Strangely, no one from the north bank cheered for him at all. Strange expressions could be seen on the disciples’ faces, and as for the other Chosen, they simply took in deep breaths.
The crowd from the south bank was a bit shocked by this. As for Lu Tianlei, he kept his eyes glued on the young man.
The young man stood there quietly, face absolutely expressionless. When he spoke, his voice didn’t seem to contain even a hint of emotion. “Ghostfang of the north bank.”
“Lu Tianlei of the south bank!” Lu Tianlei took a deep breath. Well aware that he was facing the number one Chosen from the north bank, his eyes began to shine with the desire to do battle. “I’m not going to hold anything back. Even if I tire myself out so much I can’t keep fighting, it will be worth it!”
Eyes burning with fighting spirit, he let out a powerful shout, causing the sparks around him to explode into a lake of lightning that expanded thirty meters in all directions.
At the same time, Ghostfang calmly pointed up into the sky. Instantly, black clouds began to seethe overhead. When the disciples from the north bank saw that, their expressions flickered, some with fear.
Howling, Lu Tianlei charged toward Ghostfang, surrounded by lightning.
Ghostfang, however, didn’t even respond. He simply stood there, and even went so far as to close his eyes.
“Are you looking to die?!” Lu Tianlei roared, feeling somewhat humiliated. After all, self-respect was critical to Chosen. With another roar, he caused the lake of lightning to redouble in size, and burst with even more power than before.
However, before he could even get close to Ghostfang, the black clouds up above were seemingly ripped apart, and a claw-like ghost hand reached out. It was enormous, like a huge column stretching down from the clouds, rushing toward Lu Tianlei with incredible speed and shocking pressure.
Even before it reached him, Lu Tianlei began to tremble, and then coughed up a mouthful of blood. The lightning around him shattered, and his feet sank into the ground, sending cracks ripping out in all directions.
Blood spurted out as wounds opened up all over him, and blood also oozed out of his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. He tried to struggle, but it seemed useless. Soon, his vision began to fade.
“No!!”
The terrifying ghost claw caused the disciples of both the north and south bank to be filled with terror. Their internal spiritual energy seemed to have been removed from their control, and their souls felt like they would be ripped out from their bodies.
Up on the balcony, the sect leader and the others looked on with flickering expressions.
“For thousand of years, no one has been able to successfully cultivate Ghosts Haunt the Night. I can’t believe this kid’s cultivation has reached this level!”
Xu Meixiang’s face suddenly fell. “Not good!”
Without another word, she flew down toward the arena floor at top speed. She arrived in the blink of an eye, whereupon she waved her hand at the ghost claw. Massive rumbling sounds echoed out as the ghost claw was pushed back. However, it didn’t collapse.
Blood sprayed out of Lu Tianlei’s mouth, and he collapsed into unconsciousness. Had Xu Meixiang been any slower, he would have been crushed into a bloody pulp, killed in body and soul.
Face darkening, Xu Meixiang looked over at Ghostfang.
“You little delinquent. You might have outstanding talent, but you’re far too ruthless. Trying to kill a fellow sect member right in front of us? Are you looking to die or something?!”
Ghostfang stood there silently for a moment, an odd expression developing on his face, almost as if he weren’t sure exactly how he should react.
“I just didn’t realize he would be so weak,” he said, sounding very sincere. With that, he turned to leave the arena floor.
Xu Meixiang frowned and looked back up at the balcony above, seemingly a bit apprehensive. Finally, she gave a cold snort, picked up Lu Tianlei, and left. Lu Tianlei would not be able to continue fighting, and in fact, his injuries would take quite some time to recover from.
The north bank looked on silently, just as the south bank did.
Ghostfang walked back to the same spot he had been standing in, looking very lonely as he closed his eyes again.
After a long moment, the disciples of the north bank recovered their composure and began to cheer a bit.
“Nobody from the south bank is a match for us at all. We’re definitely going to win!”
“They lost three battles already. The first one was just a fluke. I bet they’ll lose all the rest of the battles too.”
In response to the taunting of the north bank, the south bank disciples could only stare furiously. The north bank… was simply too strong.
The south bank had won the first battle, but lost the following three. The top Chosen Lu Tianlei had almost been killed, and by now, the south bank disciples no longer harbored any thoughts of securing their revenge.
Shangguan Tianyou glared angrily at Ghostfang. Inwardly, he was trembling, and even felt profound terror rising up in his heart.
He wasn’t the only one. The other Chosen from the south bank, even Zhou Xinqi, were deeply shaken. Even if the only person the north bank had on their team was Ghostfang… they would still wipe the south bank away.
“That was beyond the power of Qi Condensation…. Not even a peak lord could wipe out that ghost hand. Wasn’t that… one of the ten secret magics of the Spirit Stream Sect, one of only two that can be considered rare to the extreme… Ghosts Haunt the Night?”
“The only thing that can compare to Ghosts Haunt the Night is… the Waterswamp Kingdom!”
Bai Xiaochun had a very serious expression on his face, and his heart was pounding. Ghostfang’s power left him jumpy to the extreme.
Eventually, the fifth battle began. The competitor from the north bank left the south bank disciples feeling as bitter as ever. He was one of the five great Chosen, a person who struck most others cold in the heart… Gongsun Yun.
Within his black robe, only his yellow eyes were visible, with insects crawling in and out of them. As he walked out, one of the south bank disciples steeled himself and prepared to fight. Before he could even introduce himself, though, Gongsun Yun’s yes flickered coldly, and he waved his sleeve. Instantly, a buzzing sound could be heard as innumerable black bugs flew out toward the south bank disciple.
No matter how the south bank disciple fought, it was useless. He was soon covered with insects; none of his defenses could protect him at all. Soon, they began to bite into him as if to bore into his flesh. It was a shocking sight that not even the crowds from the north bank were used to seeing.
“I concede!!’ cried the south bank disciple. He had the feeling that a single thought on the part of his opponent would cause the insects to devour him.
Gongsun Yun’s eyes flickered scornfully as he turned to leave. The black bugs receded like tidewaters, landing on Gongsun Yun and crawling up into his sleeves.
When Bai Xiaochun saw all of that, his scalp went numb. Even Zhou Xinqi and Shangguan Tianyou felt their hearts sinking.
The rest of the south bank disciples couldn’t help but ponder that the north bank seemed too powerful to even contend with. In their minds, the Chosen battles were already over.
“We’re really going to lose…?”
“The north bank… is so strong!”
At the same time, the north bank disciples were elated.
“It’s like I said before. They won the first battle, but will lose the rest!”
“South bank? What a joke. They’ll always be beneath the north bank.”
“Thirty years ago the south bank only got one disciple into the top ten, and it looks… like it’ll be the same this time!”
When the south bank disciples heard such talk, they wanted to offer retorts, but couldn’t think of anything to say. The humiliation they felt was overwhelming.