CHAPTER 796: CHAPTER 796: SLAP TO DEATH

Ling Chen stole his glory of being ranked on the Heavenly Pride List, how could he not seek revenge?

But what he didn’t anticipate was that he and Ling Chen were assigned to the same battle zone.

How easy it would be to fulfill his desire for revenge!

"Ling Chen, you better not let me find you, or I will surely take your life!"

A boundless killing intent surged in Xie Tianpeng’s eyes.

Afterward, he glanced at the map, burst forth with Spiritual Power, and flew off in a direction.

He wasn’t quite sure how vast the battle zone actually was.

However, to determine the range, he decided to scout around.

Two hours later, he realized that the battle zone was immensely vast.

Finding over two hundred people in such a vast battle zone was akin to finding a needle in a haystack.

"With such a vast range, it’s too easy to hide one’s presence."

Confusion flickered through Xie Tianpeng’s eyes.

Logically speaking, the second round called the Talent Clash,

should maximize encounters among the talents.

But now, with such a huge battle zone, just finding people was an incredibly arduous task.

Many talents also noticed this situation.

Some cultivators who were weaker, particularly those on the verge of breakthroughs, became rather excited.

This was because they still had time to continue their cultivation.

The reason for this was considered by Mu Qing.

Talents, depending on the environment they were nurtured in,

might break through under this pressure.

Although the Heavenly Pride List was mostly dominated by talents from Qing City,

it nonetheless presented opportunities for people from other areas.

After all, he was the State Governor of Qing Province, not Qing City!

He had to consider all the citizens of Qing Province.

Of course, the range of the battle zone would gradually change.

Most cultivators realized this, hence, initially, there weren’t overly fierce battles.

Three days later.

Ling Chen crossed over a river.

"Hmm?"

Xie Tianpeng saw someone passing so conspicuously and moreover, just an Eight-Star Emperor, he immediately started scheming.

He was only a hair’s breadth away from being a Nine-Star Emperor.

Simply absorbing Spiritual Energy was no longer effective for him.

Only through combat could he possibly make further progress!

"It’s you!"

Prompted by his thoughts, Xie Tianpeng’s feet tapped, and his whole body soared into the sky.

Directly obstructing Ling Chen’s path.

"Why are you blocking me?"

Ling Chen stared coldly at Xie Tianpeng.

He did not recognize Xie Tianpeng.

However, Xie Tianpeng recognized Ling Chen the moment he saw him.

Ling Chen was too famous.

Back then, when Young Master Mu commanded Ling Chen, almost all talents got to know Ling Chen.

"Ling Chen!"

Xie Tianpeng’s eyes instantly reddened.

It was Ling Chen who had displaced him from the Heavenly Pride List.

Ling Chen was indeed his enemy!

Seeing Xie Tianpeng’s fierce appearance, Ling Chen was utterly baffled.

He had never met this person before.

Why did this guy harbor such deep hatred for him?

It seemed almost like a blood feud.

"Step aside, I don’t have time to waste with you!"

Ling Chen said coldly.

To him, an Eight-Star Late Stage Emperor wasn’t worth considering.

Now, he was also an Eight-Star Emperor.

It was merely a slight difference in Spiritual Power.

Besides, he needed to meet up with Ling Wu.

He couldn’t be bothered to squabble with this man.

"You don’t have time, but I do! My name is Xie Tianpeng, do you now understand why I am so angry?"

Xie Tianpeng glared intensely at Ling Chen.

"What your name is, that’s none of my damn business!"

Ling Chen shook his head: "I’ll say it again, step aside!"

Hearing this, Xie Tianpeng grew even angrier.

Ling Chen actually hadn’t heard of his name, this was too much of an oversight.

"Ling Chen, you’re courting death!"

Xie Tianpeng roared.

"Boom!"

A surge of unparalleled Spiritual Power swept out!

Following that, a top-grade Emperor Spiritual Weapon Long Sword appeared in the palm of his hand.

"Whoosh!"

Xie Tianpeng made his move, charging violently towards Ling Chen.

At the same time, he infused Spiritual Power into the Long Sword, slashing furiously at Ling Chen!

"You’re courting death!"

Ling Chen snorted coldly.

He didn’t even use his Spiritual Weapon.

A Divine Soul Attack rushed towards Xie Tianpeng!

"Boom!"

Xie Tianpeng only felt a tremor in his Sea of Consciousness, followed by a searing pain spreading out from his Divine Soul.

"Ah!"

Xie Tianpeng clutched his head with both hands, letting out a piercing scream.

The top-grade Emperor Spiritual Weapon Long Sword directly fell.

Due to inertia, his body moved closer to Ling Chen by several meters.

"Die!"

Ling Chen formed a hand from Spiritual Power and harshly slapped it towards Xie Tianpeng’s head.

"Boom!"

With a furious smack from the Spiritual Power hand, Xie Tianpeng’s head burst open.

"With such little ability, you also dare to compete with me?"

Ling Chen scoffed.

His figure shifted, and with his left hand, he released a Green Lotus Sword Qi, shattering Xie Tianpeng’s internal world.

With a thought, Ling Chen transferred the treasures from the latter’s internal world into his own.

Then, he drew in the fallen top-grade Emperor Spiritual Weapon Long Sword.

Finally, Ling Chen continued on his way forward.

...

In the State Governor Mansion.

The largest screen was displaying the scene of Ling Chen killing Xie Tianpeng.

Mu Qing controlled the Void Realm.

He naturally had a comprehensive grasp of these hundred battle zones.

Especially since Ling Chen was under special observation.

Whenever there was a hint of conflict between the two, Mu Qing immediately projected the image onto this screen.

"Hisss!"

Sounds of inhaling sharply arose.

Ling Chen was too terrifying, wasn’t he?

He actually killed an eight-star late-stage Emperor with one slap!

"He’s actually a top-grade Emperor Realm Divine Thought Master!"

Someone exclaimed.

Only Divine Thought Masters could kill an eight-star late-stage Emperor so effortlessly.

Lin Chen turned out to be a genius who cultivated both Divine Soul and Spiritual Power; it was absolutely astonishing!

It’s known that cultivating the Divine Soul is difficult.

In Qing Province, among the younger generation, there are no more than ten top-grade Emperor Realm Divine Thought Masters.

Light Soul City alone occupies half of them.

What’s even more commendable is that Ling Chen once defeated a six-star Emperor using only his Spiritual Power!

"How does he cultivate?"

Many high-level officials of Qing Province found it unbelievable.

Seeing Ling Chen slaughter an eight-star Emperor as if slaughtering pigs and dogs, Liu Xiao was also stunned.

He never imagined that Ling Chen would become so powerful.

Not even an eight-star late-stage Emperor was a match for him.

"A dragon has emerged from the Eastern Domain!"

The Domain Lords of the Western Domain, Central Domain, and Southern Domain looked at Liu Xiao with envy in their eyes.

Why didn’t they have a genius like Ling Chen in their domains?

With this, Ling Chen was fully qualified to ascend to the top of Qing Province’s Heavenly Pride Gang!

Commander Wu Hai from the star capital watched this scene, his eyes filled with complicated emotions.

Even though he knew Ling Chen had such abilities, seeing it again still left him immensely shocked.

"Hopefully Xin Yuan doesn’t offend Ling Chen," Wu Hai prayed inwardly.

...

In the Void Realm.

Hundred battle zones.

Ling Chen, who was en route, felt an unusual yet powerful presence on his body.

"Is this Dragon Energy?"

Ling Chen thought inwardly.

Eliminating a Heavenly Pride Token genius grants ten meters of Dragon Energy!

Although this Dragon Energy is invisible and intangible.

He could still sense it.

Moreover, it seemed that the addition of Dragon Energy made his Divine Soul even more translucent.