Chapter 191

Chapter 191: How About We Use The Honey Trap Stratagem?
The next day.

Yu Zhao stepped onto the Dueling Platform.

Ten-Thousand-Slayer stood opposite her, his face dark and gloomy.

Meeting Yu Zhao in the very first round of the ranking battles was nothing anyone could laugh about.

What made it worse was that he had offended her before. The idea of forfeiting flashed through his mind.

But after hesitating for a moment, he still decided to fight with all his strength.

Even if he lost, he did not want to lose too miserably.

After Elder Ji Dao announced the start of the match, Ten-Thousand-Slayer launched the first attack.

The cultivation technique he practiced was similar in some ways to Yu Zhao’s Illusory Tide Art. Both used Soul Force to attack.

The difference was that Yu Zhao’s attack pulled the enemy’s soul, luring them and leading them into a trap, while Ten-Thousand-Slayer directly attacked the soul itself.

As everyone knew, the soul was the most fragile part of a cultivator’s body.

Once the barrier of the Sea of Consciousness shattered and the soul was damaged, the cultivator would also suffer. At best, they would lose their sanity; at worst, they would die.

Because of this, almost none of Ten-Thousand-Slayer’s opponents had survived.

However, this time he had met his true nemesis.

Yu Zhao’s Soul Force was thick and powerful enough to make even a Divine Transformation cultivator click their tongue in amazement.

Ten-Thousand-Slayer finished his incantation. Seeing that Yu Zhao showed no reaction at all, he frowned and recited it again.

Facing Yu Zhao’s calm eyes, his expression grew more and more uncertain.

“Finished? Then it is my turn.” Yu Zhao said lightly.

She lightly stamped her right foot.

While Yu Zhao was speaking, Ten-Thousand-Slayer had already taken out a defensive Magical Artifact and layered several defensive barriers over his body.

Just when he was at his most cautious, the sky suddenly darkened, and the temperature plummeted.

Then, countless sharp wails sounded in the air, screeching in his ears like demonic cries.

Ten-Thousand-Slayer panicked for a second, then forced himself to calm down.

“Yu Zhao, your Illusory Realm is useless against me.” he shouted.

“Is that so?” Yu Zhao’s voice sounded faintly.

The next moment, a huge crack opened in the pitch-black sky, and a chilling aura spread out from within.

Ten-Thousand-Slayer stared fixedly at the crack and saw a pale, bloodless arm reaching out, followed by half a body.

His pupils trembled, and he actually felt an urge to run away.

“Yee…”

Countless souls squeezed out of the crack, one after another, rushing straight toward Ten-Thousand-Slayer with hatred so strong it seemed almost solid.

The souls were both male and female, and every face was one that Ten-Thousand-Slayer knew well.

Ten-Thousand-Slayer’s face turned ashen, and he instinctively backed away several steps.

It was not until the souls were less than three zhang away from him that he finally thought to use his Magic Arts to drive them away.

However, these souls were illusions to begin with. Ordinary defensive methods could not stop them at all.

One soul wrapped its arms around Ten-Thousand-Slayer’s head and bit down hard on his face.

“Ah!!!”

Ten-Thousand-Slayer screamed. The pain felt so real that he completely forgot he was inside an Illusory Realm.

His face twisted as he roared: “Get lost! All of you get lost! If I could kill you once, I can kill you a second time!”

The souls paused for a moment, then, as if enraged by his shout, threw themselves at him again in a great wave.

Ten-Thousand-Slayer’s Soul Attack was useless. Very soon he was completely submerged in the mass of souls, and only his fading screams proved he was still there.

Below the stage.

The audience was utterly silent.

Yu Zhao’s Illusory Realm only affected the person she targeted. So in the eyes of the spectators, all they saw was Ten-Thousand-Slayer collapsing to the ground in terror, wildly tearing at his own body and letting out piercing screams.

As for Yu Zhao, who was fighting against him, she stood calmly at the other end of the stage, not even the hem of her robe moving.

In the previous Individual Competition, Ten-Thousand-Slayer’s cruel attack methods had left everyone with a deep impression. Quite a few people had secretly given him the nickname “executioner.”

But when facing Yu Zhao, he suddenly changed from the abuser into the victim.

The contrast was too great and could not help but move people.

As time passed, Ten-Thousand-Slayer’s aura grew weaker and weaker.

Elder Ji Dao glanced hesitantly at Yu Zhao.

According to the rules, if one side did not voluntarily admit defeat, the match would continue until one party could no longer continue fighting at all.

Now Ten-Thousand-Slayer was trapped deep in the Illusory Realm and had completely lost his reason. If Yu Zhao did not stop, he would die in a state of utmost terror.

No one knew if Yu Zhao would pull back at the last moment.

Of course, the answer was no.

When Ten-Thousand-Slayer killed people in his matches, he should have expected to face this sort of calamity himself someday.

Those who killed would themselves be killed in turn.

In the end, Ten-Thousand-Slayer did not die by his own hand, but was frightened to death by the Illusory Realm.

The people he had killed became the souls that came to claim his life. In a way, this was a kind of karmic retribution.

“Elder Ji Dao finally announced: “Yu Zhao wins.””

In the viewing stands.

The many Sect Masters and elders exchanged looks, holding silent conversations with their eyes.

An elder from Hundred Flowers Valley quietly used Voice Transmission to speak to her own valley master: “Such a waste, such a waste. How could a heaven-blessed girl like Yu Zhao end up as only an inner disciple of the Five Elements Dao Sect! Valley Master, hurry and think of a way. Let’s just steal her away to our Hundred Flowers Valley. I really cannot bear to watch this.”

The Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley, Flying Leaf, sighed softly as she said: “You think I do not want to? But look at how smug Ji Yuan is. His grin is about to reach the back of his head. If we want him to let go, we will have to plan slowly.”

Beside them, the Chong Yang Sect Head of the Heavenly Sword Sect was also discussing with Sword Sovereign Jiu Hua whether it was possible to steal Yu Zhao away to the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Before this, when Ji Han Zhou had praised Yu Zhao, Sect Master Chong Yang had not taken it seriously. He had thought that Ji Han Zhou’s standards had actually gotten worse after going out for a trip.

Now that he had seen Yu Zhao in person, Sect Master Chong Yang felt that Ji Han Zhou had been far too modest. Yu Zhao was clearly even more outstanding than he had described.

He believed that with Yu Zhao’s talent, even if she only started practicing the sword now, she would still be able to become a Sword Cultivator famous throughout the world.

And even if she did not become a Sword Cultivator, it would be fine for her to continue cultivating Illusion Art. Everything could be discussed, as long as Yu Zhao first joined the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Sword Sovereign Jiu Hua’s brows danced with excitement as she said: “Sect Master, what do you think about using a Honey Trap Stratagem?”

Sect Master Chong Yang was startled. Seeing the excitement in Sword Sovereign Jiu Hua’s eyes that she could not hide, he was silent for a moment before asking: “Does Yu Zhao like young women?”

Sword Sovereign Jiu Hua: “…”

“The person I meant for the Honey Trap Stratagem is my son.” she clarified.

But if Yu Zhao really did like young women, it would not be impossible for her to go herself either.

“Haha, ha ha, ha ha ha, I was just joking.” Sect Master Chong Yang let out an awkward laugh, then lowered his head and looked toward Ji Han Zhou, who stood out even among a group of handsome men and beautiful women. He nodded in agreement and said: “We can give it a try.”

Sword Sovereign Jiu Hua smiled faintly.

[Han Zhou, your mother has fought to win this chance for you. Whether you can seize it or not will depend on yourself.]

Greenwood Sect, Wen Ding Pavilion, Tai Bai Academy, and other sects that were not among the Seven Great Sects but still held a place in the Cultivation World all began to stir restlessly.

Master Qing Yan’s coldness and dislike toward Yu Zhao could be seen with the naked eye.

Also, according to the bits of information they had collected everywhere, Master Qing Yan had once publicly scolded Yu Zhao in front of the entire Five Elements Dao Sect for all sorts of faults and had even stripped her of her right to participate in the Sect Competition. Only then had Yu Zhao helplessly gone to take part in the Individual Competition crowded with Rogue Cultivators.

Since that was the case, it was only natural for them to try to steal her away.

If the Five Elements Dao Sect did not treasure her themselves, they could not blame anyone else.