Chapter 176 - One Wrong Move & Everything Was Lost (2/2)

These vines may have looked like ordinary huge vines but they were actually created by the Sword Qi based on the totem carvings formed by sword carvings. Therefore, the blazing giants only managed to incinerate the Wooden Qi on the surface of the vines instead of the sword carvings, which acted as the base of these vines.

And if one wished to destroy these vines, that person would have to destroy the sword carvings that formed the base of these vines so that the Wooden Qi that created the sword carvings would leak. Only with that would one be able to destroy these vines.

However, Xiao Chuwen's strength was almost about the same with Qiu Jin'er's, making it almost impossible to destroy the sword carvings even though he could. This was because the speed of destroying the sword carvings was not even close to the speed at which these vines regrew!

At the time he summoned the blazing giants, the vines managed to surge even higher to occupy even more space!

Left with few options, Xiao Chuwen could only continue to ascend higher and he gritted his teeth as he looked at the ocean of evergreen beneath him. His six heads then moved and they cast countless skills that created a huge perforation in between the vines.

He then charged into the hole before entering the plant ocean and he said, "Human! Let's see how long you can hide!"

The space left for him to maneuver became lesser and if he continued to stall, the plant ocean would continue to grow before finally engulfing him entirely in the end. Therefore, he might as well just charge into the plant ocean to seek out the hiding Qiu Jin'er and kill her to obtain victory!

"Xiao Chuwen lost."

The high priest of the Xiao Mang Celestial Race sighed as he said to Feng Shouzhu, "We the Xiao Mang Celestial Race surrender this match."

At the moment he spoke, Xiao Chuwen dived into the deepest part of the ocean and he saw only a jungle consisting of only huge vines with huge vine leaves – the scene was reminiscent of a prehistoric jungle!

He looked around and saw Qiu Jin'er sitting atop a vine in between layers of green leaves, staring at him.

"Now that I have found you, you are dead!"

Xiao Chuwen shouted and his six heads cast skills that broke through the layer of vines as he charged towards the pretty girl.

However, the countless vines twisted, carrying and moving the girl away from Xiao Chuwen, maintaining their distance apart even after he had dashed forward for a hundred miles.

"Senior martial brother, you lost."

The girl on the vine said softly and Xiao Chuwen received a shock as the plant ocean dispersed quickly. The vines and the leaves disappeared in a split second, leaving only thin Sword Qi behind. Those plants had suddenly turned into countless Sword Qi!

In just a blink of an eye, the plant ocean surrounding him had become a huge net that was formed with condensed Sword Qi!

With that, even if he became as small as a fly, he would not be able to escape from the sword net at all!

The[ Sword Seeding Art] was finally cast!

Countless of Sword Qi in the sword net moved, leaving wounds all over Xiao Chuwen's body as there was so much condensed Sword Qi that Xiao Chuwen couldn't even defend himself.

Xiao Chuwen roared nonstop but nothing could be done in front of such huge amount of Sword Qi.

Zhe zhe zhe——-

The Sword Qi flew past him and immediately lacerated his skin, exposing his flesh and causing blood to gush out from his wounds like a fountain.

"Xiao Chuwen, Qiu Jin'er, stop at once!"

Suddenly, a man's voice could be heard as the white-robed priest outside of the secret realm shouted, "The Xiao Mang Celestial Race had lost this round. The winner of this match is the Swords Gate."

As he signaled them to stop, the Sword Qi had already gotten dangerously close to Xiao Chuwen's forehead and his Yuan Shen. These Sword Qi were on the verge of plunging into his and his Yuan Shen's head!

Qiu Jin'er hesitated for a while before retracting her Sword Qi while the shell-shocked Xiao Chuwen immediately jumped out from a hole in between the sword net that was opened up by Qiu Jin'er to allow him to exit.

Then, Qiu Jin'er ascended and flew out of the secret realm on a vine leaf after she summoned all her Sword Qi back.

Outside of the secret realm, Xiao Chuwen got extremely frustrated at himself as he saw the now happy girl moving with difficulties and he thought, This must have caused by the excess Wooden Qi in her body. I should've forced her to descend onto the ground just now, which would have greatly improved my chances of winning!

However, hindsight was always twenty-twenty. Nothing else could be done even if he regretted it so much.

Zhong Yue welcomed their winner, Qiu Jin'er and he whispered, "Junior martial sister, you are after all too kind. You should've killed him after you gained the upper hand and I am sure that Xiao Chuwen would have killed you if he were the victor."

Qiu Jin'er was shocked and she replied, "Is there a need for me to kill him after he lost?"

At the side, Zuo Xiangsheng immediately answered, "Of course. God knows how many humans would be eaten by him in the future after you spared his life. Therefore, we should kill as many man-eaters like them as we can!"

Qiu Jin'er's face turned pale as killing her opponent was slightly unacceptable for her as of now.

The Xiao Mang Celestial Race's high priest looked at Feng Shouzhu and he said with a smile, "I assume that Brother Shouzhu has already planned this long ago? Xiao Chuwen had only studied Zhong Yue's patterns. With that wise calculation of yours where you swapped Zhong Yue with Qiu Jin'er and caused panic in Xiao Chuwen, Xiao Chuwen would have definitely lost. Besides, this Qiu Tan Clan's member was also taught by the old Swords God, which further increased her winning rate. Now, I am curious about the next candidate of Swords Gate for the third round and will Brother Shouzhu's decision catch me off guard again?"

Feng Shouzhu's eyes twitched and he gritted his teeth as he said, "I'm afraid that I can no longer surprise you…."

Then, his vision moved between Zhong Yue and Lei Teng and he hesitated about who to pick.

After a moment, he finally said, "Lei Teng."

As Lei Teng heard the calling of Feng Shouzhu, he bowed and said, "Lei Teng is here!"

The hesitating Feng Shouzhu then slowly said, "The third round's candidate will be…."