It wasn’t until Elder Fan Jing’s sword qi, had surged to the opposite side of Zhao Wuyan that he quickly made a move.
“Swish!”
The longsword left its sheath, and after it was launched, Zhao Wouyan stabbed out diagonally, crushing Elder Fan Jing’s sword stance. In an instant, the “Snow Mountain” and the sword energy simultaneously crumbled, turning into invisible true qi that dissipated into the air.
Zhao Wuyan’s sword was placed against Elder Fan Jing’s brow, and he said without changing his expression, “You’ve lost!”
Elder Fan Jing closed a pair of pale eyes and said, “What a brilliant sword technique, I’m convinced of my defeat.”
Zhao Wuyan put away his sword, his eyes still cold, and directly turned around, walking off the battle stage, leaving behind only a lonely and arrogant back.
In addition to Lin Yue, on the A Word Battle Stage, another dark horse had rushed out.
Before today, Zhao Wuyan had always been unknown, and very few people had heard of his name. However, this battle alone was enough to make him famous in the Two Element Sect.
“Zhao Wuyan should have already cultivated Sword One to the fourth layer of the realm, right? The strength is really strong, defeating Elder Fan Jing with just one move, and I’m afraid that his attainments in the Dao of the Sword are a bit more advanced than Xu Changsheng.”
“One more strong enemy, this Sword Dao Conference is becoming more and more interesting, I really don’t know if a few more heavenly prides will pop up?”
Zhao Wuyan’s performance was naturally quite stunning, and with just one sword, he made everyone present remember him.
“He has already cultivated Sword One to the fifth layer of the realm.”Zhang Ruochen’s heart secretly said.
Even Xu Changsheng had only cultivated to the fourth layer of the Sword One realm, which was already quite remarkable amongst the cultivators of the Fish Dragon Realm.
The fact that Zhao Wuyan had cultivated Sword One to the fifth layer of the realm meant that he had become one of the favourites to compete for the top ten.
Of course, there were also people who realised that the next round of the competition would be a clash between Lin Yue and Zhao Wuyan, and all of a sudden, the crowd all began to look forward to it.
These two dark horses, who would have the last laugh?
Next, Zhang Ruochen continued to observe the cultivators on the battle stage competing with their swords, learning the essence of their moves, removing the dross, and finally, incorporating it into his own sword Dao.
In the afternoon, the first round of battles ended.
On the A-word battle platform, there were a total of ninety-two participants, half of which were eliminated. Only forty-six of them, managed to advance to the next round of competition.
The intense exchanges continued, and the battles in the second round were clearly even more intense than those in the first round.
This time, Xu Changsheng’s opponent was No. 53 “Tan Qingshan”.
Tan Qingshan was also a rather formidable Sacred Transmission disciple, having cultivated Sword One to the third level, becoming a sword cultivator.
Even with Xu Changsheng’s cultivation, he had fought against Tan Qingshan for hundreds of moves before defeating him.
However, everyone could see that if it was truly a life and death battle, Tan Qingshan was completely capable of retreating from Xu Changsheng’s hands.
If the person he encountered wasn’t Xu Changsheng, he would definitely be able to enter the top one hundred.
Gradually, the battle that was finally in the limelight was ushered in as Zhang Ruochen and Zhao Wuyan walked towards the battle stage.
Below, all the inner disciples cheered, some calling out the name “Lin Yue”, while others called out the name “Zhao Wuyan”.
Even those Sacred Transmission disciples who were competing were paying close attention to this battle.
Dao Xuanqi from the Law Enforcement Academy squinted his old eyes and said to Han Zhang next to him, “This son Lin Yue is extremely gifted, and it is said that when he broke into the second mountain of the Ancient Divine Mountain, he challenged three characters and defeated three gatekeepers. However, in the end, his cultivation level is still too low, and I’m afraid that against a top powerhouse like Zhao Wuyan, he will suffer a great loss.”
Although, Dao Xuanqi didn’t say it explicitly, the few Sacred Transmission disciples around him could also hear that he didn’t think too highly of Lin Yue.
Han Zhang smiled and said, “Zhao Wuyan’s strength is indeed impressive, he should have already cultivated Sword One to the fifth layer of the realm, even if I meet him, I’m afraid that I’ll only be able to bow to him.”
“In at most five more years, Lin Yue’s strength will definitely surpass Zhao Wuyan, but right now, it’s unlikely that he’ll be Zhao Wuyan’s opponent.”Xu Changsheng coldly said.
Dao Xuanqi, Han Zhang, and Xu Changsheng, all of them had won two matches in a row and entered the top 100 rankings.
Their eyesight, of course, was far beyond ordinary people, since all three of them didn’t look at Lin Yue favourably. From this, it could be seen that in this match, Lin Yue would lose 10***.
Right at this moment, below the A-word Battle Stage, a voice of alarm rang out, and the crowd turned their heads and looked over in the direction of the gate.
“Senior Sister Qi is here!”
“Is Qi Fayu here to cheer for Lin Yue?”
The crowd retreated to the left and right like a tidal wave. Afterwards, a stunningly beautiful woman wearing a green-coloured dao robe walked in from the outside, with a very slim figure, snow-white skin like jade, and long black hair on her head that hung straight down, and at the middle of it, it was tied up with a blue jade belt.
Qi Fei Yu’s entire body was flowing with white holy light, just like a goddess descending to earth. Because of the guardianship of the holy light, ordinary inner disciples could not see her face at all, thus creating a hazy and mysterious beauty.
Right now, all the disciples of the entire Two Element Sect knew that Lin Yue and Qi Fayu had an extraordinary relationship.
The fact that Qi Fayu had personally rushed to watch and cheer in such a crucial battle was even more proof of her affection for Lin Yue.
Zhao Wuyan also glanced towards Qi Fayu at the bottom of the battle stage, and inside those calm eyes, a look of amazement flashed in a whirlwind.
Even for a man like him, seeing Qi Fayu, who was as beautiful as a fairy, he couldn’t remain calm and couldn’t help but be a little jealous of Lin Yue, who was standing opposite him.
Originally, his emotions were very calm, but because of Qi Fayu’s arrival, there was a noticeable fluctuation, and the eyes that looked at Zhang Ruochen became a little cold.
Zhang Ruochen, of course, knew that Qi Fayu was right below the battle stage, but he only smiled faintly, his mind still quite calm as he stared at Zhao Wuyan across the room and said, “Everlasting Academy, Lin Yue.”
Zhao Wuyan took a deep breath and said, “Tai Qing Palace, Zhao Wuyan.”
Zhao Wuyan’s arm, quickly turned, and with a swish, a bright and piercing sword light, flew out from the scabbard, resounding with a faint sound of wind and thunder.
“Rumble!”
On the entire battle stage, thirty feet in circumference, hundreds of purple thunderbolts the thickness of a wine glass appeared, condensing into a sea of electricity, erupting with a very terrifying might.
It could be imagined that if it wasn’t for the guardianship of the formation, just the power of the thunderbolts that flew out, I’m afraid that it would be able to split all of the cultivators in the entire Purposeful Imperial Spirit Mountain into ashes.
The inner disciples below were all shocked and couldn’t help but retreat backwards.
However, the five Half-Saints sitting above them all frowned.
The Zixia Half-Saint said, ”Zhao Wuyan should have won against Lin Yue. However, at this moment, his state of mind has become impatient, and he is very eager to show his powerful cultivation, and in doing so, he has instead fallen into a disadvantageous position.”
The Pure Lan Half-Saint said, “Lin Yue seems to have fallen into the bottom, but from the beginning to the end, he looks unperturbed, if he can find Zhao Wuyan’s breaks, he might not be without the possibility of winning.”
“Lin Yue’s own cultivation, after all, is still only the fourth change of the Fish Dragon, the gap between him and Zhao Wuyan is too great, the chances of winning, slim to none.”
Comparatively speaking, even though Zhao Wuyan’s mentality, was a bit worse than Lin Yue’s, he could still use his powerful cultivation to crush Lin Yue.
The gap in realm was simply not something that could be compensated by other factors.
“Tai Xuan Thunder Movement.”
Finally, Zhao Wuyan took the lead and attacked Zhang Ruochen on the opposite side with his sword.
As the long sword moved, hundreds of thunderbolts, all twisted and entangled together, emitting a “giggling” sound, as if they were thick lightning whips, snaking and transforming as they chopped towards Zhang Ruochen.
Zhao Wuyan was displaying a Ghost Grade Medium Grade Sword Technique, the Taixuan Sword Technique.
The Taixuan Sword Technique was the Taiqing Palace’s best technique, and if it could be cultivated to the Realm of Transformation, it could even mobilise the heaven and earth aura of a hundred miles in a radius and integrate it into the sword technique, erupting into an unparalleled and powerful force.
Once upon a time, a Half-Saint of the Taiqing Palace had executed the Taixuan Sword Technique, and with just one sword, he had split a city into two halves, leaving behind a hundred-metre wide gully that cracked the earth.
Zhao Woyan had executed the Grand Completion Taixuan Sword Technique, causing a huge shock to all of the Sacred Transmission disciples present.
“Zhao Wuyan actually refined the Ghost Grade Middle Grade Taixuan Sword Technique, I actually hadn’t heard of him at all before, this person’s hiding really isn’t ordinary.”
“With the power of the Taixuan Sword Technique, even if Xu Changsheng were to face him, I’m afraid that he wouldn’t be able to take advantage.”
“With Zhao Wuyan’s strength, as long as there are no surprises, he will definitely be able to break into the top ten.”
The Taixuan Sword Technique was extremely famous in the Two Element Sect, and the Sacred Transmission disciples who were able to successfully cultivate this set of sword techniques were surely all first-rate powerhouses. Under a Half-Saint, they were strong enough to stand proudly against the crowd.
Facing Zhao Wuyan’s strong strike, Zhang Ruochen also felt a considerable amount of pressure.
“Swish swish!”
Zhang Ruochen drew his Valley Water Sword and quickly drew a circle, sweeping the lightning whip into the inner part of the circle and leading it to the outer part of the battle platform.
If Zhang Ruochen was allowed to perform this move, it was likely that this move would be broken.
Naturally, Zhao Wuyan would not give Zhang Ruochen a chance to break the sword move, and with a cold snort, his feet jumped like an earth dragon, flying to Zhang Ruochen’s position directly in front of him, and stabbing his sword towards Zhang Ruochen’s brow.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen was not only suffering from the attack of thunder and lightning, but also had a sharp longsword pressing straight at him, it was simply like being attacked from the back.
If it was a different person, he would definitely be defeated.
Even the contestants below were all of the same opinion, thinking that the winner would soon be decided.
Zhang Ruochen, however, remained calm and collected his sword, and the Valley Water Sword became a straight line with his body, as if he had reached the legendary realm of human sword unity.
Seeing Zhang Ruochen’s bizarre gesture, below the battle stage, Qi Fayu’s pair of beautiful eyes flashed with a strange lustre as she mumbled to herself, “Has he made another breakthrough in his Sword Dao realm?”
“Could it be the ninth layer of the Sword One realm?”
A pair of Half-Saint eyes of the Violet Cloud Half-Saint exploded with eye-catching light, clearly quite shocked.
One must know that in the entire Kunlun Realm, over the past thousand years, in the Fish and Dragon Realm, the number of people who had cultivated to the 10th layer of the Sword One Grand Completion Realm was only dozens of people in total.
These people, later on, the vast majority of them became Sword Saints.
Now, Lin Yue only had the cultivation of the fourth change of the Fish Dragon, and he had cultivated Sword One to the ninth layer of the realm. Doesn’t it mean that in the Fish Dragon Realm, he had a good chance of cultivating to the tenth layer of great perfection?
Not to mention that the Zixia Half-Saint was surprised, everyone present, who had some eyesight, felt quite shocked.
