"Impossible!!!"
"Impossible!!!"
Almost at the same instant, two identical cries rang out. The first came from Luo Lingtian himself.
The second came from the heavens above the arena, from the Luo clan's old ancestor, and the two clan elders who had been watching the battle all along!
The two Luo clan elders were utterly stunned, staring downward in disbelief, their faces filled with shock.
Even Luo Canglin, the ancestral patriarch, wore a look of astonishment.
In contrast, Luo Huangjun and Dantai Jinglian both carried faint smiles in their eyes, showing no great surprise.
As for Luo Lingtian, his face was filled with disbelief and horror as he stared at the scene before him!
Just moments ago, victory had been firmly within his grasp—he was about to taste the sweet fruit of triumph.
Yet in the blink of an eye, everything reversed. Like a sheet of paper easily pierced, his spiritual technique was shattered just like that!
This had been his full-powered signature technique. Aside from those special methods he could not casually use, and without relying on external aids, this was already his strongest strike!
And yet it had been crushed so effortlessly—
crushed by someone who had entered cultivation less than a month ago, whose realm was merely the Lower Three Heavens' Aperture-Opening stage?!
Luo Lingtian had always believed his mindset and Dao-heart to be unshakably firm.
But at this moment, faced with the cruel reality and the impending defeat, it inevitably wavered!
'No! I will not be defeated! I am one who inherits the bloodline of the First Ancestor!'
A furious roar echoed in Luo Lingtian's heart!
He began to wildly swing his palms like a madman. Dazzling streams of light blasted out from his hands one after another, pouring toward Chu Ge in an indiscriminate barrage, completely ignoring the Eight Desolations Annihilation Finger shooting straight at him!
Having realized that he was very likely about to suffer the first defeat of his life, Luo Lingtian simply could not accept it.
He had already begun to lose himself, his thoughts turning utterly manic!
If it came to it—even mutual destruction! Even perishing together!
Chu Ge, however, let out a quiet, amused chuckle.
Facing the dense, rain-like torrent of spiritual attacks cascading toward him, he merely extended his palm and activated the power of his star apertures.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
A starlit protective barrier condensed before Chu Ge, blocking every single attack.
Although each strike seemed to cause ripples upon the glowing shield before him,
it was like raindrops falling into the vast ocean—ripples might form, but they vanished in an instant. To the boundless sea, they were but the most insignificant of sounds.
As for Luo Lingtian—
After that frenzied outburst of reckless attacks, he finally regained his clarity of mind.
But it seemed… it was already too late?!
For that attack, wrapped in starlight and exuding boundless desolate annihilation intent, was already right before his eyes!
Luo Lingtian had nowhere left to flee!
As his pupils suddenly constricted, the finger beam expanded infinitely in his vision, seeming as though in the very next instant it would pierce straight through his brow!
"Hummmmm—"
Streams of light suddenly manifested around Luo Lingtian, rapidly condensing into a round shield of dazzling golden radiance that blocked the fatal strike.
The eyes Luo Lingtian had shut in terror opened once more. When he saw the scene before him, he froze for a moment—then, unexpectedly, a smile appeared on his face.
From soaring hope to crushing despair, from the brink of defeat to surviving by a hair's breadth—
this could be said to be the most heart-stopping, soul-shaking day of Luo Lingtian's life since his memories began.
And the one who had given him this experience was precisely the Lower Three Heavens cultivator he had once looked down upon with contempt and disdain at the start—
Chu Ge.