# Chapter 2196: Eleven People
Xue Yi appeared on the stone pillar outside, her expression stiff, her face ashen. She had lost, and lost so completely. She had thought Zhou Rongman would be relatively easier to fight, that she could kick him out of the competition, thus reducing the number of competitors for the top ten by one. However, she clearly had not anticipated that the battle would be so different from what she had imagined. She had been defeated so easily.
"That power, and that speed at that moment—how could it be so terrifying? Why did it look so slow!" Xue Yi's expression was stiff. Even when she summoned the power of the stars, it was shattered by the opponent's pure force. This battle was too complete a defeat.
In Shen Xiao City, countless people wore stiff expressions. Many of them had not even clearly seen how Zhou Rongman had defeated Xue Yi, the First Beauty of Bi Xiao.
"That guy, laughing and joking, acting like he's sick, but he's actually that powerful." The crowd found it hard to imagine. Once might be luck, twice might be coincidence, but Zhou Rongman had advanced all the way to this point, even defeating the First Beauty of Bi Xiao. Could it still be luck or coincidence? They had all clearly seen Xue Yi's strength just now—her Star Battle Body, summoning stars to fight, bathed in starlight, containing supreme star divine might.
"Hehe, bald donkey, are you going to leave on your own, or do I have to invite you out?" At this moment, Heavenly Soul Saint walked up to Kong Ming, a cold smile at the corner of his mouth.
Lin Feng looked over there. He had originally wanted to deal with Heavenly Soul Ancient Saint himself, but since he had challenged Kong Ming on his own, it was a good chance to see Kong Ming's current strength. To Lin Feng, Kong Ming had always been very mysterious. Even the Prophet seemed to have concealed something about him in the past without revealing it.
Kong Ming sat cross-legged, like an ancient Buddha, still unmoving. He looked calmly at Heavenly Soul Saint before him, his hands pressed together, inner Buddha light radiating. His entire body was enveloped in a golden body, radiant light shining, the power of the ancient Buddha spreading outward.
"Your heart is impure, your soul attacks twisted. You should have been out long ago." Kong Ming's voice slowly emerged, like the sound of an ancient Buddha, causing an echo to ripple through the void.
Heavenly Soul Saint's eyes narrowed slightly. This Buddhist bald donkey spoke arrogantly, actually telling him to get out.
A black mist condensed around him, and before him appeared pitch-black soul spears, instantly locking onto Kong Ming's soul ahead. A terrifying power of soul-piercing killing spread, giving off a frightening sense of crisis.
At the same time, in the void where Heavenly Soul Saint stood, strands of soul chains stretched across, locking people's souls.
"Kill!" Heavenly Soul Saint spat out a single word. The soul spears tore through the void, charging toward Kong Ming ahead. But Kong Ming's back manifested one hundred and eight Buddha statues, Buddha light blazing to the heavens. Kong Ming's body transformed into a glazed golden body, light flowing. The spears struck against it, making crisp cracking sounds, unable to pierce the golden body.
Pairs of hands extended from behind Kong Ming, grasping the spears, then crushing them to pieces. This scene caused Lin Feng's pupils to contract. Kong Ming was very strong.
It wasn't just Lin Feng who noticed. Many people in Shen Xiao City also observed this scene. Their gazes all fell upon the battlefield between Heavenly Soul and Kong Ming, their expressions shocked. Two top experts from Saint Mountain, Hua Qingfeng and Kong Ming, still held their top ten positions. Everyone knew Hua Qingfeng's strength, but they had only heard of the monk Kong Ming and didn't know his true power. Now it seemed he was very strong—strong to the point of being excessive.
Heavenly Soul Saint frowned slightly, staring at the one hundred and eight golden Buddha statues ahead. A cold light flashed in his eyes: "This is... the Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage to Heaven Technique, the Indestructible Golden Body."
Heavenly Soul Saint stepped forward. Chains filled the air, and in an instant, soul chains spanned the heavens, as if about to cover the entire sky. Those soul chains flashed from the void, invading the Buddha light, trying to bind those ancient Buddhas. Buddha light and black light became entangled.
At this moment, Kong Ming continuously chanted great Sanskrit sounds from his mouth. Ancient Buddhist seals appeared. All Buddhas paid homage to heaven, chanting supreme Buddhist teachings. Ahead, all power would be annihilated. Evil spirits retreated. The supreme power pressed forward like millions of Buddhas. Heavenly Soul Saint felt his entire body shaking, his long robe fluttering, his face pale. Kong Ming actually wielded supreme Buddhist power.
"Kill!" Heavenly Soul Saint roared explosively. Endless soul chains twisted through the void, eroding even those ancient Buddhas. Rumbling, terrifying sounds emerged. The ancient Buddhas collapsed. Heavenly Soul Saint strode forward, containing a trace of saintly might. At the same time, endless soul spears tore through the air, as if never-ending, trying to kill Kong Ming.
At this moment, Kong Ming stood up. All the Buddhas moved with him. His hands remained pressed together, solemn and boundless. He closed his eyes and walked forward, like a small monk enveloped by ten thousand Buddhas, appearing so insignificant. Yet behind him was the power of ten thousand Buddhas supporting him. The golden body on him was eternal and indestructible.
The spears crazily pierced Kong Ming's body, as if trying to pierce through his golden body and shake his soul. But Kong Ming seemed not to notice, stepping forward step by step. The Buddha said all appearances are non-appearances, all beings have no form, no form of beings, no self is Tathagata. At this moment, Kong Ming had no form of beings, no joy, no sorrow, no pain, no grief. He was Buddha.
Heavenly Soul Saint's face gradually turned pale. He didn't believe his saintly techniques wouldn't harm Kong Ming, yet the other remained unmoved, his expression unchanged, so devout. Buddha is me, I am Buddha. And the pressure he was enduring grew more and more terrifying. Under the Buddhas, he felt himself so insignificant. As an ancient saint, he actually felt insignificant.
The collapsed Buddhas rose again. Ten thousand Buddhas were reborn, paying homage to heaven. A supreme technique pierced heaven and earth. Only light remained, piercing toward Heavenly Soul Saint. Heavenly Soul Saint's body twisted under that beam of light. Then he moved his mind, and his figure disappeared from the spot. The Buddha light flooded, coming from nothingness, turning into nothingness. Heavenly Soul Saint's body had already appeared on the stone pillar outside, eliminated, not qualified to enter the top ten.
"How is this possible!" Heavenly Soul Saint clenched his fists, his face twisted. As an ancient saint, he was actually excluded from the top ten. That monk, how could he cultivate the supreme Buddhist technique? Saint Mountain's Buddhist sect, are you really that powerful?
The people of Shen Xiao City were speechless watching this battle. Kong Ming, temporarily ranked eighth, was very strong. It seemed that besides needing to reassess Lin Feng and Zhou Rongman's strength, they also needed to reassess Kong Ming's strength.
Lin Feng was also quite shocked in his heart. Kong Ming's strength was very frightening.
"That bald donkey, he's been hiding his abilities all along." On the stone pillar outside, Xian Ren cursed softly. Based on the combat power he had just displayed, he could contend with any strong opponent.
Kong Ming returned to the green grass, sat cross-legged, and the aura on his body had already been completely withdrawn, as if the battle just now had nothing to do with him.
The battle between Jing and Yao San was extremely fierce. Now, it had also reached a conclusion. The final result was Yao San's tragic victory. Jing had left a heavy strike on him before leaving this space. Even now, Yao San's body was dripping blood. His blood-colored pupils were demonically boundless. His body had suffered severe damage. That woman was a madwoman.
Three battles ended one after another. This way, only twelve people remained in this space.
"Since you're severely injured, leave on your own, so we don't have to send you out." Wu Ya Zi stared at the Third Demon Young Master, saying coldly. This made the Third Demon Young Master's expression stiffen. The Qi Tian Holy Capital's Demon Domain had cultivated thirteen demon young masters. Most of them were in the Martial Emperor peak battlefield, but now only he remained. They had come for the peak of the Nine Heavens Gathering, yet now they hadn't even been able to step into the threshold of the top ten.
Seeing all eyes fixed on him, the Third Demon Young Master's blood-colored eyes grew even uglier. These bastards wanted to take advantage of his injury to kick him out. It was all Jing's fault. That madwoman—he would definitely kill her. No, make her wish she were dead. If not for her, he wouldn't have reached this state.
"You brought this on yourself. Get lost." Lin Feng coldly spat out a sound, killing intent spreading. The Third Demon Young Master's face was pale. He knew he couldn't stay. There were still two people to be eliminated, and none of these people were easy to deal with. And he happened to be injured. So he had to leave. There was no choice.
"All of you remember this." The Third Demon Young Master's blood-colored pupils swept over everyone. Then he moved his mind, and his figure disappeared. Ending his journey at the Nine Heavens Gathering with the twelfth position.
The Third Demon Young Master withdrew from the battlefield. In the space, only eleven people remained. One more person needed to be eliminated. The space once again froze. Who should be that last person?
Hua Qingfeng, Array Master, Wu Ya Zi, Yu Qing, Chu Chunqiu, Heartless Young Master, Kong Ming, Nine Spirit Emperor, Mo Luo, Zhou Rongman, Lin Feng.
The gazes of Shen Xiao City's people swept over these people. Many of them hadn't even participated in a single battle, yet no one dared to underestimate them. And those who came later had also proven themselves. No one dared to say who should be eliminated.
"There are still five Nine Heavens First Lords. This time, they're going to break the previous record. Even if the last person eliminated is one of the Nine Heavens First Lords, there will still be four Nine Heavens First Lords entering the top ten." People said quietly. Besides the Nine Heavens First Lords, only that Array Dao expert and Chu Chunqiu hadn't participated in battles. But these two had displayed very frightening strength earlier.
Besides those two, Mo Luo, Zhou Rongman, Lin Feng, and Kong Ming had all proven themselves. If you wanted to eliminate them, you had to be prepared to be eliminated yourself.
Then, unless they chose one of the Nine Heavens First Lords who hadn't fought—Yu Qing, Heartless Young Master, or Nine Spirit Emperor?
Nine Spirit Emperor was currently the last-ranked Nine Heavens First Lord. Analyzing it, he seemed to be the most suitable candidate. Therefore, some people's gazes had already fallen upon Nine Spirit Emperor!