Li Yao's eyelids were twitching crazily. He gnashed his teeth and said, "If you knew that I would not be hypnotized, why did you ask a Meditation Healer who is adept at mental attacks to deal with me? How did you know that I would play along and follow him obediently? Chances were that I would burst into fury and kill him on the spot. Also, how did you know that I was not a pure refiner? "
Huangpu Shiyi said, "The supersonic movement of your hands in the match and the 'Hitting the Bull Through the Mountain' technique to spiritualize materials for an entire hour required both tremendous physical strength and an extremely tough body. It was not something that a pure creation-type Cultivator could achieve!
"After studying the videos of your matches carefully, especially the direction of the muscles on your body, I am very certain that you are definitely not a feeble refiner but a hybrid-type Cultivator!"
"You boasted talents in both fighting and refining. Your combat ability is very high!
"It is not strange if you think about it. After all, you were struggling to survive on the remnants of an ancient battlefield at the edge of the cosmos. If you did not have the ability to protect yourself in such a perilous environment, I'm afraid that you would've been killed a long time ago!
"Then, the only question is, how high is your combat ability exactly?
"I mean you no harm. I am sincerely inviting you. However, I am a pure refiner. Even though my Cultivation is one major level higher than yours, my combat ability may not be as good as yours! You are exactly the same as me when I was young. Crazy, rash, and decisive. I don't want to be executed by you before I can say anything. Hahahaha!
"That's why I purposely set up this trap to test your true strength!"
"Of course, I know that Fei Ming's Chaotic Star Cluster cannot hypnotize you. But I also know that a young man like you who has been wandering alone at the edge of the cosmos for more than twenty years trusts nobody except yourself.
"Also, from your style of refining, I can tell that you are very confident. You are a very confident person, so confident that you are a little arrogant. You are also very ambitious and keen to stake everything on one throw! "
"If it were other people, they might've attacked Fei Ming on the spot after they saw through his identity.
"But if it were you, chances are that you would be driven by your curiosity. You would beat him at his own game and enter the tiger's den!
"In your opinion, anyway. Nobody knows that you are a hybrid-type Cultivator, and your combat ability is not weak at all. You can use your trump card to capture the leader first. At the very least, you can always retreat safely. "
Li Yao was silent for a long time before he said bitterly, "What if I made things difficult for you on the spot?"
"Then we can only resort to violence."
Huangpu Shiyi said, "Did you think that Fei Ming was the only one who invited you? That way, we can also test your combat strength. But it's too big of a commotion. "
"Hei Shi, Bai Lu, what do you think about little friend Li Yao's battle prowess?"
'Black Stone', the short fatty, smiled. "Master Li Yao went from extreme stillness to extreme motion in 0.4 seconds. He was almost at the subsonic speed. According to my analysis, his battle prowess is even comparable to battle-type cultivators at the beginning level of the Building Foundation Stage! "
White Dew, the charcoal woman, also chuckled and said, "Master Li Yao was very fast in summoning the crystal suits. He completed 60% of them very soon, too. I estimate that he will complete the Crystal Suit in less than three seconds! Such a speed is not too slow in the circle of professional Exos.
"The Eight Arm Crystal Suit that he summoned is a masterpiece of the Silver Heart School. It seems to have been modified a lot, too. Very impressive!"
Huangpu Shiyi clicked his tongue in amazement. "Incredible. Truly incredible! I didn't see it coming. Little friend Li Yao, apart from your marvelous refining arts, you also boast such a high combat ability! Combat ability equal to the beginning level of the Building Foundation Stage, plus the 'Eight Arm Crystal Suit'. Your trump card is indeed powerful! Had it not been for the protection of Hei Shi and Bai Lu, I would've been captured by you in the blink of an eye! "
Li Yao's face was as pale as death. He collapsed as if his spine had been pulled away.
Huangpu Xiaoya shrieked, "Uncle Shiyi, what is going on? Where have you been all these years? Why have you shown up at this moment? Why have Hei Shi and Bai Lu, who should've been killed by Spider's Thorn, come back to life? Who are you exactly? "
Huangpu Shiyi smiled casually and said, "My biggest purpose in the Skyhill Sword Seminar was to pick you up and kill this Li Yao as a favor for my old friend.
"However, after witnessing little friend Li Yao's Training arts, especially his amazing hands, I changed my mind! Such a genius Weapon Refiner had died here for no reason because of some ridiculous reason? What a shame. What a shame!
"So, don't be scared. I really mean you no harm. I'm just here to pick you up."
"Kill me?"
Li Yao mumbled. Then he suddenly shuddered and shouted, "Huangpu Shiyi, you are a space pirate, and they are all Spider's Thorn!"
Huangpu Xiaoya bulged her eyes and looked at Huangpu Shiyi in disbelief. She said, her voice shivering, "That — that's impossible. Uncle Shiyi, you've joined Spider Den and become a space pirate?"
Hei Shi sniffed and said in a high-pitched voice, "What are space pirates? What was the Black Spider's Spike? Compared to our organization, Spider Den is nothing more than a speck of dust! "
Li Yao sniffed and said, "Whether you are space pirates or other forces, Huangpu Xiaoya and I are both important people in the Skyhill Sword Seminar. If we don't show up in five hours, there will be a riot. Do you think you can escape from the Skyhill Domain?"
Huangpu Shiyi, Hei Shi, Bai Lu, and Fei Ming all burst into laughter as if they had heard a joke. They laughed so hard that tears were flowing out of their eyes.
While wiping his tears, Huangpu Shiyi said, "Come on, my young friend Li Yao. Look this way."
He raised his left hand, and the wall on the right side of the antique shop suddenly emitted halos. It gradually turned transparent and turned into a crystal window.
Outside of the window was the boundless sea of stars!
The Skyhill Domain had been left far, far behind!
Li Yao's heart suddenly palpitated. A drop of sweat the size of a bean appeared on his forehead and froze immediately.
How was it possible?
He had calculated that he was in a seven-floor building next to the hotel. Why was he on a starship that had left the Skyhill Domain?
The starship was flying so steadily without the slightest tremor or tilt!
Huangpu Shiyi said, "Are you surprised that you are in a seven-floor building next to the hotel? Why are you like this?"
"It's very simple. The shuttle you are on has been specially refined by me. A piece of disruptive magical equipment has been installed at the bottom of the shuttle, which can simulate all the flight information I want you to know and mislead you into making the wrong decision.
"Also, this cabin was refined by me in person. It has been installed with the latest floating stabilization system. Even when it is performing a space jump. It is as stable as if it is still!
"You think that you are still in the Skyhill Domain and that you have nothing to fear. You think you can stall for time with me. But you don't know that I'm just stalling for time, too, in order to get out of the Skyhill Domain as soon as possible."
Li Yao was silent. His every brain cell was twitching crazily as he considered the current situation.
Huangpu Shiyi was indeed a terrifying refiner. The shuttle he refined had completely fooled Li Yao.
From this moment on … The whole thing was finally out of his control and sliding toward an unpredictable abyss.
Huangpu Xiaoya gnashed her teeth. "Even if we are out of the Skyhill Domain, so what? We are still in the Thousand Sails Space Zone, the home of the free Exos! As long as the Skyhill Domain finds out that we are missing and releases the news, the entire Thousand Sails Space Zone will take action. Since your starship is docked in the dock of the Skyhill Domain, it must be a disguise. It must be a business starship or a carrier. Its combat ability is definitely not high!
"You, where can you escape to?"
Huangpu Shiyi nodded his head. "Xiaoya, you do have a point. As long as the Skyhill Domain finds out that you are missing, we will be dead for sure.
"However … What if they are occupied by more important things and have no time for you? "
Huangpu Shiyi clapped his hands softly. More than ten light beams appeared next to Li Yao and Huangpu Xiaoya.
The pictures were all showing the scenes in the Skyhill Domain right now.
The first phase of the elimination round of the Skyhill Sword Seminar had come to an end. There were few spectators in the spacious field. Two top 32 contestants were having a competition.
Several release conferences of new magical equipment, on the other hand, were crowded with people.
A lot of tourists were gathered in the Museum of Sabers and Swords, talking, laughing, and pointing their fingers.
But in the top left corner of all the pictures, the same number was bouncing nonstop, as if it were counting down.
Three seconds, two seconds, one second …
Li Yao's pupils constricted violently. All the nerves in his body were constricted!
Countdown: 0 seconds!
BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The main field of the Skyhill Sword Seminar, the Museum of Sabers and Swords, the release conferences of new magical equipment, the small meetings of refiners, the hotels where the top 32 refiners were staying …
Earth-shaking serial explosions took place in more than ten important locations in the Skyhill Domain at the same time!
The explosions were so powerful that the anti-gravity rune arrays of the two floating mountains were completely destroyed. The mountains, which weighed billions of tons, tilted in midair and smashed toward the ground slowly!
The Skyhill Sword Seminar had turned into a living hell!
Countless ordinary people and Cultivators were crying, screaming, and struggling in the flames, blasts, and earthquakes!
Huangpu Xiaoya was dumbfounded. Her nerves were crushed by the horrifying pictures. She couldn't help but tremble and cry, "You — you've blown up the Skyhill Sword Seminar. You've blown up the Skyhill Sword Seminar!"
The fire in the pictures illuminated Huangpu Shiyi's face in weird brilliance. He said casually, "As a result, even if somebody does discover that you are missing, it won't be until ten days or half a month later. There will be enough time for us to perform a space jump and escape from the Thousand Sails Space Zone."
Huangpu Xiaoya screamed and jumped to her feet, trying to lunge at Huangpu Shiyi. But as a pure refiner, she did not have a high combat ability. She accidentally triggered the barrier and fell to the ground. She screamed, "In order to capture the two of us, you've killed thousands of people, including so many innocent ordinary people!"
Huangpu Shiyi said gloomily, "It was not all for you. Many elite refiners were gathered in the Skyhill Sword Seminar. If a few of them were killed, it would be a great strike for the world of Cultivators, too."
Huangpu Xiaoya's face was red, and her eyes were bulging. She shrieked, "You — you don't deserve to be a refiner of the Huangpu family. You — you are not a human being!"
Weird brilliance beamed out of Huangpu Shiyi's eyes. He smiled and said, "Of course I am not a human being."
Huangpu Xiaoya was dazed. She didn't know what to say.
The moment the explosions took place, Li Yao calmed down. His eyes were hollow, and they were almost pure black.
Taking a deep breath, he asked, one word after another, "What are you exactly?"
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