239: One-sided manipulation! Champion Hou's mentality has collapsed!

Inside Qiankun Hall, the dead silence was torn apart by the sound of uncontrolled gasps.

Exclamations like a landslide or tsunami instantly flooded the entire hall!

"He... he passed right through?!"

An old official accidentally crushed the Jade Tablet in his hand, his face filled with disbelief.

"What kind of movement technique is that? An illusion?"

"No! I can feel it, the Marquis of Champion's punch strength wasn't fake at all; every punch hit home!"

"But he is clearly standing right there, why... why can't he be hit?!"

"It's space! His control over the Law of space has reached an inconceivable Realm!"

Outside the barrier, the civil and military officials lost their composure.

If Su Chen becoming a King with a single thought had shocked them before...

...then at this moment, the eerie posture he displayed, where no technique could touch him, made them feel a shudder originating from the depths of their Souls!

This was an instinctive fear of an unknown power!

Atop the Dragon throne, the killing intent that was almost tearing through the barrier slowly receded.

Ji Hongxue's previously tense body silently relaxed at this moment. Her jade-like hand, which had been gripping the armrest so hard her knuckles turned white, finally let go.

She slowly sat back down.

Only this time, her posture was no longer a tense readiness to act, but carried a sort of interested scrutiny.

Bastard!

This damn bastard!

Ji Hongxue cursed fiercely in her heart.

She was truly scared just now.

That heart of hers, which as an Emperor had long been frozen like iron, had throbbed with pain the moment Xiao Tiance threw his punch. She was even prepared to kill Xiao Tiance on the spot, even at the cost of exposing the royal family's trump cards.

But what happened?

It turned out that this man, this fellow who made her both worried and annoyed, didn't even bother to lift his eyelids more than once from beginning to end.

He was like a monarch awakened by a naughty child, impatiently playing a ridiculous game with the other party.

That laziness and indifference etched into his bones, combined with those unfathomable and heaven-reaching methods, formed a contradiction and charm that made even Ji Hongxue's heart skip a beat.

She looked at Su Chen inside the barrier, who was still troubled by his lack of sleep; the ice deep within her Phoenix eyes quietly melted a corner, turning into a pool of spring water that even she hadn't noticed.

And Su Chen, looking at the opposite Xiao Tiance whose Divine Soul was lost and who had begun to doubt his life, curled his lips into a wicked arc.

[Oh, you're dumbfounded already? Is your Dao Heart that fragile?]

[My methods have only just begun! Today, I'll give you a free lesson and let you experience what 'dimensionality reduction strike' means!]

[I'll make you understand a profound truth: the consequences of disturbing a salted fish's sleep are very serious.]

His figure switched at will between illusion and reality, like a wisp of green smoke that couldn't be captured.

He sauntered toward the still-dazed Xiao Tiance.

"Hey, is that it?"

His voice was lazy, with a hint of cat-and-mouse-like playfulness.

Xiao Tiance was startled by the voice and suddenly snapped back to his senses.

Humiliation!

An unspeakable sense of humiliation turned into scalding lava and rushed to his head!

He, the dignified Marquis of Champion of Great Xia, the number one rising star in the military, was actually being toyed with like this by a "soft-rice man" in his eyes, in front of the entire court and Her Majesty the Empress!

"Ahhh! I don't believe it!"

Xiao Tiance's eyes instantly turned blood-red, looking like a mad demon, completely losing his sanity.

"Again!"

He let out an explosive shout, the saint power in his body gushing out without reservation, and the Qilin Manifestation behind him let out an unwilling roar, turning into a golden lightning bolt once again and pouncing madly toward Su Chen!

"Qilin Treads the Heavens!"

"Qilin Shatters Stars!"

"Qilin Suppresses Hell!"

In an instant, he threw out hundreds or thousands of punches!

Every punch burned with his dignity and jealousy!

The violent punch shadows wove into a golden storm of death, tearing the space within a hundred feet of Su Chen inch by inch, turning it into a destructive vacuum zone!

He didn't believe it! Under such an indiscriminate, no-dead-angle blanket attack, that guy could still dodge!

However...

Reality was colder than a nightmare.

Su Chen's figure was strolling leisurely within that golden storm that was enough to strangle a Great Power.

He was like an unrestrained fish, moving with the waves in the stormy sea; every seemingly casual turn or step perfectly avoided all fatal attacks from the most tricky angles.

Those punch strengths, enough to shatter mountains, didn't even lift a corner of his Purple-Gold Divine Master Robe.

"Too slow."

Just as Xiao Tiance's punch missed, the moment his old strength was spent and new strength had not yet been born, Su Chen's figure appeared on his left like a ghost.

He extended a finger, not to attack, but to lightly flick Xiao Tiance's dust-covered golden shoulder armor.

As if brushing away non-existent dust for him.

"Snap."

A soft sound.

Xiao Tiance's body, however, was like it was struck by lightning, suddenly stiffening.

"Your strength is also too small; it's not even worthy of scratching this Divine Master's itch."

Before he finished speaking, Su Chen's figure appeared behind Xiao Tiance's right again, his toe casually hooking upward.

"Bang!"

Xiao Tiance only felt a clever force transmit, and his whole person instantly lost balance, stumbling and almost falling flat on his face.

"Also, your boxing posture is too ugly; it doesn't match that golden turtle shell of yours."

Su Chen's voice, like an all-pervasive demonic sound, came from all directions; every word was ruthlessly destroying Xiao Tiance's already tottering Dao Heart.

The subsequent battle completely evolved into a one-sided, brutal public execution.

Xiao Tiance was like a Mortal toyed with by a supreme being; no matter how madly he attacked or how he burned his saint power, he couldn't touch Su Chen in the slightest.

Instead, he himself was occasionally tapped on the forehead by the other's finger, forced back repeatedly by a single gaze, and even waved away disdainfully by the other, like shooing a fly.

Su Chen's figure was so fast it made him despair.

Su Chen's methods were so eerie they made him break down.

Inside Qiankun Hall, there was a dead silence.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

They stood with their mouths open, staring blankly at the ridiculous and terrifying scene inside the barrier.

Was that still the majestic and invincible Marquis of Champion in their eyes?

At this moment, his hair was disheveled, his golden armor was broken, and his breathing sounded like a broken bellows, as wretched as a stray dog.

While that Divine Master Su, from beginning to end, was calm and composed, his steps light, as if he weren't in a life-and-death duel, but dancing a magnificent and solitary dance in his own courtyard.

Was this really a battle between those of the same level?

This gap was like a natural chasm!

"Pfft!"

Finally, after being tapped on the chest by Su Chen's finger once again, and that seemingly gentle force made his blood and Qi boil...

Xiao Tiance could no longer hold on.

Shame, despair, and unwillingness—all sorts of emotions overwhelmed his sanity, and a mouthful of reverse blood sprayed out wildly!

His mental state, under the gaze of the entire court, completely shattered!

"Ah—! I'm going to kill you! I want you dead!"

Xiao Tiance's eyes were as red as blood, and he let out a beast-like roar.

He knew that by conventional means, he had lost, lost utterly, and would never be able to hold his head up again for the rest of his life.

In that case! Then let's perish together!

He suddenly bit the tip of his tongue, spat out a large mouthful of Life Essence Blood burning with his Divine Soul, and his hands rapidly formed seals in front of his chest!

"With my essence blood, I sacrifice my Divine Soul! Forbidden technique, open!"

Buzz—!

Following his shrill roar that didn't sound human...

A palm-sized, jet-black, ancient bell engraved with countless faces of resentful spirits slowly emerged from between his eyebrows.

As soon as the bell appeared, a cold, evil, and terrifyingly ominous and decaying aura instantly spread!

Under the erosion of this aura, the barrier's light screen actually made a piercing "sizzling" sound, its light dimming rapidly!

"A great sage weapon! It's the Soul-Shattering Demon Bell!"

"He's crazy! This is a royal forbidden object that specifically harms the Divine Soul, extremely vicious! He actually dares to use this object in the imperial court!"

"This isn't a spar! This is murder! He wants to kill the Divine Master!"

The entire court was horrified and lost their voices.

In Ji Hongxue's Phoenix eyes, an unmasked, towering killing intent also erupted!

However, just when everyone thought Su Chen was about to face a life-and-death crisis...

Su Chen looked at that demon bell emitting an ominous aura, and the lazy smile at the corner of his mouth became even more playful.

[The fish is finally willing to spit out the last bit of bait.]

[A great sage weapon, is it? Just in time.]

[My vajra bracelet is just missing an appetizer.]