Chapter 120

Seeing Jiang Jian break free in an instant,

Liu Tie-zhu's heart sank.

The next moment,

the Azure Frost Sword Array took form!

Boom!

Dozens of transparent sword beams

spiraled downward,

shredding the other girl's protective light barrier into dust!

On the sword array's scroll,

the remaining hundreds of transparent sword beams

split into two waves and changed direction.

One part pierced toward Liu Tie-zhu at high speed,

while the other, accompanied by piercing sword shrieks, roared toward Shan Ye on the cliff!

As the transparent sword beams drew closer, Shan Ye's face turned pale, yet she did not dodge.

She had exhausted most of her Qi casting her curse killing move just moments ago,

and at this point, she had almost no strength left to fight back.

"Jiang Jian, let's make a deal."

Shan Ye stood on the cliff edge. As the transparent sword beams struck repeatedly, the cracks in her protective light barrier grew wider and wider.

Jiang Jian asked, "What deal?"

Shan Ye raised her identity device and blinked: "Actually, I placed a bet on you too—1 million Alliance Credits, betting that the martial arts team you're on would make it into the top ten."

Boom!

Her protective light barrier shattered into light!

The ladder array descended.

"The money I bet on the Mountain Ghost team has already gone down the drain,"

Shan Ye stood in the array, looking down at Jiang Jian. "Let me win that money back!"

"I'll do my best."

Jiang Jian smiled and lightly raised the hilt of Hanguang toward Shan Ye.

The Azure Frost array vanished.

Liu Tie-zhu had many tricks up his sleeve and had endured the most transparent sword beams, managing to hold on until now.

His protective light barrier was miraculously still intact.

He stumbled toward Jiang Jian, his face pale, yet a smile appeared on his lips: "Jiang Jian, guess how much I bet on you."

"You placed a bet too?"

Jiang Jian held Hanguang in reverse, flicked his black-and-gold-threaded sleeve, and steadied Liu Tie-zhu.

Liu Tie-zhu smiled enigmatically and said, "3 million Alliance Credits, for the title of Top Scholar of the Two Prefectures."

Hearing this,

Jiang Jian was slightly taken aback.

"Your soul defense is your greatest weakness,"

Liu Tie-zhu whispered. "This is extremely fatal."

"In the Hanjiang Prefecture, several of the top martial arts teams have members who specialize in controlling the soul."

"You are all alone."

"You must eliminate those members the moment the fight starts."

"Otherwise, you will be dragged into a stalemate and find yourself in a very passive position."

"I've observed that the top Hanjiang Prefecture teams have incredibly strong coordination."

"Especially the team with the Grade 5 talent—they are practically invincible among the first-year freshmen."

He took a jade pendant, emerald green and translucent, from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Jian.

"Keep this on you for now, and return it to me after the discourse."

Just then,

a cold voice rang out from the arena array!

"Monitoring warning: Do not delay the match!"

"Those who intentionally delay will be directly disqualified!"

"Countdown remaining: 10 seconds."

"Countdown remaining: 9 seconds."

"What a pain."

Liu Tie-zhu cursed, tapped his identity device, and chose to concede.

The ladder array rose, taking him out of the arena.

"Time until next match: 60 seconds."

The prompt sounded on the identity device.

The rules of the third round were brutal—a non-stop gauntlet!

One thousand teams, winners continue to match, losers are eliminated.

Until the top ten are decided!

Teams outside the top ten would have their rankings determined by the time of their elimination.

"This is a piece of high-tech equipment."

Jiang Jian took the emerald jade pendant; a gentle aura lingered around it.

A cursory glance revealed

that inside the pendant, light flowed, circling over a hundred emerald-green light spots.

Each light spot was a micro-array, emitting a faint glow at every moment.

"The value of this pendant is immeasurable."

Seeing the hundred micro-arrays,

Jiang Jian instantly judged

that the emerald jade pendant was a piece of top-tier high-tech equipment.

However, Liu Tie-zhu hadn't specified what the pendant actually did.

"Match successful!"

"Preparation time remaining: 60 seconds!"

At the edge of the arena, the partition array suddenly dissolved!

A battered and bruised martial arts team stood behind the array, looking toward Jiang Jian.

This team had only four members left.

The cruelty of the third round lay right here.

If a team won a battle,

but some members had their protective light barriers shattered and were sent out of the Cliff of Water's Edge,

then,

during the third round, the remaining members of the team had only two choices.

First, continue matching, fighting outnumbered.

Second, give up directly.

"Great!"

Seeing Jiang Jian all alone, someone immediately looked delighted.

"The team opposite us is also a pyrrhic victory!"

"They actually only have one person left!"

The other team members all broke into smiles.

After all,

the longer they stayed at the Cliff of Water's Edge, the higher their ranking would be.

When the final tally came, the spiritual resources they would receive would also be greater.

"Something's not right!"

The captain scrutinized Jiang Jian, his face sinking.

"His clothes are spotless, and he looks full of spiritual energy."

"He doesn't look at all like someone whose teammates were all eliminated, leaving only him."

A team member pondered for a moment and echoed: "That makes sense. If he were the only one left, he would have definitely given up; how would he dare to continue matching?"

Another team member stared at Jiang Jian, frowning.

A few seconds later, he seemed to recall something, and his face suddenly changed drastically: "Oh no! This is that solo team that's been making such a stir in the previous round!"

Hearing this,

the others were all stunned!

Just then,

the countdown ended!

Boom!

Five-colored light flowed through the air.

The four members of the martial arts team were all frozen in place, looking bizarrely stiff!

The next second,

fine flower rain bloomed all over their bodies and suddenly exploded!

The *Fragrance in the Dark* talent killing move, *Flying Flowers*!

Crack!

Crack!

The protective light barriers shattered!

The martial arts team of only four was directly eliminated!

"Time until next match: 60 seconds."

The prompt sounded on the identity device.

Jiang Jian remained calm, walked to the edge of the partition array, and waited quietly.

So-called matching only involved four targets:

the martial arts teams in the adjacent arenas to the east, south, west, and north.

At the Cliff of Water's Edge, many arrays separated the area into different arenas.

Every time a battle began,

the partition arrays would dissolve.

Two adjacent arenas would merge into one large arena.

On the holographic giant screen, the two small screens would likewise merge.

By the end,

all partition arrays would have dissipated.

The Cliff of Water's Edge would be the only arena left!

As Jiang Jian continued to win,

the surrounding partition arrays kept dissolving.

The arena he was in grew larger and larger!

On the holographic giant screen,

the screen tracking Jiang Jian likewise became incredibly huge!

More and more people were watching Jiang Jian at every moment.

On the Hanjiang Prefecture forum,

the thread titled "The Solo Martial Arts Team" had become completely viral!

Hundreds of thousands of comments were flooding the screen!

The total view count had already exceeded one hundred million!

After all,

this was a prefecture-level forum, not a Divine Gift University forum.

Most ordinary citizens were showing great interest in the solo martial arts team.

"Match successful!"

"Preparation time remaining: 60 seconds!"

The vast arena was deathly silent.

Jiang Jian stood on the cliff, looking into the distance.

Several hundred meters away,

a fully-staffed martial arts team was also looking at him.

These team members, men and women alike, exuded a murderous aura, their spiritual energy thick and deep.

Each of them held at least one Grade 3 Divine Gift weapon.

At the same time,

countless spectators watched with nervous excitement!

A top-tier Hanjiang Prefecture Grade 4 martial arts team!

Five members, all of whom were Grade 4 talents!

On the other side,

was the Jiang Jian martial arts team from the Jiang Prefecture.

Although there was only one person,

during the second round,

Jiang Jian had displayed a dominance that was equally terrifying!

"Time to get serious."

Jiang Jian's gaze was icy.

With a thought,

his 67% Divine Gift Realm spiritual energy surged.

It surged around him!

Beneath his black-and-gold-threaded sleeve, Jiang Jian gripped the sword hilt.

With a massive infusion of spiritual energy,

the blade erupted with a scorching white light, spitting out intense flames!

The countdown ended!

Jiang Jian held his sword, leaped from the cliff, and slashed toward the martial arts team!

Boom!

A terrifyingly scorching white sword beam slashed down!

The sword energy spanned dozens of meters, carrying an unstoppable, majestic momentum, shattering rivers and trees along its path as it roared toward the martial arts team!

Before the sword light arrived, the gale surged!

As the sword energy swept past,

all the broken rocks and trees in its path were ground into powder!

"What kind of killing move is this!"

"Is this the Divine Gift Realm!?"

"Impossible!"

"This is too monstrous!"

The Grade 4 martial arts team hadn't underestimated Jiang Jian;

they had even discussed many tactics.

But at this very moment,

they had no time to react. Gazing at the sword light slashing down from the cliff, their pupils contracted sharply, their faces filled with extreme shock!

Their hair and clothes whipped wildly in the gale.

The scorching white sword beam spanned the sky, appearing slow but moving fast.

In an instant, it was upon them!

Boom!!!

A deafening roar spread across the cliff!

The fierce sword light crashed down, crushing all defensive measures, and suppressed them in the desperate eyes of the team members!

Two protective light barriers shattered instantly!

The other three gritted their teeth and activated their trump cards,

exerting all their strength to barely withstand the sword beam!

A massive crater appeared where the martial arts team had been standing!

Trees and rocks were reduced to dust.

Within a radius of dozens of meters, only scorched earth remained!

"Grade 4 martial arts team."

"Is that all you've got?"

Jiang Jian said softly.

As he spoke,

his figure landed.

He flicked his black-and-gold-threaded sleeve, spiritual energy surging violently. He turned around and slashed again!

This time,

the sword radiance was slightly weaker,

but the edges of the sword energy carried frosty *Karma Fire*!

Its true power was even greater than the massive sword beam from before!

"What kind of monster!"

The Grade 4 talent captain's face changed drastically; he tried to dodge left and right, but was still hit squarely!

Crack!

The protective light barrier shattered!

"Flying Flowers."

Jiang Jian flipped his hand and plunged Hanguang into the ground, forming a seal with both hands.

The other two team members were fleeing rapidly.

Above their heads, flower rain drifted down!

Boom!

The fine flower petals exploded!

For this *Flying Flowers* killing move, Jiang Jian had infused 30% of his spiritual energy!

Its power was terrifying!

Crack!

Crack!

The flower rain scattered, filling the sky!

Their protective light barriers all shattered!

In less than ten seconds,

the top-tier Grade 4 martial arts team was completely eliminated!

At the same time,

on the array balcony,

the Vice Prefecture Master stood up abruptly, his eyes filled with shock!

"Jiang Jian was still hiding his strength!"

The Jiang Prefecture officials all stood up, staring fixedly at the screen Jiang Jian was on!

"A genius!"

"Our prefecture's Jiang Jian has the potential to be invincible!"

"This is the peerless genius of our prefecture!"

"Sweeping away a Hanjiang Prefecture Grade 4 team with the power of one person!"

"Invincible!"

"He's a Grade 3 talent? Absolutely impossible!"

"Jiang Jian's talent is that frosty flame; it must be at least Grade 5!"

"Could the city/county testing arrays have malfunctioned!?"

"Those bastards below actually dared to cut corners on the testing arrays!"

"Must investigate thoroughly!"

The prefecture officials were filled with shock and incomparable excitement!

After a long time,

the Jiang Prefecture

had finally produced a Grade 5 talent once again!

High in the sky,

the holographic giant screen spanning hundreds of meters shook!

The screen Jiang Jian was on expanded wildly.

In a few seconds,

it reached the very top, side-by-side with the other two giant screens!

Countless spectators, seeing the match results, were shocked to the core.

They replayed the battle footage over and over again!

The forums of the two prefectures had completely exploded!

Hanjiang Prefecture forum.

The thread titled "The Solo Martial Arts Team" became even more viral!

Hundreds of thousands of comments flooded the screen.

The total view count had already exceeded one hundred million!