"Young man, you do have some sense of responsibility, but are you not a little too confident. Jiu You is the most pure blooded member our Nine Nether Sparrow Clan has produced in a thousand years. Even if a bloodline link were to be formed, it should be with a divine beast that also possesses a high level bloodline. You are an ordinary human. How could you possibly withstand such a blessing?"
Elder Tianque looked at Liu Bai with an indifferent expression as he spoke.
"Do not blame this old man for speaking bluntly. For you, this is also not a good thing. It brings harm and no benefit."
"Ordinary?" Mandala let out a cold laugh and said, "Do you know that when Liu Bai first arrived at the Great Heavenlaw Domain, he was nothing more than a minor cultivator who had not even condensed a Celestial Body. Yet in less than two years, he has already broken through to the Sixth-Grade Sovereign. Among the younger generation of the entire Northern Region, and even across the entire Skylaw Continent, there is probably no one of his age who can surpass him. And such a person is called ordinary by Elder Tianque?"
"Then may I ask how many in your Nine Nether clan can match Liu Bai's cultivation speed?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Elder Tianque was also startled, and a hint of surprise appeared on his face as he looked at Liu Bai.
Advancing five grades in less than two years was not something absolutely no one could achieve. If a superpower truly wanted to nurture a prodigy, the results could exceed ordinary imagination.
However, that was all achieved by piling up resources. It only meant that the backing power was strong and wealthy. But someone like Liu Bai, who resided in a force like the Great Heavenlaw Domain that could only dominate within the Northern Region, and still managed to accomplish this, that could only be described as terrifying talent.
"You have already broken through to the Sixth-Grade Sovereign. How is that possible?" Jiu You said in shock.
She had been too worried earlier and had not noticed Liu Bai's changes. Now that she looked more carefully, she could clearly sense that his aura was already stronger than hers.
Unable to hold back, Jiu You blurted out, "It has not even been three months, right? You went from the Fourth-Grade Sovereign to the Sixth-Grade Sovereign?"
The moment these words fell, Elder Tianque was shaken once again.
Less than three months, and he directly crossed two major realms. What kind of monster was this?
Liu Bai smiled slightly and said modestly, "Keep a low profile, keep a low profile. I was just lucky and found an ancient ruin, gaining a few benefits."
This had already been a prepared excuse, and under the current circumstances, Liu Bai decided not to hide it anymore.
"Oh right. Have you heard of the Three Emperors Sect?"
"The Three Emperors Sect?"
Aside from Mandala and Elder Tianque, everyone else frowned, clearly having never heard of this name.
"Are you referring to the Three Emperors Sect founded by the Sky Formation Emperor, the Spiritual Array Emperor, and the Divine Refinement Emperor?" Mandala asked.
"Correct," Liu Bai nodded. "I obtained the inheritance of those three Emperors, gaining attainments in battle formation, spiritual arrays, and artifact refinement."
"Chi!"
Before Liu Bai could finish speaking, a mocking laugh suddenly rang out.
Liu Bai swept his gaze over and happened to see Liu Qing wearing a disdainful smile.
"It seems this brother does not believe what I said," Liu Bai thought with an inward chuckle. He had been waiting for someone to question him. Otherwise, it would have been difficult to continue the performance.
Liu Qing glanced at Elder Tianque and, seeing no reaction, immediately understood his intent.
Stepping forward, Liu Qing said with a calm smile, "I do have some doubts. After all, what you say sounds a bit too unbelievable."
"Then why not let you test it yourself. What do you think?" Liu Bai went straight to the point without further beating around the bush.
"Oh? It seems you planned from the beginning to spar with our Nine Nether Sparrow Clan. You want to display your abilities? Then I am afraid you will be disappointed. I will not hold back," Liu Qing said as his eyes narrowed, a chilling intent hidden deep within them.
"You talk too much," Liu Bai shook his head. "If it were not for the fact that among this group you are the only one barely worth looking at, I would not even bother saying so much."
Jiu You tugged on Liu Bai's sleeve with some worry and whispered, "Hey, do not act impulsively. Your breakthrough really shocked me, but Liu Qing is no pushover either. Within our Nine Nether Sparrow Clan, he is also a top talent. His cultivation is probably no weaker than the Asura King, and his combat strength may be even stronger."
He was also a successfully evolved divine beast. At the same cultivation level, he was basically invincible and could even fight above his grade with ease.
"Relax. Easy to handle," Liu Bai replied softly.
Unfortunately, everyone present was a Sovereign, so their conversation was clearly heard by all. Liu Qing's face almost turned green on the spot.
"Very well. Liu Qing, go and spar with him. That will save certain people from being short sighted frogs at the bottom of a well who do not know how vast the world is," Elder Tianque said coldly, his impression of Liu Bai continuing to worsen.
Hearing this, the corner of Liu Qing's mouth curled into a cold smile. He stepped forward, and with each step, a scorching and violent spiritual energy fluctuation began to gather within his body like a volcano.
Liu Bai had to admit that this fellow whose name differed from his by only one character did indeed have decent cultivation. But in the original story, he could not even defeat Mu Chen. If Liu Bai were to truly engage him in an earth shaking battle, would that not be beneath him?
Silently watching Liu Qing gather his momentum, Liu Bai had no intention of striking first.
At this moment, Liu Qing's already sharp eyes grew even more piercing. Spiritual energy surged through his robes, and faintly, a clear ringing sound could be heard.
An astonishing aura slowly spread from within his body.
The Three Emperors slightly furrowed their brows. They could not help but look at this young generation member of the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan in a new light.
"What, you are still not making a move?" Liu Qing frowned as he looked at Liu Bai, who remained motionless.
"It is fine. You do your thing. I am just worried that once I make my move, you will not get a chance to show anything. Then you might feel unconvinced," Liu Bai said with a light laugh, as if he did not take his opponent seriously at all.
"Arrogant!"
With an angry shout, terrifying heat surged around Liu Qing, as if the surrounding spiritual energy itself were boiling.
Bang!
He stomped heavily on the ground, causing everyone to feel the earth tremble. Flames seemed to explode beneath Liu Qing's feet, cracks spreading across the solid stone floor as his figure shot out like a phantom.
Liu Qing's speed was so fast it was almost impossible to track with the naked eye. In an instant, he appeared to Liu Bai's right.
He immediately brought two fingers together like a sword. Fiery red spiritual energy converged, turning his fingers crimson as a strand of deep red flame danced at his fingertips. As it whistled out, even space itself twisted under the terrifying heat.
"Hehe, Liu Qing's Crimson Flame Spirit Finger has grown even more refined," Elder Tianque nodded in satisfaction upon seeing this thunderous strike.
Mandala and the others did not speak. Jiu You curled her lips and said, "You are celebrating too early. If he gets defeated in one move later, the one who loses face will be our Nine Nether Sparrow Clan."
Elder Tianque raised his brow slightly, showing no concern at all over Jiu You's words.
And just as Liu Qing's attack was about to land, Liu Bai still made no movement. However, in the next instant, a golden chain suddenly pierced out from the void and directly wrapped around Liu Qing's body.
"What?"
This scene caused Liu Qing to pale in shock. He had not noticed the other party making any moves at all. Where did this attack come from?
His crimson fingers stopped in front of Liu Bai, less than one meter away. Yet it felt like an insurmountable chasm. No matter how he stirred his spiritual energy, he could not advance even a single step.
Immediately after, two more chains extended from the void, directly binding Liu Qing until he resembled a mummy.
"Heavenly Net Demon Suppression Array."
Only then did Liu Bai's calm voice slowly sound.
"Although it is only a Low-Level Heaven-Grade Spiritual Array, even a Seventh Grade Sovereign would be unable to break free once trapped. So do not waste your effort."
As for Liu Bai's words, the surrounding spectators did not pay them much attention. However, Liu Bai's ability to silently deploy a Heaven-Grade grand array without anyone noticing truly shocked everyone present.
"How is that possible. Instant casting of a Heaven-Grade grand array. Just how high must this child's attainment in the Array Dao be. An Array Dao Grandmaster?" Elder Tianque thought inwardly.
At this moment, Mandala revealed a smile and softly said, "This fellow must have gained an extraordinary opportunity this time. His strength in the Array Dao has probably already surpassed our imagination."
Upon hearing this, the Three Emperors exchanged glances with one another. Just now, like Liu Qing, they had not seen how Liu Bai had set up the array at all.
Jiu You clenched her fair little fists. Although after this battle the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan would definitely lose face, if the winner was Liu Bai, then she would choose to stand on the side of victory.
At the same time, Liu Qing, who was wrapped layer upon layer by the spiritual energy chains, did not give up struggling. Perhaps he realized that if he simply admitted defeat like this, it would be extremely difficult for him to ever hold his head high within the clan again. Thus, at this moment, Liu Qing directly erupted with everything he had.
Along with a piercing cry, a violent and scorching spiritual energy suddenly erupted from Liu Qing's body like a volcano.
The surging spiritual energy howled, and finally condensed behind Liu Qing. Faintly, it actually formed into a gigantic crimson bird thousands of zhang in size.
On the body of that giant bird, raging flames burned fiercely. The terrifying high temperature even silently evaporated the clouds in the sky.
Nine Nether Flame Sparrow.
This was Liu Qing's true form, and also one of the two largest evolutionary branches of the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan.
Although the flames on this Nine Nether Flame Sparrow were inferior to Jiu You's Undying Flame, they were still an extremely formidable divine flame. Even an ordinary Seventh-Grade Sovereign would find it extremely troublesome if contaminated by them.
"Divine Beast True Body. Break for me."
Along with a furious roar transmitted from within the chains, the Nine Nether Flame Sparrow in the sky opened its beak and spat out a torrent of flames. Its massive claws and sharp beak then attacked the golden chains.
"Oh. You actually thought of using your divine beast true body to break the array and save yourself. That is indeed a decent idea."
Seeing this scene, Liu Bai was somewhat surprised, but soon revealed a mocking smile.
"Then if I take out another array, how do you plan to respond?"
This time, the array was not instant cast, but Liu Bai's array forming speed was still extremely fast. Countless spiritual seals flew out from his hands and swiftly submerged into the void.
This time, Liu Bai intended to directly suppress the guy in front of him, so his move was rather ruthless. He prepared to set up the Four Sacred Sealing Heaven Array.
This was a Mid-Level Heaven-Grade grand array capable of suppressing even an Eighth Grade Sovereign. Let alone a mere Sixth Grade Nine Nether Flame Sparrow.
"Four Sacred Sealing Heaven Array. Activate."
With Liu Bai's shout, everyone discovered that the sky above the Great Heavenlaw Domain suddenly transformed into an endless star river.
In the eastern part of this starry sky, a colossal star dragon stretching tens of thousands of miles slowly appeared. Its massive head lowered, dragon eyes overlooking all living beings below.
In the west, countless white spiritual lights gathered, forming an enormous white tiger also thousands of zhang tall. It stepped upon the stars and let out a heaven shaking roar. The overwhelming killing intent caused the heaven and earth itself to dim.
In the southern starry sky, purple flames spread endlessly. A gigantic Vermilion Bird divine beast spread its wings, fanning an ocean of fire. In the northern starry sky, endless dark water gathered into a vast sea. Beneath the waves, a massive Black Tortoise emerged, treading upon the surging waters.
The Four Sacred Sealing Heaven Array referred to these four sacred beings, the four great sacred beasts that suppressed the four extremes of heaven and earth in legend. They were also revered as the Four Spirituals of heaven and earth. Only when all four spirituals gathered could heaven itself be sealed.
These Four Spirituals were the top tier super divine beasts of the Great Thousand World. Although what appeared here were merely manifestations formed by spiritual energy, arrays themselves drew upon the power of heaven and earth. Thus, these four sacred beings faintly carried a trace of the divine bearing of the Four Spirituals of heaven and earth.
That alone was enough to make the Nine Nether Flame Sparrow lose any thought of resistance and obediently be sealed by the array.
However, just as Liu Bai's array was about to be completed, an immense force suddenly appeared and directly severed the connection between him and the array.
In an instant, both grand arrays collapsed, and Liu Qing was released from the Heavenly Net Demon Suppression Array.
"That is enough. No need to continue." Elder Tianque spoke directly. Naturally, it was he who personally intervened just now, allowing Liu Bai's grand array to be dismantled so easily.
This caused Liu Bai to suffer a slight backlash, making the spiritual energy within his body churn somewhat.
His brows knitted tightly. If the other party were not Jiu You's clansman, he would have let this old hairy bird taste a God Annihilation Ancient Array and see whether he still dared to be so presumptuous.
This action also made Mandala somewhat displeased. However, seeing that Liu Bai was not seriously affected and considering the other party's status, Mandala did not pursue the matter.
After all, the other party was Jiu You's clansman. As long as things did not truly fall apart, many matters could not be overly calculated. Otherwise, the one who would have difficulty later would still be Liu Bai.
Mandala considered identities, but Jiu You did not share such concerns. Seeing Elder Tianque actually interfere, she immediately stepped forward and mocked him.
"What is it. Could it be that a dignified elder of the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan cannot afford to lose?"
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