If he won, that would be one thing, but if he lost, Ling Feiyan and Nu Guang, among others, would likely all abandon him.
It was crucial to form alliances to survive in the quota battle of Overlord Commerce.
As he pondered, Shang Fu suddenly clenched his teeth and coldly exclaimed, "To kill you, why would I need to take action myself?"
With that, Shang Fu adopted a righteous demeanor, seemingly disdainful of everything.
"You are not even worthy to duel me one-on-one. You are marked for death by Xingluo Academy; I have no interest in dueling enemies."
"Come, someone, Sikong Jing is right here, surround him!"
Shang Fu’s voice boomed fiercely, and in an instant, powerful auras flashed among the hundreds of Divine Ships, with even two Reverse Soul Realm auras emitting from the foremost Divine Ship.
The next moment, figures darted toward them.
Sikong Jing surveyed his surroundings and casually smiled, "Who just said it’s shameless for the older generation to attack you, Junior Brother Liu?"
As his voice fell, Shang Fu’s face turned extremely red, as if he had been fiercely slapped again.
The corners of the mouths of the people around twitched incessantly, none of them fools, they could all see Shang Fu’s hesitation and embarrassment.
The next moment, figures appeared, and an elderly voice also rang out, "Shang Fu, where is the little beast Sikong Jing?"
As the words fell, two Reverse Soul Realm elders arrived on the small ship.
Soon, they followed Shang Fu’s gaze, and the terrifying Reverse Soul Realm aura pressed instantly upon Sikong Jing... followed by several Golden Body Realm elders and more than a dozen Dao Inquiry Realm powerhouses.
As they landed, all their gazes were fixed on Sikong Jing, radiating murderous intent.
At that moment, Shang Fu finally let out a cold snort.
"For someone like you, a must-kill from Xingluo Academy, we merely need to erase you."
"Elder, please capture Sikong Jing alive and bring him back to Xingluo Academy for disposal."
Regardless of what Sikong Jing said, Shang Fu would not take action himself, he simply could not risk a one-on-one duel.
The two Reverse Soul Realm elders from the Xingluo Academy didn’t know what had just happened, nor did they understand Shang Fu’s thoughts, and immediately nodded upon hearing his words, ready to capture Sikong Jing.
At this tense moment, a pleasant voice suddenly echoed, "Senior Brother Shang, please hear me out. Since Sikong Jing has not killed anyone so far, just let him go."
As the voice fell, everyone immediately looked toward the source, and to their astonishment, they found it was Gongyang Ying.
"Ah Ying, what nonsense are you talking about?" Ling Feiyan’s eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at Gongyang Ying.
The others around also looked furious.
Despite this, Gongyang Ying hesitated but continued, "Senior Sister Ling, you know the grudge I have with Sikong Jing. I would never harm you all, so just let Sikong Jing leave."
Was Gongyang Ying truly considering the interests of Shang Fu and Ling Feiyan, or was it because of the terrifying human-shaped monster?
Her grandfather had told her the need to rely on real geniuses to survive in the quota battle; she obviously could not join forces with the detested Sikong Jing, so she could only rely on Shang Fu and Ling Feiyan.
She truly did not want to see them and Xingluo Academy torn to pieces by the human-shaped monster.
No sooner had she spoken than Nu Guang sneered, "Gongyang Ying, seems like you and Sikong Jing have something going on. Rumors are that you were kidnapped by him for a long time and he took your virginity; now it seems that might be true."
On hearing this, Gongyang Ying’s face drastically changed, gradually turning bright red, too angry to speak,
Meanwhile, Shang Fu also coldly exclaimed, "Junior Sister Ling, what kind of people are you bringing to join me? Make her shut up immediately."
Clearly, if it weren’t for Ling Feiyan’s sake, Shang Fu would have already killed Gongyang Ying.
To suggest letting Sikong Jing leave, what an absurd idea she had come up with.
Ling Feiyan’s face changed drastically when she heard this, and she coldly shouted at Gongyang Ying, "Ah Yin, if you dare to talk nonsense again, don’t blame me for not giving your grandfather any face. Even I won’t be able to protect you then, understand?"
Gongyang Ying opened his mouth to urgently add, "Senior Sister Ling, everything I said was..."
"Shut up, if you spew more nonsense, you’ll be considered as guilty as Sikong Jing."
At this moment, an elder of the Reverse Soul Realm sternly interrupted, then glared at Sikong Jing, his eyes brimming with killing intent, "Little beast, once you reach Xingluo Academy, you’ll know what ’worse than death’ means."
After these words, the terrifying aura of the Reverse Soul Realm swept towards Sikong Jing, and he made his move.
However, Sikong Jing still appeared leisurely and carefree. Facing the powerhouse of the Reverse Soul Realm, he casually said, "Iron Bone, since the people of Xingluo Academy are so shameless, there’s food for you, swallow it for me!"
Following Sikong Jing’s words, a violent wind suddenly swept down out of nowhere.
Everyone’s vision darkened, only to see a huge dark shadow sweeping past from the side of the Changhua Godship.
The next instant, it disappeared in front of everyone, and the terrifying aura of the Reverse Soul Realm elder from Xingluo Academy had vanished without a trace after the shadow flashed by, without coming close to Sikong Jing.
On a closer look, the shadow hadn’t disappeared far but had stopped not far from the Changhua.
Instantly, the gazes of Shang Fu and the others solidified as they finally saw what the dark shadow was.
Gongyang Ying couldn’t help but cover his mouth, softly exclaiming, "Iron Bone Flying Vulture?"
He stared in disbelief, wasn’t the Iron Bone Flying Vulture killed by the people of the Long Night Heavenly Dao Palace?
He had clearly seen the Iron Bone Flying Vulture dismembered.
For Gongyang Ying, the Iron Bone Flying Vulture was all too familiar, as it had cooperated with Sikong Jing in their Imperial Advisor Mansion to kill Mo Ci, and the creature that was supposed to be dead had appeared once again.
In short, just as Gongyang Ying speculated.
Sikong Jing had come prepared, not with a human-shaped monster but with the equally terrifying Iron Bone Flying Vulture.
"Iron Bone Flying Vulture, Reverse Soul Realm!"
Finally, countless people of Xingluo Academy also reacted, screaming in alarm.
The next moment, Shang Fu suddenly thought of something and shouted out loud, "Where is Elder Lu, why isn’t he seen?"
Everyone was stunned, then suddenly realized that the elder of the Reverse Soul Realm who had attacked Sikong Jing had disappeared without a trace.
At this time, another Reverse Soul elder from Xingluo Academy snapped back and growled, "Iron Bone Flying Vulture, did you swallow Elder Lu?"
He pointed tremblingly at the Iron Bone Flying Vulture. Everything had happened in the blink of an eye, from Elder Lu attacking Sikong Jing to the appearance of the Iron Bone Flying Vulture.
And in that instant, had Elder Lu been swallowed by the Iron Bone Flying Vulture?
Upon hearing this, the Iron Bone Flying Vulture’s mouth clicked loudly as it vaguely replied, "Yes, but this old meat is really damn hard to eat."
Saying this, it faced the second Reverse Soul Realm elder and smiled, "I wonder if your meat tastes any better?"
As the words fell... Boom!
The terrifying Reverse Soul Realm aura suddenly burst forth from the Iron Bone Flying Vulture, rolling explosively towards the people of Xingluo Academy. The Iron Bone Flying Vulture, squinting its fierce eyes, seemed to eagerly anticipate consuming the second elder.
Such terror made the latter immediately retreat to Shang Fu’s side, screaming, "Reverse Soul, at least the Third Realm?"
Because of the intentional outburst from the Iron Bone Flying Vulture, he was able to determine the exact realm of the former, indeed the fearsome Third Realm of Reverse Soul!
And this statement completely dumbfounded everyone around.