Chapter 635 - 635: Thrown Out

This blade of thunder.

It was neither the Thunder Sword nor the Lightning Sword.

Instead, it was thunder Chu Qingyun had casually conjured through his true Thunder Sword Intent.

Of course, this wasn't his true Thunder Sword Intent either. He didn't need to use that move to deal with Meng Hongliang.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the blade of thunder and the Wind Demon Slash collided with a BOOM.

But to everyone's astonishment, Meng Hongliang's menacing Wind Demon Slash, which he had unleashed with all his might, crumbled on impact.

In an instant, the blade of thunder blasted it in two, tearing it to shreds!

"How is this possible?!"

Meng Hongliang cried out in shock.

But Chu Qingyun dispersed the blade of thunder and flashed forward, instantly appearing before Meng Hongliang.

Before Meng Hongliang could react, Chu Qingyun grabbed him by the neck. With a powerful backward fling, he slammed Meng Hongliang onto the ground with a THUD.

He tumbled for dozens of meters, rolling right out of the combat ring!

This guy was not only incredibly arrogant, but had also been paid by someone else to specifically target him. That was why Chu Qingyun had so decisively thrown him out without holding back.

In fact, if the rules hadn't forbidden killing, his blade of thunder could have cut Meng Hongliang down in a single strike!

Complete Thunder Sword Intent was far more powerful than a partial one.

Even a fraction of it was more than Meng Hongliang could handle!

In Combat Ring 17, everyone nearby gasped, their faces paling. Their gazes toward Chu Qingyun were now filled with awe.

The favored Quasi-Core Disciple, Meng Hongliang, had been defeated in a single move!

What kind of strength was this!

As Meng Hongliang scrambled up, covered in dust, he glared at Chu Qingyun, his face flushed with shame and anger. "Chu Qingyun, what sort of foul trick did you use? This is impossible!"

As he spoke, Meng Hongliang stalked toward Chu Qingyun, unwilling to accept his defeat and looking to start another fight.

Even now, he couldn't understand or believe that he, a distinguished "Quasi-Core Disciple," had been defeated in one move by a new disciple!

The feeling of falling from the clouds into an abyss made him lose all reason.

"Meng Hongliang, you're already out of the combat ring. Do you still dare to make a move?" Chu Qingyun said, turning around.

Meng Hongliang froze on the spot. He looked down at the line of the combat ring right before him, grinding his teeth so hard they audibly clicked.

Eliminated. He, Meng Hongliang, had actually been eliminated. And he was the very first person to be eliminated from Combat Ring 17!

Though his heart was filled with endless unwillingness, Meng Hongliang didn't dare take that step back into the combat ring.

"Meng Hongliang, since you've been eliminated, leave the stage at once!" At that moment, the Inner Sect Elder acting as a referee on the central platform noticed the situation.

Meng Hongliang snorted coldly and turned to leave, his expression exceptionally sour.

The referee gave Chu Qingyun a deep look, sighed softly, and turned his attention back to the other combat rings.

The other combat rings were locked in tense standoffs or fierce battles, and on the Observation Platform, the spectators all had their own targets of interest.

Therefore, Meng Hongliang's elimination didn't attract too much attention for the time being.

However, Zhou Jianxiong and his group on the Observation Platform noticed it immediately.

Seeing Meng Hongliang get grabbed by the neck and thrown out by Chu Qingyun, Zhou Jianxiong couldn't help but snort, his expression instantly darkening.

Beside him, the ordinary Inner Sect Disciples all shrank back, not daring to speak.

But three Core Disciples looked at Zhou Jianxiong with gloating smiles.

"Heh heh, eight hundred Saint Extreme Points and a favor, all down the drain."

"Naive. Meng Hongliang lost. Do you really think our Junior Brother Zhou will actually give him the Saint Extreme Points and the favor?"

"No way. In my impression, Zhou isn't someone who goes back on his word."

The three Core Disciples went back and forth, looking at Zhou Jianxiong with ridicule.

Although Zhou Jianxiong had a powerful background, this was the Saint Extreme Sect, one of the Three Major Sects of the Northern Domain. There were plenty of people here with backgrounds more powerful than his.

Moreover, wherever there were people, there was conflict. The Core Disciples of the Inner Sect were no exception, forming cliques and fighting endlessly among themselves.

Faced with their teasing and taunts, Zhou Jianxiong snorted coldly and said with a dark expression, "I will naturally give what I promised. I, Zhou Jianxiong, am not so shameless as to go back on my word to an Outer Disciple over a mere eight hundred Saint Extreme Points!"

"As for that Chu Qingyun, he can enjoy his moment. Someone will deal with him later!"

But though he spoke boldly, Zhou Jianxiong was wincing internally.

Eight hundred Saint Extreme Points! That was no small sum. If Meng Hongliang had actually eliminated Chu Qingyun, humiliated him, and made him crawl out, it would have been one thing.

But now, Chu Qingyun had used Meng Hongliang as a stepping stone, and he still had to pay Meng Hongliang eight hundred Saint Extreme Points!

'Trash! What damn Quasi-Core Disciple? Just a piece of trash! Chu Qingyun... I'll let you be smug for a while. Just wait until you run into Zhou Yongyang, hmph!'

Furious, Zhou Jianxiong could only pin all his hopes on Zhou Yongyang.

Meanwhile, just as Chu Qingyun threw Meng Hongliang out, up on the southern high tower, the nine Elders in charge of assigning the combat rings all revealed looks of shock.

Even Elder Zhu was no exception.

He had believed that Chu Qingyun's strength surpassed Meng Hongliang's.

But he never imagined Chu Qingyun would be so strong as to effortlessly crush Meng Hongliang's Wind Demon Slash without even using much of his Martial King Realm power.

'That sword strike... it definitely wasn't the Thunder Sword, yet its power was so astonishing. Could it be... he had another breakthrough in his Sword Intent? Could he have really reached the ninth floor of the Saint Extreme Tower and met that senior?'

At this thought, an excited expression uncontrollably appeared on Elder Zhu's face.

Previously, he had only remembered it by chance and casually mentioned it to Chu Qingyun, telling him to give it a try without holding out much hope.

He never thought that, from the looks of it now, Chu Qingyun had actually succeeded.

Coming back to his senses, Elder Zhu looked at the still-shocked faces of the other Elders and couldn't help but feel a sense of vindication and pride.

"Hehe, it seems I still underestimated Chu Qingyun's strength a bit."

"It's just a pity about that Meng Hongliang. If he had been assigned to any other combat ring, he would've had a 90% chance of entering the Inner Sect. Now, he'll have to wait in the Outer Sect for another two years."

Elder Zhu said with a small smile.

The other Elders, however, sighed with grim faces.

They had to admit, this was their negligence and oversight...