Now there were only a sparse three hundred or so people left in the hall. Hearing the shouts from outside, Dongbo Xueying rose and strode toward the grand entrance.
As he reached the doorway, Dongbo Xueying saw countless deities outside, their gazes fixed in his direction.
“It’s time. My first true display of skill in the Divine Realm!” Dongbo Xueying stepped over the threshold and onto the golden path.
“Dongbo!”
“It’s Dongbo!”
Countless deities who had come to watch the Starfield Preliminaries turned their eyes toward him.
“Who is Dongbo? He seems quite famous?”
“He once publicly lashed the Young Master of Feiyun Lake with the Heart-Searing Whip. What? You don’t know the Young Master of Feiyun Lake? Surely you know the Patrol Corps, right? An entire squad of the Patrol Corps surrounded Dongbo, only to be effortlessly crushed and humiliated.”
“A Patrol Corps squad is nothing compared to the Savage Witch Warriors. Defeating a squad doesn’t mean he can win!”
“Well… the Savage Witch Warriors are formidable, but I think Dongbo still has a chance.”
The countless deities buzzed with discussion.
Dongbo Xueying was somewhat renowned among the participants. Many believed he had a decent chance of passing the Starfield Preliminaries, though failure was still possible. After all, even if the Savage Witch Warriors split into twelve, each individual was far stronger than an ordinary Patrol Corps soldier.
…
“Hmph! Does he really think he can pass the Starfield Preliminaries?” Among the countless deities watching, the Young Master of Feiyun Lake, Jin Meiyang, sneered coldly at the scene. “The Savage Witch Warriors are rare and precious battle constructs, custom-made by the Bloodblade Divine Court specifically as opponents for the Starfield Preliminaries. They are far stronger than a Patrol Corps squad. If he overestimates himself, he might even lose his life.”
“Exactly, Young Master! This Dongbo is arrogant and overconfident! I bet he’ll die this time.”
“In life-and-death battles, the slightest mistake can cost you your life.”
“He’s definitely going to die.”
His subordinates immediately chimed in, fueling the Young Master’s malice as he glared at the scene, inwardly praying: “Dongbo? Die, just die! The Savage Witch Warriors are overwhelmingly powerful. You will die—you must!”
…
“Dongbo Xueying—he’s a deity of our Xia Clan!” Amid the sea of deities, Yunhai watched with excitement. “This is the first time a deity from our Xia Clan has participated in the Starfield Preliminaries!”
Many from the Xia Clan had ascended to deityhood, but none had ever taken part in the Starfield Preliminaries. Dongbo Xueying was the first!
…
As Dongbo Xueying walked the golden path, he heard the countless voices of the watching deities, their gazes converging upon him.
“Even their gazes carry such immense pressure,” Dongbo Xueying mused silently. “If I hadn’t mastered the World Heart, I might have been slightly affected by so many eyes.”
After all, he had only cultivated for a little over two thousand years—far too brief, far too young.
But with the World Heart, he could encompass all things in the world. The pressure of their gazes couldn’t shake him in the slightest.
“Such an impressive state of mind.” Most of the World Deities on the high platform brightened with interest.
The beautiful woman among them praised, “He’s only cultivated for a little over two thousand years, yet he remains utterly unshaken under the gaze of countless deities. Truly rare.”
“Only two thousand years?” The Patrol Commander Guan beside her exclaimed in surprise. “My perception is weaker—I could only tell he’d cultivated for less than five thousand. I never imagined it was just over two thousand.”
“Youth only represents potential, not strength.” The Lord of Feiyun Lake smiled faintly. “This Dongbo… his state of mind is commendable, but passing the Starfield Preliminaries will still be quite difficult for him.”
“Jin Feiyun!”
A tall, thin man wrapped in white robes nearby scoffed. “I heard your son was lashed repeatedly by this Dongbo with the Heart-Searing Whip?”
“Haha, Jin Feiyun, just because your son was whipped doesn’t mean you should be so biased.”
“I, for one, think highly of this Dongbo.”
The other World Deities took pleasure in seeing the Lord of Feiyun Lake embarrassed.
Jin Feiyun, with his blue beard, laughed heartily. “Him whipping my son? I should thank him! That boy of mine was far too arrogant. As for Dongbo’s strength? I’m not speaking unfairly. Defeating the Savage Witch Warriors will be a challenge for him. The truly strong contender in our Wushan Starfield this time, the one destined to shine, is His Highness the Seventh Plum Rain! Compared to His Highness, Dongbo is still far inferior.”
“Indeed.”
“His Highness the Seventh Plum Rain is extraordinary.”
“His Highness defeated the Savage Witch Warriors with just fifteen simple sword strikes—and that was against their strongest form!” The World Deities immediately began praising the Seventh Plum Rain.
The beautiful woman seated at the highest place also smiled faintly. Though she found Dongbo Xueying young and promising, compared to her own Highness? The gap was vast.
…
Dongbo Xueying traversed the golden path and finally stepped onto the battle stage.
On the stage, the surrounding noise seemed to fade. Countless deities and the distant World Deities on the high platform all watched intently, awaiting the battle about to unfold.
“Hmm?” Dongbo Xueying glanced toward the high platform, his gaze locking onto the Lord of Feiyun Lake, Jin Feiyun.
“He probably hopes I’ll lose, that I’ll be forced to leave the Bloodblade Domain and fall into his hands. Too bad—he’s in for disappointment.” Dongbo Xueying turned his attention to his opponent. The Savage Witch Warrior, covered in brown fur with a pale face, glared at him with small, vicious eyes.
“Begin!” The golden-armored general below the stage boomed, his voice resounding across the heavens.
The hourglass suspended midair above the stage flipped, and the sands of time began to flow.
Dongbo Xueying observed the Savage Witch Warrior before him. With a flick of his right hand, a thick black spear appeared in his grasp—a standard weapon provided by the Patrol Commander.
“ROAR—!” The Savage Witch Warrior threw back its head and roared, the sound generating visible shockwaves.
Dongbo Xueying remained calm and unmoved.
The Savage Witch Warrior paused, puzzled. Typically, its opponents would immediately dart away, using speed to create distance and force it to split into twelve clones. Yet this youth in star-blue robes stood perfectly still, unflinching.
“You’re not running? Fool, prepare to die!” The Savage Witch Warrior bared its fangs and lunged, its claws tearing through the air with terrifying force.
In its unified form, the Savage Witch Warrior was a perfect balance of strength, speed, and mastery of laws. Compared to the clumsy Moklou Beast, it was in an entirely different league.
“BOOM—!” The Savage Witch Warrior pounced, its dual claws swirling with opposing energies—one black, one white—twisting the surrounding space into chaos.
Finally, Dongbo Xueying moved.
“CRACK!”
He raised his spear high and brought it down with devastating force. As the spear descended, dark stars materialized around it, their rotation causing the very fabric of space to collapse. The spear itself seemed to dissolve into darkness. After three centuries of secluded cultivation in the Divine Realm, Dongbo Xueying’s signature technique, “Hunyuan Annihilation,” had reached near perfection.
With strength bordering on the World Deity threshold and a technique designed to maximize raw power, this strike was overwhelming. A technique born in his mortal days, refined with the World Deity-level secret art “Great Hunyuan True Force,” it had now ascended to unparalleled heights. Against the Moklou Beast, he hadn’t even needed to use it—brute force had sufficed.
“What—?” The Savage Witch Warrior’s eyes widened as it tried to evade, its elongated arms slashing wildly. But no matter how it twisted, the spear’s trajectory was inescapable, carrying the unstoppable momentum of a collapsing universe.
“You dare face me head-on?” The Savage Witch Warrior crossed its claws, bracing for impact, ready to counterattack the moment it blocked the strike.
**BOOM!!!**
The moment claw met spear, an unimaginable force rippled through the Savage Witch Warrior’s body. Its eyes bulged in shock before—**BANG!**—its entire form exploded into fragments.
Dongbo Xueying’s spear continued its arc, carrying him forward another dozen feet before he halted.
Silence.
Absolute silence.
The countless watching deities, the Young Master of Feiyun Lake, Yunhai—even the World Deities on the high platform—all stared, dumbfounded.
One move.
A single spear strike, and the Savage Witch Warrior had been obliterated.
Dongbo Xueying turned toward the high platform. Only then did Patrol Commander Guan snap out of his shock, his voice trembling with excitement as he stood and declared:
“Deity Dongbo has defeated the Savage Witch Warrior in a single strike! He passes the Starfield Preliminaries!”
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