Star Odyssey

ntained a martial print, which was unbelievable.
Even the Progenitor of Combat would have been shocked to see this!

Bu Kong was certain that, other than the Progenitor of Combat, the person with the deepest understanding of martial prints was the woman right before him.
Even the Sage Martial Realm’s Imprinters had never heard of anyone being able to utilize martial prints to such a level, and it was possible that not even Wu Taibai was able to do so.

Outside the barrier formed by the blackhole that isolated the Starfall Sea, the Progenitor of Combat looked towards Zenith Mountain, and shock flashed through his eyes.

Wu Taibai was his own disciple, but at this moment, the Progenitor was deeply impressed by Xiao Qing.
This girl was using the martial prints that the Progenitor had created with such skill that she did not need anything else to suppress a disciple of the Progenitor of Secret Arts to the point where he was not even able to counterattack.

At that same moment, the Progenitor of Secret Arts was also observing the battles on Zenith Mountain.
His expression remained unchanged even when he saw Bu Kong being suppressed.
No one knew what the Progenitor was thinking about. 

Bland expressions painted the faces of countless cultivators from the Sixth Mainland.
Who would have dreamed that a Realmling would be able to force one of the Daosource Three Skies to the point of doing nothing but dodging? This was a battle to be recorded down in history.

Bu Kong finally reached the point where he was sick of the constant attacks.
As dozens of hair strands pierced through the void and were just about to strike him, he raised a hand.
“Time Reversal Technique.”

Xiao Qing had used martial prints to prevent Bu Kong from using his innate gift or dispersing her star energy, along with many other possible actions.
She had far too much hair, and each and every hair strand contained a martial print.
Nobody could withstand such an assault.

After the Time Reversal Technique was unleashed, the strands of hair that should have struck Bu Kong suddenly vanished.
He repeatedly attacked the void with one hand, building up multiple layers of star energy.
Before long, the entire battlefield had been encapsulated in star energy.
Who cared if people knew exactly how he was dispersing his opponents’ star energy? It was still pointless as long as they were unable to defend themselves against it.

Xiao Qing closely observed her surroundings.
She was a Lockbreaker herself, and although she had neither become a Boundless Advanced Lockbreaker nor cultivated her star energy control to the Worldliness realm, she was still able to see through star energy.

By spreading his star energy everywhere, Bu Kong hoped to sneak his sourcebox array into her body and then forcibly disperse her star energy that way.
Xiao Qing would not be able to stop such a move, so she randomly tapped a strand of her hair, which transformed into a sword.
That was the Azure Silk Swordsmanship.

There was a whoosh as a gush of sword qi slashed a horizontal line across the air.
It cut through the layers of star energy and headed straight for Bu Kong.

Bu Kong lifted a hand, intending to destroy her technique with his innate gift once more.

Although Bu Kong’s ability to use his innate gift of undoing was being suppressed by Xiao Qing’s martial print, it was also fair to say that Xiao Qing’s Qing Strand Sword was simultaneously being suppressed by Bu Kong’s innate gift.

An endless amount of star energy covered Xiao Qing’s eyes in an instant—the star energy inside  her body was already out of control.

Bu Kong sneered.
“It’s over!”

He waved a hand to finish things.

Xiao Qing’s eyes went wide in indignation, and she charged towards Bu Kong.
Her star energy suddenly leaked out from her body, creating visible ripples that floated off into the distance.
It even sent a slight vibration through Zenith Mountain. 

At that moment, Xiao Qing was only about five meters away from Bu Kong.

Bu Kong turned around with a look of contempt on his face as he waved his palm towards Xiao Qing.
“Time Reversal Technique.”

Without any star energy, Xiao Qing was no different from a lowly ant before Bu Kong, and he could easily kill her with a slap.

Xiao Qing came within three meters, two meters, and then one meter of Bu Kong.
All of a sudden, a feeling of alarm rang out within Bu Kong.
Right in front of him, he saw Xiao Qing and her long hair flying through the air.
The tips of countless hair strands were ruthlessly shooting towards Bu Kong.
His pupils constricted, and he saw innumerable martial prints fill his vision.
If this attack struck true, he would certainly suffer a tragic outcome.

Bu Kong instinctively summoned the Progenitor of Secret Arts’ imprint behind him, and its majestic aura enveloped the battlefield, forcing all of the Xiao Qing’s hair strands to stop for a moment.
That one moment was all that Bu Kong needed to escape.

Sadly, he was unable to get away.

A moment was a considerable amount of time for Bu Kong, but even if his speed was not taken into account, he had already set up a Fixed Stakes sourcebox array in the area.
Thus, even if he did not manage to escape, Xiao Qing would still be immobilized. 

However, for all of Bu Kong’s calculations, he had still missed one important detail: Xiao Qing’s innate gift of slowing.

Ever since her numerous hair strands had struck Bu Kong, Xiao Qing had already planted her innate gift, and she was easily able to control when it activated.

In that instant, the power of her innate gift of slowing materialized, and Bu Kong’s movements suddenly became unimaginably slow, and all he could do was helplessly stare at the countless strands of hair that were about to pierce through his body.
As soon as they made contact with him, the martial prints detonated, and the terrifying force blew Bu Kong off of the mountain peak, where he fell all the way down to its base.

No one had expected Bu Kong to be defeated by a cultivator from the Sixth Mainland, even if she was the Sage Martial Realm’s Realmling.

There were three territories and nine realms in the Sixth Mainland, and of the nine major realms, the Sage Martial Realm had always stood amongst the top three when it came to their Realmling’s power.
That had applied to Sword Scholar in the past, and even more so for Xiao Qing, who had defeated Sword Scholar.
Her level of skill was so formidable that she could even make the Daosource Three Skies think twice before acting.

It did not matter if Bu Kong’s fall to the bottom of the mountain had been because of his own complacency; this was Zenith Mountain, and there was no room for second chances. 

Having cast Bu Kong off the mountain, Xiao Qing was the victor of this fight.

Bu Kong violently crashed into the foot of the mountain and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
His clothes were all torn and tattered, and his body was in such great pain that it felt as though he had been ripped apart.

He had been struck by as many martial imprints as Xiao Qing’s strands of hair.

After being attacked by such a large number of martial prints, and especially when the cultivator launching them was a Realmling from the Sage Martial Realm, meant that the attack’s final impact had been powerful enough to tear apart even the Little Arrow Saint’s stacked arrow attack. 

Even if Bu Kong had been able to hold out and heal himself with the Secret Technique of Resurrection, he would not be able to get back to the top of the mountain anytime soon.
He needed at least half a day’s worth of time to recover.

Bu Kong looked up at Xiao Qing.
He had been defeated.
To think that he had truly been defeated.
Even now, he could not believe that he had lost, especially since he had never even been able to use the Power Transfer Secret Technique.
That woman had truly hidden a lot up her sleeves, and anybody would meet a tragic end the first time they encountered her innate gift.

It was great.
Everything was just fine.
Even if she became the champion, Bu Kong planned to make her pay later once they returned to the Upper Realm.

Xiao Qing let out a sigh of relief at the bottom of the stairs and then smiled.
She had actually managed to beat Bu Kong, though partly through ambush.
She had never revealed her innate gift until this battle, and she was finally seeing the fruits of her labor. 

From this point on, however, it would become a bit more difficult for her to seize victory by using her innate gift like this.