Chapter 697: Unexpected

Ye Liuyun naturally also understood his situation.

But he felt that even if his True Essence were exhausted, he could not miss this opportunity to improve himself.

At worst, for the next two matches he would just smash with his divine artifact; losing face is fine as long as he wins.

Under this tremendous pressure, he instead focused more, beginning to concentrate on comprehending.

If it were him himself wandering Heaven and Earth, sensing Heaven and Earth Power, that would require him to feel it bit by bit.

But now, it's as if someone were giving him a live demonstration, making comprehension quicker.

At the moment the opponent struck each time, his Soul clearly perceived how Heaven and Earth Power was gathered, how it merged into True Essence, and how it was released.

So he learned very quickly; each time he countered, his Heaven and Earth Power increased.

Spectators at the Heavenly Gang Realm could hardly sense this power, but Martial Cultivators of the Yin-Yang Realm clearly felt Ye Liuyun's Heaven and Earth Power, which grew stronger with each counterstrike.

Even those with strong Souls knew that Ye Liuyun was projecting his Soul outward, learning by borrowing the opponent's demonstration.

"This kid is learning way too fast!"

"No wonder this kid is so strong. With this cultivation talent, it would be strange if he weren't strong!"

Many people began to sigh at Ye Liuyun's rate of progress.

Ye Liuyun's opponent also grew increasingly alarmed; he was the one who could most clearly sense that Ye Liuyun's Heaven and Earth Power was continually strengthening.

But he had no better way against Ye Liuyun; this was the only thing he could bring to bear.

If he switched to another attack, he would immediately be at a disadvantage.

So he could only strive to strengthen his own attack.

And the harder he pressed, the faster Ye Liuyun learned.

"Tsk tsk, this talent is truly a cultivation genius!"

Tuoba Qi had previously seen Ye Liuyun studying Quxue Feng's blood circulation method and thought him a genius.

Now this more direct impression left him astonished beyond measure.

Soon Ye Liuyun went from defending at a disadvantage to being able to match his opponent, and then gradually surpassed him.

"I concede!"

Ye Liuyun's opponent could no longer bear it; continuing the fight might see him unable to stay on stage. Better to just concede.

The other few who were preparing immediately shot him looks of contempt.

They also hoped he could consume more of Ye Liuyun's True Essence!

Even though Ye Liuyun had the advantage, he could actually hold on a bit longer, draining Ye Liuyun a little more.

As it turned out, this guy was so afraid of death that as soon as he showed a hint of disadvantage, he directly conceded.

"How can this be blamed on me! My True Essence is almost used up!" that Martial Cultivator sent a mental message to the others.

His True Essence had already been depleted by two-thirds. Logically, with his higher rank and greater True Essence, Ye Liuyun should have been the one to run out first.

But seeing Ye Liuyun grow fiercer the more they fought, he felt a twinge of guilt.

He dared not exhaust his own True Essence completely, fearing a counterkill from Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun also stopped immediately, secretly letting out a breath of relief in his heart.

His True Essence had already been halved; the True Essence inside one primordial core was already empty.

If they continued, he might win, but his True Essence would also be nearly exhausted.

After stepping down, Ye Liuyun immediately took out a large pile of Spirit Stones and began to restore his True Essence.

The other Martial Cultivators who saw this also felt secret delight.

They also thought Ye Liuyun was almost drained; in the next battle they would have greater confidence.

Yan Yong saw this and couldn't help but smile.

Ye Liuyun still had one match before him; when he entered the fight, perhaps he wouldn't even need to move that pearl of the hidden realm out of his primordial core to defeat Ye Liuyun.

That way, his cheating would not be discovered, and he would be safer.

"You little bastard, you're dead today!" he thought darkly to himself.

An hour quickly passed; everyone could clearly see that Ye Liuyun's Spirit Stones had absorbed only half.

Everyone could see that his True Essence was deficient.

Therefore the other two Martial Cultivators actually scrambled to go out and fight.

The chance for the final match was surely for Yan Yong; if they didn't go out now, they would have no opportunity.

Taking advantage of Ye Liuyun's weakness, they would beat the dog in the water; how could they possibly pass up this chance?

On the stands, Wu Qingcheng and the others understood Ye Liuyun relatively well.

Knowing he still had an unused divine artifact, they were not especially worried.

In their hearts they now believed Ye Liuyun's fifty consecutive wins should be no problem.

Even if his primordial core held no True Essence, simply smashing with his divine artifact could still yield fifty straight wins.

Ye Liuyun at this moment was also quite relaxed, appearing as if victory were in his grasp, calmly watching the two Martial Cultivators vie to go out.

He understood both of them; whoever went out would be the same.

Originally dealing with these two would have been somewhat taxing for him.

But now his Heaven and Earth Power had increased; facing them again would require far less True Essence than he had originally anticipated.

In the end, a rogue cultivator nicknamed Hawk won the right to face Ye Liuyun.

He earned the nickname Hawk because in every battle he could find the opponent's weakness and launch a swift, fierce, precise strike at that weak point.

Moreover, his realm had already reached the late stage of Yin Yang Five Layers, so his pressure on Ye Liuyun was naturally not small.

"Kid! You're the closest anyone's been in years to fifty straight wins! But too bad you met me, Hawk—you're destined not to pass!" Hawk said somewhat proudly.

Actually he really couldn't see any deadly weakness in Ye Liuyun; aside from his lower realm, there was nothing he could exploit for advantage.

But Ye Liuyun has already fought forty-eight matches in a row; not only will his body and mind be fatigued, but his True Essence is insufficient. This is Ye Liuyun's weakness.

So he plans to start from this angle, to completely drain Ye Liuyun.

Although he himself cannot reach forty-nine matches, but being able to kill someone with a forty-nine-match winning streak is also enough to make him famous.

Ye Liuyun didn't speak, merely smiling as he watched him, waiting for him to make a move.

"What kind of look is that?" Ye Liuyun felt a bit creeped out by his stare.

He felt that Ye Liuyun's smile had a somewhat ill-intentioned tone.

But he couldn't figure out where Ye Liuyun got his confidence.

Ye Liuyun curled his lips and directly spat out two words: "Idiot!"

"You... good! You still dare to scold me, then I won't hold back—I'll let you die here!"

Saying that, Hawk assumed a stance, about to strike.

To everyone's surprise, Ye Liuyun directly flung the Mourning Bell out, smashing it toward Hawk.

"Divine artifact!"

Hawk was startled, and in a panic threw out a respected-rank treasure to block.

With a "dong" sound of the bell, it shook him into a daze.

But his respected-rank treasure was shattered on the spot.

At the same time, Ye Liuyun's Yi Dao had already struck, directly chopping into his body, carrying Heaven and Earth Power, Blood Thunder, and Golden Crow Holy Fire, piercing straight through his back and chopping out.