"Ha ha, what Little Sword God, turns out he’s just a fool!"
Below the platform, the talented martial artists of the Tianyang Empire burst into laughter. Li Xue’s Soul Devouring Blood Array absorbed all True Qi, and even Sword Essence infused with Flame Sun Power from Prince Yan couldn’t resist it. Yet, this guy named Lee Bufan actually unleashed his True Qi willingly to be absorbed by the Blood Array, as if he’s had his brains kicked by a mule.
On the high platform, Lee Taixu wore a bewildered expression, watching Lee Bufan foolishly standing still. His brow furrowed tightly; he couldn’t understand why Lee Bufan, born with a Wind and Thunder Physique reputed for terrifying speed, would senselessly stand there allowing his opponent to lay down the Blood Array.
That blood array was extremely terrifying; even if Lee Taixu were trapped, he might need to expend some effort to break free. Once his True Qi was excessively drained, the outcome of the battle would become unfavorable.
"Bufan, what on earth are you thinking?" Lee Taixu muttered to himself.
Ling Feng was slightly startled at first by Lee Bufan’s actions, but quickly realized, a faint smile hung at the corner of his mouth.
"Big brother, what is Brother Lee doing? His Wind and Thunder Hundred Transformations is known for its speed and destructive power. Standing still to become a target for his opponent, isn’t he abandoning his advantage?"
Jiang Xiaofan couldn’t understand. If it were him, he might be forced to withstand it by all means, but Lee Bufan’s style was entirely different.
"Right, Ling Feng, have you seen something?"
Goo Tengfeng turned, noticing the smile on Ling Feng’s lips, and couldn’t help but ask.
Mu Qianxue, Xue Xiaolin, and others also turned their gaze to Ling Feng, clearly unable to comprehend Lee Bufan’s actions.
"The answer was already given by Bufan earlier." Ling Feng smiled faintly, "Just watch, soon you’ll know."
"Hmph! Such a tease!"
Ye Nanfeng grumbled, refocusing on the platform. Seeing Lee Bufan enveloped by the Blood Array, the situation was exactly like with Muu Liufeng. Once True Qi was devoured, there’s no chance of turning the tide.
Below, the talents of the Empire watched Lee Bufan tensely. Now, it seemed, Lee Bufan was their last hope and belief. If he lost, anyone who followed would merely serve as humiliation for the people of the Tianyang Empire.
"Ha ha ha... Emperor Sky White, this young friend of your country seems a bit dim-witted."
Xiahou Lie laughed aloud, "Did he go up to find someone to send him on his way? Your Majesty, I suggest you let this youngster surrender quickly. His cultivation did not come easily; if he perishes on this dueling platform, that would truly be a pity."
Sky White Monarch took a deep breath, his face still calm and unreadable, only saying lightly, "Continue watching, the results are not out yet; it’s too early to discuss these matters."
"Very well, very well!"
Xiahou Lie laughed wildly, shouting up to Li Xue on the platform, "Li Xue, finish this quickly, shatter their last hope!"
"As you wish!" On the platform, a fierce and malicious glint flashed in Li Xue’s eyes, he grinned savagely, "Boy, it’s over! Be refined into blood by me!"
Lee Taixu immediately stood up from his seat, "General Xiahou, you..."
"Ah, Lord Grand Commandant, on the dueling platform, fists have no eyes; you can only blame this young one of yours for not knowing self-awareness!"
Xiahou Lie sneered, amongst the Three Grand Ministers, Lee Taixu was primarily in charge of military affairs, and his iron-fisted actions repeatedly thwarted Tianyang Empire’s plans to annex Sky White Territory. Since Lee Bufan was Lee Taixu’s descendant, he naturally seized this opportunity for revenge!
"Hmph!" Lee Taixu flicked his sleeve, looking at the platform with a tense gaze, his fists clenched tightly.
On the dueling platform, a roar from Li Xue caused the Soul Devouring Blood Array to erupt with a towering blood glow. The devouring power incessantly gnawed at the True Qi Lee Bufan was outputting. Yet, Lee Bufan stood at the center of the Great Formation, appearing unaffected, looking calmly at Li Xue.
"What... how could this be?"
Li Xue couldn’t believe his eyes as he stared at Lee Bufan at the center of the Blood Array. He was doing everything to activate the array, but Lee Bufan seemed unaffected, his face rosy, Qi-Blood abundant, even as Li Xue received back-reflected True Qi from the Blood Array!
"What happened?" Lee Bufan stared coolly at Li Xue, calmly stating, "By my calculations, the Black Tribulation Thunder within you should be activating by now."
"What? Black Tribulation Thunder?"
Li Xue’s pupils shrank abruptly; suddenly, a severe corrosive pain assaulted him from within. In the next moment, thick smoke started rising from his body, and within a few blinks, he was reduced to a puddle of pus, melting away on the platform.
Everything happened so quickly that spectators below hadn’t even clearly seen what transpired before witnessing Li Xue seemingly vanish into thin air.
"Lee... Lee Bufan won!"
Talents of the Sky White Empire were stunned, the sudden shift of events on the platform caught them off guard.
"Li Xue turned into a puddle?"
A genius martial artist from the Tianyang Empire swallowed hard, rubbing his eyes in disbelief, "Li Xue himself was already sinister, but that youngster named Lee Bufan seems even more sinister!"
"Deserved misfortune cannot be lived through! You were too greedy, wanting to absorb all my True Qi instantly; otherwise, you might have preserved a shred of life!"
Brilliance flickered in Lee Bufan’s eyes as he swung his Sword Edge, sheathing it smoothly with a certain indescribable carefree unruliness.
"What happened? What really happened?"
This bizarre scene almost shocked the entire audience; Li Xue’s death was too abrupt.
"Big brother, I still don’t understand?" Jiang Xiaofan remained bewildered.
"The answer lies within that sword of his." Ling Feng smiled faintly, "Earlier, Bufan didn’t unintentionally inform his opponent that the sword in his hand was called the Thunderstorm Sword. This sword is not an ordinary sword weapon; it contains a terrifying thunderbolt known as Black Tribulation Thunder."
Hanging out with powerful figures like Yan Cangtian, besides other benefits, one can expand one’s horizon significantly.
This Black Tribulation Thunder, naturally, was something known from Yan Cangtian. The Black Tribulation Thunder can transform into ordinary True Qi, yet under the master’s control, it can revert to Thunder Power.
When Li Xue absorbed most of Lee Bufan’s True Qi, assuming victory assured, he didn’t realize those True Qi fused into his very being, setting up his demise.
When Lee Bufan activated the Wind and Thunder Hundred Transformations, converting True Qi back into Tribulation Thunder Power, Li Xue’s Evil True Qi within him naturally suffered a counterattack from Thunder Power.
Thunder is an arch-enemy to all evils. That violent Thunder Power exploded within him, breaking all his meridians, and the evil True Qi within intermingled, dissolving him into blood.
In other words, Li Xue ultimately died by his own hand.
That’s what you call, deserved misfortune cannot be lived through!