Ling Yihang and Ling Feng were peerless geniuses!
Perhaps, the judges also believed this, so they had intentionally set the match between the two at the end.
Naturally, Ling Xiao and Ling Feng’s match was also toward the end.
Letting Ling Xiao, this dark horse, go a bit further, would make the competition more exciting.
Ling Xiao didn’t disappoint them. Before encountering Ling Feng, he won all his matches. He even defeated quite a few opponents within the top ten of the Elite Hall.
His fame soared.
Finally, after defeating everyone with the exception of Ling Yihang and Ling Feng, he would now meet Ling Feng.
His last match had been against Ling Yixue.
But it hadn’t lasted long.
After just three moves, Ling Yixue had taken the initiative to admit defeat.
Ling Yixue was wise. She had realized that she was not his opponent even if she used gang qi. It was not worth it to waste gang qi only to receive a certain loss.
“It’s exciting! Both Ling Xiao and Ling Feng have defeated Ling Yixue. They are well-matched!”
“What dog-s*** well-matched! Senior Apprentice Brother Ling Feng won with his strength, but Ling Xiao was just lucky.”
“Yea, with Ling Xiao’s strength, how could he have won in three moves? Ling Yixue just thought that she had already accumulated enough points, so she intentionally forfeited.”
Sure enough, most people believed that Ling Feng with his gang qi was superior. Ling Xiao’s winning streak would end here.
“Ling Xiao, kneel down and admit defeat! Then, I will not injure you; otherwise, you will have to lie in bed for at least a month. Don’t even think about participating in the finals!”
At this moment, only three matches were left until the competition’s end.
The matches were Ling Xiao vs. Ling Feng, Ling Feng vs. Ling Yihang, and Ling Yihang vs. Ling Xiao.
Even if Ling Xiao lost all his remaining matches, he would still advance.
Therefore, the only way to kick him out of the finals was to seriously injure him, completely cutting off his path.
Ling Feng basically didn’t put Ling Xiao in his eyes. Especially after successfully defeating Ling Yixue, he believed that in the entire Elite Hall only Ling Yihang was qualified to be his opponent.
Ling Xiao demurely smiled. “Originally, I just wanted to defeat you, but since you were so ruthless, I will make you lie in bed for one month.”
Ling Xiao spoke the truth. Originally, he hadn’t wanted to deepen their hatred, but the other party’s ruthlessness made him change his mind.
If others don’t offend me, I won’t offend them.
If anyone offends me, I will repay the debt!
Ling Xiao’s words made Ling Feng three times more furious. This punk actually dared to disrespect him!
He didn’t even realize the fallacy of his thoughts. He wanted to prevent the other party from participating in the finals but still expected the other party to respect him.
Wasn’t that too foolish?
The audience was also amazed.
Even after witnessing Ling Feng’s terrifying strength, Ling Xiao unexpectedly still dared to face him. If Ling Xiao lacked the ability, he wouldn’t have acted this arrogantly.
“Speaking more is useless. Let’s fight! When you are lying in bed later, I might send some tonics out of generosity!” Ling Feng gritted his teeth.
“Let’s start!”
Ling Xiao was too lazy to talk more nonsense. His only goal was Ling Yihang.
Only by defeating Ling Yihang would he become the first of the elimination round!
Ranked First in the Elite Hall!
He could truly feel proud and elated if he succeeded!
Honestly speaking, with his current strength, he was not very confident about scoring first in the annual competition; Ling Feifan was too strong.
Therefore, he could only temper himself and further improve.
Fortunately, there would be a few days’ break after the elimination rounds. Perhaps, he might breakthrough in a few aspects!
Siiiing!
Ling Feng pulled out his sword. It was an extraordinary sword that could make the crowd shudder at its might.
Swish!
The sword thrust towards Ling Xiao’s chest at great speed.
Ling Feng’s movement technique wasn’t at all weak.
“You better use your gang qi as soon as possible; otherwise, you might not get the chance later!”
Ling Xiao wanted to fight a martial artist who possessed gang qi.
The previous battles had bored him. They had proved no challenge at all.
“You are not qualified!”
Ling Feng didn’t have much gang qi. He had only condensed the true qi of his first vein into gang qi.
Thus, he didn’t actually dare to display it too often.
Naturally, in his view, Ling Xiao was also not worthy of him using gang qi. With the perfection level <Carefree Stroke Willow Sword> coupled with an advanced movement technique, he thought he would easily win.
Swish!
A strange sword shadow stabbed towards Ling Xiao from below. This immediate change surprised even Ling Xiao.
Of course, the surprise was fleeting.
However, the onlooking crowd cried out in alarm. They feared that Ling Xiao was about to lose.
Ling Xiao, however, remained indifferent. He lifted his right hand and flicked the sword’s tip with his finger.
“Scram!”
The true qi in his fingertip shook the sword, and Ling Feng’s right hand actually turned numb. He helplessly dropped his sword and took several steps back.
The clatter of the sword finally woke the crowd.
“This is too strong. He repelled Ling Feng so easily!”
Everyone was stunned.
Afterward, Ling Xiao stood at ease.
Ling Feng was embarrassed to the extreme.
“I said before that if you don’t use gang qi, you will never have a chance later!”
Ling Xiao indifferently commented.
“This Ling Xiao is truly a monster! Simply a demon!”
The judge shook his head and made a wry smile. He had thought that Ling Feng was powerful and genius enough, but even without using gang qi, Ling Xiao had crushed Ling Feng.
“Feng’er, use your gang qi! There’s no need to hold back!”
Ling Shisan’s voice shouted.
Ling Feng picked up his sword and coldly glared at Ling Xiao. “Using gang qi will increase all my moves’ might and speed by multiple times. You will lose beyond a doubt!”
“You just said the same words. There’s no need to talk nonsense! Make a move and stop wasting time!”
If not for his desire to temper his combat skills, he would have already defeated Ling Feng and not given Ling Feng the chance to use gang qi.
After all, a Peak Rank Three Martial Vein martial artist couldn’t freely use gang qi. Moreover, they could only display wisps of it. Unlike Rank Four Martial Veins, a Rank Three Marital Vein martial artist could not recover gang qi automatically.
Ling Feng’s face grew stony. His sword trembled as he poured gang qi into it.
A sword thrust out.
Ling Xiao used his experience to shift his head out of its path, but the sword qi actually pierced his robes.
“What a fast sword! What a strange sword! It really produced a qualitative change!”
Ling Xiao became excited. He couldn’t handle the current Ling Feng with his sublimity level <Barbarian Bull Strength>.
Even with <Violent Qi Formula>’s boost, he would lose.
<Violent Qi Formula> was most effective in the awakening stage at or below Rank Three Martial Vein. Once true qi were converted into gang qi, its effects would vastly diminish.
After breaking through to Rank Four Martial Vein and entering the gang qi stage, it would only have a negligible effect.
Therefore, Ling Xiao didn’t actually appreciate this secret method with weak potential.
Fortunately, after <Bull Demon Technique> had devoured <Violent Qi Formula>, it had gained <Violent Qi Formula>’s fierceness. Furthermore, regardless of the martial art, displaying it with <Bull Demon Technique> would make it two to three times stronger.
“You actually dodged my move. I admit that you are powerful, but you will not be so lucky next time!”
Originally, Ling Feng had thought that he would defeat Ling Xiao with a single move, but beyond his expectations, he only barely cut Ling Xiao’s clothes.
Fury contorted his face. His sword trembled again, and its shadow split into countless sword lights that attacked Ling Xiao from multiple different angles.
His sword move was not finished with just this deadly trap.
Carefree Stroke Willow Sword!
Willow is Brilliant!
The wind was hidden, but it was the true killing move!
Only a few people noticed the breeze between the layers of willow branches.
