Chapter 674: Hot Shot
Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
Zhang Ruochen held the hilt of his sword. The Spiritual Qi around the Coliseum rapidly flew toward him and formed a Spiritual Qi vortex.
Zhang Ruochen and the Valley-water Sword flew out straight toward Zhao Wuyan. They passed through the thunderbolt and collided with Zhao Wuyan’s sword.
With a loud bang, tremendous sword Qi fluctuated and spread out from the two sword tips and hit the light walls of the arrays around the Coliseum. The 66-meter-high Coliseum vibrated subtly.
Under the recoil force, both of them immediately retreated to the edge of the Coliseum.
Zhang Ruochen’s right wrist was lacerated, and blood spurted out from the wound, trickling down his fingers and dribbling onto the ground.
He felt his right arm aching as if it were broken, and his meridians were severely injured.
“My cultivation is not profound enough. If I had broken through to the Fifth Change in the Fish-dragon Realm, I would have dealt with it more easily.” Zhang Ruochen ran the Genuine Qi secretly to his right arm meridians and began to heal the wound.
He had not injured Zhao Wuyan but at least he had broken his Divine Body Shield. He left a sword mark on Zhao Yan’s collar and ripped a one-inch-long hole.
If the sword had deviated a little, Zhao Wuyan would have been stabbed in the throat.
Zhao Wuyan’s extremities went cold. He did not dare let his guard down. He knew that this man was powerful enough to fight him and should not be underestimated.
“Your achievements in Tao of the sword are really amazing. You have reached at least the eighth realm of Sword One or even the ninth realm. However, your cultivation is not profound, so you’re bound to lose the fight.”
Zhao Wuyan was overconfident and had the spirit of a victor. He mobilized all his strength and rapidly brandished the combat sword to the ground. As a result, the sword tip hit the array on the ground.
“Boom!”
Round Qi billows were set off, centered on the sword tip. It caused a tremendous wind and a thunderous sound that surged up to Zhang Ruochen violently.
Zhao Wuyan was smart. He knew how to attack from a borrowed force.
He borrowed the force of the arrays to interfere with Zhang Ruochen to a certain degree.
Not just anyone could borrow the force of the arrays. Any carelessness could cause it to backfire.
Only when the force was skillfully controlled could it be used as a borrowed force.
“It’s very interesting.” Zhang Ruochen smiled.
The surging Qi billows struck Zhang Ruochen and forced him backward.
When he slipped to the edge of the Coliseum, he touched the ground on tiptoe and leaped around ten meters into the air. He was suspended in midair and avoided the Qi billow from the ground easily.
The crowd under the Coliseum saw black, green, and yellow air columns appear under Zhang Ruochen’s feet. Because of the three air columns, he was able to stand in the air.
“They’re the force of five elements from three origins, including Spiritual Qi of water nature, earth nature, and wood nature,” said a stunned participant at the Eighth Change in the Fish-dragon Realm.
“Could it be that… Lin Yue has practiced the legendary Treasured Body of Three Spirits? ”
“It should be so. Only a Treasured Body of Three Spirits can fight against a Saintly Being.”
Qi Feiyu touched her snow-white chin gently and her eyes shone brightly. She said secretly, “It’s more and more interesting. Unexpectedly, he has displayed the rare Treasured Body of Three Spirits. How many trump cards does he have?”
She had come to watch the battle because she wanted to see if Zhao Wuyan could test Lin Yue’s real strength.
Zhao Wuyan was indeed strong enough, and he forced Lin Yue to show his cards.
“Swoosh!”
Zhang Ruochen controlled the force of five elements and turned it into an attack force. The Spiritual Qi of water nature condensed into ice water and changed into sharp ice spikes.
The Spiritual Qi of earth nature condensed into rocks and the Spiritual Qi of wood nature condensed into vines.
As Zhang Ruochen waved his arm, hundreds of ice spikes shot at Zhao Wuyan like ten thousand arrows shot at once.
Meanwhile, the Spiritual Qi of earth nature condensed into a big stone mountain more than 5,000 kg in weight. It almost covered the entire Coliseum. It abruptly descended.
“Taixuan’s Request to God.”
With a sparkle in his eyes, Zhao Wuyan kicked up his heels and soared up to the sky like a green light column. As he thrust the sword, the sword Qi formed a huge arc of light to split the giant stone mountain.
Broken stones fell toward the earth.
“Swoosh!”
On his right, a three-meter-high gravel cracked like a cobweb. Suddenly, a figure flew out—it was Zhang Ruochen.
He held the sword with his left hand and looked like a phantom. He thrust the sword unexpectedly and left a dazzling sword radiance.
Zhao Wuyan looked surprised. He had not thought that Lin Yue would hide in the stone mountain. He had been completely unaware.
He reacted very quickly. He cried out and lowered his body quickly to avoid Zhang Ruochen’s unique skill.
“Let go.”
The Valley-water Sword collided with Zhao Wuyan’s skin, cutting his right wrist and making the sound of gold rubbing on stone and emitting sparks.
Finally, the Valley-water Sword broke through his body defense and cut his tendons, leaving a deep, bloody line.
He gave a muffled cry and felt a sharp pain in his arms. The combat sword slipped out of his hand and Zhang Ruochen caught it steadily.
They fell down to the ground once again. Zhao Wuyan covered his bleeding wrist and quickly ran away in panic.
Zhang Ruochen had seized Zhao Wuyan’s sword and held it in his left hand. “Terrific! It’s a twelfth level Genuine Martial Arms sword. If you give up, I’ll return it to you.”
Zhao Wuyan’s tendons in his hand had been severed, so his right hand was forceless. It would take at least one day to restore the tendon by using Pills.
Although his fighting strength was much reduced, Zhao Wuyan did not throw in the towel. He snorted, “It’s just a twelfth level Genuine Martial Arms. Even if you’ve seized it, I don’t care. I hope we can meet again in the decisive battle. Then, I will show you my real strength.”
He had lost to Zhang Ruochen, but he was unwilling to accept it. He thought the reason he lost was his carelessness.
He was actually still able to fight Zhang Ruochen one more time.
If he displayed his trump card, he would be able to turn the tables.
However, his wrist wound had still failed to heal and his meridians were fairly aching. It seemed that Lin Yue had secretly attacked him.
After all, Lin Yue had a bad rap in the Yin and Yang Sect.
Zhao Wuyan faintly felt that situation was not good. It would not be a good thing for him to keep fighting.
In this case, it was okay to let Lin Yue win this time.
He was determined to defeat him in the decisive battle.
He neither looked back nor asked for the combat sword. Instead, he went straight out of the Coliseum and left Zhiyu Sacred Mountain.
All the participants were dumbfounded.
“What’s the matter? Obviously, Zhao Wuyan is still able to fight again and strike back. Why did he suddenly leave the Coliseum?” Many people were confused.
The oldest among the participants, Dao Xuanqi, said as if deep in thought, “We only saw that the tendons in his right were cut off, but that is not necessarily all of it. Perhaps it’s worse than we thought.”
If his tendons were cut, Zhao Wuyan would at most become a little bit weaker in fighting ability.
However, Zhang Ruochen had injected the sword Qi to Zhao Wuyan’s meridians. The sword Qi contained the power of time, so it was hard for Zhao Wuyan to resolve it within a short period based on his cultivation.
Even if he kept fighting and won, he would suffer a heavy loss and would not be able to handle the following battles.
Zhang Ruochen really hoped Zhao Wuyan would keep fighting. This way, he could drag Zhao Wuyan into a serious injury, thus Zhao Wuyan would not be able to take part in the decisive battle.
He would have one less opponent.
“He’s really smart.”
Zhang Ruochen smiled, put away the twelfth level Genuine Martial Arms sword, and stepped down from the Coliseum.
Beyond all expectations, Lin Yue was able to win. Originally, everybody had only treated him as a genius in the Tao of the sword.
Now, all the participants had to pay attention to him and treated him as a great enemy and a hotshot who was capable of contending for the top 10.
When he came down from Zhiyu Sacred Mountain, a subtle sound rang behind him. A figure then flashed. Xu Changsheng appeared in front of him and stood under a tree over 13 meters away.
By the time the two rounds of battles had ended, it was already late at night. It was completely dark. There was firelight only on the top of the sacred mountains. Meanwhile, a great clamor was heard.
Zhang Ruochen stopped and looked at Xu Changsheng standing in the dark. “Senior Brother Apprentice Xu, how can I help you?”
Xu Changsheng looked indifferent. “Lin Yue, I investigated you. Four months ago, you were only at the Heaven Realm. You were merely excellent but not top-class.”
“You only went to Eastern Evil Land for experience once. Now, you’re no longer crazy about women. Besides, you’ve suddenly reached the Fourth Change in the Fish-dragon Realm and even practiced to the ninth realm of Sword One. You seem to be a different person now.”
From the beginning to the end, Xu Changsheng stared at “Lin Yue” in front of him and observed his facial expressions.
To his disappointment, Zhang Ruochen remained calm, without showing any strange look.
Zhang Ruochen said with a smile, “Senior Brother Apprentice Xu, what do you mean?”
Xu Changsheng snorted and said, “My guess is that you’re not the Lin Yue from before. Perhaps you’re an evil man from the Black Market in Lin Yue’s skin.”
“If I’m not Lin Yue, don’t you think Half-Saint Patriarchs would have detected it? Senior Brother Apprentice Xu, if you’re really idle, you’d better think about how to improve your realm in the Tao of the sword, otherwise, you won’t be able to enter the top 10 in the decisive battle. It won’t be me who will be disgraced then.” Zhang Ruochen said with a faint smile.