Chapter 228

"How could the power contained in this spear strike be so much stronger than mine?" Nevsky found it hard to believe.

One must know, he is also a Fifth-Stage mid-tier expert.

Logically, even if Li Yuan's skill realm were slightly higher than his, the gap in pure strength shouldn't be this large.

When skill reaches the Fourth Stage, the difference in weapons becomes very small; after stepping into the Fifth Stage, the difference is even smaller, because every Fifth-Stage expert's skill is so high it is nearly Dao.

They focus more on the integration of body, mind, and heaven and earth, seeking to draw upon more of the power of heaven and earth.

Weapons? They are more for aligning with one's own heart and mind.

Just like the Third-Stage secret manual "Stellar Intent," why isn't it called "Stellar Spear"? It is because once one reaches this level, whether it be a spear or an axe, everything follows the heart and mind.

Just like Li Yuan.

Ordinary people using a spear are naturally adept at attacking.

But with the intent of "Stellar Intent" in his body, when Li Yuan wields a weapon using this intent, the defensive power of his spear technique far exceeds his attack.

And facing Nevsky, Li Yuan knew clearly that the probability of winning with ordinary killing moves was very low.

The path Nevsky walks is very compatible with an axe, and he is very adept at attacking.

Therefore, Li Yuan did not hesitate to unleash his strongest move—Brother Xing He Swirl.

"I don't believe it!" Nevsky roared, his figure moving again, his feet stomping violently across the arena, each step causing the arena to tremble faintly, as if mountains were collapsing and the earth splitting.

Li Yuan held his long spear, looking at his opponent calmly, not moving an inch.

Boom! The moment he was about to get close, Nevsky finally slashed toward Li Yuan like a fierce tiger.

Whoosh!

He leaped up, raised his battle axe high, erupted with all his strength, and slashed down fiercely with everything he had.

This axe strike was Nevsky's angry slash, and it was absolutely the strongest axe strike he had unleashed in the virtual battle.

Nevsky believed that even Yin Man would absolutely not dare to take this axe strike head-on.

Finally.

Li Yuan moved. This time, Li Yuan indeed no longer took it head-on; he took the initiative to strike, his speed erupting to the extreme within 0.3 seconds, exceeding 110 meters per second.

Following closely, Li Yuan leaped up.

Facing the charging Nevsky, Li Yuan did not retreat at all, instead choosing to fight head-on. At this moment, the two were like two terrifying meteors colliding.

"Whoosh!" Li Yuan suddenly thrust his spear, the spear light blooming, blooming in layers like a star river erupting, just like a brilliant galaxy, with countless stars revolving around the center.

Strands of starlight converged in the center.

At this moment, the long spear in Li Yuan's hand seemed to transform into a huge vortex, drawing upon a trace of magical power from heaven and earth, forming the most astonishing twisting and swallowing force.

"Our Seven-Star human civilization, over hundreds of years, has given birth to some Demigods and a large number of Heaven-Flying warriors... among them are peerless geniuses who awakened six-star pulses."

"Boom~"

The terrifying collision, the dreadful aftermath, impacted in all directions with visible air waves.

"Bang~"

The terrifying impact force caused Nevsky to fly backward with a boom, his whole body rolling and landing heavily on the ground.

Following closely, he rolled up with a boom and knelt on one knee on the ground.

"Pfft~" A mouthful of blood was spat out from Nevsky's mouth, and the boiling sensation of Qi and blood in his body finally felt much better.

"I'm injured." Nevsky's mind stirred, and he could clearly sense the muscle tears in his arms.

His entire body's tendons and bones had already suffered countless tiny injuries.

Looking at Li Yuan, on the other hand?

After such a head-on collision, Li Yuan only flew back a few meters before stopping his pace.

It was as if he hadn't been affected by the impact force at all.

The winner had already been decided.

"Li Yuan's strength." Nevsky stood up slowly, staring fixedly at Li Yuan.

He never understood why Li Yuan's strength was so terrifying, but Nevsky knew that strong is strong.

Li Yuan's strength indeed far exceeded his own.

"What is the name of this move of yours?" Nevsky's voice was hoarse.

"Brother Xing He Swirl," Li Yuan said calmly; he knew how powerful this self-created major killing move was.

This move is best at defense.

But when used in a head-on collision, its power is still terrifyingly large, completely surpassing any of the Five Stellar Styles.

"Good."

"Losing to you, I am convinced," Nevsky took a deep breath: "Come, defeat me completely."

"Good." Li Yuan nodded; if he hadn't created this move, he really might not have been able to defeat Nevsky.

Boom! Li Yuan moved again, his figure darting forward, his speed reaching a terrifying level.

"Whoosh!"

The long spear thrust out, a terrifying sharp whistling sound resounding through the sky, killing toward Nevsky.

In the higher-level spectator space, over one hundred thousand Source martial artists watched this scene in shock.

After being shocked, the hundreds of Flying-stage martial artists were filled with sighs and emotions.

"True Intent killing move."

"It really is a True Intent killing move."

"If the first move just now wasn't seen very clearly, then now it is confirmed without a doubt."

"It is indeed a True Intent killing move."

"The most difficult hurdle to step into the Fifth-Stage Perfection, he actually broke through just like this."

"Truly a peerless monster." These Flying-stage martial artists chatted with each other, all feeling quite emotional.

Just like Fourth-Stage skill, which is gradually deepening the control of the body until the Fourth-Stage Perfection where the mind reaches the microscopic level, strength will skyrocket, completely crushing the Fourth-Stage High Tier.

The Fifth Stage is the same principle.

Fifth-Stage Heaven-Man Integration, from Fifth-Stage Initial Tier, Fifth-Stage Mid-Tier, to High Tier, are all gradually deepening the perception of heaven, earth, and nature; it has always been a quantitative accumulation, without a true qualitative change.

The power of heaven and earth drawn upon is actually not much.

Only by crossing from Fifth-Stage High Tier to Fifth-Stage Perfection is there a qualitative difference.

Why can one step into the Flying-stage realm upon reaching Fifth-Stage Perfection?

The core is the two words "True Intent."

Fifth-Stage High Tier limit represents that the accumulation of quantity has reached the extreme, and one must attempt to integrate and unify the many perceptions of heaven and earth, truly finding a trace of the essence of heaven and earth's operation—the mystery of True Intent.

As long as one comprehends a trace of the mystery of True Intent and can use a certain specific killing move to unleash this trace of True Intent mystery, the power of the move can be greatly enhanced.

This is the True Intent killing move.

It is also known as the True Intent assassination move.

Once a True Intent killing move is comprehended, as long as the perception of heaven and earth reaches a very high level, one can naturally cross from the Fifth-Stage High Tier to the Fifth-Stage Perfection level.

In short.

Even among Flying-stage martial artists, many have only comprehended a few True Intent killing moves.

And when a Flying-stage martial artist comprehends more True Intent killing moves, for example, five or six similar killing moves, the perception of True Intent becomes deeper.

Until one day, when any move can contain the mystery of True Intent, and there is no distinction of True Intent killing moves, that is when one has truly stepped into the Sixth Stage of skill—True Intent.

And Li Yuan.

Today, he is still far from that level, and the True Intent killing move he initially created is not powerful enough, but it is already enough to amaze these Flying-stage martial artists.

Because this means that Li Yuan, as long as he cultivates step by step from now on, from Fifth-Stage Mid-Tier, High Tier, until Fifth-Stage Perfection... there will almost no longer be any obstacles.

"True Intent killing move?"

"Li Yuan!" Li Yang and Xu Yuanzhang, sitting in the back rows, were both quite shocked, guesses arising in their hearts.

"It should be," Xu Yuanzhang couldn't help but say: "Otherwise, his spear technique's power wouldn't have such might, completely crushing Nevsky."

"Only Fifth-Stage Mid-Tier, and he already comprehended a True Intent killing move?" Li Yang shook his head: "This! This!"

The two of them were indeed shocked.

Normally, one must comprehend the mysteries of heaven and earth, reach the Fifth-Stage High Tier limit, and complete the accumulation of quantity.

Then, seek a qualitative breakthrough.

"This move of his is still very immature, but it has already surpassed us in essence," Xu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh: "Perhaps, this is a true genius."

"A genius we never dared to imagine."

On the arena, the duel between Li Yuan and Nevsky had already reached the final stage.

Lightning-fast collisions occurred one after another.

Even though Li Yuan did not deliberately seek to end the battle, every time his spear technique erupted, its power far exceeded Nevsky's.

Each collision caused Nevsky's body to suffer significant damage.

After colliding hundreds of times in a row, Nevsky finally couldn't hold on, and Li Yuan's long spear swept across his throat.

Defeated!

With this, Li Yuan had successively defeated the other three of the top five experts: Harmon, Alicia, and Nevsky, also completing a three-game winning streak.

He was only one final battle away from Yin Man.

"He won just like that?"

"Isn't it said that Nevsky is very strong?" Countless spectators from countries around the world sighed.

"It's not that Nevsky is weak, it's that Li Yuan is too strong. I even feel that Li Yuan is stronger than Yin Man."

"Terrifying Li Yuan." Countless discussions, perhaps the vast majority of spectators couldn't recognize the mystery of the "True Intent killing move," but they could see that Li Yuan's strength far exceeded Nevsky's.

"He won."

"Li Yuan defeated Nevsky."

"The final battle is coming up soon." Countless spectators from the Xia Nation were extremely excited.

Because both Yin Man and Li Yuan, who completed the three-game winning streak, were from the Xia Nation.

It can be said that the final duel hadn't even started, yet the champion was already destined to be from the Xia Nation.

For the millions of spectators from the Xia Nation, they didn't need to worry about who would win and could enjoy watching the final duel to the end.

"Senior Brother."

"Li Yuan, you must win." The tens of thousands of students at Kunlun Martial Arts University were becoming increasingly nervous.

Champion!

Only one final battle left.

Without making all the spectators wait too long, the tenth match erupted quickly.

Li Yuan versus Yin Man.

The two of them, from the start of the melee tournament, had swept through their respective star realm battlefields and entered the finals with absolute dominance.

Before the duel in the finals, no opponent had been able to pose any obstacle to them.

Both were peerlessly strong, killing their way to the end.

Only.

This highly anticipated strongest duel, before it even erupted, almost already had a destined outcome.

On the arena.

"I can't beat you," Yin Man sighed softly, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

"Not going to try?" Li Yuan smiled.

"From your previous match, I already understood that I couldn't win," Yin Man said slowly: "However, for the sake of dignity, I still must fight with all my strength."

Yin Man's vision was extremely high.

In terms of skill, her level might be higher, but she hadn't yet created her own True Intent killing move.

Then, the outcome of this battle was almost destined.

"Good." Li Yuan nodded, his figure moving as he took the initiative to strike.

This was Li Yuan's first proactive fight in the finals.

This battle.

Both sides fought incredibly fiercely. Yin Man's sword technique was stunning; with dual swords in hand, she truly revealed her terrifying strength. Sword light like flowing water poured crazily onto Li Yuan's long spear.

Only.

When Li Yuan unleashed the move "Brother Xing He Swirl," the countless sword lights that fell would uncontrollably follow those strands of mysterious heaven and earth power and be continuously dissolved.

Then they were easily blocked by Li Yuan.

He was almost in an invincible position.

And with each collision, Li Yuan could easily dissipate the impact force, but the terrifying impact force caused Yin Man to suffer injuries time and time again.

Finally, after the two sides fought for over a thousand moves, Yin Man's body could no longer withstand the repeated impacts, her injuries reached their limit, her body completely collapsed, and her strength and speed plummeted instantly.

She was struck across the neck by Li Yuan's spear.

Victory.

"If I hadn't created 'Brother Xing He Swirl,' in terms of pure skill level, I would not be your opponent," Li Yuan silently thought.

He respected Yin Man extremely highly; her skill level was definitely above 40% of the Fifth Stage.

It's just that the advantage in skill could not make up for the difference in power of the True Intent killing move.

Even with a high realm, one needs sufficiently powerful moves to unleash it.

"I won."

"Virtual battle, first place." Immediately, a trace of a smile appeared on Li Yuan's lips.

"He won!"

"First place! Blue Star's first place! Li Yuan!"

"He created history, the first virtual battle champion not from the three top martial arts schools." The millions of spectators in the entire spectator stand were already completely boiling over.

Especially the tens of thousands of students at Kunlun Martial Arts University, who were completely crazy.

He won!

Virtual battle champion, Li Yuan!!

"Thank you to Li Yuan and Yin Man for contributing a wonderful peak duel for us," the host's voice was excited: "Congratulations to Li Yuan for taking the championship!"

"This is the first time in history that a freshman has won the championship!"

"This is the first time in history that a student not from the three top martial arts schools has won the championship."

"I announce."

"This year's Global University Martial Arts Tournament has successfully concluded!"

(End of chapter)