Chapter 52

From the very beginning, Shen Xiang was at a disadvantage, and it turned out that Yao Cong's true strength was at the Seventh Level of the Mortal Martial Realm, a result that surprised everyone. Now they understood why the Yao Family had arranged for Yao Cong to fight Shen Xiang.

"Shen Xiang, is this all you've got? I'm truly disappointed!" Leng Youlan stood not far away with her arms crossed, her cold eyes full of disappointment. Shen Xiang had already been forced to the edge of the arena and was about to be knocked off.

The Yao Family's methods were highly sophisticated, leaving Shen Xiang unprepared, but no matter how much they calculated, they never expected that Shen Xiang had an invisible ring on his finger, inside which were two peerless beauties, one of whom was a master alchemist.

"This is a highly paralyzing poison gas, but your meridians are very strong, and your physical body has been tempered by the Immortal Devil Pond. You just need to activate the Taiji Divine Art, making the Taiji diagram in your dantian rotate, and directly refine the poison gas," Su Meiyao said.

As soon as the Taiji Divine Art was activated, the surrounding spiritual energy rushed into Shen Xiang's body, entering his meridians along with the paralyzing poison gas, which was then refined by the Five Elements True Qi in his dantian.

Yao Cong originally intended to severely injure Shen Xiang, cripple him, and then knock him off the arena. However, no matter how he attacked, Shen Xiang kept looking at him with a murderous gaze, as if nothing was wrong.

Shen Xiang was already able to move, and at this moment, everyone saw Yao Cong suddenly draw a short, gleaming knife and stab towards Shen Xiang's chest.

"Die!" Yao Cong roared.

Everyone was shocked, and the square erupted in a commotion, with people cursing loudly.

Just as Yao Cong's knife was about to pierce Shen Xiang's chest, Shen Xiang, who had been motionless, suddenly moved. His bones crackled with a "crackling" sound, and he extended his left hand, grabbing the blade of the knife. With a powerful squeeze, he crushed it into pieces.

"You bastard, you first paralyzed me with poison gas, and now you want to kill me at all costs. Your Yao Family is so ruthless!" Shen Xiang shouted in anger, his hands surging with violent green true qi, both arms enveloped in the qi that flickered with lightning, which was quite terrifying.

"Die!" Shen Xiang roared, his fists pounding Yao Cong's body like a storm, and in the blink of an eye, over a hundred punches, each containing violent thunder qi, struck Yao Cong's body.

Yao Cong let out a series of惨叫声，而台下的药家长老已经飞蹿上来。Shen Xiang saw this and his palm instantly transformed into a giant green dragon claw, the tips of the claws emitting surging green true qi, which directly pierced through Yao Cong's body, causing several blood jets to spurt out.

Yao Cong, struck by the green dragon claw, had five large holes in his body, all pierced by the true qi. He fell to the ground, gasping, but did not die.

"Shen Xiang, stop!" The elder of the Yao Family punched towards Shen Xiang, who dodged with a flash. Suddenly, lightning qi surged in his thigh, and he lifted it, then brought it down like a giant green lightning-enshrouded axe, landing on Yao Cong's waist.

"Stop—"

The elder of the Yao Family roared again, but Yao Cong had already been split in two by Shen Xiang's violent kick and died on the arena. The scene was extremely bloody and nauseating, making people shiver.

The square was deathly silent, and the sound of many people swallowing their saliva could be heard. Shen Xiang's actions left everyone in disbelief. He had actually killed a promising disciple of the Yao Family right in front of the Yao Family's elders, and in such a bloody manner.

"Why didn't you stop him when he was trying to kill me? He could kill me, but I can't kill him? And I used legitimate means!" Shen Xiang's voice was full of coldness and anger. If he hadn't been able to dispel the poison gas in time, he would have been killed long ago.

Everyone saw Yao Cong use the short knife to stab Shen Xiang, which was a violation of the rules. Since he violated the rules, it was also acceptable for Shen Xiang to violate the rules and kill Yao Cong.

"Do you want to fight me?" Shen Xiang looked coldly at the elder of the Yao Family, his body radiating a surge of killing intent.

The elder of the Yao Family looked at the body on the ground, his face full of anger and his eyes full of killing intent. At this moment, several other elders of the Yao Family also arrived.

"Haha... What a joke, the Yao Family's boy violated the rules and tried to kill someone but failed, and now the old men of the Yao Family want to take revenge?" A bold person in the square suddenly laughed.

With someone speaking up, the people in the square also began to mock the Yao Family, making the faces of the elders of the Yao Family turn extremely ugly. They indeed hated Shen Xiang to death, so they arranged for Yao Cong to fight him, having Yao Cong take an antidote beforehand and speak to Shen Xiang with poison gas in his mouth, thus making Shen Xiang fall victim.

However, the Yao Family underestimated Shen Xiang's strength. Yao Cong could not severely injure Shen Xiang, and in a panic, he took out the short knife to stab Shen Xiang. He believed that the Yao Family's power in the Southern Martial Kingdom was strong enough to protect him, and he would have killed Shen Xiang.

"Shen Xiang, the Yao Family will not let you off!" The elder said with hatred, his voice full of resentment.

Shen Xiang sneered, "The great Yao Family has fallen to such a state, and I won't let you off either."

Shen Xiang walked down from the arena, and the elders of the Yao Family did not attack him. Otherwise, the Yao Family would be ridiculed by the entire Southern Martial Kingdom. Although the martial arts conference in the capital was hosted by the Yao Family, they had to follow the rules. Since Yao Cong violated the rules, Shen Xiang could also disregard the rules, so it was reasonable for Shen Xiang to kill Yao Cong.

The Yao Family did not stop Shen Xiang from leaving, and they were also somewhat cautious. These elders were all at the Seventh Level of the Mortal Martial Realm, and they knew about Yao Cong's situation, but Shen Xiang had so easily killed Yao Cong, indicating that Shen Xiang's strength might be close to the Eighth Level of the Mortal Martial Realm!

"Shen Xiang, don't be too pleased. Yao Cong's master will definitely come for you," an elder coldly snorted, ordering someone to clean up the body on the arena.

Although both were at the Seventh Level of the Mortal Martial Realm, Yao Cong was no match for Shen Xiang. Moreover, Yao Cong had previously attacked Shen Xiang fiercely without causing any harm, showing that Shen Xiang's strength was extraordinary and definitely not that of an ordinary Seventh Level of the Mortal Martial Realm.

Leng Youlan frowned slightly, watching Shen Xiang's back, lightly biting her red lips. She was also at the Seventh Level of the Mortal Martial Realm, but she could not unleash such powerful true qi like Shen Xiang, especially the ability to instantly burst with true qi and transform it into qi gong for attack. Such ease and spontaneity were hard to achieve, and she could only勉强do it.

The enmity between Shen Xiang and the Yao Family deepened, and the major forces were now very conflicted. Many of them had good relations with the Yao Family. Now that the Yao Family and the Shen Family were at odds, they were indecisive. If the Yao Family lost, the Shen Family would annex the Yao Family and take control of their various industries, becoming a powerful alchemy force. At that time, the forces that had helped the Yao Family would suffer greatly.