Chapter 1174, You Are Not Worthy

Translator: Silavin

  

Countless powerful individuals there were all in Human Form.

 

Yet, upon their bodies, to varying degrees, there remained certain traits or auras belonging to their respective Races.

 

Even the powerful individuals of Top Tier Races still retained a trace of their own Racial Characteristics.

 

It could be said that among these tens of thousands of powerful individuals, only Qin Yichen alone bore an aura that was infinitely close to that of a true member of the Human Race. If he was not Human, then the cultivation technique his Race possessed for transforming had already reached a level of utter perfection.

 

Now, faced with a multitude of doubts, revealing his True Form was indeed the most effective approach.

 

So long as Qin Yichen revealed his True Form, Hai Botian’s accusations would collapse on their own. Conversely, if Qin Yichen could not reveal his True Form, it would be difficult to convince anyone.

 

After all, what Hai Botian had said was genuinely accurate.

 

Were it not for the Supreme Expert being present, there would likely have been those who could not hold back from testing Qin Yichen already.

 

As Hai Botian’s words fell, the pressure permeating seemed to stir with unease. It was as though his challenge had provoked some displeasure in that godlike silhouette above.

 

Under ordinary circumstances, anyone who dared to defy a Supreme Expert in such a manner would die a most wretched death.

 

Yet here, now that the matter of the Human Race had been raised, even a Supreme Expert could not act too willfully.

 

Even a Supreme Expert, if they dared to shelter the Human Race, would incite the collective fury of all Races. Not a single Race would stand by and do nothing.

 

For a moment, the atmosphere grew extraordinarily oppressive.

 

At present, it seemed Hai Botian had been pushed to a point where he had no other choice, and had thus made this demand in a desperate, throw caution to the wind approach.

 

It was also because his standing within the Netherworld Sea Race was one of great respect, and he had no shortage of dealings with the towering existence within his Race. Had it been anyone else, they would likely have crumbled under this pressure long ago.

 

But perhaps because the matter of Human Race identity was too sensitive, or perhaps because Mo Sheng had other plans in mind, he did not erupt in fury on the spot. Instead, he fell into contemplation.

 

Under this heavy atmosphere, countless gazes shifted toward Qin Yichen.

 

He was the source of all this trouble.

 

“To see my True Form, you are not worthy.”

 

Facing gaze after gaze of doubt, Qin Yichen drew a deep breath. He looked at Qing Luan and the others, whose expressions had grown complicated, and gave a wry shake of his head. He stepped forward steadily from amidst the sky, and a voice full of arrogance rang out across Heaven and Earth.

 

Upon hearing this, not a few powerful individuals could not help but furrow their brows. Within pairs of eyes, the doubt grew ever denser.

 

Revealing one’s True Form was not a matter of exposing one’s hand. Moreover, in order to clear oneself of such a sensitive topic such as the Human Race, this was not asking too much of him at all.

 

Now, Qin Yichen’s evasion only caused the doubt in the eyes of countless powerful individuals to grow ever more pronounced. For this sort of evasion was the very image of sophistry.

 

And besides, what was Hai Botian’s status?

 

The Netherworld Sea Race, a Top Tier Race of considerable renown across the Myriad Races Continent. And Hai Botian himself was highly likely to become the next Patriarch of the Netherworld Sea Race.

 

Not worthy? This was simply laughable.

 

“Whether I am worthy or not is not for you to decide. But, I advise you to reveal your True Form. Otherwise…”

 

Faced with Qin Yichen’s mockery, Hai Botian’s expression sank sharply at once, and he let out a cold snort.

 

Were it not for the Supreme Expert watching, even accounting for Qin Yichen’s impressive record of defeating Jin Mi, he would have already made his move to thoroughly teach a lesson to this guy who had spoken so rudely to him.

 

“Or else what?”

 

Yet before Hai Botian’s words had finished falling, Qin Yichen’s figure had already arrived a hundred metres away from him. A cold snort, faintly laced with a hint of amusement, rang out.

 

And within this cold snort, a particular kind of pressure rushed out.

 

*Boom!*

 

In that instant, Hai Botian’s expression changed drastically all at once. Without the slightest warning, his body plummeted downward.

 

*Thud!*

 

Immediately after, under countless stunned gazes, Hai Botian crashed straight down onto the plains below. Even his body sank into the earth, and around him, cracks spread in every direction.

 

“What is going on?”

 

In that instant, the faces of countless powerful individuals turned to expressions of utter astonishment. None of them knew what had just occurred.

 

They had not seen Qin Yichen make any move at all, yet why had Hai Botian ended up in such a sorry state, as though he had entirely lost control of his own body?

 

“That wretch, he must be afraid of being exposed and struck from the shadows!”

 

“He was able to defeat Yao Jie in an Alchemy Duel, so his Spiritual Energy surely cannot be underestimated. Just now, he must have used Spiritual Energy to strike Hai Botian by surprise.”

 

One whispered voice after another erupted.

 

No one had anticipated that Qin Yichen would be so audacious. Even while being questioned, he would still do something that drew such widespread outrage.

 

Yet those furious powerful individuals failed to notice that down within those sunken cracks, Hai Botian’s expression was one of pure terror. Not a trace of colour remained upon his face. Both his eyes were vacant and dazed, as though he had witnessed something of extreme and unimaginable horror.

 

Even something more terrifying than facing the pressure of a Supreme Expert.

 

*Boom!*

 

And as countless powerful individuals seethed with indignation, Qin Yichen suddenly raised his head. His gaze swept across his surroundings. An indescribable and terrifying pressure came surging out from within his body.

 

*Whoosh…*

 

Under this pressure, the expressions of countless powerful individuals froze stiff in an instant. The skies changed colour. Above what had been a perfectly clear and brilliant expanse, howling winds rose, and boundless dark clouds came surging and roiling forth.

 

In this moment, a pressure of extreme and absolute terror filled Heaven and Earth. Beneath those dark clouds, even the projection of the Supreme Expert seemed to be veiled and obscured.

 

“This pressure…”

 

Under this pressure of extreme terror, gaze after gaze filled with expressions of utter disbelief, staring fixedly at that tall and slender silhouette beneath the dark clouds, like some Demon God. The hearts of countless powerful individuals were struck with profound shock.

 

This pressure had actually made them feel a shuddering chill that originated from within their very Bloodlines… their very own Souls.

 

Among the Myriad Races, it was not uncommon for someone to be overawed by pressure. Yet that sort of pressure always came from one’s cultivation realm.

 

A pressure capable of making one tremble from the Soul, even from the Bloodline itself…

 

In this moment, within the hearts of countless powerful individuals, a sudden thought arose of those existences from legend.

 

On the continent, though the Top Tier Races were not many, they still numbered in the hundreds.

 

Yet only those powerful Races knew that in truth, these Top Tier Races were not the most powerful on the continent.

 

Above them, there existed four fearsome existences, the true masters of the continent, known as the Divine Tier Races.