The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 1598 - 1595: Hatred Born from Jealousy!

Chapter 1598: Chapter 1595: Hatred Born from Jealousy!

The Flying Sword flashed, shattering the blade light that flew out of Qi Xuan’s sleeve mid-air.

Lin Bai stood up indignantly and said coldly to Qi Xuan, "Do you have no shame at all?"

Lin Bai’s words resounded loudly, instantly spreading across the entire Martial God Mountain.

The more than two hundred thousand Sword Cultivators present heard Lin Bai’s roar clearly and distinctly!

"Qi Xuan is meddling again?"

"Humph, a dog can’t change its habit of eating faeces. I thought with the presence of Sword Master Dongfang Bai, he would exercise some restraint. Unexpectedly, he is still so shameless!"

"He truly presumes himself to be a Junior Sword Venerate!"

"It’s not only presumption, but he’s also failing to live up to the heavenly talent bestowed upon him!"

For a moment, whispers filled the air among the two hundred thousand Sword Cultivators on Martial God Mountain.

Though the voices of these two hundred thousand Sword Cultivators were very faint, the collective sound was extremely loud when they all spoke simultaneously.

Qi Xuan, dumbstruck, listened to the dissatisfied voices all around, his complexion panicked, and he couldn’t maintain his facade. Immediately, he said coldly, "I don’t understand what Junior Brother Dongfang means?"

"What do I mean?" Lin Bai sneered and said, "The rules of Martial God Mountain dictate no Warrior shall interfere with another Warrior’s sparring, yet you secretly assisted Meng Chunrui, intending to launch a sneak attack on Nie Xiong."

"Is this the way of Qi Xuan Junior Sword Venerate?"

Lin Bai asked coldly.

"Junior Brother Dongfang..." Qi Xuan called out in a cold voice.

"Shut up! You such despicable and shameless scoundrel, dare to call me Junior Brother Dongfang!" Lin Bai rebuked sharply.

Qi Xuan stood up abruptly, angrily saying, "Dongfang Bai, don’t cause a ruckus here. Elder Chen presides over this place, and everything within the Martial Arts Competition Arena is judged fairly by him!"

"Ask him if he has seen me lend a hand?"

Qi Xuan said coldly.

At that moment, Elder Chen stood up righteously and declared, "As the Elder in charge of watching over the Martial Arts Competition Arena of Martial God Mountain, I testify that Qi Xuan Junior Sword Venerate hasn’t interfered. Let the competition continue!"

Elder Chen’s voice boomed, resonating through the entirety of Martial God Mountain.

Fury surged in Lin Bai’s heart, and a trace of a murderous aura began to swirl around him.

But before Lin Bai could act, the two hundred thousand Sword Cultivators present could no longer stand idly by and started to exclaim, "Elder Chen, you are one of the seventy-two peak Feng Yue Elders, yet you dare to show such blatant bias!"

"Qi Xuan, you and Elder Chen, a nest of rats!"

"Anyone with eyes could see it; we all saw Qi Xuan take action. Elder Chen, are you blind, or are your eyes on your ass?"

One after another, the Sword Cultivators stood up angrily shouting.

All the Sword Cultivators present were enraged, with an uproar imminent.

Even though Qi Xuan and Elder Chen held high positions, they felt a twinge of fear before the towering rage of the two hundred thousand Sword Cultivators.

"Fine! Fine! Fine!" Lin Bai looked at Elder Chen and Qi Xuan, repeated his words, sneered, and said, "Nie Xiong, the duel continues!"

In the arena, Nie Xiong had just been sneak attacked by a ray of sword light from Qi Xuan and was preparing to fight back, but instead, he was preemptively struck down by Lin Bai. However, Nie Xiong did not rush to attack without clarification of the situation.

Hearing Lin Bai’s words, Nie Xiong nodded slightly and continued his assault towards Meng Chunrui.

Due to the recent upheaval, Meng Chunrui found a brief respite, but now that Nie Xiong was attacking him again, he immediately put up resistance.

However, after twenty moves, Meng Chunrui was once again at a disadvantage, and it appeared that he was about to be defeated by Nie Xiong, even slain!

Upon seeing Meng Chunrui fall into disadvantage again, Qi Xuan cursed angrily in his heart, "Meng Chunrui really is a piece of trash! I’ve bought him so much time, and yet he still hasn’t found a flaw in Nie Xiong’s swordplay!"

"Damn it! Damn it!"

Qi Xuan’s eyes turned blood-red as he secretly gathered sword light within his sleeve!

Whoosh––

Suddenly, a swift streak of white sword light shot out from Qi Xuan’s sleeve once again!

With a thought from Lin Bai, before the sword light had even left the spectator stand, it was directly struck down by him.

At the same time, Lin Bai also secretly took out a Recording Orb, capturing the scene!

Nie Xiong had just sensed the fierce killing intent coming from the spectator stand and turned around to see Lin Bai striking down the sword light in time, settling his mind a great deal.

Lin Bai said, "Nie Xiong, feel free to make your move. In your spar with Meng Chunrui, if anyone else dares to interrupt, I, Dongfang Bai, will personally hand them their head!"

As Lin Bai spoke these words, he fiercely glared at Qi Xuan!

"Thank you, Senior Brother Dongfang, please don’t worry. Within three moves, I will surely defeat Meng Chunrui," Nie Xiong responded, overjoyed upon hearing Lin Bai’s words, and hastily spoke.

The Flying Swords did not return to Lin Bai’s hands, but hovered in front of the spectator stand, brimming with spirituality.

"Is this sword... the top-ranking sword on this year’s Top Martial Spirit Weapon Ranking... the Flying Sword?" Qi Xuan’s gaze was fascinated as he looked at the spiritually vibrant Treasure Sword hovering a hundred meters away from him, his eyes filled with obsession!

Even Elder Chen and all the warriors in the arena watched the Flying Sword agape!

News of the Top Martial Spirit Weapon Ranking had long since spread throughout the Lingnan Continent, and now every warrior on the Lingnan Continent knew that Dongfang Bai, the Junior Sword Venerate of the Heaven Reaching Sword Sect, held the first place with his Flying Sword and the fourth place with his Demonic Sword, causing envy among many!

It was for this reason that Qi Xuan felt even more dissatisfied!

Like Lin Bai, Qi Xuan was also a Junior Sword Venerate of the Heaven-reaching Sword Sect, yet his fame was so much smaller compared to Dongfang Bai’s.

Qi Xuan even felt that he was inferior to Lin Bai in every aspect, which filled him with envy and hatred!

In terms of status, he, like Lin Bai, was a Junior Sword Venerate, second to none.

However, when it came to weaponry, Qi Xuan’s own sword was named "Extremely Dazzling," which he had taken out earlier as a stake, only to be dismissed by Lin Bai as a pile of worthless scrap metal.

In contrast, Lin Bai exclusively wielded the Demonic Sword and Flying Sword, two unparalleled Divine Swords renowned on the Lingnan Continent!

In terms of reputation, although Qi Xuan was a Junior Sword Venerate, he was only famous within the Litian Dynasty.

Contrastingly, Lin Bai had become a name almost every warrior on the Lingnan Continent knew within a mere year: Dongfang Bai, the King of Thousand Victories in the Reincarnation Arena, Yue Qing’s husband, who at the ninth level of the Yin Saint Realm, slew five Yangshen Realm powerhouses in Dongshuang City, his fame shaking all Under Heaven!

In terms of potential, although Qi Xuan’s Martial Soul was not weak, it was far too inferior compared to Lin Bai’s.

Lin Bai had been hailed by the Tianbao Tower within the Purple Gold City as one of the nine Monstrous Geniuses on the Lingnan Continent, and when his Quasi-God Level Martial Soul appeared, it sent shockwaves throughout the entire continent!

It was precisely because Qi Xuan felt inferior to Lin Bai in every aspect that he harbored so much jealousy in his heart. This jealousy gradually turned into loathing towards Lin Bai, giving rise to an immense hatred!

Envy begets hatred!

And at that moment, because Lin Bai had struck down Qi Xuan’s sword light, which was meant to assist Meng Chunrui, Nie Xiong attacked Meng Chunrui with renewed ferocity.

In a panic, Meng Chunrui shouted, "Senior Brother Qi Xuan, help me!"