Chapter 813 - 757: Formidable Foes Each

Chapter 813: Chapter 757: Formidable Foes Each

Center of the Qingyun Realm.

After Jiang Yuebai defeated Shi Yuming, she headed straight to the arena where Lu Nanzhi was battling Fengg Zhuxin.

Xie Jingshan cast a sympathetic yet gloating glance at Shi Yuming, while Shen Huaxi actively eased tensions, personally checking Shi Yuming’s body to mend relations.

Xie Jingshan left Shen Huaxi to go watch Zhuo Qingfeng and Zhao Benlei’s battle.

The two arenas were adjacent, and the battles on the arenas were intense and exciting.

Lu Nanzhi and Fengg Zhuxin had comparable cultivation, both in the Late-Stage Nascent Soul, and Lu Nanzhi’s Water Element Sword Technique could absorb and dissolve Fengg Zhuxin’s Spiritual Ink. Coupled with Lu Nanzhi’s aggressive battle technique, initiating with overwhelming and unsparing attacks, Fengg Zhuxin was completely suppressed and remained at a disadvantage.

On Zhuo Qingfeng and Zhao Benlei’s side, Jiang Yuebai also divided her Divine Thought to observe, on the arena the Wind Chasing Sword Intent and Thunderbolt Sword Intent collided fiercely, with the wind and thunder roaring in grand momentum, almost leveling the entire arena.

However, Zhuo Qingfeng had just stepped into Mid-Stage Nascent Soul, while Zhao Benlei had been in Late-Stage Nascent Soul for decades, and under the disparity in cultivation level, Zhuo Qingfeng ran out of strength, ultimately getting knocked off the arena by Zhao Benlei.

Once Zhuo Qingfeng’s battle ended, Lu Nanzhi also unleashed thousands of Ice Crystal Sparrows, merging into an Ice Simurgh flapping its wings and showering a myriad of Ice Crystal Long Swords, annihilating all of the ink spirits drawn by Fengg Zhuxin with Blood Ink.

By the time Fengg Zhuxin reacted, Lu Nanzhi had already approached her from behind, placing an Ice Soul Sword against her neck, with the sharp Sword Qi carrying a chilling intent that pierced into her marrow.

"Thank you for your concession!"

Lu Nanzhi sheathed her sword and said in a deep voice.

Fengg Zhuxin clenched the large pen in her hand, her pupils quivering, eventually withdrawing her aura, and turned with a bitter smile.

The two bowed to each other, ending the battle.

The battles on other arenas also concluded in succession, with Zhuge Ziyin facing off against Zuo Qiuhe, losing by a narrow margin.

Pei Shengyue and Ye Tianlang agreed to compete in sword methods, and the two were evenly matched, battling for nearly two hundred rounds still unable to determine a winner.

In the end, during a close-range sword clash, Pei Shengyue, suddenly overcome with agitation, punched Ye Tianlang in the face, directly knocking him off the arena.

Ye Tianlang stared in disbelief, with two lines of nosebleed streaming, angrily cursing.

"Pei Shengyue, you have no sense of martial virtue!"

Pei Shengyue stood on the arena, looking at her fist stained with nosebleed, somewhat dumbfounded. She simply hadn’t thought, and her fist had instinctively gone out.

Pei Shengyue coughed to suppress her guilty conscience, "All’s fair in war, it’s only your fault for being stupid!"

Jiangg Ling’er below the arena covered her mouth, quietly laughing; Ye Tianlang, enraged, threw his saber down.

*

Within the Taibai Realm.

Immortal Monarch Yan Hua, who was observing, cursed at Ye Tianlang, calling him a ’fool’.

Bodu, with an apologetic look, laughed dryly at Yan Hua, "Shengyue has always been used to having the Heavenly Slash Saber in her right hand and the White Tiger Fist in her left, just now was purely an instinctive reaction."

Meow~

After the sixth round of arena battles concluded, only seven out of thirteen remained.

[Jiang Yuebai, Lu Nanzhi, Xie Jingshan, Zhao Benlei, Pei Shengyue, Shen Huaxi, Zuo Qiuhe]

Looking at the seven names, the Immortal Monarchs remained silent, leaving the arrangements for the next battles to Fatian.

After a brief contemplation, Fatian waved his sleeve, and the list for the seventh round of matches appeared before everyone.

Lu Nanzhi’s strength was evident, and she was Fatian’s favored choice, so the exemption slot for the seventh round naturally fell to Lu Nanzhi.

Xie Jingshan versus Zhao Benlei, which was also indisputable.

Among the remaining four, Fatian closed his eyes selecting randomly, finally deciding on Jiang Yuebai versus Zuo Qiuhe, and Shen Huaxi versus Pei Shengyue.

The Fairy Yuxiao from the Beiji Palace saw the list and silently mourned for Zuo Qiuhe for a moment.

However, Zuo Qiuhe was not as honest as Shi Yuming and might not fall for Jiang Yuebai’s cunning plan. The special Sound Wave provided comprehensive defense and offense, making the outcome unpredictable.

On the other hand, Pei Shengyue was extremely confident, with a heart like a fierce tiger, appreciating roses in detail; otherwise, she wouldn’t have led the charge during the second invasion of the Demon Clan, becoming a leader among everyone, nor would she have noticed the flaw at the last moment of despair, resolutely letting everyone explode their Acquired Spiritual Treasures to seek a way out.

Against Pei Shengyue, Shen Huaxi’s strategies might not succeed; it’s just right to see what other combat abilities he possesses apart from strategies.

*

Center square of the Qingyun Realm, the arenas reduced to three once again, the fewer the arenas, the higher the enthusiasm of everyone watching the battles.

The square was filled with cultivators sitting together, eagerly discussing who would advance to the top four.

Apart from discussing the Nascent Soul Stage fights, there were mentions of the Divinity Transformation and Golden Core sides as well.

Jiang Yuebai also learned from everyone’s discussion that on the Divinity Transformation side, Uncle Fuyi and True Venerable Tianbao did not make it to the finals.

It was understandable; no matter how strong Uncle Fuyi was, her cultivation was only at Early-Stage Divinity Transformation, while almost all of the top ten were Late-Stage Divinity Transformation. For her to enter the top ten was already impressive.

True Venerable Tianbao chose to stop participating, likely attending the Qingyun Conference to boost the reputation of Mountain and Sea Building, with his goal achieved, continuing further wouldn’t yield proportionate rewards.

On the Golden Core Stage side, Kong Jingyan and Yun Shang smoothly passed the top thirteen competition, entering the top seven.

Hee Wangchen, during the twenty-five into thirteen match, faced a Golden Core Peak cultivator from Beiji Palace, and with sound waves disrupting the array, Hee Wangchen was defeated.

After the Divinity Transformation trials concluded, Li Shen Zhi, Muh Wushuang, and Tang Weimian all went to Zhao Fuyi personally to apologize for not entering the top fifty, feeling deeply remorseful.

They had anticipated Zhao Fuyi’s scolding, but to their surprise, Zhao Fuyi comforted them instead, saying they need not worry about her reputation as a master, which didn’t require disciples to earn it, leaving them moved.

However, Hee Wangchen, who entered the top twenty-five and was overly proud, hastened to show off in front of Zhao Fuyi, only to get sternly reprimanded, with Zhao Fuyi pointing out that his loss in the final match was due to his own carelessness, punishing him to copy the Array Map ten thousand times.

Hee Wangchen covered his face crying, while Li Shen Zhi and the others mocked him unabashedly.

Li Shen Zhi disclosed Jiang Yuebai’s concerns about the Qingyun Conference to Zhao Fuyi, after which Zhao Fuyi and other Divinity Transformation cultivators of Heavenly Interence Sect, along with Lii Jiuchuan, decided to follow Jiang Yuebai’s suggestion, pretended the Nine Rivers Realm was flooded, claiming the sect is in trouble, and left early with the Zhuge Family.

The Zhuge Family had already completed their matches in the Nascent Soul and Divinity Transformation levels, leaving only one disciple struggling to persist in the Golden Core level, staying for Zhuge Ziyin to oversee.

Li Shen Zhi wanted to leave together, but was forcibly retained by Muh Wushuang, as Jiang Yuebai asked them to find three from the Demon Clan, but they searched the outskirts of Qingyun Realm and found none.

Muh Wushuang reported the situation to the Star Alliance cultivators stationed outside the Qingyun Realm since those were the Demon Clan envoys come to watch. The Star Alliance checked around and ultimately said they might have left on their own.

After hearing this news, Zhao Fuyi decided to stay with Muh Wushuang and Li Shen Zhi to search again, as Jiang Yuebai and the others remained in the Qingyun Realm and an elder was needed to look after them.

Unfortunately, Wenn Miao had left early after losing, to guard the front lines, otherwise, they could have had her do a divination to know the outcome.

But at this point, Zhao Fuyi suddenly noticed that all the Divination experts from Ruyi Sect had fled as well, instantaneously feeling a growing sense of foreboding.

After half a day’s rest.

Jiang Yuebai felt relieved knowing those from Heavenly Interence Sect had already departed, wielding the Taihe Umbrella, she ascended to the arena with an immensely graceful and Immortal Qi-laden presence, her robe billowing, the three big characters of Heavenly Interence Sect fiercely behind her.

In front of her, Zuo Qiuhe, also clad in white, was calmly seated in the air, with lowered eyes and silence.

He placed the zither across his knees, leisurely adjusting the strings, and with a few gentle touches, the intermittent tune hidden with murderous intent.

On the other two arenas, Pei Shengyue swung the Horse-Cutting Saber, the Sword Aura scraped past Shen Huaxi, brimming with battle spirit.

Xie Jingshan raised his eyes, flames rising within them, Zhao Benlei enveloped in electric arcs, they locked gazes across the distance, the tension was palpable.