"About to die..." "Guess, who'll finally be the one to kill this brat?"
It wasn't just the audience guessing.
Some sect prodigies, holding the "Tumo Orders" in their hands, were both excited yet regretful in their hearts.
Excited that Mo Hua was about to be slain.
Regretful it wasn't by their own hands.
Amidst the anticipation of the masses.
Mo Hua felt the timing was right, pointed his forehead with his hand, shattered his own Dao Discussion Jade, then with a flash of blue light... vanished.
He quit playing.
He exited the stage...
Seeing Mo Hua's spiritual power exhausted, the Heavenly Sword Sect disciple, who was raising the Sky Star Sword, planning to finish Mo Hua with one strike, was immediately dumbfounded on the spot.
Other Heavenly Sword Sect disciples were also a bit stunned.
Even Xiao Wuchen's expression froze for a moment.
Outside of the Taoist Field, cultivators who originally wore smiles and were full of expectations, suddenly all froze with stone-like expressions, stupefied on the spot.
After quite a while, someone couldn't believe it and said: "Just now... did that brat... "Shatter his own Dao Discussion Jade?" "So does that count as him being killed?" "He died by his own hand, how can that count as being killed?" "Hiss---"
The sound of gasping for air surged up one after another.
Simultaneously, an unnamed fire of anger within everyone's hearts rose uncontrollably. "Is this for real?" "I'm really... astounded by this little brat..." "Can't he just die properly once?" "I can't stand it, my blood is rushing to my brain..."
Taixu Gate was in almost a certain defeat, Mo Hua was also almost certainly dead.
The highly anticipated climax was just about to unfold.
But this brat, shamelessly shattered his own Dao Discussion Jade and exited on his own.
He couldn't even get "killed" properly once.
Everyone angrily shouted: "I've never seen someone this shameless!" "Shattering his own Dao Discussion Jade, he'd even do something like this?" "This is a sword discussion, it's not an actual life-or-death battle, with the protection of the large formation on Dao Mountain, can't he even fight to the death?" "Cowards are even more despicable than losers!" "If he had any kind of dignity, he wouldn't do something like this, even thinking about it would be a heinous sin!" "After all, he's a prodigy of Taixu Gate, and the Qianxue Formation Path Leader, how will his peers see him doing this? How will the elders see him? How will the Sect Leader see him? How will the ancestors see him?" "Shouldn't he feel utterly ashamed?" "In the entire Taixu Gate, no, in the entire Qianxue state boundary, is there nobody he cares about?"
The crowd was filled with righteous indignation, everyone began to verbally abuse Mo Hua.
From within the crowd, Gu Changhuai silently sighed, thinking that Mo Hua- that brat-was indeed clever, always finding an odd angle to infuriate others to half-death...
Of course, Mo Hua was completely unaware of this point.
To him, shattering his own Dao Discussion Jade was no big deal.
Moreover, he was used to keeping "life and death" in his own hands.
Even if he lost, he wanted to exit on his own terms.
Letting someone else strike him with a sword always felt a bit unsafe in his heart.
What if the fifth-grade large formation on Dao Mountain fails, wouldn't that sword take his life?
Though it is a fifth-grade formation and it's a large formation, the chances of it failing are minuscule, almost impossible.
But Mo Hua, being a Formation Master, always trusts only his formations.
No matter how strong others' formations might be, they're still others'; he never finds them reliable in his heart.
He neither blindly adores nor blindly trusts.
This is a self-discipline of an excellent Formation Master.
Therefore, rather than being "killed" by someone, it's safer to shatter his own Dao Discussion Jade.
As for what others or even the sect thinks, Mo Hua couldn't care less.
In ordinary terms, with the formation's protection, one wouldn't really die in the sword discussion conference, so the default expectation for most sword discussion disciples is: "Fight to the end."
Moreover, so many sect seniors, elders, and fellow disciples are watching.
If you fight bravely, giving your all, even if you lose, nothing will be said.
But if you shatter your own Dao Discussion Jade and escape without fighting, that creates a big problem.
A prodigy without courage will be looked down upon by peers and will be negated by elders and sect seniors.
But these common opinions hold no sway over Mo Hua.
His situation is quite unique.
Among his peers in Taixu Gate, he holds considerable "prestige," regardless of what he does; in the eyes of his fellow disciples, he's an "admirable and remarkable" junior brother.
The elders of Taixu Gate often have to consider Mo Hua's attitude when doing things, to keep him happy.
The Sect Leader of Taixu Gate is very lenient with Mo Hua, because he's a "love child."'"
The ancestors of Taixu Gate, dote on Mo Hua greatly, because he's a "direct grandson."
No one in the entire Taixu Gate manages Mo Hua.
Shattering a Dao Discussion Jade is just that; it's not like he's blown up the gate of Taixu Mountain, it's no big of a deal.
And so, the sword discussion ended like this.