Infinite Slaughter System: I Kill, Therefore I Ascend!-Chapter 212: The Round of 8, Bei Dongshi versus Shen Jian! 1
"Third match, Bei Dongshi versus Shen Jian!"
The sallow crowd regained some interest because the next match was between two strong young talents, especially Shen Jian, who came from a hall that slightly countered his foe.
Given that neither youth had shown their full prowess, could this match have something new and unique to show them?
Bei Dongshi went up with his normal solemn posture while Shen Jian floated down arrogantly, his handsome face tilted slightly upward.
Before Bei Dongshi could say anything, Shen Jian already spoke.
"Look here, fellow man, let’s not waste time. The other fights dragged on because they either played with their food or slowly escalated the battle."
Shen Jian’s lips curled upward. "We don’t need to do that. Let’s bring out our big guns from the get-go and settle it quickly!"
The crowd seemed to agree with this.
"Indeed, the previous matches were great, but it was always one side crushing the other."
"Let’s see an all-out clash, full of suspense and excitement!"
"But doesn’t such a mode go against Bei Dongshi, who needs to make preparations to execute his wins?"
Bei Dongshi cocked his ears as if he was listening to something, then glanced at the space above Shen Jian’s head.
His lips pursed slightly as he spoke in a rather exasperated tone. "Don’t try such petty tricks on me. Let’s fight according to our abilities."
This left the spectators confused and disappointed, but before they could complain, a voice filled with amusement sounded out.
"Heh, this kid is not bad." Rong Aotian, True Inheritor of Pride, spoke with his arms folded and his nose turned up.
"Oh? Why not elaborate for those of us who are clueless, eh, Senior Brother?" Qin Taishou asked while gently stroking his fourth golden void ring.
"Hmph, this brat is using the secret art of the Divine Devas, the Art of Command. It basically acts as a cognitive influencing act which uses persuasive words to alter the cognition of listeners and make them more agreeable," Rong Aotian explained with a snort.
Seeing that everyone was paying attention to him, he secretly felt elated and even added a bit more.
"The true power of this art is not in using it for offense, but using it as a gateway. In other words, if the opponent or the listener agrees with the persuasive words from the start, each subsequent use of this art would be empowered and double in strength, until his words can affect your entire physical state!"
HISS!
Countless disciples sucked in a deep breath, feeling horror in their hearts. Many in the other five halls couldn’t help but glance at those in the Divine Deva Path with suspicious looks.
The Divine Deva fellows simply smiled arrogantly, not caring if the jig was up. After all, as Rong Aotian said, once you agreed once, you were bound by it, and every subsequent usage would double in power!
Of course, only the disciples in the halls were confused by this. Those in the middle layer and above were calm, already having known this as it touched on the sect’s delicate faction relationship between the Six Paths.
Li Ling was impressed by this and then glanced at Shen Ziyan coldly, for no wonder he felt that her proposal to him back then had some weird effect on his cognition.
Luckily, he had his mastery of the Dao Soldier Technique and his strong soul, so he had shrugged off the effect even though he agreed.
Like the others, Shen Ziyan maintained a calm and cold look, meeting Li Ling’s glance head-on without any shame or fear.
Li Ling eventually chuckled and let it go, not because he was magnanimous, but because what else did he expect?
He was mingling with these arrogant and dangerous women due to his own interests without cultivating a feeling of love or affection between them, and he expected them not to have their own agendas or schemes? 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
He had joked about it before, but he was certainly not some harem protagonist who could make a bunch of women surrender to him wholeheartedly and fight for his affection without considering their own interests.
Anyway, whether they were aware of it or not, Li Ling had drawn a line for them. If they crossed that line, they would be happily harvested regardless of the situation or circumstances at the time.
After the explanation, Bei Dongshi remained tranquil, but Shen Jian tsked with lament.
"Ah, it can’t be that easy, can it? Fine then, let’s see you withstand this!"
He unfurled his wings of light and shot into the sky like a bullet, a resplendent glow emanating from him that shone down on the stands.
Shen Jian was not all talk, as he waved a hand, causing one of his wings to sweep forward and unleash a hefty barrage of light arrows in the form of glowing white feathers.
Bei Dongshi seemed unperturbed and looked upward with his hands behind his back, allowing the feathers to rain down upon him.
However, Shen Jian’s expression became cruel as he raised a hand and clenched his fist, saying, "Explode!"
Suddenly, all the feathers that had fallen on the stage began to surge with power, causing Bei Dongshi’s calm expression to change slightly as he made a hand seal quickly.
KRA-KOOM! BOOM! KRAKOOM!
However, none were able to see what he did in time before a huge continuous explosion covered the arena, blinding the eyes of viewers and releasing shockwaves that the arena formation could only struggle to block.
The entire crowd was left speechless at this sight, looking at the floating Shen Jian with horror.
"What the fuck, how did he do that? Is this normal for those annoying Divine Deva guys?"
"No way, at the third realm, they should only be able to spray the feathers with enough power to inflict mild injury on someone with a Golden Body of the same realm from a lesser technique!"
"Damn, if they can do this all the time, who would dare step on the arena with them?!"
"Forget the arena, if they bathe an entire battlefield like this, which cultivator army would dare?"
Shen Ziyan’s eyes narrowed with pleasant surprise.
"So he actually mastered it... but how?"
Path Saint Zhang Luo became alert, her eyes shining as she remarked, "Wonderful! The Shen Clan is truly promising within the Deva Path, especially for one of their own to learn this difficult Daoist art!"
"Exactly what kind of trickery is this, Ah Luo? What are you plotting now?" Path Saint Wang Kuangnu asked with bared teeth.
"Pffft, settle down, Old Wang. Even Weirdo Zhen hasn’t said anything, why are you causing trouble here?" Zhang Luo replied with a gentle giggle.
’Weirdo’ Zhen Mingshen, the Path Saint of the Desolate Hell Hall, was left speechless at being given stray bullets, but still spoke up.
"It’s not something new. The Divine Deva Hall, like most of our Six Paths, has many foundational Daoist arts that pair with their main cultivation technique, the Divine Deva Ascent."
"The most basic are the Wings of Judgment, which anyone in their hall can use by default to varying degrees of efficacy. But beyond that lie much harder and stronger arts, like the Judgment Slash that disciple Shen Jian used in a previous fight to shatter his opponent’s Hungry Ghost Avatar."
Zhen Mingshen became emotional. "Chief among them is the esoteric Daoist art, Exploding Feathers, which is less of its own thing and more like a follow-up technique to the Wings of Judgment."
"Indeed, without complete mastery of the Wings of Judgment, don’t even think about learning Exploding Feathers!" Zhang Luo added proudly.
Hearing this, those below sucked in a deep breath, feeling pain on behalf of Bei Dongshi.
Because putting aside the arena format for the battle, one had to understand that Bei Dongshi’s methods required him to stand at the back in an illusion while either summoning a karma clone of his foe or doing something else.
Even if he spawned a clone of Shen Jian, it would not help because trading arrows in midair would only allow a few feathers to hit the other, and Shen Jian could still spare time to send more downwards.
Clearly, if Bei Dongshi wanted to win this fight, he had to resolve the simple problem Shen Jian posed by using a new method!
The dust cleared and showed a slightly disheveled Bei Dongshi who maintained his calm expression, his hands in a new seal.
"I didn’t want to use this until I fought that monster in the finals, but you are not a simple opponent. Very well, I shall show you true power!"
Saying this, Bei Dongshi made a hand seal of an inverted prism, what was called the Illuminati sign or the preparation pose for the famous tri-beam cannon.
"Answer my call and appropriate the karma lines! Karmic Replication!"
Saying this, an inky black pool spread beneath Bei Dongshi for around twenty meters around his body, forming globules that became feathers coated with black light.
"Go!" Bei Dongshi commanded with a single point, sending the countless black feathers surging upward like a sea of arrows from an army!
