The interior of the great hall turned even colder, a bone-chilling frostiness as if filaments of the Silver Soul Formation were piercing into the marrow of one’s bones.
In utter silence, there were pairs of eyes, staring blankly, all fixated on Su Chen.
No one could have guessed the outcome would be .
At best, some might have speculated that Su Chen could win, could work a miracle, but the process... absolutely not !!!
One move to slay Jian Yi? Could this... could this be too brutal, too powerful, too defying the heavens, too chilling to the core?
That was Jian Yi, Jian Yi of the Sixth Level of the Creation Realm!
Not to mention the younger generation, if you count even the older generations, how many super-powerful beings of the Sixth Level of the Creation Realm are there throughout the Four Great Domains of the Xuanfeng Dynasty? It’s really very, very, very difficult to kill a super-powerful being of this caliber!
Yet Su Chen, a young man of twenty-three at the Sixth Level of the Heavenly Fate Realm, has done it.
Lacking by nearly ten Minor Realms!
Lacking by six or seven years!
How outrageous is that?
Jian Yi has always been hailed as a once-in-ten-thousand-years monster, so what does that make Su Chen?
On the main platform, atop the throne, even the face of the Xuanfeng Emperor became very, very grave.
He stared deeply at Su Chen, as if he wanted to see right through him.
Consort Yun was almost the same.
The Seventh Princess, however, after the initial shock subsided, became flushed with excitement, her adored man was... was so terrifying, ten times, a hundred times more horrifying than she had ever imagined!
A sense of pride welled up uncontrollably from the bottom of her heart, and she couldn’t help but send a sound transmission to Elder Huo, "Elder Huo, isn’t Brother Su incredibly powerful?"
"Among the geniuses I’ve encountered in my life, he is certainly among the top ten," Elder Huo said in a heavy tone.
"Only within the top ten?" the Seventh Princess asked in return.
"My princess, in my lifetime, I have seen more than a hundred thousand geniuses! And that includes many from the Ancient Capital City within the Nan’e Ancient Country. For Su Chen to rank among the top ten, it’s like poking a hole through the heavens, alright?"
"Alright!" The Seventh Princess nodded, her smile blooming like flowers, and she looked back at her imperial father and mother, her eyes shining with undeniable pride, as if asking the Xuanfeng Emperor and Consort Yun: Are you satisfied with the man your daughter has chosen?
As for Su Chen, who was the central figure, he simply said, "People! It’s best to keep one’s word, otherwise, don’t boast. Before the battle, he said he’d give me three moves, and didn’t need a sword! What now?"
These words of Su Chen echoed through the hall, and so many martial cultivators wished they could die right then, mourning for Jian Yi.
If Jian Yi had known Su Chen was so ferociously monstrous, would he ever have boasted so wildly?
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Su Chen returned to the side of Qin Li and Qin Du.
"Brother Su, that Jian Yi didn’t seem very impressive after all! I know him; he’s very famous in Yi State Domain! Everyone says it’s unfortunate for people of his generation because they will be suppressed by him forever! My grandfather also said that he could become a legend of Yi State Domain! I didn’t expect he couldn’t even withstand one move against you, Brother Su; he’s too weak. Indeed, you can’t believe rumors!" Qin Li muttered softly.
Despite her quiet voice, her words were almost heard by everyone in the great hall.
For a moment, many martial cultivators present again wished for death.
They really wanted to shout: It’s not that Jian Yi is weak!!! Nor are the rumors unbelievable! It’s your Brother Su who is too monstrous — not human at all, but a living Demon God!
"It seems that, even for me, it would be difficult to win against him," Third Prince Chu Hong, intently watching Su Chen, solemnly pondered in his heart.
The Third Prince was incredibly strong.
The Imperial Family’s number one prodigy was definitely not a name for nothing.
The Third Prince was also confident he could slay Jian Yi, but, he absolutely couldn’t do it as effortlessly as Su Chen had.
Previously, he had tried to gauge Su Chen’s strength and had given him an extremely high evaluation, but he still grossly underestimated him; now, Su Chen had become even stronger than him.
Moreover, Chu Hong was certain that three months ago, when he first met Su Chen in Great Cang City at the Chasing Moon Pavilion, although he also couldn’t quite discern Su Chen’s true strength, he was sure that at that time, Su Chen’s strength was far from what it was now—by tenfold or even dozens of times.
In just three months, Su Chen’s strength had actually increased by tenfold or even dozens of times? Was this still martial arts cultivation?
Chu Hong prided himself as the greatest prodigy of the Xuanfeng Imperial Family in millions of years, possessing the endless Martial Cultivation Resources of the Xuanfeng Imperial Family, yet in three months he could at most enhance his strength by twenty or thirty percent!
Compared to Su Chen, he, Chu Hong, was simply a dolt among dolts!
"Perhaps, he really does have a glimmer of hope to continue alongside Seventh Sister," Chu Hong took a deep breath, thinking that previously he held no hopes at all, but now, there really was a sliver of hope.
In the silence, the Xuanfeng Emperor suddenly spoke up, "Is there any other prodigy who would like to exchange with another prodigy?"
No one answered, even those prodigies who had previously considered it now abandoned the thought. With Zhu Yu as the precedent, any further battles would simply add to the ridicule.
It was like singing—in the beginning, hitting the highest note, then being unable to sing on.
"No one?" the Xuanfeng Emperor asked again.
The response was still silence.
The Xuanfeng Emperor went quiet for a moment, then raised his voice, "In that case, Court Official, please invite the geniuses of the Wanlong Dynasty, True Immortal Dynasty, and Zhengwu Dynasty to come in!"
What? As soon as the words of the Xuanfeng Emperor were uttered, the previously dead silent hall suddenly buzzed with discussion and noise.
It was too unexpected!
The celebration of the Seventh Princess’s birthday was actually inviting prodigies from other dynasties within the South E Ancient Country?
For a moment, many Martial Cultivators grew tense. Not for any other reason but that among the Four Great Dynasties within the South E Ancient Country, the Wanlong Dynasty was far too powerful! It was much stronger than the other three dynasties! The True Immortal Dynasty was also significantly stronger than the Xuanfeng Dynasty! Only the Zhengwu Dynasty was somewhat comparable to the Xuanfeng Dynasty!
Under such circumstances, anyone with a brain knew that the prodigies coming to celebrate the Seventh Princess’s birthday from the other three dynasties might be incredibly powerful.
When prodigies met with other prodigies, they naturally wanted to use the pretext of exchange to teach the other a lesson, thereby stepping on other prodigies to rise to fame.
What followed would surely be fierce battles.
"So this is what the two-thirds point is all about!" Su Chen muttered to himself, recalling the information he had exchanged with Chu Hong earlier.
The Court Official announced loudly:
"Fourth Prince of the Wanlong Dynasty, Qin Tu, has arrived!"
"Saint Heir of the Heavenly Fang Sect, a First-Rank Power of the Wanlong Dynasty, Wu Li, has arrived!"
"Saint Heir of the Tidal Sea Gate, a First-Rank Power of the Wanlong Dynasty, Zhan Qu, has arrived!"
"First Prince of the True Immortal Dynasty, Liu Zhi, has arrived!"
"Saint Heir of the Zhenya Sect, a First-Rank Power of the True Immortal Dynasty, Li Pan, has arrived!"
"First Prince of the Zhengwu Dynasty, Yang Chi, has arrived!"