Chapter 1402: Withered Remnant, War Battle
After the Qi family, it was the Sikong family's turn. Sikong Martial Emperor gazed toward the Heavenly Terrace direction and said in a low voice, "There are still three from the Heavenly Terrace whose depths are unknown. Who is willing to test them?"
"I will." Sikong Yu leaped forward, crossing directly onto the Heaven-Connecting Battle Platform. His gaze swept over the remaining three personal disciples of the Heavenly Terrace who had not yet fought. Among them, one wore a black long robe with a lean, thin build. He did not exude an aura of strength but instead gave the impression of having weak vitality.
Another was burly and seemed full of power. On his forehead, there was even a faint bulge, like a horn, making him appear especially eerie.
The last one was very quiet, exuding only a peculiar aura, as if he were an ordinary person. But the more such a person seemed, the more they gave off an unfathomable feeling, making it difficult to gauge them and reckless to challenge them lightly.
"You, come out and fight!" Sikong Yu pointed at the young man in the black long robe. The young man stepped forward, soared into the air, and instantly descended onto the Heaven-Connecting Battle Platform, meeting Sikong Yu's gaze.
"Whoosh!" Sikong Yu's eyes suddenly turned eerie. His bloodline churned, and his aura exploded wildly. His divine eyes were like lightning, his pupils dazzling, shooting out brilliant light as if to see through all illusions, leaving no attack hidden.
"Wither!" The black-robed youth uttered a single word. Instantly, the entire void seemed shrouded in darkness. Heaven and earth withered, heading toward decay. Everything turned decayed and withered.
Sikong Yu's expression changed abruptly. The withering force descended upon him, causing his bloodline to dry up, his essence, energy, and spirit to wither and decay. Even his Heavenly Eye technique seemed to herald doom and wither away.
"Wither-type essence!" The crowd's eyes trembled. What a peculiar essence power. How could all the personal disciples of the Heavenly Terrace be so distinct? It was as if the Stone Emperor and Yu Emperor had traveled the world and gathered all kinds of talents by their side. This man's withering essence caused heaven and earth to decay, draining a person's essence, energy, spirit, and bloodline. It was very similar to Ruoxie's Desolate Time Essence, affecting everything in the entire space.
This scene reminded Lin Feng of an opponent he had encountered during the Snow Domain competition, Withered Wood. His aura was somewhat similar to this senior brother's. However, compared to Withered Wood, the senior brother fighting on the Heaven-Connecting Battle Platform was far more powerful. He seemed to cultivate only this one type of essence power, but he had refined it to an extremely formidable level. With seventh-layer essence power, a single thought could cause Sikong Yu's body to wither.
"If I could cultivate my Curse Essence to the seventh layer, I could achieve this level too!" Lin Feng murmured to himself. The power of curses encompassed all things, changing in countless ways. It could curse a person's aura and bloodline, achieving a withering effect, though it lacked the sharp focus of this senior brother.
"Whoosh!" Within the bloodline of the Heavenly Terrace personal disciple, an ancient tree soared into the air, instantly appearing above Sikong Yu. This massive ancient tree was filled with boundless withering intent. Moreover, even the disciple's bloodline carried the aura of decay.
"An aberrant martial soul. Sikong Yu has kicked an iron plate. He's doomed!" The crowd's eyes froze. They saw the withering ancient tree spread its branches and leaves, countless tendrils enveloping Sikong Yu below.
"Get lost!" Sikong Yu roared. His palm turned into a sharp blade, slashing toward the withering ancient tree above.
"Wither and crack!" The Heavenly Terrace expert shouted. The ancient tree withered and split, breaking into countless fragments of branches and leaves. They then descended upon Sikong Yu, causing his expression to stiffen as he stared at the withering debris covering his body.
"Withering technique!" The personal disciple shouted coldly. Sikong Yu let out a roar, screaming in agony. His body gradually withered. His flesh, bloodline—everything dried up. His body shrank little by little until it completely disappeared within the endless branches and leaves, as if devoured by the ancient tree.
The scattered, withered branches and leaves reformed into the ancient tree, which then burrowed back into the Heavenly Terrace expert's body. Only then did the crowd understand why he did not exude a strong aura but instead gave off a sense of weakness and had a lean build. This was inseparable from his martial soul and the cultivation technique he practiced.
"I am Withered Remnant!" The Heavenly Terrace expert said calmly. Then, his figure flickered as he flew back toward the mountain range of the Heavenly Terrace. He stood behind Yu Emperor without a word, yet he made everyone feel an indescribable oppression.
"Why are all of Yu Emperor's personal disciples so powerful and formidable? Are the remaining two also this terrifying? Can all of them easily kill ordinary sovereign lords?"
Many people thought to themselves, filled with doubt. Was it that the Stone Emperor and Yu Emperor had discovered them as such prodigies, or had the two emperors made them so monstrous?
"As for the last two personal disciples who have yet to reveal their strength, how strong are they? Do they also possess special, powerful means?" Everyone was filled with curiosity about the final two.
However, in the next battle, the Wen family sent out a very powerful mid-rank venerable martial prodigy, who killed a relatively weaker mid-rank venerable martial expert from the Qi family.
The Demon Heavenly Hall also had a formidable mid-rank venerable martial expert step forward, doing the same as the Wen family—killing one of the weaker among the remaining five of the Qi family. They used their own strong members to fight the Qi family's weaker ones, gradually reducing the Qi family to their last four mid-rank venerable martial experts. These four were not so easy to deal with; they were all very skilled. But if this pace of elimination continued, soon the Qi family's mid-rank venerable martial experts would be wiped out completely.
Next, the Undying Heavenly Palace also sent out a very powerful mid-rank venerable martial expert, who defeated the weakest of the Qi family's four, knocking him off the battle platform and eliminating him. This made the crowd sigh. It seemed that the Undying Heavenly Palace's actions were not just about Jun Moxi helping Lin Feng take revenge on the Qi family. It was said that because the old palace master's lifespan was nearing its end, the Qi family, also located in the East Sea, had already made many small moves against the Undying Heavenly Palace.
When the Qi family's crowd saw that only three mid-rank venerable martial experts remained in their family, their faces turned ashen. It could no longer be described as merely ugly.
The Qi family, as the host faction, was now in the worst state. They had the most deaths, the most eliminations. Now, they had a total of nine people left: three mid-rank venerable martial experts and six sovereign lords. Among all the martial emperor factions, they had the fewest remaining. Moreover, the Heavenly Terrace would obviously not let them off. When it was the Heavenly Terrace's turn again, the Qi family would likely be left with only two people.
"The Qi family has lost a lot of face this time. They wanted to destroy the Heavenly Terrace, but instead, the Heavenly Terrace destroyed them first."
The crowd understood clearly why the Qi family was in such a miserable state. There were two reasons. First, Mu Feng had attracted the powerful firepower of the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress. The Heavenly Dragon Seventh Prince and the Heavenly Dragon Fifth Prince were both very formidable. They might have been able to defeat some of the Heavenly Terrace's personal disciples. Even if the Seventh Prince couldn't, the Fifth Prince should have been able to, but both died at Mu Feng's hands.
The second reason was that the Heavenly Terrace's mid-rank venerable martial personal disciples were all strong without exception. At a glance, they all seemed powerful. The Sikong family tested them repeatedly and failed, getting killed in return. The same happened to the Qi family. This left the Heavenly Terrace's remaining members as solid as a rock. In contrast, the Qi family's strength was not as evenly distributed. They had tiers, and the Demon Heavenly Hall, Wen family, and Heavenly Terrace picked them off one by one, killing them. They used their own strong members to fight the Qi family's weaker ones, eliminating them one by one. In the end, the Qi family was left with just three people, a very miserable state.
Some even suspected that if this continued, the Qi family might be killed off entirely, leaving none alive.
When the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress took the initiative again, the Heavenly Dragon Fourth Prince's killing intent soared to the heavens, and his demonic aura surged boundlessly.
"There's no need for you to go." The Heavenly Dragon Emperor, with his eyes closed, spoke and then said in a low voice, "Qi Qianxing will have a battle with Mu Feng. Wait and watch first."
"Fine!" The Heavenly Dragon Fourth Prince's hands made cracking sounds, as if he could barely contain himself. Then, the Heavenly Dragon Emperor sent a venerable martial sixth-layer expert from the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress to challenge the two Heavenly Terrace personal disciples who had not yet fought. He chose to fight the burly one with the bulge on his forehead.
When the two fought, they clashed with overwhelming force. The Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress expert was naturally strong in attack power, but the burly personal disciple matched force with force, roaring into the sky, shaking heaven and earth. In the end, the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress expert transformed into a dragon, annihilating everything, while the Heavenly Terrace disciple transformed into a barbarian war beast. The crowd saw a terrifyingly massive beast there, which brutally killed the dragon-transformed Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress expert.
"A barbarian war beast, the Wasteland Horn Beast!" The crowd's eyes narrowed. This personal disciple was actually a barbarian war beast, born for battle. No wonder there was a bulge on his forehead.
Seeing the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress expert lying on the ground, his aura weak, his chest pierced through by the wasteland horn, it was a shocking sight.
"Roar!" The Wasteland Horn Beast roared. Its massive four hooves slowly stepped forward. Its cold, enormous pupils stared at the figure on the ground. Its front hooves slowly lifted, then stomped down fiercely.
"No..."
"Crack!" A miserable scream echoed through the void. The man's body was crushed into a pool of blood by the massive iron hooves. The Wasteland Horn Beast was bloodthirsty and warlike.
"My name is War Battle!" The massive voice came from the beast's mouth. Then, War Battle transformed back into human form and flew back toward the Heavenly Terrace. A combat-type demon beast, warlike and strong, with terrifying attack power.
"Killing these Heavenly Terrace personal disciples is too difficult. Elimination is still possible." The crowd trembled inwardly. How terrifying.
When it was the Heavenly Terrace's turn again, the last personal disciple who had not yet fought stepped forward. His gaze locked onto the Qi family, looking at their three best mid-rank venerable martial experts. He pointed at the weakest among them and said, "Come out!"