Chapter 21: Ill Defeat Him Again! (1/2)
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Vomiting a fresh mouthful of blood, Wu Mingliang, like a cannonball, crashed heavily into the ground below the arena. The moment he was knocked off, the outer court disciples in the audience were all utterly shocked. This was completely different from the scene they’d envisioned!
They had thought that Wu Mingliang would defeat Xiang Shaoyun with ease, and yet Wu Mingliang, one of the top ten disciples, was defeated in just three moves. All this happened too quickly!
“Am...am I going blind? Wu Mingliang has actually been kicked off the platform!”
“It should be the case, I can also see it! Isn’t this Wu Mingliang a bit too weak?”
“What do you know? The punch that Wu Mingliang used just now carried more than 500 kilograms of force behind it! Practically none of us can take Wu Mingliang’s punch head on! We can only say that Xiang Shaoyun is too strong!”
“He indeed has a five-star physique! He’s grown to such a terrifying point despite being here for around 10 days!”
The outer court disciples were thrown into a frenzy. Their cognition of Xiang Shaoyun also changed—no longer did they despise and look down upon him; they even had a trace of admiration in their eyes as they looked at him.
“I said I’d defeat you in three moves, and I did just that!” Xiang Shaoyun said in high spirits, looking down at Wu Mingliang from a distance.
“Impossible, impossible! How can I, Wu Mingliang, lose to a brat like you?! It’s utterly impossible!” Wu Mingliang roared as he gnashed his teeth, unwilling to accept what had just happened. Staring daggers at Xiang Shaoyun, he rose into the air and drew the Wu Sword on his back, slas.h.i.+ng furiously at him.
“Stop, you’ve already lost!” the martial officer, watching Wu Mingliang act against Xiang Shaoyun, shouted furiously.
“It doesn’t matter. I’ve defeated him once, so I can defeat him again!” Xiang Shaoyun said as he calmly retreated.
“I was careless just now. However, the one who’ll be losing this round will be you!” Wu Mingliang shrieked madly. The sword in his hand slashed through the air extremely quickly, sending multiple compact slashes rus.h.i.+ng towards Xiang Shaoyun.
Tier-2 sword skill, Stone Crus.h.i.+ng Slash. The Stone Crus.h.i.+ng Slash lived up to its name; just a tiny bit of sword light would be enough to turn a 500-kilogram rock into dust. Wu Mingliang had practiced this particular sword skill since young. Thus, he was able to bring out about 50 percent of the skill’s potential, giving him strength that was not attainable through a mere tier-1 skill.
Xiang Shaoyun was forced to actively dodge the slashes coming at him. There were even times where he got hit by the slashes, and they cut through his clothes and even drew fresh blood from his skin.
“They are indeed worthy of being a tier-2 sword and a tier-2 sword skill!” Xiang Shaoyun affirmed in his heart as he felt the sharpness of the blade.
Xiang Shaoyun was constantly forced onto his rear foot, and he found it hard to get a chance to retaliate.
“I’ll see just how long you can last under this a.s.sault! Lose already!” Regaining his confidence, Wu Mingliang shrilly yelled, invigorating his strength, causing more and more sword lights to fly at Xiang Shaoyun. The constant barrage of slashes forced Xiang Shaoyun to the edge of the arena. Wu Mingliang wanted to force him off arena in one go.
At this very moment, Xiang Shaoyun’s eyes focused to an extreme extent, allowing him to make out the trajectory of each and every one of Wu Mingliang’s sword slashes. This was why he had been constantly retreating; he needed to grasp Wu Mingliang’s movements before he could land a critical blow on Wu Mingliang.
Lowering his body, Xiang Shaoyun managed to dodge all of Wu Mingliang’s attacks before sending a palm flying straight towards him. “Break for me!”
Tier-1 battle technique, Cloud Splitting Palm.
Among all the outer court’s battle techniques from the Battle Technique Hall, Xiang Shaoyun had learned four of them, only neglecting to cultivate the only sword skill among them. The Cloud Splitting Palm contained even more raw force than the Rus.h.i.+ng Qi Fist and the Gale Winds Kick. One palm to split the clouds—this was an extraordinarily powerful move that often caught its opponents off guard.