As his words fell, Li Shi swung his metal staff again, his entire body enveloped in a blood-red glow.
The whole staff, once pitch black, now faintly shimmered with a crimson hue.
“He’s got more up his sleeve, as expected,” Lin Yun’s eyes narrowed slightly.
This was entirely within Lin Yun’s predictions, back in the barrier space when he faced Li Shi, though Li Shi unleashed a strength Lin Yun couldn’t handle, Lin Yun was certain he hadn’t gone all out, he definitely held back some trump cards and tricks.
But Lin Yun’s own growth wasn’t small either.
In that last clash, though Lin Yun was pushed back too, he hadn’t used all his moves yet.
Once, even with everything he had, Lin Yun could barely fend off an attack like that, now, at Second-Order Mahayana Realm, just using divine sense, Taixu power, and mystery fusion, he’d matched it.
After all, the gap was now just one realm, not two like before, these tricks alone were enough to bridge it.
“Holy Light Extinction Art, Second Layer!”
Lin Yun’s fingers formed seals, a wild aura surged forth, then fierce winds whipped up across the field, the spiritual energy within fifty li drawn to Lin Yun in an instant.
His aura, spiked sharply in that moment.
“Lin Yun, this move was meant for the championship fight later, I shouldn’t need it against you, forcing me to use it, even if you lose, you can still hold your head high!”
After his burst, Li Shi’s words dropped, and he swung his staff hard again.
“Whoosh!”
The blood-wrapped metal staff left a red afterimage in the air, carrying terrifying force, smashing down at Lin Yun.
The surrounding space, warped raw by that power!
“Bloody fierce attack!”
Seeing Li Shi’s strike, the crowd gasped in awe.
Soul Refining Sect’s Gao Yuan watched the arena, “Secretly stunned, if I took that hit, I couldn’t block it!”
The Heavenly Sword Sect leader and crew, seeing Li Shi’s brutal onslaught, their hearts leapt to their throats.
Every eye locked on the arena, everyone itching to know if Lin Yun could take this hit!
On the arena.
“Who wins, who loses, it’s too early to call!”
“Demon Bone, erupt!”
Lin Yun’s arm bulged instantly, as if pumped with steroids, a terrifying force surged wildly from his bones.
Against Li Shi’s burst, Lin Yun had to tap the demon bone.
Post-enhancement, the demon bone’s boost was only thirty percent more than before, but the actual power jump, starkly clear!
Raw strength coated his sword.
“Heavenly Rainbow Sword Art, Eighth Form, Sky Breaker!”
A dazzling rainbow glow flared from the sword, slashing out in a burst of light, colliding with the ferocious blood-red staff.
Boom!
A staggering shockwave rippled across the arena.
An attack that could crush a normal Third-Order Mahayana Realm cultivator, blocked by Lin Yun just like that.
If Lin Yun hadn’t hit Second-Order Mahayana Realm, this move would’ve flattened him!
One strike failed, Li Shi’s staff swung again, bearing down on Lin Yun.
Boom!
After another clash, his staff bent into a wild arc, he leveraged it, whipping it back at Lin Yun!
Boom boom boom!
Fierce collisions erupted nonstop on the arena, neither gaining an edge.
Lin Yun mulled it over, he could still use the Flying Snow Sword Array.
But for real power, it’d need all Saint Spirit-grade weapons.
With so many watching, flashing that much wealth would be a disaster waiting to happen.
Don’t flaunt riches, exposing such a haul would spark envy, even schemes to kill and rob him later, easily spelling big trouble for Lin Yun!
Only Sky-Shaking Hand would do!
As they traded blows, Lin Yun hunted for an opening to close in on Li Shi and use it!
Boom boom boom!
The fierce clashes raged on, each time Lin Yun tried to edge closer, Li Shi pulled back, keeping a fighting distance.
“Kid, I know that sneak attack trick of yours, don’t even think about it!” Li Shi sneered.
Lin Yun’s face twitched at that.
Against Gao Yuan, he’d used Sky-Shaking Hand, Li Shi saw it from below, naturally he’d guard against it.
“Take this!”
Li Shi’s staff blurred into phantoms, raining down on Lin Yun.
“Li Shi, think I’m out of moves if I can’t sneak attack?” Lin Yun countered, grinning.
Bracer Power, erupt!
Boom!
A unique energy leapt from the bracer, fusing into the sword.
The bracer was a magic tool, but it stored and altered energy, Lin Yun only drew out the altered bit, not breaking the no-magic rule.
He knew, to fully beat Li Shi, just the bracer’s power wouldn’t cut it!
At best, it’d knock Li Shi off balance with this move.
But the bracer’s power, one-shot only, miss this chance to finish him, and Lin Yun’d be in deep later!
With his Second-Order Mahayana Realm inner power reserves, recharging the bracer mid-fight was doable now.
But doing it on the arena, that’d break the no-magic rule!
“Only one way!”
“Sky-Shaking Hand!”
Lin Yun triggered ‘Sky-Shaking Hand’, a terrifying aura coiled around his palm, black scales layering up, radiating a jaw-dropping pulse!
This time, he wasn’t using it for a direct sneak attack, no chance for that.
Lin Yun had another plan.
The idea was simple, use Sky-Shaking Hand’s power to boost his sword strike.
Chaining these moves, it looked long, but happened in a flash.
Right then, Li Shi’s staff swept again, slamming down with brutal force.
“Heavenly Rainbow Sword Art, Sky Breaker Form!”
The sword roared, unleashing fearsome might, whistling out.
This slash, fused with the bracer’s special energy.
More crucially, Lin Yun’s sword hand, was the one wielding Sky-Shaking Hand.
Though it couldn’t touch Li Shi directly.
Its unleashed power, juiced up his hand big time, swinging the sword with it, the blade’s force got a sharp, fierce boost on top of its base!
