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"Ye Li?"
"Hahaha, although you don't show your strength, I've heard of you for a long time. You are Ye Huang's nephew..."
"Perfect timing!"
"With your status, defeating you will also bring glory to my Shifu!"
"Kill!"
Xie Yuan seemed very excited upon seeing Ye Li. With a wave of his White Dragon Fan, he proactively attacked Ye Li.
Ye Li snorted coldly, unwilling to show weakness either.
His precious sword was unsheathed, and a single strike swept across the sky, like spring rain nourishing all things. Hundreds of sword shadows continuously materialized, and wherever the sword light reached, it carried a faint, dark glow, as if to turn the small space he occupied into a patch of night.
"Spring Rain Mysterious Night Sword Art!"
"One of Ye Huang Chen Jiu Supreme's signature sword arts before he became Supreme, it was indeed passed down to you. This is even better. Defeating you like this will further prove that I, Xie Yuan, am the number one person below the Transcendent Realm in Eastern Cloud Continent today!"
"I am certain to claim the title of Young Lord Dongyang!"
"Hmph, stop boasting. It's not certain who will win and who will lose yet!"
The two instantly began a fierce battle.
One's white fan transformed into a dragon, the other's Sword Qi turned into a dark night like rain.
They were both Supreme inheritors.
As soon as the battle began, it instantly reached its Peak.
Their figures flickered rapidly and mysteriously all over the entire arena, so much so that many young Martial Artists couldn't clearly see their movements.
Only those like Gao Xingchen, Zhao Yu, and Wang Chen could barely catch some of their trajectories.
But even that was very blurry.
They could only sigh in amazement that the Martial Arts World was indeed not as simple as they imagined. There was always a stronger person among the strong, and always a higher mountain beyond a mountain.
Zhao Shanhe took a healing pill and had recovered somewhat by this time.
Seeing the battle in the arena, his face immediately turned incredibly gloomy again, and his body even trembled slightly.
Whether it was Ye Li or Xie Yuan, the combat strength they displayed made him feel terror.
Ouyang Li turned and patted his shoulder.
"Don't mind it. This time we miscalculated. We didn't expect someone like Xie Yuan to appear. It's not shameful for you to lose to him..."
"But Grand Elder... disciple is unwilling. disciple gave up all other martial arts to cultivation the Slaying Heaven Drawing Blade Technique..."
"Alas, that martial art was originally an extreme path. Even if you hadn't failed this time, after the Welcoming Spring Tea Party, the Sect would still have you cultivation more martial arts."
"You won't go far relying solely on the Slaying Heaven Drawing Blade Technique!"
"Yes, disciple understands."
...
In the Heavenly Flame Sect's tent.
Wang Jinxiu's face also turned slightly pale.
He kept muttering to himself.
"How can they be so strong?"
"Why?"
Originally, after Zhou Yuanhu called him back, he was preparing to challenge Ye Li if Ye Li defeated Zhao Shanhe. Thinking about it now, that was completely wishful thinking.
Zhao Shanhe was not Ye Li's opponent and couldn't even consume much of Ye Li's True Qi.
If he went up to challenge, there would only be one outcome: being utterly defeated by Ye Li.
Zhou Yuanhu was also staring intently at the battle circle.
After a while, he let out a long breath: "As expected of Supreme disciples, these two have actually cultivated Third Grade True Qi!"
"What, Third Grade True Qi?"
Wang Jinxiu was greatly shocked: "Grand Elder, you didn't see wrongly, did you? They really have both cultivated Third Grade True Qi?"
"Yes, that's right, it is Third Grade True Qi!"
Zhou Yuanhu said decisively: "Indeed, the Martial Arts World is full of hidden talents. Wang Jinxiu, this time can be considered an eye-opener for you all. It's not necessarily a bad thing."
Wang Jinxiu remained stunned, unable to recover for a long time.
He himself had cultivated Fourth Grade True Qi. It was precisely because of this that he had the strength to rival some ordinary Transcendent Realm practitioners. He had also once thought that his strength should be at the Peak of Houtian Martial Artists.
At least within the territory of Eastern Cloud Continent, he couldn't find an opponent.
Who would have thought there were still Supreme disciples like Ye Li and Xie Yuan?
They actually cultivated Third Grade True Qi!
Although there was only a difference of one grade between Third Grade True Qi and Fourth Grade True Qi, it was the difference between High-Grade and Middle Grade. The two were not on the same level at all.
More importantly, their martial arts were also exceptionally powerful.
They both subtly showed signs of reaching the Peak of Perfection, about to sublimate and produce martial arts true intent.
Combined, they were more than just two levels stronger than him?
If they really fought, he probably couldn't even withstand five moves, right?
Snowflakes, at some unknown time, began to fall rustlingly again.
The entire Pingding Mountain seemed very quiet. Almost every pair of eyes was watching the duel between these two peerless geniuses, Ye Li and Xie Yuan.
Their eyes didn't blink, afraid of missing every single detail.
Only Li Yun was still picking up the teapot, gently pouring a cup of tea for himself and Gu Xiaoxian.
His demeanor was so relaxed as if he had truly become a mere spectator.
Coming to Pingding Mountain was truly just for drinking tea and watching a show.
He really treated this place as a teahouse.
Gao Xingchen really couldn't help himself anymore. He quietly moved closer to Li Yun and asked in a low voice: "Senior Brother Li, are you... are you still going to make a move?"
Li Yun glared at him: "Didn't I tell you not to call me Senior Brother? You're unnecessarily making me sound old... Besides, what are you rushing for? They're still fighting, what would I go up there for?"
Gao Xingchen scratched his head and chuckled awkwardly: "It's not... I'm just anxious, you see the surroundings, everyone must think one of them is the final victor now, they've all overlooked you..."
"Does it matter?"
"Let me tell you, don't let vanity swell. This thing called Martial Dao is rigorous. If you can win, you can win. If you can't win, you can't win... How others see you won't affect the outcome!"
"Yes... yes, yes, but I'm still curious!"
"Curious about what?"
"Hehe..."
Gao Xingchen was a bit embarrassed: "Can you tell me... if you made a move, how many moves would it take you to win?"
Li Yun directly rolled his eyes.
"Is that what you call a question?"
"Ah... isn't it a question?"
"Nonsense, of course not! But if you insist on asking this way, I can only tell you, if I could kill people and take their lives, it wouldn't take me a second move to kill them!"
"However, this isn't some life-and-death duel after all, and publicly killing two Supreme inheritors isn't a fun thing to do... For sparring, you always have to leave a little chance for people to live, right?"
"So I'll hold back a little when I make my move. This way, I'll take on two... Hmm, it's still one move!"
"No choice, if I make a move, they can at most withstand one move!"
Pfft!
Gao Xingchen almost spat out the tea he had just drunk.
The other few Heavenly Martial Sect Outer Sect Disciples around were also completely dumbfounded.
Killing takes one move, not killing also takes one move?
Is this kind of answer seriously messed up?
Why does it feel like this Disciple of Lingyun Pavilion Li Yun, Ren Division Chief Disciple... loves to boast so much when he talks?
Only Gu Xiaoxian was holding back beside him, his mouth twitching.
Only he, who roughly understood Li Yun's strength, knew that Li Yun wasn't actually boasting when he said that. If there wasn't a concept of zero moves.
Based on the strength Ye Li and Xie Yuan were currently displaying, Li Yun defeating them would be zero moves.
Mature and terrifying Battle Tactics, coupled with his fixed First Grade True Qi!
It's a pure crushing match!
