Chapter 1269 - 1269: This Celestial Venerable Is a Bit Strong

Boom!

The Sea of Souls of the True Disciple collapsed in an instant, like an egg struck by a giant hammer.

His last thread of consciousness was extinguished instantly.

At this moment, he had become an empty shell devoid of a soul.

It was then that Brother Cheng's casual sword finally descended upon him.

And shattered his empty corpse to pieces.

Clang!

Brother Cheng sheathed his sword.

The challenge ended with his victory.

And afterwards, he inexplicably found himself gaining a slight insight into the Earth Rule.

"Is this the reward for winning the challenge?"

According to the special rules of Duan Yang Dao, winning a challenge allows you to randomly gain part of your opponent's rule enlightenment.

"This is a bit too little, isn't it?"

His Earth Element's Profound Pattern was currently at the Twelfth Layer, and the recent reward hadn't even increased his progress by 0.01%.

"Wasn't he a genius True Disciple?" Brother Cheng was dissatisfied.

He hadn't thought about how high his own foundation was.

The Twelfth Layer of the Earth Element's Profound Pattern was actually equivalent to the Peak Venerable's level of enlightenment, continuing on would be at the level of a Daoist Venerable.

He had just killed a Celestial Venerable, so of course, there wouldn't be much improvement in the Profound Pattern.

While he was calculating his gains here, the crowd outside was dumbfounded.

"It's over?"

"Did he just win a match?"

That was the sentiment of many Mowu Sect disciples at that moment.

Even though this battle was only at the Celestial Venerable level and wouldn't affect the final outcome.

But still, it was the first match.

And it was won so quickly?

The True Disciple from the opposing side was quite famous, considered a genius among the Celestial Venerables, and was recognized by many Mowu Sect disciples.

Originally, it was thought that this person would make Jiang Cheng die terribly.

But instead, he was defeated in seconds?

Only at this moment did they finally realize that this 'Sect Leader Jiang', entrusted with high hopes by Sect Leader Lin Jing, might actually be somewhat extraordinary.

Daoist Venerable Lin Jing, however, remained calm.

For Sect Leader Jiang to destroy a Celestial Venerable, isn't that a given?

"Everyone, cheer for me!"

Seeing everyone behind him remaining silent, he waved his arms, shouting orders.

"Musician and Song and Dance Ensemble, quickly get into action to liven up things for Sect Leader Jiang!"

The disciples of the Mowu Sect were speechless.

Although that battle just now was indeed impressive, eradicating a Celestial Venerable doesn't warrant a grand celebration, does it?

But facing the Sect Leader's command, the song and dance ensemble still started to perform, with special effects flying everywhere.

For a moment, it became quite lively.

This kind of aesthetic taste pleased Brother Cheng, whose fighting spirit was fully aroused.

On the other side, the experts of Wuding Palace were all pulling a face.

Losing the first match inexplicably, it was really bad luck.

And it was quite humiliating.

"What's going on?"

Ao Xiao Daoist Venerable looked very displeased as he glared at Daoist Venerable Zhiyan.

"Why are your Celestial Venerable disciples of Wuding Palace so vulnerable?"

"They just get instantly killed up there, isn't this embarrassing us?"

"Do we have to take action ourselves as Daoist Venerables against a mere Celestial Venerable?"

Daoist Venerable Zhiyan was also quite annoyed.

The plan was to use Celestial against Celestial, to extinguish the last bit of morale in Mowu Sect.

But instead, it was their side that lost, losing face greatly.

In frustration, he looked towards an Ultimate Level Elder under his command.

"You go, quickly get rid of that kid!"

That Ultimate Level Elder was a bit reluctant.

"Eh... I'm a Great Realm higher than him, if I win against him, it would be mocked as winning without honor."

He felt that being an Ultimate Level Elder, a mere Celestial Venerable wasn't fit to draw him out.

Even if he wins, it would be a blemish.

"Perhaps I could wait till an Ultimate comes out, then I'll step in?"

Daoist Venerable Zhiyan nearly exploded from anger.

"This is an extermination challenge!"

"Not some match of equally-leveled geniuses, do you expect us to send one Celestial Venerable after another to deal with him?"

"Get up there and kill him!"

"What nonsense, a Celestial Venerable prancing around is an eyesore!"

After being thoroughly scolded, the Ultimate Level Elder dared not argue further.

"Rest assured Leader, I'll deal with him easily."

He then wielded his blade and flew into the arena on Jiang Cheng's side.

"To die by my blade is your honor."

"You mere Celestial Venerable, thinking you truly have the standing, just a petty clown..."

After a routine bout of trash talk, Brother Cheng got a little impatient.

"Are you ready?"

"Ready for what?"

The Ultimate Level practitioner on the opposite side was confused, then his view was filled entirely with an overwhelming surge of sword light.

This time, Jiang Cheng still didn't use the Sword Dao Realm or Law Space.

Because there was still no need.

In the current context of Jiang Cheng, there wasn't much of a difference between an Ultimate and a Celestial Venerable.

Just like the previous match, when the Holy Soul charged forward, the opponent's Sea of Souls collapsed on the spot, losing the will to keep fighting.

Then countless sword lights whistled through, obliterating the Ultimate Level Elder completely.

The challenge once again ended in Jiang Cheng's victory.

This time, he gained some sense of the Wind Rule.

Much more than what he gained from the previous Celestial Venerable.

But compared to his already twelfth-layered Wind's Profound Pattern, the increase was just 1%.

"Looks like it still depends on the Daoist Venerables."

Brother Cheng couldn't be bothered to sheathe his sword and just waited for the next opponent to appear.

This challenge wasn't a competition, so if he was in good condition, he could continue fighting endlessly.

And this time, everyone by the sidelines forgot to close their mouths, and many had entered a state of bewildered petrification.

What just happened?

A duel between an Ultimate and a Celestial Venerable, and the Ultimate got killed instead?

That's understandable, but it's key that it was another instant kill?

How's that possible?

It defies all logic!

What kind of Celestial Venerable is this?

If not witnessed firsthand, many would even feel their intelligence was being insulted.

Among the Mowu Sect, there had been quite a bit of private grumbling about Jiang Cheng.

After all, Sect Leader Lin Jing held him in such high esteem, yet they couldn't see anything special about Jiang Cheng.

They always felt a mere Celestial Venerable was a joke.

But now...

"He really killed an Ultimate instantly?"

"What kind of power is that?"

"Could he really have the combat power at the level of a Daoist Venerable?"

"This is too unbelievable, a Celestial Venerable, with strength akin to a Daoist Venerable?"

"In any case, I finally see that the Sect Leader wasn't crazy; there is a reason he was special to him."

"But Ultimate and Daoist Venerable are two different things..."

"Indeed, instant killing an Ultimate doesn't mean one can stand toe-to-toe with a Daoist Venerable."

Though within Mowu Sect, many still didn't believe Jiang Cheng could change the ultimate outcome, winning two rounds did manage to boost morale a bit.

This time, without Daoist Venerable Lin Jing's command, the song and dance ensemble began playing spontaneously.

Brother Cheng was quite satisfied, though the mood on the Wuding Palace side wasn't as bright.