Chapter 614: The Consequences of Not Giving Face

"I'll give you a big pineapple!"

Yu Ling Di suddenly went berserk, flicking his hand to unleash a torrent of rain that filled the sky. Before anyone could react, he smashed the masked person's head right on the spot.

"Bang!"

In the midst of the downpour, an explosion rang out.

Everyone on the scene was stunned.

The Shuo Shu Ren had been grinning at Hai Tang Er just a moment ago, but now his face froze solid...

Cen Qiao Fu gripped his small axe tightly, his limbs stiffening and his eyes darkening from the shock of that strike...

Even Hai Tang Er, who had arrived late, couldn't make it in time to save him, watching helplessly as their own leader had his head exploded in front of outsiders...

"This?"

Xu Xiao Shou surveyed everything around him.

He had long known how immense the personal charisma of the Ba Jian Xian was.

Yet, seeing the masked person's head inexplicably blown apart and the top figures of the Sheng Nu changing expressions in that instant still made his heart race uncontrollably.

This... this... this...

This was just too bold!

Yu Ling Di?

How dare you!

Xu Xiao Shou recalled the words the masked person had said in the Bai Ku.

If things went as expected, Yu Ling Di's ancestors must have been from the same era as the Ba Zun, and completely crushed by them.

But even so, to strike without warning and directly blow the person's head off...

Even if there was an irreconcilable grudge between them.

They had been able to hold back earlier and exchange words amicably.

How did it suddenly escalate like this...

"Kid, you've backed yourself into a corner!"

Xu Xiao Shou instinctively stepped back a few paces, clearing the battlefield.

He knew the masked person had an indestructible body.

And he knew just how much the Sheng Nu leaders revered this so-called innate leader!

Sure enough.

In the next second, the first to erupt was the Shuo Shu Ren, whose mind was filled with thoughts of his brother.

"You're out of line!"

The Shuo Shu Ren roared, his eyes instantly turning blood-red.

Earlier, in the "Guang Yin" domain of Chang Yi, his brother had been destroyed, and that was his own choice.

But now, in front of everyone, his brother had his head blown off...

This hatred couldn't be suppressed, even if his brother told him not to act.

Forget about accommodating, forget about saving face, forget about resolving things without bloodshed...

"Die!"

With a single roar, he charged forward alone.

Xu Xiao Shou was dumbfounded on the side.

Old man?!

This was the first time he had heard such a manly self-address from the Shuo Shu Ren.

Had this guy really been driven mad?

The Shuo Shu Ren held the "Yin Yang Sheng Si" upside down, tapped his toes on the ground, and swapped positions with his brother in an instant.

Without another word, he swung a palm.

He didn't even want to invoke the Tian Dao command; instead, he hefted the suddenly enlarged shadow of the ancient book and smacked it hard at Yu Ling Di.

It was as if he wouldn't feel relieved unless he used the same method to retaliate.

"Watch out!"

Number 33 called out a warning.

But the space swap was too fast.

The sudden turn of events left Yu Ling Di with no time to react.

His plan was simply to cut the chatter, ignite the battle, and call back Senior Wu Yue to join the fight.

But he never expected that just from this one strike...

The other side's reaction would be so intense!

"Boom!"

An explosion burst forth.

The shockwave surged, pushing back the rain from the sky.

With a whoosh, the Shuo Shu Ren's body flew backward.

In a fleeting glance, the crowd saw that the attack Yu Ling Di hadn't dodged was blocked by the towering man at his side with a single elbow.

"Number 33..."

Yu Ling Di murmured softly, a hint of gratitude in his eyes.

"Swish!"

But in that brief moment of distraction, a whistling wind came from behind.

The Shuo Shu Ren in front was clearly sent flying by Number 33's elbow, yet when he turned around, there was another furious Shuo Shu Ren behind him.

"Die!"

The massive Yin Yang Sheng Si shadow, swung into a full arc, came crashing down from above, like a giant's palm about to pulverize Yu Ling Di into dust.

Number 33 was like an emotionless fighting machine.

Without even a pause, after elbowing the Shuo Shu Ren in front flying, he spun around with a whip kick toward the second Shuo Shu Ren.

"Boom!"

The second Shuo Shu Ren was still kicked away.

Behind Yu Ling Di, the void was forcefully torn into a thick, dark hole.

Space shattered inch by inch, making the onlooker Xu Xiao Shou's eyelids twitch wildly.

This reaction speed...

This attack power...

"Is this the mature form of a Tianji Kuilei?"

"A Wangzuo body?"

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...

The masked person's head turned into sword energy, then reformed into a human head.

He looked at the maddened Shuo Shu Ren, furrowed his brow, and muttered, "Too impulsive. It's just a head, isn't it?"

Cen Qiao Fu couldn't stand it anymore.

"You've changed."

He retorted:

"Decades ago, I dare say you wouldn't even think of uttering such words... no, not even entertain a similar notion."

"But now, you've really changed."

After a moment of silence,

Cen Qiao Fu continued: "Perhaps to you, it's just an insignificant head."

"But to the Sheng Nu, this is dignity!"

As he spoke, he tightened his grip on the Pan Xian Fu, bent his knees, and added: "Now, you can't just walk away. This fight must happen... and that kid has to die!"

With that,

Cen Qiao Fu's body shot out like a cannonball.

Xu Xiao Shou watched in horror.

In the battlefield, two Shuo Shu Rens were already more than enough.

But under Number 33's continuous defenses, those two had been sent flying.

Yet a third Shuo Shu Ren suddenly tore through a void rift in mid-air.

Like a persistent shadow, without changing his moves, this third Shuo Shu Ren swung the ancient book shadow into a full moon and struck at Yu Ling Di.

"Be careful."

Number 33 spoke without any emotion, his warning flat.

Once in combat mode, he discarded all the human behaviors he'd learned; all that remained was focus on the fight.

The Shuo Shu Ren's attack was fast.

But with his second-realm combat awareness, Number 33 could track and even predict it.

"Block."

He simply stated the two words, crossing his hands over his head to intercept the Shuo Shu Ren's descending strike.

But suddenly, the scene blurred, and a squinting old man with an axe appeared.

"Big iron block, care to play with me?"

This sudden attack even made Number 33 pause slightly.

Because before this, he hadn't detected the old man's presence at all.

"You shouldn't still be there..."

Tai Xu!

In an instant, Number 33 realized.

This old man wasn't just any Zhan Dao cultivator; he was genuine Tai Xu!

"Pan Xian Fu, Hun Dun Chu Kai!"

Cen Qiao Fu charged with his axe.

As the weapon approached, it suddenly expanded into a massive, mottled axe over three meters long.

With his shout, the elements of heaven and earth were sliced apart, transforming into primordial purple energy that merged into the axe.

"Clang—"

The sharp ring of metal clashing exploded.

Number 33's body was like the hardest spirit weapon in the world, blocking the strike with his abdomen without retreating a single step.

He smirked, mimicking mockery.

"A mere human, nothing special..."

But as soon as the smile appeared, before he could finish, Number 33 sensed something wrong.

The essence from his Tianji Kuilei energy core was frantically being drained away after the old man's axe grazed his skin.

In an instant, half of the energy core's essence vanished.

Meanwhile, Cen Qiao Fu's axe, covered in rust, looked as if it had been polished clean.

In the blink of an eye, the axe blade gleamed crystal clear.

"A mere iron block, lecturing humans?"

Cen Qiao Fu scoffed disdainfully, exerting force with his hand.

"Open."

Boom!!!

Yu Ling Di's long hair flew up.

Number 33, under Cen Qiao Fu's force, was split in half.

One half shot into the sky, the other plunged into the ground.

Neither space nor the earth could withstand the force.

The upper half was instantly hurled into spatial fragments.

The lower half crashed into the ground like it had hit soft tofu, embedding deeply and vanishing from sight.

"Holy crap!"

Xu Xiao Shou exclaimed inwardly.

He watched this horrifying scene, his scalp tingling.

This was a Tianji Kuilei!

The one who could send the Shuo Shu Ren flying with an elbow, yet against Cen Qiao Fu...

One axe, split in two?

"Just this?"

"Is this the gap between Zhan Dao and Tai Xu?"

But it wasn't over!

With Number 33 out of the way, Yu Ling Di was exposed to Cen Qiao Fu, dragging his massive axe, and the Shuo Shu Ren descending with his ancient book.

Yu Ling Di, a mere Dao realm, insignificant Wangzuo.

After that earlier strike that blew off the masked person's head, now he faced...

The peak Zhan Dao, fully passed through the Jiu Si Lei Jie Shuo Shu Ren, and the true supreme powerhouse—Tai Xu, Cen Qiao Fu!

His face turned green.

He had grasped Dao and even challenged Tai Xu before.

But that didn't mean Yu Ling Di could stay composed with the Shuo Shu Ren collapsing before him and the woodsman rising on his left.

In his panic, Yu Ling Di quickly raised both hands, forming a seal in mid-air.

"Shui Yue Dong Tian, Feng."

A complex array of profound meanings appeared in his palms.

Dao patterns overlapped on it, evoking a vast, boundless ocean.

As the outline formed, a bright moon appeared in the nine heavens above.

Swirls of water elements churned under Yu Ling Di's feet, and his body sank, about to escape into them.

"Hua Kai Wan Li, Ban Bu Xian Ting!"

From afar, Hai Tang Er lightly twirled the six-petaled Haitang flower and took half a step forward.

Yu Ling Di's mystical cave heaven shook violently, as if its energy was disrupted midway, and new sprouts emerged from the water.

Then,

The sprouts grew wildly, draining the rain in the surrounding area as nutrients.

A massive, hundred-zhang-wide enchanting purple Haitang flower bloomed abruptly, its fragrance spreading far and wide.

Everyone who smelled it felt their minds grow hazy.

Xu Xiao Shou felt as if he had lost his senses for a moment, as if he were in an immortal court.

The rain stopped.

The enemies vanished.

All that remained was the misty white fog of the immortal court and the seductive Haitang flowers blooming within it.

"So beautiful..."

He couldn't help but murmur.

Such a paradise could only exist in dreams.

It was impossible to find anything like it in the mundane world.

But suddenly,

"Afflicted by confusion, Passive Value: 1."

A message flashed, and Xu Xiao Shou snapped out of it.

"Illusion!"

Once alert, the images from his "Gan Zhi" replaced what his eyes saw.

He saw all the white-clad figures, who had retreated and weren't fighting, now with faces full of enchantment and obsession.

And Yu Ling Di in the midst of the battle, with a slight curve to his lips.

But his mental strength was far superior to the others.

Before the smile fully formed, he stopped it and regained his composure.

Then, with a blink of his eyes, he saw the reality...

A terrifying reality!

"Pan Xian Fu, Yuan Su Mie Jue!"

Cen Qiao Fu grinned fiercely, swinging his axe directly at the dazed Yu Ling Di, who had just regained his senses.

He knew Yu Ling Di had comprehended water element profound meanings.

And such people were often elemental bodies.

What was an elemental body?

Like the leader, most physical attacks were ineffective against it.

The opponent could instantly reform using the Wu Xing Shui Dao and the water elements in the world.

But who was Cen Qiao Fu?

Tai Xu!

What others needed multiple battles to figure out, he knew right from the start.

Not only did he sever the water Dao in this heaven and earth,

His "Yuan Su Mie Jue" also wiped out all water elements in the surrounding area.

And outside,

With Hai Tang Er's massive Haitang flower continuously absorbing the rain from the sky, Yu Ling Di's last chance—drawing energy from the accumulated rain to restore his body—was completely erased.

Even if every possible factor for healing Yu Ling Di was eliminated,

His inner sea of qi and spiritual energy still held the potential for self-repair!

But the key issue was right here.

The unique "Chou Ling" nature of the Pan Xian Fu could instantly drain half the essence from a Tianji Kuilei's energy core.

How long could Yu Ling Di, a mere Wangzuo, hold out?

"Die!"

Without any surprise,

Yu Ling Di, with all escape routes cut off, still harbored a sliver of hope.

But the moment the Pan Xian Fu touched his skin, his face changed drastically, realizing he was wrong.

Elemental body, rain restoration, spiritual energy repair...

All paths were severed by this single axe!

"Bang!"

An explosion rang out.

The scene from when Number 33 was split repeated.

But unlike then, Yu Ling Di's body, cut in two by the axe, didn't turn into mist as everyone expected. Instead, after the bang, crimson blood sprayed everywhere.

Even as his body flew backward, his frail form couldn't withstand the Tai Xu force of the Pan Xian Fu and shattered into several large pieces.

"Oh my goodness..."

Xu Xiao Shou clearly sensed every subtle fluctuation through his "Gan Zhi."

What seemed like a simple slash to others was, in his eyes, a masterful, precisely calculated strike reaching terrifying heights.

Was Tai Xu combat always this devastating?

Not giving the opponent even the slightest chance, going straight for the kill?

"This... is the consequence of not showing face?"