Who are you calling a stable boy?!

However, aside from certain players, in most cases, people will fight each other without risking their lives.

Xue Qing glanced at Suo Dou'er's gruesome death, her expression unchanged.

That's why she rarely used the Aolai Sword to fight.

Unlike the Azure Water Sword, her Ascending Mountain Sword was simply uncontrollable.

"Soldier is dead!"

The big-nosed referee shouted a command, about to declare the winner—

But at that very moment, a dazzling brilliance suddenly burst forth from that pile of Sodour!

Chapter 236: I, Old Zheng, will beat you to a pulp!

As everyone looked over, a fireball suddenly burst forth from the radiance, heading straight for Xue Qing!

In a flash, Xue Qing drew her Aolai Sword horizontally. The massive black iron sword, like a thick metal door, blocked the menacing fireball.

Amidst the clanging sound, Xue Qing, who was bracing herself against the Aolai Sword, nearly fell to the ground, sword and all.

And the retreating fireball revealed its formation.

—It was a sacred text enveloped in scorching flames!

"Cultists..."

A deep voice, like the roar of a wild beast, emanated from the radiance.

Then, Sodour, dressed in a blood-red robe, emerged from the gradually dimming halo with a ferocious expression.

"The radiance of Iomede gives me a mission and strength!"

Below the arena, in the noble team's preparation area, Komilia patted his chest proudly.

"Thank goodness for the Holy Emblem... But I never expected that Cao Xueqing would actually have such powerful martial arts skills hidden away."

As she said this, a hint of lingering fear crossed her face: "If it were me, I'd probably be forced to reveal the holy emblem too..."

YOYO remained silent, which was taken as agreement with Camilla's opinion.

They could all see that Xue Qing herself had definitely not yet stepped into the extraordinary realm.

But the move Xueqing just used truly possessed extraordinary power.

Sodou's strength doesn't lie in one-on-one combat; in terms of survival ability alone, he is the worst among the three.

As for Xueqing's wind coming from Wushan, its power was so great that YOYO estimated that if he were to face it, he would not be able to afford to be careless in the slightest.

However, compared to Xue Qing's powerful move that brought Wu Shan to his aid, YOYO was more concerned about how Xue Qing had managed to neutralize the effects of the Advanced Command Technique.

No, that's not right!

From his perspective, Xue Qing seemed to be completely immune to the advanced command spells cast by Suodouer.

How could a human who hasn't even reached the level of the extraordinary be directly immune to Sodour's advanced command magic?

If he were to say this back in church, someone might impeach him for spreading rumors and maliciously slandering Sodour.

Clearly, Sodour hadn't expected this either.

If it weren't for the protection of his family's sacred emblem, Sodour would probably have really been defeated this time.

Xueqing's sudden outburst was indeed beyond their expectations.

Unfortunately, the most important and powerful blessing of the Kiryu family's holy emblem is that it grants the bearer an instantaneous resurrection spell once a day.

Unlike [Resurrect the Dead], as a more powerful spell with a higher ring number, Resurrection only requires a small fragment of the deceased's body as a medium to resurrect a person whose soul is intact and who has not been dead for long in a near-perfect state.

In other words, at this moment, apart from losing the buffs he had given himself before the match and the full armor he was wearing with the adamantite enchantment, Sodouer was basically unharmed.

On the other hand, anyone could see that Xueqing had just been greatly weakened by that move.

In other words, the outcome is already decided.

The big-nosed referee stared at Sodouer, subtly protecting Xueqing behind him.

"Contestant Cao, you..."

"Thank you."

Taking a deep breath, Xueqing lifted the Aolai Sword with both hands.

"Excuse me, this isn't over yet."

The contestant himself said so, yet he stubbornly stood up, and there were no obvious external injuries. Under these circumstances, the referee could not forcibly stop the match.

He glanced subconsciously at the Tohsaka team's preparation area.

"...Don't push yourself too hard."

With a big jump and a split in mid-air, the big-nosed referee turned around and waved to signal the game to continue.

"Hmph, sometimes I really appreciate the stubbornness of you cultists."

Sodou sneered, brandishing the holy book, and slowly walked towards Xueqing, who was already in a fighting stance: "If I don't do this, how else am I supposed to use your deaths to deter potential cultists?"

As he spoke, he lunged forward.

Even without various transformation spells to amplify his base attributes, Sodou's base attribute panel was already quite good.

Needless to say, his perception has reached an extraordinary level. Before becoming a proclamation officer, he was an excellent warrior, and he also has 18 points of basic strength and 16 points of basic physique.

Faced with such a Suodouer, Xueqing, whose inner strength was exhausted, seemed to have no power to fight back and could only rely on her movement skills and Aolai Sword to try her best to fight Suodouer.

However, to many viewers around the world, this maneuvering seemed more like Sodour playing a cat-and-mouse game with great interest.

Despite being able to use magic, he only used holy scriptures to chase and beat Xue Qing.

It's clear that Sodour is enjoying the process.

He wanted to drive Xueqing to the brink of despair before killing her!

If Xueqing's sudden attack on Wushan, tearing Suodouer to pieces, was an unexpected shock, then Suodouer's slow, agonizing slicing of flesh evoked pity in many viewers.

Countless people in front of their screens couldn't bear to watch any longer...

"what?"

Ranma suddenly exclaimed in surprise from the stands outside the ring.

Ranma!

At the same time, Shampoo, who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, grabbed Ranma and pointed at Yukiharu on the stage: "Did Ranma teach you this?"

"How could that be! You could say I taught Zheng Jing, that's somewhat true—"

At this point, Ranma suddenly realized something absurd popped into his head.

Could it be?!

I won't give you a chance to beg for mercy!

Noticing that Xueqing's dodging steps had stopped, and assuming that Xueqing's stamina had finally run out, Suodouer mustered all his strength, swung the Holy Tome with murderous intent, and swung it at Xueqing's face, determined to smash her head before the time limit of the match and avenge his previous defeat—

"Hey."

Xueqing suddenly smiled.

What a coincidence.

She wasn't going to give Sodou a chance to beg for mercy!

A vortex of murderous intent has already formed.

it's time!

In her final moments, Xueqing simply closed her eyes.

In her mind, everything Zheng Jing had taught her last night flashed through her mind.

Aolai has no edge, I am the peak.

Flying Dragon!

Ascend! Skyward! Break!

The vortex of murderous intent, following the guidance of the Aolai Sword, roared and swirled up like a flying dragon about to ascend to the heavens around this treacherous peak!

In an instant, Sodour had no time to react before he was swept up and thrown hundreds of meters into the air.

Without checking the results for Suodouer, Xueqing knelt down.

At this moment, she truly used up her last bit of strength.

High in the sky, Sodouer, whose body was invaded by murderous aura, was unable to move and could only watch helplessly as he began to fall.

If he were to fall straight to the ground like that, even he would be seriously injured.

Fortunately, Komilia intervened just as he was about to land.

The mage armor and feather spell that were quickly applied to him allowed Sodour to land safely—

Outside the ring.

"Sodor is out of bounds! The match is over!"

The big-nosed referee, as if holding back a burst of energy, suddenly leaped onto the ring and loudly announced the result of the match.

"Ahhh!!"

The moment the verdict was announced, it was immediately followed by Sodou'er's angry shouts.

He shoved aside the unsuspecting Camilla and leaped back onto the ring!

—"Snap."

Then, his distorted face suddenly exploded under the golden cudgel.

"Am I giving you too much face?"

Zheng Jing stepped on Sodou'er's headless corpse without even looking, and was a step too slow to stop Sodou'er's YOYO and the pale-faced Komilia.

His golden eyes widened, he bared his teeth, and raised the stick in his hand again.

"Today, I, Old Zheng, will beat you to a pulp!"

Chapter 237: It's all about realism!

At that distance, no one present could stop Zheng Jing from striking with his stick.

Even YOYO, who was just one step away, could only watch helplessly as Sodour's upper body was reduced to a cloud of blood mist mixed with bits of flesh and bone.

With a flick of his wrist, Zheng Jing shook off the grime from the stick, then kicked Suo Douer's remaining lower body towards YOYO, who was rushing onto the stage.

YOYO caught Suodou'er's mangled body and watched Zheng Jing turn around and rush to Xue Qing's side without looking back. She hesitated for a moment.

This tournament prohibits contestants from fighting privately outside the ring. However, since Zheng Jing, who killed Suo Dou'er in full view of everyone, was not punished by that person, it means that person does not think that Zheng Jing's actions violated the rules.

He did say before that the rules didn't prohibit players from organizing other players' violations, but this is really...

YOYO sighed as she glanced down at Sodou's mangled body.

The Kiryu family's sacred emblem has used up all its resurrection spells for today.

However, Zheng Jing did manage to preserve such a large piece of Sodou'er's remains. As long as this remains are preserved well, once the Qi Liu family's sacred emblem's resurrection spell is fully charged tomorrow, it can be used to revive Sodou'er...

Thinking this, YOYO silently picked up Sodou'er's broken body and turned to walk towards the Noble Team's preparation area.

"Wait! YOYO! Put Sodouer down first!"

But before he could take more than a few steps, Komilia ran out of the noble team's preparation area.

Her pale face was filled with panic as she shouted and waved her hands.

Hearing what Komilia said, YOYO didn't understand, but she immediately squatted down and put Sodou's mangled body on the ground.

Then, Komilia quickly stretched out his hands and gently covered Sodou's mangled body, closing his eyes and muttering incantations.

Upon seeing this, YOYO was taken aback.

The Cormillian family holds a rather special position within the church.

The Soberian family was one of the church's gravedigger families.

Although communicating with and comforting the dead is not an area that the great Iomede would actively venture into, mortals are destined to die, and even though every devout believer will be guided to her kingdom, there will always be some crazy and evil figures causing trouble in the mortal world.

This includes those ruthless necromancers.