Chapter 158

Chapter 158: Borrowing Your Head for a Moment

At this moment, Nine Heavens City was bustling with activity.

Only five days remained until the Great Competition.

During this time, countless cultivators from the Northern Region were making their way to the Yuanwu Immortal Domain.

Yuanwu Mountain, where the Yuanwu Immortal Domain is located, is the source of the entire Northern Region’s mountain range, the ancestral vein of the North.

Numerous cultivators were converging towards Yuanwu Mountain from all corners of the Northern Region.

The Great Competition is open to all.

Anyone who achieves good results can obtain corresponding cultivation resources.

Therefore, every sixty years, or specifically every Jiazi (sixty-year cycle), the Great Competition is a grand event in the Northern Region’s cultivation world.

As a result, countless cultivators heading to Yuanwu Mountain poured into Nine Heavens City.

The team representing Shifang Qimen for the Great Competition also gathered in Nine Heavens City.

At this time, Nine Heavens City was filled with teams from Shifang Qimen, Qingyang Sword Sect, and Heavenly Medical Sect, the three major forces heading to Yuanwu Mountain.

These three powers are among the top ten strongest factions in the Northern Region.

Junior Sister Jiang Ting borrowed the banquet hall of the City Lord’s Mansion to host a birthday celebration for her junior brother Qin Fei.

She sent out invitations far and wide.

She wanted to throw a grand birthday party for Qin Fei.

She believed this would be his last birthday.

She thought Qin Fei didn’t have long to live.

Upon hearing this from Song Qiang and Lin Wangchuan, Xiao Yang couldn’t help but chuckle.

Turns out, Junior Sister was just a naïve little girl, so easily fooled and manipulated by Qin Fei like a puppet.

She was bought out by Qin Fei, and apparently, she still had to serve him for thousands.

How pitiful.

However, not worth pitying.

Because this was all her doing.

Xiao Yang felt no sympathy for her.

After a feast at Carefree Inn with Song Qiang and Lin Wangchuan, they headed back.

At this moment, Nine Heavens City was a chaotic mix of people.

There were also remnants of the Demon Sect lying in wait.

Even Song Qiang and Lin Wangchuan dared not wander around the city.

Some factions were eager to achieve good results at the Great Competition, even resorting to assassination to eliminate opponents.

Every Great Competition is a bloody affair.

Who doesn’t want to secure a high ranking in the Great Competition?

Who doesn’t want an abundance of cultivation resources?

This is a major event that occurs once every sixty years, capable of changing the fate of an entire sect—nobody wants to miss this opportunity.

After seeing off Song Qiang and Lin Wangchuan, Xiao Yang returned to his room.

He didn’t venture outside.

……

Night soon fell.

Just as he was about to head out, he paused before the door.

At that moment, a dark energy shot straight through the door and right in front of him.

“Huh?”

Xiao Yang had a thought, and the Futian Sword’s aura instantly enveloped him.

That dark energy struck his chest.

He felt as if he had just been slammed by a massive mountain, sending him flying backward, crashing into furniture.

“Boom!”

Just then, the tightly shut door exploded, shattering instantly.

A tall, dark figure stormed in from outside.

“What?”

Xiao Yang stood up from the floor, frowning as he recognized the intruder.

“Xiao Yang, die!”

The black-clothed giant charged towards Xiao Yang.

“Courting death!”

Xiao Yang drew his sword.

Brilliant sword light pierced through towards the black-clothed man.

“Humph!”

The towering figure, like an iron tower, reached out to grab Xiao Yang’s sword light.

“Clang!”

Sparks flew.

The black-clothed man’s hand was unscathed by Xiao Yang’s sword aura.

“Whoosh!”

Before Xiao Yang could react, the black-clothed giant threw a punch at him.

The violent force erupted.

Xiao Yang’s hair flew back from the wind created.

“Demon Fist is invincible, Li Kuangtu?”

Xiao Yang aptly countered with a punch of his own.

“Bang!”

With a dull thud, the entire room shook violently.

The powerful shockwave shattered everything inside.

The two retreated a few steps.

“How do you know me?”

Li Kuangtu was taken aback.

“You came at the right time. I was just thinking my present for Qin Fei lacked weight, so I’ll borrow your head for a moment.”

Xiao Yang looked at the man calmly.

This guy was the son of Li Kuang and also Qin Fei’s cousin.

With Li Kuang dead, he was naturally out for revenge.

But Li Kuang was killed by Qin Fei.

However, it was Xiao Yang who forced Qin Fei to kill Li Kuang.

It didn’t surprise him that Li Kuangtu was looking for him.

What puzzled him was how Li Kuangtu appeared here.

Li Gaitian was injured and in seclusion; he wouldn’t be out anytime soon.

Could there be other remnants of the Demon Sect hiding in Nine Heavens City?

Li Kuangtu was certainly bold.

“Kid, die!”

Li Kuangtu wasted no time and hurled another punch at Xiao Yang.

The ferocious force surged forward.

Half-step Divine Martial Realm?

Xiao Yang instantly assessed Li Kuangtu’s strength.

No wonder he dared to come kill me.

A half-step Divine Martial Realm cultivator taking down a Heavenly Martial Realm opponent was a piece of cake.

Li Kuangtu launched an all-out assault right from the start.

“Just because the tiger doesn’t roar doesn’t mean I’m a sick cat!”

Xiao Yang extended his right hand and firmly grasped Li Kuangtu’s punch.

What wild force? What fierce wind? None could withstand Xiao Yang’s grip.

“You…”

Li Kuangtu was shocked.

He tried to withdraw his fist.

But to his astonishment, he found the strength in Xiao Yang’s hand was incredibly dominant.

He couldn’t pull back his fist held fast by Xiao Yang.

A bad premonition surged in his heart.

Then came the sound of breaking bones.

Xiao Yang’s gripping hand unleashed a swirling force.

With a scream from Li Kuangtu, Xiao Yang twisted his right arm into a spiral.

“Roar!”

Li Kuangtu let out a furious yell, and with his left hand, he brutally severed his own right arm.

He instantly retreated, creating distance from Xiao Yang.

“You’ve actually broken through to the Divine Martial Realm?!”

Li Kuangtu stared at Xiao Yang in shock.

He could never have imagined that Xiao Yang had been playing the fool all along.

On the surface, he appeared to have only reached the peak of the Heavenly Martial Realm.

But in reality, he possessed the immense power of the Divine Martial Realm.

“You can go die now!”

Xiao Yang smirked, the corner of his mouth curling upward.

Li Kuangtu immediately bolted toward the window without a second thought.

No kidding—Xiao Yang was a formidable swordsman of the Divine Martial Realm.

He definitely wasn’t a match for Xiao Yang.

He needed to spread this news far and wide.

He could never dream that Xiao Yang’s strength had actually reached the Divine Martial Realm.

“Thinking of escaping?”

Xiao Yang focused his mind, and sword intent erupted.

A ray of sword light shot forth from him, flickering in the air before swiftly returning, merging back into his body.

Li Kuangtu froze mid-flight, his expression filled with extreme terror.

Then, with a swift motion, Li Kuangtu’s head rolled off.

Xiao Yang’s earlier sword strike and retrieval were executed at lightning speed, almost inconceivable.

Even Li Kuangtu was instantaneously slain.

“Hmm, now my birthday present for Qin Fei has enough weight.”

Xiao Yang picked up Li Kuangtu’s head.

“Thud!”

At this moment, Li Kuangtu’s headless corpse finally crashed to the ground.

Qin Fei, celebrating with the heads of your cousin and your two protectors, I wonder if you’ll cry or laugh.