Chapter 646: Why We Fight

With the start of the decisive battle, whether it was the ten great academies, the thirty-six upper schools, the seventy-two lower schools, or the countless colleges and high schools… at this moment, some were watching the livestream, some were waiting for the news, some were checking updates—all were using various means to follow the beginning of this fight.

On the floating continent, advertisements that blotted out the sky and covered the sun had filled every inch of space.

From the vast blue sky down to every blade of grass, every tree, every bamboo stalk, and every stone on the battlefield, they were all plastered with dense layers of ads.

And when Zhang Yu and Kuang Tianqing arrived on the battlefield, the livestream’s popularity completely exploded. Countless streams of spiritual world information converged above the battlefield, actually forming visible divine power fluctuations that swept across the entire scene time and again.

Kuang Tianqing: “Zhang Yu, let’s fight. This world has been waiting far too long for this battle.”

Zhang Yu: “Far too long indeed. Then let’s finish it quickly.”

Zhang Yu and Kuang Tianqing’s gazes briefly clashed. The next moment… no more setup, no superfluous dialogue, not even any probing.

At the very first instant of battle, both sides went all out, wanting only to use the fastest speed and the strongest power to thoroughly blast their opponent to death.

Only because they shared the same confidence—believing themselves to be stronger than their foe.

When Zhang Yu held that spiral longsword formed from Bai Zhenzhen’s corpse, he felt as if he and the sword had become one.

The Feather Spirit Root inside the sword blade echoed distantly with the True Spirit Root inside Zhang Yu’s body. In pulse after pulse, they interconnected spiritual energy and dharma power, constantly stimulating each other, adapting to each other, and… strengthening each other!!

At the same time, Bai Zhenzhen’s phantom seemed to appear behind him, gently embracing him, and said: “Yu, let’s defeat him together.”

Pure white Absolute Emotion Sword Qi burst out from his body, spreading from the sword blade to Zhang Yu’s form, bringing wave after wave of breathtaking pressure.

But relying on his dual spirit roots within, on his body tempered through thousands of refinements, on the enhancement of the Earth-Wood Sacred Body… Zhang Yu forcibly endured the backlash of the Absolute Emotion Sword Qi, maintaining a balance between self-healing and self-destruction in his body.

This meant that Zhang Yu, while wielding the sword, could sustain the power of this Absolute Emotion Sword Dao longer than Bai Zhenzhen, and drive this devastating force more madly in battle.

“Kuang! Tian! Qing!”

With a furious shout, a light of Golden Core shattering rose within Zhang Yu’s body. The whole man rolled up a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering sword aura and fiercely charged at Kuang Tianqing.

Wah!

With a mournful cry, accompanied by the radiance of a shattered Golden Core, a mass of constantly twitching flesh was spat out by Kuang Tianqing.

At the same time, various artifact spirits inside Kuang Tianqing’s body operated on their own, and his whole body’s dharma skeleton had reached 120% power output, causing the entire man to seem to turn into a blurry shadow, as if he had detached from this world.

“Four-school elites, come forth for me!”

The power of the top students from the Four Demon Schools surged up from within Kuang Tianqing, and driven by the force of his shattered Golden Core, it was all poured into the demon fetus.

The demon fetus continuously disintegrated and regenerated; the forces of life and death tangled back and forth, turning into a cycle of life and death, and after nine cycles and nine explosions, it blasted toward Zhang Yu.

“Zhang! Yu! You will lose to me!”

At the very start of the battle, both sides unleashed their ultimate moves.

Speed that looked down on all at the same cultivation level, power that looked down on all at the same cultivation level.

Equally heaven-shaking techniques were displayed; equally overwhelming destructive force was unleashed—yet neither could blast the other to death.

Only because at this moment, both opponents were equally strong, equally terrifying, equally without flaws, equally invincible at Foundation Establishment.

So both sides could only continue to push their power, to squeeze their bodies, to force out every bit of their potential.

Dan Fall Great Method activated! Demon Illusion Body! Demon Void! Netherworld Dissolution! Profound Abyss Return to Void Art! Ten Thousand Bone Marrow Curse! Heaven-Earth Yin-Yang Great Joy Ode! Curse Heaven Ten Thousand Demon Throne! Eight God Ultimate Arts! Four-school top students!

Yu-Zhen Dual Spirit Roots! Heaven Kunlun Mountain-Shifting Divine Power! Heaven-Earth Destruction Formless Mind Soldiers! Heaven Sun August Spirit! Tai Hao Sacred Law Sword Formation! Jade Water Gold Crystal Armor! Demon Saint Myriad Transformations Scripture! Seven Ultimate Dharma Skeleton! Heaven Fall Shattered Golden Core Sutra! Immortal Path Sun! Absolute Emotion Sword Dao!

In the blink of an eye, a hundred bouts of fierce combat had passed. The entire battlefield was shattered, mountains collapsed and the ground split. For dozens of li around, the land seemed ravaged by continuous natural disasters, now nothing but scorched earth—and this was merely the effect of the aftermath of their battle.

So what about Zhang Yu and Kuang Tianqing, the main targets of the attack?

Still undefeated!

Still invincible!

Even as they successively unleashed powerful moves, even as scorching heat waves that burned all things pierced through their bodies, even as heaven-destroying sword qi tore at their flesh and blood… still it was not enough.

Both standing at the apex of their realm, both having compensated for all their weaknesses, the two simply could not defeat each other, could not thoroughly suppress the opponent who stood in the way of their ambition and their path to immortality.

Watching this scene, Wen Wuyuan was stunned: “Strength, speed, defense, destruction, physique, techniques, potential… every aspect is unprecedented, every aspect stacked to an incomparably luxurious level. Is this really a level achievable at Foundation Establishment?”

Jiu Tianliu’s eyes continuously flashed with rows of data: “How many spirit coins would it cost to reach their level at the Foundation Establishment stage?”

The answer was incalculable, because both of their bodies contained mysteries that Jiu Tianliu could not know—representing an absolute information gap between them and him, an information gap that even he, the strongest finance student of the ten academies, could not breach.

Ye Xingli had no more mind to watch the barrage or look at her fans' reactions. At this moment, her eyes were fixed tightly on the live broadcast screen, her heart churning like rivers and seas: "Throughout the ages, perhaps it would be hard to find such a formidable university student again."

Facing an opponent who is equally invincible, equally unbeatable as oneself, how can one win?

"Zhang Yu…"

Kuang Tianqing let out a long laugh, his body turning into a phantom as it passed through Zhang Yu's body, shouting: "You really surprise me."

"Who could have thought that a nobody, who originally could only be repeatedly humiliated by me in public and was unable to fight back, could now stand before me and be evenly matched with me?!"

Bai Zhenzhen whispered: "It's a verbal attack. Be careful, Yu. She's trying to disturb your mental state and drag down your performance."

Bai Zhenzhen understood very clearly that any change in mental state, any fluctuation in fighting spirit or determination, would bring subtle changes in the exertion of power.

And when combat strength reaches the level of Zhang Yu and Kuang Tianqing, any slight change, when manifesting in the material world, would create a huge gap, affecting the fight and deciding victory or defeat.

"I understand, but we're not afraid of verbal attacks."

Zhang Yu once again slashed out with the spiral sword in his hand. A pure white sword qi tore through heaven and earth, directly splitting Kuang Tianqing's figure in two, then he saw the opponent's figure merge back into one.

"Kuang Tianqing." Zhang Yu sneered: "Have you forgotten? It was you who ran when facing me. You fled twice in a row. This time, you finally aren't running?"

Kuang Tianqing said calmly: "Running is to preserve the potential of the immortal path, to win the championship."