Chapter 150: You Don’t Want Him Dead?

"Sun Yiqiu actually fled!"

Everyone stood frozen in place, staring at one another in utter bewilderment.

The arrogant, peerless number one among the new disciples—a prodigy who had unleashed seven zhang of externalizing spiritual qi, a mighty warrior at the sixth level of the Foundation Establishment stage—had been frightened into a panicked flight by the mere presence of Li Jiansan!

This simply shattered everyone's imagination!

Of course Sun Yiqiu had to flee. From the moment Li Jiansan unleashed that peerless razor-sharp edge, his heart had plummeted into a millennium-old icy abyss, and his body was still trembling violently to this very moment.

He had never expected that the seemingly ordinary Li Jiansan would turn out to be the Grim Reaper.

He had never expected that the Li Jiansan who appeared so easy to bully would slaughter hundreds of prodigies.

He had never expected that Li Jiansan, merely in the Foundation Establishment stage, could unleash such a terrifying strike, nearly costing him his life...

Under such might, let alone Sun Yiqiu, not even an academy elder, if present, would likely be a match for him.

"Too strong!"

"He is even younger than me, yet already so unfathomable. It seems the Azure Dragon Academy is about to undergo a drastic change. No, even if it means abandoning the academy, I must flee."

Anxiety consumed Sun Yiqiu as he continuously retreated backward at top speed.

Li Jiansan sneered, "You still want to run now? Do you take me for a non-entity?"

Casually picking up a fallen leaf from the ground, Li Jiansan infused it with true essence and flicked it gently.

"Boom!"

The moment Li Jiansan snapped his finger, a formidable force shot out as fast as lightning.

"Young Master Yiqiu, watch out!"

A disciple from the imperial city shrieked aloud.

Yet, before his words had even faded, a loud crash echoed. That withered leaf seemed to concentrate a fiercely yang and unyielding power, instantly crossing a distance of over ten meters and slamming fiercely into Sun Yiqiu's back with a loud bang.

Sun Yiqiu took the full brunt of a heavy blow. In an instant, his entire body was sent flying backwards, crashing heavily onto the ground. His face turned deathly pale as he lost all capability to fight further.

At this moment, heaven and earth fell into a profound silence.

Everyone was frozen, looking as though they had been scared witless.

That leaf had actually pierced straight through Sun Yiqiu's body like a divine weapon or sharp blade!

Moreover, upon striking the ground, spiderweb-like cracks split open across the vast earth!

A flick of the finger, a falling leaf injuring a man!

This immensely powerful strike by Li Jiansan left their eyes bulging in astonishment.

How could there be such a powerful youth? To injure someone with a falling leaf simply by snapping his fingers—this was too incredible!

They looked at each other, trembling all over as they gazed at Li Jiansan. Today, this youth had repeatedly created miracles and overturned their perceptions.

"A falling leaf injuring a man!"

High above the Lost Forest, a nearly fifty-year-old elder leaped up in shock.

This was a divine ability that could only be mastered at the Profound Convergence stage!

Even he, having stepped into the Profound Convergence realm for many years, had not yet touched the threshold of injuring people with falling leaves. Yet the youth down below, at such a tender age, had already mastered the Profound Convergence stage art of injuring with a falling leaf!

The so-called externalization of spiritual qi and injuring with falling leaves were, in truth, an understanding of the martial dao, or one could say, a divine skill of controlling true essence.

Li Jiansan's previous display of ten zhang of externalized spiritual qi, though deeply shocking, was still within his capacity to accept.

However, this final strike of Li Jiansan—injuring with a falling leaf, where every flower and every leaf could inflict harm—was the true method of a mighty expert!

Only genuine experts of the Profound Convergence stage could achieve this: harming people from a hundred paces away across the void using merely a flower or a leaf!

"Is there anyone else who refuses to accept this?"

The entire arena fell into a deathly silence, and not a single person dared to utter a sound.

From Li Jiansan's entrance to his crushing defeat of Sun Yiqiu, barely half a moment had passed, yet it completely shattered everyone's perceptions. Both Li Jiansan's courage and his strength shocked them to the core.

Especially Li Jiansan's utterly calm and composed demeanor throughout the entire ordeal sent tremors of awe through them.

Zixuan's beautiful eyes widened to their limits, as if she were still immersed in Li Jiansan's overwhelmingly mighty strike.

Xu Yan also gazed at Li Jiansan with a face full of pleasant surprise.

Xu Le felt a surge of pride, finding the outcome deeply gratifying and exultant.

Meanwhile, Zhang Jinchi was struck as if by a massive blow, collapsing flat onto the ground with utter despair in his heart.

Even Sun Yiqiu, the number one newcomer, had been defeated; who else could possibly be Li Jiansan's match?

Wielding the frigid, razor-sharp Supreme Remnant Sword, Li Jiansan's icy pupils suddenly locked onto Sun Yiqiu.

"Your time of death has come!"

Li Jiansan slowly paced forward, resembling a supreme fiendish deity slowly approaching.

Boom, boom, boom!

With every step Li Jiansan took, Sun Yiqiu's heart violently convulsed.

"No... I beg you, don't kill me. As long as you spare me, I will do anything you ask."

Sun Yiqiu dropped to his knees with a thud, then kowtowed frantically and pathetically, begging for mercy. Snot and tears smeared across his face, making him look utterly revolting.

"Isn't it a bit too late to say this now?"

Li Jiansan spoke coldly.

"Besides, from start to finish, I never once intended to spare you!"

Li Jiansan raised the massive golden treasured sword. "So, die!"

"Brat, stop right there!"

High up in the sky, the white-haired elder suddenly shouted in a stern voice.

Earlier, he had witnessed the battle between Li Jiansan and Sun Yiqiu, but back then he had no intention of intervening at all, assuming Sun Yiqiu would easily handle Li Jiansan. Who could have imagined that Li Jiansan's current strength would allow him to turn the tables and slaughter Sun Yiqiu? How could he possibly sit idly by now?

Sun Yiqiu was, after all, the number one in the freshman examinations—a genuine prodigy destined to enter the Grade-A class. If such a genius were to die here, the consequences would be unthinkable.

Seeing a furious old man suddenly appear in the distance, Li Jiansan could not help but pause slightly.

You beat the underling, and the senior shows up?

Seeing an elder step forward to champion his cause, Sun Yiqiu seemed to regain his vitality, regaining his full confidence as he declared, "You can't kill me now!"

"Is that so?"

Crack!

Li Jiansan smiled grimly and then slapped him directly across the face.

"Scoundrel, I told you to stop!"

Seeing Li Jiansan continue his assault, the old man grew visibly furious.

"I said, I want him dead!"

Li Jiansan grabbed Sun Yiqiu by the neck, lifting him up effortlessly like an eagle seizing a chick.

"Elder, save me!" Terror surged and magnified wildly within Mo Changyue's eyes. He had never imagined that even with his savior having arrived, Li Jiansan would still dare to be this audacious.

Li Jiansan sneered, "Oh, surely you don't expect him to save you?"

The old man finally realized that Sun Yiqiu's life was currently pinched entirely within Li Jiansan's grasp. With no other choice, he had to lower his posture. "I am Mo Yun, the supervising elder for this trial. You are a monstrous prodigy, but Sun Yiqiu is also a rare talent. I hope you can spare him for my sake."

"As long as you let him go, I guarantee you will secure a spot in the top ten of this examination." To top it off, Mo Yun even added this condition.

"The top ten? I don't care about it at all!"

Yet Li Jiansan remained completely unmoved, not even sparing Mo Yun a single glance.

"Furthermore, your face simply isn't big enough!"

Li Jiansan's attitude left everyone staring at each other in shock. Mo Yun had actually made a promise to grant Ye Wu a top-ten finish!

What kind of concept was that?

The top ten meant securing a guaranteed entry into the Grade-A class!

Within the Azure Dragon Academy, countless individuals who were once obscure soared to prominence after entering the academy, becoming top-tier prodigies among their peers.

After all, as the premier class of the Azure Dragon Academy, the cultivation resources bestowed upon the Grade-A class were immensely vast.

Yet Li Jiansan remained entirely indifferent.

Was he a fool, or did he truly disdain it?

Mo Yun had already humbled himself to such a degree, yet Li Jiansan still dared to openly rebuff Mo Yun's face!

Did he really think Mo Yun wouldn't dare to kill him?

In the eyes of others, Mo Yun's prestige might count for something.

But in Li Jiansan's eyes, Mo Yun's prestige wasn't worth a dog's turd.

Moreover, given his current strength, he didn't need Mo Yun's promise at all to secure a top-ten spot—he could even take first place!

"Boom!"

With a murderous aura, Li Jiansan strode up to Sun Yiqiu, his terrifying true essence pressing down so heavily that cold sweat poured off Sun Yiqiu continuously.

Up to this moment, Sun Yiqiu still could not believe that anyone could be arrogant to such an extent.

"Don't kill me!" Finally, he realized that even with an academy elder present here, Li Jiansan still dared to kill him.

"Brat, stop at once!" Sensing the murderous intent radiating from Li Jiansan, Mo Yun roared anxiously, "If you dare to lay a hand on him, I will never let you go!"

Li Jiansan's icy eyes fell upon Mo Yun. "You don't want him to die?"