“Zhou Quanming!” Lin Xiao spoke.
From the previous matches, Zhou Quanming’s displayed strength was not particularly outstanding. There was still a gap compared to Qi Mo.
As for Tantai Xin, she might actually be the best choice. After all, she was younger, and her cultivation might not be fully mature. She could possibly be weaker than Zhou Quanming.
However, Tantai Xin had not yet fought in this round. She might have some hidden trump cards. She was not necessarily easy to deal with.
On top of that, Zhou Quanming was from Minzhou. Therefore, Lin Xiao chose him.
Hearing this, Zhou Quanming became furious. He could not help but snort coldly. “Hmph, ignorant junior. You actually dare to choose me on purpose!”
Although he had also wanted to be chosen by Mu Haoran, being picked by someone else felt like an insult. Choosing him meant looking down on him.
Lin Xiao ignored him. With a single leap, he flew onto the battle platform.
“You are truly courting death. Let me tell you, kid, you will regret choosing me!”
Zhou Quanming angrily flew onto the battle platform. A bowl-shaped spiritual form several zhang in size immediately condensed. The entire spiritual form had two or three parts that were almost materialised.
Terrifying spiritual pressure surged outwards. Even before any energy clash occurred, the surrounding array barriers began to react. They emitted intense rumbling sounds.
Clearly, after witnessing the sound wave attack, Zhou Quanming directly summoned his strongest main spirit attack. It was far more powerful than what he had used against Linghu Junhua earlier.
After taking healing pills, although Linghu Junhua was too heavily injured to fight again, he could still sit on the ground and watch while recovering. His gaze fixed intently on the two, especially Lin Xiao. He wished desperately for Lin Xiao to be blasted away in one move.
If not for Mu Haoran, he would not have been challenged repeatedly and ended up in such a miserable state…
On the battle platform, Lin Xiao instantly felt the opponent’s powerful spiritual pressure. He frowned slightly and directly summoned the Nine Heavens Thunder Dragon Roar once again.
This Zhou Quanming was indeed not weak. Ordinary attacks would truly struggle to defeat him.
Even with the Nine Heavens Thunder Dragon Roar, Lin Xiao did not have full confidence in winning against him.
“Aooo!”
The piercing dragon cry rang out from Lin Xiao’s brow. The endless thunder energy of the thunder dragon turned completely into rolling sound waves the instant it emerged from his brow. Like thousands of massive waves, they surged forward at incredible speed.
“Rumble!” …
Zhou Quanming’s giant bowl-shaped spiritual form shattered apart at once. It turned into surging waves that spread in all directions. Most of the waves originally rushed towards Lin Xiao’s position, but they were dispersed by the sound waves and could no longer advance.
The terrifying sound waves penetrated through one after another and struck towards Zhou Quanming.
Zhou Quanming’s expression changed drastically. After being hit by the first wave of sound, his head buzzed. It felt as if his eardrums were about to shatter.
However, he circulated his spiritual power extremely quickly. In that instant, powerful spiritual energy surged from his mind. It flowed through his meridians and sealed his eardrums, seven orifices, and other vulnerable points. This blocked the sound waves.
As for his body, there was no time to defend it. If he diverted energy to protect his entire body, he would inevitably fail to block the sound waves. Therefore, he could only leave his body exposed to the sound wave impact.
Fortunately, the killing power of the sound waves was mainly concentrated on the seven orifices and the head. The body being struck by sound waves did not suffer much damage.
However, his entire body was still continuously pushed back by the impacts. Until all the sound waves had passed through.
Zhou Quanming focused entirely on defence. He could not control his retreating body at all. By the time he fully blocked the sound wave attack, his body had already been pushed off the battle platform and appeared outside the defensive barrier.
“You!” Coming back to his senses, Zhou Quanming was furious beyond measure. He had lost just like that?
He was a seed contestant from Minzhou. A mid seventh-grade spiritual controller who had swept through many peers at his level. Yet he had actually lost to Mu Haoran, who only had sixth-grade advanced spiritual power?
In truth, he had other plans regarding Mu Haoran. He had thought he could put them into action. Instead, he had lost so easily to the opponent.
“Zhou Quanming lost too?” Linghu Junhua, who was recovering and watching, felt completely dejected.
Tantai Xin, Qi Mo, and the others all showed looks of wariness.
This sound wave attack was indeed formidable. Even the older expert Zhou Quanming could not withstand it.
The crowd watching battle platform number one was also surprised. They gained a higher opinion of Mu Haoran.
“Although Zhou Quanming lost, he was not injured at all. Defeating Zhou Quanming is probably Mu Haoran’s limit. Against even stronger opponents, Mu Haoran should not win again.”
“That Qi Mo has even stronger combat power. Murong Dian is a seventh-grade advanced spiritual controller. Mu Haoran will definitely clash with at least one of them. His winning streak will surely end in this round.”
“Exactly. It is even possible that Tantai Xin’s from the Tantai family could defeat him. The Tantai family is a spiritual controller clan. They might have some powerful techniques.”
“Finally, it stops here. If Mu Haoran advances to the top ten, it would be too hard to accept.”
“A number one vital energy cultivation genius of the nine provinces, and also in the top ten of the spiritual controller grand competition. That is truly hard to swallow.”
…
Many people sighed again. They desperately hoped Mu Haoran would lose soon. Otherwise, they truly felt uncomfortable in their hearts.
Even those who had no grudge against Lin Xiao felt the same.
“How come I do not feel the slightest regret?” Looking at Zhou Quanming’s face full of anger and unwillingness, Lin Xiao spoke calmly.
“You!” Zhou Quanming was choked with rage. He had an urge to rush up and attack.
He had said before stepping onto the platform that Mu Haoran would regret choosing him. He never expected the words to be thrown back at him now. It felt like a slap to his face. He felt utterly humiliated.
“Mu Haoran wins. Next match, Tantai Xin.”
On battle platform number one, the referee ignored the two’s reactions and announced loudly.
Zhou Quanming could only suppress his anger.
Lin Xiao’s gaze also turned towards Tantai Xin. He wanted to see how she would choose.
“Zhou Quanming!” Tantai Xin spoke without hesitation.
Hearing this, Lin Xiao flew down from the battle platform.
“You!” Zhou Quanming was furious. Did they really think he was the weakest now?
Tantai Xin stepped onto the platform and stood facing Zhou Quanming.
“Hmph!” With a cold snort, Zhou Quanming flew onto the battle platform again. He was already full of rage. Now another junior was looking down on him. His anger grew even stronger. Vast spiritual fluctuations surged outwards. The giant bowl main spirit was summoned once more. It descended from above towards Tantai Xin in a crushing attack.
Personally feeling the pressure of that giant bowl main spirit, Tantai Xin’s expression changed. She quickly summoned her own giant fish main spirit and clashed it against Zhou Quanming.
At the same time, she crushed a pill she had prepared in her hand.
Hiss!
That pill instantly turned into a half-zhang-sized cubic spiritual form. Its degree of materialisation reached three or four parts. The power was extremely condensed. Together with Tantai Xin’s giant fish spiritual form, it bombarded towards Zhou Quanming.
