Chapter 572

Once this opponent appeared, Jiang Tao's expression turned strange; it seemed they were at odds with the Sakura Nation.

"Lin Lin Qi Ge, your opponent is the Sakura Nation's Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan!"

Others also saw the entire match schedule, and Lin Qi's opponent, in particular, stood out.

Out of the 10 matches, this was one of the only two that were quite special.

The four people competing were all top-tier geniuses who had awakened two abilities!

This meant that two of them were destined to be eliminated.

Lin Qi also saw his opponent and remained calm; he didn't care who he faced.

As long as it wasn't an opponent from the Xia Guo, anyone else would do; in any case, the one who would win in the end was only himself.

His goal in participating in the selection had never changed from beginning to end.

That was to defeat all opponents on the basis of securing a spot and become the champion!

He had won many championships in his life, and this time would be no exception!

Even if his opponent had awakened three abilities, he had the confidence to defeat them!

……

After the new match schedule was released, the audience was in an uproar, especially for the 6th and 9th matches.

They were, respectively, the Xia Guo's Lin Qi versus the Sakura Nation's Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan.

And the Xia Guo's Sun Sheng versus the White Eagle Federation's Saina Zhagu.

These two focal battles were destined to be exceptionally spectacular, and hundreds of millions of viewers had already begun to look forward to them.

"I announce that the fourth round of the main tournament officially begins!"

Above the arena, after King Shanhe announced this loudly, his figure dissipated into crimson light particles.

【Please welcome the two contestants for the first match!】

At the same time, two crimson pillars of light descended onto the arena in the audience's view.

The fourth round of the main tournament had officially begun.

A few minutes later, the first match ended, and the Xia Guo's Qin Shuang successfully advanced.

After being teleported back to the audience seats, she immediately broke into a smile.

Although she knew she could enter the trial, defeating her opponent to secure a spot under the gaze of the masses and enjoying the cheers of the audience—

this kind of feeling still made one unable to stop being happy.

"Sister, I got a spot!"

"Next is to defeat the other contestants and become the champion!"

After hearing this, Qin Yue could not suppress the smile at the corners of her mouth either.

……

Soon, the second match ended, and the White Eagle Federation's Augustus successfully defeated his opponent with astonishing strength to advance, obtaining the second spot.

In the third match, the Tianzhu Nation's Ajayi successfully advanced!

In the fourth match, the Xia Guo's Li Tianxing successfully advanced!

In the fifth match, the Mao Xiong Nation's Andrei split his opponent with a battle axe and successfully advanced!

20 minutes passed, and by this time, five people had already advanced.

【Contestant Lin Qi, please prepare yourself!】

In the audience seats, after the intelligent voice reached his ears, Lin Qi stood up instantly.

Jiang Tao spoke from the side:

"Lin Lin Qi Ge, you must win!"

"It all comes down to this match!"

Dean Liu could not help but speak up to urge him:

"Do not be careless under any circumstances; ensure you defeat your opponent!"

This match was simply too critical; any accident could happen during a fight.

Just like the college entrance exam, even if one knew a genius student could do well, one couldn't help but worry and nag tirelessly.

Lin Qi nodded: "Rest assured, I will win!"

After saying this, he transformed into a crimson pillar of light and shot into the sky.

……

In the Sakura Nation's audience seats.

A middle-aged man with a lean physique and striking features turned his head; his gaze fell upon a man.

"Dongshan Fengxiong, go; defeat Lin Qi and take the spot that belongs to you!"

"Believe in your own strength, believe in the sword in your hand!"

"Be fearless in your heart, treat the sword as your partner, and believe in yourself; you will not be defeated."

The tall and sturdy Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan nodded earnestly and said:

"Teacher, I will not lose!"

"My sword has long been thirsty; it needs a truly powerful opponent!"

As he spoke, intense confidence was released from his body.

"Dongshan Fengxiong-kun, you will definitely win!"

"You are the strongest genius of our nation; do not let down our expectations!"

"Let the Xia Guo's Lin Qi become your whetstone!"

"Boom!!"

Amidst the noisy sounds, Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan transformed into a crimson pillar of light, shot into the sky, and descended onto the arena.

On the ruin-filled arena under the gaze of the masses, two crimson pillars of light descended.

Amidst the dust, the air also became murderous.

Two figures walked out from their respective pillars of light.

"Xia Guo's Lin Qi!"

As soon as Lin Qi walked out, he heard his opponent calling him, the tone filled with intense confidence.

He looked at his opponent—Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan.

The opponent was tall and robust, standing a full 1.95 meters; among Sakura Nation martial artists, he was considered tall, with broad shoulders.

He wielded a broadsword, wore blue battle armor, and his entire aura was as vast as the sea.

Information about the opponent surfaced in Lin Qi's mind.

Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan, the Sakura Nation's number one genius, had awakened two special abilities: Flowing Water and Water Suppression.

He possessed both strength and speed!

He was ranked 10th on the Ten Thousand Beasts Wanshou Xuezhu, just behind Gu Yang Jian.

However, he was four years older than Gu Yang Jian, which also meant he had cultivated for four years longer.

At this time, he was already an existence at the peak of the Eighth Realm; before the age of 30, he would be able to break through to the Ninth Realm.

For such a genius, obtaining a spot seemed to be completely without issue.

It was a pity he had been matched against him.

Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan looked at Lin Qi; the other party's aura was steady, and he began to emit a sharp edge invisibly.

He immediately broke into a smile and could not help but feel his blood boil:

"Lin Qi, you are a powerful opponent!"

"I hope this battle will allow me to enjoy myself to the fullest!"

"In this match, I have no reason to lose!"

Lin Qi laughed after hearing this; so confident in his own strength?

So, he also spoke for once:

"Then let's wait and see!"

【Countdown:... 3, 2, 1】

【The 6th match of the fourth round officially begins!】

While the two were chatting, the intelligent voice above the arena announced loudly and emotionlessly.

The barrage and the audience seats had already begun to boil.

This battle was very important to both nations, especially the Sakura Nation.

If Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan lost again, their Sakura Nation would be completely wiped out.

How could they accept not participating in the Fire Seed Trial?

"Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan must win!"

"The Xia Guo's Lin Qi will definitely be defeated!"

"Such big talk; so excited now, but they'll be quiet once Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan is defeated later."

"Just by him wanting to defeat Lin Qi? It's simply laughable."

"Lin Qi cannot be judged by common sense."

……

While the barrage was arguing, Lin Zhen, Fang Fang Huiyi, and other acquaintances in the audience seats were already watching the battle on the field nervously.

"Xiao Qi will win!"

Lin Zhen clenched his fists to comfort Fang Fang Huiyi.

He was also exceptionally nervous inside.

……

"Boom!"

On the arena, the moment the intelligent voice made the announcement, two terrifying auras erupted from the two men.

Golden sharpness and blue water currents—light of two colors oscillated from their bodies.

At the same time, domain power began to be released and collided in the air.

Both of their domain ranges exceeded a radius of 10 meters, bombarding each other in the center of the arena.

"Whoosh whoosh!!"

Throughout the entire arena, gusts of wild wind were whipped up.

Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan swung the battle sword in his hand, and blue sword Gang wrapped around the blade.

His whole person instantly rushed out like a giant shark.

His footsteps landed on the earth, leaving behind deep footprints.

In the blink of an eye, he took the initiative like a deep-sea giant shark.

Within his domain, his speed was astonishing; carrying surging giant waves, he swung his sharp battle sword.

"Boom!"

Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan flashed past, instantly erupting with twice the speed of sound; the air was torn apart, emitting a whistling sound!

"Such fast speed!"

Lin Qi could not help but frown; this speed was much faster than the Gaul Nation's female war god, Yolanda.

Awakening one more special ability really made a difference.

Not only was his talent improved, but he could also have an extra fold of combat power amplification, and his speed was the same.

His attack speed was twice as fast as Yolanda's!

"Clang!!"

The battle sword pierced through the air, and the Golden Gangjin was like a spiral water current, stabbing out with lightning speed.

"Boom!"

In an instant, Lin Qi also chose to swing his spear and stab out; the air was torn apart instantly.

This time, facing Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan, he increased his strength by several percent.

Except for not integrating the power of 【Vajra】, the other two abilities were integrated into the Golden Gangjin, and the power reached its limit.

It could be said that if he hadn't awakened a third ability or even synthesized the 【Golden Golden Gangjin Tyrant Body】,

this would be his full strength right now!

"Whoosh~"

He instantly transformed into a black lightning bolt and rushed out; the golden, world-destroying domain was also constantly expanding.

It began to compete with Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan's water domain.

Both sides' domains wanted to suppress the opponent, canceling each other out.

"Clang!"

Finally, in the center of the arena, the two collided.

Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan's mouth curled up; he raised his great sword high, and the highly compressed sword Gang slashed down fiercely.

Like a giant wave slashing down, this sword strike condensed terrifying power.

The sword Gang transformed into giant waves, impacting crazily!

Lin Qi felt the danger; the great spear in his hand suddenly flicked upward, and domain power was added to his body to increase his strength.

"Boom!"

Veins bulged on his arms, power poured out, and the spear shaft trembled as if it had come alive, with Golden Gangjin injected into it.

"Screech!!"

The air was torn apart instantly, colliding fiercely with Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan's great sword.

"Bang!"

As the weapons met, the air exploded instantly, and terrifying energy splashed toward the surroundings.

Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan felt a terrifying shockwave transmitted to his body through the sword blade.

It made his body unable to stop retreating.

His legs drew deep marks on the ground.

"Such strong power!"

Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan was secretly shocked; this kid really didn't look like an Eighth Realm powerhouse who had only broken through a few months ago.

He himself had opened up 72 acupoints, yet he was evenly matched with Lin Qi in terms of strength.

Even if both had awakened abilities in the direction of strength, this was extremely astonishing.

However, soon, he also became excited.

Only by defeating such an opponent could one have a sense of accomplishment.

If he were too weak, the other party wouldn't be the number one genius on the Ten Thousand Beasts Wanshou Xuezhu.

Thinking of this, even more vast power surged out from his body.

At the same time, Lin Qi on the opposite side also felt a vast power.

It came crashing down like a tsunami, making him unable to stop retreating backward.

However, after retreating a few steps, he stabilized his figure.

This was already his second time fighting against a genius who had awakened two abilities.

The first was Gu Yang Jian, whose strength was very strong.

This Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan's strength was also very strong, a notch higher than Yolanda's.

However, wanting to defeat him was impossible.

"Boom!!"

Seeing Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan launch an attack again, his body instantly exerted force.

He shot out fiercely, holding the great spear, and poured power into it.

The spear tip trembled, his whole body heated up, hundreds of millions of cells were fully mobilized and moving crazily!

"Clang clang clang!!"

The two collided again.

Great sword against great spear, spear tip against stab; both sides' speed was extremely fast.

They possessed an extremely fast attack frequency!

Golden Light Fifty-Hit Combo!

Lin Qi stabbed out the great spear with high intensity, golden threads emerged, instantly piercing through the giant waves.

Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan stabbed his sword continuously; he was also good at speed!

He was a top-tier genius, and the sword technique manual he practiced was a four-star rating, obtained in the No. 9 ruins, tailored specifically for him.

Whether it was speed or strength, he was very good at both.

The unique way of exerting force also allowed him to stab out dozens of swords.

It was just that the frequency was not as fast as Lin Qi's!

But he believed in his own physical fitness.

In the audience seats, countless viewers only saw one blue and one gold—two forces bombarding the arena with sky-filling sword and spear afterimages.

The surrounding scorched earth was constantly shattering, energy was splashing, and wild winds were whistling; it was truly a scene of a natural disaster descending.

The audience seats were also exceptionally lively.

"So strong; this is what a battle of gods looks like!"

"The previous battles were all small scuffles!"

"Is a Ninth Realm battle even anything more than this?"

"Too fast; can it be slower? My eyes can't react anymore!"

Ninth Realm martial artists from various nations also looked over; this was also a collision of top-tier geniuses that was hard to see.

A Ninth Realm martial artist sighed:

"Of these two, either one already possesses Ninth Realm combat power; I might not be their opponent anymore."

Sun Sheng in the audience seats broke into a smile and said:

"Lin Qi, this kid—I can be 100% sure that he definitely awakened!"

"Otherwise, how could his strength suppress the two of us!"

"Just let him play; who knows, he might just mess up."

Li Tianxing shook his head and said: "He won't mess up; even with his current strength, Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan is no match."

"This battle will end very soon."

……

"Clang clang!!"

On the arena, at this time, waves of air pressure spread, whipping up an energy storm.

Lin Qi's expression was calm, his strength was getting stronger and stronger, and the power of the Golden Golden Gangjin Tyrant Body was also constantly improving.

However, he still hadn't mobilized the power of 【Vajra】.

And he also began to gradually gain the upper hand.

Every time they collided, after the strength entered his body, it was all hard-carried.

His bones, internal organs, muscles, and tendons had all undergone transformation.

Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan simply couldn't move him.

The great spear was as steady as a rock, and golden threads pierced through the air.

"So strong, so fast—how is this possible?"

At this time, Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan's face was serious, and a series of question marks surfaced in his mind.

In the crazy bombardment, the terrifying penetrating power made his body go numb, and his cells were blasted apart.

Facing Lin Qi's attacks, he could only defend.

Facing Lin Qi's crazy combo, dozens of holes had already appeared on his battle armor, and the armor had been pierced through.

Fresh blood flowed out along the battle armor.

His movements became slower!

The situation was very bad.

If this continued, he was doomed to lose.

"Bang!"

Just as he intended to borrow force to retreat, suddenly a golden light flashed before his eyes—it was too fast!

Lin Qi seized the opportunity in an instant, his speed erupted fiercely, and after accumulating power, he stabbed out at an even faster speed.

The golden threads pierced straight through space, the storm, and Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan's chest!

Even the protective Golden Gangjin did not block this spear strike.

"World-Destroying Spear Canon" killing move—Instant Shadow Thousand Rays!

"Puff~"

Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan only felt a pain in his chest and a sweetness in his throat, spraying out a large amount of fresh blood!

Looking down, his own chest, along with his battle armor, had been pierced through by a black-gold great spear.

Golden threads still remained in the air!

"Is this your strength? I haven't enjoyed myself yet!"

He looked up, and welcoming him was a tall, cold-faced Lin Qi, his whole body emitting golden light.

At this time, he was like a god descending, terrifyingly strong.

"I'm sorry, I didn't let you enjoy yourself!"

Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan said a sentence in the Sakura Nation language, mixed with fresh blood.

Immediately, he transformed into nothingness and dissipated into the air.

And Lin Qi, who knew several national languages, naturally understood.

"Still too weak!"

【Fourth round, 6th match: Lin Qi (Xia Guo) wins!】

Above the arena, the intelligent voice announced the final result.

The Sakura Nation's strongest genius, Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan, was eliminated!

"Clap clap!!"

Thunderous applause and crazy whistling sounds instantly erupted in the audience seats.

"Won, got the spot!"

"Congratulations to Lin Qi for successfully passing the selection and entering the Fire Seed Trial!"

"So satisfying; and the spot was obtained by defeating the Sakura Nation!"

"Invincible; Lin Qi can compete for the champion!"

"The Xia Guo's Lin Qi is so strong; even Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan is no match. Where is his limit?"

……

Compared to the Xia Guo's audience, the Sakura Nation's audience was instantly dumbfounded.

"Impossible; how could Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan lose?"

"Tell me, this isn't real; this is just my illusion!"

"Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan, you can commit seppuku to apologize; you are a sinner of our Sakura Nation."

In the Sakura Nation's audience seats.

The tall Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan was teleported back; the air was exceptionally oppressive, and there were curses from other viewers around him.

His whole face was pale.

He had actually lost.

Losing was a small matter, but not entering the Fire Seed Trial—that was the big matter.

In his mind, he began to review the entire battle; in terms of strength and speed, he was no match.

There was no reason; Lin Qi was simply stronger than him in every aspect.

Strength, speed, spear technique—every single thing was stronger than his own.

He felt depressed inside; how could he be so unlucky to be matched against Lin Qi?

How could he possibly beat Lin Qi?

"Dongshan Fengxiong, you have disappointed us too much!"

A middle-aged man in the front row turned his head and said; he was a Ninth Realm martial artist.

After hearing this, Dongshan Fengxiong Dongshan's face lost its color, and he lowered his head to apologize:

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault!"

……

At the same time, in the audience seats of other nations, geniuses like Augustus, Andrei, Ajayi, and Leon all had serious expressions.

The Xia Guo's Lin Qi had displayed astonishing strength; if they were to face him, wanting to defeat the other party would not be so easy.

No one had the confidence to win steadily.

In the Xia Guo's audience seats, Sun Sheng revealed an excited expression and said:

"Truly amazing; I can't wait to have a fight with Lin Qi."

"It seems that in this selection, the champion will be decided between me and Lin Qi!"

Li Tianxing, who was beside him, spoke up: "You should pass me first before saying that!"

……

"Xiao Qi won!"

In the audience seats, Lin Zhen and Fang Fang Huiyi were exceptionally excited.

"Old Lin, congratulations!"

"Now that Lin Qi has entered the fifth round and successfully obtained a spot, he can also represent our Blue Star to fight against other civilizations!"

"This is a good thing that brings glory to our civilization!"

Others around them congratulated them.

Listening to everyone's praise, Lin Zhen and Fang Fang Huiyi were also smiling from ear to ear.

……

"Lin Lin Qi Ge, awesome!"

When Lin Qi returned to the audience seats, what greeted him were also Jiang Tao's congratulations.

Jiang Tao's expression was exceptionally excited, as if he had already won the championship himself.

For the Fire Seed Trial, there were only 30 spots, and each one was exceptionally precious.

Being able to obtain a spot was an extraordinary achievement.

Lin Qi accepted everyone's congratulations with a calm expression, already calculating the next unlucky person in his mind.

……

(End of chapter)