Chapter 574

Lin Qi's words made Ajayi's heart shake.

After dozens of moves of continuous bombardment, he had reached his limit; it was a feeling he hadn't had for a long time.

The terrifying vibration force made his bones, internal organs, muscles, and tendons emit sounds of being unable to bear the weight.

Intense pain surged into his heart continuously!

"Crack crack!"

He clearly heard that his bones had already begun to show cracks; his body was about to reach its limit.

Being beaten like this despite his astonishing defensive power showed how strong the power of Lin Qi's spear technique was.

The next instant, his whole body trembled, and terrifying murderous aura was released from Lin Qi's body.

A life-and-death crisis descended!

A cold light flashed before his eyes; it was Lin Qi suddenly rotating the spear shaft, the spear tip stabbing out as if tearing through the air.

The spear shaft rotated at high speed; the surrounding space seemed as if it would be drilled into a hole!

This spear strike was the peak of the power of the moves in Lin Qi's "World-Destroying Spear Canon"!

The killing move of the "Golden Light Volume" was the ultimate in speed; in terms of pure armor-piercing power, it still could not compare to the "Golden Sharpness Volume."

"Break!"

Ajayi, accompanied by a roar, raised his strength to the limit.

Because in the selection, one could not use "Blood Burning" or small divine abilities!

So this was already his limit.

He swung his giant battle saber, using his waist to drive his strength, mobilized his whole body's cells, and the blue saber Gang was highly compressed and slashed upward fiercely!

"Canglang Overlapping Blades" killing move—Nine Layers of Waves!

"Bang!"

The high-speed rotating black-gold great spear against the killing move unleashed by the blue saber Gang!

At the moment of collision, the air exploded, and Lin Qi's expression was calm; the terrifying destructive power broke through the saber Gang, causing the battle saber in contact to shatter.

"Crack!"

The terrifying force caused his bones to shatter, and the battle saber flew out of his hand!

The spear tip presented a straight golden line, piercing through Ajayi's blue battle armor, breaking through the Golden Gangjin and his tough skin, straight through his heart, and shredding it.

"Puff~"

Fresh blood sprayed from Ajayi's mouth, and intense pain surged into his heart.

"This……!"

He widened his eyes, looking at the battle saber that had left his hand and the shattered parts in disbelief.

His sharp Eighth-Order battle saber had actually been shattered?

How much penetrating power was needed for this?

He didn't know these things and could only watch Lin Qi, who was retracting his spear, as his body transformed into nothingness and dissipated.

【5th match: Lin Qi (Xia Guo) wins!】

……

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

Lin Qi retracted his spear and looked at the huge pyramid in the sky.

A virtual little figure in golden armor, along with his seat, rose to the third layer of the pyramid.

And he himself also transformed into nothingness and was teleported back to the audience seats.

……

Tianzhu Nation audience seats

Ajayi was teleported back; he listened to the sound of the intelligent voice.

In his mind, he recalled the battle just now, only feeling a large amount of realization surging from his mind.

His mastery of saber technique improved significantly.

This improvement made him excited.

Before he could be happy for too long, he then thought about how he had already lost to Lin Qi.

Looking at the disappointed expressions of other friends and seniors around him, he apologized to the man in the very front:

"Teacher, I disappointed you!"

"I lost!"

Ganges Ganges Zunzhe, with graying hair, shook his head and comforted him:

"You have already done very well; as long as there is improvement, it is enough for you."

Ajayi nodded; he had already obtained a trial spot now.

Other rankings didn't matter; what was important was improving oneself in battle.

And fighting Lin Qi, he had gained a lot.

……

At the same time, in the White Eagle Federation, Mao Xiong Nation's Augustus and Andrei both frowned.

Especially Andrei; he had an indifferent expression, but inside he was exceptionally surprised:

"Ajayi actually lost; compared to him, I'm not bad either!"

"If the two of us fought, the outcome would be between six and four!"

"He is a strong opponent, yet he lost to Lin Qi; if the two of us fought, who could obtain the final victory?"

Augustus felt that he had underestimated Lin Qi; the other party was stronger than he had imagined.

"Strength is not bad, but still unable to stop me!"

"If we are matched, it will be a spectacular battle; I hope it can help the improvement of my sword technique."

……

Xia Guo audience seats, front row

After watching, Envoy Tu Lan commented: "Spear technique is not bad; there is a chance to go further!"

"It's a pity he seems to only have two abilities!"

"Unable to compare to Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing!"

Chi Di revealed a meaningful smile and said:

"Just keep watching and you'll know!"

……

Not far away, Sun Sheng, after watching, his eyes lit up and said:

"I really want to have a fight with Lin Qi; my hands are already starting to itch!"

Li Tianxing beside him also nodded and said: "Me too!"

"Fighting him, I feel it will be a great improvement for my spear technique."

Not far away, Qin Shuang, after watching the whole battle, could not help but fall silent.

A moment later, she smiled bitterly and said:

"It seems we overestimated ourselves; Ajayi was defeated so easily!"

"If I went up to have a fight with Lin Qi, I would only lose faster!"

……

And at this time, Lin Qi, who had been teleported back, also received everyone's congratulations.

And his gaze was locked onto the panel.

【You fought a battle with opponent Ajayi, had new realizations about the "World-Destroying Spear Canon," domain power improved, spear technique improved significantly, spear technique +1%】

【You fought a battle with opponent Ajayi, had new realizations about the body technique "Nine Flashes of Thunder." Body technique improved significantly, body technique +1%】

【Spear technique: Fifth Order 43% → Fifth Order 44%】

【Body technique: Fifth Order 32% → Fifth Order 33%】

……

Lin Qi nodded secretly; he finally met a good opponent!

It allowed his martial arts skills to improve.

If they only selected 10 people and stopped, that would be too much of a pity.

It was better to let the strongest 10 people continue to compete; the collision between geniuses might be able to hone the martial arts skills of both sides.

He guessed that the higher-ups also planned it this way.

Now it seemed this step was clearly the right one.

He was now looking forward to fighting Augustus, Sun Sheng, and Li Tianxing later!

The key was Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing; after all, they had both awakened three abilities.

A full-scale head-on collision might bring even greater improvement!

"Dear audience and contestants!"

A deep voice pulled him back to reality.

One could see King Shanhe projecting himself again above the arena.

He looked around at everyone and said slowly:

"Congratulations to Augustus, Sun Sheng, Li Tianxing, Andrei, and Lin Qi for successfully advancing to the sixth round!"

"Next, we will proceed to the seventh round!"

"Because there are five contestants, one contestant will have a bye!"

"After the bye, they will compete with the two losers respectively; win two matches to advance, lose one match to be eliminated!"

Once this rule came out, everyone felt that the person with the bye was quite unlucky.

Others only needed to fight one match, but he needed to fight two.

As soon as the voice fell, King Shanhe waved his hand,

and among the five seats on the third layer of the pyramid, one seat floated up, and a name surfaced.

【Bye: Sun Sheng (Xia Guo)】

After the person with the bye appeared, the remaining four also formed a new match schedule:

【First match: Li Tianxing (Xia Guo) vs Andrei (Mao Xiong Nation)】

【Second match: Lin Qi (Xia Guo) vs Augustus (White Eagle Federation)】

【Bye: Sun Sheng (Xia Guo)!】

……

The brand-new match schedule was released, and the entire audience seats were instantly plunged into an uproar.

On the barrage, intense discussions also erupted.

"Li Tianxing vs Andrei; this match should be stable!"

"Only Lin Qi's match has quite a bit of suspense; Augustus is the number one powerhouse ranked in the Eighth Realm."

"And Lin Qi has also displayed the strength of a top-tier powerhouse; this is destined to be a match of Mars colliding with the Blue Star."

The White Eagle Federation's audience was also discussing crazily at this time:

"The Xia Guo's Lin Qi is doomed to lose; victory belongs to Augustus."

"Just two matches away, Augustus will win the final victory!"

"No matter how many geniuses the Xia Guo has, they will eventually lose at Augustus's hands."

……

At the same time, Sun Sheng in the audience seats also gritted his teeth and said unhappily:

"So unlucky; it actually fell to me to have a bye!"

Li Tianxing shook his head and said: "This is a good thing; fighting two powerful opponents might be a greater improvement for martial arts skills!"

Sun Sheng suddenly realized: "Makes sense; if I defeat both of them, wouldn't that prove I'm even more amazing?"

……

In the White Eagle Federation's audience seats

Augustus, with golden hair and blue eyes and a tall body, pressed his hands on the armrests of his seat and immediately broke into a smile:

"Didn't expect to be matched against Lin Qi so soon!"

"Just in time; first defeat Lin Qi, then defeat Li Tianxing, and even Sun Sheng!"

"The future is theirs, but I want the champion now!"

……

Lin Qi naturally also saw his opponent; the next opponent, no matter who it was, could not stop him.

He wanted to defeat everyone; when the Fire Seed Trial came, he would also challenge the strongest of the other civilization one-on-one.

If he didn't go up, others might not necessarily win.

"I announce that the sixth round officially begins!"

"Please welcome the two contestants for the first match; they are respectively Contestant Li Tianxing from the Xia Guo and Contestant Andrei from the Mao Xiong Nation……"

After King Shanhe finished announcing, he transformed into light and shadow particles and dissipated.

On the arena, two crimson pillars of light descended with a boom.

The first match of the sixth round had also officially begun!

Lin Qi looked at Li Tianxing; Li Tianxing, like himself, had only broken through to the Eighth Realm for five months.

He himself had only opened up 50-plus acupoints until now, and Li Tianxing and Sun Sheng were not as good as him.

At most, they had opened up 40-plus acupoints if they only used two abilities.

Wanting to defeat Andrei, who had opened up more than 72 acupoints, was simply a pipe dream.

So if he wanted to win, he must use three abilities.

"That is……!"

Jiang Tao beside him exclaimed!

One could see Li Tianxing on the arena wielding a great spear, wearing red battle armor, shrouded in crimson flames, and two types of patterns surfaced on his skin.

Andrei had finally broken through the attack of 16 flying knives and distanced himself from Li Tianxing, preparing for close combat!

What mental power masters feared most was being engaged in close combat!

Lin Qi had to admit that in terms of controlling flying knives, Li Tianxing was indeed amazing.

He could make Andrei exceptionally miserable.

But the power was limited and could not cause greater lethality.

Andrei was also a top-tier genius, having awakened both 【Cold Ice】 and 【Ice Crystal】 abilities.

He was also good at strength and defense, able to effectively block the damage of flying knives.

Now that he had seized the opportunity to get close, ordinary martial artists might only have the result of losing.

And Li Tianxing was naturally not an ordinary genius; he instantly erupted with his third ability.

【Crimson Flame】 【Light Ray】

These were the two abilities he had awakened; double-layered crimson flame patterns erupted on his body.

Combat power erupted fourfold, improving significantly.

Li Tianxing instantly had the ability to contend with Andrei, and coupled with the impact of the flying knives, long-range attacks, and close combat, he had no weaknesses at this time.

On the ruin-filled arena.

"Puff~"

The crimson flying knives transformed into streamers, breaking the speed of sound, whipping up air waves, and piercing straight through Andrei's head.

And at his chest, the red-hot great spear had already pierced through his chest.

Fresh blood flowed down from Andrei's mouth, and his indifferent expression also changed.

"I lost!"

After saying this, he transformed into nothingness and dissipated into the air.

【First match: Li Tianxing (Xia Guo) wins!】

Li Tianxing listened to the intelligent voice announcing the final result and looked up at the huge pyramid, his name entering the second layer.

It was only one layer away from the top of the pyramid!

He clenched his great spear, and the figures of Lin Qi and Sun Sheng surfaced in his mind.

His opponents were always only these two!

……

Xia Guo audience seats, front row, amidst thunderous laughter.

Envoy Tu Lan could not help but nod and say:

"【Mental Power Master】 【Crimson Flame】 【Light Ray】—three abilities; he is a top-tier genius!"

"Your Blue Star civilization is indeed not ordinary; although there is the reason of using bloodline evolution agents, it is also extraordinary enough!"

"In any primary civilization, they are all top-tier geniuses!"

"Among hundreds of life planets and trillions of martial artists, it is possible to give birth to one."

"In a galaxy, it is also possible to give birth to several; therefore, this kind of genius is also called a galaxy-level genius!"

"And your Blue Star actually has three; it's simply incredible!"

Other Ninth Realm martial artists broke into smiles after hearing this.

Chi Di also smiled and said: "It's just that our luck is relatively good!"

Envoy Tu Lan shook her head; she didn't think this was luck.

If she hadn't gone online to watch the battle, she wouldn't have known that the Blue Star civilization had actually given birth to two more galaxy-level geniuses.

The Blue Star civilization issue was not simple at all.

It was not at all like what the investigation report said, only having low-level civilization potential.

She planned to find someone to conduct a deeper investigation after the civilization Fire Seed Trial ended.

But these were things for later; her gaze was placed on the arena.

The second match was also about to begin at this time.

……

In the audience seats, Jiang Tao looked at the victorious Li Tianxing and could not help but sigh:

"Is this three abilities?"

"It can actually make strength improve so strongly."

Dean Liu spoke up:

"Three abilities, possessing 4 times combat power itself, and also being able to control flying knives—almost no weaknesses."

"Even an ordinary Ninth Realm martial artist is no match for him."

"They have already been able to fight across realms!"

Everyone was shocked; fighting across realms—what a familiar yet strange term.

Once upon a time, they could all do it, but now, with the improvement of their realm, wanting to be respected in the same realm was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Let alone fighting across realms!

And it was Eighth Realm fighting Ninth Realm; the Ninth Realm was already the strongest group on the Blue Star.

Each one was once a genius among geniuses, a genius who killed their way out among billions of people over decades.

As a result, they were still fought across realms by others; one could imagine how strong their talent was.

【Please Contestant Lin Qi prepare yourself!】

And at this time, Lin Qi slowly stood up and said:

"It's my turn!"

"Brother Qi, go for it!"

Jiang Tao cheered for Lin Qi as usual; in his view, no one could defeat Lin Qi anymore.

Just an Augustus.

"Boom!"

The next moment, Lin Qi transformed into a crimson pillar of light and descended onto the arena.

……

At the same time, in the White Eagle Federation's audience seats, the golden-haired Augustus also stood up.

The Federation's strongest, the War God in the front row, turned around, looked straight at him, and said in a deep voice:

"Augustus, defeat Lin Qi!"

"Don't let us down!"

Augustus clenched his fists, his domineering aura released, and he said confidently:

"Rest assured, I will win!"

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

"Boom!"

Amidst the dust, two figures walked out from their respective pillars of light!

Lin Qi, wearing black-gold battle armor and emitting murderous aura, swung his great spear with one hand.

His gaze looked at his opponent for this match.

Augustus wore a set of purple battle armor; his body was tall, reaching an astonishing two meters and one.

The weapon in his hand was a black heavy sword, and an intense sense of oppression was released from the other party.

Like a domineering thunder dragon, golden-haired and blue-eyed, his muscles were like forged steel, his shoulders were broad, and his arms were thick.

His aura was a notch stronger than Andrei's and Ajayi's!

Looking at each other, it was as if electric currents were shooting out from their eyes.

Augustus was golden-haired and blue-eyed, with three-dimensional features, like the Thunder God in Alaskan mythology.

One could see he revealed a confident smile and said:

"Xia Guo's Lin Qi, I have been looking forward to us fighting!"

"I have opened up 85 acupoints and have already reached the peak of the Eighth Realm!"

"For the Fire Seed Trial, I gave up breaking through to the Ninth Realm and worked hard to hone my martial arts skills!"

"A few days ago, I had a fight with a Federation Ninth Realm martial artist and successfully defeated him!"

"No matter what, you cannot be my opponent!"

As he spoke, it was filled with intense confidence!

After hearing this, Lin Qi also nodded secretly; Augustus was worthy of being the genius ranked fourth on the Ten Thousand Beasts Blood Pillar.

Gifted with talent, he was actually able to open up 85 acupoints; those who could open up 72 acupoints were already top-tier geniuses.

King Shanhe had only opened up 78; Augustus had a full 7 more.

What was even more amazing was that he already had a clear record of defeating a Ninth Realm martial artist!

Ninth Realm martial artists could fly in the air; being able to defeat the other party was enough to explain his strength.

Lin Qi also spoke slowly:

"Saying so much doesn't have much to do with our battle!"

"Just a Ninth Realm martial artist; everyone can do it, it's not worth showing off!"

"As for victory, you can't take it away!"

Augustus was not angry, but instead revealed a smile and said: "Then let me see your strength!"

【Countdown:... 3, 2, 1】

【The second match officially begins!】

……

The intelligent voice interrupted the two men's conversation, and the battle was also on the verge of breaking out.

"Boom!!"

In an instant, the atmosphere was so oppressive it was almost frozen.

Lin Qi's whole body erupted with golden light, the great spear in his hand trembled, the Golden Golden Gangjin condensed and integrated into the black-gold great spear,

and intense sharpness was emitted from his surroundings, as if he could tear through space; the gold domain was released.

Opposite him, Augustus raised his black heavy sword with one hand, the sword blade wrapped in the mobilized thunder Gang, crackling and popping.

His whole body's blood energy surged in his chest, double-layered silver patterns surfaced on his skin, and the thunder domain instantly expanded from him, covering the arena.

Within the domain, it was filled with high-voltage electricity; ordinary people would lose their lives the moment they were electrocuted.

"Come fight!"

Augustus took the initiative, a violent shout like a thunderclap in a clear sky!

……

(End of chapter)