C73 (1/2)

Two more days passed. At first, everyone thought that the competition on the arena was about to end. After all, many people on the eighth step had already entered the arena. But he didn't expect that this challenge would become more and more intense, and that even experts of the ninth step would appear.

”Lu Tuan, what's going on? How could Pei Yun be injured?” Seeing that Zheng Peiyun's body was covered in blood and her breathing was weak, Lee Xun was extremely shocked.

”Senior Brother, today, several experts have come out from the Alliance of Five, and consecutively defeated six Pineflower Country s. Pei Yun went up and easily won two matches in a row. In the third match, Pei Yun had a very good fight, but the opponent suddenly used a secret technique to increase his strength. Pei Yun was caught off guard and was heavily injured, causing him to be thrown out of the stage. ” Lu Tuan was very angry, but he could not blame others, this was a life and death battle.

”Didn't I already warn you guys that it's very likely that someone would use a secret technique to let you guys see that it's a retreat?”

”Senior Brother, I was in the wrong. I was not able to stop Pei Yun in time.” Regarding Lee Xun's anger, Lu Tuan had also accepted it as his responsibility.

”How's it going over there?”

”When we came back, the merchant house's young miss went up on stage.”

”Yan Li, you guys take care of Peiyun. Let him consume this pill. Lu Tuan, the few of you come with me to take a look. ” After handing over a snow lotus pill to Yan Li, Lee Xun brought Lu Tuan and the others and rushed to the competition arena.

In the distance, Lee Xun heard the cheers of victory. It seemed like the people from Pineflower Country had won. As expected, Shang Rongrong was standing on stage with a smile on her face.

Another person came up from the Alliance of Five. She was extremely tall, around 2.2 meters tall, and had the strength of a peak eighth step. Shang Rongrong felt like a child in front of him.

That person revealed the Five Treasures Green Rank sword, and immediately used a secret technique to increase his strength, actually reaching the Tenth Rank. Lee Xun finally understood why Zheng Peiyun was injured so badly.

That person was tall, but he was not clumsy. His moves were also unique. Because he had the advantage in strength, his sword Qi did not suffer any losses. On the other hand, Shang Rongrong was able to stabilize the situation with the advantage of the Six Treasures Indigo Sword. The two of them were evenly matched.

But if this continued, it would definitely be Shang Rongrong who held the upper hand. As expected, the taller one appeared to be more powerless than he was.

”Destroy.” The tall one suddenly raised his aura and released all the Swordplay Gem's energy. This was his last strike.

If it was in the wild, Shang Rongrong could choose to escape, but this was still a stage. Although the diameter of the round platform was close to a hundred meters, it was clearly unrealistic to think of dodging a life-threatening attack from the Tenth Rank. She steeled his heart, and could only face it head on.

”Carp leaping over the dragon gate.” Shang Rongrong's sword moves were extremely profound, waves after waves of Swordplay Gem energy slowly condensed under Shang Rongrong's control, as if they were really golden red carp.

When the big sized man unleashed his sword qi, he was actually much thicker and stronger than Shang Rongrong. On the other hand, after Shang Rongrong released his Fish shaped Sword Qi, it suddenly increased greatly, the two's Sword Qi clashed, and for a moment it was no match for him, they had to compete in terms of patience.

Shang Rongrong struggled a bit, after all, sshe had fought before, and now that they were competing in sword Qi, he was left with no choice. Lee Xun also realized that although Shang Rongrong's attack was extremely exquisite, it was obviously not proficient enough. If it could really unleash its full power, it would be a very strong Golden Sword technique, and it would not end up as the following situation.

Suddenly, the big bloke laughed. ”Second Annihilation.” All of a sudden, his sword Qi increased by three points, revealing a faint yellowish hue. Shang Rongrong didn't have time to react, or perhaps she simply couldn't. She was beaten to the point of spitting blood, like a kite whose string had snapped as she flew out of the arena. Lee Xun's hands were sharp, she immediately flew to catch Shang Rongrong, and at the same time, realised that she was unconscious.

”Listen up, people of the Pineflower Country, our Alliance of Five population is several times more than yours, and we have what it takes to be talented. Even if two of you were to exchange for one of your own, would you guys be able to afford it?” After the big bloke finished speaking, he too spat out a large mouthful of blood and fell to the ground, dead. He had used the last bit of his life force to unleash the ”second stage of destruction” just now. It could not have been any less vicious.

Hearing these words, the people from the Pineflower Country all went silent. Of course they knew, their own country was absolutely not worth such a price. Many people began to cry, and a sense of despair spread through the crowd.

Shang Rongrong's injury was two points worse than Zheng Peiyun's, so Lee Xun immediately took out a Snow Lotus Great Recovery Pill for her to consume. Shang Rongrong and her fellow disciples had also come close, and Zhou Mingshan had come along as well.