“Such a powerful sword intent,” Hua Wudao’s eyes flashed with solemnity.
The folding fan in his hand flew back to him, and then a Jiao Dragon phantom flew out from his body, circling above his head.
The Jiao Dragon covered the sky and the sun, hidden in the rain and mist, its icy eyes staring intently at Li Taibai in front.
Rumble—
A golden body rose from the ground, a hundred feet tall.
The Jiao Dragon shuttled back and forth around the golden body, finally coiling around its waist.
“Roar!” A loud roar rang out.
The golden body took heavy steps and swung a punch down at Li Taibai with all its might.
At the same time, the Jiao Dragon also spat out a stream of gray flames at Li Taibai.
Facing the pincer attack from both, Li Taibai leaped up, dodged the golden body’s attack, then raised his hand and pointed his fingers like a sword, and a defensive sword formation automatically formed, blocking the Jiao Dragon’s flames.
“Sword Domain: Peerless Cage!”
Streaks of sword light suddenly appeared at the golden body’s feet, and then a flying sword shot up into the sky, transforming into a dense array of flying swords.
“Activate!” Li Taibai lowly roared, unleashing all his spiritual power.
Hua Wudao’s expression changed, wanting to control the golden body to retreat from the sword domain, but it was too late.
Streaks of sword light rose from the ground, and countless flying swords rained down from above like a storm.
Crack, crack—
In just a moment, the golden body was shattered, and the Jiao Dragon phantom around its waist let out a tragic cry, mercilessly crushed by the sword qi.
At the moment of crisis, Hua Wudao’s eyes flashed with determination, and he spat out a golden core from his mouth.
“Explode!”
No one expected Hua Wudao to be so decisive, destroying his own golden core to save his life.
An earth-shattering explosion rang out, and the terrifying aftermath swept through everything around, destroying all sword qi in the sky and on the ground, and thick smoke enveloped the entire arena.
In the darkness, everyone saw a flash of light.
When the smoke dispersed, Li Taibai was seen bathed in blood, half-kneeling on the ground, and at his feet was a headless corpse.
【Li Taibai of Southern Huaxia Sect advances.】
“Wow…”
After two seconds of stunned silence, everyone suddenly burst into an uproar.
“This Li Taibai, not only did he comprehend his own domain, but he also forcibly killed Hua Wudao at the moment of the golden core’s explosion. Is he even human?!”
“Strong, too strong! As expected of a Congenital Sword Embryo, he’s too damn strong!”
“Being strong is one thing, but the key is that he’s incredibly fierce. If it were anyone else, wouldn’t they be blown into countless pieces?”
“Bi You Sect has truly suffered a great loss this time. As a first-grade sect, not a single disciple entered the top ten, and they even lost a genius disciple.”
“Looking at him, he should be at the end of his rope. Facing other opponents in the next match might be difficult for him.”
“Another domain. A single Hua Xia Sect actually has two disciples with domains. Chu Huaian, how exactly did you cultivate them?” Jing Yuan’s face showed a complex expression.
Chu Huaian shrugged, “They all comprehended it themselves. It doesn’t have much to do with me.”
This was indeed the case. Chu Huaian rarely participated in the players’ cultivation, only occasionally offering guidance.
As for teaching, Luo Xi might have guided more. Those later disciples basically all went to ask Luo Xi for advice, which is also why everyone regarded Luo Xi as the sect’s Senior Sister.
Looking at the Bi You Sect disciples, their faces were as black as coal, but they did not direct their anger towards the Hua Xia Sect.
This was a fair competition, and as a first-grade sect, they had that much magnanimity, but they also did not give the Hua Xia Sect a good look.
On the other side, Lin Ting and Duan Que’s battle had also ended.
Lin Ting defeated Duan Que with an absolute advantage.
At this point, Limitless Sect was eliminated and missed out on the finals.
Among those geniuses who were previously labeled as hot favorites, with the exception of Liu Meiqing of Hehuan Sect and Xu Miao of Falling Cloud Sect, none of the others made it into the top fifty.
This North-South Hegemony Competition exceeded everyone’s expectations, with each participant being unbelievably strong.
The next round of matches began after only a ten-minute break, with the matching screen appearing above the sky.
【Luo Xi of Southern Huaxia Sect vs. Liu Meiqing of Northern Hehuan Sect.】
【Chu Heshan of Southern Huaxia Sect vs. Mao Jiu of Northern Lian Shi Sect.】
【Fang Yuan of Southern Huaxia Sect vs. Liu Yiman of Southern Wanhua Valley.】
【Zhao Shijie of Southern Star Sect vs. Liu Yihai of Northern Blood Fiend Gate.】
【Lin Ting of Southern Ziwei Sect vs. Sun Yiyi of Southern Huaxia Sect.】
【Xia Ling of Southern Huaxia Sect vs. Xu Miao of Southern Falling Cloud Sect.】
…
This round will determine the top twenty, which are the key spots for receiving rewards in the North-South Hegemony Competition.
The most anticipated matches were Chu Heshan against Mao Jiu, and Xia Ling against Xu Miao.
Many people wanted to see the true strength of this little girl, Xia Ling.
However, to everyone’s regret, Xu Miao actually conceded.
This outcome was both reasonable and unexpected.
No one blamed Xu Miao, except for Falling Cloud Sect.
They had placed all their hopes on Xu Miao, but they didn’t expect such a result.
Some suspected that Xu Miao fled without a fight because of Chu Huaian.
As soon as the rumor spread, many Falling Cloud Sect disciples looked at Xu Miao with an inexplicable coldness.
Only Xu Miao knew the true terror of Xia Ling.
Even without mentioning that Xia Ling possessed an Imperial Weapon, in a normal duel, she still couldn’t defeat Xia Ling.
Xu Miao had once witnessed Chu Huaian teaching Xia Ling.
At that time, Xia Ling was scolded to tears and, in a fit of anger, used her chaotic power to activate the Six Paths of Reincarnation, almost sending Chu Huaian to reincarnation.
From that moment on, Xu Miao truly realized that the most terrifying person in the entire Hua Xia Sect was not Chu Huaian, but this little girl, Xia Ling.
“Master, I’m sorry,” Xu Miao said softly, walking to the side of the Falling Cloud Sect Master with an apologetic expression.
“It’s alright,” the Falling Cloud Sect Master replied indifferently, his eyes, however, looking towards the Limitless Sect and Lian Shi Sect on the opposite side.
At the same time, another highly anticipated match officially began.
Chu Heshan took off his outer garment, revealing his bronze-colored skin, his fists wrapped in bandages, his fighting spirit surging.
He was the only body cultivator in the Hua Xia Sect, and also a successor of Blue Star’s ancient martial arts.
Ever since he entered this world, he had browsed through all the body cultivation books in the Scripture Pavilion and, combining them with Blue Star’s martial arts techniques, created his own cultivation system.
“Come fight!”
Chu Heshan clashed his fists together, his eyes revealing a desire for battle.
Bang—
He bent his legs, and his entire body transformed into an afterimage, charging towards Mao Jiu on the opposite side.
Before he arrived, the fierce wind had already reached.
Mao Jiu’s robes flapped loudly as he formed hand seals:
“A mountain of corpses for the formation, a sea of blood for the medium.”
“Thousands of zombies obey, ten thousand ghosts follow.”
“The netherworld paves the way, the Yellow Springs flow backward.”
“When a thought arises, heaven and earth mourn together.”
Mao Jiu’s voice was ethereal, reverberating through the nine heavens and ten earths.
In an instant, gusts of Negative wind swept around, and a formation appeared in front of Mao Jiu.
Pfft—
Mao Jiu’s fingertip cut open the flesh on his chest, and fresh blood splattered into the formation.
“Come out!”
“Roar!!”
Only to see green-faced, fanged zombies leaping out of the formation.
Gusts of Yin wind blew, and streaks of specters shuttled through the white mist.
Seeing this, Chu Heshan’s speed increased instead of decreasing, and he rushed into the horde of corpses.
Bang, bang—
Zombies were blown apart by his fists, and the specters wandering in the air let out shrill cries.
Chu Heshan felt his soul surging, and he couldn’t help but cover his head and fly backward.
It was at this moment that thousands of zombies swarmed him, trapping Chu Heshan within their midst.
Just as everyone was secretly holding their breath for Chu Heshan, a blazing sun suddenly appeared.
Chu Heshan directly burned his origin, his fists like suns, shuttling back and forth through the horde of corpses.
Wherever he passed, all the zombies exploded, their corpses piling up throughout the entire arena.