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Chapter 168 Trial Completed, Finally Meeting Nicholas Zhao 4
Ten moves are too many, one move is enough. If I can't kill you, I'll kill myself!
Shi Huang's voice clearly reached the girl's ears. After listening, Chu Ge showed a hint of surprise on his face.
"You possess the Heavenly Overlord Body, making you invincible among those of the same level from birth."
"But my resolve is unwavering, and I have an invincible foundation."
"Are you really so sure you can take my life with just one move?"
Chu Ge gazed silently at Shi Huang, his heart filled with doubt.
Judging from the current situation, she clearly has the upper hand.
"I'm too lazy to explain to you; you have no right to know."
Shi Huang's tone was calm, but his inherent arrogance was unmistakable. His gaze toward Chu Ge was chillingly cold, as if he were examining a corpse.
He slowed his speech.
"Enjoying myself is enough. Now I must fulfill the vow I made to uphold my principles."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Huang gripped the halberd tightly with both hands, raised the weapon above his head, and pointed the tip of the halberd straight at the clouds in the sky.
He closed his eyes, focused his mind and regulated his breathing, and spread his aura around him, standing in the center of the arena like a war god who had never been defeated.
Chu Ge stood still, his gaze fixed on Shi Huang, increasingly curious about the methods the other party was about to use.
Moments later, the sky above them underwent a dramatic change.
The once clear sky was quickly covered by thick, dark clouds, and the originally calm sea of clouds surged and became restless.
A fierce wind swept across the arena from all directions, lightning continuously exploded from the depths of the dark clouds, and a powerful aura filled the entire world.
This aura was invisible and intangible, yet it remained firmly locked around Chu Ge, pressing down on her with layers of heavy pressure.
The streaking lightning bolts converged with the airflow, each silvery bolt wrapping around the tip of the halberd, crackling incessantly. All the lightning bolts then gathered inward, condensing into a tiny point of light at the halberd's head.
The fierce winds and thunder gradually subsided.
Shi Huang slowly opened his eyes, his gaze falling on Chu Ge. Without a trace of joy or anger, he said in a calm tone:
"Gods and Demons Annihilation Cleave".
As soon as he finished speaking, he gripped his halberd and slowly slashed it down at Chu Ge.
The movement of this halberd was extremely slow, so slow that even an ant crawling on the ground could easily dodge it. Compared to the grand scene that had just caused the strange phenomena in the heavens and earth, it seemed like a lot of noise but little action.
But the moment the halberd's edge advanced, the void along its path was directly cleaved in two, the flowing air completely stopped, and the thunderclouds floating in the air all froze in place, no longer moving an inch.
Chu Ge detected a faint spatial fluctuation in this attack, and his curiosity deepened.
"Interesting," she murmured to herself. "This prodigy from beyond the realm does indeed possess some real skill."
Seeing Chu Ge standing motionless, as if stunned by the attack and unable to move, Shi Huang spoke.
"Now you see the difference between us?"
"I'm not just talking about the difference between a mortal body and a celestial physique, but also the inherent chasm between humans and gods."
He carried an air of superior indifference.
"This killing move was created by my God Clan's Emperor Ancestor when he was young. Back then, with this one strike, he killed hundreds of cultivators of the same level on the Emperor's Path. He relied on this great battle to accumulate his foundation and finally reached the top and proved his Dao."
"You'll be able to witness the divine powers passed down from the Great Emperor of the God Clan. Even if you perish here, you'll have no regrets."
"Knowing the outcome is already decided, not struggling is the wise choice."
"Even if you resist forcefully, you can't change the final outcome."
Shi Huang continued his story to himself.
"This is the Emperor Ancestor's trump card technique, with unparalleled power. Once the move is unleashed, it will automatically seal off an independent space-time, leaving the target with no room to dodge."
"Within this frozen space-time, all spells involving rebirth and resurrection will be sealed, and you will ultimately become a dead soul beneath the halberd."
"Since mastering this unique skill, I have never been defeated in battles against opponents of the same level, and I have never found an opponent among my peers who can rival me."
Chu Ge didn't reply, nor did he move an inch.
The halberd landed steadily on her body, slicing her from head to toe, splitting her in two.
The girl's body fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Shi Huang's face remained completely calm, as if he had already foreseen this outcome.
He slowly turned around, unwilling to look at the girl's broken body on the ground any longer, and quietly waited for the will of the arena to sound, announcing the victory of this match.
Once the teleportation beam is activated, Stone Yellow will have to match with the next round of opponents and fight his way to the end.
He intends to use the name of the Divine Race's Heavenly Overlord Body to defeat all the geniuses in the myriad realms who dare not show their prowess in front of him.
Shi Huang looked up at the distant sky and murmured softly.
"After so many years of seclusion, the human race has finally produced a genius of note, but in the end, this is all they've achieved."
"Although many outstanding juniors have emerged from the other top races in the heavens in this era, no matter how strong their own foundation is, they cannot compare to the Heavenly Overlord Body."
"In this life, destiny is destined to fall into the hands of the gods."
He suddenly thought of the little girl from the Ancient Dragon Clan of the Void. She was flamboyant and challenged geniuses from all races. It was rumored that she had won hundreds of consecutive victories in the arena of the heavens, and those who saw her were in awe.
Thinking of this, Shi Huang raised his right hand and lightly tapped the empty space in front of him with his fingertips.
A blue virtual panel unfolds out of thin air, displaying the real-time win streak leaderboard of the All-Heavens Arena. The leaderboard is cleared every three years, showing all players' win streaks.
He went into seclusion for three years, having long since given up all news related to the rankings.
The fight he just had with Chu Ge was the eleventh arena battle he had participated in since the end of his seclusion.
"The three-year reset period has expired. All my previous winning streaks have been wiped out, and my name will no longer be on the leaderboard."
"Let's take a look and see which cultivators are currently at the top of the list."
By swiping the panel with your fingertips, you can skip directly to the C-level and B-level lists.
In his eyes, cultivators at these two levels were no different from ants, and there was no need to care about them. He went straight to the A-level arena rankings where he was located.
His eyes quickly scanned the entries, and he soon found the line of text that belonged to him.
[NO1178: Shihuang (Mid-term A-level): 11-game winning streak.]
Seeing this ranking, Shi Huang wasn't too surprised.
He continued to swipe up the panel with his fingertip, reaching the top ten of the A-level list.
[NO.1: Long Ziyan (Early A-level): 365 consecutive wins.]
"It really was her," Shi Huang said in a low voice, showing no surprise at the result.
A disdainful smile curled at the corner of his lips as he let out a low, cold laugh.
"The mere ancient dragon clan dares not occupy the top spot. Now that I have emerged from seclusion, I will suppress all my enemies in the world."
Shi Huang's cultivation level is one level higher than Long Ziyan's, and the arena matching mechanism will not allow the two to fight directly, so he cannot personally interrupt the other's winning streak.
But he is fully confident that he will break the opponent's winning streak soon.
If it weren't for the things he needed to prepare for at the moment, he would have even wanted to privately seek out Long Ziyan and directly fight her to determine who was superior, so that she would realize that the God Race was the number one race in all the heavens and myriad realms.
As the thought crossed his mind, Shi Huang chuckled coldly to himself.
"Long Ziyan, once I find the right opportunity to suppress you, I will definitely take you as my mount."
He continued to scroll down the panel, browsing through the other lists, searching for the names of the prodigies he had heard of before.
[NO2: Mom said the name is long and cool (Late Stage A): 123-game winning streak.]
[NO3: Cosmic Tyrannosaurus Warrior (Mid-Tier A): 101-game winning streak.]
……
[NO.10: Lilith (Peak A-Rank): 67-game winning streak.]
After scanning through the top 100 entries on the A-level list, Shi Huang only recognized a few familiar faces; the rest were all unfamiliar newcomers who had emerged in the last three years.
He switched to the ranking page and clicked on the higher-level S-class ranking.
[NO.1: Jin Zhan (S-Rank Peak): 241 consecutive wins.]
[NO2: Qingling (S-rank peak): 240 consecutive wins.]
……
[NO.7: Li Yi (S-level peak): 168 consecutive wins.]
Shi Huang vaguely remembered the two cultivators ranked first and second on the S-level list. They came from the four powerful clans of the Myriad Demon Starfield and were descendants of the Qingqiu Heavenly Fox and the Golden-Winged Roc clans, respectively.
He had never fought either of them, but these two were renowned throughout the heavens and were among the top figures of this generation of demons.
Even though he knew the two were quite famous, Shi Huang didn't take them seriously.
Without the Great Emperor's intervention, the Heavenly Overlord battles the firmament; who can rival him?
The page switches again, opening the higher-level SS-tier leaderboard.
[NO.1: Shadow (SS-tier late game): 720 consecutive wins.]
Upon seeing this winning streak, Shi Huang's eyebrows twitched involuntarily.
He was always arrogant and rarely took his fellow cultivators seriously, but a winning streak of 720 games was simply too astonishing.
"Shadow...who exactly is this person?" Shi Huang pondered in a low voice, searching through all the names of the prodigies he had ever heard of, but he couldn't find anyone who matched this code name.
However, he could tell that this Shadow must be an extremely obsessed battle maniac, otherwise he couldn't have accumulated such a terrifying winning streak.
"That's interesting."
A chill settled at the corners of Shi Huang's lips.
"Heh, Shadow, you have successfully piqued this Overlord's interest."
Rather than trying to subdue Long Ziyan, he now prefers to fight this shadow and personally suppress her on the arena.
Swipe down to see more entries on the list.
[NO.2: Ye Jianyi (SS-level peak): 231 consecutive wins.]
Upon seeing the name, Shi Huang paused slightly, a vague memory forming in his mind.
The other party came from a certain world of cultivation and was a pure sword cultivator. A hundred years ago, his reputation spread throughout the heavens, and people said that he had the potential to become a Sword Emperor.
Later, news spread that the cultivation world had been besieged by several extraterrestrial emperors, leaving the entire region shattered and its cultivators scattered and fleeing to every corner of the heavens. Since then, no one has heard of Ye Jianyi again.
"It is likely that the golden age is approaching and the struggle for the imperial path is about to begin, which is why he has reappeared to inform all living beings that he is still alive."
Shi Huang shook his head slightly, not delving too deeply into the matter, but a sense of感慨 arose in his heart.
"That cultivation world has a profound foundation, and many great emperors have been born in its clans. It ranks among the top in the various realms. I wonder what kind of power is capable of completely destroying it."
He continued scrolling down the list of entries.
[NO3: Night Terrace (SS-level peak): 201 consecutive wins.]
……
[NO7: Zhu Rong (SS-tier early stage): 167 consecutive wins.]
After reviewing the entire SS-level top 100 list, Shi Huang turned his attention to the last category of lists: the SS+ level.
This level is between SS and SSS levels, corresponding to the cultivator's realm as a quasi-emperor, just one step away from the Great Emperor, yet possibly unattainable in their lifetime.
Unfortunately, Shi Huang's own cultivation level has not yet reached this level, and his panel permissions are insufficient to view the detailed information inside the rankings.
He put away the blue leaderboard panel that was floating in the air and stood alone on the arena.
After waiting quietly for several minutes, the arena's will still not announce victory, nor did it open the teleportation channel.
A sense of unease slowly crept into his mind.
Something's not right.
Shi Huang suddenly turned around, his gaze fixed on the girl's severed corpse not far away, and his expression changed drastically.
He could clearly see that the broken body on the ground was repairing itself.
"It is the power of time reversal."
"But how could that be!"
Shi Huang's eyes widened, his face filled with layers of shock.
That devastating strike from God and Demon Annihilation had completely sealed off the entire space-time. According to the rules of the move itself, any magic within Chu Ge's body would be completely sealed off, making it impossible for him to use the power of time to rewind and repair himself.
As he watched the girl's body gradually heal under the power of time, Shi Huang felt a sense of panic for the first time.
He had previously made a solemn vow in public, promising that this attack would surely kill Chu Ge.
If this move fails to achieve its goal, it is tantamount to going against one's own Dao heart, and an irreparable crack will appear in the foundation of one's Dao. In the future, it will be very easy to breed inner demons on the path of cultivation, leaving endless troubles.
"We can't bring her back to life."
Shi Huang roared and swung his halberd with both hands, striking Chu Ge once more.
Whether it's a sneak attack or using a second move, as long as I can kill the opponent at this moment, it doesn't matter if I break my original vow. There might be a way to repair my Dao heart later.
This is Shi Huang's only thought at the moment.
On a deeper level, there is a surging sense of resentment in one's heart.
Born into the divine race, possessing the Heavenly Overlord Body, and with cultivation at the peak of A-level, he was two minor realms higher than Chu Ge, and he even used the top-tier killing move inherited from the divine race's ancestral emperor.
Despite having so many advantages, he still failed to kill a human girl he had always looked down upon. If this were to spread, the Heavenly Tyrant Body and the God Clan would surely lose all face.
At that time, his Dao heart will collapse directly, giving rise to inner demons, and he will no longer be qualified to compete with the geniuses of all races in the heavens.
Just as the second halberd was about to strike Chu Ge, Shi Huang suddenly sensed something was wrong. His entire body stiffened, and he was unable to move his limbs at all.
"What's going on? Why am I being held captive?"
Shi Huang roared loudly, struggling with all his might to circulate his internal energy, but his body remained motionless, as if he were firmly locked in place by invisible shackles.
He watched as Chu Ge's body was almost fully restored, and his emotions completely spiraled out of control as he questioned her sharply.
"What did you do to me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Ge's broken body was completely restored to its original state, his skin and flesh intact, returning to his peak condition, with not a single scar on his body.
The girl calmly looked at the furious and ferocious Shi Huang in front of her and responded.
"I'll use your methods to return it to you exactly as they were."
"What do you mean by that?" Shi Huang had just opened his mouth to ask when thick dark clouds gathered again in the sky above his head, with lightning surging inside the clouds, and a strong sense of foreboding enveloped his heart.
Before long, Chu Ge's actions confirmed all the unease in his heart.
The girl closed her eyes, her eyebrows and eyes lowered gently, one palm was placed on her chest, and the other fist was raised high above her head.
All the lightning in the sky fell, flowing with the airflow into her raised fist, condensing into a tiny point of light in the center of her fist.
All movement in the world gradually subsided.
Chu Ge opened his eyes, slowly pressed his raised fist down towards Shi Huang, and slowly uttered eleven words.
"The ultimate killing move of immortality—"
"Five-Finger Divine Demon Sword".
Upon witnessing this scene, Shi Huang completely lost control and roared out.
"Impossible! How could you possibly learn my Divine Demon Annihilation Strike? Are you kidding me?!"
"This is an illusion; everything before your eyes is fake!"
"There is no falsehood in this," Chu Ge replied calmly.
"Your attack has indeed sealed off the entire space-time, trapped my physical body, and prevented me from actively using any magic."
"However, the constraints of time and space cannot seal away my Dao heart, which I have held fast to for many years."
Chu Ge's fist continued to slowly press towards Shi Huang. The opponent was trapped in place and could only watch helplessly as the killing move approached, with no room to dodge or resist.
The girl continued to explain the origins and development of the moves.
"If you created this killing move yourself, and you could achieve perfect harmony between yourself and the move, unleashing its full power, you might actually have a chance to kill me."
"But this method is ultimately a legacy left by our predecessors. You have only learned the external framework of the moves, without understanding the core essence."
It has the form, but not the spirit.
"The moment that halberd cleaved my body, I was on the verge of life and death. I took advantage of that life-or-death pressure to fully comprehend the core of the technique, and copied it on the spot. Now I'm returning it to you exactly as it was."
Thank you for your gift.
Chu Ge's voice was not loud, and his tone was steady. Every word he uttered felt like a dagger repeatedly stabbing into Shi Huang's mind.
To Shi Huang, every word spoken by the human girl before him was an undisguised mockery.
His eyes were bloodshot, and he retorted sharply.
"You say I only know the outer form of the moves and don't understand the essence, then what are you? A thief who only copies other people's moves, what makes you think you're superior to me?"
"Are you shameless?!"
"In terms of skill proficiency alone, I am indeed no better than you," Chu Ge replied calmly.
"I am merely making a copy on the spot. Even if the copy is perfect, it cannot compare to the foundation you have built from childhood and inherited the entire tradition."
She subtly changed the subject, adding a sentence.
"Therefore, I incorporated my own elements into this set of moves, making the method conform to my Tao, and the power that ultimately erupted exceeded that of the version you used."
"Nonsense." Shi Huang was furious, convinced that Chu Ge was deliberately mocking him. Despite being of a higher cultivation level, he ended up being the one being attacked.
He closed his eyes, bracing himself for the fatal blow, but after a moment he couldn't help but open them again to ask.
"What exactly did you add to the move?"
"My Dao heart."
"What?"
"My unwavering persistence, hard work, struggle, and indomitable spirit."
Upon hearing Chu Ge's inexplicable words, Shi Huang's chest heaved violently, and he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
You can play it like this?
What's the difference between this and cheating?!
Grass!
Just as he was about to continue questioning, the Five-Finger Divine Demon Sword had already reached within inches of him.
He roared with all his might.
"Stop! You can't kill me!"
Shi Huang knew that if he died in the All-Heavens Arena, his physical body would not truly perish, but it would trigger a punishment far more terrible than death.
The will of the arena will directly shatter the Dao foundation of the deceased, erasing all their cultivation and turning them back into a mortal without cultivation.
Even if he could embark on the path of cultivation again after retraining, with the Golden Age about to begin and the struggle for the Emperor's Path imminent, he doesn't have the extra time to hone his foundation from scratch.
The gods have a vast reserve of resources. Even if his cultivation level drops to zero, he can quickly return to his original realm, or even surpass it, by relying on various rare and precious materials.
A cultivation foundation built up by relying on resources is superficial, and in future battles with geniuses from various races, one will be limited in every way and completely lose the capital to compete for top rankings.
With such a level of attainment, Shi Huang is better off not having.
Chu Ge was unaware of the death rules within the arena, and assumed that Shi Huang was simply afraid of death. With a serious expression, he offered words of comfort.
"Shi Huang, all men must die eventually. Death may be heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather. Death itself has no distinction of high or low."
"What is truly terrifying is not death itself, but the uncontrollable cowardice that arises in one's heart."
She slowed her speech and continued to patiently persuade Shi Huang to die willingly.
"We both publicly swore an oath of faith in our principles. If we cannot determine a winner today, how can we be worthy of the path we have upheld?"
"There's no need to be too afraid of death. Reincarnation is a cycle, and a new life will begin a hundred years later."
"Of course, he may not be a man again after reincarnation."
The girl looked serious, as if she were speaking to Shi Huang, but also as if she were speaking to herself.
"Believe me, a cultivator doesn't lie to another cultivator."
After hearing Chu Ge's words of advice, Shi Huang's last bit of restraint completely collapsed, and he opened his mouth to curse angrily.
"Chu Ge, damn it—"
Before he could finish uttering the insults, the Five-Finger Divine Demon Sword, infused with the power of his Dao Heart, had already landed on his head.
With a single blow, Shi Huang's body was instantly cleaved in two, his form dissipating into tiny particles within the arena.
The chilling voice of the Heavenly Arena echoed throughout every corner of the arena.
"The second match has ended. The winner is Chu Ge."
After the second battle ended, the arena system automatically started matchmaking, and the third, fourth, and subsequent battles were postponed until the tenth battle.
Aside from prodigies like Shi Huang and Long Ziyan who stand at the top of their respective ranks, the eight opponents they were matched with afterward were all of vastly different strengths.
Chu Ge acts with discretion and adheres to martial ethics. In every encounter, he waits for the opponent to make the first move before launching his own counterattack.
The eight people behind her couldn't withstand a single punch she threw casually; they surrendered and admitted defeat as soon as they received the attack.
Eight consecutive crushing victories left Chu Ge feeling bored, and he instead longed for the intense battles and fierce fights with Shi Huang.
The girl stood alone in the center of the ring, and the ring's will resounded, announcing that she had won her tenth consecutive victory.
Chu Ge sighed softly. Even though he hadn't managed to obtain Nicholas Zhao Si's inheritance in the end, he had still gained a lot from this martial arts trial.
Previously, when she fought with Long Ziyan, the latter's Taixu Purple Flame tempered her body, which raised her physical foundation to another level.
Having just fought Shi Huang and fully observed the killing moves of the God Emperor, she was able to comprehend her own Five-Finger Divine Demon Sword.
Suddenly, a pure white light curtain enveloped Chu Ge, and the white light enveloped her, separating her from the All-Heavens Arena space and teleporting her to a pure blue independent space.
Chu Ge raised his eyes and slowly surveyed his surroundings. A gentle, smiling voice echoed softly in the empty space.
"Congratulations on passing the ten trials of the Heavenly Arena and completing the Martial Arts Trial."
"A beautiful and lovely...human girl."
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