Published: February 24, 2025
The scene of the Law Enforcement Elder being killed by Tan Yun with a single kick left over a hundred thousand disciples, including all the elders, stunned.
After a brief silence among the crowd, shocked exclamations erupted.
“Oh my! What just happened? The Law Enforcement Elder was actually killed in one strike by Senior Brother Tan!”
“I, I… I understand now! Before stepping onto the Duel Platform, Senior Brother Tan's fear in front of Elder Ten and the Law Enforcement Elder was all an act!”
“……”
Amidst the astonishment of the disciples, except for Mu Mengyi, Zhong Wu Shi Yao, Xue Ziyan, and Rongrong who remained relatively calm, even the thirteen elders, including Shen Qingqiu beneath the Duel Platform, were stirred with immense inner turmoil!
Shen Qingqiu gazed at Tan Yun on the stage, a look of shock evident in his murky eyes, “As Mu girl said, this kid is indeed at the seventh layer of the fetal soul realm!”
After regaining their composure, the other twelve elders suddenly understood.
They realized that Tan Yun had initially concealed his realm, angering Qiu Yongcong and Guo Zhengshou, and then feigned a slip of the tongue to issue a deathmatch challenge to the two elders; everything was a carefully arranged trap by Tan Yun!
A trap that would lead to the deaths of Qiu Yongcong and Guo Zhengshou!
As this thought crossed their minds, the twelve elders felt a chill down their spines, and their eyes revealed an unmistakable fear as they looked at Tan Yun!
The elders speculated among themselves that Tan Yun must have cultivated a method to conceal his true realm, which prevented them from seeing through to his real level, leading them to mistakenly believe he was challenging Qiu Yongcong, Guo Zhengshou, and Cao Cheng with the strength of the fifth layer of the fetal soul realm.
At the same time, they knew that Tan Yun’s strength to challenge those beyond his level during his spirit胎 realm stage had already caused quite a stir in the outer sect. If Tan Yun were to initiate a deathmatch with the strength of the seventh layer of fetal soul realm, the three would certainly refuse!
Thinking of this, they looked at Cao Cheng, who was at the eighth layer of the fetal soul realm like Qiu Yongcong, with expressions that varied from schadenfreude to sympathy…
On the Duel Platform.
Tan Yun wore a playful smile, fixing his gaze on Cao Cheng and Guo Zhengshou!
Guo Zhengshou squinted at Tan Yun, his expression more serious than ever. A surge of anger filled his chest as he felt manipulated by the other party, “You little rascal, how insidious of you! Your words of challenge to us were not a slip of the tongue at all!”
“Elder Ten is right!” The elder around seventy, Cao Cheng, retreated nervously beside Guo Zhengshou, glaring at Tan Yun to bolster his courage, “You cunning thing! If it weren't for the Law Enforcement Elder's carelessness, how could you have killed him so easily!”
A cold smirk appeared at the corner of Tan Yun’s mouth as he glanced at Cao Cheng, “Old man, this is a grudge between me and Qiu Yongcong, Guo Zhengshou. You’ve recklessly jumped in and humiliated me publicly; you really deserve to die!”
Then, Tan Yun’s gaze locked onto Guo Zhengshou, his voice resonating, “Call me insidious or whatever; in any case, you’re dead today!”
“But don’t worry, I won’t let you die easily. First, I'll deal with this old thing, and then we’ll slowly settle our accounts!”
“Primordial Divine Step!”
Tan Yun's figure flickered and vanished in place, like a ghost, instantly crossing a distance of over two hundred zhang to appear before Cao Cheng, and suddenly launched a punch at his chest!
Tan Yun’s speed was so fast that Cao Cheng, at the eighth layer of the fetal soul realm, couldn’t dodge in time and was hit squarely in the chest!
“Crack!”
“No…”
The clear sound of bones breaking was swallowed by Cao Cheng’s elderly scream as his body shattered under Tan Yun’s punch, blood mist enveloping the area, with chunks of his remains scattering down from the Duel Platform!