“Ling Yixue vs. Ling Feng!”
After a few more rounds, a match between two heavyweights finally occurred: Elite Hall’s rank two Ling Yixue against the rank three Ling Feng.
This match naturally attracted everyone’s attention, including Ling Yihang and Ling Xiao’s, who had still maintained their winning streaks until now.
“Ling Yixue! Ling Yixue!”
“Ling Feng! Ling Feng!”
In terms of their fans, Ling Yixue and Ling Feng were almost equal.
One was a talented beauty.
The other was a genius clan disciple.
Both had their respective fans.
Therefore, when they took the stage, the audience fervently roared for both.
“Ling Yixue, you repeatedly rejected my love in the past. That’s a true insult to me! Today, I’ll make you regret it!”
To Ling Feng, Ling Yixue was his most ideal partner.
Ling Yu was a substitute, nothing more.
Merely, it was a pity that ‘the waterside flower could shed petals for love, but the heartless brook would flow on.’ Ling Yixue didn’t pay him any attention.
In this match, he naturally wanted revenge.
“Feelings can’t be forced. What’s more is that I have to cultivate wholeheartedly now!”
Ling Yixue indifferently replied.
There were no emotional fluctuations on her face. She didn’t care about Ling Feng’s provocation.
“Siiing!”
Ling Feng unsheathed his sword!
<Carefree Stroke Willow Sword> was an irregular sword technique. Sometimes, it was slow, and other times it was fast, making people unable to predict it.
Its most terrifying aspect was its treacherousness.
When you expected it to be fast, it would suddenly slow down.
When you think it to be slow, it would suddenly speed up.
Ling Yixue didn’t dare to be careless. Her palms came together, spreading a frozen air throughout the atmosphere.
The audience didn’t dare to breathe heavily.
After all, this was a match between the second and third ranks.
“Clang!”
Her frozen palms welcomed that treacherous sword.
However, after lightly tapping her, that sword suddenly changed direction and stabbed towards her waist.
Not every fight consisted of direct confrontations.
Ling Feng’s <Carefree Stroke Willow Sword> might not be as powerful as <Frozen Palm>, but its unpredictability far surpassed <Frozen Palm>.
However, Ling Yixue was not an easy opponent.
Before the sword could hit her, she retreated, easily avoiding that attack.
“Ai, Ling Yixue didn’t have any family supporting her and had to rely on her own hard work. If she hasn’t converted true qi into gang qi, I fear she will lose!”
After more than ten moves, Ling Xiao shook his head.
Ling Xiao hoped for Ling Yixue’s victory, but with the current situation, Ling Feng’s sword moves shouldn’t be underestimated. Moreover, his sword was a common grade treasure artifact.
Ling Yixue was unarmed, which was an inherent disadvantage.
On the martial stage, they had already exchanged over a hundred moves!
Nevertheless, both sides were uninjured.
Ling Feng’s sword never touched Ling Yixue’s clothes, but Ling Yixue was similarly unable to injure Ling Feng.
Purely in martial skill, these two were well-matched.
The fight entered a stalemate. Someone from the judge’s box patiently waited for the fifteen minute round’s end to come.
However, the judges had difficulty deciding who would win this match.
Both were clearly matched in strength; no one could hurt the other.
“Everyone, it seems this match will be a draw.”
The head judge looked around before saying.
“That might not be the case! Feng’er has yet to use his hidden trump card!”
It wasn’t a judge who had spoken but rather Ling Shisan, who had been standing near the judge’s box from an unknown time.
He was Ling Feng’s father.
“He still has a hidden card?”
The judges were shocked. Ling Shishan wouldn’t exaggerate things.
He had to have a reason.
“Look, the situation has changed!”
Someone suddenly shouted, causing everyone to hastily look over.
After about 200 moves, Ling Feng dodged Ling Yixue’s palm attack before suddenly retreating while swinging his sword in passing.
Although it resembled an ordinary sword swing, some mysterious sword qi flew out!
Swish!
“Eh!”
Although Ling Yixue had successfully blocked this sword qi, her defenses had still been broken. A small cut appeared on her arm as she was sent flying off the stage with a muffled groan.
“Gang Qi!”
Ling Yixue looked at Ling Feng in surprise.
However, it was only a hint of surprise, nothing more.
“Well, let him win! It is not yet the time to reveal my gang qi!”
She too had gang qi; moreover, she had more than Ling Feng did, but she had her own calculations. She wanted to use gang qi in the finals, so now was not the time.
“It actually is gang qi! No wonder Ling Shisan was so confident. His son has actually condensed gang qi!”
In the judge seats, several exclaimed in surprise.
Although there were many Peak Rank Three Martial Vein martial artists, only a few would ever truly comprehend the concept of converting true qi into gang qi.
Unexpectedly, in this generation’s Elite Hall, two people had already comprehended gang qi.
“Ling Shisan, ah Ling Shisan! Your son truly hid deeply enough. He can already use gang qi. His talent is amazing. It seems he will definitely have a place within the top ten in this year’s competition.”
The head judge sighed with emotion.
Ling Shisan smiled and said, “Elder is overpraising. My son only knows a little about gang qi, nothing more.”
Although his mouth was humble, there was unconcealable excitement in his face.
His son Ling Feng was only 15 years old. Being able to enter the top ten of the Genius Hall at this age would be an extraordinary achievement.
“Ling Feng wins!”
The judge announced.
“Strange, how come I feel that Ling Yixue didn’t use her full strength?”
Ling Xiao rubbed his chin with suspicion. He sensed something was amiss.
Ling Yixue was stronger than Ling Feng, but she had concealed her strength.
“Ling Feng! Ling Feng!”
His victory made his fame rise to unparalleled heights, even surpassing Ling Yihang’s momentum.
After all, the audience didn’t really understand how terrifying Ling Yihang was.
“Yixue, why? Is it because you want to save your gang qi for me?”
Ling Yihang appeared beside Ling Yixue and faintly asked.
“Why would that be? I just want to rely on it during the finals.”
Since she had already been seen through, she didn’t conceal anything.
“Rest assured. I will sort him out!”
Ling Yihang lightly consoled before closing his eyes. The other matches wouldn’t arouse his interest.
Ling Feng looked at Ling Yihang and suddenly felt he was being dull. He looked at Ling Xiao with disdain and dislike.
The next one would be him, Ling Xiao!
“Big Brother Feng, you are terrific!”
Before Ling Feng stepped off the martial stage, Ling Yu unexpectedly jumped up and threw herself into his bosom. She then provocatively eyed Ling Xiao.
She seemed to say, so what if you defeated me? My Big Brother Feng will avenge me.
Ling Xiao indifferently smiled.
They truly were foolish. Did they truly believe they could suppress him just by condensing a hint of gang qi?
You are qualified to make me use <Bull Demon Technique-Barbarian Bull Demonization>, nothing more.
However, your <Carefree Stroke Willow Sword> is not bad. I will play with you later.
The matches continued. After Ling Yixue lost, only three people had winning streaks: Ling Yihang, Ling Feng, and Ling Xiao.
To everyone, Ling Xiao was only a foil, nothing more.
Ling Yihang and Ling Feng were peerless geniuses of the Elite Hall. The match between them would inevitably be the grand finale.
