Chapter 275

As the referee announced the start of the match, Ning Xing made the first move.

He didn't rush directly toward Li Fei, but quickly took seven steps in a row, leaving a residual image in place with every step.

Li Fei saw clearly that every time Ning Xing took a step, he would point his sword at the ground and strike a burst of internal energy into the ground.

After seven steps, Ning Xing stood in place and waited for a moment; seeing that Li Fei made no move, he changed direction and took seven more steps in a row.

After completing this, Ning Xing looked at Li Fei again; seeing that Li Fei still made no move, he continued to step forward.

"Is he setting up a formation?"

As Ning Xing took more and more steps, Li Fei gradually saw the clues; the opponent should be setting up a formation.

After taking forty-nine steps in a row, Ning Xing adjusted his breathing slightly, looked at Li Fei again, and then continued to step forward, expanding the range of the formation.

Watching Ning Xing, who was diligently setting up the formation, Li Fei couldn't help but feel somewhat puzzled.

Does the opponent intend to fill the entire competition field with this formation?

How big of a formation would that take? Is his internal energy enough to support it to that extent?

On the stands, Ning Tang Chuan held his forehead, his veins popping out.

He had told Ning Xing before the match to take his opponent seriously and bring out all his strength, but he hadn't expected Ning Xing to take it this seriously...

What Ning Xing was unleashing at this moment was the Daluo Sect's unique skill—Stepping on Wind and Setting Thunder.

The formation he was setting up was the Big Dipper Wind and Thunder Formation!

Internal energy would dissipate rapidly after leaving the body; only by being able to retain internal energy for a long time could one have the conditions to set up a formation.

Ning Xing's core-level extraordinary ability, "Thunder Seed," allowed him to turn internal energy into "seeds," which could not only be maintained for a long time but could also "bloom" at any time, erupting with even greater power!

Precisely because he had such an extraordinary ability, the unique skill "Big Dipper Wind and Thunder Formation" was simply tailor-made for Ning Xing; it was one of his strongest methods.

But the problem was, with Ning Xing's current cultivation, it was simply insufficient to support him in filling the entire competition field with the formation.

What if Li Fei just waited outside and didn't come?

A smarter and more slick person could use a provocation or some other method to taunt or anger Li Fei, making Li Fei enter the formation on his own initiative.

But Ning Xing was someone who would be super nervous even when talking to strangers; Ning Tang Chuan didn't count on the opponent having such high-end operations at all.

So Ning Tang Chuan was very speechless and really didn't want to admit that this was his junior brother...

On the field, after expanding the Big Dipper Wind and Thunder Formation to a certain extent, Ning Xing realized that he couldn't continue setting up the formation, otherwise the remaining internal energy and mental power would not be enough to support him in perfectly controlling this grand formation.

He stopped and looked at Li Fei in the distance, touching his head.

Is he still not coming over?

Seeing Ning Xing stop setting up the formation, Li Fei also didn't quite understand.

After seeing Ning Xing's puzzled expression, he had a guess in his heart:

He wouldn't be expecting me to rush into the formation on my own initiative, would he?

Next, the two just looked at each other like this for seven or eight seconds.

"Alright, he really is thinking like that."

Li Fei confirmed his guess and couldn't help but be amused.

He smiled and walked forward.

"Finally coming!"

Ning Xing's eyes lit up, and he braced himself, preparing to meet the enemy.

On the stands, Ning Tang Chuan, seeing this scene, had his expression soften slightly, and his perception of Li Fei improved a lot.

Li Fei's speed of movement was getting faster and faster, and the number of people was also increasing.

He directly unleashed "Ghost Shadow."

Soon, six "Li Feis" appeared on the field, three of which rushed directly into the formation.

Ning Xing had a solemn expression and pointed his sword.

Boom!

The ground exploded, with even greater power than Yuwen Yuwen Donghao's Deep Rock Force from before.

Two "Li Feis" were instantly "smashed to pieces," while the remaining one rushed quickly toward Ning Xing.

Ning Xing stabbed out with his sword.

The Big Dipper Wind and Thunder Formation could not only detonate the buried "Thunder Seeds," but within the range of the formation, Ning Xing could also receive "blessings," making his speed faster and his internal energy stronger!

A sword energy slashed the rushing "Li Fei" to pieces, and then three more "Li Feis" rushed into the formation.

This time, Ning Xing no longer detonated the "Thunder Seeds" but instead killed his way over holding his sword directly.

His movement pulled out a series of residual images, and his sword strikes carried the sound of wind and thunder!

Seeing this scene, Li Fei had a moment of trance.

The Dao Foundation Ning Xing practiced was 【Heavenly Wind, Thunder, and Fire】, which required incorporating two types of mutated-attribute implants: one wind-attribute and one thunder-attribute.

He had already incorporated these two types of mutated-attribute implants and mastered wind-thunder internal energy.

This reminded Li Fei of Shangguan Xiao.

Shangguan Xiao also practiced wind-thunder internal energy.

Back when Li Fei was still in the Qi Transformation stage, the opponent would practice with him every night, patiently guiding him in various techniques, making him very familiar with wind-thunder internal energy and mastering many methods to deal with it.

Now, things had changed.

Taking advantage of Li Fei's distraction, Ning Xing had already easily resolved the three shadow clones that had rushed into the formation.

Because his movement speed was extremely fast and he was using internal energy to attack from a distance, the fiendish energy after the shadow clones exploded didn't stain his body.

Li Fei came back to his senses and continued to unleash "Ghost Shadow."

This time, a total of six shadow clones rushed into the formation; these six shadow clones didn't rush toward Ning Xing but instead rushed to different positions, then one after another "burrowed" into the ground, and finally exploded with a bang.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

As these six shadow clones exploded one after another, the six "Thunder Seeds" buried underground were also detonated.

Ning Xing's expression changed; he hadn't expected Li Fei to be able to find the positions of the "Thunder Seeds" so accurately.

After the "Thunder Seeds" were buried, their positions could be changed, so even if Li Fei had memorized all the "points" of his formation just now, it would be useless.

Moreover, the "Thunder Seed" internal energy was restrained; unless one was very close, it was very difficult to perceive.

Li Fei's real body was clearly outside the formation; how was he able to perceive it?

Just as Ning Xing was puzzled, Li Fei controlled six more shadow clones to rush into the formation.

Ning Xing hurriedly attacked on his own initiative, but the six shadow clones scattered, and he couldn't wipe them all out for a time.

Boom, boom, boom—

The next second, five "Thunder Seeds" were detonated by five shadow clones.

Ning Xing was helpless and could only continue to change the positions of the "Thunder Seeds," burying the "Thunder Seeds" deeper.

Then six more shadow clones entered the formation.

This time, the shadow clones searched for a while inside the grand formation, were caught up by Ning Xing and three were wiped out, but the remaining three shadow clones still successfully detonated three "Thunder Seeds."

"His clones also possess perception ability?"

On the stands, Ning Tang Chuan had already seen the clues.

Multiple extraordinary abilities can cooperate with each other; this depends on the martial artist's own means.

For example, Wang Wang Fengqing in the previous match perfectly combined "Peak Ascent" and "Tyrant Body," and finally integrated "Jade Shatter" into this system, which was how she landed a blow capable of threatening Gan Gan Jingcheng, who was at the 7th rank.

At this moment, Li Fei was perfectly combining the "Danger Perception" of 【Steel Armor】 and the "Ghost Shadow" of 【Ghost Foot】, truly turning every shadow clone into his own clone!

These clones also possessed abilities similar to "Mind's Eye," which could replace Li Fei in perceiving the situation outside.

This gave Li Fei's clones a great deal of operational space!

"In this way, Junior Brother's grand formation is exactly countered."

Ning Tang Chuan frowned slightly.

On the field, as the "Thunder Seeds" were detonated one after another, Ning Xing also realized that his grand formation was probably not going to be saved.

So he steeled his heart and triggered all the "Thunder Seeds" at the same time!

The next second, thunder balls flashing with electric light broke through the ground, pulling on each other and connecting together.

Finally, all the lightning concentrated toward the long sword in Ning Xing's hand.

He held the long sword high, pulling the dazzling lightning light and charging toward Li Fei!

Whoosh—

The air was torn apart, and the roar of thunder came to his ears; Li Fei felt as if he were in a dark night filled with thunder and lightning, with silver snakes dancing wildly between heaven and earth and a howling gale!

Dao Force—【Wind-Thunder Pull】!

With the help of the Big Dipper Wind and Thunder Formation, Ning Xing could also unleash Dao Force!

Li Fei perceived the danger before Ning Xing stabbed out with his sword and first visualized the "Red Sound Fire Jin Gang" in his body to resist the mental impact caused by the opponent's Dao Force.

Then his body swayed, and three Li Feis instantly appeared in place.

This left Ning Xing, who was charging over with his sword, dumbfounded; for a time, he couldn't distinguish the true from the false and could only choose to detonate the power concentrated on his sword in advance.

On the stands, Ning Tang Chuan shook his head slightly.

Ning Xing's realm was insufficient, and using Dao Force was already somewhat strained and not free enough, so such a killer move should be used when a suitable opportunity arose. Using it directly like this gave Li Fei room to operate.

Li Fei's mental state wasn't affected by the Dao Force, so he only needed to use his clones to deal with Ning Xing's killer move.

Boom—

The internal energy of 【Wind-Thunder Pull】 exploded, enveloping the three "Li Feis," two of which were instantly torn to pieces, while the last one expanded in size and simultaneously activated Jin Gang Force for protection.

The Dao Force was detonated in advance, so the power wasn't concentrated enough, and Li Fei wasn't really injured.

He immediately unleashed Jin Gang Seal: Dragon Elephant and slashed at Ning Xing with his blade.

Ning Xing didn't take Li Fei's blade head-on and moved his body backward violently.

Normally, the speed at which any martial artist retreats is definitely not as fast as the speed at which they charge forward, but Ning Xing's retreat speed was no slower than his charge speed!

This was his other core-level extraordinary ability—Wind Body.

It allowed him to advance and retreat freely, turning and changing as he wished, maintaining the fastest speed regardless of how he moved.

This ability gave him the most agile movement technique; such a movement technique, combined with the Big Dipper Wind and Thunder Formation, could make it so that his opponent couldn't even touch the corner of his clothes and would always be suppressed!

It was a pity that the Big Dipper Wind and Thunder Formation was countered by Li Fei's clones...

Ning Xing had just retreated into the formation when the six clones followed one after another.

Helpless, he could only change direction again using "Wind Body" and swing his sword to slash at these clones.

The grand formation was useless, and the Dao Force was useless; this left Ning Xing, who didn't have much combat experience, not knowing what to do for a time.

"Fight a war of attrition with him? His consumption for unleashing clones shouldn't be small either."

Ning Xing thought of a tactic.

At this time, he had already slashed and wiped out one clone and was casually slashing at the next clone.

As a result, this clone blocked his sword energy with protective internal energy.

Then, before Ning Xing could react, the speed of this "clone" suddenly surged, and it instantly rushed in front of Ning Xing, slashing with its blade.

Ning Xing could only hurriedly block horizontally with his sword and was then shaken by the violent force to the point where he almost couldn't hold the sword in his hand!

Having just finished using Dao Force once, Ning Xing was at the point where his "old energy was exhausted and new energy hadn't yet been born," which was relatively the most "weak" state.

The blade edge forced his long sword aside, tore through his protective internal energy, and finally stopped at his neck.

"Ah?"

Ning Xing stood blankly in place, only reacting at this moment.

The one who entered the formation wasn't a clone, but Li Fei's real body!

Li Fei had left one clone outside the formation to pretend to be his real body.

"Cognitive inertia..."

Ning Xing thought of the battle between Li Fei and Yuwen Yuwen Donghao in the previous match, a core element his senior brother had analyzed for him.

At that time, Li Fei had deliberately created cognitive inertia for Yuwen Yuwen Donghao, ultimately making Yuwen Yuwen Donghao fall for it.

This time, Li Fei had used the same method again!

"You are so amazing; I lost."

Ning Xing looked at Li Fei and said with a face full of admiration.

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(End of chapter)