Chapter 668 Provocation with Words [First Update]
"Boom!"
After a brief silence, an earth-shattering explosion ensued.
A powerful shockwave struck Ling Tian's body, creating several cracks in the protective shield around him, even sending Ling Tian flying several meters backwards.
Though the force had not injured Ling Tian, it made him feel insulted.
"You little bastard, I'm going to kill you!" Ling Tian's roar echoed throughout the corridor.
The rocks in the corridor, made of unknown material, remained uncracked under the terrifying energy impact, not to mention collapsing.
Li Xiaoyao had never expected the contraption to kill Ling Tian, but delaying his speed, humiliating him, and making him utterly miserable were all within reach.
Li Xiaoyao kept throwing grenades behind him, with one earth-shattering explosion after another going off in rapid succession.
Although Ling Tian was not injured, being toyed with by a junior whose cultivation level was far inferior to his own almost made his lungs explode with rage.
"Damnit, damnit!"
The only thing Ling Tian seemed capable of doing at that moment was to continuously curse Li Xiaoyao with rage-filled words.
"Ling Tian, I've heard about you," Li Xiaoyao shouted as he ran like mad. "I heard you joined the military at eighteen and began cultivation. Before you started cultivating, you were just an ordinary person."
"I also heard that your mother cheated on your father, and when he found out, he broke her three ribs. In retaliation, your mother and her lover castrated your father. With your background, you shouldn't have been able to join the army, but you had a pretty boy face, sold your body, and seduced the hefty daughter of the artillery battalion commander. Using that fat woman's connections, you entered the military."
"You little bastard, I am going to tear your mouth apart!" Ling Tian's eyes were blood-red, and he had never felt such fury before.
These things were known to a very limited number of people, but to the Sects and families who had witnessed Ling Tian's rise, this information was not considered a secret.
Li Xiaoyao had no intention of shutting up, continuing, "Don't be in a rush; I haven't finished yet."
"After you joined the army, you were punished by your platoon leader, beaten and scolded. You spent a year raising pigs in the army, and your platoon leader even raped you in the pigsty. Then, you continued climbing the ranks relying on this man."
"Ling Tian, I must say, I truly admire you after learning about your past. Even in such circumstances, you were able to become a cultivator, and in just thirty short years, you climbed to the Nascent Soul Realm and became the number one person in the military. Tsk tsk, I'm very curious, during this period, how many men and women have you slept with?"
"If this gets out, and others learn that by offering one's body, they can become the top person in the military, there would probably be a lot of people lining up to offer themselves, right?"
Ling Tian was so infuriated that he couldn't speak. His breathing became labored, and suddenly, he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
These things had long been buried deep in Ling Tian's heart, so deep that even he was reluctant to think about them. They were a period of his past that he did not wish to revisit, and although many people knew about them, none would dare to mention them to his face.
It was precisely these experiences that had shaped Ling Tian's cold demeanor and his chaotic sexual orientation.
He liked both men and women, and using his power and strength, he frequently played with both at the same time.
Many people knew about his chaotic lifestyle, but no one dared to say anything about it, because of his strength and his status.
And now, Li Xiaoyao mercilessly exposed all these scars.
Nothing infuriates a person more than having their scars ripped open.
"I will kill you, kill your woman, annihilate the Li family, and slaughter all your friends!"
Ling Tian gritted out the words through clenched teeth, each word igniting the killing intent in Li Xiaoyao's heart.
If it had been the Rakshasa Sect, Sword Sect, or any other Ancient Sect saying such things, Li Xiaoyao might have been angry but not worried.
Because the Xuan Country officials would absolutely not allow the Ancient Sects to provoke the Cultivation Sects, and the Cultivation World would never allow such a thing to happen either.
But the opponent was Ling Tian, the number one person in the Xuan Country military, Ling Tian.
Ling Tian's background was immense, with a powerful backer, and if he wanted to retaliate against Li Xiaoyao, it would be a terrifying matter.
"Touch them, and I will kill you!" Li Xiaoyao's handsome face bore a ferocious hue.
Ling Tian sneered, "You? Delusional enough to think you can kill me? Go cultivate for a few hundred more years!"
"Bang!"
Li Xiaoyao, not paying attention, slammed into a rock wall—it turned out there was no path ahead.
Ling Tian saw this and laughed maniacally, his eyes dancing with murderous intent as he watched Li Xiaoyao, who was nearly trapped to death.
"Run, keep running, why have you stopped?" Ling Tian took his steps incredibly slow, intending to exert pressure and inflict mental torture on Li Xiaoyao.
The corners of Li Xiaoyao's mouth twitched, only a second ago he had been threatening to kill Ling Tian, and now he was trapped with no way out—it was a truly miserable feeling.
Taking a deep breath, Li Xiaoyao looked at Ling Tian with a bizarre expression and said, "I only need one move to kill you."
"I think you've gone mad." Ling Tian's gaze was peculiar; Li Xiaoyao's words were no longer confident, but delusional.
The gap between them was as vast as heaven and earth, yet he dared to claim he could kill Ling Tian with just one move.
Li Xiaoyao's smile was enigmatic. If facing more than a dozen Nascent Soul Realm powerhouses, he might have been apprehensive, but with just Ling Tian, he didn't need to worry too much.
The power of the Patching Heaven Arrow was something Li Xiaoyao understood all too well.
Back when he was only at the Second Rank of the Golden Core Realm, he had used the Patching Heaven Arrow to fend off Gui Hai at the Seventh Rank of the Spirit Condensation Realm.
Now that he had reached the Fourth Rank of the Golden Core Realm, even if he could not kill Ling Tian of the Nascent Soul Realm, scaring him off or causing him severe injury shouldn't be difficult.
However, to be on the safe side, Li Xiaoyao decided to use the Divine Invocation Technique first, before employing the Patching Heaven Arrow.
With the enhancement from spells, the power of the Patching Heaven Arrow would undoubtedly increase manifold, and if so, even killing Ling Tian on the spot might not be impossible.
Li Xiaoyao swiftly changed his hand seals, streams of spiritual energy crazily poured into his body, but just as he was about to execute the Divine Invocation Technique, he discovered in bewilderment that he could not connect with the godly spirits of the Five Elements between the Three Realms.
It was as if this link had been severed by this small hill.
"Damn it!" A myriad of thoughts stampeded through Li Xiaoyao's mind; he never anticipated such a scenario would occur.
The Divine Invocation Technique was actually restricted?
Taking a deep breath and suppressing the anger and helplessness in his heart, it seemed he could only rely on using the Patching Heaven Arrow alone.
Although the effect couldn't reach its maximum, its power should still have some deterrent effect on Ling Tian.
Ling Tian simply watched him quietly, making no attempts to disrupt his casting of spells.
"Show me all your trump cards, and I will crush your hopes bit by bit, letting you realize that everything you take pride in is utterly worthless in front of me!"
As the last syllable fell, a massive stone door suddenly dropped between the two, completely severing the space they were in with the swiftness of thunder clap that doesn't allow one to cover one's ears in time.
"Bang!"
The stone door closed tightly, Ling Tian was startled for a moment, then immediately dashed forward and punched the door.
"Bang!"
His fist struck the door, and it emitted a dull noise, but its surface didn't show even the slightest crack.
Ling Tian's pupils constricted, in disbelief.