Chapter 527: Ethereal Sword Qi

Sun Xiurong’s opponent moved with a movement technique which seemed to provide him with short bursts of speed, and with a single step, he was in front of her, his sword swinging down while covered in faint sword qi...

Sun Xiurong stayed calm and instead of dodging, she moved her hand while tilting her blade to block it... similarly, her sword was covered in faint but ethereal sword qi which seemed to give a feeling of sharpness even to those who were looking at it from afar...

The opponent, whose sword was just about to touch Sun Xiurong’s blade, was already ready to back down as he already knew what would happen...

In the next moment, both blades collided, creating a sort of domain of sword qi going berserk due to the collision... strangely enough, the ethereal sword qi moving in this chaotic eruption looked random but wasn’t, they all went towards the hand of the man who was backing down...as if Sun Xiurong had full control over them.

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"Ahh, that elusive sword qi, it has become more unpredictable and sharp...she really has improved without even advancing in realm, I am always curious about the grade of her cultivation technique..." Yin Qianshui said with slight curiosity in her tone, but she knew that Sun Xiurong might never tell them about it.

Others were interested in a similar way, they knew that this technique was better than a Lesser Heaven Grade technique, but how much better, it was hard for them to predict since even they hadn’t seen any technique which was above Lesser Heaven Grade.

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The crowd had already begun talking among themselves, most of them had come to watch Sun Xiurong after all.

"As expected of Senior Sun, her sword qi is mesmerizingly dangerous..." A Mid Initiation Realm cultivator smiled while getting enchanted looking at Sun Xiurong.

"She is the strongest Initiation Realm cultivator in the whole sect for a reason..."

"Maybe in the whole Azure Province..."

"That is debatable, the Azure Province is too big, even if we are the strongest sect here, we only hold influence over a small portion of it...there are many unknown geniuses here whom we don’t know about, so the chances of some hidden talent better than her being present aren’t low..."

"You guys are debating over the wrong thing, I just came here to admire senior Sun, seeing her even in the veil is quite soothing to the heart..."

"Heavens, I really want to see the top beauties of the whole province together one day..."

"Tch... wishful thinking..."

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Sun Xiurong’s opponent, although aware of her sword qi and even backing away at almost the right time, was still not able to make it out unscathed, his arm holding the sword was filled with deep, small cuts...

"Arghh..." He grunted while feeling the pain since the sword qi hadn’t vanished, it was rampaging inside his meridians and if he didn’t subdue them, then he wouldn’t be able to even lift his hand, much less move his sword.

But alas, how could he get the time to do it, as the chaotic sword qi rampaging at the point of collision vanished, Sun Xiurong was totally unscathed even when the arena around her was torned in multiple locations...

She looked at the man calmly while bringing her sword down from afar...

The man sighed and dropped his sword, "I yield..."

That was the only option left for him, or else if Sun Xiurong had attacked, then he doubted he would have been able to dodge with half of his effort being wasted in subduing the volatile qi inside him.

Sun Xiurong quietly left the arena while the crowd sighed in amazement.

It seemed she had won effortlessly, but that was only because it was her, her opponent wasn’t just some average disciple, he had some achievements in his name, yet he lost in just one move even when Sun Xiurong hadn’t even attacked him.

This goes to show how strong Sun Xiurong really was, there was a reason why she carried the title of undefeated in her realm.

Lin Feng had to say, that sword technique was really something he couldn’t see through... it’s been a while since he had seen something like that.

It was expected though, given Senior Qi Meiling’s experience, it wouldn’t be hard for her to create a unique cultivation technique like this.

Afterward, a few more battles happened, with a few of them being Sun Xiurong’s battles, and she won all of them without any effort, and with that, the rankings of Initiation Realm cultivators were decided.

Before the Manifestation Realm competition could begin, Cui Shuyin looked at the other Head Elders, "I have just asked Xiu’er about the challenges, she had accepted to fight only one, so decide who amongst you wants to go..."

The others looked at each other before Duan Lie spoke.

"Wouldn’t it be better for Sun Xiurong to rest a bit..."

Cui Shuyin shook her head, "She claims to be fine, so it will be alright..."

"Then if others are fine, let my disciple challenge her..."

No one objected to Duan Lie, and Xiao Canglan even nodded in approval.

"It will be good to see their battle..."

Cui Shuyin gave a slight nod, "Then it’s decided, go, Ruolan..."

Ruolan Xin bowed towards everyone politely, "Thank you for the opportunity..." She then flew towards the arena.

It was truly an opportunity, she accepted that Sun Xiurong was stronger than her, and last time when they had fought, she had lost to her...but that didn’t mean that the difference was too much.

She had worked hard for this day, and today, even if she couldn’t defeat Sun Xiurong, she would try her best to make Sun Xiurong give her all...

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"Wait, is that Ruolan Xin..." Someone in the audience exclaimed.

"Seems like it, what is she doing on the arena..."

"Look, Sun Xiurong is walking towards the arena too..." A woman said.

"Could it be..."

"There is no other explanation, they are going to hold a duel."

"This is going to be so exciting, I still remember their last duel..."