Chapter 531: Creating History Once Again (Please vote with monthly tickets)

"Whoosh!!"

Gu Jian mobilized the power of his River of Heaven artistic conception, pouring blue sword Gang into his battle sword and fusing it with the power of the artistic conception.

He was unwilling to activate his 【Minor Divine Ability】.

He was an SSS-grade genius who had awakened two abilities, ranking among the top ten geniuses of the younger generation in the Xia Guo, and even the entire Blue Star.

Only one such genius is born every few years!

He had his own pride and self-esteem; he was an Eighth Realm martial artist, and if he had to unleash his 【Minor Divine Ability】 to win,

wouldn't that just prove he was a failure?

"Boom!!"

The blue sword Qi in his hands condensed and compressed crazily, finally expanding continuously to transform into a massive sword Qi of flowing water, a full ten meters in length.

"Bang!"

He exerted force suddenly, leaping into the air, and slashed his heavy sword down at Lin Qi!

The surrounding air seemed to have turned into a vast ocean, filled with endless flowing water.

The power of the Tianhe artistic conception saturated the entire arena.

"Tianhe Sword Art" killing move—Heavenly Waterfall Slash!

Seeing this, Lin Qi brandished his great spear, condensing a ten-meter golden spear Qi as the power of his Mountain and River artistic conception surged forth.

He concentrated all his power into the spear tip, and upon reaching the limit, his 【Golden Pupils】 began to operate at high speed.

Every movement of Gu Jian began to slow down, becoming 0.5 times speed, and even 0.25 times speed.

Like peeling silk from a cocoon, he dismantled the opponent's entire killing move, searching for the best moment to strike.

At that very instant, Lin Qi's figure moved suddenly!

Releasing a sky full of golden sharpness, he merged with his long spear, resonating with the mountains and rivers, and exploded outward from his spot.

Once the spear tip emerged, it tore through the horizon.

The golden spear Qi transformed into a massive phantom of mountains and rivers, like mountains collapsing, rivers bursting their banks, and all things perishing!

"Mountain and River Spear Art" killing move—Mountain and River Annihilation!

Wherever the spear tip passed, the air was torn apart, emitting a whistling sound of wind-breaking.

All the spectators widened their eyes, watching this scene, afraid to miss even a single detail.

"Bang!!"

The Ninth Realm martial artists in the front row also watched this scene quietly.

They didn't know who would win either, but they could see that the battle was nearing its end!

Once the third killing move is unleashed, it is meant to end the fight.

In the air, the Heavenly Waterfall Slash and Mountain and River Annihilation collided, the two killing moves engaging in the most extreme confrontation.

Sword Qi and spear Qi clashed, and finally, the weapons themselves collided.

Sword body against spear tip, terrifying power vented from within both their bodies.

"Bang!!!"

Accompanied by a loud explosion, a super-large blast occurred above the arena.

The air vibrated, and energy shockwaves spread toward the surroundings.

The two figures also instantly determined the victor!

Passing through the shockwaves, a blue-armored body was blasted away, like a kite with a broken string, smashing toward the ground.

"Bang!!"

The battle armor smashed into the ground, forming a 0.1-meter crater on the alloy floor.

Gu Jian's body was embedded within it, his blue battle armor covered in wear and spear marks.

"Pfft!"

Gu Jian opened his mouth and spat out blood, containing fragments of internal organs; intense pain surged into his brain, and his senses slowly recovered.

Just a moment ago, pure power had blasted into his body, and the sword Qi he had condensed was instantly pierced through.

His weakness had been found, and his killing move had instantly crumbled to pieces.

He quickly climbed up from the ground, looking at the figure that had landed not far away, whose black-gold battle armor was covered in several scratches.

"Zheng—!"

The black-gold great spear trembled, the spear tip still emitting a lingering sound.

"I actually lost...!"

Gu Jian looked at Lin Qi opposite him, his expression one of disbelief.

Endless pain surged from his body; his muscles were torn, his internal organs damaged, and even with the battle armor offsetting the impact, he had still been severely wounded.

Lin Qi looked down at Gu Jian and asked:

"Are you going to unleash your 【Minor Divine Ability】?"

Gu Jian did not answer, gritting his teeth and gripping his heavy sword, wanting to continue the fight.

He still chose not to activate his 【Minor Divine Ability】.

"Since that's the case, then go to hell!"

Lin Qi said with an indifferent expression, and after speaking, the black-gold great spear in his hand thrust out suddenly.

"Swish!"

"Chirp!"

Gangjin condensed, the spear tip tore through the air, piercing through Gu Jian's neck, and blood splattered out.

Gu Jian's figure also transformed into nothingness and dissipated in the air.

Lin Qi looked at Gu Jian, feeling quite surprised in his heart that he hadn't used his 【Minor Divine Ability】 until the very end.

Was he trying to preserve his last shred of dignity?

【Arena match ended!】

【Result of the duel: Lin Qi wins, Gu Jian loses!】

In the quiet arena, the intelligent voice announced the final result.

In the spectator stands, applause erupted instantly.

This then triggered a chain reaction, and other spectators also began to clap.

Thunderous applause rang out, and a large amount of discussion was mixed into the applause.

"He won!"

"Lin Qi actually won?!!"

"What did I just see? Is Lin Qi even human?"

"The Martial Path has been developing for a full 49 years, and countless geniuses have been born, but this is the first time I've seen an SSS-grade genius defeated by someone of a lower realm!"

"And Gu Jian is a genius who awakened two abilities!"

"We've witnessed history!"

In the spectator stands of the Heavenly Dome Academy.

Jiang Miaoyin was the first to clap, and Jiang Tao was the second.

Jiang Miao smiled and said:

"I knew Lin Lin Qi Ge would win!"

"In my eyes, he is the strongest genius in our entire Blue Star!"

Wan Ming clapped excitedly: "I'm convinced!"

"From now on, even if Lin Lin Qi Ge defeats a Ninth Realm practitioner from a lower realm, I'll believe it!"

"In all kinds of large-scale competitions or duels, Lin Lin Qi Ge has never lost!"

"Senior Shen Heng is lucky; he is the only person who has ever defeated Lin Lin Qi Ge."

"He can brag about that when he goes out!"

The people around them laughed after hearing this.

The red-robed Especially Chu Yu sighed and said:

"Lin Qi can already defeat an Eighth Realm martial artist, and he's only 20 years old!"

"I'm still stuck at the Sixth Realm; the gap is getting wider and wider!"

Once Especially Chu Yu said this, everyone stopped laughing, and a strong sense of pressure descended.

Not far from the crowd, Gu Ming and Gu Cheng were stiff all over, their expressions frozen in a daze.

Gu Cheng felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, his whole body icy cold, trembling uncontrollably; Gu Jian had actually lost?

Gu Jian was the strongest genius in the history of the Gu family, destined to become the Sword Emperor and the successor to the Green Immortal.

A Ninth Realm martial artist was not his limit; his goal was to become the strongest among the Ninth Realm.

But now he had been defeated by someone of a lower realm!

It was simply a disgrace!

"Clap clap!!"

In the first row of the spectator stands, Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing also couldn't help but clap.

The gold-robed Sun Sheng couldn't help but sigh:

"As expected of a genius who could break my record; this strength is truly fierce. I really want to spar with him!"

"I'll add his WeChat later to make friends!"

The red-robed Li Tianxing said from the side:

"You might not necessarily be Lin Qi's match!"

Sun Sheng grinned and said: "Tianxing, don't easily say you can't!"

"I'm going to challenge Gu Jian right now; I also want to clash with this Eighth Realm martial artist!"

After saying this, he logged off!

The handsome and delicate-looking Li Tianxing glanced at Lin Qi in the arena, nodded in acknowledgment, and also chose to log off.

Meanwhile, the Ninth Realm martial artists nearby were also clapping.

"Haha!!"

The Mountain and Senior Shanhe Wang couldn't help but laugh out loud, giving a thumbs up to Lin Qi in the arena.

Not far away, the Heavenly Blade Li Qifeng also revealed a smile.

Of the 9 Ninth Realm martial artists, only the Red Fierce King and the Sword Emperor had no smiles on their faces.

Everyone else showed friendly smiles toward Lin Qi.

Seeing this, Lin Qi nodded in response.

The North River Sword King revealed a smile and said:

"This is truly unexpected!"

"Lin Qi actually defeated Gu Jian from a lower realm!"

"Now the facts prove that Lin Qi being able to break the cultivation record of the Ten Thousand Beasts Wanshou Xuezhu was not a coincidence."

"He possesses world-shaking talent!"

"Four months after breaking through to the Seventh Realm, he can already defeat an Eighth Realm genius; it's hard to imagine how powerful he will be when he breaks through to the Eighth Realm!"

The silver-robed Mountain and Senior Shanhe Wang beside him also revealed a smile and said:

"Old Qi, Gu Jian losing to Lin Qi is actually not unjust!"

"Whether in terms of physical strength or martial arts technique, he is no match."

At this moment, the Purple-Robed Overlord sitting in the middle also revealed a smile.

His figure was tall and straight, like an unshakable mountain, his skin a bronze color, as if he had been baptized by countless battles.

His facial features were three-dimensional with sharp angles, and his nose bridge was high and straight.

His temperament was domineering and majestic, and even the aura of the Sword Emperor and the Mountain and Senior Shanhe Wang beside him was suppressed!

He saw him speak slowly:

"Lin Qi is a top-tier genius of our Xia Guo; we must protect his safety!"

"The future of our Xia Guo needs him!"

The Mountain and Senior Shanhe Wang nodded seriously:

"I will!"

"No one can harm him."

The Purple-Robed Overlord continued: "On November 25th, the Imperial Star Hall meeting will be held; everyone, don't forget to attend!"

The few nodded; they knew this meeting would discuss the matter of clearing out the Zerg.

After the Overlord finished speaking, he revealed a friendly smile toward Lin Qi in the arena, then chose to log off.

Lin Qi also chose to log off.

【Mr. Lin Qi, according to the duel rules, Mr. Gu Jian will compensate you with 1 million merit points, which will be deducted directly from his account.】

【If the account does not have 1 million merit points, he will have a time limit of three months to pay it off!】

In his personal space, after Lin Qi saw the system's reminder, he immediately revealed a smile.

Although there was a small accident, the result was correct.

1 million merit points were still in his hands!

Thinking of this, he logged off directly!

"Hum!!"

The virtual pod opened, and Lin Qi walked out from it.

"Junior brother, awesome!"

The entire virtual room was filled with various sounds, and the members of the Rending Rock Squad also gathered around.

Senior brother Liang Tai was the most excited, his entire face flushed with excitement.

"Junior brother, you're too amazing!"

"You actually really won!"

He looked at Lin Qi, not knowing what else to say, feeling like he was looking at the future top powerhouse of the Xia Guo.

With Lin Qi's talent, as long as he doesn't fall, he will sooner or later stand at the very top of Blue Star.

He might not be able to surpass the Red Emperor, but he could compete for second place.

Xiao Yu said:

"Let's go to the Ten Thousand Beasts Restaurant to celebrate!"

Lin Qi nodded: "Alright!"

The few left the virtual room, surrounded by the exclamations of other martial artists.

"Truly amazing!"

"Lin Qi is too strong; now Lin Qi can already be said to be the strongest Seventh Realm practitioner!"

"Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing might not necessarily be able to defeat Lin Qi!"

"I'm not greedy; just give me half of Lin Qi's talent, and it would be enough for me to enter the top ten of the Seventh Realm rankings."

"I'd be satisfied with one-tenth."

"..."

Ten minutes later, at the Ten Thousand Beasts Restaurant, in a certain luxury private room.

The members of the Rending Rock Squad sat together eating, and Lin Qi said:

"Everyone, don't be polite with me; this meal is on me!"

A meal at the Ten Thousand Beasts Restaurant isn't expensive, at most a few hundred merit points.

For Lin Qi now, it's a drop in the bucket; just a moment ago, Gu Jian's 1 million merit points had also arrived.

He could certainly afford the price of a meal.

"Thank you, junior brother!"

"Thank you, Lin Lin Qi Ge!"

Half an hour later, after everyone had drunk some wine, senior brother Liang Tai said:

"Junior brother, thank you!"

"You defeating Gu Jian earned me 200,000 merit points."

Lin Qi looked at Second Senior Sister Wang Zhixuan with a puzzled expression.

Wang Zhixuan explained:

"Someone in our base opened a betting pool on who would win between you and Gu Jian."

"The maximum bet was 10,000 merit points, and the odds were very high."

"We all bet on you to win, and we all earned quite a bit!"

"Senior brother bet the most; this time he sought wealth in danger and earned 200,000 merit points."

Lin Qi nodded, immediately understanding what was going on; everyone must have favored Gu Jian.

Only Liang Tai and the others believed in him, and in the end, he won, so they bet correctly.

At the same time, he sighed in his heart; if he had known about this earlier,

he could have earned another 200,000 merit points.

Liang Tai said with a firm expression:

"This time I must awaken!"

Lin Qi could feel Liang Tai's determination to awaken.

He knew that just today, Liang Tai had taken a bottle of awakening potion, but it had failed.

Earning 200,000 merit points this time was just enough to buy another awakening potion.

One hour later, Accommodation Area Room 206.

Lin Qi entered the door, sat in the living room, and began to reply to his friends' WeChat messages.

There were even many new friend requests.

He took a look, and his heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

【I am the Overlord】

Behind that were the Sword Emperor, Water Marsh King, Sun Sheng, Li Tianxing...

Five friends, three of whom were Ninth Realm martial artists.

Among them was the Overlord, the second strongest person in the Xia Guo; Lin Qi did not hesitate and added them immediately.

Besides the three Ninth Realm martial artists, there were two others, Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing.

Lin Qi knew them; before him, they were the two strongest geniuses in the Xia Guo for decades.

On the Ten Thousand Beasts Wanshou Xuezhu, Gu Jian ranked ninth.

While Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing ranked second and third.

They were completely not on the same level.

Even though they were both SSS-grade geniuses who had awakened two abilities, the gap was still huge.

For example, Xu Qin could only observe Level 11 monsters, while Gu Jian observed Level 12 monsters.

And Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing could observe the very top of the Level 12 disaster beasts, and in the future, they would be able to perform 8 blood exchanges!

So Lin Qi was also curious, what did geniuses like them want by adding him?

After adding them as friends, the other party did not reply.

Lin Qi's gaze returned to the panel.

【You fought a fierce battle with the strong enemy "Gu Jian"; during the battle, you gained new insights into spear technique, spear technique +3%】

【You fought a fierce battle with the strong enemy "Gu Jian"; during the battle, you gained new insights into body technique, body technique +5%】

【Spear Technique: Fourth Stage 94% → Fourth Stage 97%】

【Body Technique: Fourth Stage 80% → Fourth Stage 85%】

Lin Qi saw the 97% progress bar and immediately revealed a smile.

Fighting against strong enemies is indeed effective, and the improvement to martial arts techniques is also huge.

Gu Jian's strength was beyond doubt, definitely stronger than the Level 8 disaster beast Rending Earth Dragon.

If he went to hunt disaster beasts again, one day would be enough to hunt several Level 8 disaster beasts.

The battle with him had been a great harvest.

Lin Qi also opened the Home of War, where his victory was announced on the homepage.

He entered his personal center and saw his merit points.

【Merit Points: 1.42 million】

"I can buy Eighth Stage battle armor and weapons!"

Lin Qi immediately entered the shopping module; now that he had merit points, he could upgrade his equipment.

Buying it early and having the weapons arrive early meant he knew he could use them on the battlefield sooner.

For an Eighth Stage long spear, the standard version required 550,000 merit points.

Lin Qi did not hesitate at all and placed the order directly.

Then he began to discuss the details of the great spear with the merchant in the background, such as length, thickness, spear body patterns, and other details.

Then he began to choose Eighth Stage battle armor!

【Item: Eighth Stage Battle Armor (Standard)】

【Effect: Significantly resist disaster beast collisions, impacts from sharp claws, and significantly resist the biting ability of disaster beasts.】

【Merit Points: 750,000】

After Lin Qi saw the price, he let out a long breath; the price of this Eighth Stage battle armor was truly expensive.

However, after hunting one or two Level 8 disaster beasts, he would be able to afford it; thinking about it carefully, it wasn't actually that expensive.

Lin Qi placed the order immediately, submitting his body's various data and the abilities he had awakened.

【Beep!】

【1.3 million merit points paid!】

Lin Qi looked at the merit points he had paid out; in the blink of an eye, he had less than 150,000 left.

He had to continue hunting disaster beasts to earn merit points.

Once the Eighth Stage equipment arrived, his combat power would increase, and the merit points he earned would also increase significantly.

Earning hundreds of thousands of merit points in a single disaster beast tide should be no problem.

"Hum!"

Just then, a message opened on WeChat.

It was the Sword Emperor and the Water Marsh King, both coming to congratulate him on his victory.

Even the Overlord did the same, and Lin Qi replied carefully.

Soon, Sun Sheng also sent a message.

【Sun Sheng: Lin Qi, let's get to know each other; let's have a battle when you're free!】

【Sun Sheng: By the way, I'm planning to go find Gu Jian for a spar; I also want to test the strength of an Eighth Realm martial artist!】

After Lin Qi saw the message sent by Sun Sheng, he revealed a smile, feeling that this Sun Sheng was quite interesting.

Then he saw the message sent by Li Tianxing; the message was relatively simple, just to get to know each other and make friends.

Lin Qi put down his phone; getting to know the two strongest geniuses in the Xia Guo was not that easy.

Without enough talent, they wouldn't even look at you.

He used to be an ordinary person, but now he was different.

Those who could add his WeChat were all high-realm martial artists, Ninth Realm martial artists, or top-tier geniuses.

It was basically impossible for ordinary people to add his WeChat.

Then he got up and entered the martial arts room to begin today's cultivation.

Magic City, New World Rich District.

Gu Family Mansion.

In the indoor martial arts room, Gu Jian, dressed in blue robes, sat cross-legged, his expression dazed and his face pale.

A green screen was projected in front of him, and opposite him was a man in blue robes—the Sword Emperor.

The Sword Emperor looked at Gu Jian's appearance and sighed:

"You don't need to be too depressed!"

"Losing to Lin Qi is actually not unjust for you!"

"After all, he is a genius who broke Sun Sheng's record and has already gained the recognition of the Overlord!"

"Even the Red Emperor watched your battle and said that your defeat was not unjust."

Hearing "Red Emperor," Gu Jian also perked up.

He smiled bitterly: "Teacher, I want to be alone!"

The Sword Emperor nodded and closed the video call.

Gu Jian sighed, feeling uncomfortable in his heart.

"Buzz buzz!"

Just then, his phone suddenly vibrated, making him feel irritable.

"Master, a call from Sun Sheng!"

The blue metal sphere beside him spoke, projecting a screen.

A gold-robed man appeared on the screen, exuding an uninhibited temperament; it was Sun Sheng, who spoke directly:

"Gu Jian, let's have a fight."

After hearing this, Gu Jian shook his head directly:

"I refuse!"

Sun Sheng was not angry after hearing this, but smiled harmlessly:

"Are you sure? Then I'll have to use the duel module of the Home of War!"

"If you don't want to lose face again, you'd better accept..."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 532 =====