Whoosh!
A long, thin sword appeared in the deputy leader’s hand, and simultaneously, a huge rose appeared behind him.
“Oh, that is the Deputy-Leader Hua’s Rose Incomplete Soul! Moreover, it’s degree of completion has reached 60%!”
The onlookers grew excited.
Hua Nongying was now ready to make his true moves.
“That masked assassin was truly Hua Nongying!”
Ling Xiao had already confirmed it in his heart.
Although Hua Nongying had yet to use the “Flower Sword” martial skill. Ling Xiao’s terrifying insight had already discerned the same aura on Hua Nongying and that masked assassin.
Clang!
He also drew his Ice Glaze Sword while summoning an incomplete martial soul.
This time, he chose Giant Sword Martial Soul.
Because Giant Sword Martial Soul also also pertained to swords, its boost to sword techniques was stronger than Ghost Ship, Blood Blade, and his other incomplete souls.
Moreover, at present, other than his two complete martial souls, Giant Sword Martial Soul was his incomplete soul at the highest degree of completion.
“It’s actually a 50% incomplete soul! This Ling Xiao is truly surprising!”
Although this incomplete martial soul’s degree of completion was slightly inferior to Hua Nongying’s, after Ling Xiao had made a further breakthrough, his Landscape Martial Soul’s level had also increased, and he had received another special ability——
Absorb True Essence!
This ability’s explanation was very simple. In battle, he could absorb the true essence used by an opponent and turn it into his own true essence.
Like this, the longer the battle, the greater his advantage.
The opponent’s true essence would be continuously depleted, but his true essence would remain unchanged.
Although this ability wasn’t heaven-defying, when fighting against similar level opponents, he was pratically invincible.
Rose Whirlwind of Flower Sword!
Hua Nongying didn’t seem to fear that Ling Xiao would recognize him. In any case, the other party had no evidence to prove that he was that masked assassin.
Besides, he was not the only martial artist who knew the flower sword martial skill, nor was he the only one who possessed a Rose Incomplete Soul.
There was no need to explain himself.
Moreover, at this moment, he had no other choice. He had to use his flower sword and Rose Incomplete Soul. Otherwise, Ling Xiao might completely suppress him.
His thin treasure sword trembled, and a whirlwind suddenly appeared. A rose actually materialized in the midst of the whirlwind that slowly grew louder and louder.
The violent whirlwind roared and brought along powerful true essence as it rushed towards Ling Xiao.
Giant Sword Shadow King Kill!
This was a special Shadow King Kill empowered by his Great Sword Incomplete Soul.
Its might was naturally a lot more powerful than an ordinary Shadow King Kill.
When Ling Xiao brandished his Ice Glaze Sword, a giant phantom also brandished a giant sword at Hua Nongying.
Although this phantom was huge, no less than 40 or 50meters tall, its speed was very fast, not encumbered at all by its size.
When the phantom attacked, it whistled through the air.
Hummhummhumm——
The giant sword phantom collided with the rose whirlwind, but victory and defeat was not immediately determined.
The rose whirlwind spun crazily, trying to blow away that giant sword phantom.
However, the huge figure seemed nailed to the ground. Like a huge boulder, it unexpectedly didn’t waver in the least.
Kacha!
The rose whirlwind was completely split open by the giant sword phantom like a piece of scrap paper.
“How can it be so powerful!”
Hua Nongying had never expected for his flower sword coupled with his Rose Incomplete Soul to lose to Ling Xiao!
One should know that this was his strongest attack.
This boy was honestly too fierce after becoming a Martial Master.
At this moment, Hua Nongying finally felt fear in his heart. He no longer had his previous arrogance and disdain.
Nevertheless, he wouldn’t admit defeat so easily.
The fight between the two continued.
Although Ling Xiao was still pressuring his opponent, he only occupied a clear advantage. Victory was not yet in sight.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Boom!
……
Sometimes, the two figures would fly in the sky.
Sometimes, they would fall to the ground.
Sometimes, they would engage in close combat.
Sometimes, they would bombard each other with true essence.
Sand flew about and stones hurtled through the air due to the fierce wind.
“Ling Xiao will not win, right?”
“How can that be? Although he has also advanced to Martial Master, Deputy-Leader Hua advanced earlier, so he has more true essence than Ling Xiao does. With time, Ling Xiao will not be able to keep up.”
“Yes, I also feel that he will be exhausted soon. Now, Ling Xiao truly has an advantage, but he can’t end this fight in a short time, so the situation will change.”
10 moves, 20 moves, 30 moves…
As the two people exchanged more and more moves, time passed. But not only did Ling Xiao’s attacks not show any signs of weakening, his attacks actually seemed to grow stronger.
This stunned those onlooking Hidden Dragon Battalion disciples who had not been optimistic about Ling Xiao’s chances.
As for Hua Nongying, after 30 moves, he was a bit helpless.
After all, his true essence had been consumed, but Ling Xiao had relied on the Landscape Martial Soul’s new special ability “Absorb True Essence” to maintain a peak state.
One consumed resources, the other gained them. It was as if Ling Xiao were growing stronger and stronger.
In this battle, Ling Xiao did more than simply suppress Hua Nongying. His previous advancement in cultivation base had only been an advancement in his realm. Whether his combat power had increased remained unverified.
And now, after fighting Hua Nongying, Ling Xiao already had a clear understanding of his new prowess. He continuously tested new moves on Hua Nongying.
This fight was a combat test for him.
Finally, 50 moves later, Ling Xiao took Hua Nongying’s sword move head-on, before punching him backward, sending him flying into the crowd. As for Hua Nongying’s sword, it didn’t even leave a mark on his body.
Ling Xiao just wanted to test the defense of <Nine Transformation Golden Body Art>, which had already reached the eighth transformation.
Obviously, after exchanging 50 moves, Hua Nongying’s attack power had decreased to something similar to an Initial Rank Seven Martial Vein Martial Master due to his excessive consumption of true essence, so he couldn’t injure Ling Xiao.
“Still standing? Capture him for me!”
The deathly pale Hua Nongying had been defeated. At this moment, he had no thoughts of fighting one-on-one. He ordered the other people of the Law Enforcement Team to act.
“Enough!”
At that time, General Ninth Month came.
“General, Ling Xiao broke the rules of the Hidden Dragon Battalion! He killed Murong Shao, so I brought some people to capture him, but he actually dared to resist and injure me.”
Hua Nongying wiped the blood at the corners of his mouth and announced his reasoning to General Ninth Month.
“I already know of this matter. Death cannot wipe out Murong Shao’s crimes. Ling Xiao wasn’t wrong!”
General Ninth Moon explained, “Naturally, you don’t know the inside information, so you are also not in the wrong.”
“What do you mean?”
Hua Nongying was confused.
Not just him, the onlooking geniuses were also confused.
General Ninth Moon said coldly, “Murong Shao is a spy sent by Heavenly Ren Academy. Isn’t this reason enough?”
“A spy!”
“Murong Shao was actually a spy of the Ren Race!”
Those geniuses who had attached themselves to Murong Shao looked deathly pale in fear that this matter would implicate them.
General Ninth Month continued, “Those people who had relations with Murong Shao are forgiven. After all, you all also didn’t know his identity. It is my failure that he was able to infiltrate the Hidden Dragon Battalion. You all will not be blamed. However, you all must cultivate with great concentration and not let down Commander Lin’s painstaking efforts.”
