Infinite Slaughter System: I Kill, Therefore I Ascend!-Chapter 225: Aftermath, The Tournament Winner! 1
Those of the Hungry Ghost Path seemed shocked by the prospect, but they didn't erupt into fury like the Desolate Hell Hall had, showing the gap in treatment between the disciples of the two.
It wasn't that Bai Yegui mattered little, but rather that the disciples of Hungry Ghost Path had been trained by years of being looked down upon even within their own sect to be like crabs in a bucket or gu in a jar.
So when the arena cleared and only a crater of magma remained, when the full-body Avatar was nowhere to be seen, and when even the Divine Deva Overseer's life and death had been briefly uncertain from the backlash… the Hungry Ghost disciples didn't make a move, grimly remaining silent.
But that was for them. As for the other halls, they were locked in disbelief at such a thunderous end to the finals!
"Is he actually… dead?"
"He couldn't even defend himself… Senior Bai…"
"The Twin Monsters… one of them is gone for good?"
Some clutched their sleeves and looked away as if refusing to accept it, while others stared at the crater with unwilling eyes, as if trying to force a miracle out of it through sheer will.
On the lower Hungry Ghost Hall platform, Gu Mugui's pale face remained expressionless, until one noticed the subtle tremor in his fingers.
His eyes turned toward the still airborne Li Ling once, then returned to the crater, his thoughts unreadable.
'So, this is what it means to share an era with this monster!' Shi Gaolin thought as his throat visibly shook from swallowing.
The earlier humiliation from his own defeat suddenly felt small and petty to Shi Gaolin, like a bruise on a man's arm after he'd watched someone else get beheaded.
He clenched his fists until his palms hurt, and his heart shoo with complex emotions.
If Bai Yegui was dead, then everything Bai Yegui had said earlier about strength and potential became not just philosophy, but genuine prophecy.
And to be honest, Shi Gaolin hated that.
On the Wild Beast side, Hu Wulei's expression was complicated because after all, his beloved daughter had just been broken by Bai Yegui, and part of him still wanted revenge for that humiliation.
Yet seeing Bai Yegui die like this… Hu Wulei's jaw clenched tightly.
'What if… that had been my Lili? What would I have done?'
Hu Lili, having been dragged away and half-conscious earlier, wasn't present to react directly, but in the stands, the Wild Beast disciples wore pale expressions.
Their earlier bravado had been beaten down by this outcome, because the one who beat their princess had been erased from this world like ash.
On the True Human side, Cao Xian's eyes were wide for a moment before she forced them to be calm again.
Her calculative mind moved fast, realizing that if Bai Yegui was dead, it meant Li Ling wasn't merely willing to kill, but rather that he could kill anyone who stood in his way and still walk away.
Her gaze rose toward the upper platforms, then toward the arena, then back to Li Ling, trying to read whether the sect itself would finally draw a line.
Beside her, Shen Jian's face had gone a strange shade of white, caught between disbelief and fear. Bai Yegui had been a legend to the lower disciples, proof that even an outcast could rise.
If even that legend could be extinguished publicly… then what did that say about anyone else?
As for Bai Ruyi, her lips curved upward in a mocking smile as she gently held Lingyi.
Her eyes were bright in a way that made nearby disciples instinctively shift away from her, feeling a chill despite her beauty.
To her, this wasn't tragedy, but merely confirmation of the truth she had learned 8 months ago.
'This is who my husband truly is!'
And because she was the kind of woman she was, that thought didn't frighten her, but rather thrilled her.
Shen Ziyan did not smile like Bai Ruyi, her gaze stayed fixed on Li Ling with a chilling calm, but her fingers pressed slightly into the armrest, showing a rare hint of tension.
She had always known Li Ling was cruel, but cruelty had levels.
A man who could annihilate Bai Yegui, who was the only one that Li Ling even remotely treated like a friend, was a man who might one day stop caring even about alliances, wives, and even about his clan.
For the first time, the thought arose like a alarm in her mind.
'If I ever stand against him… will I also be reduced to nothing?'
Bei Dongshi was not present to react, but his new master Zhen Mingshen did.
The Desolate Hell Path Saint's eyes narrowed as they looked into the crater, then at the lingering heat distortions, then back at Li Ling.
Unlike the disciples, they didn't rely on 'seeing' a corpse, but rather relied on presence, on fluctuations, on the flow of karma.
And their expression shifted just slightly, as if realizing something didn't align!
Yan Moqing, however, was seated with her fists clenched and lips parted, eyes fierce because even though this Bai Yegui was not her disciple, the logic was the same.
If Li Ling could do this to one pinnacle tier talent across the entire continent today, he could do it to another tomorrow!
Her anger wasn't only for Bei Dongshi earlier, but rather for the fact that the annual tournament had become a stage where Li Ling could display his wanton slaughter without consequence!
Up above, the Seven Sins true inheritors reacted in a spectrum that made the lower disciples shiver.
Wrath's shoulders shook with a laugh that was half delight, half disbelief.
"Good! Good!! Good!!! This is what a demonic sect should look like, hahaha!"
Pride's eyes were bloodshot, from offense.
"To kill a famed rival in public… does he think himself above the sect? How arrogant!" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
Envy stared at Li Ling with naked hunger in her gaze, as if seeing a treasure she wanted to pry open and steal from.
Greed's lips parted, murmuring under his breath about 'price' and 'adding to the collection' while furiously rubbing his golden void rings.
Sloth blinked slowly, expression blank… but for the first time, she didn't look bored.
Gluttony's throat bobbed, face tightening with the instinctive fear of a person watching a tragedy occur to their neighbor.
And Su Meiluo watched with a quiet indifference, her gaze lingering not on the crater but on Li Ling's posture, his calmness, and his lack of hesitation.
As if the death of Bai Yegui wasn't what she was focused on, but the ease with which Li Ling did it.
Finally, Tang Huo of the Asura Blood Hall stood up, understanding that now was the moment of truth!
Around him, Asura Blood Path disciples rose as well, their eyes sharp, their auras rising with killing intent, because regardless of what the sect thought, regardless of what the other Paths said…
Li Ling was one of their people, and no one could touch him!
Sha Ren didn't need to say anything, his presence simply hardening and causing the atmosphere to almost congeal due to the sheer potency of his Blood Law.
His message was also clear, if anyone made a move to punish Li Ling, they would have to pay a price!
And the stadium, which was already trembling from shock, shook again as the possibility of a Sect Civil War began to rise again.
But at this moment, Li Ling simply tsked.
"Old Bai, you truly are like a cockroach, very hard to kill!"
Many pupils rapidly constricted at that statement, glancing down into the ruined arena which was still a sea of magma that was bolling and churning, not going to solidify or harden any time soon!
But no matter how people cast their senses down to scan the place, even risking harm by digging into the active magma which was surging with powerful fire element spiritual energy, they still could not find anything resembling a life form!
Many were confused and turn to glance at Li Ling, who had rapidly descended to hover at the middle layer, glancing directly at Path Saint Hei An, the Path Saint of the Hungry Ghost Path.
"Isn't that right, Path Saint?" Li Ling asked with a mocking look on his face.
All eyes fell on Hei An, who was seated casually with her arms folded, her empty sockets turning to Li Ling while her lips curved into an interested smile.
"Oh, so you noticed? Just as well, I wasn't particularly trying to hide it anyway."
Saying this, Hei An simply snapped a finger, and a surge of malevolent Yin Power formed into a Hungry Ghost Avatar head that was silvery gray in color.
From the mouth of that avatar, one could see the burned and severely charred body of Bai Yegui, his features barely discernible and his life a flickering candle in the wind!
Despite Li Ling's attempt, Bai Yegui was still alive!
