Chapter 597: Chapter 597: 598: Invincibility Is a Kind of Loneliness

“What audacity!”

“In all these years, let alone juniors, not even someone of my generation has dared to speak to me like this. Today, I will show you whether I am really trash or not!”

The Great Elder’s face also suddenly changed, having long known that Li Xiaobai was difficult to deal with, as evident from the incidents reported in the Immortal Spirit Daily. But he never imagined that someone would dare to humiliate him in public.

Keep in mind, as the Great Elder of the Punishment Hall, he was considered one of the top experts on the Immortal Spirit Continent, having reached the seventh layer of the Mahayana Realm. His strength was unquestionably first-rate. Now, being called trash was truly a first in his lifetime.

“Great Elder, please calm your anger. This young man is extremely arrogant, nothing but a jumping clown not worthy of your anger!”

“Indeed, Li Xiaobai, you should hurry to apologize to the Great Elder. As one of the top powerhouses of the Mainland and having made countless contributions to the Eastern Sea, how could he be someone you can insult?”

“That’s right, who do you think you are, at the Immortal Realm? Or a half-step Human Immortal? To dare call a Great Crossing Realm Expert trash, where did you get the courage!”

“There are always those troublemakers who love to cause a stir. I believe such disruptors should all be driven out!”

A group of disciples looked on with angry expressions, their gazes towards Li Xiaobai filled with indignation.

The demeanor of the Great Elder made their hearts sink to the bottom. The thing they feared most had happened — the Great Elder was enraged and ready for serious action.

If the very beginning was as difficult as Hell mode, most of the cultivators among them would likely be unable to last until the end.

As for this, Li Xiaobai felt utterly serene inside, and he even wanted to laugh.

“Aolai Country has been isolated for too long, stuck in a well looking at the sky. Today, I will show you that true geniuses are tempered through and through. Mere suppression of energy is nothing to fear!” Li Xiaobai said confidently and proudly.

“I’m damn…”

“…having a breakdown…”

The disciples began breathing a bit rapidly, their eyes bloodshot, wishing they could tear the troublemaker before them to pieces.

Couldn’t you be a bit more perceptive?

Is it not better to obediently get through the ordeal and participate in the great competition on the stage?

Now that you’ve angered the Great Elder, it’s an indiscriminate attack, and nobody will benefit!

“Very well, very well. It’s rare to see such a spirited young man these days. Today, I shall experience your tempered resilience and see what kind of tempering method you have!”

The Great Elder laughed in rage. With a light press of his hands in the void, a mighty wave of Spiritual Power merged with threads of Primordial Spirit Power swept across the whole area and thunderously descended upon the stage.

Everyone felt as though their bodies suddenly became heavier, as if thousands of pounds were pressing down on them, leaving them unable to move an inch.

Damn it, this is definitely more challenging than it’s supposed to be at the start. It’s all that Li Xiaobai’s fault for provoking the Great Elder. Now, from the outset, the difficulty has been forcibly raised by several levels, making it even harder to endure a stick of incense worth of time.

But these thoughts in people’s minds were, of course, unheard by Li Xiaobai, who was currently intently checking the System’s attribute panel.

[Attribute Points +3000…]

[Attribute Points +4000…]

[Attribute Points +5000…]

The Great Elder seemed to have no intention of giving the many cultivators much time to adapt, almost immediately releasing powerful fluctuations of Spiritual Power that could compete with the pressure in the Linglong Pagoda.

But unlike the pagoda, there was no abundant Spiritual Power for the cultivators to draw upon and replenish themselves here. Under such pressure, the Spiritual Power in their Dantians would rapidly deplete, running dry in no short order.

Li Xiaobai, however, was having quite a comfortable time, honestly sitting cross-legged on the ground, his eyeballs whirling around as he surveyed the condition of the surrounding cultivators.

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Situ Guixiong and a group of Tribulation Crossing Stage cultivators felt absolutely no pressure; Spirit Realm Cultivators appeared a bit strained, but as for Long Xue of the Sea Clan, she looked quite at ease, as if sensing Li Xiaobai’s gaze, Long Xue also turned her head and stared directly back at him.

This woman had a somewhat eerie presence that made one’s heart flutter, probably still suspecting that he had stolen her ancestor’s remains, just not knowing how she would deal with him, always feeling like there was some scheme afoot.

“Hehe, as expected, nothing but a loudmouth, he shut his mouth as soon as the Great Elder exerted his pressure. If you knew this would happen, why bother in the first place?”

“The likes of you are what I despise the most in my life, provoking others everywhere without any real ability, simply courting death!”

“Weren’t you being very arrogant before, why so silent now?”

“Stop insulting him, I’m afraid Li Xiaobai is fully occupied resisting the Great Elder’s pressure at this moment, and he might just concede and step down soon.”

“Hehe, Brother Situ, I’m afraid you won’t have the chance to seek revenge on the stage.”

After slightly adapting to the pressure, the group of prodigies looked towards Li Xiaobai with mocking expressions. Though the difficulty at the start had increased by more than a notch, it was still within their capacity to endure.

Meanwhile, Li Xiaobai sat still on the ground, clearly pinned down by the pressure, unable to move, fully resisting it. The calmness and composure on the surface were probably just for show.

People had already made up their minds that this guy was just a paper tiger, without any real skills, lamenting that they had worried unnecessarily about the dispute between him and Young Master Situ in the Immortal Spirit Daily.

“These people have no knowledge of Young Master Li’s true strength.”

“Young Master Li was right, we are nothing but frogs in the well, if we hadn’t seen it with our own eyes, we would probably still think that the fourth layer of the Tribulation Crossing Stage is the leading figure among the younger generation.”

“Yes…”

Beichen Shixi and the other two observed coldly, snorting at the mockery of the many geniuses. These spoiled second generations had no idea of the towering mountain that stood before them.

Someone who could kill a Great Crossing Realm Cultivator in seconds, if he said the Great Elder was trash, they felt there was no problem with that and even agreed.

“Humph, boy, what do you think now? Do you still think I’m trash?”

The Great Elder’s eyes shimmered with a cold light, a sneer on his lips as he asked faintly.

“I’m not targeting anyone in particular, I just want to say that everyone present is trash.”

Li Xiaobai replied indifferently.

“You’ve got guts, try the pressure of the sixth layer of the Divinity Transformation Stage!”

The Great Elder became furiously enraged as the pressure from the void surged dramatically, everyone felt their bodies sinking heavily again, rooted to the ground.

“What about now!”

“Such a lowly Divinity Transformation Stage, I could destroy it with a flick of my hand.”

“Divinity Transformation Stage, seventh layer!”

“In my eyes, the seventh layer of the Divinity Transformation Stage is no different from the seventh layer of the Qi Cultivation Stage.”

“I must say, young man, you’ve succeeded in catching this old man’s attention!”

“Spirit Realm Great Perfection!”

“What about now, this pressure for the younger generation should be considered above average.”

The Great Elder’s gaze was dark, his robe billowed around him, the formidable pressure and the crisscrossing energy ravaged the platform.

Li Xiaobai stood up, with his hands behind his back, and said calmly, “Great Elder, you are underestimating me too much. I am a true prodigy, a top talent of the Mainland, not to mention this mere pressure from the Divinity Transformation Stage, even the pressure of the Mahayana Realm is something I am not afraid of at all.”

“It’s lonely at the top, invincibility is a kind of solitude, you, do not understand!”