booktalesy Chapter 71 : Chapter 71
Chapter 71 : Chapter 71
Chapter 71: Ouyang Zhantian! Blade Demon Body!! Xiao Xuan Was Killed!!?
“And he can even control it freely? Wouldn’t that make it a gold trait?”
“It should be a Constitution-Type Gigantification trait. That’s why he can control it at will. Even so, the boost to his strength is absolutely terrifying!
“At this rate, Zhao Wuji is probably going to suffer a disastrous defeat!”
For a moment, everyone stared at Xiao Xuan, who was erupting with a terrifying aura on the battlefield, and burst into heated discussion.
“Damn it, that brat was actually hiding a trump card like this!”
When Zhao Wuji saw this scene, his face darkened completely.
But when he noticed that Xiao Xuan was still only at the Fifth Heaven of the Martial King Realm, he let out a sigh of relief.
He was, after all, a High Silver Talent. Even if Xiao Xuan possessed a Peak Gold Talent, with his spirit body’s damage negation, the damage he took would definitely drop by far more than tenfold!
BZZZ!!!
In an instant, his figure began to blur, then swell wildly, until he completely transformed into a giant formed from raging storm winds.
His Wind Spirit Body had erupted!
Under these circumstances, he believed that on all of Earth, absolutely no one could cross an entire major realm and injure him.
Yet when Xiao Xuan looked at Zhao Wuji’s arrogant expression, he smiled.
He smiled with extraordinary delight.
BOOM!!!
Suddenly, his Bloodthirsty Demonic Art began operating in overload.
The rate at which his Essence-Blood burned surged by dozens of times in an instant.
His strength also skyrocketed severalfold in a single moment.
And it was not over yet. Violent Telekinetic Force instantly attached itself to Xiao Xuan’s Thunderflame Frenzy Saber.
“Thunder-Punishment Absolute Flame Slash!”
At that thought, Xiao Xuan brought the gigantic blade formed from the Thunderflame Frenzy Saber crashing down.
At that moment, the air itself was torn apart by the sheer force.
That overwhelmingly powerful pressure caused even Zhao Wuji, who had been brimming with confidence, to change expression.
This power had already surpassed the upper limit of his defense.
“I still have my spirit body. It is immune to physical attacks. Even if this brat’s power has surpassed mine, he still can’t possibly defeat me!”
Zhao Wuji let out a cold snort. He was still full of confidence.
And yet—The instant he was about to be struck, Zhao Wuji was utterly horrified.
“This is bad. Soul-type power!? How is that possible?”
In shock, he tried to evade.
Unfortunately, it was already too late!
The next moment, the gigantic blade carrying terrifying telekinetic power slammed down upon the Wind Spirit giant he had become.
PFFT!!!
The terrifying blade instantly split the Wind Spirit giant he had transformed into cleanly in two.
RUMBLE—!!!
At the same time, the enormous blade crashed onto the ground and split the arena platform apart in an instant.
A bottomless chasm hundreds of meters deep appeared across the arena, stretching all the way to its edge.
If the arena had not been protected by a powerful formation, a great many of the spectators outside would likely have died.
The Wind Spirit giant that had been cleaved in half gradually began to heal.
But in the next instant, the giant started shrinking wildly.
At the same time, his figure rapidly solidified.
A savage wound appeared on his body, running from his shoulder through his chest and all the way to his waist.
Even his intestines had spilled out.
PFFT!!!
In the next moment, Zhao Wuji coughed up a mouthful of blood.
He was injured, and not just injured, but grievously wounded.
He stared at Xiao Xuan in utter disbelief.
“You... how could you possibly...”
He struggled to say those words, then rolled his eyes back and passed out completely.
“This spirit body really is powerful. To think it could negate an attack to this extent!”
Even Xiao Xuan could not help but marvel at it.
If the other side had not possessed this so-called spirit body, that strike would have been enough to kill him without question.
At that moment, however, the entire arena fell completely silent.
BOOM!!
In the next instant, the whole arena exploded into an uproar.
“He won—Xiao Xuan actually won!!”
“How is that even possible? What level is Xiao Xuan’s talent!?”
“Peak Silver—no, at the very least he’s a Peak Silver Talent with more than two gold traits. He might even be a Peak Gold Talent!”
“A Peak Gold Talent? That’s far too absurd!”
At that moment, the hundreds of thousands of geniuses below cried out in shock.
Every last one of them stared in astonishment at Xiao Xuan on the platform.
“Thunder-Punishment Absolute Flame Slash? Isn’t that the martial technique of the future Xiao Xuan?”
“Why can he use it already?”
After seeing this scene, Mu Xiying was even more shocked than anyone else.
Her golden-glimmering eyes locked onto Xiao Xuan on the stage.
But then she remembered that he had inherited memories from the future as well. Perhaps that was the reason.
Moreover, that blade art had seemed to be only at the beginner level just now.
That should have been because the amount of memory he had inherited was limited.
In other words, Xiao Xuan could not only see things from the future, he could also bring back memories and cultivation arts from it?
And on top of that, why did it seem as though his talent had improved again!?
As Mu Xiying looked at Xiao Xuan, the shock in her heart only grew stronger.
Even the Martial Thearchs on the main platform, along with Zheng Shanhe, were staring at the scene below in profound shock.
“A Peak Silver Talent—and those silver traits are definitely all high-level or even top-level ones.”
“On top of that, this brat absolutely has more than one gold trait!”
Zheng Shanhe could not help but say gravely.
“This kind of talent is probably stronger than an ordinary High Gold Talent, isn’t it? It might not even be much weaker than a Peak Gold Talent!”
“In all our human race, there are only a handful of people with High Gold Talents. As for Peak Gold... perhaps only that revered figure possesses it!”
“In other words, Xiao Xuan’s combat talent can definitely rank within the top ten of the human race!”
“Inconceivable. Utterly inconceivable. I cannot understand it at all!”
All of the Martial Thearchs were thoroughly stunned.
As for Ouyang Lun, his face had darkened to an extreme degree.
His own nephew had died because of this boy, and yet this boy possessed such terrifying talent. If he were allowed to grow, then the Ouyang family might even...No, that was not right. That boy’s enmity with Situ Ouyang was basically nonexistent. In Xiao Xuan’s eyes, Situ Ouyang was probably just some blind fool he had casually swatted away in passing.
If one spoke of true enmity, there likely was none.
A genius like this absolutely could not be provoked. Either he had to be killed in a single thunderous blow, or...Ouyang Lun’s thoughts raced wildly.
Kill a genius of this level? What a joke. He could already kill across an entire realm. At the same level, who could possibly kill him?
As for using the strong to bully the weak, if that were discovered, the Ouyang family still would not escape extermination.
Even if his father was one of Huaxia’s ten strongest experts, it would still be the same!
That left only one choice: befriend him, and turn hostility into peace.
As for his nephew—someone whose talent was not particularly impressive—if he died, then he died.
Even if his own sister and brother-in-law wanted revenge, he would have to stop them!
...
“Junior, your blade art is truly formidable. Would you be interested in exchanging pointers with your senior here, purely in blade technique?”
At that moment, a calm voice suddenly drifted down from the sky.
The instant Ouyang Lun heard that voice, his face went deathly pale.
“This is bad. I forgot to notify Zhantian!”
With a ghastly expression, Ouyang Lun looked toward the sky.
There, hovering in midair, stood a young man clad in black-and-white battle armor.
Behind him was a black-and-white saber.
After hearing the voice, everyone also looked up and saw the young man in the sky.
“Ouyang Zhantian! He held the number one position on the Heaven Ranking for three straight years! After reaching the eighth year, he stopped appearing. I never expected he had been at the school all along!”
“It’s him! Didn’t he graduate this year?”
“He hasn’t graduated yet, has he? After two years in seclusion, he actually appeared again.
“It is said that the current number one on the Heaven Ranking back then could not even last a hundred moves against him!”
“I heard that when he entered seclusion, he was preparing to comprehend the legendary Blade Intent. I wonder whether he succeeded. If he did, then his strength is probably terrifying beyond belief!”
“Exactly. I heard he has a Mid Gold Talent, and his other two talents are both at least High Silver. If he can raise his Blade Intent to the second level in the future, then he will become a High Gold Talent. His combat power would not be much weaker than that of a Peak Gold Talent!”
“After all, he is hailed as the most gifted member of the human race in the last fifty years!”
For a time, astonished voices rose from every direction.
Xiao Xuan also saw Ouyang Zhantian.
“So it’s actually him!?”
The moment he saw him, Xiao Xuan recognized him at once. He was one of the Supremes from five thousand years in the future!
In the future, he had already grown into a High Gold Talent.
The strength of his talent placed him within the top ten of the entire human race.
Xiao Xuan had not expected to meet a younger version of him here.
...
Race: Human
Realm: Tenth Heaven of the Martial Emperor Realm
Traits:
【Power of Light and Darkness! Gold】 (A powerful force formed from the fusion of Light Power and Darkness Power!
Equivalent to controlling both Light Power and Darkness Power at the same time. Increases the combat power of both elements by 10000%. When used together, combat power can rise by 130 times!)
【Speed Enhancement! Silver】 (Speed Enhancement: 3000%)
【Strength Enhancement! Gold】 (Strength * 10000%)
【Defense Enhancement! Silver】 (Defense * 6000%)
【Aptitude Enhancement! Gold】
【Blade Mastery! Silver】 (First-Level Blade Intent! Blade attack power *5000%)
【Blade Demon Body! Silver】 (A weapon-type constitution. Innately grants extremely powerful talent in blade arts! However, it also makes its bearer an absolute blade fanatic. Whenever he sees any blade genius, he wants to go up and challenge them!
The constitution itself is also extremely powerful and can greatly strengthen the physical body: Physical body strength *5000%!)
Cultivation Art Level: Ninth Tier, Low Grade (Proficient)
Martial Technique Level: Ninth Tier, Mid Grade (Mastery)
Overall Description: In essence, he is an immensely powerful genius with a Mid Gold Talent.
Yet both his combat power and his potential are comparable to even the weakest Peak Gold Talent!
As you are now, you are absolutely no match for him!
...
As Xiao Xuan looked at his attributes, his brows rose slightly.
So many gold traits!
And he even had fused elements.
“The darkness and light within this Power of Light and Darkness are both intermediate elements on par with Lightning Power.”
“After fusing, the Power of Light and Darkness becomes a high-level element.”
“If I can get my hands on it, it will greatly increase my combat power!”
“As for this Blade Demon Body, that has its uses too. With it, even without relying on the Scavenger Trait, I can rapidly raise the power of my blade arts.”
“And even setting that aside, it is still a powerful Constitution-Type Trait in its own right.”
“The only problem is that beating Ouyang Zhantian doesn’t seem very possible.”
“Unless I raise my realm by an entire major realm. But with so many people around, if I raise it that much on the spot, I will probably get dissected and studied!”
As he looked at Ouyang Zhantian, he felt utterly helpless.
As for this so-called exchange, he was not interested in it in the slightest.
After all, he did not do things that offered no benefit and might get him beaten.
“Zhantian, this is the freshmen assessment. If you want to challenge Xiao Xuan, do it another time!”
At this moment, Ouyang Lun hurriedly shouted.
What a joke. Earlier, he had actually intended to have Ouyang Zhantian find a chance to get rid of Xiao Xuan.
If Xiao Xuan were really killed now, a catastrophe would break out.
Yet after Ouyang Lun spoke, Ouyang Zhantian, high in the sky, acted as though he had heard nothing.
His gaze remained bloodshot as he stared at the blade in Xiao Xuan’s hand.
“This is bad. That boy has gone mad again!”
The moment Ouyang Lun saw this, how could he not realize that Ouyang Zhantian had been completely captivated by Xiao Xuan?
Ouyang Zhantian was the son of Ouyang Lun’s deceased elder brother.
He was also the hope of the Ouyang family’s future.
He was the treasure their grandfather doted on most.
But although Ouyang Zhantian’s talent was powerful, he had a fatal flaw.
That flaw was his constitution.
His constitution inclined toward the demonic path.
It was the kind that entered demonhood through the blade. Every time he encountered a genius in blade arts, he would go mad. Unless he fought that person once, he would absolutely never let the matter rest.
And once he started fighting, he had no sense of restraint. No one knew how many geniuses had already been “accidentally” beaten to death by him.
But because those fights had all been between people of the same level, and because Martial Saint Ouyang’s status stood behind him, no one had dared to say anything.
Still, if Xiao Xuan really dared accept this challenge, perhaps that would not be a bad thing.
“I refuse!!”
Yet Xiao Xuan rejected him without the slightest hesitation.
No one found that surprising.
Ouyang Lun also let out a sigh of relief, though he felt a faint trace of disappointment at the same time.
After all, this was Ouyang Zhantian, the number one on the Heaven Ranking.
BZZZ!!
Yet just as Xiao Xuan’s body had fully returned to normal size and he turned to leave, Ouyang Zhantian suddenly appeared in front of him and blocked his path!
“Senior, what exactly are you trying to do? Are you planning to bully the weak with your strength?”
Xiao Xuan’s expression immediately turned cold.
The saber in his hand tightened at once.
Just now, he had recycled several of Zhao Wuji’s traits again. Although that unique gold trait had not dropped, quite a few High Silver and Peak Silver traits had.
After recycling them, his Eco Points had already exceeded five or six billion.
That was enough to instantly raise his realm above the Eighth Heaven of the Martial Emperor Realm!
At that point, Ouyang Zhantian would definitely die!!
“Junior, there is no need to worry. I will seal my realm and fight you. This will simply be a pure exchange of blade arts!”
“Rest assured. Once I seal myself, I absolutely cannot use my full strength. Every challenge has rules. As long as you and I both acknowledge them, then if I violate them, Lord Zheng Shanhe will stop me!”
Ouyang Zhantian said with a smile.
As soon as he finished speaking, his aura began plummeting wildly, until it finally reached the same level as Xiao Xuan’s: the Fifth Heaven of the Martial King Realm.
The moment he heard that, Xiao Xuan was stunned.
Not just him—everyone else was stunned as well.
Had Ouyang Zhantian not just witnessed Xiao Xuan’s strength?
And yet he still dared be so overconfident.
His strength might indeed be terrifying, but at the same level, he absolutely could not be Xiao Xuan’s match... could he?
“Could it be that he is just an ordinary martial fanatic?”
Xiao Xuan was a little puzzled.
But after seeing the description of the other party’s constitution, he accepted that explanation.
Perhaps he really was just a martial obsessive.
Xiao Xuan certainly did not mind giving him a free beating.
By then, he would definitely make him drop one or even two gold traits!
“Since Senior is being so sincere, then I will not refuse.”
Xiao Xuan smiled faintly.
Then he drew the Thunderflame Frenzy Saber lightly through the air and turned his gaze toward Ouyang Zhantian opposite him.
“Martial Saint, our battle agreement should count, shouldn’t it? I am sealing part of my combat power to fight Xiao Xuan.”
“You are not going to interfere, are you?”
Yet Ouyang Zhantian’s first move was to look up toward Zheng Shanhe above.
For some reason, those words made Xiao Xuan feel that something was off.
“Since both parties agree, then the challenge is valid!
“Life and death are no object!!”
Zheng Shanhe nodded calmly.
BOOM!!!
But the moment his words fell, Ouyang Zhantian’s aura exploded upward. A towering demonic aura burst from his entire body.
Shrouded within that demonic aura, his appearance changed wildly as well. A demon whose joints were all covered in bone spikes appeared on the battlefield!
The black-and-white blade on his back also fell into his hand.
Only, after being tainted by demonic aura, the originally black-and-white blade had turned completely black!
“The yin and yang balance has collapsed. He has gone demonic!”
The moment they saw this, the expressions of all the Martial Thearchs on the main platform changed.
Power of Light and Darkness was powerful, but it depended on balance.
Once either side gained the upper hand—if Darkness Power became stronger, it would devour the light.
If Light Power became stronger, it would dispel the darkness.
One outcome meant losing one’s humanity and falling completely into demonic madness, while the other meant losing Darkness Power and suffering a drop in strength.
Clearly, Ouyang Zhantian had completely fallen into demonhood!
“Hahaha, brat, die!!”
Ouyang Zhantian laughed madly and slashed down at Xiao Xuan with a single blow.
“With that level of strength, you cannot kill me!”
Xiao Xuan did not waste words. He swung his own blade directly to meet it.
BOOM!!
Sure enough, at the moment of collision, Xiao Xuan’s terrifying strength blasted the demonized Ouyang Zhantian away on the spot. When Ouyang Zhantian crashed to the ground, he carved a trench several hundred meters long through the earth.
And that was with Xiao Xuan not even using Gigantification!
If he had used Gigantification, Ouyang Zhantian would most likely already have been dead from that one strike.
“Hahaha! Excellent!!”
Having transformed into a blade demon more than ten meters tall, Ouyang Zhantian laughed in manic delight and instantly turned into a streak of black light, charging toward Xiao Xuan once more.
Yet in the next moment, Xiao Xuan sent him flying again with another slash.
A whole series of purple and even silver traits—【Berserk】, 【Out of Control】, 【Minor Injury】, and more—scattered across the ground.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!
But after that, Ouyang Zhantian still charged at Xiao Xuan again and again, fearless even in the face of death.
And each time, he was smashed flying.
Xiao Xuan did not mind. The more this consumed Ouyang Zhantian, the more traits he would drop.
What Xiao Xuan did not understand was what benefit Ouyang Zhantian got out of this.
This was nothing but getting beaten.
And as the wounds on his body grew more numerous, the black aura surrounding the blade-demonized Ouyang Zhantian became more and more terrifying.
At the same time, his form grew ever more hideous.
Yet he still charged madly at Xiao Xuan again and again.
ROAR!!!
But right at that moment, a sudden change erupted!
The Ouyang Zhantian who had rushed in front of Xiao Xuan suddenly let out a furious howl, and the aura around his body surged more than a thousandfold in an instant.
His realm skyrocketed straight to the terrifying Eighth Heaven of the Martial Emperor Realm!
The instant Xiao Xuan sensed it, his expression changed drastically.
He wanted to dodge, but it was already too late!
Ouyang Zhantian’s blade had already crashed down.
Before anyone could react, the terrifying blade light swallowed Xiao Xuan whole in an instant.
RUMBLE—!!!
With a world-shaking blast, along with smoke and dust that soared into the sky, the entire arena was engulfed in that instant.
At that moment, everyone was dumbfounded!
The whole arena fell deathly silent.
Every single person stared in disbelief at Ouyang Zhantian within the smoke, demonic aura pouring from his body!
Xiao Xuan was dead!? Ouyang Zhantian had sneak-attacked him to death!?
“Zhantian, what exactly are you doing?!”
Ouyang Lun suddenly shot to his feet and stared at Ouyang Zhantian, unable to stop himself from muttering.
Although Xiao Xuan had been killed, Ouyang Zhantian would still have to accept severe punishment for so openly violating a battle agreement and murdering a genius of the human race.
He might not necessarily die, but he definitely would not get off lightly.
Could it be that, just to kill Xiao Xuan, he had thrown away even his own future?
“That fluctuation just now!!”
Yet Mu Xiying, standing below the arena, frowned.
She had previously given Xiao Xuan a protective talisman. Although a talisman she had refined with her former strength could not block an attack from Ouyang Zhantian when he was close to going all out, it would definitely have activated.
But she had not sensed even the slightest change in the talisman.
On top of that, she seemed to have felt a very particular fluctuation of power just now.
That was why she had not completely flown into a rage.
“Damn you, you bastard, what are you doing?!”
Below the arena, Gu Xuan roared in fury the moment he saw this and tried to rush up, but the moment he reached the arena’s edge, he was blocked outside by the formation!
“Ouyang Zhantian, you were the one who said you would seal part of your strength, yet you actually dared violate the agreement! Do you realize the consequences of doing this!?”
“Even your grandfather will not be able to protect you!”
At that moment, even Zheng Shanhe was completely enraged!
He furiously demanded an answer from Ouyang Zhantian within the sky-filling smoke and dust.
Yet Ouyang Zhantian still stood where he was, without making a single move!
He paid no attention to Zheng Shanhe at all.
“Wait, Senior!”
At that moment, Ouyang Lun suddenly thought of something!
“Ouyang Lun, let alone you—even if your father were here today, Ouyang Zhantian would still have to accept punishment!”
Zheng Shanhe let out a cold snort!
“That’s right! He was the one who promised to seal part of his strength, yet now he went back on his word and even launched a sneak attack. A petty villain. He is nothing but a petty villain!”
“If Huaxia is meant to be protected by someone like that in the future, then I would rather perish!”
“Hmph, shameless villain! He bullied the weak with superior strength and even resorted to a sneak attack. If he is not killed, public outrage will never be appeased!”
“The Ouyang family may have rendered great military merit, but even they cannot shield such a vile man!”
All the geniuses below roared in fury.
Just like most of them, Xiao Xuan had come from the common people.
At long last, a genius like him had emerged from among ordinary families, and now he had actually been sneak-attacked to death by a villain like Ouyang Zhantian!
This matter was no longer just a simple case of violating a battle agreement.
As Zheng Shanhe and the others watched the crowd’s raging anger, their expressions grew uglier and uglier.
If this matter was not handled properly, it would turn into a full-blown class conflict.
“Everyone, be quiet. Zhantian did not violate his agreement at all!!”