Chapter 1276: Chapter 1276: Don’t Let the Sword Be Shamed
"Mid-grade Holy Artifact?"
Cries of surprise erupted from the surrounding audience seats.
Burning gazes all focused on the sword in Xiao Yi’s hand.
The sharp sword emitting cold white sword light was clearly a powerful mid-grade Holy Artifact.
A mid-grade Holy Artifact is a treasure that even an average Martial Arts Emperor cannot possess.
Let alone now it’s a sword-type Holy Artifact, and judging by its aura, it’s evidently much stronger than usual mid-grade Holy Artifacts.
In the Martial Arts Arena, Xiao Yi held his sword indifferently, ignoring the surrounding exclamations.
His indifferent gaze turned to the three referees at the edge of the Martial Arts Arena.
The three referees nodded and swiftly approached.
Glancing at Shi Jingtiao, who had fallen off the arena, they loudly proclaimed, "In this battle, Black Cloud Academy, Xiao Yi wins."
Xiao Yi nodded slightly, withdrew his sword, and turned to leave.
The reason he drew his sword was that Shi Jingtiao cultivated the path of stone.
The path of stone is adept at defense.
Five Fools Academy ranks among the Five Great Academy, only second to Heavenly Hidden Academy in rankings.
Its disciples are all Heavenly Talents.
Shi Jingtiao was second only to the Chief of Power Fool among Power Mad Disciples in the Five Fools Academy.
His cultivation reached the Saint King Realm Eighth Layer.
In other words, this person not only has immense strength but also remarkable defensive capabilities.
If he doesn’t use his sword or martial technique, engaging in a prolonged battle with this person would be quite challenging.
After all, apart from his skills, his actual cultivation is only the Sixth Layer of Saint King Realm.
Moreover, even though it’s challenging, there’s hardly any gain from fighting with this person.
Therefore, Xiao Yi chose not to waste time and directly drew his sword.
The sword he had at his disposal was merely two: the Blizzard Sword and the Cold Flame Sword.
The Blizzard Sword, however, is just a top-grade Elemental Artifact, not even matching a Sub-Saint Artifact.
For the current strength of Xiao Yi, the Blizzard Sword is almost useless, so he had to take out the Cold Flame Sword.
The Cold Flame Sword had absorbed a significant amount of Blood Qi power previously, making it much stronger.
Therefore, Xiao Yi merely used a Sword Qi to send Shi Jingtiao off the arena.
According to the rules, a competitor falling off the stage results in an immediate loss, and the three referees quickly announced the result.
Xiao Yi turned and left.
Suddenly, a shout erupted from behind him.
"I remembered, isn’t this kid the one who severely injured Senior Brother Jin Hu with one sword several days ago at the peak of Five Spirit Peak?"
That day at the peak of Five Spirit Peak, there were indeed many academy teams that hadn’t arrived at Heavenly Hidden Academy.
Even the disciples present then mostly focused their thoughts and gaze on Golden Dawn Academy’s disciples and people like Chu Rou.
Hardly anyone paid attention to Xiao Yi and Qing Lin.
Even when Xiao Yi unexpectedly severely injured Jin Hu, attracting attention.
But that attention was merely on the sword in Xiao Yi’s hand.
Naturally, until now, some spectators gradually recognized Xiao Yi.
At this moment, another shout rang out.
"I also remembered, isn’t this the abandoned disciple of Heavenly Hidden Academy two years ago?"
"That day, he also wielded this sword and easily defeated Wang Yue, the eighth direct disciple under Sky-reaching Peak."
"This guy, while lacking in other areas, sure has good luck having obtained a mid-grade Holy Artifact."
"Ha, with a mid-grade Holy Artifact in hand, his strength is indeed impressive."
Various discussions arose from the audience seats.
Xiao Yi turned a deaf ear to it and quietly returned to the Black Cloud Academy seats.
Beneath the Martial Arts Arena, Shi Jingtiao finally reacted after falling into defeat.
Cold eyes stared straight at Xiao Yi.
"Black Cloud Academy, defeated me relying on the might of a mid-grade Holy Artifact, what kind of skill is that?" Shi Jingtiao shouted angrily.
Xiao Yi paid no mind, merely returned to his seat, and sat down quietly, resting with his eyes closed.
Around the audience seats, discussions continued, but more of them focused on the mid-grade Holy Artifact in Xiao Yi’s hand.
Yet, these discussions quickly faded away as the three referees called out loudly.
"Number 57, Five Fools Academy, Linghu Wang, come up."
"Number 58, Thousand River Academy, Tang Qianliu, come up."
Whoosh... whoosh...
Two figures instantly leaped onto the Martial Arts Arena.
"It’s Senior Brother Linghu Wang." Suddenly, the audience seats erupted with cries of surprise.
Moreover, this kind of surprise was much more intense than any previous one.
Admiring gazes almost entirely focused on the indifferent figure currently on the Martial Arts Arena.
Linghu Wang, a disciple of Five Fools Academy, Chief of Sword Obsession Disciples, also the Chief of Five Fools.
At this moment, among the Black Cloud Academy seats, Mo Youu, who always had a calm expression, suddenly narrowed his eyes.
"Sword Obsession Linghu Wang." Mo Youu murmured, a glint of battle intent flashing in his eyes.
On the Martial Arts Arena, Linghu Wang ignored the surrounding cries of surprise, instead turned his head, looking directly at Mo Youu.
"Forget Sorrow Sword, Mo Youu," Linghu Wang uttered, similarly a flash of battle intent in his eyes.
"I heard you challenged almost all the top Heavenly Talents in the West, even Golden Dawn defeated by you."
"In the upcoming matches, if possible, I look forward to a bout with you."
"Okay." Mo Youu nodded.
Linghu Wang’s gaze moved past Mo Youu and settled on Xiao Yi who was pretending to sleep.
"Your cultivation is still weak, you should train diligently."
"Since you’re a sword cultivator, you ought to understand that the sword is one’s life."
"Your sword is strong, I hope you don’t let it be humiliated."
Xiao Yi continued pretending to sleep, silent.
Beside him, Qing Lin sneered, "Take care of yourself first, hope you’re merely a sword enthusiast and not a fool."
"Hmm?" Linghu Wang turned to Qing Lin, eyes sharp, staring directly at him.
"Urgh." Meeting Linghu Wang’s gaze, Qing Lin’s eyes suddenly stung sharply.
Beside him, Xiao Yi instantly opened his eyes, cold gaze fixated on Linghu Wang.
Under the cold gaze, Linghu Wang’s complexion changed slightly, had to retract his gaze from Qing Lin, and turned to face Xiao Yi.
The two eyes clashed in the air, one sharp, one cold, neither giving way.
Xiao Yi’s indifferent voice slowly rose, "I believe, before you defeat me, you don’t have the qualification to teach me how to treat my sword."
"At least, a peak of Saint King Realm isn’t enough."
Indeed, Linghu Wang’s cultivation is at the peak of Saint King Realm, merely a step away from Saint Emperor Realm.
"Good." Linghu Wang lightly smiled, withdrawing his gaze.
The battle on the Martial Arts Arena soon commenced.
At the Black Cloud Academy seats, Xiao Yi glanced at Qing Lin, "Are you alright?"
"Yes." Qing Lin shook his head, blinking his slightly stinging eyes.
"That guy is very strong."
Beside them, Mo Youu spoke, "Junior Brothers need not mind, Linghu Wang is a sword enthusiast, devoted to swords as life, he merely spoke a few more words."
"Such a person does not necessarily bear malice."
"Hmm." Qing Lin nodded, "But he is indeed a sword enthusiast, Junior Brother Xiao Yi, if you encounter him in upcoming matches, be cautious."
"Ha." Xiao Yi chuckled faintly, noncommittal.
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