Spirit Emperor - C40

The individual competition of the southern youth martial arts competition was in full swing. Li Xun and the others would watch every day. After all, no one had the experience to watch such a free-for-all. From the looks of it, the previous three days had passed, and the powerhouses of the seventh step had all dismounted. The ones who had passed were not the strongest within their group, only a powerhouse of the eighth step had successfully suppressed the others, but they were still in a sorry state.

Seeing the rank 7 and rank 8 experts appear one after another, Tian Fen and the other four people got into their positions. The individual competition and the team competition were completely different. Although the sixth step was already considered as the peak in the team competition, the sixth step wasn’t enough. This was understandable. The established sword faction did not send any top disciples under the age of thirty to participate, but some of the smaller sword faction or idle factions had their attention focused on the individual competition. It was not surprising for some seventh or eighth stage disciples to appear.

On the fourth day, it was finally Zhou Jie’s and Tian Fen’s turn.

“Little Fen, don’t be afraid. I’ll protect you.” Zhou Jie stood in front of Tian Fen. Their group’s current situation was very clear. The other eighteen competitors’ expressions were surprisingly consistent. They all turned to look at Zhou Jie and Tian Fen.

“Idiot, I’m not scared at all. Have you forgotten the solution we discussed before?” After Tian Fen finished speaking, she ran towards the left side of the stage. When the few competitors saw Tian Fen running away, they immediately gave chase. It had to be said that the Jin family was very considerate. As it was a chaotic battle between twenty people, this space was naturally a problem. And the Jin family had replaced the arena with a circular arena with a diameter of sixty meters.

When Tian Fen ran to the left, Zhou Jie also ran to the right. Following that, an interesting scene occurred. Among the people chasing Tian Fen and Zhou Jie, there were also people who were injured and fell to the ground. It turned out that Tian Fen, Zhou Jie, would occasionally release sword Qi while running. Although it was only a very weak sword Qi, the effect was obvious at first glance. In these few days, they had finally comprehended the secret of relying on their bodies to release sword Qi through the practice of the Golden Sword Technique. The few contestants at the front were naturally able to clearly see the sword Qis released by Tian Fen and Zhou Jie, but those behind them were unable to see them clearly. After half a run, when the two met again, there were only eleven people left out of the eighteen people.

“Zhou Jie, I’m so tired. This damnable sword Qi really consumes too much energy.” Tian Fen held her sword with her right hand as she supported herself on the ground while her left hand rested on Zhou Jie. It was obvious that she had exhausted a lot of her physical strength. Zhou Jie was also breathing heavily, but he still had a determined look on his face as he protected Tian Fen with his sword.

Eleven of them surrounded the two of them in a semicircle. Zhou Jie and Tian Fen had nowhere to run, so they could only fight.

“Little Fen, we can’t do anything about it. Even if we get eliminated, we’ll have to drag them down with us.”

“That’s right, I’m so angry.”

The two of them sent out a few more sword Qis, but they were either intercepted by the others or dodged them. These sword Qis that were randomly released without coordination really posed no threat to those who were prepared. The two of them seemed even more dispirited. Tian Fen struggled to even stand.

“Stop holding on, let me send you off the stage.” As one of them spoke, he rushed forward. He unleashed several beautiful attacks, forcing Zhou Jie to retreat a few steps. He still had to protect Tian Fen, and in the blink of an eye, Zhou Jie was already at the edge of the arena.

Just when everyone thought that that person was about to force Zhou Jie and Xiao Fen off the stage, something happened. One of the ten onlookers suddenly attacked, knocking down four people in one blow.

“Damn it, you actually dared to sneak attack me.” The one on the ground said angrily. When he tried to fight back, he found out that he was heavily injured and the other three had already fainted long ago.

“Heh heh, since I’ve used up all of them, I naturally have to clear them out one by one. The five of you can attack together and see how I’ll deal with you. He really didn’t expect to be able to level up so easily. His luck was really good.

The person who was fighting with Zhou Jie stopped his attacks on Zhou Jie after noticing the change in the situation. He retreated to the side to be on his guard. He was worried that he would be ambushed.

After getting a breather, Zhou Jie and Tian Fen sat down and took deep breaths.

At the start, the assailant had been hiding his strength, and no one had realized that he was actually a Seventh Order expert. The one who had been the first to deal with Zhou Eminent Holiness also had a troubled look on his face, as if blaming himself for not being able to see this person’s true strength from the previous chase.

Only one person was at the sixth step, while the other five were at the fifth step. The gap in strength was very obvious, and the intermediate seventh step didn’t need much strength to beat them to the ground.

“Alright, it’s time for the two of us. You fought a bit earlier and I also dismissed nine people who got in the way. It can be considered fair, right?”

The battle between the two warriors of the seventh step was quite exciting. The two sides fought back and forth, having a great time fighting each other. Fifteen minutes later, it was still the Seventh Order who had the last laugh, sending his opponent off the stage.

When he turned around and prepared to deal with Zhou Jie and Tian Fen, he found that the two of them were guessing at the fight.

“Lil ‘Fen, you lost.” Zhou Jie laughed and said, “That won’t do. How about we have three rounds or two of victory?” Tian Fen pouted.

“Fine.”

“Hehe, I won. I’m going.”

Seeing Tian Fen’s spirited state, the seventh step intermediate contestant immediately realized that he had been fooled. Their acting skills were simply too great. If he had waited a moment longer to make his move, wouldn’t they have had no chance at all? He had forgotten. At that time, he had felt that it was the best time to attack. He had been afraid that he would lose the opportunity to launch a sneak attack when Zhou Jie and Tian Fen were forced off the stage.

“You’re too open and honest. See how I’ll teach you a lesson.”

When the man heard Tian Fen’s words, he felt greatly wronged. He thought to himself, “I’m not being honest with you, how are you feeling?” However, he had consumed too much of his physical strength in the previous battle. Tian Fen’s exquisite sword technique and sword Qi managed to quickly knock him out of the arena.

“Sigh, I didn’t even use my golden sword qi. Zhou Jie, you may leave now. ” She had not yet had her fill of fun when she heard Tian Fen’s words. Tian Fen had suggested that they start off with a Golden Sword Qi, but Zhou Jie had rejected her suggestion. The power of the Golden Sword Qi was just too tyrannical. In group competitions, it was always a one-on-one situation, and as long as he controlled it properly, he would only be able to injure the opponent at most. However, in this individual competition, it was not a last resort.

Zhou Jie smiled bitterly and jumped down. Since then, Tian Fen had successfully leveled up.

“Senior Brother, your plan’s truesoul, we did it according to your instructions, it really worked.” Tian Fen said happily.

“It’s all because of your good performance. In addition, your luck is also quite good. If that person at the end had been a bit stronger, we might have been able to see that you didn’t consume too much energy previously.” “But I really want to know how you persuaded Zhou Jie to give up.”

“It’s simple. We decided to make a guess.”

At this moment, the people from the Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect were truly impressed by this young lady. Everyone had witnessed how shameless Tian Fen was when she was trying to guess her punches.

On the fifth day of the individual competition, Li Xun, Qin Qing, Cheng Kun, and Dong Nana would all be participating today.

The first to step up was Qin Qing. Although Qin Qing had only appeared once before and had only used one move before, no one doubted her strength. Thus, as soon as she appeared, all nineteen people pointed their spears at Qin Qing. Without waiting for the crowd to surround her, Qin Qing rushed into the crowd and attacked first. However, she also had a choice. With her current strength, she could feel the strength of the crowd. After a single round of attacks, the six fifth step participants were beaten to the point that their soul swords were forced out of their hands. Now, they were able to see the level and difference in quality of the soul swords, and according to the rules, if the soul swords left their hands, they would lose their qualifications to compete. There were still a few early Sixth Order warriors who had just come into contact with Qin Qing. Although they had gripped their swords, their hands were trembling in pain as they gripped their swords. Now, everyone finally knew the difference in strength, but no one left the stage.

Qin Qing’s single move had intimidated the remaining thirteen contenders. None of them dared to advance forward to attack him, and instead, all of them adopted a defensive stance. Seeing that no one was going to attack, Qin Qing continued to attack the crowd. This time, she was more concerned about the beginner Sixth Order warriors. After another round of attacks, the four of them lost their qualifications to continue fighting.

“Everyone, calm down and move closer to me. If we continue to fight on our own, then in the end, we will all be defeated by her.” The one who spoke was an early Seventh Order, and was the strongest amongst the remaining ten people. When the other nine people heard that someone was taking the lead, they naturally all responded. One of them hesitated for a moment before he was knocked out by Qin Qing, leaving behind nine people.

The nine of them huddled together, preparing to face Qin Qing’s attack together. However, could the combined defensive powers of the nine of them really be effective? The answer is no. Qin Qing struck out for the third time. This time, he used one of the initial group killing moves from the Myriad Miles Sword Arts. It was titled “Hundred Layered Waves.” The sounds of metal clashing rang out from the stage. When Qin Qing retracted his hand, the nine people’s soul swords had all been knocked down, even that early Seventh Order participant was no exception. He did not even have the time to use his defensive sword skill, he only felt his own soul sword being continuously struck before it left his hand.

When the spectators outside the arena saw this exquisite move of Qin Qing’s, they all gave a round of applause. The eyes of some of the experts shone brightly, but only a few of them were able to clearly see this move.

“Li Xun, do you know what Qin Qing’s technique is called?” Elder Gu asked.

“It’s called the ‘Hundred Layered Killing’.”

“Hundred Layered Waves, a move filled with killing intent. If Qin Qing was really serious, then those nine people from earlier would have been nine minced corpses. I wonder who could have created such a tyrannical move.” Elder Gu shook his head and sighed.

Li Xun only smiled, but didn’t reply.

When Qin Qing returned, his breathing was even, and he was sweating slightly. It was as if he had just taken a warm-up exercise. Several elders couldn’t help but say to themselves: “Husband is a pervert, wife is also a pervert.” For example, the Hundred Layered Waves that Qin Qing had used, it should have consumed a lot of his strength. However, Qin Qing’s goal was only to knock down the nine people’s soul swords, so he didn’t expend too much energy.