NOVEL NEXT Chapter 821: 822: Challenge Me? I'll Tie Them All Up For You!
Chapter 821: Chapter 822: Challenge Me? I’ll Tie Them All Up For You!
In the main hall,
the Starry Sky Battlefield vanished, once again turning into a leaderboard filled with the names of challengers, floating in the void.
The room fell deathly silent. They had thought of all sorts of possibilities; even the slight chance of Wu Mengyao being defeated had crossed their minds. But this strange turn of events was something they could never have dreamed of.
Everyone had their eyes wide open, yet you, my friend, got kidnapped by a gourd?
Doesn’t the Immortal have any pride?
“The sparring of talents is just like this, unadorned and simple. Indeed, it was a splendid battle.”
Li Xiaobai patted the Purple Gold Gourd, smilingly looking around and said, “The seventh rank has now become vacant. Whoever wishes to move up can directly issue a challenge. She no longer has the chance to respond.”
“You… what did you just do?”
“Did you kidnap her?”
“No, this can’t be possible. How could Wu Mengyao, the Immortal, be taken down instantly?”
The disciples were utterly shocked. A prodigy had been suppressed in the blink of an eye. What kind of power was this?
And what sort of Magic Treasure was that gourd that it possessed the extraordinary ability to capture cultivators!
It was already known that these four notorious individuals liked to profit from kidnapping sect disciples and demanding ransom, but no one expected that even this Immortal could be kidnapped so directly. It seems that the other party did not just sneak onto the leaderboard by exploiting loopholes, could it be that they truly overpowered Zhang Kuang, as they claimed?
“I am invincible in this section of the Human Immortal Ranking List. Whoever comes, I will bind, no exceptions.”
“Please wait a moment, fellow senior brothers and sisters. After I deal with these remaining challengers, I will compete with you all!”
Li Xiaobai spoke indifferently.
The prodigies were left speechless by his remark. After witnessing that bizarre scene just now, they had all fallen silent, unanimously. If even Wu Mengyao, the Immortal ranked seventh, had lost, how could they possibly defeat him?
“Damn it!”
“Release her immediately. This is ridiculous; she is an elite of the Super Sect. By capturing her, you are bringing calamity upon our Sword Sect for no reason!”
Elder Ouyang was not intimidated. He was briefly stunned before immediately reacting, scolding angrily.
“I captured her fair and square, so why should I release her? Besides, she has already recognized that we are from the Eastern Continent. Let’s be decisive, kill her and be done with it,” Li Xiaobai said, putting away the gourd without giving face.
“You!”
Elder Ouyang wanted to say something else, but was stopped by the young Sect Master on the high platform.
“Elder Ouyang, although our Sword Sect is not a Super Sect, it is not just any minor sect or faction either. In a duel on the platform, you have to accept defeat graciously. I believe the Hundred Flowers Sect possesses the sportsmanship not to hold us accountable for this. Should anyone come knocking, I, the Sect Master, will deal with it.”
“Li Xiaobai, you must not harm her, as well as those challengers that follow. Keep them well, and wait for their sects to come and collect them.”
The young man spoke.
“Heh heh, thank you, Sect Master. I understand,” Li Xiaobai chuckled. Indeed, although the Sect Master didn’t say it outright, his heart was still with him. Without further delay, he accepted the challenge from the next cultivator and reopened the Starry Sky Battlefield.
…
At the same time.
In the Southern Continent, the Hundred Flowers Sect fell into a massive turmoil, as just moments ago, they had witnessed their own prodigy being abducted by the cultivator known as Li Xiaobai.
The opening of the Starry Sky Battlefield was bidirectional; the spherical space projection would manifest at both the challenger’s and the challenged one’s locations. However, the actual confrontation took place hidden deep within the void, unaffected by the outside world.
Minutes earlier, Wu Mengyao, a highly-favored genius of the Hundred Flowers Sect, had challenged Li Xiaobai under the watchful eyes of countless disciples and elders. After all, most of them speculated that Li Xiaobai had risen to his position by exploiting loopholes.
If a disciple from within their sect could reach the top of the rankings, even if just for a fleeting moment, it would undoubtedly be news to lift everyone’s spirits, significantly enhancing the sect’s reputation.
But to their utter surprise, just one minute prior, the youth on the platform took out a gourd and swept away their Immortal.
Moreover, after the Heavenly Dao determined the victor and the Starry Sky Battlefield disappeared, their Immortal did not return to the Hundred Flowers Sect in the Southern Continent, but was instead taken away by that man in his gourd!
“Meng Yao, the Immortal, was captured by that Li Xiaobai, and in a mere second!”
“Why would the one on top of the rankings capture her? Could it be to make her his own spoils of war?”
“That’s my goddess! How can I allow her to be defiled by others? No, I must go and retrieve my goddess!”
“Give it up. He slaughtered the goddess in an instant, crushed Zhang Kuang, that monster. You going there would be like delivering vegetables for him to chop.”
“It seems Li Xiaobai truly has real skill, not simply ranking first by picking up leftovers. He likely truly defeated Zhang Kuang!”
“Our senior brothers and elders’ speculations were wrong!”
The disciples were enraged and emotional; Wu Mengyao was the dream lover of countless young men. Even being able to admire her from afar was bliss, yet now she had been snatched up by a stranger at first encounter. What if she suffered at his hands?
However, they held a deep reverence for Li Xiaobai in their hearts; in the face of true strength, all they had was respect.
“Meng Yao was actually captured?”
“Can someone really be captured inside the Starry Sky Battlefield?”
“How did that youth manage to do that?”
“That’s not the point. The point is that one of our core disciples has been taken, and we don’t even know where she is!”
“Quick, send an elder to lead a team to the Eastern Continent to search for Meng Yao’s whereabouts. Every minute is crucial for her right now. If it drags on for too long, we might miss the best opportunity for her to break through to the Earth Immortal Realm!”
“Damn, Li Xiaobai is really tricky!”
The elders were somewhat frantic. They had sent a disciple to climb the rankings, and now they had lost her. They could not bear this responsibility; they must find her before the Sect Leader imposed a punishment!
However, what they didn’t know was that similar chaos was unfolding within various other sects at this very moment.
As time went on, more and more talented sect disciples began to disappear.
None of those who had challenged Li Xiaobai and entered the Starry Sky Battlefield had returned. Without exception, they were all taken by him with his gourd at first encounter.
Such maneuvers rendered onlookers dumbfounded.
Future pillars of several sects, budding talents, were being abducted, throwing the high-ranking elders into chaos, as they scrambles to coordinate efforts for a rescue mission.
“Damn, what sorcery is that fellow playing? Is there really a gourd in this world that can capture cultivators?”
“Hurry up and search. If anything happens to my grandson, that sect will have to pay with their lives!”
“Damn, this thing is fierce. Who said he ascended the rankings by sneaking through loopholes? Stand up and let me kill you!”