Chapter 1884: What Has Ended?

"Alas, Yun Xing should have pressed the advantage, now he’s given Xiang Wenyuan a chance to turn the tables!"

Wu Jiantong, who had been watching the sky, couldn’t help but stomp his foot in regret as he saw Xiang Wenyuan create distance from Yun Xiao.

After witnessing Yun Xiao’s physical strength earlier, he knew that in close combat, he might very well defeat or even kill Xiang Wenyuan—cutting off two of his fingers was proof enough.

Yet, Yun Xiao, who had severed Xiang Wenyuan’s two fingers, stopped, allowing the latter to swiftly move out tens of meters, creating a clear distance between them.

In Wu Jiantong’s view, Xiang Wenyuan—having suffered a great loss—would likely not allow Yun Xiao to close the gap again. If it were a contest purely of Meridian Techniques, Yun Xing, at a Half-step Holy Rank, might not have much advantage.

Despite previously using the Dragon Taming Sword to gain an edge twice, that Ancient Divine Artifact had already been revealed, and Xiang Wenyuan would not be unprepared. Attempting to use it again would likely be ineffective.

Duan Wuwei and Ouyang Yi naturally thought the same way. They felt it was a pity for Yun Xiao to miss such a great opportunity, but there was no better plan at this point.

"What a foolish boy!"

On the other side, Lu Zhanbai couldn’t help but smirk coldly as he saw Xiang Wenyuan distance himself from Yun Xiao, uncertain whether he was feeling regretful or relieved, harboring mixed emotions.

In fact, from the earlier battle between Yun Xiao and Xiang Wenyuan, Lu Zhanbai had developed a renewed sense of dread toward the young man in white. It seemed his combat prowess had increased significantly since they last met.

With Lu Zhanbai’s Holy Rank Low Level soul sensing ability, it wasn’t hard to sense Yun Xiao’s improved strength. As a result, he felt uncertain if he could truly defeat him even in a solo fight.

Thus, seeing Xiang Wenyuan creating distance, Lu Zhanbai contemplated whether he should join forces with Xiang Wenyuan to deal with this threatening youth first.

On this continent, individuals capable of fighting above their level were extremely rare, let alone prodigies who could battle across ranks. From Yun Xiao, Lu Zhanbai saw a most extreme threat.

"Boy, from now on, you won’t have any chance to close in!"

While Lu Zhanbai was deliberating whether to attack Yun Xiao together, Xiang Wenyuan’s resentful voice echoed from the sky, laden with an intense wariness of Yun Xiao’s physical strength.

As Lu Zhanbai mentioned, in the subsequent battle, Yun Xiao would not have any opportunity to get close again—that would only drag him back into a quagmire.

Xiang Wenyuan was certainly no fool; on the contrary, he was quite wise. Knowing he couldn’t match the youth in white in physical strength, he opted to crush him with his Hua Xuan Realm Early Stage cultivation, a level higher.

Huff... huff... huff...

As Xiang Wenyuan’s words fell, a dense Hua Xuan Realm Early Stage Meridian Qi surged around him, mixed with his special Mixed Element Qi, creating quite an imposing aura.

"It’s over!"

Yet, as Xiang Wenyuan’s aura turned eerie and was about to unleash some special method, a soft voice came from the young man in white several tens of meters away.

Though Yun Xiao’s words were soft, they were clearly heard by everyone in the quiet under Xuanyuan Cliff, although many couldn’t help but feel as though they hadn’t truly understood.

"Over? What’s over?"

The watching geniuses all shared the same thought because they clearly saw that Xiang Wenyuan had only lost two fingers, which had already been reattached, having little impact on his combat abilities.

That genius from Mixed Element Valley was still an Early Stage Hua Xuan Realm super-genius, so where did the white-clad Yun Xing get the confidence to say "it’s over"?

"You’re right, it will soon be over!"

Xiang Wenyuan, of course, didn’t believe Yun Xiao, maintaining a sneer as he responded, clearly confident in the techniques he was about to employ.

"Not soon—now, it is already over!"

The young man in white insisted, countering Xiang Wenyuan, his words no doubt infuriating the Mixed Element Valley genius, causing him to explode with rage on the spot.

"Could this be another one of his strategies?"

Below, among the crowd, some deep-thinking individuals, having seen Yun Xiao’s prior tactic of feigning, naturally assumed this was another ruse to confuse Xiang Wenyuan.

"Go to hell!"

Xiang Wenyuan had none of those people’s thoughts. As his Meridian Qi swirled around him, he formed a massive sphere, far larger than the earlier Devouring Yuan Bead.

"Stop!"

Yet, at that moment, a voice shouted from the white-clad youth, leaving many puzzled—was he yelling at Xiang Wenyuan to stop his Meridian Technique?

But at such a moment, looking at Xiang Wenyuan’s face full of resentment, no one believed that this genius from Mixed Element Valley would truly stop as promised; speeding up his progress seemed more likely.

"Huh?"

Just as a firm thought arose in everyone’s mind, Xiang Wenyuan suddenly discovered that within his body, a strange aura seemed to suddenly rise, causing his expression to change subtly.

"What is this?"

That aura appeared in Xiang Wenyuan’s body without warning, seemingly triggered by Yun Xiao’s shouted word, and in the blink of an eye, it was like a breaking dam, uncontrollable.

Poof!

At the same time, the huge spheres that had just formed under Xiang Wenyuan’s control suddenly exploded in mid-air with a loud bang, like punctured balloons, emitting a strange sound.

"What’s going on?"

Seeing this scene, everyone below was completely baffled, unable to understand why this was happening. Could the young man in white use sorcery?

At this moment, many people recalled the three words Yun Xiao had just said, "It’s over." At that time, no one believed them. Now, it seems it wasn’t baseless talk.

No one knew what was happening inside Xiang Wenyuan at this moment, but they all knew that something unforeseen had happened, something definitely not good for Xiang Wenyuan.

"You bastard, what have you done to me?"

Feeling the increasingly distinct force within his body, Xiang Wenyuan was both shocked and angry, speaking recklessly in his panic. As the words "you bastard" left his mouth, the face of the young man in white opposite him instantly turned grim.

"Kneel before me!"

A voice, suppressed with anger, burst from Yun Xiao’s mouth, causing many people to ponder, while others sneered in disbelief.

Who was Xiang Wenyuan? He was one of the top geniuses of Mixed Element Valley, a formidable practitioner at the Hua Xuan Realm Early Stage. It’s unlikely he would kneel before an enemy at Half-step Holy Rank, even in death.

"Oh no!"

Compared to the onlookers below, when Xiang Wenyuan heard those words, he suddenly felt the force within his body abruptly transform from calm to an extreme eruption.

"Am I... poisoned?"

Although Xiang Wenyuan wasn’t a Poison Vein Master, he was well-informed. When the violent poison exploded within him, he finally realized belatedly, his face turning incredibly pale.

Bang!

The violent poison aura raging within Xiang Wenyuan instantly gathered in his legs. Perhaps intentionally done by Yun Xiao, his knees went weak, and he ended up kneeling in mid-air toward Yun Xiao.

"He... really knelt?!"

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn’t help but gasp, unable to guess how the young man in white managed this. It was too eerie and terrifying.

Even Lu Zhanbai, who had always sneered disdainfully at Yun Xiao, now felt a trace of fear, immediately abandoning the thought of assisting Xiang Wenyuan. He didn’t dare take that risk.

For now, Xiang Wenyuan was clearly under Yun Xiao’s control. Without knowing how Yun Xiao controlled Xiang Wenyuan, no one dared act recklessly.

"It seems he was poisoned!"

Duan Wuwei, a genius of the Heart Poison Sect and a Half-step Holy Rank Poison Vein Master, reacted faster than the other geniuses. Hearing his sigh, the two people next to him finally understood something.

Wu Jiantong, relatively quicker on the uptake, had previously witnessed Yun Xiao’s ability to identify poisons, while Ouyang Yi’s face was even more astonished.

The Yun Xing who just saved his life, his means were truly vast! Killing a Gu Zhixuan with poison wasn’t enough; now he even defeated Xiang Wenyuan at Hua Xuan Realm Early Stage, and it wasn’t just a simple defeat.

Even Duan Wuwei, as a Poison Vein Master, couldn’t fathom what kind of poison could instantly ensnare a genius of Hua Xuan Realm Early Stage. He hadn’t even seen Yun Xiao apply the poison earlier.

"He must have applied the poison in those few breaths when he snapped Xiang Wenyuan’s fingers!"

Apparently noticing the doubt in Duan Wuwei’s eyes, Wu Jiantong carefully recalled the earlier exchange and was seventy to eighty percent certain of it, also growing more impressed with the young man in white’s ingenuity.

This suggests that Yun Xiao’s constant diversion earlier aimed to lure Xiang Wenyuan into a trap, giving him enough time to administer such a strange poison. Such scheming isn’t something a common person can accomplish.