Enlightenment: Attaining the Dao at Age 8

The same was true for Caiyou and Zhao Xiaowan, if not more so.

Seeing Li Chang’an seemingly under the opponent’s control, they both broke out in a cold sweat.

After all, among their group, the only one who could truly fight was Li Chang’an.

If something happened to Li Chang’an…

…then they might as well just surrender.

It all happened so suddenly that Zhao Xiaowan was left with no other choice. She hurled her spear, which shot toward the Spiritual Mind Master like a crimson dragon. She hoped the physical interference would force him to release his control over Li Chang’an.

Her spear was incredibly fast.

It reached the Spiritual Mind Master in the blink of an eye.

And the Spiritual Mind Master was indeed going all out to control Li Chang’an, leaving him no spare energy to deal with other attacks.

The problem was, there was a sixth person on the stage.

—But then, the man wielding the mysterious Weapon stepped forward. He reached out and, with a simple grab, snatched Zhao Xiaowan’s spear—a throw containing all her strength—right out of the air!

The spear’s shaft was still trembling slightly.

But its tip couldn’t advance even another inch.

To catch a spear moving at such speed with a single hand… one could only imagine how terrifying his physical strength and power were. He could truly withstand steel with his bare flesh.

Seeing this, Zhao Xiaowan’s expression faltered.

Beside her, Caiwei’s face had already gone pale. She couldn’t help but curse, “Is this for real? A fucking Sixth Rank Evolver? Isn’t that a little too terrifying?!”

Zhao Xiaowan, renowned in Linjiang for her Attack Power and spear speed, had put all her strength into that throw, yet she couldn’t even make him take a single step back.

’Just how powerful was he?!’

The man gripped the now-limp spear and casually tossed it back. Instantly, the Red Tassel Spear shot back toward them, moving much faster than before.

With no other choice, Zhao Xiaowan and Caiwei could only scramble to get out of the way.

Fortunately, the man with the mysterious Weapon didn’t seem interested in them.

So after tossing the spear back, he didn’t press his advantage. Otherwise, Zhao Xiaowan and Caiwei would have likely met a terrible fate right then and there.

The battle in the arena was completely one-sided.

The Rebirth Evolvers sent by Gu Ruilong were clearly no pushovers. Against them, Zhao Xiaowan and Caiwei were completely powerless to fight back.

Not only that, but Li Chang’an, who had been unstoppable just moments ago, now seemed to be facing a targeted group assault. He was finally unable to maintain his absolute dominance.

Seeing this, many in the audience began to boo and jeer.

After all, many of the Reincarnators had expected a good show. They hadn’t thought that, under the targeted assault from the Shanghai Noble Young Masters, the Reincarnators from Linjiang would have trouble lasting even ten minutes.

Many spectators who had been ready for a good fight were extremely disappointed.

In the viewing area for the Linjiang Reincarnator Association, many Reincarnators thought the match was as good as lost.

After all, based on the current situation, Linjiang was at a complete disadvantage and at risk of being defeated at any moment.

Only a very small few held a different opinion.

The battle-hardened Deng Ankang was one of them. He frowned and muttered, “Is it lost? Something feels… off.”

Beside him, Qian Zhong couldn’t help but nod. “Based on the strength Li Chang’an showed before, he shouldn’t be limited to just this…”

Clearly, the two of them had a different take on the battle’s development than the mainstream view. They felt something was wrong with Linjiang’s—or rather, Li Chang’an’s—condition.

However, just as the two of them were about to start chattering and sharing their opinions on the current battlefield situation…

…on the arena stage below, wisps of pitch-black flame suddenly erupted from the surface of Li Chang’an’s supposedly-controlled body!

The flames had a visible halo and outline, but seemed to give off no heat.

Yet this inconspicuous little thing immediately drew everyone’s attention the moment it appeared on the battlefield!

The reason was simple.

The moment the black flames appeared, the Spiritual Mind Master who had been trying to control Li Chang’an let out a terrible scream.

And on the battlefield, those flames, which shouldn’t have existed, acted like a spark thrown into a pile of dry tinder, instantly igniting a violent conflagration!

Something in the air seemed to twist and shriek. The invisible, intangible, yet very real Spiritual Power acted like a potent accelerant for the flames.

This caused a tidal wave of pitch-black Energy to surge across the entire arena!

And as Li Chang’an continued to ramp up the power, the head of the Spiritual Mind Master who had been trying to control his body and mind suddenly exploded like a watermelon, splattering brains all over the floor.

Soul Fire. And it was a Soul Fire that Li Chang’an had prepared in advance.

One could only imagine how terrifying its destructive power was against a Spiritual Mind Master, who specialized in Spiritual Power.

Especially since Li Chang’an had deliberately revealed an opening to lure his opponent into using more Spiritual Power to probe him, he had managed to wipe out the Spiritual Mind Master in one fell swoop.

This scene unfolded too quickly, too suddenly.

So much so that when the Spiritual Mind Master’s head exploded, the vast majority of spectators had no idea what had just happened.

Only the contestants on the stage, whose reaction speeds were already pushed to their absolute limit, could keep up.