Liu Xin executed a stance martial art, his body’s true qi running, and his body rushed up more than fifty metres like a cannonball.
“Boom!”
Liu Xin landed on the Battle Martial Stage, and a loud bang was emitted from under his feet, causing the Battle Martial Stage to tremble a little.
A wave of true qi surged in all directions from under his feet.
Liu Xin slightly arched his hand and smiled, ”My name is Liu Xin, I have met the world’s number one swordsmanship expert. I wonder if the world’s number one swordsmanship expert can also have a sword match with me?”
Zhang Ruochen naturally heard the sarcasm in Liu Xin’s words and said, “Sorry! I’m not the world’s number one expert, you’ve got the wrong person!”
After saying this, Zhang Ruochen flew down the eighteen-metre high Battle Martial Stage, and with his toes in the pool, as if he was a dragonfly pointing at the water, he flew down to the shore in a light and airy manner.
Zhang Ruochen had no intention at all to win first place in the Sword Discussion Conference, much less to marry the Thirteen County Lord. Right now, he was planning to leave and didn’t want to go back into the limelight.
When Liu Xin saw that Zhang Ruochen actually turned around and left, with no intention of fighting with him at all, his heart was just furious, his eyes coldly sank as he said, ”Zhang Ruochen, it was just a fluke for you to defeat Tuoba Linsu, you know that you can’t win all the time, and you are afraid of losing the battle. So, preparing to escape, right?”
“Victory and defeat are commonplace, why should I be afraid? I’m just too lazy to pay attention to some incomprehensible people.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Liu Xin’s heart became even more irritated and said, “Who are you calling incomprehensible? You claimed to be the best in the world in terms of swordsmanship, and I was just humbly asking for a few lessons from you, and this is called incomprehensible? Who exactly is being unreasonable?”
This Sword Discussion Conference really made Zhang Ruochen quite disappointed and didn’t want to stay any longer.
Huo Ming, who had lost to Zhang Ruochen earlier, hated Zhang Ruochen to the bone, and when he saw Zhang Ruochen trying to leave, he immediately stopped him.
“Zhang Ruochen, if you stay and fight against Liu Xin, I can beg my father to withdraw his troops and stop attacking the Yunwu County Kingdom.” Huo Ming said.
Huo Ming had just been knocked off the Battle Martial Stage by Zhang Ruochen, falling like a falling dog and losing face, so he had been wanting to find an opportunity to take revenge on Zhang Ruochen. Now, it was just the right time to use Liu Yan’s hand to teach Zhang Ruochen a hard lesson.
Such an opportunity, naturally, could not be spared.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Are your words true?”
Huo Ming snorted coldly and said, “I am the son of a king, would I still lie to you?”
There were dozens of talented people from counties gathered there, if Huo Ming really went back on his words, he would definitely be laughed at by the world.
The reason why Zhang Ruochen had come to the Sword Discussion Conference was actually to ask for reinforcements to stop the impending disaster in Yunwu County Kingdom.
If the Four Direction County Kingdom was willing to voluntarily retreat, it would naturally be the best.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Alright! In that case, I’ll promise you.”
The corners of Huo Ming’s mouth hooked into a sinister smile as he slightly arched his hand at Liu Xin on the Battle Martial Stage and said, “Duke Liu, the world’s number one swordsmanship expert, Zhang Ruochen, has agreed to compete with you in a sword match.”
“Thanks to Prince Huo Ming’s persuasion, otherwise, Mister Liu wouldn’t have been able to appreciate the supreme sword skill of the world’s number one swordsmanship expert today.” Liu Xin also revealed a hint of a smile.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t bother to pay attention to the two of them as they sang one another’s praises and re-ascended the Battle Martial Stage, saying, “Huo Ming, please remember the agreement between us.”
Huo Ming said, “Don’t worry, as long as you ascend the Battle Martial Stage, whether you lose or win, I will persuade Father King to retreat.”
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen realised the loophole in Huo Ming’s words, as he said “persuade Father King to retreat”, then the Sifang County King could completely disregard his advice and still lead his army to attack Yunwu County Kingdom.
“This Prince Huo Ming looks foolish, but he is actually very sinister and has a very deep heart!” Zhang Ruochen’s heart secretly said.
Although he could hear the trap in Prince Huo Ming’s words, Zhang Ruochen had now regained his position on the Battle Martial Stage, and if he retreated at this time, he would instead be laughed at.
“Zhang Ruochen, if you defeat Liu Yan, I, Tuoba Linsu, will definitely lead the Longchuan County Kingdom’s army to aid the Yunwu County Kingdom.” Tuoba Linsu stared at Huo Ming with a contemptuous look.
“Many thanks, Prince Tuoba.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Liu Xin stood at the centre of the Battle Martial Stage in a dignified manner, cradling his sword in his hands as he stared at Zhang Ruochen who stood on the opposite side of the stage, saying, “A true sword skill requires the use of true qi to be able to be shipped out. Do you dare to have a real battle with me?”
“What do you mean?” Zhang Ruochen said.
Liu Xin said confidently, “My cultivation has reached the late stage of the Earth Extremity Realm, and your cultivation is only at the middle extreme level of the Xuan Extremity Realm. I can suppress my realm to the middle extreme level of the Xuan Extreme Realm and fight with you at the same realm, I just don’t know if you have the guts?”
After the previous three battles, Liu Xin could see that Zhang Ruochen’s attainment in sword moves was extremely high, and even he did not have full confidence in defeating Zhang Ruochen.
That was why he offered to fight Zhang Ruochen at the same realm, so that he would have a better chance of defeating Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen understood his meaning and laughed, “You think that you can’t show your true strength without using your True Qi?”
“That’s right.” Liu Xin said.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “If you really fight me at the same realm, I’m afraid you won’t even be able to catch a single move from me. You have to think clearly!”
At the same realm, Zhang Ruochen could even defeat Luo Xu, let alone Liu Xin.
Liu Xin only felt that Zhang Ruochen’s words were humiliating him, and with a cold snort, he said, “Indeed, you are arrogant enough, if you can really defeat me in one move, I will chop off my sword-wielding hand.”
“If you really want to chop off your hand, I will never stop you.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Liu Xin glanced towards the broken sword in Zhang Ruochen’s hand and said, “I don’t want to take advantage of you, you can change your sword first!”
“To win against you, there is no need to change swords.” Zhang Ruochen said.
“Arrogant!”
Liu Xin suppressed his cultivation at the middle pole position of the Xuanji Realm, and his body’s true qi rapidly revolved, injecting it into the longsword.
“Swish swish!”
Liu Xin stepped on his feet and executed a Spirit Grade Lower Grade Speed Class Martial Skill, which was incredibly fast, presenting five phantom shadows as he swung his sword towards Zhang Ruochen at the same time.
Although he had suppressed his realm to the middle extreme position of the Xuan Extreme Realm, Liu Xin was after all an expert of the Earth Extreme Realm and had cultivated a very powerful martial skill.
Moreover, his attainments in sword techniques were indeed very high, having reached the high level realm of Sword Follows Heart.
In terms of swordsmanship alone, Liu Xin’s swordsmanship was a little more superior than even Tuoba Linsu.
Zhang Ruochen looked at the five silhouettes coming at him and remained motionless, instead closing his eyes.
“Swoosh!”
Zhang Ruochen took a slight step to the left, dodging the attack of one of the silhouettes. He then moved two steps sideways to the right, dodging the attack of the second silhouette. Immediately after, he took a step backward to dodge the sword of the third silhouette. Finally, leaning backwards, he dodged the sword move stabbed out by the fourth silhouette.
Looking downstage, Liu Xin presented five silhouettes, his sword swings chopping and stabbing in rapid succession, each move exquisite.
Zhang Ruochen, however, presented nine silhouettes, not even making a sword strike, not even opening his eyes, yet he was able to dodge all of Liu Xin’s attacks.
On the Battle Martial Stage, more than a dozen silhouettes moved quickly, making it difficult to distinguish which one was Liu Xin’s real body? Which one was Zhang Ruochen’s real body?
Even the consistently arrogant and conceited Thirteenth County Lord was dumbfounded and shocked in her heart as she watched.
Half-Saint disciple Qing Chi Bai gently shook his head and said, ”Liu Xin was so wrong, he thought he could defeat Zhang Ruochen in the same realm, but in the same realm, Zhang Ruochen is too powerful than him. To defeat him is as simple as pressing an ant to death.”
The Thirteenth County Lord was a bit unconvinced and said, “When Liu Xin didn’t break through the Earth Extreme Realm, he was the 18th expert in the Xuan Ranking. In the same realm, how could he be so much worse than that bumpkin from the Yunwu County Kingdom?”
Xun Guihai, who had been sitting on the side and hadn’t said anything, laughed, “Your Highness the County Lord doesn’t know, Zhang Ruochen is the number one new student of the Heavenly Demon Ridge Martial City Academy, and it is rumoured that his spiritual power has already reached the twenty-ninth rank, and in the entire history of the Kunlun Realm, he is also a top-ten ranked genius in terms of spiritual power.”
Hearing Xun Guihai’s words, the Thirteenth County Lord was completely stunned.
Qing Chi Bai said, “Although Zhang Ruochen is not the number one sword master in the world, I’m afraid that there aren’t really many people who can defeat him in the same realm.”
The Thirteenth County Lord was a little anxious and cried out, saying, “What then? If he wins first place in the Sword Discussion Conference, then won’t I have to marry him? I’m not going to marry him.”
Xun Guihai laughed, “Your Highness, the county princess, don’t worry, Brother Qing is a half-saint disciple, and it is said that he has already cultivated his sword intent to the peak of the Sword Follows the Heart realm. If Brother Qing were to make a move, it would definitely not be difficult to defeat Zhang Ruochen.”
Qing Chi Bai laughed and said, “When I was in the middle extreme position of the Xuan Extreme Realm, my sword intent realm had only reached the high level of the Sword Follows Heart Walking realm, and I was also a little weaker than Zhang Ruochen in terms of speed, so I definitely wasn’t a match for him. If, I were to suppress my realm to the middle extreme level of the Xuan Extreme Realm to fight him now, although I would be able to defeat him, I would not be able to win.”
Qing Chi Bai was now at the middle stage of the Earth Extremity Realm, and even if he suppressed his realm to the middle extreme level of the Xuan Extremity Realm, there were still some things that could not be changed.
For example, his Sword Dao realm, and for example, he had already opened up his Qi Sea, which had tens of thousands of times more True Qi reserves than the True Qi reserves in Zhang Ruochen’s Qi Lake. He had suppressed his realm to the middle extreme position of the Xuanji Realm, so he didn’t need to worry about true qi consumption at all.
In addition, the physique of an Earth Extreme Realm martial artist was far more powerful than that of a Xuan Extreme Realm martial artist.
So even if Qing Chi Bai suppressed his cultivation to the middle extreme position of the Xuan Extreme Realm, he would still have a considerable advantage.
Although Liu Xin was also at the Earth Extreme Realm’s cultivation level, his attainments in swordsmanship could not be compared to Qing Chibai’s at all.
The Thirteenth County Lord said, “Qing Chibai, this County Lord orders that you must defeat that bumpkin from the Yunwu County Kingdom, if you don’t help me, I’ll have to marry in a place as remote as the Yunwu County Kingdom.”
If it was a choice between Qing Chibai and Zhang Ruochen, the Thirteenth County Lord would of course choose Qing Chibai.
Qing Chi Bai smiled slightly bitterly, somewhat helplessly, and said, “If Liu Xin really loses, I am willing to go out and fight Zhang Ruochen.”
Qing Chi Bai could also see that Zhang Ruochen was a strong opponent, even though he had many advantages, it was still not an easy task to win against Zhang Ruochen.
