Chapter 560: 560
Petals instantaneously transformed into a Petal Torrent in mid-air, charging towards Qiao Geli and completely engulfing him in the endless Petal Torrent.
With this move, Lin Xiangdong had defeated many Nirvana Level powerhouses. Once trapped within the Petal Torrent, it was almost impossible to escape.
Because Lin Xiangdong's move was extremely similar to the "Dust Settling," both powers grew stronger as they unfurled, making it not too difficult to topple someone stronger.
Unless one had a way to break it, it was very hard to defeat him.
Suddenly, black flames soared from within the Petal Torrent, and almost instantly, the Petal Torrent was ignited, turning into a river of black flames.
In a moment, all the petals were reduced to nothingness, and Qiao Geli, with black flames rising from his form, stood proudly amidst the ashes, coldly staring at Lin Xiangdong and saying, "Your little tricks are useless against me, Qiao Geli."
"Qiao Geli is Qiao Geli, incredibly strong."
"The Undefeated King is indeed powerful, but after all, he's been through Nirvana for too short a time, too few times, how could he be a match for Qiao Geli."
"I heard that Qiao Geli has safely gone through Nirvana nine times."
"The only option is to concede the fight now, losing this time won't affect the rankings much."
"Haven't you heard them say, this is a personal grudge. Losing the ranking is trivial, being humiliated by an enemy is too embarrassing."
While the crowd was discussing, Lin Xiangdong didn't waste any words and flicked out petals again.
One petal became ten, ten became a hundred, a hundred became a thousand, instantly turning into a blizzard that enveloped Qiao Geli.
"Hmph, it's pointless. Even if you repeat this a thousand times, ten thousand times, the outcome will be the same," the black demon flames rose from Qiao Geli, igniting the descending petals once more.
Skies full of petals instantly became sparks, yet the number of sparks did not decrease but rather increased more and more, and the burning petals weren't reduced to ashes like before.
More and more ignited petals rained down on Qiao Geli, assembling into a blazing tower of petals.
One pillar after another erected, the tower's body growing thicker and taller, layer by layer, the levels rose rapidly as the petals condensed, one on top of another.
Qiao Geli was suppressed within the base of the petal-composed tower, furiously unleashing his strength to try and topple the burning tower of petals.
At first, he nearly succeeded in toppling the petal tower, but as layer upon layer of the tower rose, the space for Qiao Geli to move grew smaller, his whole body trapped within the base, unable to move.
No matter how much his demon fire burned, it only turned the petal tower into a tower of fire, unable to topple it, nor could it burn it to ashes.
"You should die," Lin Xiangdong coldly watched Qiao Geli, suppressed beneath the petal tower, his gaze icy to the extreme.
Qiao Geli initially failed to realize the severity of the situation and summoned his Life Base to break through the suppression of the petal tower. However, despite furiously charging within the petal tower, his Life Base couldn't break through and was firmly suppressed.
And as the petal tower grew taller, layer by layer, Qiao Geli only felt every piece of his carapace might shatter, his internal organs deforming under the pressure, blood continuously flowing out from his seven orifices.
The onlookers were stunned. Qiao Geli, called one of the Di Man Tribe's three major prodigies, was being suppressed so miserably, something no one anticipated.
"This tower suppressing Qiao Geli... Why does it look so familiar... Wait... Isn't this the Demon Suppression Tower, a secret technique of the Saint Heart Tribe?"
"Yes, yes, yes, I was wondering why it looked so familiar. The more powerful the opponent, the higher the levels of the Saint Heart Tribe's Demon Suppression Tower. The Undefeated King's move seems very much like the Demon Suppression Tower!"
"I remember the Undefeated King challenged a genius from the Saint Heart Tribe, didn't he? Back then, that genius from the Saint Heart Tribe used this move, but he was only an Ascender and couldn't bring out the true Demon Suppression Tower. He simply used the tower's momentum to suppress the Undefeated King's..."
"It's over... Qiao Geli is finished... He's trapped at the base of the tower... He can't even reach out to activate the surrender button on his watch..." People suddenly realized that Qiao Geli was probably going to die.
Crack! Crack!
As the flower tower stacked higher, the suppressed Qiao Geli's carapace shattered, and his body was compressed into an increasingly deformed shape. No matter how fiercely his demon fire burned, it could not consume the towering flower tower.
Screams of agony echoed from the base of the tower, but they were futile; everyone watched, wide-eyed, as the tower grew taller and the screams became fainter until they were no longer audible.
At last, the flower tower ceased to rise, engulfed in the demon fire's insane combustion, like a pillar supporting heaven and earth.
Qiao Geli's Sky-Burning Demon Fire was indeed strong; even though he was dead, his demon fire did not extinguish and would not cease until it incinerated everything to ashes.
Had not the Petal Tower inherently possessed the dual effects of rolling like a snowball and absorbing spirits to suppress demons, it would have been difficult to suppress Qiao Geli.
As the petals stopped rolling like snowballs and absorbing spirits, the towering tower was quickly reduced to ashes by the Sky-Burning Demon Fire.
The flower tower turned to flying ash and revealed Qiao Geli's body, pressed into a pool of blood and flesh.
"Touch me if you dare... but if anyone touches my family... I will slaughter your entire family... to the death..." Lin Xiangdong's voice spread throughout the universe.
"Qiao Geli... actually died just like that..." Everyone couldn't believe that Qiao Geli was killed so effortlessly.
"Qiao Geli seems to have been overrated; it looks like his strength was just so-so."
"It's not that Qiao Geli wasn't strong enough; it's that the Undefeated King was too powerful."
"The Lin brothers are each more terrifying than the last. I thought Lin Shen was strong enough, but when the Undefeated King gets angry, he's much more vicious than Lin Shen."
"You know what, I think this might be the first time the Undefeated King has killed someone, right? He's been through so many challenges and battles before and has never killed anyone, has he?"
"I wonder what kind of grudge they had. After all, Qiao Geli was one of the three great generals of the Di Man Tribe. The Undefeated King killing him like this... it looks like they are sworn enemies of the Di Man Tribe from now on."
"What's there to fear? His younger brother Lin Shen is with the Celestial Race, right? The Celestial Race and the Di Man Tribe have always been mortal enemies. The Undefeated King killing Qiao Geli will surely make the Celestial Race very welcoming to such a strong addition..."
"Big brother... it's still that same big brother..." Lin Shen, watching Lin Xiangdong suppress and kill Qiao Geli, couldn't help but recall the brother who had always stood up for him.
As a child, when Lin Shen was bullied, it was always his big brother who stood up for him. Though his third brother was also good to him, he wouldn't act on his behalf, only teaching him how to not be bullied and how to bully those who had bullied him. Find more chapters on empire
Even though his third brother was correct, and those teachings gradually made Lin Shen capable enough to face the world, to solve certain problems, and to bear the pain of failure, it was his big brother who gave Lin Shen the most sense of security. It wasn't an overstatement to say he was the bright moonlight of Lin Shen's life.