Shio Yu's icy "heh" of a laugh echoed out. At this very moment, countless Living Beings who heard that cold "heh" felt the surrounding temperature drop several degrees in an instant, a bone-chilling cold intent diffusing between heaven and earth.

Right after, an incomparably frigid killing intent erupted from Shio Yu as the center, ravaging madly in all directions. They only heard Shio Yu speak again, voice cold: "You five had better pray you don't encounter me, Shio Yu. Otherwise, just! Go! Die!"

On those last three words, Shio Yu enunciated each syllable, incomparably icy. Hearing that voice made one's spine turn cold!

Those five actually dared go against his, Shio Yu's, will. He, Shio Yu, was enraged!

In the battles of geniuses to come, whichever clan's genius encountered him, Shio Yu, would have to bear his wrath!

In the minds of many Living Beings, the scene of those five clans' geniuses struggling under the Nether River Blood Palm suddenly surfaced, and the miserable wails of the Ancient Skeleton Clan genius Kuo Sang seemed to still echo in their ears.

In that instant, they only saw Shio Yu, standing proudly in midair above the arena platform, flicker once, then his figure vanished without a trace.

"The second round of the genius battle is over. Rest for half a day; after half a day, it will continue!" At this time, the Longevity Old Demon announced again.

The genius battle had once more entered a half-day rest period.

"Finally, a rest!" Hearing the Longevity Old Demon's announcement, Miss Shii Wu finally let the nerves that had been taut since earlier slowly relax.

She then turned her head toward Shi Feng at her side and asked with some concern, "Shii Fan, are you confident you can defeat that Shio Yu?"

As soon as Shii Wu's voice rang out, not only did the four young Ancient Corpse Clan members seated in the very front row, but even the other elders of the Ancient Corpse Clan, all fix their gazes tightly on that young figure.

Waiting for his answer.

Although this person was fighting on behalf of the Ancient Corpse Clan, whether he could defeat that Evil Demon Shio Yu from the Blood Devouring Race, they still harbored doubts in their hearts.

"Hmph, heh!" Hearing Shii Wu's words, Shi Feng let out a cold laugh and said, "I already said just now, in this genius battle, I will definitely take Shio Yu's life. Don't tell me you don't believe me?"

"I…" Hearing Shi Feng's words, Miss Shii Wu was momentarily at a loss for words.

Although Shi Feng said so, the other Ancient Corpse Clan people did not take his words to heart.

To them, Shi Feng's words were nothing more than bravado. How things truly were would still depend on that battle atop the Heavenly Pride Arena.

"Between this person and Shio Yu, I still favor Shio Yu!" An old corpse secretly sighed in his heart.

"Shio Yu!" The Corpse God of the Ancient Corpse Clan was also muttering this name under his breath.

Up to now, the Corpse God had already acknowledged Shi Feng's Battle Power, but if Shi Feng fought Shio Yu, the Corpse God still felt somewhat uncertain in his heart.

"This brat should have cultivated the complete Reverse Corpse Battle Technique! The Reverse Corpse Battle Technique is indeed powerful, but the backlash it brings him is no ordinary thing. When he previously unleashed the complete Reverse Corpse Battle Technique, the backlash was even stronger than before!

Compared with Shio Yu, however, his control over the Nether River Blood Palm is much more proficient!" The Corpse God's eyes were also fixed on that figure ahead as he spoke inwardly to himself.

"Shii Fan, I believe you. You will definitely be able to kill Shio Yu!" At this time, an incomparably firm expression surfaced on Miss Shii Wu's deathly pale face as she spoke to Shi Feng. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"But of course." Shi Feng grinned and said.

Then he suddenly turned his head, looking toward a section of stands to the rear right that wasn't too far away from here!

Those stands were precisely where the Human Clan was seated. Shi Feng's gaze immediately locked onto that Black Robe! It was exactly that Human Clan's Genius participating in the genius battle!

And at this moment, that Human Clan's Genius also seemed to sense that Shi Feng was looking at him. The Black Robe shifted, and the man hidden within it also appeared to gaze back at Shi Feng.

The two of them simply stared at each other like that, neither moving.

"Hmm?" At the Black Robed Man's side, the Human Clan's Clan Leader, Dugu Xingyun, suddenly noticed the Black Robed Man's abnormality and let out a light sound.

Following the direction the Black Robe was facing, he turned his head, and at once Dugu Xingyun once again saw that hateful, deathly pale face. His old face instantly turned icy as he spat out harshly, "Shi! Feng!"

"Ancient Corpse Clan Secret Technique! Hmph! If it wasn't for Dongfang Hongshan encountering that Ancient Corpse Clan brat, I'd still be kept in the dark by this Ancient Corpse Clan, by this little beast!"

He then turned back and looked at the Black Robed Man seated beside him, speaking in a suddenly gentler tone, "Do you know this person?"

"This person?" Hearing Dugu Xingyun apparently speaking to him, the Black Robed Man came back to his senses and responded in puzzlement.

Then, as if understanding who Dugu Xingyun meant, he said, "You mean that Ancient Corpse Clan's Shii Fan?"

He then added, "How could I possibly know him."

"Oh, right!" Hearing the Black Robed Man's words, Dugu Xingyun nodded.

He had almost forgotten again: this Shi Feng had used the Ancient Corpse Clan's Secret Technique to alter his appearance and impersonate an Ancient Corpse; to the eye, he was no different from those Ancient Corpses.

Even if this Black Robed Man had seen that Shi Feng before, how would he know this Shii Fan was him?

When the Great Elder Dongfang Hongshan returned to inform them that this Shii Fan was Shi Feng, the Black Robed Man had happened to leave the Human Clan's stands.

Next, the Black Robed Man once again looked toward the Ancient Corpse Clan's stands. His eyes once more fixed on that young Ancient Corpse, and this time he secretly said in his heart:

"But this Ancient Corpse Clan's Shii Fan gives me an extremely strange feeling. Why would I… have this kind of feeling?"

...

After staring at the Human Clan's stands for a while, Shi Feng withdrew his gaze. This time, he sat quietly on the Ancient Corpse Clan's stands without leaving and did not speak again, as if he had fallen into deep thought.

Seeing Shi Feng like this, Shii Wu and the other Ancient Corpse Clan youths did not speak further either, maintaining silence the whole time, afraid of disturbing him.

To them, if Big Brother Shii Fan was lost in thought, he was definitely thinking about something very important—something that might determine whether he could defeat Shio Yu and seize first place in this genius battle!

And Shii Wu, sitting beside Shi Feng, slightly turned her head and just kept quietly watching him like that.

Sometimes she felt that if time could stop at this moment and she could simply continue to look at him quietly like this, that would be quite good.

...

Time slowly passed, the sky gradually darkened, and before long it completely entered the night.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh"—gusts of night wind swept across heaven and earth.

Though it was night, for the various clans' Living Beings, with their eyesight, there was no difference between night and day.

The Longevity Old Demon's aged figure once more appeared above the Heavenly Pride Arena, and that old, hoarse voice again echoed across this Heavenly Pride Battlefield: "Half a day has passed. The genius battle enters the third round!"

Now, above the Longevity Old Demon, only six light spheres remained, slowly rotating, like six light-fish circling and swimming in slow arcs.

Then, the Longevity Old Demon once more stretched out his pair of withered hands, grabbed upward, and immediately seized two light spheres again.

"Human Clan's Genius, versus…"