The Saintess Has A Showdown 319-320

Chapter 319: First Battle Against a Sun and Moon Realm Expert!!

Three Lives Gate, Seat Challenge, today!!

Amidst the chaos and uncertainty within the Heavy Rain Realm, the Three Lives Gate suddenly announced a Seat Challenge, a contest that would determine the ranking of its top experts.

And the challenger was a newcomer from a distant, insignificant realm, a barbarian from beyond their borders. This was even more shocking.

Although those who passed the Endless Cloud Sea trial were indeed elites from their respective realms, besides Lord Attendants, most were unremarkable by Heavy Rain Realm standards. They hadn’t expected a newcomer to reach the level of a Seat Member so quickly!

Shui Qingyue, Sorrowful Saintess of the Sea Concubine Palace. That was how she was listed.

“The Twenty-One Seats of the Three Lives Gate, from the 21st to the 7th, are all False Soul Stage Nether Traverse Realm experts with powerful spirit diagrams. The top six are True Soul Stage, a realm beyond the reach of ordinary beings.”

“You understand the difference between True Soul Stage and False Soul Stage, right? Don’t even consider challenging the top six. I suggest you start with the 21st Seat.”

Within the spacious hall of the Three Lives Gate, the Spirit Master guiding the Sorrowful Saintess to the Seat Challenge arena offered her advice.

This blue-haired, teardrop-eyed girl before her, although only at the Second Cycle of the Samsara Stage, radiated a terrifying aura, unlike any other Samsara Stage Spirit Master she had encountered.

Perhaps… she actually had a chance against a Seat Member!

Gong Lianyue, her expression unchanged, pondered silently, her blue hair swaying, water droplets falling to the ground.

The rules of the Seat Challenge allowed her to summon only one spirit beast, with no external assistance. Under these restrictions, she couldn’t even defeat the Ninth Seat, Shui Huangyou.

With Sacred Water, Lover’s support, either the rabbit or the scorpion could easily defeat Shui Huangyou, but in a one-on-one duel, the difference in their cultivation levels was too great.

Without summoning a legendary spirit beast, challenging the top six True Soul Stage Seats was impossible.

“Just give me a brief overview, starting with the First Seat.”

“Uh… um… okay…” Hearing Gong Lianyue’s words, the guide hesitated.

Did this Sorrowful Saintess actually think she could challenge the top six? Surely not…

However, as a professional guide, she had seen all sorts of strange requests. She quickly composed herself and began her explanation.

“The First Seat of the Three Lives Gate, the Silent Water Maiden, the first recorded hybrid species in the spirit world, currently unranked, peak True Soul Stage!!”

“The Second Seat, the Tears of Sorrow, ranked 5th among water-type Saint-ranks, peak True Soul Stage!!”

“The Third Seat, the Misty Rain of the Azure Depths, ranked 14th among water-type Saint-ranks, True Soul Stage!!”

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“The Ninth Seat, Shui Huangyou, the Desolate Sea Wanderer, ranked 6th among water-type Saint-ranks, False Soul Stage.”

“Stop. Tell me more about the First Seat.”

After the guide finished describing the Ninth Seat, Gong Lianyue interrupted.

Since Shui Huangyou’s resources were now hers, she wasn’t interested in lower-ranked opponents.

She would choose from among the top eight.

“The Silent Water Maiden, a newly discovered, dual water and illusion-type, biological spirit beast in the Heavy Rain Realm, is the Umbrella Immortal’s illegitimate daughter, though their relationship is strained.”

“Despite its weak and delicate appearance, the Silent Water Maiden is a powerful offensive spirit beast, its spirit diagram incredibly destructive.”

“And all the information we have on it is from fifty years ago, before it became the First Seat. It hasn’t fought since then. No one knows its true strength.”

“I see. It sounds dangerous…”

Gong Lianyue’s eyes narrowed slightly. Judging by the story, the Silent Water Maiden must be trying to break through to the Sun and Moon Realm.

After all, only by reaching the Sun and Moon Realm could it become a true asset to the Umbrella Immortal, earning its mother’s recognition and affection.

This meant that after fifty years, the Silent Water Maiden was likely at the half-step Sun and Moon Realm, like those pseudo-Sun and Moon Realm experts in the Sea Region and the Wind Realm—the Star Shattering Stage.

The Star Shattering Stage, also known as the half-step Sun and Moon Realm, was the stage before one fully formed their Sun and Moon Realm cultivation.

Just like a Nether Traverse Stage Spirit Master without a complete spirit diagram couldn’t be considered a True Soul Stage expert. Their spirit energy had reached the required level, but their understanding hadn’t.

The White Flower Moon-Treading Deer had said it had only sensed one true Sun and Moon Realm being in the Sea Region, the others all pseudo-Sun and Moon Realm, at the Star Shattering Stage.

It was easy to understand why. The resources required to reach the Sun and Moon Realm were astronomical, even for the Heavy Rain Realm. How could the insignificant Sea Region possibly afford it?

“Alright, we’re here.”

As the guide spoke, a narrow passage appeared before Gong Lianyue.

She could sense the powerful auras within, far beyond her comprehension.

Even Shui Huangyou, the Desolate Sea Wanderer, was only ranked ninth among them.

The Twenty-One Seats of the Three Lives Gate, a force powerful enough to overturn the entire Sea Region.

The Seat Challenge… it was finally here!

As the blue-haired, teardrop-eyed girl emerged from the dark passage, a roar, like thunder, erupted from the vast, empty arena.

Gong Lianyue glanced around. Hong Xiaoqianyu, holding the little fox, the Endless Saintess, the other trial participants, and a large number of Three Lives Gate Spirit Masters and spirit beasts filled the arena, which was three or four times larger than the Sea Concubine Palace’s Sea Dou Hall.

The Endless Saintess, trembling with excitement, tears streaming down her face, bit her lip so hard it almost bled.

Above, hovering in the sky, nearly twenty terrifying figures sat on massive thrones.

The Silent Water Maiden, the Tears of Sorrow, the Misty Rain of the Azure Depths, the Six-Winged Water Sky, the Azure Sea Conch, the Calamity Spirit Ring, Shui Huangyou, the Splitting Sea Jiao… All powerful Nether Traverse Stage spirit beasts, their bodies massive, their auras overwhelming, each one capable of attracting hundreds of admirers with a single stroll.

Born in the powerful Heavy Rain Realm, these already formidable Saint-rank spirit beasts were on a completely different level.

“Shui Qingyue, choose your opponent!”

A mysterious voice echoed from above, and the blue-haired girl, her expression unchanged, slowly scanned the arena.

Her gaze moved from the nervous 21st Seat to Shui Huangyou, who winked at her, then to the even more powerful True Soul Stage members, drawing several annoyed and unfamiliar stares.

Finally, her gaze settled on the figure at the very front, clad in a flowing, water-patterned robe, its aura faint and ethereal.

The Silent Water Maiden, First Seat of the Three Lives Gate!

Its aura, cold and terrifying, was comparable to the Sun and Moon Realm Emperors Gong Lianyue had encountered in the Sea Region.

Undoubtedly, this was a half-step Sun and Moon Realm, Star Shattering Stage being!

“I challenge the First Seat!”

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“!!!!!”

After a moment of stunned silence, an uproar erupted.

The Sorrowful Saintess, challenging a Sun and Moon Realm expert!

Chapter 320: The Shadowlurking Blade Unleashed!!

“I challenge the First Seat!!”

Within the Three Lives Gate’s Seat Challenge arena, the blue-haired girl’s cold words were met with a stunned silence, then an uproar.

Such arrogance, such recklessness!!!

Did this Sorrowful Saintess even understand what the First Seat represented?

The First Seat of the Three Lives Gate was likely the strongest being in the Heavy Rain Realm below the Sun and Moon Realm, the pinnacle of power, its spirit energy honed through countless trials, its physical body tempered to perfection, its spirit diagram a masterpiece of martial arts, an insurmountable wall for these outsiders.

If this was just a publicity stunt, she would likely die before she even left the arena, her death a meaningless joke.

A mere Second Cycle Samsara Stage Spirit Master, challenging the Silent Water Maiden?

Even if she could summon two spirit beasts simultaneously, what difference would it make?

The Silent Water Maiden had held the First Seat for fifty years, its cultivation honed through years of dedicated practice, its spirit energy reserves now bordering on the Sun and Moon Realm.

It was undoubtedly at the half-step Sun and Moon Realm, the Star Shattering Stage!!!

Hearing the blue-haired girl’s arrogant challenge, the Silent Water Maiden, its hands emerging from its sleeves, its eyes narrowing beneath its hood, its spirit energy surging, a violent torrent of water swirling around it, jumped down from its thousand-meter-high throne.

Whoosh—

The next second, the graceful figure dissolved into a spray of water, then quickly reformed on the arena floor below.

The scattered water droplets coalesced, forming a shimmering, seductive figure, its face hidden by its hood.

Its movements were strangely silent, its spirit energy flowing without a sound, as if its name, the Silent Water Maiden, was a literal description.

It stood before Gong Lianyue, their auras clashing.

Once issued, a Seat Challenge couldn’t be rescinded, and the challenged couldn’t refuse. The battle continued until one side surrendered or died.

Seeing this tense standoff, the Three Lives Gate members were stunned. No one had expected the Sorrowful Saintess to directly challenge the First Seat. Suicidal tendencies weren’t usually factored into their predictions.

However, just as everyone expected the Sorrowful Saintess to kneel and beg for mercy, admitting it was all a joke, the blue-haired girl’s teardrop eyes widened, and she asked, her voice cold and challenging,

“Are you strong?”

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A stunned silence.

Even the Silent Water Maiden was taken aback by this unexpected question, its movements frozen.

At this moment, with the Silent Water Maiden so close, Gong Lianyue could clearly sense the difference in their power.

The Silent Water Maiden couldn’t possibly defeat Autumn Night Sky, a True Soul Stage spirit beast!

And that was enough…

Even the powerful Autumn Night Sky had submitted to the Nine-Colored Cloud Dream Flower. What chance did this Silent Water Maiden have?

Of course, Gong Lianyue wasn’t planning to use the little fox for this challenge.

Because at this moment, the little fox was nestled in Hong Xiaoqianyu’s arms in the spectator stands…

The Three Lives Gate members, including the Silent Water Maiden and the other Seat Members, were still processing the Sorrowful Saintess’s arrogant question.

Then, the next moment—

Boom!!!

As expected, a deafening explosion, a terrifying wave of spirit energy, shook the entire arena.

The Silent Water Maiden’s body, its flesh tearing, sprouted more than ten white, waterfall-like tentacles, writhing and swaying like living creatures, each a hundred meters long, like a grotesque beard, covering half the arena.

Despite its seemingly delicate appearance, its true nature was ferocious.

The Silent Water Maiden, enraged.

These tentacles seemed to be made of some special kind of water, capable of bypassing elemental defenses and directly attacking the soul core.

And any ranged spirit energy attack that touched the Silent Water Maiden’s body would be silenced, neutralized, giving it an absolute advantage against elemental types.

Gong Lianyue knew nothing about this Silent Water Maiden, a new species, all this information gleaned from a single glance.

But it didn’t matter. She hadn’t planned to use an elemental spirit beast anyway.

Sensing the Silent Water Maiden’s surging aura, she calmly closed her eyes, as if enjoying the oppressive pressure.

“Oh, interesting…” The Tears of Sorrow, the Second Seat, watching the blue-haired, teardrop-eyed girl’s calm demeanor in the face of the Silent Water Maiden’s terrifying display, murmured, intrigued.

It seemed she was hiding her strength. But challenging the First Seat directly… that was unexpected.

Even in a typical fantasy novel, the protagonist would usually start by defeating weaker opponents, gradually working their way up to the mini-boss, the mid-boss, the final boss, and then the world-ending boss.

This Shui Qingyue… it was like skipping straight to the final boss battle after the tutorial, a bizarre and nonsensical plot progression.

“Shui Qingyue, summon your spirit beast! Or you will be disqualified!!!”

The impatient, disembodied voice from above urged her, sensing the Silent Water Maiden’s growing rage, but Shui Qingyue still hadn’t summoned her spirit beast.

Even enraged, the First Seat wouldn’t attack a human Spirit Master directly… right?

The Silent Water Maiden’s terrifying aura intensified, the disembodied voice’s urgent calls and the audience’s excited chatter a cacophony of noise.

Amidst the chaos, however, Gong Lianyue’s mind remained calm and clear, her spirit energy steady, undisturbed.

Her consciousness sank into the shadows.

Clang—

The next second, a terrifying, shadowy aura enveloped the Seat Challenge arena, then spread rapidly, engulfing the Three Lives Gate, even half the Heavy Rain Realm.

Instantly, all the legendary beings present turned their attention towards the Three Lives Gate, their faces filled with shock and awe.

The world darkened, the sun and moon obscured.

Then, just as quickly, the shadowy aura receded, as if it had been a mere illusion.

A few seconds later, as their vision cleared…

The Three Lives Gate members stared in disbelief at the blue-haired girl standing in the center of the arena, a five-meter-long, black, shadowy blade in her hand.

This was… the Shadowlurking Blade, Night’s Executioner!!!