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Chapter 45: This villain went berserk; the ring turned into a slaughterhouse

After the contestants left the ring.

Yu Sheng barked at the defeated disciple, “Trash, you actually lost to someone from Heavenly Martial Academy.”

“Senior Brother Yu Sheng, I really didn’t expect him to be in the Core Formation realm…”

“Aren’t you in the Core Formation realm as well?”

Yu Sheng was about to continue scolding him, but Yu Xuan cut in. “Enough.”

“Yes!” Yu Sheng finally stopped lecturing.

Yu Xuan said calmly, “Just make sure nothing goes wrong in a moment.”

“Rest assured, Senior Brother Yu.” Yu Sheng glanced at Ning Bei in the distance and added, “If he can walk off that stage alive, I’ll bring you my head.”

“Good.”

A cold glint flashed across Yu Xuan’s eyes.

He still trusted Yu Sheng’s strength, and he had even prepared a trump card that would shock the arena.

He would make failure impossible.

On the other side.

Before Ning Bei stepped onto the ring, Qin Jiujiu grabbed him. “Be careful, they’re targeting you.”

“Relax.” Ning Bei smiled and whispered in her ear, “I’m the man who once pinned down a Great Emperor, remember?”

Qin Jiujiu’s cheeks turned red. “You’re awful; no one talks like that.”

“Do you like it?”

“I do.”

Qin Jiujiu’s bright eyes sparkled as she confessed like a fangirl.

Mwah…

After kissing the girl’s fair forehead, Ning Bei turned and walked to the stage.

Seeing this, Yu Xuan grabbed Yu Sheng, who was about to step up, and hissed, his face green, “Cripple him for me, right there!”

“Yes.”

On the ring.

When Ning Bei and Yu Sheng faced each other, tension filled the air.

“Do you remember what I told you?” Yu Sheng snorted.

Ning Bei rubbed his nose. “You mean the part about screwing his ancestors?”

“You… ”

Yu Sheng’s face twitched, yet he sneered. “I know you’re strong; I never underestimated you. But you’re so arrogant. I said I’d make you regret it, and I will.”

Boom…

The moment he finished, a fierce aura burst from his body.

He was at late Core Formation.

When Yu Sheng’s cultivation erupted, the arena was stunned.

“He’s actually late Core Formation?”

“He’s really in the late Core Formation… The last tournament’s champion was only at that level, right?”

“At his age, reaching late Core Formation means limitless potential!”

While the crowd was in shock, Qin Yu’s lips curled wildly below the stage. “It’s coming… it’s really coming.”

The man in black had told him Ning Bei would soon be killed, and Yu Sheng’s attitude and power proved it.

To him, this was no coincidence.

Bang!

Yu Sheng stamped the floor and shot toward Ning Bei, so fast that the naked eye could scarcely follow.

The spectators drew in a sharp breath.

Could he really be trying to kill his opponent?

When they saw Yu Sheng’s killing move… a giant sword of cold light… they were certain.

He was truly aiming to kill.

Otherwise, why open with his ultimate move?

Sss…

As the keen sword hurtled at Ning Bei, he seemed not to react at all, standing frozen with no intent to dodge.

“What the… Is he too slow to respond?”

“Maybe. Heavenly Martial Academy won twice just now; Great Yu Academy must be itching to regain face.”

The crowd held its breath.

Zzz…

In the next instant the sword reached Ning Bei, yet the dense yang energy rolling off him tore it apart instantly.

The savage sword projection was shredded like paper.

Wow!

A second ago everyone had been holding their breath; the next they nearly lost their jaws.

“What’s going on? He didn’t even move!”

“Could he be stronger than Yu Sheng… far stronger?”

“I remember now; he’s Ning Bei, the chief disciple of Heavenly Martial Academy.”

People who had ignored Ning Bei at first now reevaluated him.

They never expected Heavenly Martial Academy to hide such a monster.

They had never heard of him before.

“Ha!”

Yu Sheng, whose first attack failed, was not afraid; instead he laughed. “Excellent! I worried that killing you might hurt my reputation, but you do have some skill. Now I can go all out.”

Roar!

While everyone was still stunned, a beastly roar cut in.

Light flared on Yu Sheng’s forehead, and he summoned a spirit beast at peak Core Formation.

Beast-taming?

Everyone was dumbfounded.

“Wait, Yu Sheng is also a beast tamer?”

“At his age… a late Core Formation beast tamer… summoning a beast at peak Core Formation?”

“I understand each word, but together they make no sense.”

No wonder the crowd found it unbelievable.

Any one of those identities marked a heaven-favored genius.

Yet now they saw all of them in one young man.

One could imagine how shaken they were.

Throughout the entire Cangxuan Continent, no beast tamer this monstrous had ever appeared.

Only Yu Xuan was unsurprised, because this beast was the trump card he had prepared for Yu Sheng.

“Ha ha, Ning Bei, you’re dead.”

Qin Yu trembled with excitement.

Hearing that, Lin Yueyao frowned. “What are you talking about? Are you a disciple of Heavenly Martial Academy or of Great Yu Academy?”

“I…” Qin Yu faltered, then forced a smile. “Yueyao, why defend Ning Bei? He’s with my sister now… be realistic, will you?”

Lin Yueyao felt conflicted. “Even so, you can’t talk like that. Life and death? It’s just a match.”

“Fine, fine.”

Qin Yu did not argue, but he laughed to himself.

He knew this was no ordinary match; they were here to kill Ning Bei.

At this moment, Wuyue also glared at Yu Tong. “Isn’t this going too far?”

“I don’t understand.” Yu Tong spread his hands. “Yu Sheng is a beast tamer; summoning a beast in battle is perfectly reasonable.”

“Reasonable, reasonable,” Xu Yunyang laughed. “The rules don’t forbid beast tamers. It’s just unheard of for someone this young to summon a peak Core Formation beast. We can’t deny his strength just because it’s unexpected, right?”

Yu Tong added, “Brother Wuyue, if you’re worried about your chief disciple, let him surrender so you’ll still have someone to train your juniors.”

“Heh, petty men.” Wuyue’s mouth twitched, yet he was helpless.

However, he also knew that with Ning Bei’s personality he would never concede, though whether he could prevail was uncertain.

“I admit you have some ability,” Yu Sheng said arrogantly, “but now that I’ve summoned my beast, how will you handle it?”

Ning Bei answered calmly, “I advise you to put it away.”

“Ha ha ha, are you scared now?”

Yu Sheng burst into loud laughter.

“Scared? I’m afraid you’ll cry,” Ning Bei chuckled.

“Still acting tough!”

Yu Sheng’s eyes turned cold and he drove the beast to pounce on Ning Bei.

The peak Core Formation aura made the ring tremble, and a fierce wind howled.

Facing the rampaging beast, Ning Bei remained unhurried; he leisurely took out a spirit ball and said, “Come here, you.”

Roar!

Under countless gazes, the beast that had looked ferocious a second ago suddenly lay docilely at Ning Bei’s feet.

Yu Sheng: “Eh?”

Crowd: “What the hell?”

The arena fell dead silent.

Yu Sheng snapped out of his shock and shouted, “Go! Kill him!”

Roar!

Suddenly, the beast turned around and lunged at Yu Sheng.

“?”

Yu Sheng was stunned.

The arena erupted.

“What’s going on? Did the beast lose its mind?”

“As expected, controlling a peak Core Formation beast at late Core Formation isn’t easy!”

“No, it’s him… Ning Bei is controlling the beast.”

Someone’s words instantly woke the crowd, and disbelief filled every face.

“Damn it!”

Hearing this, Qin Yu shot to his feet.

He had pictured Ning Bei struggling on the brink of death; how had the beast ended up controlled by Ning Bei like at Shura Cliff?

How the hell did he do that?

“Ha ha.”

Wuyue’s gloomy face turned into a grin. “A beast going out of control is perfectly reasonable!”

“You…”

Yu Tong wanted to speak but finally fell silent.

It was simply too embarrassing.

How could the beast end up controlled instead?

“Ah!”

Focused on escaping the beast, Yu Sheng never noticed Ning Bei; he only felt both legs crack and a tearing pain.

The next moment, he fell to the ground.

Before he could lift his head, a foot stomped onto it and pinned him. “That’s it? And you wanted to kill me?”

Killing intent flashed in Ning Bei’s eyes.

“…”

Yu Sheng struggled to rise.

But his legs were broken; he could only scratch at the floor like a useless carp.

The genius admired moments ago was now in utter disgrace.

The entire arena was silent; no one had imagined Yu Sheng would lose so miserably.

It felt unreal, like a dream.

“Stop!”

Seeing Ning Bei about to strike, Yu Xuan tried to stop him.

Yu Sheng was his trusted aide; he couldn’t watch him die.

Yet Ning Bei acted as if he hadn’t heard and drew his sword.

Yu Xuan’s expression changed. “I told you to stop!”

“What? Chop off a hand?” (TL: 住 zhu – stop, 剁 duo – chop, probably easy to hear this wrong in action.)

Pretending to mishear, Ning Bei raised his sword and slashed at Yu Sheng.

Slash!

“No… ”

Yu Xuan’s cry had not even left his mouth when Ning Bei’s sword rose and fell, severing Yu Sheng’s head.

Whoa…

The spectators were dumbstruck.

“You… ”

Yu Xuan’s face turned pale.

Shock filled his eyes; he had never expected Ning Bei to kill so ruthlessly.

Ning Bei looked harmless. “Sorry, I was a little off and missed… You wanted a hand, right?”

“What?”

Yu Xuan froze, sensing danger.

Before he could speak, Ning Bei’s sword flashed twice more and chopped off Yu Sheng’s arms.

Hiss…

The already silent arena echoed with a collective gasp.

Everyone was petrified.

And that was not all.

Ning Bei lifted the severed hands with spiritual force and walked straight toward Yu Xuan. “Here, I’ve chopped the hands off for you… want them?”

Thud!

The always composed Yu Xuan now showed genuine fear.

Facing Ning Bei’s smiling starry eyes, goosebumps covered his skin.

Madman… this man was a complete madman!

Ning Bei kept approaching with the hands, faster and faster. “The hands are here. Do you want them or not? Do you?”

Yu Xuan went numb. “Guards… where are the guards?”

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