However, before he could reach Feng Tianlan, the phoenix flying in the sky howled and dived, crashing into him and pierced through his abdomen. The strong stream of spiritual force he released immediately disappeared and Qi Hongan’s body froze in the same spot with disbelief.
Following this, the phoenix transformed into a beam of red light and slipped back into the phoenix pattern between Feng Tianlan’s eyebrows.
“…!”
All those who witnessed this were immensely amazed. There was a moment of silence and it was so quiet that even a needle falling to the ground would have been heard.
Crossing an entire level, the weaker party had defeated the stronger one!
It was unbelievable! It went against the law of the heavens!
“Feng Tianlan, you have killed Master!” Tu Xiupei shouted in rage. “You are such an ungrateful disciple! You will be punished by the heavens!”
Feng Tianlan glanced at Tu Xiupei coldly, then shifted her gaze and stretched out her hands towards Luo Yunzhu. “Lend me the whip.”
Luo Yunzhu had not yet regained her senses from her dumbfounded state. She made some sound of assent and passed the flexible red whip to Feng Tianlan. She did not expect Feng Tianlan to be so decisive in this battle. It was so satisfying that she did not know how she should react.
Qi Hongan felt his cinnabar field drain of power and he could not hold onto any spiritual force. In that instant, he realized what it felt like to have one’s cinnabar field totally destroyed.
“Shang Hongyuan, you must repay for the thousands of lives you took from the Shang town with your own,” Feng Tianlan said in a deep voice, and with a loud crack, the red whip lurched through the air. A layer of ice appeared on the whip, making it look like the Milky Way with shining starlight.
As the whip rose and struck him, it was as if a magnificent galaxy had poured down from the sky.
“You…ah!”
When the whip struck Qi Hongan, he immediately threw up blood, and a deep gash appeared across his body. His knees gave way from the pain and he landed heavily on the ground with a loud thud, the force of which broke the rock tiles.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Strokes of the whip that seemed to harbor the powers of the galaxy landed heavily on Qi Hongan’s body. Each stroke was so deep that it gorged out his flesh and revealed his bones. Qi Hongan felt immense pain yet he did not even have a chance to scream before the next stroke of whip landed on him.
“Good! Good! This is such a good round of beating!” Luo Yunzhu quickly regained her senses. As she saw Qi Hongan getting the beating he deserved, she stood at the side and waved her fists in excitement. She wished she could give him a stroke of the whip herself.
“Father!” Qi Shujie froze for a moment at the sight before he came to his senses and swung his sword, charging at Feng Tianlan.
Feng Tianlan did not even bat an eyelid as the whip which should have struck Qi Hongan seemed to change course halfway, and with a loud slap, landed on Qi Shujie instead. The force of the blow immediately threw him to the ground and caused him to vomit fresh blood.
Qi Shujie fell to the ground and raised his eyes to stare at Feng Tianlan in rage and terror. “You…aren’t you only at the Spiritual Grandmaster level? How can you…” How could she defeat him so easily and beat his father until he was unable to defend himself?”
“I am already a Spiritual King.”
After saying this, Feng Tianlan raised the whip and struck Qi Hongan again. When she saw that his breath was weak and he had fainted, she took out a Quick Healing Pill and handed it to Luo Yunzhu to feed it to him. “Don’t let him die yet, he is still needed here.”
Amongst the many disciples of the Flying Frost Pavilion, one person looked at this scene from across the stage and could not help but tear up in rage. The person clenched their fists and was about to rush up to stop the beating.