Li Ren Chou’s body stood unscathed in place, his face adorned with a faint, calm smile, as if nothing had happened.
“I concede!” Li Ren Chou smiled lightly, then moved his steps, walking out of the stone platform.
“The challenge has failed. Next, Yang Xiu!”
The referee’s voice rang out, and everyone’s gazes turned towards Yang Xiu.
Yang Xiu, a fourth-level Martial Lord genius of the Ling Sword Sect, possessed terrifying combat strength and was the most likely to claim the top spot on the final list.
As the personal disciple of the Ling Sword Sect’s leader and the younger brother of Jian Wudi, Jian Wuqu, who was killed by Lin Xiao, Yang Xiu would undoubtedly choose Lin Xiao if predictions held true.
Lin Xiao’s gaze also turned towards Yang Xiu.
At that moment, Yang Xiu flew into the air above the stone platform, standing over four hundred zhang high. With a turn, his gaze, filled with killing intent, locked onto Lin Xiao.
“Lin Xiao, come up and meet your death!” A cold shout came from Yang Xiu’s mouth.
The crowd’s hearts trembled. As expected, Yang Xiu’s first choice was Lin Xiao. The question was whether Lin Xiao dared to accept the challenge.
“Lin Xiao, be careful!” Seeing Lin Xiao about to charge forward, Zi Ling reminded him with concern.
Lin Xiao nodded, then flew out under his control, standing a hundred zhang away from Yang Xiu.
He could tell that Yang Xiu’s position was only a few steps from the array barrier.
It seemed Yang Xiu was wary of his Heaven-Devouring Spirit Finger attack.
Naturally, Lin Xiao was also calculating how to use the Heaven-Devouring Spirit Finger or dodge Yang Xiu’s attacks, so he wouldn’t position himself too far from the array barrier either.
A single step back would allow him to retreat outside the barrier.
“If you want to kill me, make your move. Let’s see how much skill the Ling Sword Sect has, whether you kill me or I kill you!” A cold glint flashed in Lin Xiao’s eyes.
Having killed Jian Wuqu and offended Jian Wudi, he had thoroughly fallen out with the Ling Sword Sect.
Since the other party wanted to kill him, he wouldn’t show mercy either.
“Die!” Yang Xiu coldly spat out a single word, his body radiating the sharp aura of a fourth-level Martial Lord. With a single sword slash, he struck through the air.
“Ling Heaven Sword, One Slash to Break the Firmament!”
A series of thunderous shouts rang out, and a suffocating sword aura shot forth. The boundless sword aura, like a rainbow piercing the sky or lightning splitting the air, seemed to cleave the heavens and shatter the void, carrying overwhelming force as it slashed towards Lin Xiao.
“He’s using the Ling Sword Sect’s ultimate technique on the first strike!”
“A fourth-level Martial Lord using the Ling Sword Sect’s ultimate technique. Can Lin Xiao withstand it?”…
The crowd was astonished.
Sensing the sharp aura, Lin Xiao’s brows furrowed slightly. The vast elemental force in his body flowed along mysterious pathways, executing the three Chaotic Reversal Forms often used by the Heaven-Devouring Spirit Emperor.
He pushed both palms forward, and a chaotic surge of elemental force erupted, like a slaughtering machine cutting through everything, forming a killing space that moved forward.
Where the Chaotic Reversal Force passed, the void seemed to be sliced into fragments, and the surrounding air boiled.
The power of this palm was utterly terrifying!
At the same time, Lin Xiao threw out the skeleton palm, channeling spiritual energy to control it. The skeleton palm arced through space, attacking from the right flank of the Chaotic Reversal Force.
At this moment, the skeleton palm was no longer white but had retained its yellow state after mutating during the battle with Ka Gu Kui.
Lin Xiao wasn’t entirely sure if the skeleton palm was still effective.
However, he was also highly expectant of the mutated skeleton palm.
Thus, while executing the three Chaotic Reversal Forms, he decided to test this mutated skeleton palm.
Although there was a suspicion that the skeleton palm’s power exceeded his own, it had been allowed before without warning. Using it again now, others naturally couldn’t object.
“Crack!”…
At that moment, a fierce sound rang out as Yang Xiu’s sword aura clashed with the Chaotic Reversal Force, producing vast waves of energy like an ocean. The chaotic waves erupted, boundless fluctuations surging in all directions. Simultaneously, eerie wails and howls resounded as the skeleton palm on the right shot out a yellow light, like rolling yellow mist from the underworld, exuding a vast force like the Yellow Springs, capable of corroding everything, spreading in all directions.
A deafening sound erupted, with terrifying waves and fluctuations, along with a fearsome aura, filling the entire battlefield.
In that instant, Lin Xiao retreated swiftly, exiting to the edge of the array barrier, ready to counter the next strike.
However, Yang Xiu didn’t attack again.
After a while, as the energy waves gradually dissipated, Lin Xiao saw through the thinning waves that Yang Xiu had also retreated to the edge of the array barrier.
It was unclear whether Yang Xiu had retreated on his own or was forced back, but a trace of blood was visible at the corner of his mouth.
“What, Yang Xiu is injured?”
“Lin Xiao’s martial technique was so powerful, and combined with that skeleton palm weapon, he actually injured Yang Xiu.”
“Lin Xiao managed to injure Yang Xiu. This is getting interesting!”
“This is another trump card Lin Xiao hasn’t revealed before. It seems Lin Xiao might not necessarily lose to Yang Xiu!”
“Not necessarily. Yang Xiu hasn’t yet unleashed his low-grade Earth-tier phenomenon, the Silver Whisker Grass phenomenon. The Silver Whisker Grass is sharp like a sword, nearly comparable to a sword phenomenon for sword cultivators. It’s said he might also possess a special physique. Once he reveals all his trump cards, Lin Xiao definitely won’t be his match!”…
Waves of surprised voices rang out, with everyone’s gazes fixed on the two.
In their first clash, both had unleashed supreme techniques with immense power. The crowd was eagerly anticipating the rest of their battle.
“I didn’t expect you to actually injure me!”
Yang Xiu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, a dangerous curve forming on his lips. His eyes locked onto Lin Xiao, glinting with cold light.
“This time, I’ll make sure you die!”
With that, Yang Xiu charged forward, a faint earthy glow blooming from his dantian. A silver grass shadow emerged behind him in the air, radiating a sharp aura, with powerful pressure sweeping in all directions.
“Let’s see who dies!”
Lin Xiao also rushed into the array barrier, his strongest elemental force surging. A true earthy glow bloomed from his dantian, and a blood-colored divine shadow emerged behind him in the air. An ancient, desolate aura radiated, like a pressure from the primordial wilderness, enveloping all directions.
