People are in reality, transcending the other side

Chapter 742 Time Frozen

Silence. In that instant, both inside and outside the arena, everything became extremely quiet, giving the impression that time in the entire world had been forcibly frozen by some extraordinary force.

Unlike the quiet of the real world, countless people were experiencing a frenzied brainstorming session at this moment.

One move and he can kill three saints—it just doesn't make sense no matter how you look at it.

This level of understanding is too broad.

After all, the difference between each level on the path to breaking limits is not a minor realm in the conventional sense. Each additional level represents a comprehensive sublimation. This is why, when Li Qi fought at the third level against the fourth, he was considered by countless people to be the undisputed number one fighter in history.

Even on the internet, where trolls abound, when criticizing Li Qi, they only seize on the fact that his cultivation speed is not fast enough to criticize him, and they do not question Li Qi's combat ability.

However, this kind of combat awareness is also the limit of logic. To kill a five-level opponent with a single strike from a three-level opponent is no longer a question of whether one's combat ability is strong or not; it's simply an unleashed power.

There's no need to analyze the reasons behind this; one can simply conclude that there's definitely something fishy going on.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on Li Qi. Curiosity, surprise, incomprehension, and disbelief... all sorts of complex and intense emotions intertwined in the room.

In the arena, Li Qi's figure gave many people the feeling that he had the world under his feet and was absolutely domineering and invincible!

Especially when paired with the three kneeling saints, it further accentuates an absolute sense of invincibility.

This sense of invincibility stems not only from pure power, but also from the manifestation of a powerful spiritual core.

Some people, even if they can destroy the world, will still have the aura of a weakling at first glance, but others, if they show even the slightest bit of brilliance, will make people believe that they are invincible.

At this moment, Li Qi gave many people this feeling.

If even strangers were experiencing such emotional turmoil, those who knew Li Qi, or were even acquainted with him, were no longer simply having a mental breakdown. They all felt as if a nuclear bomb had exploded in their heads, and their entire brains, every neuron, was trembling and shaking.

At the contestants' stand, Sun Guang was completely dumbfounded. "Speechless" was not enough to describe his thoughts at that moment. In fact, rationally speaking, he believed that Li Qi was doomed to fail against Li Taiqing and would have to stop there.

This isn't a question of whether or not one has confidence, nor is it a question of whether one's feelings are deep enough. Rather, it's a matter of normal human intelligence making this judgment naturally. Believing in miracles is one thing, but clearly understanding the facts is another.

So-called deep affection is merely believing in miracles even when one is fully aware of the facts.

However, when the miracle actually happened, Sun Guang felt that this surprise was a bit too big for his liking.

If Li Qi and Li Taiqing fought for hundreds of rounds and were about to lose, but then Li Qi suddenly had a burst of power and won by a narrow margin, relying on friendship and faith, it would still be exaggerated, but it would undoubtedly be easier for people to accept.

However, the reality was that just a second ago, Li Taiqing was still the Chaos-Born Green Lotus, and even his every move was in accordance with the laws of heaven and earth. Even through the live broadcast, one could feel the profound meaning within.

Immediately afterwards, he was instantly killed. This wasn't just a matter of being cool for less than three seconds; in less than a fraction of a second, he was defeated.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible..."

"Could it be because I wanted Ah Qi to win so badly that I had this dream?!"

“But that seems even more impossible. Although Aqi and I have a deep relationship, it’s not like I would have such an exaggerated dream…” Sun Guang’s thoughts were in chaos. His left and right hemispheres began to attack each other, and he even felt that the world had been filtered through a blurry lens, with a dreamlike quality.

Beside Sun Guang, Li Si's head was filled with a big question mark. In his mind, Li Qi had always been very capable, and in the past year or so, he had created miracles time and time again. But this time, this knife strike was truly too frightening.

"It's open! It's open!"

"Li Qi has definitely opened fire!"

"I thought I had pushed myself hard enough, and in terms of cultivation speed, even the Three Saints couldn't compare to me now, but what's going on with him?!"

"He killed the Three Saints in one strike?!"

"Could it be that he's above me?!"

"What kind of cheat is this guy using? He's so powerful!"

"Moreover, he put on a very impressive show, defeating the Three Saints with just one hand."

"I'm willing to call him the second Daoist Master!"

"How could things have suddenly turned out like this?!"

"How did I manage to exchange dozens of blows with this guy a year ago before losing an arm?!"

At this moment, Zhuang Buzhou was also sitting in the contestant's seat. He looked at the invincible Li Qi in the arena and fell into deep thought, repeatedly recalling his past interactions with Li Qi.

In fact, he had had some strange ideas before, such as Li Qi defeating the Three Saints, but in his opinion, these were just unrealistic fantasies.

Just like so many people who have fantasized about suddenly becoming Superman, flying and omnipotent, on the first day they humbly posted online asking, "What should I do if I suddenly become Superman?", and on the second day they announced to the world, "I don't eat beef..."

But there is an unshakeable barrier between fantasy and reality; fantasy is ultimately just fantasy.

At this moment, Zhuang Buzhou did not connect Li Qi with Dao Zun. Indeed, Li Qi's strike was completely devastating, but Dao Zun's strike was even more ruthless. Li Qi only destroyed three saints with one strike, while Dao Zun had already destroyed a saint with one punch.

More importantly, Li Qi is only seventeen years old, and his resume is verifiable from childhood to adulthood. If these two people are the same person, this is a crazy challenge to the limits of human cognition.

The Dao Venerable is already terrifying, but what's even more terrifying is that the Dao Venerable is only seventeen years old.

Don't be fooled by the fact that there's only a three-year difference between seventeen and twenty. In reality, it's the difference between three years of martial arts training and six years of training. Furthermore, the younger you are, the greater your potential for growth and the more possibilities you have. The difference is not simply a matter of training speed doubling. Some things require time to accumulate. Talent can shorten the growth cycle, but doubling your talent will never shorten the growth cycle by half.

The life cycle also has a boundary effect; the closer one gets to the limit of compression, the greater the talent required to further shorten the growth cycle.

Therefore, at this moment, not only Zhuang Buzhou, but almost everyone's only thought was that Li Qi must have a great secret, a great mystery, a great fortune, and some kind of extraordinary power, and they could not directly associate it with the Dao Venerable.

(End of this chapter)