147: The second imperial costume!

Kou Shihang shivered, staying to the side.

He dared not approach.

The mere collision of Qi Strength from both sides created an extremely strong sense of danger for him.

This was a power he absolutely could not withstand.

Watching Xiao Shi transform into a dark golden, wrathful Vajra, Kou Shihang’s expression was dazed.

“He… he wasn’t using his full strength just now!?”

He had thought Xiao Shi was already at full power.

That was why he was in such a sorry state.

But he never expected… the other party hadn’t even used his full strength.

It wasn’t until Xiao Shi transformed into a dark golden, wrathful Vajra that he truly realized how terrifying this person was!

Xiao Shi ignored Kou Shihang.

His entire gaze was fixed on the tall demon statue in front of him.

His eyes burned with fighting spirit.

Whoosh!

Xiao Shi’s figure moved.

He vanished into the shadows.

The crescent moon on his chest gave him a powerful night-time buff, and coupled with his already astonishing speed in his Invincible Vajra Body state.

For a moment.

His speed seemed to surpass lightning.

Reaching an extremely terrifying level.

He instantly teleported behind the demon statue.

His right elbow shot out like a cannonball.

Tearing through the air.

Creating a reverberating explosion.

It directly slammed into the demon statue’s back.

Crack!

Even with the demon statue’s power, it didn’t react in time. Its entire back was immediately struck by Xiao Shi’s elbow, creating a sunken crater.

Many of the black stones that made up the demon statue’s body were shattered and fell off.

At the same time, the entire massive demon statue was sent flying by Xiao Shi’s elbow strike.

However, after successfully landing a blow, Xiao Shi showed no joy.

Instead, he frowned.

His elbow was currently wrapped in a cloud of black mist.

This black mist was highly corrosive.

Within the black mist, there was also a ghostly face, attempting to absorb his power.

If an ordinary person were entangled by such black mist.

They would inevitably be corroded while their power continuously drained away.

However, with Xiao Shi’s current Invincible Vajra Body and Taiyin Physique, the corrosion from the black mist had no effect on him, and it certainly couldn’t absorb his power.

“As long as I touch the demon statue, I’ll be tainted by this black mist, huh…”

Xiao Shi mused thoughtfully.

He forcefully flicked his entire arm.

And dispersed the black mist.

Although some black stones fell off the demon statue after being struck by Xiao Shi, such injuries were nothing to it.

It turned around.

Its crimson, eerie gaze focused directly on Xiao Shi.

This demon statue, after its revival, already possessed an independent will.

It no longer needed Kou Shihang to control it.

Kou Shihang only needed to convey the target to the demon statue.

The demon statue would then act on its own to kill the target.

As the demon statue’s crimson gaze flickered.

It directly raised the wide-bladed heavy sword in its hand high.

Although this wide-bladed heavy sword was heavy and massive.

It was a stone sword, also a type of stone statue.

But as the demon statue raised the stone sword in its hand and brought it down in a slash.

Buzz!

Xiao Shi only felt as if the surrounding air had solidified.

Piercing, strange cries echoed in his mind.

These cries were like both weeping and laughter.

Even the frequency of his heartbeats was altered, causing his breathing to become chaotic.

He couldn’t maintain normal breathing.

At the same time, an incomparably massive black blade light tore through the sky and violently slashed down.

This black blade light was vastly different from the blade light slashed by ordinary people.

This blade light was not composed of Qi Strength.

Instead, it was formed by countless ghostly figures gathered together.

These ghostly figures all wore ferocious expressions and extended their ghostly hands.

Each ghostly figure possessed strength comparable to Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection.

And when so many ghostly figures gathered together to form this blade light, its power became even more terrifying.

“Is this… the power of the Blood Martial Realm?”

Xiao Shi’s eyes narrowed slightly.

Facing this level of power for the first time.

He could clearly feel that the slash descending from the opponent had far exceeded the Qi Martial Realm level.

Any Qi Martial Realm cultivator facing this slash… would not be able to block it!

At this moment.

The fighting spirit in Xiao Shi’s eyes intensified to the extreme.

So much so that he became excited.

He gently closed his eyes.

In his mind, a scene appeared.

This scene was of a blood-stained giant axe, cleaving down.

Boom!

Xiao Shi’s tightly closed eyes suddenly opened.

A shadow of a blood axe then appeared in his pupils.

A bloody light burst forth from him, covering his raised right hand.

This suddenly appearing bloody light was exactly the same color as the blood axe in Xiao Shi’s mental image.

Amidst the spread of this bloody light, and as the demon statue’s blade light rapidly descended, Xiao Shi’s right hand, seemingly casually, slashed forward.

Nothing extraordinary.

Very ordinary, very simple.

But within this ordinariness and simplicity, there was an extraordinary charm contained.

This extraordinary charm caused all the bloody light to converge and rush towards Xiao Shi’s right hand, all merging into Xiao Shi’s right hand.

At the moment Xiao Shi slashed, a huge, blurry shadow of a blood axe actually appeared behind him.

This axe was enormous, stained with blood, and emitted an extremely rich bloody smell, as well as a terrifying murderous aura that continuously emanated from it.

It seemed as though this blood axe had undergone countless slaughters and been drenched in countless amounts of blood.

Now, with Xiao Shi’s right hand.

It slashed down together!

Boom!!

The sky roared, the earth trembled!

A powerful wind, accompanied by dazzling light, surged like a tide, rumbling and exploding outwards.

The bloody axe shadow immediately collided fiercely with the descending black blade light.

In terms of size.

The entire bloody axe shadow was far less than half the size of the black blade light, not even a third of it.

However, the moment the two touched.

The many ghostly figures that made up the black blade light all extended their ghostly hands, grabbing at the bloody axe shadow, wanting to shatter it.

But when these ghostly hands touched the bloody axe shadow, they trembled.

The next second.

Boom!

All these ghostly hands collapsed and shattered.

The ghostly figures, originally with ferocious expressions, immediately showed panic, as if they had encountered the greatest nemesis of their lives.

Originally, these ghostly figures had charged forward with an urgent, hungry appearance.

But now, after feeling the terror of the bloody axe shadow.

These ghostly figures all turned to expressions of fear and alarm, not only did they not continue to charge downwards, but they all began to flee upwards.

This caused the originally downward-slashing black blade light, after a tremor, to change direction and begin to flee upwards.

However, before it could escape far.

Puff!

The bloody axe shadow flashed.

And rushed into the midst of the many ghostly figures.

The speed of the bloody axe shadow was clearly much faster than the black blade light.

So much so that the black blade light had no time to escape.

It could be clearly seen.

The originally pitch-black black blade light, its middle part, after the bloody axe shadow rushed in, directly turned blood-red.

All the many ghostly figures that made up the black blade light instantly died in large numbers upon contact with the bloody axe shadow.

With a bang.

The black blade light was blasted apart by the bloody axe shadow, scattering and exploding.

But the bloody axe shadow did not stop there.

It continued to rampage forward with astonishing speed towards the massive demon statue.

Soon, it flashed past the demon statue’s front and disappeared.

The entire massive demon statue stiffly and slowly lowered its head.

At its feet, a straight crack appeared on the ground… This crack was seven or eight zhang long, extending from beneath it all the way to its back.

This crack was precisely the trace left by the rampaging bloody axe shadow.

Looking at this crack, the demon statue’s crimson eyes began to dim.

Crack!

With a sound like cracking stone.

A thin line appeared on the demon statue’s forehead. Initially, this line was very fine, but with continuous cracking sounds.

The line continuously thickened and extended straight down from the forehead, instantly reaching the chin, then sweeping past the chest, all the way to the lower abdomen.

Chirp!

The entire demon statue directly split into two halves.

Half of its body slid down from the main body.

The cut that divided the demon statue into two was smooth and clean.

As if it had been severed by an incredibly sharp blade.

It was hard to imagine… this was a slash Xiao Shi made with his bare hands, without using any weapons!!

Xiao Shi was not surprised by such a result.

This was his strongest slash at the moment!

This slash, which he had comprehended from the enlightenment bead, inherently possessed extremely terrifying lethality.

Coupled with his Invincible Vajra Body and Taiyin Physique.

It was full firepower!

A slash unleashed with such power.

Even a Blood Martial Realm cultivator, he could kill!

At present, not only was the entire demon statue annihilated by Xiao Shi.

Not far behind the demon statue.

Kou Shihang’s eyes were wide open.

A bloody mark also appeared on his forehead.

Blood continuously flowed down the mark, dripping onto the ground, forming a pool of blood and creating ripples.

Kou Shihang’s face still held a look of shock and horror.

He was completely stunned by the slash Xiao Shi unleashed.

Even his trump card, the demon statue, a demon statue capable of rivaling the Blood Martial Realm… was actually shattered by Xiao Shi’s axe!

“Couldn’t hold back… what a pity!”

Xiao Shi shook his head helplessly.

Originally, he hadn’t intended to kill Kou Shihang so quickly.

After all, he still wanted to know from the other party how he found him.

It was just that his slash… was too powerful.

He couldn’t hold back.

Not only did it shatter the demon statue, but it also killed Kou Shihang along with it.

“If he’s dead, then so be it.”

Xiao Shi didn’t think too much about it.

Although he didn’t know this person’s identity, from the opponent’s strength, it could be seen that this person was most likely also on the leaderboard.

Xiao Shi’s heart stirred.

He thought that if he just checked the leaderboard, he might be able to find out who this person was.

After all, he had been following the leaderboard these days.

He was already very familiar with everyone on the leaderboard.

The person who had disappeared from the leaderboard now was most likely this black-haired youth.

Immediately, Xiao Shi looked at the leaderboard.

“Hmm?”

As soon as he checked.

He was stunned.

He immediately saw that the top spot had become vacant.

“Could this guy be that top-ranked person!?”

Xiao Shi was very surprised by this.

He never expected that the person he killed this time was Kou Shihang, who had always been at the top of the leaderboard!!

“It was him…”

Xiao Shi was a little surprised.

But upon closer thought.

Given this person’s methods and strength, although he seemed weak in front of himself, for other participants, he was indeed not someone they could contend with.

To be able to be at the top of the leaderboard.

This Kou Shihang was not without substance.

It was just that he encountered himself.

However, Xiao Shi had never seen his Blood Beast from beginning to end.

This was very strange.

“This person clearly came to find me intentionally. Not only did he know my name and my exact location, but he also didn’t bring his Blood Beast…”

“Which means… he likely also knows that my Blood Beast is much stronger than his, and he was worried that if he brought his Blood Beast, it would be devoured by mine! So he didn’t bring his Blood Beast!”

Xiao Shi thought for a moment.

And understood the key point.

“Then…”

“How did he know my whereabouts, and that my Blood Beast was stronger than his?”

Xiao Shi’s eyes narrowed slightly.

He realized that there might be some rules in this Game Arena that he didn’t know about.

It was just a pity that the person was dead now.

He couldn’t get the answer from him.

Shaking his head.

Xiao Shi wasn’t in a hurry to ponder this question.

He focused his gaze on the items that dropped after Kou Shihang’s death.

As the top-ranked person on the leaderboard… he wondered if better items would drop after his death!

This made Xiao Shi’s heart fill with anticipation.

The regrettable thing was… the demon statue’s kill did not drop any items.

After all, the demon statue was not a living being.

With anticipation in his heart.

Xiao Shi picked up the items on the ground.

Information about the items quickly appeared before his eyes.

【Name: Martial Emperor Shoulder Armor】

【Type: Shoulder Armor】

【Grade: Qi Warrior Grade】

【Description: It is the iconic Emperors Armor of past Martial Emperors. It is said that gathering the complete set of Emperors Armor grants the qualification to ascend and become the new Martial Emperor.】

【Note 1: The Martial Emperor Regalia is divided into eight parts, each corresponding to a martial arts realm.】

【Note 2: Only those who reach the peak of that martial arts realm can wear the Emperors Armor.】

【Note 3: The Martial Emperor Shoulder Armor can bear all weight.】

【Note 4: The Martial Emperor Shoulder Armor has three forms: normal form, heavy pressure form, and flying form; it is usually in normal form. When activating the heavy pressure form, the wearer will possess astonishing weight and can create a heavy pressure field; when activating the flying form, the wearer can fly. However, both forms can only be maintained for five minutes.】

【Note 5: The duration of the Martial Emperor Shoulder Armor’s forms will extend as more Martial Emperor Regalia are collected. The more Emperors Armor on the body, the longer the duration.】

【Note 6: If the martial emperors cloak can be collected and paired with it, there will be additional abilities and an enhancement of existing abilities.】

… Xiao Shi looked at the black shoulder armor in his hand.

His entire being was filled with indescribable ecstasy.

Finally!!

Finally, the Emperors Armor for the Qi Martial Realm dropped!

He had been waiting for this day for a long time.

Indeed, killing the top-ranked person provided some extra bonuses in terms of dropped items.

It successfully dropped the item Xiao Shi most anticipated in the Qi Martial Realm.

And it was the best item!