xiao had seen him, and he found this person’s appearance significantly different from ordinary people, surprisingly with a vertical eye between his eyebrows.

It was said that this was due to some changes in his body caused by his Martial Soul, but whether that was true remained unknown.

After the Divine Sky Heavenly Venerate declared the start of the qualification battle, everyone went to draw lots.

”Junior Brother Ling, remember, if you encounter my senior sister, just announce your surrender. A Half-step Celestial is not someone you can provoke. Moreover, my senior sister’s temperament is extremely similar to that of the Demonflame Celestial, very cruel and vicious. Relying on the favoritism of our master, even if she kills you on the spot, no one would dare to say anything.”

Before the qualification battle began, Lan Yu’er reminded Ling Xiao.

”I understand, Senior Sister.”

Ling Xiao naturally knew Lan Yu’er was looking out for his best interest, and he was not one to act recklessly. After all, as long as he qualified, there was no need to take first place right now.

A true man can bend and stretch. To fight an undefeatable enemy deliberately would be the most foolish decision.

After the lot drawing was finished, the battles began.

At the beginning, as many had expected, there was a considerable gap between the combatants, so the fights ended swiftly. In most cases, a single move decided the winner, and some even won without a fight.

It wasn’t until there were about a hundred people left that the pace of the competition began to slow.

It was then that the competition truly entered an intense stage, where a slight misstep could lead to immediate elimination.

From the beginning until now, Ling Xiao had not lost a single match, and in all his bouts with opponents, it all ended with just one move.

However, due to the weakness of his opponents, this was not very notable, and thus he did not attract much attention.

After all, there were several other disciples, including Ming Tian, Leng Hao, Bai Feifei, Wu Yang, and Qin Wu, who won in the same manner.

Among them, Ling Xiao was merely an unremarkable one.

The battles continued.

Soon, it was the turn of Zhao Ci, the Princess of the Northern Han Kingdom.

Zhao Ci had already lost two fights in the previous battles, one against her own brother Zhao Zhi, and the other against Dai Yuling.

This was because she was lucky not to meet even stronger opponents, which would have been more frustrating.

Therefore, this battle was crucial for her.

Ling Xiao, having just finished his fight, stood under the platform out of boredom to watch.

This time, Zhao Ci’s opponent was Jian Renwang.

Having been miserably defeated by Ling Xiao and narrowly escaping death, Jian Renwang has survived by a stroke of luck. While his strength hadn’t regressed, there were sadly no improvements either.

Even so, he was still a martial artist of the Transcendent Realm Second Layer.

Zhao Ci lost extremely decisively.

Jian Renwang showed no mercy.

The most laughable thing was that Zhao Ci, who was previously dissatisfied with Ling Xiao for injuring Jian Renwang, ended up so battered by him today that her clothes were torn and tattered, much to the delight of the disciples watching below.

Ling Xiao couldn’t help but sigh. After this lesson, this woman should understand the dangers of the world, right?

After three defeats, Zhao Ci was regretfully eliminated, with her last loss being particularly humiliating. It was her brother Zhao Zhi who covered her with a piece of clothing, allowing her to cry on his shoulder. Otherwise, she would have truly been without a place to hide her shame.

Ling Xiao’s next watch was Ming Tian’s battle.

Ming Tian’s opponent was an Inner Sect Disciple at the early stage of the Transcendent Realm Sixth Layer, who was stronger in terms of cultivation level.

Therefore, as soon as he got on the stage, he confidently initiated the attack.

However, his attack hadn’t even reached Ming Tian before he himself suffered a heavy blow and was sent flying backward, crashing down off the Martial Arts Platform.

”What just happened?”

The crowd below was astonished.

Because the disciples with lower cultivation levels and poor vision had no idea what had actually happened on the stage just now.

”Tsk tsk, this guy has gotten even more skilful at using the Nine-tailed Ninja Spirit, even combining it with the Internal Cultivation Mind Techniques he learned at the Moon Hua Sect. Impressive, indeed.”

Ling Xiao couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.

It had to be said, if it weren’t for encountering a freak like him, Ming Tian would truly be considered the foremost genius to have emerged from under Master Baiyun’s tutelage.

What a pity, with Ling Xiao present, Ming Tian, the traitorous and ungrateful wretch, who betrayed his master and ancestors, was bound to meet a tragic end.

”I think I just saw a flash of red light!”

”I sensed it too, it was terrifying, he defeated a martial artist one realm higher than him with such ease!”

”This guy, he will probably become the biggest rival for us core disciples.”

Tantai Lingzi said to Lan Yu’er with a smile, ”Compared to the little junior brother you like, he seems much more impressive.”

Lan Yu’er didn’t respond to her, just smiled faintly. Although she didn’t know how strong Ling Xiao’s true power was,

she was confident that Ling Xiao would definitely not be inferior to Ming Tian!

This was a woman’s intuition, as well as a woman’s trust!

”Ah—!”

Ling Xiao couldn’t help but yawn. He had been busy refining the Rainfall Sword last night, and he had been so engrossed in it that he was actually quite tired now.

However, his yawn was perhaps a bit too loud, as the high-ranking officials on the platform all heard it.

”Ling Xiao, what are you doing? Do you really think you’re stronger than Ming Tian?” Elder Jin asked with great displeasure.

”Elder Jin, I beg your pardon, it’s only that I didn’t sleep well last night and didn’t mean anything by it. Of course, that I’m stronger than Ming Tian is true,” Ling Xiao said, smiling at Elder Jin.

There was nothing to deny.

He believed that sooner or later, the story of him killing Wang She at Sanders Castle would spread to the Moon Hua Sect, so hiding it wouldn’t make much difference.

”Good lad, what boldness, this Venerate likes it!” the Golden Light Heavenly Lord laughed heartily.

”Golden Light, what do you mean by that?” Elder Jin asked, annoyed.

”Elder Jin, the young fellow merely yawned; why count every ounce? The competition is still continuing,” the Golden Light Heavenly Venerate said with a faint smile.

”Hmph, Ling Xiao, you’re probably unaware that the Internal Cultivation Mind Techniques that Ming Tian practices are the Gold-top Level Martial Arts ’Hell Magma Formula,’ which he could only hone in combination with his Nine-tailed Ninja Spirit. Even core disciples struggle to cultivate such a terrifying technique. Do you really think you can handle it?” Elder Jin scoffed.

”Of course not,” Ling Xiao replied.

It sounded like an admission of defeat which pleased Elder Jin, but he hadn’t expected Ling Xiao hadn’t finished speaking yet.

Ling Xiao continued loudly, ”After all, which disciple has a master who ignores the Sect’s rules and casually imparts Gold-top Level Martial Arts to a beginner stage disciple?”