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Chapter 1958 Turning the Tide
Chapter 1958 Turning the Tide
"Chen Fei!"
When they saw Chen Fei's body being forcibly twisted and moved into the martial arts arena where the smell of blood had not yet dissipated, Le Boyang, Kuang Lingyun, Chang Xiwen and the others' expressions suddenly changed drastically. They cried out in shock, and their eyes instantly filled with undisguised horror and despair.
Chen Fei, how long has it been since he broke through to the Dominator Realm?
All things considered, it's only been a few months!
To the old monsters who cultivate for tens of thousands of years, this was as fleeting as a blink of an eye.
In such a short time, it would be too rushed and difficult to even solidify the foundation of one's cultivation upon entering the Sovereign Realm, and the aura might not even be fully integrated, let alone comprehend the profound and abstruse Sovereign Realm techniques.
Furthermore, those dominant characteristics require an unimaginable amount of time and resources to refine and develop; they cannot be achieved overnight.
At this moment, sending Chen Fei, whose cultivation was just beginning and whose foundation was not yet solid, to face Suo Hongtao would be a certain death.
It was like watching a bright and promising new star, who had not yet truly risen, fall sadly on this bloody arena and turn to dust.
When the other cultivators and Yuanmo Dominator Realm experts saw that Chen Fei had been chosen, they couldn't help but shake their heads inwardly and sigh.
What a pity... what a real pity!
Chen Fei's talent and ability are beyond doubt. He broke through both the Xuan Ranking and the Di Ranking, which is unprecedented and almost impossible to surpass.
If he were placed in a peaceful and stable era, given enough time and resources to grow, he would very likely become the next Venerable Tianxuan.
But now, in this cruel era of rampant demonic calamity, impending catastrophe, and constant uncertainty, Chen Fei's extraordinary talent seems destined to become a poignant historical footnote, a brief but brilliant legend ultimately extinguished by the flames of war.
At this moment, Shi Ruifeng, the patriarch of the Wuya Sect, also had his brows furrowed and was staring at the young but upright figure on the martial arts field with a heavy gaze. A deep sense of regret and helplessness flashed in his eyes.
Shi Ruifeng had high hopes for Chen Fei and praised his feat of breaking through the Earth Ranking and regaining some of the power of heaven and earth for the Xuan Yu Realm.
That's why he took the initiative to bestow the Heavenly Stem Wood, forging a good relationship, and hoping that Chen Fei would grow up smoothly and truly become a pillar of the Xuan Yu Realm.
But now... faced with the unsolvable, mandatory rules of the Heavenly Ranking Martial Arts Arena, he could no longer lend a helping hand as he had last time. The heaviness and frustration of watching helplessly as the flame of hope was about to be extinguished by the storm were indescribable.
At the forefront of the Heavenly Demon camp, the eyes of the Destroyer Venerable, as deep as black holes, flickered slightly as he locked onto Chen Fei, who had appeared in the martial arts arena.
This Heavenly Ranking Martial Arts Arena has its own set of ancient and strict underlying rules. Even though the Destroyer Venerable has mortgaged his own Heavenly Ranking authority as the top of the Heavenly Ranking, the areas where he can directly control and intervene are actually quite limited, and he cannot do whatever he wants.
After all, the power of the Heavenly Ranking is not entirely concentrated in him. The cultivators of the Xuan Yu Realm and the rulers of the Yuan Demon side also have a portion of the power and fortune of heaven and earth attached to them.
The limit that the Destroyer could achieve was to use his authority to force his side to actively send strong people into the arena to seize the initiative, while the Xuan Yu Realm side was completely passive and randomly selected, unable to specify their own candidates.
This has given him the greatest initiative and first-mover advantage, enough to create a huge advantage.
As for the Heavenly Ranking Martial Arts Arena starting from the early stage of the Sovereign Realm, this is not something that the Destruction Venerable can decide.
"If this boy is killed by Suo Hongtao in a moment, his body and soul will be destroyed. Then whether he is the potential variable or not will be irrelevant. With his body and soul gone, everything will be in vain."
The Destroyer pondered coldly in his heart.
"But... what if he unexpectedly wins against Suo Hongtao..."
The thought of that almost absurd yet instinctively unsettling possibility caused the Destroyer's gaze to suddenly turn icy and chilling, and a terrifying killing intent, condensed to its extreme and almost capable of freezing the void and annihilating all things, quietly began to brew.
"That is enough to prove that the variable warned by fate is most likely this child. This child must have a shocking secret or a heaven-defying opportunity!"
Inside the martial arts arena.
Tianmo Suo Hongtao stared at Chen Fei, who had just solidified after being teleported in by the pillar of light, for a moment, then a ferocious smile instantly bloomed on his face. He couldn't help but burst into loud, hoarse laughter, full of malice.
"Hahaha, kid. Looks like you're in bad luck! Even the Heavenly Dao of the Xuan Yu Realm doesn't like you and wants to use me to get rid of you!"
Suo Hongtao licked his lips, his scarlet tongue like a venomous snake's forked tongue, his eyes gleaming with a bloodthirsty and greedy light.
"You really had a lot of power when you broke through the Earth Ranking before. I wanted to crush you like a bug back then, but unfortunately, the stupid rules of the Earth Ranking allowed you to keep jumping around for a while longer!"
The twisted sense of accomplishment and masochistic pleasure from personally slaying a peerless genius, a talent unseen in billions of years in the Xuan Yu Realm, made Suo Hongtao so excited that he almost trembled, and his demonic energy was boiling.
Faced with Suo Hongtao's malicious and manic laughter and mockery, Chen Fei's gaze remained as calm as an ancient, deep pool, without a ripple. A faint, almost imperceptible smile even appeared at the corner of his lips as he said:
"I think it's just bad luck for you!"
The sound wasn't loud, but it clearly pierced through the clamor of demonic energy, spreading to every corner inside and outside the martial arts arena. It carried an inexplicable certainty and composure, as if stating an imminent and unchangeable fact.
"Even when death is imminent, you still dare to be sharp-tongued!"
Chen Fei's words caused the smile on Suo Hongtao's face to freeze instantly, then turn increasingly sinister and ferocious:
"Wait until I tear your flesh and blood to shreds, and extract your soul to burn in the Nine Netherworld Demon Fire. Let's see if you'll still be as stubborn as you are then!"
"Buzz!"
Just then, the rules above the training ground trembled slightly. The three-breath preparation time had passed, and the duel officially began!
"Come and die for me!"
Almost the instant the rules were announced, Suo Hongtao suddenly erupted.
The overwhelming aura of the peak of the early stage of the Dominator Realm crashed down on Chen Fei like a raging torrent. At the same time, Suo Hongtao's figure flickered, leaving a phantom image in place, and his true body appeared less than ten feet in front of Chen Fei.
A terrifying demonic claw, covered in dark red scales and exuding an aura of corrosiveness and deathly annihilation, tore through the void, accompanied by the shrill screams of countless wailing souls, and aimed straight for Chen Fei's head.
Despite his arrogant words, Suo Hongtao was not truly underestimating his opponent. Chen Fei's talent was renowned, and even though his breakthrough to the Dominator Realm was incredibly short, it was hard to guarantee that he didn't have some trump cards for survival or some treasures obtained through fortuitous encounters.
Therefore, Suo Hongtao used all his strength in this grab, aiming to kill Chen Fei in one strike and not give him any chance to breathe or react.
Of course, deep down, Suo Hongtao believed that Chen Fei could not truly withstand his fatal blow. After all, the absolute difference in their cultivation levels and the gap in time accumulation were, in his view, insurmountable barriers.
Even the greatest talent needs time to be transformed into real ability.
Chen Fei slightly raised his eyelids, looking at the overwhelming demonic power of the attack, which was enough to make ordinary early-stage Sovereign Realm cultivators pale with fear and feel despair, but his expression did not change.
Deep within Chen Fei's eyes, which seemed to reflect all the heavens and myriad worlds, the profound radiance of the Purple Extreme Divine Eyes subtly shifted, and the origin-tracing meaning of the Chaos Reverse Lotus quietly permeated the air.
In an instant, Suo Hongtao's seemingly flawless killing blow became slow, clear, and full of flaws in Chen Fei's vision.
The stagnation points in the circulation of its demonic energy, the weaknesses in the conversion of power, the various possibilities of subsequent changes, and even the imperfections in the combination of its mind and will with its demonic energy... everything is crystal clear, as clear as the lines on the palm of one's hand.
Compared to the geniuses Chen Fei encountered in the Martial Arts Arena of the Myriad Realms who had cultivated the Profound Origin Dao Foundation to perfection, or even touched the edge of the Earth Origin Dao Foundation, and whose cultivation techniques and supernatural powers had reached the pinnacle, Suo Hongtao's strength, skills, and understanding of realms were simply too weak!
Chen Fei did not activate the Divine Palace Undying to empower himself; he simply raised his right hand, clenched his five fingers into a fist, and threw a punch in the nick of time.
"boom!"
A terrifying explosion, as if two ancient stars were colliding violently, suddenly erupted, and the sound wave transformed into a tangible shockwave that swept wildly across the entire training ground.
"Crack!"
The ferocious and smug smile on Suo Hongtao's face froze instantly, then transformed into extreme horror, disbelief, and incomprehensible bewilderment.
Before Suo Hongtao could react in any way, he felt an indescribable, terrifying force surge and rage along his arm!
In an instant, his palm crumbled like a paper sculpture, starting from his fingertips, inch by inch.
Bones, muscles, veins, scales... everything was reduced to the finest dust.
Chen Fei's punch, its momentum undiminished, pierced through the fragile ice and snow like a red-hot iron, continuing forward without hindrance, and struck Suo Hongtao squarely in the center of his chest, which was wide open and defenseless due to the shattering of the demonic claw.
"Oh!"
A terrifying hole, clear from front to back, instantly appeared in Suo Hongtao's chest. His internal organs had already been shattered into a bloody mist. The violent force of the punch burst out of his body, causing violent ripples to spread through the void behind him.
"puff!"
Suo Hongtao coughed up a mouthful of thick blood mist mixed with fragments of internal organs and primordial demonic energy. His body flew backward completely out of control, and his aura plummeted like an avalanche, instantly becoming extremely weak.
It was just a single, head-on clash.
Full of confidence and going all out, Suo Hongtao suffered a crushing defeat and was seriously injured.
"No...impossible! How...how could this be?"
As Suo Hongtao flew backwards, the intense pain and the feeling of life rapidly slipping away could not overshadow the overwhelming waves in his heart and the shock of his collapsing cognition.
Suo Hongtao's mind was in chaos. He thought that Chen Fei's strength might be more than just the initial stage of the Sovereign Realm, and that he might have some hidden methods or strange secret techniques, but he never thought that he would be so ridiculously powerful.
This pure power, this terrifyingly precise insight—is this the strength a cultivator who has only broken through to the early stage of the Dominator Realm a few months ago could possess?
This completely violated the common sense of spiritual practice and overturned his understanding!
In a daze, Suo Hongtao even had an absurd illusion that the person he had just fought was not a newly promoted ruler at all, but a mid-stage ruler who had mastered the control of power.
Outside the training ground, the Xuan Yu Realm camp, which was originally filled with an atmosphere of despair and helplessness, fell into complete silence, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
All the cultivators and those at the Yuanmo Dominator Realm involuntarily widened their eyes slightly, their faces filled with shock and disbelief.
They had imagined many possibilities, and had even mentally prepared themselves for Chen Fei to bleed on the stage, but they never expected such a completely upside-down scene before them.
one move!
The one who was seriously injured and sent flying backwards, his blood splattering across the sky, was none other than the previously arrogant Suo Hongtao.
"Mid-stage Dominator Realm? No, and if it were mid-stage, it wouldn't be selected by the rules of the Martial Arts Arena to participate in such a duel." Chang Xiwen muttered to himself, his eyes filled with confusion and shock.
"Could it be that it has been possessed by an ancient powerful being?" a Sovereign Realm expert exclaimed.
Various absurd yet irresistible thoughts churned wildly in the minds of every Xuan Yu Realm expert.
Even the experienced and serene Venerable Tianxuan was stirred by a storm of emotions, his gaze fixed on the overly calm figure in the arena.
The only thing Venerable Tianxuan could be certain of was that Chen Fei had not been possessed, because if he had truly been possessed, no matter how well he hid it, there would be a slight difference in his aura.
Not only were people in the Xuan Yu Realm in disbelief, but the Heavenly Demon camp was also in an uproar and deathly silence, with all the Heavenly Demon rulers' faces filled with astonishment.
"What happened? Suo Hongtao was crippled by a single punch?"
"That Chen Fei... is strange! Extremely strange!"
Immediately afterwards, all the Heavenly Demon Sovereigns suddenly remembered the fundamental reason why the Destroyer Venerable had launched a general offensive against the norm and at any cost: the ominous warning of fate in the dark, the huge variables and ominous signs of destruction that they had sensed.
"Could it be..."
All the Heavenly Demon Sovereigns involuntarily turned their astonished and uncertain gazes toward the Destroyer Sovereign at the forefront.
Suddenly, the previously vague aura of destruction around the Destroyer surged violently, and the previously hidden killing intent burst forth without restraint, like a tangible wave of destruction sweeping in all directions, as if to drag everything into an endless abyss of slaughter.
The Destroyer's deep eyes were fixed on Chen Fei in the martial arts arena, the overwhelming killing intent in his gaze almost materializing, piercing and tearing the entire arena apart.
Inside the martial arts arena.
Despite the excruciating pain of being shattered to pieces and the agonizing fear of his soul being torn apart, a fierce glint of instinct and a will to survive flashed in Suo Hongtao's eyes as he was thrown backward.
Suo Hongtao let out a hoarse roar, like the wail of a dying beast, and the already weakened demonic energy around his body began to burn wildly and recklessly.
Its flying body suddenly exploded, turning into thousands of twisted, uncertain, and indistinguishable black shadows, frantically fleeing in all directions and from every possible angle of the training ground.
Escape, must escape!
At this moment, Suo Hongtao's mind was in complete chaos. The immense fear and despair brought about by the disparity in strength made him unable to think of any way to confront Chen Fei head-on. Only escape and delay were his only and last choice driven by his survival instinct.
He placed all his hopes on the unpredictable and mysterious nature of his life-saving technique.
Chen Fei stood still, his clothes fluttering slightly in the aftershocks of energy, watching the countless flying, screeching demonic shadows with a calm and unwavering gaze.
Chen Fei did not use his eyes to track him, but relied on the absolute insight granted by the Purple Extreme Divine Eye and the Chaos Reverse Lotus to instantly lock onto Suo Hongtao's true location.
Chen Fei took a step forward, his figure blurred instantly, and in the next instant, he appeared without warning in a corner of the martial arts arena, in front of a seemingly empty and calm void.
Then, throw another punch!
The fist strikes were simple and unadorned, yet they contained a terrifying power capable of shattering all laws.
"Boom!"
Wherever the fist struck, space crumbled like fragile glass, revealing extremely tiny, hidden spatial gaps within.
A panicked scream, filled with utter despair and disbelief, suddenly erupted from the forcibly torn gap in space.
Suo Hongtao's true form was curled up like a frightened worm, his demonic energy dimmed to the extreme. He was desperately trying to absorb the void energy to repair his injuries, but Chen Fei rudely pulled him out.
Suo Hongtao was terrified at this moment, feeling an unprecedented aura of death. He roared madly and desperately urged his remaining demonic energy. A huge demonic shield, completely black, carved with countless ferocious and roaring ghost heads, and emitting a thick dark light and ominous aura, instantly appeared and stood firmly in front of him.
This is a life-saving magical artifact that Suo Hongtao has refined over many years with countless living souls and spirits. It has extremely strong defensive capabilities and has saved him from danger many times.
"clang!"
Chen Fei's fist slammed directly into the center of the magic shield without any fancy moves.
A deafening, violent roar, as if the deepest hell had opened, suddenly exploded, the sound waves almost tearing the eardrums of the onlookers.
Immediately afterwards, the Shield of Ten Thousand Demons let out a sickening groan of unbearable strain. The area on the shield that was hit dented violently, and countless spiderweb-like cracks spread wildly at a visible speed, instantly covering the entire shield surface.
"Crack!"
In Suo Hongtao's despairing gaze, the entire magic shield shattered with a deafening roar, turning into countless fragments burning with black magic flames, which scattered in all directions.
Chen Fei's fist pierced through the flying fragments and demonic flames, its momentum undiminished, and struck Suo Hongtao's head hard. Suo Hongtao, whose face was filled with despair and fear, had been completely unprotected by the shattered magic shield.
"puff!"
A dull, chilling sound.
Suo Hongtao's body stiffened abruptly, and the light, fear, and resentment in his eyes... all his emotions froze instantly, then dimmed completely, turning into ashes.
The next moment, Suo Hongtao's head, along with his entire demonic body, was crushed as if by an invisible giant disc of heaven and earth, exploding into a thick, viscous, dark red blood mist that spread out.
Chen Fei glanced indifferently at the dissipating blood mist, then his figure flashed without warning, instantly appearing tens of thousands of miles away. His right hand plunged straight into the depths of the void and gently grabbed.
"what!"
A piercing, desperate, and distorted scream suddenly rang out from the depths of the void, sending chills down one's spine.
A twisted, blurry black shadow, with only a faint fluctuation of its origin, was forcibly pulled out by Chen Fei from the deepest crevice of the void.
This dark figure was none other than Suo Hongtao's last remaining wisp of soul and true spirit. At the last moment, relying on his own dominant characteristics, he abandoned almost his entire demonic body and origin, deceiving everyone and hiding the last trace of his true spirit in the deepest part of the void, trying to prolong his life and wait for a slim chance of survival.
However, under the absolute rules of the Heavenly Ranking Martial Arts Arena, where could he hide in this completely sealed and isolated space?
Suo Hongtao's remnant soul was held in Chen Fei's hand, trembling slightly. He felt the irresistible, terrifying power that could easily erase his last existence. His face was filled with utter despair and defeat that were beyond words.
Just moments before, he was laughing wildly, regarding the early-stage Sovereign Realm of the Xuan Yu Realm as lambs to the slaughter, mocking them for having nowhere to escape, and enjoying the despair of others.
In the blink of an eye, this inescapable despair was exacted upon him, like retribution.
This extreme contrast—from hunter to desperate prey in an instant, from the clouds to the deepest hell—made Suo Hongtao deeply understand what the cycle of karma truly means.
"so……"
Chen Fei looked down at the twisted, trembling, tiny black shadow in his hand and said, "Who do you think has a bad fate?"
Suo Hongtao's remnant soul trembled violently, opening its mouth as if it wanted to speak, but Chen Fei's five fingers had already gently closed.
"Pfft!"
A soft sound, like a candle flame going out.
Suo Hongtao's remnant soul, along with the last trace of his true spirit, was completely extinguished and erased from this world.
Suo Hongtao, a top expert in the early stage of the Heavenly Demon Sovereign Realm, was annihilated, both body and soul!
Outside the training ground, all was deathly silent.
Whether it was the nearly one hundred powerful and menacing rulers from the Heavenly Demon camp, or the Xuan Yu Realm side, everyone was completely silent at this moment.
From the start of the duel to the complete annihilation and annihilation of Suo Hongtao, the entire process was breathtakingly fast.
Chen Fei didn't even use any earth-shattering supernatural powers or spells, nor did he display any extraordinary phenomena or magical bodies. With just a few simple punches, he easily forced the extremely arrogant Suo Hongtao into a desperate situation, just like an ancient divine mountain crushing ants, and then casually crushed him to death.
Just moments ago, Suo Hongtao was arrogant and domineering, but now his end was as miserable and laughable as ever. This stark contrast made the whole scene seem incredibly eerie and silent.
"Good kill!"
In the dead silence, Chang Xiwen was the first to speak, her voice slightly distorted by extreme excitement and catharsis.
This shout instantly broke the suffocating silence.
Instantly, thunderous cheers erupted from the Xuan Yu Realm camp, as the pent-up grief and helplessness were completely released.
Every cultivator and the Demon Lord wore a genuine smile.
Regardless of how Chen Fei cultivated, or why he possessed such terrifying strength that defied common sense.
But at this moment, he represents the Xuan Yu Realm.
that's enough!
In contrast to the soaring morale of the Xuan Yu Realm, the atmosphere on the Tianmo side instantly plummeted to freezing point, becoming incredibly silent, oppressive, and heavy.
All the Heavenly Demon Sovereigns had extremely ugly expressions, their eyes so gloomy they were almost dripping with water, staring intently at Chen Fei in the arena, and then subconsciously glancing at the Destruction Sovereign in front of them, whose killing intent had reached its peak.
The balance of power shifts instantly.
Now it's their turn, and they need to send in a new early-stage Sovereign Realm expert.
But... seeing Suo Hongtao's miserable and utterly destroyed state, and recalling Chen Fei's terrifying strength in easily crushing Suo Hongtao just now...
A bone-chilling coldness involuntarily rose from the depths of each early-stage Heavenly Demon Sovereign and spread throughout their entire body.
Who dares to enter?
(End of this chapter)