Infinite Slaughter System: I Kill, Therefore I Ascend!-Chapter 200: The Round of 32! 2

To his credit, Shen Jian managed to plaster a smile on his face that was mildly appreciative. "Not bad. However, it means nothing in the long run. Whatever side methods you use to climb pale in the face of true talent and power."

Without giving her a chance to retort, he pointed forward, releasing a beam of Divine Deva Light toward Qin Yu, who raised her eyebrows with amusement and manifested her Hungry Ghost Avatar, which had a full upper body and was about one storey tall.

Hers was a mild pinkish color with features similar to herself, but only in terms of general outline, and it wielded a whip in either hand. Her Hungry Ghost Avatar smacked forward with one hand, smashing into the light beam and sending it teetering off to the side.

"Heehee, you will have to do better than that if you want to beat me, young man," Qin Yu teased with narrowed eyes, slowly charging up her power for a fatal blow.

Shen Jian lowered his hand and nodded. "Indeed, you aren’t roadside trash that can be taken down in one hit. Therefore, you should be given the honor of facing my second attack."

Immediately, a pair of angelic wings emerged from behind the young man and flapped vigorously, taking him into the air over the stadium. He retained his posture of having his hands behind his back while airborne, looking down on his foe, who wiggled her eyebrows with interest.

"Hiding up there won’t save you, young man! I can reach you anywhere!" Qin Yu shouted as her Hungry Ghost Avatar whipped forward with its right hand, utilizing a great amount of force that even caused a small shockwave in the arena.

Shen Jian merely looked on calmly and swung his hand downward as if making a chopping motion, and his left wing swung forward in response.

SHWWIM!

A sound of severe cutting rang out as a resplendent white light shone, blinding everyone on the stage for a few seconds before they saw the aftermath.

There stood Qin Yu, frozen in place with shock and horror in her eyes, the entire right arm of her Hungry Ghost Avatar, which had been attacking, severed and lying weakly on the ground. The crowd was also shocked, but Shen Jian remained coldly composed, raising his hand again to slash down and kill his opponent, taking a page from the book of his ’patriarch’.

Qin Yu’s very soul trembled, because she truly felt it—the aura of death!

"I concede!" she screamed as she rushed backward off the stage, and the slash that should have hit her struck the isolation array and caused it to tremble slightly.

Shen Jian simply snorted with derision. "You should have done that long ago."

The Divine Deva Overseer wiggled his brows with satisfaction at his Path junior’s performance and continued calling the next names.

"Sixth match, Fei Lun versus Shi Gaolin!"

Two young men walked onto the stage, one from the True Human Hall and the other from the Hungry Ghost Hall. Both greeted each other cordially and erupted into battle when the fight began, with Fei Lun utilizing puppets refined to the third realm using Heavenly Gold from top to bottom, with almost equal strength to a Golden Body body cultivator.

The reason it was said to be almost equal was because a cultivator only refined some Heavenly Gold to increase their physique, but mostly relied on their ’Power’, which was born from the use of their body cultivation technique, to fight. These puppets, though, were made with these materials mixed with others and then cast into this state, granting them raw strength similar to a Golden Body practitioner, but without the special ’Power’ that came with the realm.

Meanwhile, Shi Gaolin was a bit special. He wielded a halberd in hand and fought directly, which was unlike the usual Hungry Ghost disciple, who were usually built like glass cannons. Even more shockingly, his Hungry Ghost Avatar was extremely small, only forming a kind of spectral armor around his body, which enhanced the power of his strikes manifold, even surpassing that of the puppets.

With deft skill and amazing martial technique, the fellow was able to beat away all the puppets and shatter them, eventually pressing the edge of his weapon against the throat of his foe, who smiled bitterly.

"Fine, you win," Fei Lun conceded grudgingly, thinking to himself that he needed to refine his puppet makeup and achieve a way to ignite ’Power’ in them.

Shi Gaolin smiled victoriously but did not push it, taking his weapon back and bowing. "Thank you, this battle was truly exciting."

Fei Lun’s gloomy expression eased significantly as he nodded, cupped his fists, and walked off.

Gu Mugui nodded with satisfaction. "It is not only important to have skill and strength, but also to know the way to lead men."

Yan Moqing agreed. "Indeed, this is very couth behavior from your disciple, setting him apart from the others as a leader."

The Divine Deva Overseer also showed some approval, his opinion of Shi Gaolin increasing significantly since the lad had not performed that exemplarily compared to the other named talents.

However, what he lacked in explosive results from the tests, he made up for in mentality and emotional intelligence.

"Seventh match, Hu Lili versus Shi Mingyun!"

Cheers erupted from the crowd as the energetic tigress bounded onto the stage with a flip, spreading her feet apart in a cat-like battle stance, her claws unfurled and her canines elongated.

Meanwhile, her opponent was a fellow from the Asura Blood Path who gave her an openly lustful look, filled with a mixture of belligerence and possessive intent.

"Hey there, try to last long against me and give me a good fight! I’m super bored after those boring tests!" Hu Lili requested with a wolfish grin, her cheeks showing the outline of whiskers.

"Woman, if I win this battle, you will become my breeding pig. You’d best figure out how to reconcile that fate after I’m done with you," Shi Mingyun threatened coldly, causing Hu Wulei’s face in the crowd to change to one of fury.

After all, as her father, how could he bear to hear someone speak about his little princess in such a manner?

Yet both Wang Kuangnu and Hu Lili herself merely showed smiles of amusement, not saying anything further. While the young lady might be a bit scattered upstairs, it was only due to immense pampering from her father and her own massive strength, which allowed her to solve problems with force rather than thought.

The battle began, and it was a quick one!

Shi Mingyun’s rather remarkable Blood Power manifested and was imbued into his body as he directly charged forward, using it alongside some mortal martial arts to enhance its effectiveness, a typical strategy for most Asura Blood Hall disciples.

Hu Lili roared with power, causing the air to tremble, and charged forward with a spin, brandishing her claws in a beautiful and skillful manner.

Fists and feet clashed with claws on all limbs, both sides striking with full force and causing minor shockwaves with each hit.

This was a pure physical brawl that riled the crowd up and got them excited, and even Li Ling raised his eyes a bit to take a look, mostly interested in Hu Lili.

The battle continued, but soon Hu Lili showed an expression of boredom, breaking off contact and allowing the other side to have a breather.

It was then that the crowd noticed Shi Mingyun was panting and sweating heavily, his Blood Power significantly diminished, while Hu Lili looked just as fresh as if she had just woken up, clearly not even slightly hindered by her foe.

"Is that all? You can’t turn me into your whatever with such lowly strength!" the young lady declared with a grin as she roared and struck forward, sending Shi Mingyun flying off the stage while spitting blood and innards, severely injured.

Hu Lili sighed as the crowd cheered her on again, retracting her tier-one transformation and then walking off slowly with a bored look.

However, when she habitually glanced over at Li Ling, she was startled to see that he was actually paying attention to her, smiling at her with a strange look.

This wiped away her bored expression and made her seem as if she had been injected with chicken blood.

"Finally looking my way! Great, we shall have the battle of the century!"

The Divine Deva Overseer chuckled at the fan-favorite Hu Lili, who won crowds with her beauty and airheaded nature, then called out the next match.

"Eighth match, Bai Yegui versus Dongfang Lingpo!"

The crowd fell silent with bated breath as the young man slated to be among the Twin Monsters of the Six Paths Lower Sect climbed up slowly, his handsome yet pale features making him very attractive to many young women.

On the opposite side, a slightly rotund fellow from the True Human Hall climbed up, smiling genially as he bowed to everyone respectfully.

Bai Yegui responded to the greetings and stood still, clearly giving his opponent the first chance to attack due to the gap between them.

Dongfang Lingpo did not feel insulted by this, but rather took the chance to unveil his power—and what he revealed shocked the entire sect!