Chapter 225: Chapter 225: Shi Xiaole Unshackled (Fifth update)
"Dominating the Four Seas!"
With a shake of his wrist, breaking the thin layer of ice on his body, Lin Gaofei’s fist brought up a whirlwind of internal power, grinding towards Ye Liushuang like a running horse. This was his self-created fist technique.
Crack.
The ice sphere exploded like glass, and a cold aura spread freely, causing the temperature within a radius of five feet to drop drastically.
Luckily, Lin Gaofei was prepared beforehand. He erected a protective shield with his Supreme Domination internal power in time, blocking most of the cold aura. He propelled himself out like a rocket, unleashing an unmatched palm strength.
In the face of this palm strength, the frosty aura was like spring snow, brutally shattered. The scattered ice particles reassembled and charged back towards Ye Liushuang.
"Supreme Dominating Divine Palm!"
Her figure flickered continuously, as a look of surprise appeared on Ye Liushuang’s cold face.
As the unique skill of the Qiongjia Gang, the name "Supreme Dominating Divine Palm" had long been famous throughout Qingxue State. The previous gang leader had dominated Qingxue’s Martial World for decades with this skill, becoming one of the top ten masters of the Dust Ranking.
Ye Liushuang was not surprised that Lin Gaofei had mastered the Supreme Dominating Divine Palm. What shocked her was that he had reached the highest realm of this skill and integrated his understanding of it. This was terrifying.
"Self-righteous woman, I, Lin Gaofei, will defeat you."
His body spun in mid-air, Lin Gaofei stacked his palms, his domineering palm power came wave after wave, overlapping and advancing in layers. Even Ye Liushuang’s Evasion Step couldn’t dodge it.
This was the astonishing thing about the Supreme Dominating Divine Palm. There were no specific moves, only the unstoppable internal power, which was similar yet different from the Sword Qi and Blade Qi. But, could the sword and blade aura reach such a wide range?
"Disciple, don’t underestimate the enemy."
The leader of the Qiongjia Gang, old Mr. Ma with a cane, frowned slightly.
He had noticed the expression of the Queen City Lord earlier. The woman was keeping people at a distance, appearing to be very angry, but according to his many years of interactive experience, she was clearly relying on something.
"Lin Gaofei, I hate losing to men, especially arrogant men like you."
Dodging the attacks with narrow escapes, Ye Liushuang somehow got within three feet of her opponent. Her five fingers widened, she made a grabbing motion at Lin Gaofei.
The void seemed to solidify a lot. Even the Supreme Domination internal power slowed down under her grasp, like a massive claw made of ice covering Lin Gaofei’s head, as if to yank him over.
At this moment, everyone felt a strange sensation. People said Lin Gaofei was domineering, but Ye Liushuang simply didn’t take him into consideration, making such a humiliating move.
"Damn woman, you’re asking for it!"
Angered, Lin Gaofei’s Supreme Domination intent was boosted to the limit. His left hand pressed onto his right one, and all his internal power was drained outthrough his palm energy. The terrifying explosion sounded like dozens of beasts roaring together, shaking everyone’s hearts.
"Let me show you the highest secret of the Frost Technique, the Empress Claw."
Ye Liushuang’s pupils didn’t fluctuate. She swiftly moved to the right, her right hand from behind extending slowly yet fast, like a queen overlooking the world.
So, her previous move was just a trick, the killing move was waiting here.
"Ha ha ha, do you think I can’t see through your scheme?"
Gasping forcefully, Lin Gaofei burst out laughing. His palms suddenly pulled to the right, and the domineering and majestic palm strength was like soy milk in a grinder. No sooner had Ye Liushuang just stabilized her front foot than the back foot was fiercely covered.
Everyone watched with bated breath, their heartbeat almost stopped.
They thought Ye Liushuang was better, but it turned out that Lin Gaofei was lying in wait.
"Evasion Star Fly."
A sneer flashed across her face. Ye Liushuang suddenly stepped forward from the stagnant body left in place. It was as if her soul had left her body. She directly passed through the terrifying palm strength.
Before the crowd could react, she was high above, her left claw grabbed Lin Gaofei’s head. Without looking, she swung him back like tossing a dog.
Thud!
A body covered in frost directly smashed to the ground, the frost exploded, Lin Gaofei jumped up angrily, his eyes bulging, his face flushed red.
Humiliation, being defeated in this way in front of the heroes of Qingxue State, was absolutely a lifetime shame!
"Ye Liushuang, I remember you."
After Lin Gaofei took a few deep breaths, he finally managed to suppress his impulse to fight back. Losing was losing, he wouldn’t make a fuss unreasonably. But today’s humiliation, he would definitely repay tenfold in the future.
"Don’t feel bad, like you, I can toss you once and I can toss you twice."
Ye Liushuang raised her eyes and glanced at him for a moment, then lifted her gaze, not looking at him any longer.
Everyone was eye-opening. What is overbearing? This is overbearing. Compared with Ye Liushuang, Lin Gaofei’s overbearing seemed to be limited to his martial arts moves.
"This woman, she’s made great progress."
Fang Shenwu, one of the four Heaven Kings, also felt a bit of pressure. He didn’t want to follow Lin Gaofei’s path, but the opponent’s light skill displayed in the end was too fast. Even he didn’t notice it.
"Congratulations, City Lord Xia."
Old Mr. Ma sent a message to Xia Lingwei, the City Lord of Queen City.
Lin Gaofei and Fang Shenwu were the same kind of masters, with almost equal strength. Ye Liushuang was able to defeat Lin Gaofei, meaning she had a great chance to defeat Fang Shenwu and would only be second to Yuan Zong.
But don’t forget that Ye Liushuang was a year younger than Yuan Zong. This talent was startling to think about.
"I hope you’re not being insincere and harboring ill intentions."
Xia Lingwei spoke coldly, making Old Mr. Ma bitterly smile in helplessness. This woman, as she grew older, her temperament didn’t improve at all.
Since in each round of forty-one matches, one person would inevitably have to fight twice. This round, it was Ye Liushuang’s turn. Her second opponent conceded directly.
They must be joking, even Lin Gaofei had suffered a terrible defeat, he didn’t want to bring trouble upon himself.
The seventy-first round.
Firstly, Yuan Zong faced off against Situ Changkong.
"Asura Hand."
Faced with Situ Changkong’s Sky Destroying Peck, Yuan Zong gathered a bit of his power. His palm, wrapped in red internal power, surprisingly directly seized the Sword Qi, and then forcefully crushed it.
Situ Changkong lost.
Everyone’s hearts couldn’t calm down, every time they watched Yuan Zong’s matches, it gave the people an illusion of an adult bullying a child. All they could say was, he and the other participating talents were not on the same level.
Afterwards, Wunian encountered Lin Gaofei who had just suffered a terrible defeat in the previous round.
"Down."
Perhaps due to stimulation, Lin Gaofei had become impatient. He immediately used Supreme Domination Skill combined with Supreme Dominating Divine Palm, forcing Wunian into a position where he could not even use his Dragon Stick Technique. He was directly sent flying by the force of the palm.
Then, Xue Changqing, Yue Tianlin, and others consecutively took the stage, and defeated their opponents without any unforeseen incident.
The thirty-sixth battle of this round.
"Fang Shenwu versus Shi Xiaole."
The referee’s voice echoed in everyone’s ears, causing many talents and countless spectators to immediately become alert.
The Four Heaven Kings were naturally undefeatable, aside from them, few people could threaten them. However, everyone wanted to see how far Shi Xiaole could go.
After all, among the newcomers, he and Yue Tianlin were known as the "dual pride". Through this battle, the gap between the newcomer and the experienced master would be revealed.
"Use all your best martial arts, or else you won’t have the opportunity."
Fang Shenwu stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes shining like lanterns, shooting towards the opposite side.
Shi Xiaole’s strength moved many people, but not Fang Shenwu. The only ones he needed to be wary of were two people, one was Yuan Zong, the other was Ye Liushuang.
"Don’t speak too confidently."
Shi Xiaole’s hand brushed across the Mother-child Scabbard. A slight breeze blew by, sparking a long-suppressed flame in his heart, which began to burn more and more fiercely.
Since the start of the competition, he had put a pair of handcuffs on himself. As his opponents got stronger, he slowly unlocked them. But who knew that, even Guan Duli had only caused his handcuffs to loosen a bit.
Now, he didn’t want to hide it anymore.
He had already experienced everything he should have. After observing a few matches, he could generally imagine the methods of Fang Shenwu and others. In the last few matches, he wanted to unleash his full strength and fight freely.
His hitherto indifferent and calm pupils suddenly sharpened. At the same time, a sword intent that was free and unrestrained, law-defying, and seemed to penetrate everything, surged from inside Shi Xiaole. Like a wild wind, seeming like a tidal wave, it shook all the directions in an instant.
Hiss hiss hiss...
Fang Shenwu’s momentum was instantly pierced with numerous holes, even his mental strength was oppressed, as if it would be cut off by a sword at any moment.
He suddenly looked up, his complexion drastically changed.
Boom!
As if a giant stone had been thrown into a calm lake, all the people felt waves surging in their chests. Looking at the upright green-robed figure on the stage, there was shock, fear, and even more, disbelief.
Momentum has its strong and weak, and specific to the martial artist’s personal cultivation, martial arts realm, mental resolve and usage ability. The sword intent displayed by Shi Xiaole at this moment even surpassed the aura of Ye Liushuang, Lin Gaofei and others. This was simply...
"I really didn’t expect you to be hiding, good, it seems this competition won’t be too boring."
Suppressing the surging emotions, Fang Shenwu suddenly shouted, his aura also boosted indefinitely. When it reached its peak, with a violent stamp of his feet, he charged at Shi Xiaole like a cannonball.
Swordsmen were universally recognized for their attack strength, but their defense was considerably weaker in contrast. That’s why Fang Shenwu planned to start from close combat. After all, he was a horizontal practice martial artist, number one in defense throughout the competition.
The long sword lightly moved, trailing a dazzling green tail of light. As Fang Shenwu was about to pounce, Shi Xiaole’s Qingfeng Sword already slashed down on his shoulder.
In the sound of metal collision, sparks flew in all directions.
Fang Shenwu’s shoulder was unscathed, while Shi Xiaole felt a great bouncing force surging from his sword towards him. If it weren’t for him discharging his force promptly, he would lose his balance in a moment.
"What a formidable horizontal practice Wushu."
The defense of horizontal practice martial artists was as legendary as the attacks of swordsmen in the Martial World, because the former started from skin, flesh, and bones, working from the outside in. If their bodies weren’t strong, it would be strange.
"Your attack won’t affect me."
Seizing the opportunity, Fang Shenwu shadowlessly punched Shi Xiaole’s face, internal power rolling within.
"Really?"
Expressionless, Shi Xiaole’s body halted in a manner that contradicted natural laws, shifted to the other side of his opponent. The speed at which he turned far outpaced all his previous matches.
He not only concealed his sword proficiency, but also his movement technique.
Before people had time to exclaim, Shi Xiaole released his second sword. The Wind Intent Realm mixed with spiral Sword Qi, the latter faster than the former, explosively struck on Fang Shenwu’s shoulder, awkwardly repelling him in midair.
