118: Anger welled up inside me!

"He's crazy! He must be insane! Those are all the victors who advanced from Arena One!"

"Nearly a hundred people! Each one is an elite who fought their way out of ten thousand, and among them are not a few experts at the Meridian Opening Realm!"

"Who does he think he is? A great power at the Spirit Transformation Realm?"

"Even if he truly is at the Peak of the Meridian Unblocking Realm, facing the combined assault of nearly a hundred Prodigies, he should still avoid the sharp edge for now!"

"Arrogant! This is no longer arrogance; this is seeking death!"

Discussions, exclamations, and mocking laughter converged into a massive wave of sound, almost lifting the roof off the martial arena.

On the viewing platform, Grand Princess Xia Qingyue, who had stood up in shock, slowly sat back down.

The anger on her face had faded, replaced by a curve of lips mingling schadenfreude and iciness.

Good!

This is truly excellent!

She had originally been thinking about how to arrange step-by-step, using a war of attrition to exhaust Li Qing's edge and stamina, so that he would ultimately be eliminated and humiliated in despair.

Who would have thought this upstart brat would be so arrogant as to jump into the trap himself, and in the most foolish, self-destructive way possible!

"Elder Chen, do you see?"

Xia Qingyue picked up her teacup, her fingertips gently stroking the warm, smooth surface of the cup, her voice carrying a hint of amused laughter.

"This is the person this princess has her eye on; he is indeed different. He finds this princess's arrangements too slow and is rushing to his own grave."

The Elder Chen behind her, however, had completely lost his previous composure.

His eyes, which had witnessed the vicissitudes of the world, were locked tightly on the solitary, lofty figure at the center of the arena. Deep within his turbid pupils flashed a trace of gravity and unease.

"Your Highness, matters... I'm afraid it's not that simple."

Elder Chen's voice was somber.

"This old man observes this young man's bearing; it's unnaturally calm. For him to dare utter such words, I fear he has considerable confidence."

"Confidence?"

Xia Qingyue snorted disdainfully.

"What confidence could he possibly have?"

"Elder Chen, are you overestimating him?"

"No matter how much of a Prodigy he is, he is ultimately just a Martial Artist at the Middle Stage of the Condensing Essence Realm."

"Among the nearly hundred Prodigies, just those at the Initial Stage of Meridian Connecting Realm number no less than ten!"

"Their combined strike is enough to contend with the Middle Stage of the Meridian Opening Realm! What does he have to block it with?"

"This princess wants to see how he intends to end this today!"

Xia Qingyue's words also represented the thoughts of the vast majority of people present.

On Arena One, the nearly hundred victors who had just advanced wore extremely complex expressions after the initial shock and anger.

Fear, hesitation, greed, humiliation—various emotions interwove on their faces.

Li Qing's strength was evident to all.

Whether it was instantly killing Lin Tianyu or shattering Zhang Kuang's halberd light with a single finger, both displayed inhuman power.

Facing him alone, none of them stood the slightest chance of victory.

But... what if a hundred people attacked together?

A quantitative change is enough to cause a qualitative one!

"Everyone, what is there to fear!"

A cold-faced young man wielding a long sword stepped forward from the crowd. He was a Genius from another major city, also at the Initial Stage of Meridian Connecting Realm.

"No matter how strong he is, he's only one person!"

"Just a brute with Innate Divine Strength!"

"Strength will eventually run out!"

"Exactly! There are nearly a hundred of us; we could drown him with our spit alone!"

Another tall, burly man also roared, the giant axe in his hands, which had chipped several notches in the earlier melee, now emitting a bloodthirsty glow.

Most crucially, there was the "dragon tiger golden body pill" promised by Her Highness the Grand Princess!

That was a third-grade treasure pill!

A supreme treasure enough to make their physical bodies surge in strength and even grant them a chance to break through their Bottlenecks!

Under heavy reward, there will be brave men.

Moreover, they were proud and arrogant Prodigies themselves. Having been so belittled by Li Qing, the rage in their hearts had long since overwhelmed their fear.

"He killed Zhang Kuang and humiliated all of us!"

"If we dare not accept this challenge, what face would we have left to stand upon in Great Xia once word gets out?"

"Attack together! Avenge Brother Zhang Kuang!"

"Kill him! Seize the dragon tiger golden body pill!"

"Right! Kill him!"

Stirred up by several Meridian Opening Realm experts, everyone's emotions were ignited.

Greed and anger completely triumphed over reason.

Hum! Hum! Hum!

One powerful aura after another soared into the sky from the arena.

Blade light, sword shadows, fist force, palm winds... Nearly a hundred Prodigies simultaneously activated their Yuan Power. Their multicolored attacks converged into a torrent of destruction, causing the entire arena to tremble violently. The surrounding air was compressed, emitting piercing explosive sounds.

That imposing force made the spectators below change color, subconsciously stepping back for fear of being caught in the aftermath.

"Hahaha! Li Qing, aren't you arrogant?"

The leading Meridian Opening Realm swordsman pointed at Li Qing, a ferocious smile on his face.

"Today, let us show you what real power is! What a human wave tactic is!"

"Die!"

He roared and took the lead in attacking!

"Kill!"

Nearly a hundred people roared in unison, their voices shaking the heavens!

That torrent of energy, converged from nearly a hundred attacks, like a burst dam, swept overwhelmingly toward the black-clad youth at the center of the arena who had remained motionless the entire time!

It sealed off all space, cutting off all paths of retreat!

At this moment, the heavens and earth lost their color!

Everyone's hearts leapt into their throats.

Yet, facing this terrifying strike that could make even a Spirit Transformation Realm expert change color, Li Qing's face still wore that expression of ancient-well stillness, utterly without ripples.

He didn't even frown.

Only at the instant the destructive torrent was about to reach him did he slowly, slowly, lift his eyelids.

His heart was utterly calm.

A bunch of weaklings. Fine, better to settle this all at once, saves trouble.

Looking at that multicolored energy, he softly uttered two words.

"Noisy."

"Noisy?"

Li Qing's two utterly flat words clearly reached everyone's ears.

The triumphant expressions on the faces of those victors who were attacking with full force instantly froze.

Even at this moment, he's still putting on airs?

What is he going to do?

Does he intend to withstand the combined strike of nearly a hundred people all by himself?

On the viewing platform, the sneer at the corner of Xia Qingyue's lips grew thicker.

"At death's door, still talking tough."

However, the next second.

A scene that everyone would remember for life, one that even overturned their understanding of martial arts, occurred.

Li Qing, moved.

He did not throw a punch, did not block, and did not perform any earth-shattering Martial Skill.

He only, slowly, raised his right foot.

Then, gently, stomped down on the incredibly hard arena floor beneath him.

Thud!

A dull, thunderous boom erupted from the center of the arena!