<h4>Chapter 1415: Dark All Over</h4>


    The twobatants'' intense fight had sucked away all the light in the virtual realm, which turned pitch-ck as a result. Weak lighting was present only around the twobatants. Both had used all their techniques; they were exhausted andpletely drained.


    "[Holy Dragon Sword: Extinguishing Heaven''s Light]!"


    As they shed, Li Feng mustered up thest of his energy andunched a final technique. Blinding light illuminated the virtual realm once more. He had infused all his remaining gic energy into the technique and supercharged it. The resulting explosion shocked all the spectators.


    The ninth Immortal King''s figure was obliterated. Li Feng stood firmly in the air, the arena having shattered long ago, the final victor of this match.


    He had won this match by drawing it out.


    After bothbatants reached their limit, it was a matter of endurance. The ninth Immortal King, channeling a powerful technique like the Descent, had to bear with tremendous stress every moment he kept it up. It was little surprise that his endurance would give out first.


    Regardless, Li Feng had won.


    Without the earlier sh, the Immortal King wouldn''t have been forced to use the Descent; if Li Feng had been too weak, he would have been wiped out by the Descent itself. He was undeniably stronger than the ninth Immortal King.


    The spectators, understanding this point, were even more shocked.


    "Just who is this? How could he have defeated the sessor of the Hall of Immortals?"


    "The whole gxy''s going to be in an uproar tomorrow."


    "I''ve never seen this race before. Who''s backing this challenger?"


    "If he were a sessor of one of the strongest forces in the gxy, he shouldn''t have needed to participate in the qualifiers..."


    "That race... could it be the famed dark horses?"


    "What dark horses?"


    "Don''t you know? Three members of an otherwise unknown race appeared in this iteration of the Cup, and their sesses have made this iteration a huge upset. The invincible Srvine, the child of Divinity Qinglian, and the sessor of Heaven—they''ve all fallen to members of this race. Can you believe it?"


    "What? I heard about the invincible Srvine''s battle! Apparently, that was why we were all kicked out of this virtual realm. But what''s this about Divinity Qinglian and the sessor of Heaven?"


    "Some unknown sessor of Heaven—well, even discounting that, the child of Divinity Qinglian was defeated?"


    "They all lost to this race of dark horses, these ster hunters!"


    "The reason they''re called ster hunters is because they seem to always be ced against the strongest challengers—and they keeping out victorious, too! It''s almost as though they''re participating in the qualifiers precisely to get rid of them."


    "ording to the investigation of the supreme forces of the gxy, they seem to be rted to a race thatst made an appearance centuries, maybe even millennia, ago."


    Zhang Lie and the others were unaware of their mythos. They had already moved on to Zhou Ying''s match.


    Zhou Ying''s opponent was a birdman who was uniformly gold. Yang Ze asked, "Who''s Zhou Ying''s opponent?"


    "I''ll ask the person next to me," Fang Yi replied.


    The spectator to the right of Fang Yi said, "Don''t you know? They''re one of the smaller races by the edge of the gxy, the Holywing! Despite their size, they''re rather famous, and this particr Holywing is among the best of the younger generation."


    "Is that it?" Yang Ze asked. "How does hepare to the invincible Srvine, the child of Divinity Qinglian, the Hall of Immortals, and all that?"


    The spectator was bbergasted. "Did you just finish watching that other match?"


    "Of course."


    "Well, to put it simply, a hundred Holywings wouldn''t be able to beat a Srvine, ten wouldn''t be able to beat Divinity Qinglian, and a hundred wouldn''t be able to beat the Hall of Immortals."


    Another spectator beside themughed. "It''s iparable, after all. The Srvines lead the Redgold race, which used to be one of the supreme races of the gxy. What''s more, an incredibly strong Srvine has appeared in the younger generation, the so-called invincible one. Divinity Qinglian is also a famed cultivator within the gxy.


    "And surely nothing needs to be said for the Hall of Immortals. Though they''ve isted themselves at the moment and few remember their name, every Immortal King has dominated other cultivators of their generation, and the entire gxy once knew their name. The Holywings are moderately famous, but that''s all."


    Yang Ze smiled. "Then we can rx."


    "Rx? What for?"


    "Zhou Ying should be able to win handily," Yang Ze replied.


    "Are you the other challenger''spanions, then?"


    one spectator asked, his tone mocking. "The Holywings might only be ''famous'', but thepetitors they field aren''t ones that an ordinary cultivator would be able to defeat. Winning against a challenger from a nameless race would be a piece of cake."


    Yet another spectator was inspecting Zhou Ying carefully.


    "Doesn''t she seem familiar to you? It''s almost as though she''s from that race of dark horses, of ster hunters!"


    The first speaker scoffed. "How could there be that many dark horses? The fact that even the sessor of the Hall of Immortals was defeated is shocking enough. Do you think there''d be another one right herE?"


    The Holywing Yi Shenghan made its move. A golden spear appeared in his hand, surrounded by arcing bolts of lightning. This was an attack thatbined the elemental forces of gold and lightning that he was nning on revealing during the Cup.


    "That''s it for you, then!"


    Yi Shenghan cried out. The golden lightning transformed into a pair of wings. He zipped over to Zhou Ying in the blink of an eye.


    Every member of the Holywing race was equipped with their namesake holy wings, allowing them to move at a rapid clip. The bolt of humanoid lightning shot straight at Zhou Ying.


    Zhou Ying''s long hair fluttered in the wind, the color of crystalline jade. It gave off motes of vitality. She was so beautiful no one could take their eyes away, and golden leaves whirled around her. The tips of her hair produced gray fog.


    The gray power gathered around Zhou Ying''s forehead, which cracked apart. A gray eye budded from her flesh. It opened up to reveal a chaotic opal iris, which seemed to be able to prate flesh, soul, and space.


    Each leaf was like a miniature sun, orbiting around the woman''s body. To her back was a pair of golden wings. Above those wings was a glowing sun, giving off a radiant, holy light.


    Her jade-green eyes were flecked with gold, and she seemed to have be one with thend. The vitality radiating from her was visible to the naked eye. Ster light surrounded her as though she were a goddess given form.


    ck energy formed a gauzy dress around her, sticking closely to her limbs and revealing her curvaceous features—no, making them even more curvaceous than they originally were.


    Two root-like tendrils writhed under her dress; her body radiated a seductive charm. Zhou Ying seemed to simultaneously exhibit the charm of a holy priestess and a charming subus...