Chapter 498: The Battle of Wu'an University

In the realm where flames and clouds of mist intertwined, corpses lay in pools of blood, some already mangled beyond recognition or reduced to a pulp of flesh.

These were the remains of the professors from Wu'an University.

When Li Fei lured Xu Jing away, aside from Qin Zhen, Wang Yilong, and the Sha Qi controlled by the Imperial Guard, the remaining dozen or so Wu'an professors had resolutely charged into the martial domains of the two Grandmasters!

These people were only at the Dao Foundation Establishment realm; the gap between them and a Grandmaster was like that of ordinary people facing a Dao Foundation Establishment warrior!

They knew that Bai Yan could likely take their lives with a casual flick of his sword, yet they joined the battle without a second thought.

Without defensive supernatural abilities, a Grandmaster is not impossible to be breached by a Dao Foundation Establishment warrior.

Therefore, Bai Yan could not ignore the threat posed by these Wu'an professors.

Even if it only distracted Bai Yan for a moment and forced him to expend his martial energy a few more times, their participation was meaningful!

Thus, in just over thirty seconds, eight Wu'an professors were killed in action!

Their sacrifice did indeed buy a little time for Shi Caiming and the others, easing some of the pressure.

After gaining three more martial arts master-level combatants, Bai Yan no longer intentionally suppressed his realm.

If it were just a one-on-one with Shi Caiming, he wouldn't mind taking his time to decide the outcome and winning over his opponent with his sword.

But since it was no longer a fair one-on-one duel, he naturally stopped holding back.

With less than half of the "Li Guang" sword art used, he suddenly switched tactics:

Within the two martial domains, the space between heaven and earth was filled with a vast, righteous energy!

Famous mountains and rivers appeared out of thin air, stretching out before everyone.

The new sword art Bai Yan unleashed seemed to have moved all the famous mountains and rivers of the world to this very spot!

This was the Gouchen Sword Sect's Creation Sword Art—"Great Thousand"!

Having seen the scenery of the heavens and countless lights and shadows, Bai Yan now wanted to show everyone the Great Thousand World.

A "river" swallowed the remaining Wu'an professors, its surging sword Qi making it impossible for them to maintain their footing or escape.

Four "great mountains" bore down upon Shi Caiming, Qin Zhen, Wang Yilong, and the black dragon of Sha Qi respectively!

Shi Caiming pierced through the "great mountain" above his head with a single strike, shattering the immense heaven and earth origin energy contained within it.

His martial domain was already weaker than Bai Yan's, and as Bai Yan unleashed the "Great Thousand" sword art, the pressure on his martial domain grew even greater!

In battles between Grandmasters, the collision of martial domains is the most direct and crucial part.

Whoever's martial domain can gain the upper hand in the collision can reduce the suppression on themselves and unleash stronger supernatural abilities.

Conversely, the opponent will grow weaker the longer they fight.

As one wanes and the other waxes, the outcome gradually becomes clear.

The Gouchen Sword Sect's "Great Thousand" sword art was specifically created for martial domain collisions, designed to counter an opponent's small world, bearing a striking resemblance to the "Heaven and Earth Single Blade" mastered by Li Fei.

Once "Great Thousand" was unleashed, and with Bai Yan no longer suppressing his realm, the surrounding flames were gradually extinguished, and the sea of fire began to shrink.

But Shi Caiming did not retreat; he continued to charge at Bai Yan, thrusting his sword out strike after strike.

Only by keeping Bai Yan under constant pressure could the others be of any help.

Qin Zhen and Wang Yilong also quickly shattered the "great mountains" above them and then moved to destroy more of the famous mountains.

The more destruction they caused, the less pressure Shi Caiming had to bear.

The black dragon of Sha Qi plunged headlong into a river, churning the water into a frenzy.

Then, the black dragon broke through the water, actually carrying the entire river with it as it charged toward the next one!

In the collision of martial domains, both Qin Zhen and Wang Yilong could unleash supernatural abilities, but their power was weakened by nearly eighty percent.

However, the Sha Qi formed by the military formation was not weakened much, playing a significant role.

Within the martial domain, sword Qi was like mountains and abysses, like rivers and streams!

Shi Caiming had already traded over thirty blows with Bai Yan, each one a fight for his life!

But no matter how he attacked, using his various supernatural abilities in turn, he struggled to truly injure Bai Yan.

As for Bai Yan, he had only used three supernatural abilities so far:

Supernatural ability 【Sword Heart】: all sword moves are as one wishes, all sword moves can be broken!

Supernatural ability 【Qi Sea】: connecting the void, refining it into a sea of Qi, sword Qi is inexhaustible and endless!

Supernatural ability 【Armor Breaker】: every strike he makes automatically carries a sharp characteristic, significantly increasing killing power!

These three supernatural abilities, combined with the Creation Sword Art "Great Thousand" that Bai Yan unleashed, already created a magnificent spectacle.

Even more terrifying was that with the 【Qi Sea】 ability, as long as Bai Yan's supernatural power was not exhausted, his sword Qi would always be at its peak, only increasing, never decreasing!

With the 【Sword Heart】 ability, he would only grow stronger the longer he fought.

Fighting until now, Bai Yan's sword art had become increasingly fluid, his sword intent reaching a state of perfection!

He insisted on winning over people with his sword and challenging Shi Caiming because he could use the 【Sword Heart】 ability to treat his opponent as a whetstone to sharpen his own sword Dao.

The harder the whetstone, the sharper his sword edge would become!

As Bai Yan unleashed a strike like a surging river, forcing Shi Caiming back once more, he suddenly frowned and turned his head to the side.

A golden light, like a sharp sword, suddenly pierced into the two martial domains and shattered a "great mountain" it encountered along the way!

Li Fei had arrived!

Shi Caiming, who was preparing to counterattack, couldn't help but freeze on the spot; Wang Yilong and the others were equally stunned.

Li Fei was here, so what about Xu Jing?

Bai Yan's gaze was like a sword, piercing through a thousand meters of distance to see the massive crater in the distance.

He could no longer sense Xu Jing's aura.

"What a waste."

The Gouchen Sword Master's tone turned cold.

Whether Xu Jing was dead or had been beaten into fleeing by Li Fei, it seemed inconceivable to him.

A dignified Grandmaster, actually unable to take down a Martial Arts Master?

Bai Yan cast his gaze upon the figure in the golden robe.

After the battle, the Golden Thread Jade Red Qilin Armor on Li Fei was already tattered and damaged in many places.

But this did not diminish his momentum in the slightest!

Without hesitation, he unleashed the 【Hun Yuan Sword Realm】 once again.

Countless golden sword Qi surged from his body, eventually converging into a golden sphere.

Bai Yan's eyes lit up, showing a look of astonishment for the first time:

"Such a thing exists?"

Inside the 【Hun Yuan Sword Realm】, Li Fei felt even greater pressure than when facing Xu Jing!

Even though Bai Yan's martial domain was currently colliding with Shi Caiming's, it still made the 【Hun Yuan Sword Realm】 very unstable.

Li Fei immediately unleashed the 【Refining Matter】 ability, consuming 1,000 Blood Souls to refine into the 【Hun Yuan Sword Realm】, barely stabilizing it.

For the final "Heaven and Earth Single Blade" that killed Xu Jing, Li Fei had originally prepared to refine at least 1,000 Blood Souls to enhance the power of that strike, a desperate gamble to decide the outcome in one blow!

Yet he hadn't expected Xu Jing's martial domain to collapse on its own.

This saved Li Fei a large amount of Blood Souls, which could now be used at this moment.

After the battle with Xu Jing, he still had over 2,400 Blood Souls left; fortunately, the power of 【Blood Rage】 remained, allowing him to fight a bit longer.

Now, having consumed another 1,000 Blood Souls, 【Blood Breath】 had been activated, recovering at a rate of 280 Blood Souls per minute!

Li Fei consumed another 400 Blood Souls to unleash 【Blood Rage】, increasing the power of Blood Rage within his body by another notch.

At this moment, his total number of Blood Souls had fallen below 30%, so he entered the "Blood Demon Extreme State," where all active Blood Soul skills no longer had restrictions.

This meant that no matter how he used 【Blood Rage】, it would not harm his own body!

But in reality, Qing Xu and Qing Ding had tampered with the pills long ago, so the pills the Emperor had taken for a long time actually hadn't had the effect of extending his life, but instead, his Dragon Qi had been secretly absorbed in part.

On this foundation, Li Fei unleashed the 【Dragon Elephant】 ability once again.

Before, when the 【Hun Yuan Sword Realm】 collapsed, he had voluntarily dispersed the Dragon Elephant power he was channeling, because without the 【Hun Yuan Sword Realm】 to bear the counter-force, he would have immediately severely injured himself.

Now, the Dragon Elephant power began to channel again.

The golden sphere was suddenly sliced open, a figure rushed into the 【Hun Yuan Sword Realm】, and Bai Yan swept his sword toward Li Fei!

This strike was just the beginning; the sword Qi within the entire 【Hun Yuan Sword Realm】 began to tremble, and the small world became extremely unstable.

The next instant, Shi Caiming arrived, helping Li Fei bear most of the pressure, which finally allowed the 【Hun Yuan Sword Realm】 to stabilize again.

Li Fei charged fiercely at Bai Yan!

With Shi Caiming helping him share the suppression of the martial domain, the Bai Yan before him was no longer an invincible enemy.

As long as he could break his defense.

If a person is killed, they will die!

Bai Yan forced Shi Caiming back once more, and facing the charging Li Fei, he delivered a sword strike with effortless grace.

Only by facing this person's sword art in person could one appreciate the elegance of a Great Thousand World gathered into a single strike!

But Li Fei didn't care at all; letting the opponent's sword pierce his heart, he simply raised his blade to hack down.

Bai Yan's sword struck first, piercing Li Fei's chest, breaking through the golden light on his body, and stabbing into his chest, the sword Qi sinking like a stone into the sea!

The Ghost Slaying Blade had already arrived at the top of Bai Yan's head with unparalleled sharpness.

Bai Yan's Sword Heart stirred, sensing danger; he didn't continue to channel sword Qi to try and shred Li Fei's heart, but instead flicked his sword tip upward, flicking Li Fei's entire body away.

Even so, Li Fei had already completed the hacking motion, the blade Qi carrying a shockwave that struck Bai Yan.

Boom—

A river of sword Qi seemed to explode in front of Bai Yan, and these protective sword Qi were instantly shattered!

Then, a small, emerald-green sword appeared in front of him, looking as if it were carved from jade, appearing very small and exquisite.

The blade Qi and shockwave struck this small emerald sword, the sword body shattered, and Bai Yan retreated over a hundred meters, but he was not injured.

Supernatural ability—【Jade Sword】!

Fighting until now, Bai Yan finally used his fourth supernatural ability.

Seizing this opportunity, Shi Caiming thrust his sword, and a pillar of fire shot into the sky within a hundred-meter radius.

The next second, Bai Yan broke through the pillar of fire, completely unscathed.

This couldn't help but make Li Fei feel a bit heavy-hearted.

This Gouchen Sword Master's killing power was already unparalleled, and it turned out he also had defensive supernatural abilities; this was getting a bit difficult to fight.

Taking advantage of Shi Caiming tangling with the opponent, Li Fei used 【No Distance】 to appear behind the opponent, slashing horizontally with his blade.

Halfway through the slash, a sword tip blocked the edge of the Ghost Slaying Blade.

Even though this strike from Li Fei carried tens of millions of jin of impact, it still failed to shake the slender sword tip in the slightest.

It was as if what blocked him wasn't a sword, but a Great Thousand World!

With the weight of a heaven and earth, how could it be shaken by brute force alone?

But Li Fei was not fighting alone.

Shi Caiming seized the opportunity to thrust his sword at Bai Yan's chest, only to be blocked again by a small emerald sword that appeared out of thin air.

The small emerald sword was shattered, and Bai Yan turned around to force Shi Caiming back with a sword strike.

Li Fei slashed again, but this time, before he could exert his full strength, he was stabbed in the left shoulder by Bai Yan's sword.

The extremely heavy force knocked him back, and then a "great mountain" fell from thin air.

Before Li Fei could hack the mountain, a second "great mountain" appeared, overlapping on top of the first, followed by a third, a fourth...

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The earth trembled again and again, and a deep crater appeared on the ground, constantly sinking downward.

Finally, a terrifying sword Qi as thick as a mountain peak fell from the sky, carrying hundreds of surging rivers!

The sword Qi and the rivers all converged into the mountain, mountain and water intertwined, and an entire Great Thousand World thus bore down upon Li Fei!

Even if you have the power of a Dragon Elephant, can you withstand the weight of heaven and earth?

At the same time, Shi Caiming naturally didn't stay idle, attacking with all his might, fighting for his life, breaking seven small emerald swords in a row!

He fought so hard that Bai Yan could no longer channel the 【Jade Sword】 ability for a short time.

But in the end, he still couldn't stop Bai Yan from targeting Li Fei.

Shi Caiming could only channel his martial domain with all his might, not letting Bai Yan mobilize more power to suppress Li Fei.

Having temporarily restrained Li Fei, Bai Yan could finally free up his hands to focus on dealing with Shi Caiming.

Li Fei's explosive power was too strong, and he wasn't easy to kill, making Bai Yan truly feel threatened.

He would rather have his opponent be a true Grandmaster, fighting one against two, than face a freak like Li Fei!

So he would rather pay the price of a temporary decrease in defense to restrain Li Fei first.

Now, he stopped holding back!

He actively charged at Shi Caiming, the sword momentum in his hand changing again:

The soil beneath their feet suddenly became as soft as flowing water, and strands of sword Qi shot out from underground, blooming into lotus flowers.

In an instant, within a hundred-meter radius, lotus flowers bloomed everywhere, and then countless lotus flowers were generated out of thin air, completely wrapping this area, forming a huge lotus flower!

Gouchen Sword Sect Creation Sword Art—"Green Lotus".

As these lotus flowers appeared, Shi Caiming felt as if he had been trapped in a new heaven and earth, and his connection to his own martial domain was suddenly severed!

Bai Yan's sword art had actually opened up a small martial domain within the martial domain!

Colliding with Shi Caiming's martial domain with his own, and then using this new martial domain to suppress Shi Caiming.

This method could be called miraculous; this was not just a Creation realm sword art, but also combined the new changes derived from Bai Yan's five supernatural abilities after reaching the Divine Derivation realm.

The Divine Derivation realm combined with the "Green Lotus" sword art created this "domain within a domain"!

With the suppression of two martial domains, Shi Caiming couldn't use his supernatural abilities for the time being, while Bai Yan still could.

He charged with his sword.

The first strike, Shi Caiming vomited blood and retreated.

The second strike, a sword mark appeared on Shi Caiming's chest, deep enough to see bone, missing his heart by only a hair's breadth.

The third strike, another wound appeared on Shi Caiming's neck, cut open by a third!

Although not completely crushed like a Martial Arts Master, after all, Shi Caiming still had Creation realm sword arts, but facing Bai Yan, who was empowered by supernatural abilities, he had completely fallen into a disadvantage, and every move was extremely dangerous!

But Shi Caiming's tenacity far exceeded Bai Yan's imagination.

This old man, whose life origin was damaged, although his sword Dao cultivation was not as good as Bai Yan's, his experience in life-and-death combat was far richer than his opponent's!

He was like a small boat in a storm, seemingly about to capsize, but after a huge wave, he stubbornly remained.

His face was flushed red, his whole body like a burning torch; he had already used a life-burning technique!

Outside the Green Lotus world, Wang Yilong, Qin Zhen, and the black dragon of Sha Qi were frantically attacking the huge lotus flower outside!

Boom—

The earth shook again, and the mountain surrounded by rivers that was suppressing Li Fei was suddenly flipped away!

Li Fei leaped out of the crater on the ground.

Bai Yan thought that just now was the result of his 【Dragon Elephant】 ability being channeled to its limit, not knowing that it was just the beginning!

After he unleashed the "Green Lotus" sword art, the suppression Li Fei received decreased, and the Dragon Elephant power was constantly channeling, so he successfully broke free.

At this moment, Li Fei's power had doubled, charging to the front of the lotus flower in one step, slashing down with his blade held in both hands, the scorching martial energy surging from the blade edge, instantly wrapping the entire Green Lotus.

Heaven and Earth Single Blade!

Over 30,000 tons, which is over 60 million jin of terrifying explosive power mixed with Dao energy, slashed onto this small heaven and earth!

A red crack first appeared on the huge Green Lotus, followed by holes appearing in three places.

After all, it was a small martial domain, not as sturdy as a true martial domain.

Gathering the four powers of Li Fei, Wang Yilong, and the others, this Green Lotus world was completely shattered, turning into lotus flowers dancing all over the sky!

In the lotus world, Shi Caiming's right arm, which he used to hold his sword, was severed at the elbow, his sword transferred to his left hand, blocking horizontally in front of him.

Bai Yan, who was in the middle of a sword strike, suddenly suffered a backlash because the Green Lotus world was broken, and a mouthful of blood sprayed out.

Seeing this, Li Fei didn't hesitate, directly consuming 800 Blood Souls to unleash 【Blood Might】!

In the "Blood Demon Extreme State," 【Blood Might】 also no longer had restrictions!

【Blood Might God】 requires a balance between law and martial arts, so Li Fei simultaneously channeled the 【Refining Matter】 ability, refining the remaining 500 Blood Souls into heart-mind power, integrating it into 【Blood Might】.

With this, he had less than 200 Blood Souls left.

This 【Blood Might God】 was the final strike of a desperate gamble!

At the same time, Wang Yilong also launched a heart-mind attack on Bai Yan; he had heart-mind supernatural abilities!

The black dragon of Sha Qi roared from afar, using military Sha to seize the soul!

Li Fei chose to gamble everything, and the others didn't miss this excellent combat opportunity either.

With Shi Caiming's current state, this was the only and final opportunity for them!

Once Shi Caiming died first, there would be no need to fight anymore.

Bai Yan, who had just suffered a backlash, had his heart-mind defense loosened, and after being hit by three heart-mind attacks in succession, his heart-mind was suddenly thrown into chaos!

Shi Caiming, with only one arm left and covered in blood, did not waste the opportunity created by Li Fei and the others, thrusting his sword forward.

The remaining power of his martial domain, the power of heaven and earth, and the power of his supernatural abilities were all concentrated on this sword!

This was also his final sword strike, fighting for his life!

The sword tip broke through Bai Yan's protective sword Qi, broke through layers of heaven and earth origin energy, and pierced into the center of his brow, the sword Qi exploding—

Destroying his brain!

Li Fei, not feeling reassured, stepped forward and charged.

He knew that a Grandmaster's vitality was powerful; even if the heart and brain were destroyed, as long as the heart-mind did not dissipate, they could still survive for dozens of seconds.

To prevent the opponent from counter-killing Shi Caiming, or having any other life-saving supernatural abilities to use, Li Fei used 【No Distance】 to teleport behind Bai Yan, and slashed horizontally with another 【Heaven and Earth Single Blade】!

Slashing both the physical body and the heart-mind!

The scorching martial energy wrapped Bai Yan's entire body, and then the blade edge slashed through.

Li Fei stood behind Bai Yan, maintaining the posture of a horizontal slash.

Shi Caiming stood in front of Bai Yan, maintaining the posture of a forward sword thrust.

Between the two, Bai Yan's body first turned into two halves, and then was burned to ashes by flames!

Time: 49th Year of Emperor Hongguang, July 8th.

Location: Wu'an University.

Deceased: Gouchen Sword Master.

49th Year of Emperor Hongguang, July 8th.

Prince Li Qin Qin Mingli and the First Imperial Prince Qin Qin Zihong took control of the 100,000 border troops in the South, intending to march North to "clear the Emperor's side"!

Once the news broke, the world was shocked!

And not long after this news spread, another piece of news spread across the world at an astonishing speed:

Lu family head Lu Lu Wenzheng joined forces with Hongyi University President Xu Jing, raising troops to follow the First Imperial Prince.

Xu Jing and Gouchen Sword Master Bai Yan joined forces to kill their way into Wu'an University, intending to behead Wu'an University President Shi Caiming!

At the critical moment, Marquis Jing'an Li Fei arrived in time.

At the realm of a Martial Arts Master, he killed Grandmaster Xu Jing!

Later, joining forces with Shi Caiming and the others, he killed the Gouchen Sword Master!

Such a combat record is unparalleled throughout history.

This is the most dashing feat in the human world!

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