Chapter 190

Chapter 190: The Banner of Shame

Too fast!

It came too fast!

Jiang Die’s gaze turned icy.

This matter likely isn’t just a spur-of-the-moment idea from this Jiang family prodigy, right?

It seems the others in the Jiang family want to see just how strong Jiang Die really is.

After all, they’ve turned into grub-like critters before; it’s essential to know how severe the injuries were.

If Jiang Die is still invincible, then there’s nothing to say; the Jiang family will continue to be her greatest support.

But what if you can’t cut it?

The cruelty of big families can often surpass that of sects.

In sects, there are no blood ties. If you do something too extreme, it’s easy to lose their trust.

But within a big family, even if things get ridiculously out of hand, they can still use blood being thicker than water to smooth things over.

“Elder, you didn’t say it would be like this when you let me out,” Jiang Die said, looking at Jiang Yuan with a half-smile.

Jiang Yuan chuckled awkwardly, “I didn’t expect this kid to be so impulsive. No worries; I’ll scold him!”

Jiang Yuan was already preparing to rise.

Jiang Die knew full well that if she avoided this again, the next round would bring her an unprecedented challenge.

She had to win this time!

And win beautifully!

Jiang Die stood up, her figure floating down onto the arena, appearing totally relaxed, truly a beautiful scene to behold.

“Jiang Yu challenges, please enlighten me!”

Jiang Yu, a top prodigy of the Jiang family’s younger generation, had flown up from the Second Heaven. His younger brother, however, had perished in the lower realm.

You can imagine the fury he felt towards Jiang Die.

Jiang Die nodded.

“What’s your best method?” Jiang Die asked.

Jiang Yu raised an eyebrow.

“You mean to defeat me using the same method as mine?”

Jiang Die lightly nodded.

“Alright! In that case, I’ll tell you, my strongest technique is the Burial Void Technique. I also want to see just how strong your Burial Void Technique is!”

Jiang Die secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She could also perform the Burial Void Technique.

Her path was that of the Void Dao. Even upon her rebirth, she had already reached the stage of a true person, so re-establishing her path wasn’t an issue.

But the void encompasses everything, thus she infused the void with Lu Ye’s Dao.

Now the void was truly empty, yet the void still existed.

She had been worried that if he named a technique she didn’t know, it would be super awkward.

Thankfully, she guessed right.

“Burial Void Technique!”

“Burial Void Technique!”

The two executed their techniques simultaneously, and it was clear that Jiang Die’s speed was noticeably quicker than Jiang Yu’s.

By the time Jiang Die’s Burial Void Technique took shape, Jiang Yu had only finished half of his.

After all, having been a Great Emperor in her past life, even with Lu Ye’s help, she had her own skills. Unlike that useless idiot, Shangguan.

Jiang Die clearly waited a moment.

Many were shocked; such a fast casting speed! It seemed Jiang Die, as the top Heavenly God realm, definitely still had some tricks up her sleeve.

Jiang Yu finished casting his Burial Void Technique.

“Go!”

“Go!”

In an instant, the void rippled and collapsed.

This technique was one of the Jiang family’s signature moves, and its power was impressive.

The two Burial Void Techniques collided, crushing each other in less than a second. Jiang Yu’s Burial Void Technique shattered while Jiang Die’s faded somewhat but still charged towards Jiang Yu.

“Boom!”

Jiang Yu spat out a mouthful of blood, the void shook violently.

It felt like a heavy hammer had slammed into his chest, and he stumbled backward off the arena, his feet momentarily touching the ground until he finally steadied himself.

The other Jiang family members were taken aback.

So strong!

Jiang Die stood proudly on the arena, slowly speaking.

“Your Burial Void Technique clearly can’t affect a significant amount of space due to insufficient resonance with the runes and the void. You need to refine it well; otherwise, the Burial Void Technique won’t be your strongest technique, but just another means.” Jiang Die casually critiqued with a flat tone.

Her words pointed out Jiang Yu’s flaw.

After speaking, she soared into the air, gracefully returning to her place, sitting quietly.

Jiang Yu’s expression turned sour.

They were peers, and yet she presented herself like a senior. What does that mean?

No, according to their generations, Jiang Die was even his junior.

However, to defeat Jiang Yu so cleanly, especially using his best-suited Burial Void Technique, certainly eased some of the grievances in everyone’s hearts.

It had to be said, Jiang Die had her skills.

Yet Jiang Yu was still somewhat unconvinced.

Even though he lost, he had also flown up from the Second Heaven, and he understood the weight of being first on the Heavenly God Ranking.

The Burial Void Technique that Jiang Die just performed was indeed strong, but it hadn’t reached the point of making him feel hopeless.

Was she holding back on purpose?

Or was she really just that good?

But Jiang Yu felt this matter wasn’t finished yet.

He’d find an opportunity to test this girl again!

…

“Gulp…”

Lu Ye, feeling defeated, opened his eyes, looking at the Emperor’s Banner in front of him.

The Emperor’s Banner trembled continually; each tremor released a massive amount of black mist, swirling and causing souls to sometimes flee, only to be pulled back in an instant.

“Look at that pathetic state of yours. You can’t digest even this many souls?” Lu Ye sighed in frustration.

The Emperor’s Banner shook, faintly conveying a sense of grievance.

It was too low in rank; after gobbling down so many souls at once, it was really struggling even more than last time.

Oh man, it’s gonna burst!

The Tree of Enlightenment nearby swayed gently.

It could relate to the Emperor’s Banner’s feelings; before, it had consumed Lu Ye’s Dao, once from guarding the Great Dao and once from that bug-like thing, leaving it all stuffed…

It seemed like the master enjoyed feeding everything around him to the brim.

The Stone Sword was the same; they say a magic sword needs to drink blood, but the Stone Sword had more than just that—it was practically drenched, with the blood on the blade still not fading!

It’s an embarrassing topic; a sword that was born and nurtured by the earth couldn’t even reach that level of being blood-less—it was all gory!

Lu Ye sighed, directly grasping the Emperor’s Banner, helping it quickly level up.

From an innate treasure to a postnatal Dao treasure.

Finally, the Emperor’s Banner calmed down a bit.

Honestly, the Emperor’s Banner just wanted its current master to take a break for a while and not to kill anyone. Just chill for a bit!

Other people’s banners might have plenty of souls, but those were all weak souls.

But what about itself?

Each soul was stronger than the last, making it seem quite useless.

Unbeknownst to him, Lu Ye had already cultivated to the ninth level of Earth Immortal.

The Second Heaven had experienced a massive reshuffle, and now the balance of power had changed significantly.

He was also in a state of extreme calm before action.

He found a city’s Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion.

“Help me check on the recent situation of Qingyang Sect, Yuling Sect, and Eight Desolations Sword Sect…”

Lu Ye listed the names of the few sects that had escaped.

The people at the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion couldn’t help but glance at Lu Ye before quickly bowing their heads.

“A Spirit Stone is required for payment.”

Lu Ye was taken aback.

That’s why the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion can stand tall in the Nine Heavens for so long, huh?