Chapter 2237 - The Palace Master Steps In
Chapter 2237: The Palace Master Steps In
When Su Mo defeated Yuan Lie with one blow, the people were only slightly taken aback.
However, they were greatly amazed when Su Mo defeated Bai Zhanchao with one blow.
Everyone was aware of Bai Zhanchao’s strength. He was the most powerful Rank 4 Empty God among the disciples of the Great Gulf Palace.
“Indeed! He’s not here based on luck!”
“He’s powerful and has great talent!”
“It seems that this is still not his most powerful blow!”
The people were amazed and they started to talk among themselves.
Many of them used to think that the Lower Plane was a desert and the martial artists had mediocre standards.
They started to change their perspective when they realized that Su Mo’s strength was comparable to the top powers in the Deity Plane.
“How can this be?” Lian Ting turned as pale as death.
Instead of defeating Shangguan Hao, two martial artists had been defeated by him with one blow and that had made him famous.
“A bunch of good-for-nothings!”
When Senior Brother Liang saw the scene, his face darkened.
Yuan Lie and Bai Zhanchao are useless!
However, he knew that Shangguan Hao had great combat strength and only a True God could suppress him.
When the Palace Master saw the scene, he nodded.
He was pleased with Su Mo’s performance. However, he had expected Su Mo to perform better than that.
He felt that Su Mo was more powerful than what he had shown.
Su Mo looked calm as he stood at the center of the Sparring Ground. After he had defeated Bai Zhanchao, he turned around to look at Lian Ting and the disciples.
“One more round to go!” Su Mo said flatly.
Lian Ting’s face was gloomy, and he became silent. He was communicating with the few of them who were standing beside him with his thoughts.
This is the last round and we must not lose to him. Which of you at Rank 1 True God Realm would like to take him on? Lian Ting asked the disciples who were standing beside him.
In fact, Lian Ting knew that it was meaningless to carry on with the fight.
Even if they had defeated Shangguan Hao, the impact was no longer there.
Shangguan Hao had proven to everyone that he had great talent. Even if he lost to a True God, he was still a top genius.
Shangguan Hao had proven himself fit to receive Tianjiu Palace.
Even so, Lian Ting did not want to lose the last round of the fight.
Senior Brother Lian, let me take him on. I shall defeat Shangguan Hao in one blow. A youth in a purple robe told Lian Ting through voice transmission.
No. You are a Rank 1 Advanced True God and your cultivation level is much higher than Shangguan Hao’s. You will not feel good even if you defeat him! Lian Ting turned him down. The youth’s cultivation level had way surpassed Shangguan Hao’s and it was inappropriate for him to challenge Shangguan Hao.
In that case…let me do it! Another youth in a green robe said. However, he looked hesitant and did not have much confidence.
You may not be able to defeat him!
Lian Ting sighed. The youth in a green robe was a Rank 1 Lower True God and his combat strength was not powerful.
Lian Ting was perturbed. There was no Rank 1 Middle True God in his team.
“Is there anyone who wants to take me on? If there is none, I shall leave!” Su Mo said loudly when he saw that no one took the field.
Just as Lian Ting was about to send someone out, something happened.
“Lian Ting, you shall challenge Shangguan Hao!”
A loud voice suddenly resounded in the Sparring Ground.
When the disciples heard the voice, they realized that it was the Palace Master who had spoken.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The disciples turned their heads and looked at the far-off tower. They saw the Palace Master standing at the highest level, watching the fight.
“This…!”
“Has the Palace Master told Lian Ting to challenge Shangguan Hao?”
“Lian Ting is a Rank 2 Advanced True God. There is a great disparity in their cultivation levels!”
Everyone was shocked as Lian Ting’s cultivation level was at Rank 2 Advanced True God Realm whereas Shangguan Hao was only at Rank 3 Empty God Realm.
That was not only a disparity in the Great Realm, but there were six Small Realms between the two levels.
There was no way to carry on with the fight as the disparity was too great.
Lian Ting and Senior Brother Liang were stunned. They had not expected the Palace Master to step in and pass down such a ridiculous order.
Su Mo frowned and looked at the Palace Master, who was at the tower, and said, “Palace Master, in this case, I admit defeat.”
Su Mo was not interested to carry on with the fight as it was meaningless.
It would do him harm even if he had won the fight as his identity would be exposed.
“Palace Master, let’s forget about it. His cultivation is too low. I won’t feel good even if I defeat him!” Lian Ting said as he looked at the Palace Master.
His cultivation level was six to seven realms higher than Shangguan Hao’s. He did not want to take Shangguan Hao on as their cultivation levels were too far apart.
“Lian Ting, do you want to defeat Shangguan Hao? Shangguan Hao, do you want to defeat Lian Ting?”
The Palace Master asked. After pausing for a while, he said, “Lian Ting, your cultivation level is too high. I can help you bring it down to Rank 1 Middle True God Realm for the time being.”
“This…!” When Lian Ting heard what the Palace Master had said, he hesitated for a while. It seemed to be a good idea.
However, with that cultivation level, he was still three realms higher than Shangguan Hao. He would not feel happy even if he managed to defeat Shangguan Hao.
Although he had great combat strength and it was impossible for him to lose to Shangguan Hao, Shangguan Hao would become famous if he was able to take on more than 10 blows from him.
When Su Mo heard what the Palace Master had said, he knitted his brows. The Palace Master seemed to have given him a strong opponent deliberately.
The Palace Master might have seen through his strength and he was testing him.
The Palace Master did not wait for a response, and he lifted his hands.
He had his palms facing each other and power started to surge in them. He moved his hands around and the Dark Force in his palms formed a small array.
Whoosh!
The Palace Master waved his hands and the array shot out a fair distance and entered Lian Ting’s body.
Lian Ting’s body jerked and his aura weakened. In the twinkle of an eye, his cultivation level came down to Rank 1 Middle True God Realm.
“Alright. I have suppressed Lian Ting’s cultivation level to Rank 1 Middle True God Realm!” The Palace Master said.
Having said that, he turned around and walked into the tower and stopped watching.
All the disciples were shocked and they found the Palace Master’s actions bewildering.
Lian Ting took a deep breath and walked toward the center of the Sparring Ground.
Since the Palace Master had asked him to spar with Shangguan Hao, he had no choice but to do so.
Su Mo looked pale. He knew that his identity would be exposed once he gave it his best shot.
First of all, they would find out that he was from the Chaotic Tribe. Secondly, his great talent would be exposed and everyone would even find out that he was a reincarnated Split-Soul.
“Shangguan Hao, since the Palace Master has instructed me to take you on for the third round, I will do so.”
Lian Ting said as he came to the center of the field, facing Su Mo.
“After you!” Su Mo did not turn him down. Since he had agreed to take on three rounds of the fight, he would honor his word.
“Alright!”
Lian Ting smiled when he heard what Su Mo had said. He was afraid that Su Mo would back out but he had not done so.
Buzz!
Light flashed across Lian Ting’s hand and a curved saber, about 21 meters, appeared.
Lightning shimmered on the curved saber, and the sound of thunder resounded indistinctly from it. It sounded frightening.
“Shangguan Hao, my saber is known as the Lethal Thunder Blade and it is mighty. Don’t blame it on me if you are hurt by it!” Lian Ting said loudly.
Su Mo did not say a word. He lifted the Taiyun Divine Sword, with the five-colored radiance circulating around it.
“Take one blow from my Raze Sky Thunderbolt!”
Lian Ting shouted and shot up to the sky. In an instant, he flew a few thousand meters into the sky.
His body was filled with the power of lightning, and tens of thousands of Lightning Snakes seemed to be slithering in his body.
Lightning burst out of the Lethal Lightning Blade in his hand and it turned into a Thunderbolt War Saber.
Majestic thunderbolt oppression then surged around the Sparring Ground.
That was the power of the thunderbolt and Heaven’s punishment. It was majestic and overbearing.
“Amazing!”
“Even when Lian Ting’s cultivation level has been brought down to Rank 1 Middle True God Realm, he is still so powerful!”
“It is impossible for Shangguan Hao to contend with Lian Ting!”
“Shangguan Hao will be defeated in one blow!”
When the people saw the powerful blow, they started to talk among themselves. It was not a fair fight.
It was unfair as there was a gap of three realms between the two of them. Although Shangguan Hao was powerful, he would not be able to defeat Lian Ting.
Senior Brother Liang sighed and turned around to leave.
The sparring had become meaningless and he had no wish to continue watching.
Although Shangguan Hao would be defeated, Lian Ting would not harm him as the Palace Master had stepped in. Lian Ting would merely defeat Shangguan Hao.
At the tower, the Palace Master sat cross-legged on the Futon and shut his eyes.
However, he was consciously taking note of the Sparring Ground.
Whether Shangguan Hao was a Peerless Herculean or an ordinary top genius, he would find out soon.
Unless Shangguan Hao deliberately lost the fight in order to hide his strength.
However, the Palace Master believed that as a genius, Shangguan Hao would not deliberately lose the fight.