The spiritual power here was originally thin to a pitiful degree.
However, the previous battle and the deaths of the Human Cultivators had released a massive amount of pure spiritual power.
It surged wildly, and in the blink of an eye, her spiritual power reserves and circulation speed increased 100 times, making Jiang Ke’er feel so comfortable she almost wanted to cheer out loud!
Just as she expected, as long as all the other Human Cultivators were killed off until only Jia Huming remained, then only two teams would be left on the field: Jia Huming’s team and the Bagpipe Squad.
Even if the first and second-ranked Heavenly God Team One and the Wasteland War Team were included, only four teams would still be eligible for the competition.
This meant… at this very moment, she had successfully advanced to the Top Four.
[Mission complete, Sealing removed!]
Faced with the Deputy Commander of the Royal Guard, the Venerable Jia Huming, Jiang Ke’er felt no fear.
Instead, her heart burned with a raging battle intent!
“So what if you’re a Venerable? Did you think you could kill me whenever you wanted?”
Jia Huming sneered with disdain. “Where did you get the nerve to be so arrogant?”
He no longer needed to suppress his strength.
Although he could only use 20% of his peak power due to the toxin, he couldn’t see any way he could lose against Jiang Ke’er—someone in the Five Elements Realm, a full three major realms below him!
Power increased by dozens of times with each realm! Even with only 20% of his strength, he was still over 1,000 times more powerful than a normal Five Elements Realm cultivator!
With the addition of new abilities and talents from each realm, not even ten Seven Luminaries Realm experts could defeat him!
The problem was that Jiang Ke’er was never normal.
Jia Huming lunged forward, throwing a punch toward Jiang Ke’er’s face!
Jiang Ke’er twisted her waist, still making no move to dodge.
Gathering all her strength into her right fist, she met Jia Huming’s punch head-on!
Shockwaves that distorted space itself exploded in every direction.
Jiang Ke’er was sent flying backward, slamming into the rocks. Her arm was twisted unnaturally; it was clearly broken.
However, the Venerable Jia Huming was shocked to find himself flying backward uncontrollably as well, crashing miserably into the rock wall…
A dignified Venerable like himself had actually seemed to be on equal footing with Jiang Ke’er in that exchange!
Even if he only had 20% of his power and his arm wasn’t broken, this was still unbelievable! It meant that her current spiritual power reserves were not inferior to his!
Although spiritual power reserves were just one small aspect and didn’t represent overall strength, this was still an unheard-of, terrifying situation!
No one would ever imagine a little Chaff Fish in the Five Elements Realm daring to trade punches with a Venerable at 20% power and not falling behind in terms of strength!
Shaken, Jia Huming didn’t stop. He became even more determined to kill Jiang Ke’er here.
That girl absolutely could not be allowed to return to Shenzhou alive! Once she grew up, she would surely become a great disaster for Shenzhou!
Jiang Ke’er quickly treated her arm. In the sky, the clouds were thinning, and the heavy snow was about to stop.
She understood that once the snow stopped, she would be finished.
She had to find a way to deal with Jia Huming quickly.
‘If only I had a finishing move or something…’ At this moment, she suddenly felt a bit envious of Chen Bule and those Human Cultivators from before.
Her luck was too poor; she hadn’t drawn any powerful or flashy burst-type Battle Techniques yet.
This left her lacking a high-damage burst attack for one-on-one combat.
Furthermore, her existing True Word Technique was ineffective against enemies in the Venerable Realm.
The Silence Ring worked, but it was useless in this situation.
‘Then I’ll just have to fight it out!’
Jia Huming pulled out a massive Umbral Streamer.
Instantly, a bone-chilling yin energy blotted out the sun.
Souls that hadn’t yet dissipated flew out from the bodies of the nearby Human Cultivators, swirling around the Umbral Streamer in Jia Huming’s hand.
“Forcing me to use the Tiger Ghost Absolute Kill Array… you’ll die with enough honor,” Jia Huming said with a half-smile.
“Look closely. This is the gap between realms. This is the power that can only be used after reaching the Venerable Realm!”
Jia Huming slammed the streamer onto the ground.
The souls in the sky suddenly converged into a single point, letting out a roar that seemed to shatter the earth.
They transformed into a massive ghost tiger burning with eerie blue ghostfire, lunging at Jiang Ke’er with its jaws wide!
Jiang Ke’er was stunned for a moment.
She rubbed her chin and looked at Jia Huming inquisitively.
‘Are you actually one of us? An undercover agent sent by the Demon Race? Otherwise, why would you try to use souls to attack the Queen of the Earth…’
Seeing that Jia Huming didn’t respond, Jiang Ke’er’s gaze gradually turned into the pity one might show a complete moron.
She unhurriedly untied another Red Lacquered Gourd from her waist and pulled out the stopper with a *pop*.
Jia Huming was confused. He looked closer and saw a line of elegant, small characters engraved on the gourd: “Welcome to Avici Hell.”
The ghost tiger in mid-air suddenly changed direction.
Though it struggled to pounce on Jiang Ke’er, the suction coming from the gourd was completely irresistible.
It wailed frantically as its body shrank, being sucked inch by inch into the gourd.
Once the last trace of the soul dissipated into the air, Jiang Ke’er replaced the stopper.
Jia Huming was dumbfounded. He couldn’t understand how a magic treasure could completely neutralize his eighth-grade artifact, making his summoned souls useless.
His face turned pale. The failure of his killing move cost him dearly, but as a battle-hardened veteran, he didn’t just stand there dazed.
As soon as he realized the move was ineffective, he had already closed in.
Using the ghost tiger as cover, he gripped a dagger and rushed Jiang Ke’er for a close-quarters assault.
It was a purplish-black dagger coated in a foul-smelling, lethal toxin. One scratch meant certain death.
*Clang!*
In her haste, Jiang Ke’er could only raise her gourd to parry the dagger.
The blow was so heavy that the gourd was immediately knocked from her hand.
Jia Huming pressed his advantage! The dagger followed up, lunging toward Jiang Ke’er’s eye!
At the critical moment, Qing Cheng flew out of its scabbard. The hilt wedged itself firmly in front of the dagger in mid-air.
Controlling Qing Cheng with her mind, she poured the Power of Gale from Frost Shadow into it.
The piercing cold naturally contained within the Frost Shadow sword mixed with the Power of Gale.
The moment it was unsheathed, a deathly white gale that pierced through heaven and earth roared toward the nearby Jia Huming!
With a single strike that split the heavens and cleared the mist, life and death were both poured into this final blast of wind!
Jia Huming retreated violently to dodge, knowing he couldn’t let himself be caught in that gale.
From behind the wind, Jiang Ke’er’s voice drifted slowly.
“One, don’t mess with souls in front of me.”
“Two, daggers won’t work either.”
“Three, this time, you’re really dead.”
Within the tornado, a petite shadow rode the wind, rushing straight for Jia Huming!
Jia Huming raised his dagger to block, but the shadow vanished in an instant. Then, a sharp wind appeared behind his neck.
Jia Huming turned back in horror, only to see a sharp blade piercing toward his forehead.
‘What kind of ridiculous speed is this?! She wasn’t this fast just now! At most, she was equal to my speed as a Venerable!’
“Also, in your next life, don’t forget to always keep nine parts of your strength in reserve.”
Trading punches with Jia Huming at the start wasn’t a hot-headed move; it was to make him focus all his attention on her power.
But her strength had never been her power.
It was her speed.
‘Sorry, but that previous speed… was faked.’
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