Chapter 497: It is also a Mayfly Shaking a Big Tree, Heaven and Earth Slash the Past
The morning of July 8th, in the forty-ninth year of Hongguang.
7:47 AM.
A blue cloud flew over the Martial Arts University in Feng Province.
"Shi Caiming, come out and die—"
Xu Jing's voice was like a tide from far to near, echoing through half of Datong Fucheng!
He stepped on the blue cloud, looking down at the Martial Arts University below.
Back then, for Li Fei's matter, Shi Caiming killed his way to the provincial capital alone, called him out in front of everyone, and defeated him.
This matter made him lose face.
Now he can finally pay it back!
The sudden change made the teachers and students in the Martial Arts University feel surprised, not understanding who dared to be so disrespectful to Principal Shi?
At the same time, Governor Bian Jingru, who was in the government building, also heard Xu Jing's voice.
He also received Li Fei's reminder the day before yesterday, so he immediately reacted to what was going on.
Decisively, he ordered the two hundred Imperial Camp troops in the city to rush to the Martial Arts University for support in the capacity of the Garrison Commander!
"Zhige General Academy! Zhengfa General Academy! City Guard! Concentrate all elites, all go to support Principal Shi!"
Governor Bian Jingru issued orders one after another.
"But sir, in this way, your safety..."
The secretary beside him couldn't help but remind.
"Now my safety is not important! As long as Principal Shi is fine, my Datong Prefecture can be fine!"
Governor Bian Jingru's thinking was very clear.
Ordinary soldiers and mid-level experts are certainly very important in a war, but what truly determines the direction of a war is often the outcome between top combat powers.
Although Governor Bian Jingru didn't understand martial arts, he had read many military books. Even if it was armchair strategy, he was clearer than many civil officials about what the contemporary war model was like:
"All tactical thinking should be centered on top combat power to make decisions!"
This sentence comes from the book of a Prince of the Western Continent who won over a hundred battles.
After experiencing that war of aggression back then, the Great Lan Dynasty had a deep understanding of the "Snowball Tactics" of the Western Continent.
In the past cold weapon era, ordinary soldiers could only constantly consume the power of martial artists with human lives, and the role they could play was limited. And it required true elites to be brave and not afraid of death to constantly fill in with their lives without the morale collapsing.
Such elite soldiers were also difficult to cultivate, and the cost was great.
But with the heat weapons brought by the Western Continent, enough ordinary soldiers equipped with firearms could even threaten Dao Foundation martial artists with a single volley!
Using ordinary soldiers to influence the duel of mid-level experts, and then allowing their own mid-level experts to free up their hands to participate in the duel of top powerhouses, letting everyone become a chip that influences the final victory, this is the "Snowball Tactics" of the Western Continent.
Governor Bian Jingru knew that ordinary martial artists, even Dao Foundation experts, were completely not enough to look at when facing a Grandmaster.
But as long as these people could make the Grandmaster slightly distracted, wasting a bit more strength, it might be able to play a certain role.
Grandmasters are also people, and they will also be tired and injured!
And enough Dao Foundation martial artists could at least entangle the opponent's Martial Arts Grandmasters, thereby allowing their own Martial Arts Grandmasters and the soldiers of the Imperial Camp to make a move to fight together with Shi Caiming!
Martial Arts Grandmasters facing Grandmasters alone, supernatural powers will be completely suppressed and cannot be used.
But if the Martial Arts Domains of two Grandmasters offset each other, at this time, the power of Martial Arts Grandmasters has weight and can help!
With Governor Bian Jingru's order, the powerful martial forces in Datong Fucheng rushed to the Martial Arts University one after another.
Exotic beast breeding area of the Martial Arts University, on the small mountain.
Shi Caiming walked out of the courtyard where he lived with a calm expression, looking up at the blue cloud in the distance.
"Defeated general, why are you barking?"
While speaking, he took a step and leaped, his figure falling into a jungle like a meteor.
The opponent last time was only Xu Jing alone, and it was fine to fight in the air with the other party who possessed flight supernatural power.
But this time, a strong enemy had clearly come, so he naturally wouldn't continue to choose air combat.
Fighting on the ground, the reinforcements arriving would also be convenient to join the battlefield.
There are tombstones of Hao Yi and Shangguan Xiao on the small mountain, so Shi Caiming chose to stay away from the small mountain and came to an unmanned exotic beast breeding area.
Soon, the blue cloud in the distance flew over Shi Caiming.
A figure fell from the sky and landed not far from Shi Caiming.
There were many trees and bushes between the two, and they couldn't see each other.
But Shi Caiming had already sensed the powerful sword intent on the person who came!
"Old man Bo Chen, come to take your life."
Bo Chen's voice was like a sharp sword, passing through a distance of more than a hundred meters and stabbing into Shi Caiming's ears.
Shi Caiming frowned slightly:
"Bo Chen, Master of the Hook-Deep Sword?"
Swish—
A piercing sound of breaking air sounded, and a sword energy instantly swept across a distance of more than a hundred meters.
A white rainbow on land!
All the trees along the way were destroyed, and the sword energy cut out thousands of green marks in the forest.
Shi Caiming's expression was calm, without seeing any movement from him, the ancient trees nearby were broken, the leaves under his feet surged like waves, turning into arrows and exploding in all directions!
Boom—
The blue rainbow collided with an invisible diamond wall, and the explosion echoed throughout the Martial Arts University.
Between Shi Caiming and Bo Chen, dust exploded and shattered, like a ground dragon arching its back, forming a trench more than a hundred meters long and more than ten meters wide!
The white sword gang that encountered the barrier suddenly dispersed and took shape:
White cranes, white elephants, white dragons...
It was as if a fairy in the sky had opened the heavenly palace and released all the fairy birds and divine beasts in it!
The sword energy took shape in an instant, and it also drew the blessing of hundreds of different heaven and earth vitality.
Such sword technique is miraculous!
Shi Caiming still stood in place without dodging, just stomped his foot lightly.
Boom boom boom boom—
In the jungle, the ground cow turned over, the world turned upside down, and sword energy broke through the mud and hit those white cranes, white elephants, white dragons...
The various visions condensed by sword energy were shattered one after another, dust filled the sky, broken wood flew, blocking the line of sight.
But every one of these visions was full of spirituality, knowing how to dismantle moves, and several white dragons still dodged the sword energy rising from the ground and rushed to Shi Caiming.
A fierce strength surged out of his body, swallowing these white dragons and burning them into ashes.
The two sides' first round of fighting was just a probe, but in the contest of sword techniques, it was Shi Caiming who fell into a disadvantage.
Not far away, Bo Chen's withered eyes lit up slightly:
"You are indeed qualified to let me ask for a sword."
The reason why he let Xu Jing not intervene in this battle was not because he was arrogant, but because Shi Caiming was also a swordsman, and a powerful swordsman!
A rare opportunity to ask for a sword, Bo Chen was unwilling to miss it.
As his voice fell, the long sword on his back made a groan and came out of its sheath by itself, falling into his palm.
The Master of the Hook-Deep Sword held his own sword.
Shi Caiming changed his usual casualness, his expression solemn.
The small mountain in the distance suddenly vibrated violently, the land on the top of the mountain cracked, and a red sword light soared into the sky, like a volcanic eruption, bringing up the monstrous flames!
The sky nearby was suddenly burned red, and a large amount of fire-attribute heaven and earth vitality gathered here.
In the air, Xu Jing, who stepped on the blue cloud, frowned slightly.
When Shi Caiming fought him last time, he didn't use his own long sword.
Seeing the other party's long sword "out of the sheath" at this moment, he realized that he had underestimated the strength of this Martial Arts University principal!
Hum—
A fire dragon descended from the sky and fell into Shi Caiming's hand, turning into raging flames, and the sword body could not be seen clearly at all.
The fierce and abundant sword intent filled the world, turning this exotic beast breeding area into a furnace!
"It is said that after your breakthrough failed back then, your life source was damaged, and you could only guard the lonely mountain and linger on your last breath."
Bo Chen looked at the long sword burning in Shi Caiming's hand, showing excitement.
He had already sensed that many people were rushing here quickly, all experts in the Martial Arts University, including Qin Zhen, a Martial Arts Grandmaster.
But he didn't care at all, looking at Shi Caiming, and said:
"Unexpectedly, you can still find another way and make a breakthrough in sword technique. Raising intent for twenty years, I hope your sword will not disappoint me!"
Shi Caiming was already a Martial Arts Grandmaster of four supernatural powers more than thirty years ago, famous in Feng Province.
He had a clear judgment of himself and did not continue to refine supernatural powers, pursuing higher combat power, but decisively broke through the realm and became a Grandmaster.
A Grandmaster of three supernatural powers is difficult to break through to the Divine Derivation Realm, but the opportunity for four supernatural powers is greater.
It's a pity that Shi Caiming still had problems when breaking through the realm, not only failing to break through the realm but also hurting his life source.
This is why he is a Grandmaster, but looks so old.
Shi Caiming's problem is different from other martial artists hurting their implants. He hurt his own life source, leading to being unable to continue to break through the realm, so the "Five Phases Reversing Wheel Method" modified by Hao Yi is useless to him.
Unless he also has a Ten Thousand Blood Pearl that can continuously enhance life force, or takes some kind of heaven and earth treasure that can change his life against the sky, otherwise this problem is unsolvable.
For the past twenty years, he has spent most of his time guarding this small mountain in the Martial Arts University. Outsiders thought he was seriously injured and could only linger on his last breath.
But at this moment, Bo Chen broke the truth in one word:
Shi Caiming has been "raising sword intent" for twenty years.
In martial arts, he has no hope of breaking through, but in sword technique, he still has!
Shi Caiming did not respond to Bo Chen, just took a step and took the initiative to attack with his sword.
The distance of a hundred meters passed in a flash, and the sound of breaking air had not yet had time to pass, and Shi Caiming's long sword had arrived.
Burning with raging flames, carrying a terrifying high-temperature sword blade from top to bottom, a simple downward slash.
Bo Chen also lifted his arm and swung his sword lightly, holding the sword horizontally in front of his body.
Two Grandmasters of sword technique made moves that didn't seem to have any complex changes and profound techniques, just the simplest horizontal and vertical.
The moment the two swords collided, two majestic forces bloomed from the two people almost at the same time.
Martial Arts Domain!
In the jungle below, half is a sea of fire, half is a sea of white clouds, and a radius of a thousand meters is shrouded in it.
Subsequently, the sea of fire and the sea of clouds blended together, mixed with red and white.
Xu Jing looked down, fixed his eyes, and saw that the two people in the center of the battlefield continued to maintain the action of swinging the sword downward and holding the sword upward, but their figures were somewhat illusory.
In the eyes of others, the two seemed to have not moved, but in Xu Jing's eyes, the two were fighting at an extremely fast speed!
It was just because the speed was too fast, already exceeding the limit of many people's vision.
Columns of fire soared into the sky, pieces of sea of clouds evolved into various forms of palaces, and were soon burned to ashes by the flames.
The earth shook again and again, and one big pit after another appeared on the ground.
"Creation Sword Technique!"
Xu Jing felt awe in his heart, and his face was a bit gloomy.
Bo Chen was using one of the twelve creation sword techniques of the Hook-Deep Sword Sect, "Heavenly Palace."
This Master of the Hook-Deep Sword had already practiced this sword technique to the realm of creation, and integrated two supernatural powers into it, exerting extremely powerful power!
And Shi Caiming could resist with sword technique, indicating that his sword technique cultivation had also reached the realm of creation!
The Dao strength of the Emperor Xuanjing level is equivalent to more than half a supernatural power. If a Martial Arts Grandmaster of two supernatural powers practices Emperor Xuanjing-level Dao strength, he has a certain chance of defeating a Martial Arts Grandmaster of three supernatural powers.
And the Dao strength of the creation level is not a supernatural power, but better than a supernatural power!
After martial artists become Grandmasters, the number of supernatural powers that make up the Martial Arts Domain is difficult to increase. Even if they can devour other people's supernatural powers like Xu Jing, it will lead to an unstable foundation and is ultimately not a grand avenue.
But if a Grandmaster can practice creation-level Dao strength, it is equivalent to mastering an extra supernatural power!
And Grandmasters fight, their Martial Arts Domains offset each other, causing their own supernatural powers to be affected, and the power will be greatly weakened.
But the creation-level Dao strength will not have this problem, and the power will almost not be affected!
Now Shi Caiming and Bo Chen are both fighting fiercely with creation sword techniques as the main and supernatural powers as the auxiliary.
Shi Caiming stabbed forward with a sword, Bo Chen flicked his wrist, held the sword horizontally in front of his body, and his left palm resisted the sword body.
Bang!!!
The flames exploded, the piercing roar sounded, and the long sword in Bo Chen's hand trembled violently.
Shi Caiming maintained the posture of stabbing the sword, continued to step forward, and Bo Chen was pushed back for dozens of meters.
Bo Chen, whose feet had left the ground, used his left hand pressing the sword body to stroke, calm and composed, a large amount of cloud energy gathered, turning into a fairy palace to suppress Shi Caiming.
The next second, the fairy palace was shattered, and Shi Caiming continued to stab forward with his sword!
But another fairy palace was generated out of thin air, shrouding him in it.
Flames surged, the fairy palace shattered, and then the third, the fourth...
The visions of each fairy palace were completely different, and the sword intent, sword momentum, and sword energy were also completely different.
"Heavenly Palace," can draw out thirty-three fairy palaces in total, representing the thirty-three heavens of the fairy realm!
As the number of times the fairy palace appeared increased, the distance Bo Chen retreated after each of Shi Caiming's swords was delivered became shorter and shorter.
Until the thirtieth fairy palace descended, after Shi Caiming shattered the fairy palace with one sword, Bo Chen finally stood still and did not retreat half a step!
With his short hair standing up, Bo Chen looked at Shi Caiming, his eyes a bit disappointed.
He never liked to suppress people with force when fighting others, but pursued convincing people with swords.
He is a Grandmaster of the Divine Derivation Realm, but he did not use higher-level means to deal with Shi Caiming, but deliberately suppressed his realm to the Peak Realm.
Just seeking to break the opponent's sword technique with a sword, so that he would be worthy of this sword-asking battle!
But fighting until now, Shi Caiming seemed to be unable to break his first creation sword technique.
Shi Caiming noticed Bo Chen's emotional change, and he delivered a sword again with no expression, looking not much different from the previous thirty swords.
But Bo Chen, who wanted to block this blow with the thirty-first fairy palace, jumped in his heart and decisively performed the strongest move of "Heavenly Palace," thirty-three fairy palaces descended at the same time, layered and stacked hundreds of meters high, with a majestic atmosphere!
In the jungle, the sea of fire and white clouds mixed together became distinct again, and then the flames protruded, like a sharp sword stabbing into the sea of clouds.
Raising intent for twenty years, once released, it is unstoppable!
The thirty-three fairy palaces shattered one after another, and the long sword in Bo Chen's hand bent backward at an astonishing arc.
He retreated more than three hundred meters!
"Good—"
Bo Chen praised, although he could continue to perform "Heavenly Palace" and entangle with Shi Caiming, he decisively changed a sword technique.
This time the sea of clouds evolved not into fairy palaces, but into rays of gorgeous aurora!
The light pierced through the sea of fire and almost pierced through Shi Caiming's body.
Even his Martial Arts Domain instantly became riddled with holes and was no longer stable!
Creation Sword Technique—"Leaving Light."
In the air, seeing this scene, Xu Jing's mouth curled up.
Every extra creation-level Dao strength practiced is equivalent to mastering an extra supernatural power.
Bo Chen had already practiced four creation sword techniques more than forty years ago and practiced them all to the realm of creation!
Although creation Dao strength cannot be superimposed and combined like supernatural powers, thus producing qualitative changes. It also cannot enhance the power of the Martial Arts Domain.
But Bo Chen, who was originally a five-supernatural-power breakthrough Grandmaster, plus at least four creation sword techniques, I am afraid his combat power will not be weaker than a seven-supernatural-power breakthrough Grandmaster!
When Xu Jing saw Bo Chen, he knew that this battle today was stable.
Shi Caiming will surely die!
He now only looks forward to Li Fei being able to run over and take the initiative to die like Hao Yi back then.
A black rainbow rushed from the distance and was about to break directly into the staggered Martial Arts Domain.
Xu Jing snorted coldly, raised his hand and waved, the blue cloud turned into a blade gang from the sky, intercepting the person who came.
The person who came was Qin Zhen, the only Martial Arts Grandmaster in the Martial Arts University at present.
He wanted to rush into Bo Chen's Martial Arts Domain directly, making the other party have to be distracted to suppress his supernatural power and strength, thereby sharing a part of the pressure for Shi Caiming.
Unfortunately, Xu Jing didn't let him get his wish.
Xu Jing stood in the air, while using the 【Water Control】 supernatural power to affect the blood and water in Qin Zhen's body, while attacking Qin Zhen with the blade gang turned from the 【Cloud Ascending】 supernatural power, making it difficult for him to continue to approach the battlefield.
If he was willing to fall to the ground and perform the Martial Arts Domain after approaching Qin Zhen, he could kill Qin Zhen in less than ten seconds!
But in that way, he was worried that Shi Caiming would seize this opportunity to escape.
Defeating a Grandmaster and killing a Grandmaster are completely different in difficulty.
Xu Jing had always stood in the air just to cut off Shi Caiming's retreat!
So he would rather attack Qin Zhen from the air, nothing more than spending a little more time killing people.
On the other side, the two hundred Imperial Camp cavalry were galloping on the street, rushing to the Martial Arts University.
Suddenly, a touch of brilliant moonlight appeared ahead.
Immediately after, a full moon descended into the world, crashing toward this team of Imperial Camp cavalry!
"Form the formation—"
The leading Imperial Camp general shouted.
The well-trained soldiers completed the stimulation of the evil weapons on their bodies in only 0.1 seconds.
In less than 0.5 seconds, all the evil weapons were connected in a specific order, and the blood energy, innate qi, and heart and mind power of more than two hundred martial artists gathered into a torrent.
The military formation was formed!
The black evil energy turned into a black dragon, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, crashing toward the rushing full moon, directly crashing it to pieces.
Behind, Nalan Zhi continued to swing his sword with a calm expression.
He and Great Elder Wan Xuesong rushed to Datong Fucheng overnight after the operation in Xing City failed.
After rushing for a night, the consumption of both was not small.
But it was still possible to stop the reinforcements for the time being.
Nalan Zhi, who possessed dual supernatural powers, stopped more than two hundred Imperial Camp cavalry alone
Between the two academies, there are five Dao Foundation martial artists and four Possession-stage grand mages.
Of the five Dao Foundation martial artists, not one has peak Dao Foundation combat power, and none can use Dao strength.
However, the four Possession-stage grand mages possess decent magic treasures, and among them is even a sword cultivator.
With the five Dao Foundation martial artists focusing on defense and the four Possession-stage grand mages focusing on offense, they can still put up a fight against Wan Xuesong.
On the long street, two figures collided, and one of them flew backward like a cannonball, crashing directly into a grocery store.
Boom—
The building collapsed, turning into a pile of ruins, and the person buried within remained motionless for a long time, their life or death unknown.
Wan Xuesong turned and slashed a flying sword that was speeding toward him.
He swept a glance at the crowd in the distance, locked onto the sword cultivator's position, and immediately strode toward that side.
Four Dao Foundation martial artists stepped forward to intercept him, only to be casually repelled.
He had traveled all night and was quite exhausted, so to conserve his strength, he did not use any divine abilities against the enemy, merely exerting his Dao strength.
In any case, against these martial artists who hadn't even reached the peak of the Dao Foundation stage, his 'as-you-wish' level Dao strength was enough to crush them!
If not for the four Possession-stage grand mages on the other side, the battle would have been one-sided long ago.
Wan Xuesong saw that the four Possession-stage grand mages intended to join forces to set up an array; naturally, he would not give them that chance and charged straight at them.
The distance of several hundred meters was covered in an instant, and two more Dao Foundation martial artists were severely wounded.
In the air, sword light, flames, wild winds, and thunder all struck down at him at once.
Wan Xuesong wore a look of disdain and slashed upward; the sword light shot into the sky, and the massive roar formed a soul-shaking sound wave!
Divine Ability—【Sword Roar】!
In an instant, the sword light, flames, wild winds, and thunder were all dispersed by the sound wave.
The four magic treasures were sent flying simultaneously!
"A bunch of ants!"
Wan Xuesong laughed loudly, holding his sword as he continued to charge forward.
Jiang Jin, who was surrounded and protected by over a dozen Qi-refining martial masters, revealed a look of despair.
This Vice Dean of the Datong Prefecture's General Law Academy was a sword cultivator with powerful killing ability.
But against a Martial Arts Grandmaster, he still fell short.
Just as Wan Xuesong was about to slaughter his way into the crowd, his expression suddenly stiffened, and his movements stalled.
At the same time, a flash of golden light suddenly appeared.
Jiang Jin's eyes widened sharply; in his eyes, this golden light looked like a flying sword.
The speed of the sword, the ferocity of its momentum, and the strength of its sword intent were the greatest he had ever seen in his life!
The sword light instantly swept across Wan Xuesong's body.
This Martial Arts Grandmaster, who had just been in high spirits, opened his eyes wide, revealing a look of terror, and stood motionless on the spot.
Boom—
A bursting roar followed, echoing through the long street.
After the loud noise, a bloodline first appeared on Wan Xuesong's neck, and then the bloodline continuously expanded.
Snap!
The head of this newly promoted Martial Arts Grandmaster of the Qingshan Sword Sect fell from his neck!
From beginning to end, he hadn't been able to put up any decent resistance.
Jiang Jin and the others watched this scene in horror, unable to react for a moment.
When the golden light dissipated, a new figure appeared on the long street.
The newcomer turned around, and Jiang Jin's body trembled as he subconsciously shouted:
"Li Fei... no, Marquis!"
The suddenly appearing Li Fei nodded at these people: "You don't need to go to the Martial University anymore."
After saying this, he turned back into a streak of golden light and sped away.
Watching the golden light disappear, Jiang Jin's expression was complex.
Back then, he had brought Li Fei a great shock with his flying sword, and the other party had even asked him for advice regarding flying swords.
At that time, Jiang Jin still had the demeanor of a true expert in front of Li Fei.
Yet, only a few years had passed, and everything had undergone a heaven-turning, earth-shattering change!
That young man from back then, who was full of yearning and respectfully asked for advice on the art of the flying sword.
Now slaughters Martial Arts Grandmasters like dogs!
Nalan Zhi, who was currently resisting the Sha Qi of the Imperial Camp Army, suddenly felt something and immediately turned to strike with his sword.
Bang!!!
A streak of golden light came from afar, rushing right in front of him.
The person who arrived was none other than Li Fei!
Li Fei threw a punch, his left fist colliding with Nalan Zhi's long sword.
Nalan Zhi's expression was solemn as he exerted his full power to trigger the 【Moon-Plucking】 divine ability, holding nothing back, and all the moon essence stored within his body erupted at once!
He simultaneously triggered the 【Star Wheel】 divine ability, with a total of twelve stars circling his body, fusing and resonating with the erupting moon essence to drive out even greater power.
The long sword temporarily held off Li Fei's left fist.
Li Fei's expression was calm; he simply raised his right hand and threw another punch.
Nalan Zhi's face changed drastically as the twelve stars circling his body shattered one after another!
In the blink of an eye, all the stars fell, and Nalan Zhi spat out blood, intending to borrow the force to retreat and flee toward the Wu'an University.
But just as he made a move, his mind trembled, and he was struck by a 【Blood-Might God】.
Li Fei seized the opportunity to step forward, his right fist piercing through the other party's chest, instantly exploding his heart!
"You..."
Nalan Zhi looked into Li Fei's eyes with a face full of unwillingness.
Li Fei exerted force with his hand, directly throwing the other party away.
He didn't look again, turning to the Imperial Camp soldiers who were still somewhat stunned, and said:
"Follow this Marquis to the Martial University!"
"..."
After a moment of hesitation, the leading Imperial Camp general reacted, his blood suddenly boiling with excitement.
He gave Li Fei a military salute and roared loudly:
"Understood!"
Subsequently, a streak of golden light and a black dragon quickly rushed toward the Wu'an University.
On the long street, the bloodstains had not yet dried.
The chest of Qingshan Sword Sect Master Nalan Zhi was pierced through, and he lay motionless on the ground.
He died with his eyes wide open.
Wu'an University, exotic beast breeding area.
After Qin Zhen arrived, eleven Dao Foundation martial artists arrived one after another.
These people were all professors at the Martial University, but they were unable to cross the line by even half a step, unable to get close to the battlefield at the very front.
Xu Jing was casually making moves in the air, blocking Qin Zhen while killing these fearless Martial University professors.
In just one minute, five professors had already lost their lives, and Qin Zhen was also not lightly injured.
If this continued, it wouldn't take a minute for all these people to die here!
Suddenly, Xu Jing felt something and turned his head to look into the distance.
A streak of golden light was breaking through the air at an extremely fast speed!
Xu Jing revealed a look of wild joy and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The person he had been waiting for had finally arrived!
A few seconds later, Li Fei appeared beside Qin Zhen and the others.
He first looked at Shi Caiming, who was fighting Benefactor Bai Chen in front, and said softly:
"Principal, I'm here."
Then he looked up at the person in the air who was full of wild joy and shouted loudly:
"Xu Jing, you should die!"
For this day, he had waited too long.
He had thought this duel would be some future public challenge, but he never expected it to be in such a near-desperate situation as it was now!
At this very moment, it was just like the situation Hao Yi had faced back then!
Li Fei felt his state of mind was even closer to his Master's back then.
Xu Jing stopped laughing and looked down at Li Fei below; in a trance, he seemed to see that familiar figure again.
This feeling made him very unhappy:
"Very good, I will send you to see your Master very soon!"
Back then, Hao Yi was clearly only a Dao Foundation martial artist, yet knowing full well that Xu Jing was already a Martial Arts Grandmaster and possessed more than one divine ability, he still chose to go and raid the execution ground alone.
Today's Li Fei is only a Martial Arts Grandmaster, yet he dares to take the initiative to face him, a Grandmaster.
The master and disciple are cut from the same cloth; both are like mayflies trying to shake a giant tree!
Hao Yi did not retreat.
Li Fei did not either.
"What are you doing here? Hurry up and leave—"
Shi Caiming also noticed Li Fei's arrival and showed anxiety for the first time, immediately transmitting his voice to Li Fei.
As for his own old bones, if he dies, he dies.
But Li Fei clearly has a bright future and an immeasurable future; he shouldn't be here risking his life today!
Li Fei did not answer Shi Caiming; he only said to Qin Zhen:
"You go help Principal Shi, leave Xu Jing to me!"
After saying this, he crooked his finger at Xu Jing in the air, then suddenly rushed toward the distance.
Qin Zhen did not hesitate, although he didn't know how Li Fei, who was only a Martial Arts Grandmaster, was going to deal with a Grandmaster.
But at this moment, he could only choose to believe that the other party could create a miracle once again.
He charged headlong into the martial arts domain of the two Grandmasters.
Soon, more than two hundred Imperial Camp cavalry riding exotic beasts also arrived here, and a black dragon of Sha Qi followed closely behind, charging into the two martial arts domains.
On the way here, Li Fei had instructed them that once they arrived, they should help Shi Caiming and not worry about him.
A soldier's duty is to obey orders.
These Imperial Camp soldiers did not let Li Fei down.
And after the Sha Qi black dragon charged into the two martial arts domains, another figure followed closely behind and also rushed in.
It was Wang Yilong, the Sect Master of the Long Hu Sect, who had returned with Li Fei!
Wang Yilong was a four-divine-ability Martial Arts Grandmaster who had run into trouble when refining his fifth divine ability.
Now that the implant for his fifth divine ability had begun 're-cultivation', his strength remained at four divine abilities.
With the sudden addition of three Martial Arts Grandmaster-level combatants to help Shi Caiming, he could at least hold on for a longer time.
In the air, Xu Jing could no longer hold back after Li Fei made the gesture of crooking his finger at him.
He turned into a cloud of blue mist and quickly chased after Li Fei.
As for whether Shi Caiming would take the opportunity to escape, he no longer cared at all.
As long as he could kill Li Fei and resolve his inner demon, he could possess a vast future!
A terrifying momentum descended from the sky; Xu Jing, who possessed the 【Cloud-Riding】 divine ability, had a flight speed faster than Li Fei's full-speed sprint on the ground.
After Li Fei ran for over a thousand meters, he was caught up by Xu Jing.
A dark blue light bloomed from Xu Jing's body, instantly expanding over five hundred meters and enveloping Li Fei within it.
Martial Arts Domain—【Dark Cloud Heaven Marsh】!
The scene around Li Fei changed; he was standing on an endless black marsh, surrounded by thick fog where one couldn't even see their own fingers.
A massive pressure crushed in from all directions, and the black marsh beneath his feet transmitted a terrifying suction force!
The blood in his body began to lose control, attempting to tear his blood vessels.
The surrounding fog swept toward him, beginning to frantically cut at the Golden Jade Qilin Armor on Li Fei's body, carving out white marks.
These mists were like invisible blades, extremely sharp!
Quite a bit of the mist drilled through the gaps in the armor, beginning to cut at the golden light on his body.
Back then, Li Fei had experienced Xu Jing's 【Dark Cloud Heaven Marsh】 in the Tomb of Heavenly Water; at that time, he had almost no power to fight back in this martial arts domain, and his blood soul was consumed rapidly.
However, his current defensive power was many times stronger than it was back then!
Although the level-seven divine garment, the Golden Jade Qilin Armor, was being constantly damaged, the golden light on Li Fei's body remained firm.
However, the golden light was also being rapidly worn down.
The 【Dark Cloud Heaven Marsh】 Li Fei encountered back then was only a portion of the martial arts domain that Xu Jing had separated, not controlled by him personally.
The current 【Dark Cloud Heaven Marsh】 was the 'complete version', and its power was several times stronger than back then!
Xu Jing descended from the sky, looking at Li Fei, who was completely controlled by his martial arts domain not far away, and revealed a ferocious smile:
"Already have five divine abilities? Not bad at all."
"Unfortunately, in front of me, you are still—a mayfly shaking a giant tree!"
Through his martial arts domain, he could clearly perceive that Li Fei had a total of five different divine abilities within his body.
To refine five divine abilities in less than two years after breaking through the realm, this speed was simply shocking, unprecedented, and likely to have no successors!
But whether it was five divine abilities or seven, even if Li Fei had over a dozen, Xu Jing would not fear him in the slightest.
If a few more Martial Arts Grandmasters of Li Fei's level came, he would have some misgivings.
But with only Li Fei alone, he felt no pressure suppressing him!
Not in a hurry to kill, Xu Jing fully enjoyed the feeling of crushing him at this moment, sensing the inner demon in his heart gradually dissipating:
"What, want to avenge your Master?"
"I'm standing right here, can you take one more step forward?"
"Your Master was trash, and you are also..."
In the man-eating marsh, Li Fei suddenly took a step forward.
Xu Jing frowned slightly, and just as he was about to speak, Li Fei's voice already rang out in the martial arts domain:
"The time for nonsense is over."
"You..."
Xu Jing suddenly felt a sense of unease in his heart.
The next second, streaks of golden sword Qi bloomed from Li Fei's body and rapidly expanded within the 【Dark Cloud Heaven Marsh】, finally forming a golden sphere with a range of over a hundred meters!
At the center of the sword Qi, Li Fei was twisting his neck, his figure beginning to expand.
After a day and a night, he had successfully refined the 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability!
That final step of 'merging with the Dao' was like adding another floor to an existing building; it required the martial artist's Dao foundation to be sufficiently strong and stable; it required the martial artist's life essence to be sufficiently strong, and it also required the martial artist's physique to be sufficiently strong.
And in these points, Li Fei was far beyond martial artists of the same realm!
With the help of the 【Refining Matter】 divine ability to consume blood souls to solve the problem of insufficient foundation, he successfully broke through the realm and refined the 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability.
The night before last, Wang Yilong asked him:
"Even if you really can master the 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability quickly, what meaning can an extra divine ability have against a Grandmaster?"
Li Fei did not answer him at the time.
Now he revealed the answer—
An extra divine ability indeed couldn't play any role in a duel against a Grandmaster for other Martial Arts Grandmasters.
But Li Fei was different.
In the Primordial Sword Realm, the 【Primordial Golden Palace】 divine ability continuously provided heaven and earth energy of various attributes, turning it into 'matter'.
The 【No-Distance】 divine ability changed the spatial interlayer, with streaks of sword Qi shuttling through it, supporting the 'space'.
The 【Eternal Stability】 divine ability was Yin, turning into a bright moon hanging high, with moonlight shining on the heart.
The newly acquired 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability was Yang, turning into a great sun in the sword realm, blazing in the sky!
The 【Refining Matter】 divine ability served as the core, balancing Yin and Yang, controlling matter and space.
The Primordial Sword Realm was already the prototype of a martial arts domain; after filling in five divine abilities and completing the fusion of law and martial arts through the 'Yin-Yang dichotomy', it could already be temporarily regarded as a small martial arts domain!
This was the reason why Li Fei would rather use demonic means to quickly master the 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability.
Because after mastering this divine ability, he truly had the trump card to contend with a Grandmaster!
In the 【Dark Cloud Heaven Marsh】, Xu Jing looked at the golden sphere of light in front of him in disbelief.
"Impossible!"
He didn't believe that a Martial Arts Grandmaster could build their own small world within his own martial arts domain.
Rumble—
The entire martial arts domain suddenly oscillated, the marsh boiled, and the fog rotated at high speed!
The terrifying pressure turned into an invisible vortex, intending to swallow and crush Li Fei's Primordial Sword Realm!
On the golden sphere of light, streaks of sword Qi collapsed, and more and more cracks appeared.
Inside the Primordial Sword Realm, Li Fei looked calmly at the cracks appearing around him.
Although his Primordial Sword Realm could already be temporarily regarded as a martial arts domain, it still had a gap compared to a real martial arts domain.
The two sides were already very close in quality, but they were not in the same weight class.
So when Xu Jing exerted his full power to trigger the 【Dark Cloud Heaven Marsh】, Li Fei wouldn't be able to hold on for long.
Although achieving this step at the realm of a Martial Arts Grandmaster was already a miracle.
But such a miracle was not enough to support Li Fei in killing a Grandmaster in reverse.
He did not hesitate to trigger the 【Refining Matter】 divine ability, consuming 2,500 blood souls to turn them into invisible power, merging them into his Primordial Sword Realm!
A day and a night of cultivation, although he had refined the 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability, it had also caused Li Fei to consume a large amount of blood souls.
The 3,000 blood souls stored in the Blood Spring were all exhausted!
The blood souls in the Ten Thousand Blood Bead had dropped below 50% many times, and finally recovered quickly through 【Blood Breath】.
After refining the 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability, his physique was enhanced again, and the blood soul limit of the Ten Thousand Blood Bead increased by over 300, becoming 5,525.
When he arrived at the Martial University, there were no extra blood souls in the Blood Spring, and the number of blood souls in the Ten Thousand Blood Bead was only 2,789.
At this moment, consuming another 2,500 blood souls, he didn't have many left.
However, all of this was in Li Fei's calculations.
Daring to face Xu Jing alone, he naturally had more than one trump card!
After the battle in the Northern Barbarian lands, after such a long period of accumulation, the Ten Thousand Blood Bead had completed an upgrade, rising to level 45.
Before Li Fei returned to Datong Prefecture, he was only 2% energy away from reaching level 46.
After some tossing, taking medicine, and absorbing the damage caused by the implants, he had absorbed another 1% of energy.
Just now, Li Fei intentionally let Xu Jing act, just to accumulate energy through the other party's attacks.
A Grandmaster's strike had high-quality energy, enough for him to accumulate the final 1%!
Li Fei was already very familiar with the upgrade process of the Ten Thousand Blood Bead and had a relatively precise perception of the accumulation of energy values.
So after consuming 2,500 blood souls, he almost timed it perfectly, precise to the second, and immediately completed the upgrade!
The blood souls in the Ten Thousand Blood Bead instantly became full.
The level 46 Ten Thousand Blood Bead increased its limit by 90 blood souls, and the total number of blood souls became 5,615!
After merging the energy refined from 2,500 blood souls, the cracked Primordial Sword Realm stabilized again.
After the Ten Thousand Blood Bead completed its upgrade, Li Fei stepped forward and rushed toward Xu Jing.
As the distance between the two closed, the collision between the 【Primordial Sword Realm】 and the 【Dark Cloud Heaven Marsh】 became increasingly intense!
The golden sphere of light formed by the 【Primordial Sword Realm】 suddenly disintegrated, turning into a torrent of sword Qi that swept in all directions.
And the surrounding fog and the black mud below also scattered one after another.
This was the result of the intense collision between two martial arts domains, influencing and weakening each other.
Under these circumstances, both Xu Jing and Li Fei could still use their divine abilities, but both would be affected.
By comparison, Li Fei was more severely affected, and his divine abilities were weakened more, because his martial arts domain was weaker.
The 【No-Distance】 that could originally teleport a hundred meters could now only teleport a dozen meters.
The heaven and earth energy that 【Primordial Golden Palace】 could absorb into the body was also limited.
But even so, he already had the strength to contend with Xu Jing head-on!
Xu Jing did not expect Li Fei to be able to achieve this level.
Looking at Li Fei rushing toward him, he beckoned with one hand, and countless mists, as well as the lake water and mud beneath his feet, gathered toward his hand, finally condensing into a pitch-black long saber that shimmered with dark blue light.
He swung the saber at Li Fei, the Emperor Xuanjing-level Dao strength driving the power of heaven and earth, slashing down vertically!
In the sky, a vicious face seemed to appear, opening its mouth wide to swallow everything, crushing down toward the earth.
Li Fei also drew the Ghost-Slaying Saber, a streak of golden light blooming from the tip of the blade, finally descending like a great sun, with countless golden lights carrying the power of heaven and earth to pierce through that vicious face in the air.
It was also Emperor Xuanjing-level Dao strength!
The Ghost-Slaying Saber collided with the long saber in Xu Jing's hand, making no sound, and no excess force surged in all directions.
A force of extreme coldness quietly descended upon Li Fei's body and mind.
【Evil God】!
At the same time, a terrifying suction force erupted from his blade, frantically absorbing the power contained in the Ghost-Slaying Saber.
【Black Water】!
Li Fei's entire body's blood became restless, and streaks of mist surged out from the other party's long saber, rapidly wrapping around his entire body.
【Water Control】!
【Cloud-Riding】!
The four divine abilities did not act individually, but fused and enhanced each other.
【Water Control】 enhanced the lethality of 【Cloud-Riding】 and increased the devouring of 【Black Water】.
【Black Water】 turned the devoured power into more clouds and the dark power of the 【Evil God】.
【Evil God】 could also conversely enhance 【Cloud-Riding】 and 【Black Water】.
The combined effect of the four divine abilities was further amplified within the martial arts domain!
Even though both were Emperor Xuanjing-level Dao strength, Xu Jing was more proficient than Li Fei.
Even though both were martial arts domains, Xu Jing had more experience in the fusion of several divine abilities within the martial arts domain.
Coupled with a stronger martial arts domain and stronger suppression power.
He didn't believe he would lose!
A bright moon rose in Li Fei's heart lake; under the illumination of the moonlight, the black mist that suddenly surged around was dispersed.
【Eternal Stability】 protects the heart and mind!
Even though 【Eternal Stability】 was greatly weakened, Xu Jing's control over 【Evil God】 was also weak, and its fusion within the martial arts domain was not good, also being weakened quite a bit by the 【Primordial Sword Realm】, so it was difficult to directly affect Li Fei's mind in a short time.
As for the physical damage caused by 【Evil God】 and 【Water Control】, Li Fei transferred the portion after the defense was broken to the Ten Thousand Blood Bead.
When the mist wrapped around his body, Li Fei suddenly disappeared from his spot, using 【No-Distance】 to break the control of 【Cloud-Riding】 and the devouring of 【Black Water】.
He appeared behind Xu Jing and slashed out with his saber.
First slashing through a layer of clouds and mist, then striking the mud on Xu Jing's body.
The 【Black Water】 divine ability continued to devour the power on the saber.
Li Fei was expressionless, holding the saber with both hands and continuing to slash down.
After refining the 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability, his physique continued to strengthen, and the limit of 【Blood Rage】 increased from 1,000 blood souls to 1,100.
His own physical strength increased from 500 blood rage power to 600.
So in the 'Blood Demon State', Li Fei's extreme power had already reached a terrifying 2,800 blood rage power!
The moment he struck the black mud, he triggered the 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability.
The Dragon-Elephant power was added based on this 2,800 blood rage power!
This power immediately exceeded the limit of Li Fei's body's endurance, but he transferred the reaction force to the 【Primordial Sword Realm】.
He didn't need to refine additional divine abilities to increase his body's endurance limit; as long as the 【Primordial Sword Realm】 didn't collapse, his power could continue to increase!
The terrifying explosive power had already exceeded the devouring speed of 【Black Water】, and the Ghost-Slaying Saber slashed directly through the mud, landing on Xu Jing's back!
Xu Jing's face changed, and he immediately borrowed the force to rush forward, but a long wound was still slashed on his back, deep enough to see the bone, and blood surged out.
He turned to look at Li Fei with an ugly expression:
"This kind of power..."
Li Fei disappeared from his spot, and after flashing several times, he arrived behind Xu Jing again.
This time Xu Jing didn't block, but triggered 【Water Control】 and 【Cloud-Riding】.
The lake water beneath his feet and the surrounding fog drove his body to instantly sweep a hundred meters away.
He didn't dare to confront Li Fei head-on anymore, and could only choose a hit-and-run tactic.
Such a choice made his heart feel as if it had been fiercely pricked by a needle!
Back at the Dao Foundation stage, that sense of powerlessness when facing Hao Yi surged into his heart again!
"His small world can't hold on for long; once the world breaks, he will be at my mercy."
Xu Jing told himself this in his heart.
For the next minute, the two maintained a state of high-speed movement.
Xu Jing kept remotely controlling the lake water and fog to interfere with Li Fei's movement, while Li Fei used 【No-Distance】 time and again to dodge.
His 【No-Distance】 was greatly weakened, making it difficult for him to catch up with Xu Jing, who was moving with the enhancement of two divine abilities.
He naturally saw through Xu Jing's intention; this kind of tactic was already within his estimation.
Xu Jing was waiting for his 【Primordial Sword Realm】 to collapse, while he was waiting for the enhancement of the 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability.
The Dragon-Elephant power couldn't be pushed to the extreme all at once; it needed a little time.
In one minute, Li Fei's power had been enhanced to four times its original level—11,200 blood rage power!
This was an unprecedented limit.
The 【Primordial Sword Realm】 had also reached its limit and would inevitably disintegrate within three seconds!
Turning around once more, Li Fei exerted force with his legs, stomping the ground into collapse; in his perception, the air turned into flowing water, very viscous, and then was forcibly squeezed open and broken by him!
Xu Jing, dozens of meters away, used his old trick, while triggering the fog to block in front of Li Fei, he used the lake water and fog to drive his body to move at high speed to one side.
But this time, a terrifying mental power fiercely struck his heart lake!
Consuming 561 blood souls, a full-power 【Blood Might】.
Then triggering the 【Refining Matter】 divine ability to consume 1,000 blood souls to turn into mental power, merging it into it!
This 【Blood-Might God】 hard-controlled Xu Jing on the spot!
Li Fei broke through layers of fog, swept across the distance of dozens of meters at supersonic speed, killed his way to Xu Jing's front, held the Ghost-Slaying Saber high with both hands, and slashed down with force.
Blood spilled from the corner of Xu Jing's mouth; although 【Evil God】 was not a divine ability specifically for mental defense, it at least increased his 'mental resistance' by a lot.
Coupled with 【Refining Matter】 being greatly weakened, the 'conversion rate' was much lower, and the added mental power was only about 30% of what it should have been.
So after the blade slashed through the fog on Xu Jing's body and his protective energy, he came back to his senses in time and frantically triggered his divine abilities.
A piece of black mud appeared on his forehead, and the Ghost-Slaying Saber slashed down.
One second!
The mountain-toppling and sea-draining power instantly 'burst' the limit of 【Black Water】, and the mud was slashed open!
A patch of lake water appeared beneath Xu Jing's feet, and he took the opportunity to fall downward.
Boom—
The blade followed closely behind, the power of the raging waves breaking through the fog, directly splitting the lake water below in two, revealing the mud at the bottom!
Xu Jing's scalp and crown had already split open, but while falling, he tilted his head to one side, letting the power brought by the blade slash his neck.
Flesh and blood split open, spreading all the way down; the peerless sharpness slashed out by the Ghost-Slaying Saber was almost about to reach Xu Jing's heart!
Two seconds!
The strong life force of a Grandmaster meant Xu Jing did not die and still had combat capability.
He frantically and regardless of the cost triggered his martial arts domain; the mud at the bottom of the lake turned into a giant python and counter-attacked upward, driving the power of the entire 【Dark Cloud Heaven Marsh】!
This was a Grandmaster's desperate counterattack!
The 【Primordial Sword Realm】 was about to collapse.
In the instant of life and death, Li Fei's heart was as still as water.
Blazing, surging flames suddenly surged out from the Ghost-Slaying Saber.
The entire 'world' was divided into two poles:
Below was the split lake water, the black mud turning into a giant python, driving countless mists to rush upward.
Above was a huge fireball, and everything around was burning in the flames!
The fireball expanded rapidly, soon encompassing the entire 'world'.
Xu Jing, with his head broken and bleeding, widened his eyes, recognizing this move.
"Hao Yi..."
Suddenly, the 【Dark Cloud Heaven Marsh】, which was already in a state of extreme boiling, began to disintegrate on its own!
This made Li Fei pause.
How come his own 【Primordial Sword Realm】 hadn't collapsed yet, but the other party's martial arts domain collapsed first?
In the air, Li Fei swung his saber and slashed down.
After the fireball expanded, the entire 'world' was split in two.
Three seconds!
One saber to split heaven and earth!
The giant python split downward from its head, completely turning into two halves.
The mist scattered, and the lake water was evaporated.
【Dark Cloud Heaven Marsh】, broken!
Violent power fluctuations began to sweep in all directions from the place where the two fought, sweeping down large trees one by one; leaves, soil, and gravel were all turned into dust!
Finally, a large pit with a diameter of several dozen meters appeared on the ground.
Li Fei stood at the edge of the large pit, looking down.
The moment he finished the 'One Saber to Split Heaven and Earth', the whole world seemed to stand still.
Those memories that had always been suppressed at the bottom of his heart all surged into his mind at this moment:
"Shangguan Xiao colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country, sentenced to death by slow slicing!"
"Hao Yi, I've waited for you for many years!"
"Xiao Fei, go walk your own path..."
"Your Master left you a divine ability seed..."
"Teacher Wen, I'm sorry."
"Tiangang Sect disciple, Hao Yi's disciple Li Fei, greets Your Majesty!"
"The Lu family can change a family head."
"Xu Jing, you should die!"
"..."
"Master, Mistress..."
Li Fei looked up at the sky, a gentle light flashing in his eyes.
At the bottom of the large pit, Xu Jing also raised his head, looking up with dull eyes.
There were saber marks on his head and neck, and his whole body was almost split in two, blood continuously surging out!
"You just said mayflies shaking a giant tree?"
Li Fei's voice came from above, entering the ears of Xu Jing, who was already at death's door.
"In my opinion—
You are the weak one!"
Leaving these words behind, Li Fei turned and left.
All things of the past, cut off with one saber!
In the pit, the Grandmaster, who had become a bloody person, raised his hands.
He breathed heavily, his hands desperately reaching upward, as if wanting to grab something:
"Huo huo... Hao... Yi... Hao..."
Snap!
The bloody person fell.
Xu Jing, dead!
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