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Chapter 1043: Chapter 134 Sacred Body_4
“We’re still in the city, so if you and I start fighting here, we might hurt the innocent. Why don’t we move outside the city?” Qin Yao, who had a compassionate heart, couldn’t bear to see innocent people lose their lives and thus proposed.
“I had been careless…” Shi Hao scratched his head and quickly reined in his aura.
As a man from Mount Kunlun, he had received upright teachings from a young age and easily accepted the suggestion.
Thus, the two of them, one after the other, flew towards the outskirts of the city.
The other Nascent Soul Stage cultivators also followed suit.
Zhao Yu thought it over; people at home were cultivating, and the city lord’s five sons had made no moves. He didn’t want to venture too far, so he simply returned to Zhao Mansion.
Seeing Zhao Yu did not follow, Shi Hao and Qin Yao flying ahead were somewhat disappointed.
After all, their duel was also something they hoped would be witnessed by their peers.
And the only peer barely qualified was the Divine Body, Zhao Yu.
However, the most immediate concern was to compete against each other, so after flying hundreds of kilometers away from Luo Feng City, they stopped and readied themselves for combat.
The Nascent Soul Stage cultivators watching from the sidelines retreated a few kilometers away to observe the battle.
Back at Zhao Mansion, Zhao Yu muttered, “That Qin Yao, she really is a beauty. If only I could…”
He swallowed his saliva, harboring a slightly unusual thought in his mind.
At that moment, Liu Wenxuan suddenly walked over.
“Little Yu, weren’t you at a gathering with your peers? Why did you suddenly come back?”
Seeing her charming demeanor, Zhao Yu involuntarily associated her appearance with Qin Yao and, imagining the woman before him was Qin Yao, he became impatient and scooped up Liu Wenxuan, heading into a grove.
“Little Yu… why are you…” Liu Wenxuan blushed, “It’s broad daylight. It’s not good if people hear…”
“It’s fine, I’ve set up an array formation!”
Accompanied by the sounds of rustling, Zhao Yu entered his groove.
Afterward, Zhao Yu frowned.
“Something’s not right!”
He pondered carefully and realized that his haste was unusual, as if he had been poisoned.
After a thorough investigation, he indeed found something strange on his soul.
“What is this?”
Zhao Yu speculated that the woman Qin Yao had subtly used some technique on him when they had met earlier.
If he really were a Divine Body, he might have easily undone it, but unfortunately, he was not.
Luckily, his cultivation level had already reached the Divinity Transformation Stage. Although he had carelessly fallen for it initially, the ordeal with Liu Wenxuan had completely resolved the hidden danger.
“This woman is indeed ruthless!”
Zhao Yu couldn’t understand why Qin Yao would act against him, just because he had declined to join Shi Hao’s battle or perhaps because, as she said, she looked down on someone as spineless as him?!
“This is totally confusing. Just you wait, if I ever run into you again, well!”
Zhao Yu didn’t mind turning his fantasies into reality; if worse came to worst, he would repeat what he did to Liu Wenxuan, but this time on Qin Yao.
In the following days, Zhao Yu’s Sound Transmission Talisman buzzed incessantly.
All the messages were from the Nascent Soul cultivators he’d met at the gathering.
The content was also straightforward: a blow-by-blow recount of the battle between Shi Hao and Qin Yao.
For these people, although Shi Hao and Qin Yao could disdain Zhao Yu, they could not afford to do the same.
After all, Zhao Yu was a Divine Body. Even if he avoided battle, he wouldn’t be dismissed, and he was bound to be a high-ranking figure in the future, still of great value to ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.
To Zhao Yu’s surprise, the battle between the Divine Body and the Sacred Body lasted so long.
He sat at home and listened to nearly a month’s worth of live commentary.
“It ended in a draw?!”
“Each fought a hundred thousand rounds without a victor…”
“Unexpectedly, both of their spiritual powers seemed inexhaustible, replenishing every time they were exhausted…”
As he read through the messages, Zhao Yu also became intrigued.
According to the observers, both individuals had used their powerful techniques from the start, relentlessly attacking each other.
Even so, they continued fighting fiercely for a month, which would have exhausted any other ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator.
“The Divine Body and the Sacred Body are indeed extraordinary!”
Just as Zhao Yu was lost in thought, another message abruptly arrived, which shook the whole city.
“The Lethal Quintet made their move, ambushing the exhausted Divine Body and Sacred Body…”
“Although many Nascent Soul cultivators helped, there were also those who attacked in secret…”
“The scene was chaotic beyond measure, with several Nascent Soul cultivators perishing…”
“Shi Hao and Qin Yao split and fled…”
The message ended here, revealing the sheer chaos of the scene.
Zhao Yu became cautious, first activating the array formations at Zhao Mansion, then he stood on top of Wang Yue Tower, the highest structure within the mansion, looking out towards the city outskirts.
“Whoosh~~!”
Just then, a figure suddenly swooped towards him.
Divinity Transformation Stage?! Zhao Yu was startled, promptly elevating his cultivation to the later stage of Divinity Transformation.
“Die!”
The attacker had barely reached Zhao Yu when Zhao Yu struck him down with a palm, silencing him instantly.
“Thank goodness… it was only early stage Divinity Transformation…”
Zhao Yu took a deep breath.
He hadn’t expected that the one trying to kill him would be a Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator, not the so-called Lethal Quintet, which was just a diversion to lower his guard.
Including the fact that the Lethal Quintet hadn’t made any moves, seemingly waiting for the opportunity to enter the hidden domain, it was clearly a well-laid scheme.
“So, a Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator was used to ambush me, while the Lethal Quintet went to ambush the Divine Body and Sacred Body, creating an alibi…”