Chapter 132 On Par with the Four Stars (1/2)
Slash-!
The sword strike drew blood from Beihua Wanlei, though this so-called blood was simply in the form of light particles that dissipated instantly upon coming into contact with the air.
This was the first time that one of the Four Stars had suffered an injury in this chaotic battle!
Beihua Wanlei thought that he was a predator on the hunt. But in the end, he was still just a prey in the eyes of others.
Even though his injuries were not life threatening, they were definitely serious enough to affect him in the coming fights.
Despite that, Beihua Wanlei was already considered fortunate to not have been directly eliminated from the battle royal.
At the very last moment, Beihua Wanlei had managed to forcefully break out of the compelling illusion.
This allowed him to push himself away from his attacker, such that he was able to avoid being inflicted with a fatal injury.
”You bastard!” Beihua Wanlei roared in rage at the faceless opponent before him. ”Intermediate Essence Condensation realm? You are fucking seeking death!”
But at this moment, a second rush of killing intent gushed over from behind him.
At the very moment Beimu Fei recovered, she had immediately gathered her strength and slashed out towards Beihua Wanlei.
This bastard who tried to sneak an attack on her!
She would no longer be called Beimu Fei if she let him off just like that!
Slash-!
Beihua Wanlei attempted to dodge, but how would it be so easy to escape from Beimu Fei when he had not even been prepared for the attack?
It was just like before when Beimu Fei failed to escape from his aim, only that the roles were now reversed.
With that, two deep gashes had appeared on his body in quick succession!
Beihua Wanlei was indeed worth of being a member of the Four Stars.
Even in a situation where he had no chance of evading the attack, he still managed to adjust his body at the last moment, such that Beimu Fei was not able to deal a fatal blow to him either.
At this point, he anxiously leapt a good distance away.
His previous position was far too dangerous. Being trapped between two different opponents, there was simply no way for him to defend himself!
Now that he had created some distance between them, Beihua Wanlei finally bought himself some time to catch his breath.
Pant-! Pant-!
Beihua Wanlei's heavy breathing sounded especially loud in the silent Battle Arena.
Yes, other than his heavy breathing, the entire Battle Arena was completely silent at the moment.
Everyone had been dumbfounded by the sudden turn of events.
Beihua Wanlei, top genius of the Lightning Crow Sect, one of the Four Stars of Scarlet Moon City, was now on the verge of being eliminated from the battle royal!
By now, there were already barely twenty participants left in the battle royal. Even if he was eliminated here, he would still be in the top twenty.
However, Beihua Wanlei was someone who originally had a chance of reaching the top rank!
Merely entering the top twenty was nothing short of a disgrace!
”Who the hell is that brat?!” Sect Master Leiba clenched his fist in rage. ”And why the hell did Wanlei just zone out even after noticing his attack? Is he trying to throw the match?”
”That was quite strange indeed,” City Lord Nanlan rubbed his chin in contemplation. ”Perhaps there is more to it than meets the eye.”
But beside them, General Xionghao was even more surprised!
He had noticed Lu Tianzi's sabre movements from the start since it was obvious that Lu Tianzi had drawn inspirations from General Xionghao's demonstration. Then, he watched as Lu Tianzi quickly refined his sabre mastery through combat.
With Lu Tianzi's rate of improvement, General Xionghao had thought that he possessed quite a bit of talent in the way of the sabre. Even though Lu Tianzi had now been moved into an unrecognisable body, the sabre moves that he displayed at the start of the battle royal could not be concealed from his discerning eyes.
Thus, there was no doubt in General Xionghao's mind that he was the same youngster who had come from Bluenight City.
However, it was now clear to General Xionghao that Lu Tianzi's true proficiency actually lay in his sword mastery!
For a secondary mastery to improve by so much in such a short amount of time, just how talented was this kid?
”It is an illusory attack,” the Scarlet Moon Overlord remarked with an appreciative grin.
The entire point of this Scarlet Moon Heroes Meet was for him to discover new talents.
Now that a hidden talent had finally shown up, the Scarlet Moon Overlord was overjoyed!
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Even though Beimu Fei had immediately capitalised on the aid of this newcomer, she was similarly dumbfounded by how well everything went.
She warily turned towards this person who had rendered his aid. But before she could even speak, the other party had already conveyed his voice directly to her ears.
”Is it not enough for you to have lost the tabletop formation competition without being able to do anything? Or do you want to lose this so easily as well?”
Beimu Fei's body immediately stiffened up.
Even though the effects of the formation resulted in Lu Tianzi's voice sounding completely androgynous and monotonous, the content was all that mattered.
Nanlu Tianzi?
Beimu Fei realised the identity of the other party immediately.
But had he always been this strong?
Or had Beihua Wanlei been so caught up in trying to take her down that he actually lost awareness of his surroundings?
Regardless of the reason, what mattered was the outcome!
Right now, Beihua Wanlei was as good as having dropped out of the running for the top rank!
”Are you guys even serious?” the swordsman from Flaming Shadow Sect rubbed his temples in disbelief. ”Are you guys treating me as invisible?”
”Don't worry, I have not forgotten about you.” Beimu Fei replied. ”I will get right back to you after finishing off that sneaky Beihua Wanlei.”
”Sure, go ahead and do whatever you need to do. I will also get rid of your formation flags while you are at it then,” the swordsman raised his palm towards one of the flags on the floor, and a black fireball immediately shot out towards it.
”Irritating bug!” Beimu Fei moved over and slashed that fireball apart. ”Since you are so eager to lose, I will just have to get rid of you first!”
At the same time, she conveyed her voice to Lu Tianzi. ”Beihua Wanlei might be heavily injured, but he is still no pushover. Try your best to hang on until I get rid of this guy, and I will come over to help you immediately!”