Zhang Ruochen stared at Lin Mishan and said indifferently, “The top four is just as important to me. How about this! I can fight you without using my sword!”
“Really?”
Lin Mishan’s heart was delighted as she said, “Since cousin is so humble, Mishan thanks a lot!”
In her opinion, Zhang Ruochen must have been unable to win over her, and thus, he had offered to fight her with his bare hands.
How could she know that what Zhang Ruochen had in mind was that to win her, he didn’t need to use a sword at all.
The sword that Lin Mishan used was a Second Grade True Martial Treasure, the Starlight Sword.
When the battle sword was unsheathed, it immediately emitted a star-like radiance, with grains of light flowing on the surface of the sword body.
Lin Mishan’s eyes became sharp as she mobilised the true qi in her body and injected it into the sword body in a continuous stream, stimulating one of the force-based inscriptions and one of the light-based inscriptions engraved in the sword at the same time.
“Wow!”
Lin Mishan stepped forward three times in a row, each step being three metres away, and took the initiative to strike her sword, stabbing at Zhang Ruochen’s chest, a cyan-coloured sword flower blossoming out in the void.
In just an instant, the icy cold tip of the sword stabbed in front of Zhang Ruochen’s body.
Earlier, the Nine County Lord was defeated by this sword move of Lin Mishan’s, so it was clear that this sword move was definitely not simple.
Zhang Ruochen’s foot stomped on the ground and immediately moved out horizontally to the right.
“Swish!”
Lin Mishan followed suit and changed her stance, her arm shook, and the Starlight Sword spun round in the void, and with her backhand, she stabbed at the position of Zhang Ruochen’s neck.
It was as if the Starlight Sword had become a part of her body, completely under her control, and the sword technique she executed was very exquisite.
“Travelling Clouds and Flowing Water!”
Lin Mishan executed a human grade mid-grade sword technique, stabbing out nine swords in a row, one after the other, without interruption.
The sword technique was graceful and the sword light was dense.
“Wind Scroll!”
“The rain closes in and the clouds stay!”
……
Lin Mishan executed thirteen sword moves in a row, each sword stabbing at the void, but it couldn’t even touch the corner of Zhang Ruochen’s coat.
Knowing that her sword intent had already reached the realm of “Sword Follows Heart”, how could she not be able to fight with a martial artist whose cultivation was weaker than her own for a long time?
“Clouds open and mist scatters!”
Lin Mishan executed the last move of this set of sword techniques, her sword moves were wide open and powerful, forcing Zhang Ruochen to keep retreating, until Zhang Ruochen was forced to the edge of the school ground.
As he watched, Zhang Ruochen was about to retreat to the outside of the school ground.
“Almost there!”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes exuded two auras of refinement as he violently stopped in his tracks, staring at the sword light that pressed over from the sky, his index and middle fingers pinched into finger swords.
A finger pointed out!
“Wow!”
The finger sword broke through all the sword qi in the void and pointed at Lin Mishan’s chest.
“Boom!”
The true qi travelled out from the fingertip and crashed into Lin Mishan’s body, sending her crashing out and crashing to the ground three metres away.
Zhang Ruochen stared indifferently at Lin Mishan, who had fallen to the ground, and said, “You’ve lost!”
Lin Mishan covered her chest and clenched her shell teeth, her eyes staring at Zhang Ruochen in death as she regrabbed the Starlight Sword on the ground, a humiliating chill in her eyes as she said, “I didn’t lose! Zhang Ruochen, let’s continue the battle!”
Zhang Ruochen gently shook his head, not wanting to continue arguing with a defeated man, he turned around and walked towards the outside of the schoolyard.
“Heaven’s Heart points the way!”
Lin Mishan’s eyes carried a cold colour, and with resentment in her heart, she fully infused the true qi in her body into the Starlight Sword, executing the Spirit Grade Lower Grade Heavenly Heart Sword Technique.
The Starlight Sword immediately rushed up a one metre high sword light, emitting a huge sword aura.
With a wave of her arm, a seven-metre long sword Qi chopped towards Zhang Ruochen.
Just as Lin Mishan executed this sword move, the faces of all those martial artists outside the school grounds changed.
One must know that at this moment, the Ninth Prince was walking towards the outside of the school grounds, but Lin Mishan was using her sword from behind, and it was also a powerful Spirit Grade Sword Technique.
Once it chopped at the Ninth Prince’s body, the Ninth Prince would surely die.
“Muddy Shan, stop!” Lin Fengxian’s face also changed slightly, and he immediately burst into a roar.
If the Ninth Prince died under Lin Mishan’s sword, the Lin family would suffer!
However, no one expected that Lin Mishan would actually continue to strike after her defeat.
It was too late to rescue him.
Just when everyone thought that Zhang Ruochen would definitely die under Lin Mishan’s sword, Zhang Ruochen’s body rose up into the sky, dodging Lin Mishan’s sword Qi.
“Flying Dragon in the Sky!”
Zhang Ruochen tottered over seven metres in mid-air, his body twisted, and a resistant dragon roar came out of his mouth as he slapped his palm down, striking Lin Mishan’s shoulder.
“Boom!”
Lin Mishan’s body shook, a mouthful of blood spat out from his mouth, and his legs went limp as he fell to the ground.
Zhang Ruochen gave a cold glance towards Lin Mishan who had fallen in a pool of blood and shook his head, becoming even more disappointed in this cousin.
Lin Fengxian immediately rushed into the schoolyard, glancing towards Zhang Ruochen and then towards the distant, cold-faced Yunwu County King, saying somewhat unwillingly, “Many thanks to the Ninth Prince for not killing me.”
After saying this, Lin Fengxian immediately helped Lin Mishan up.
He pressed his palm onto Lin Mishan’s vest, and from the centre of his palm, the thick true qi, unceasingly injected into Lin Mishan’s body, helping her recover from her injuries.
Just now, Zhang Ruochen had indeed been merciful.
If Zhang Ruochen had not slapped his palm on Lin Mishan’s shoulder just now, but rather on the top of Lin Mishan’s head, Lin Mishan would have definitely died.
Lin Mishan woke up, opened her eyes, and glanced towards Zhang Ruochen, her eyes carried a strong resentment, and she secretly said in her heart, “Zhang Ruochen, the shame that you inflicted on me today, in the future, I will surely double it back on you.”
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen, however, had already turned around and left, walking out of the schoolyard.
After Lin Fengxian helped Lin Mishan down, the match continued.
The next three matches were: Situ Linjiang versus Lin Tianwu.
The Fifth Prince versus the Sixth Prince.
Xue Kai versus Luo Cheng.
Lin Tianwu was another young expert of the Lin Family, at the age of nineteen, he had reached the martial cultivation of the Middle Extreme Position of the Yellow Extreme Realm.
However, Situ Linjiang was at the Great Extreme Position of the Yellow Extreme Realm, and with just one palm, he sent Lin Tianwu flying out and crashing down outside the school grounds.
The battle between the Fifth Prince and the Sixth Prince ended with the Sixth Prince abstaining.
The battle between Xue Kai and Luo Cheng was still very exciting.
Although Luo Cheng was only at the middle extreme position of the Yellow Extreme Realm, the martial skills he had cultivated were so powerful that he was able to fight against Xue Kai.
Of course, in the end, because of the difference in cultivation, Luo Cheng lost to Xue Kai.
Thus, the top four of this year’s End of Year Examination were born: Zhang Ruochen, the Fifth Prince, Xue Kai, and Situ Linjiang.
Lin Mishan, Luo Cheng, Lin Tianwu, and the Sixth Prince were then going to compete for the fifth place.
The next battle would become even more brutal, with the Fifth Prince, Xue Kai, and Situ Linjiang all at the Yellow Extremity Realm Great Extremity Cultivation, and only Zhang Ruochen at the Yellow Extremity Realm Minor Extremity Cultivation.
“Ninth brother, it really didn’t occur to me that you could actually enter the top four, fifth brother did underestimate you before. Of course, you can only stop at the fourth, after all, the gap between the Minor Extremity Position and the Major Extremity Position is definitely bigger than you think.” The fifth prince laughed.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t pay any attention to the Fifth Prince at all, he just closed his eyes and quickly recovered the consumed True Qi.
“For the next battle, Ninth Prince Zhang Ruochen, versus, State Master House Xue Kai.”
Zhang Ruochen and Xue Kai walked into the schoolyard at the same time.
Xue Kai sized up Zhang Ruochen and smiled, “Ninth Prince, your best weapon is the sword?”
“Sort of!” Zhang Ruochen said.
“Good! Then let’s compete with swords!” Xue Kai stretched his arm out, and outside the schoolyard, a teenage martial artist from the State Master’s Mansion delivered a long sword to Xue Kai’s hand.
Xue Kai had carefully observed Zhang Ruochen’s previous two matches, and he felt that Zhang Ruochen’s expertise in using the sword was just a facade, and Zhang Ruochen’s true expertise must be in palm techniques.
After all, the palm techniques that Zhang Ruochen had displayed in the previous two matches were indeed very powerful, and he didn’t look like an expert with a sword at all.
With palm techniques, the focus was on mellow power.
Sword techniques, focused on dexterous changes.
The two, it is difficult to combine together.
That was why Xue Kai offered to compete with Zhang Ruochen in swordplay.
He believed that Zhang Ruochen’s attainments in swordsmanship were definitely far inferior to his.
“Ninth brother, take the sword!” The Ninth County Lord threw her own sword, the Aqua Sword, towards Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen received the Bishui Sword, held the hilt in his hand, and immediately felt a faint chill coming from the sword.
“A third grade True Martial Treasure Artifact grade battle sword, with three ice-based inscriptions and three force-based inscriptions engraved in the sword.” Zhang Ruochen judged the grade of the sword simply by holding it in his hand.
