Chapter 124 – Black Flare (2/2)

“Zoom!”

When the stance’s energy reached its peak, Qi Xiu slowly extended his palm and guided the heavy energy globe at Ye Wei. He ground his teeth as drops of sweat ran down his cheeks, and his shaky hands indicated just how hard it was to control the stance.

‘Get scotched by the flames!’ Qi Xiu’s face became hideous as the veins on his neck and head bulged when he quickly threw his hand down. The black suns glowed brighter than before and the blinding rays made the sun above look dim.

“Bang!”

The wild force within the black runic sun was finally unleashed, and it felt as if the sky itself was falling onto Ye Wei. The cracks on the platform kept on growing as the stance descended.

The fearsome momentum began to affect the audience nearby, and the City Lord casually waved his hand. The runes he drew flew down from the cloud platform and expanded to become an invisible shield which contained the impact of Qi Xiu’s stance within the platform.

All the cultivators started running away from the platform when they felt Qi Xiu’s stance expanding and if the City Lord did not interfere there was a chance that a lot of the audience would just be crushed and die from the stance.

“God… And Qi Xiu has still not cast the stance onto Ye Wei.” Ning Yang was admiring Qi Xiu as he looked at Ye Wei with a pernicious gaze imagining Ye Wei crumbling to the Seven Dark Flare stance.

“Wei, just let this go!”

“It’s too dangerous! Just surrender Wei!”

Cao Ning, Joe Yin, and the other South Star cultivators couldn’t help but worry for Ye Wei’s life.

A powerful gush of wind was fluttering Ye Wei’s robe as he flicked all five of his fingers and a sequence of mysterious runes appeared on his fingertips. They then quickly turned into cyan-hued sparks of fire.

“These are…”

The whole audience, most of the schools’ team leaders and students watching the fight, was sure Ye Wei would lose; however, up on the cloud platform the Runemasters, City Lord, and the Green Army cultivators widened their eyes staring at the shapes in front of Ye Wei.

“Those are Specialized Runes!” There was fire in their eyes.

They knew Ye Wei was not giving his all but they never could have guessed that Ye Wei hid such frightening potential. These special runes were very difficult to learn and had power that matched their difficulty.

One, two, three…

More and more strange, brilliant patterns shone all around Ye Wei’s body.

There were twelve in total when they started flowing around his body. They covered his body in a golden light, but they were also at work inside his body. Inside there were even more of these specialized runes fluidly circulated over his bones.

‘Supernova stance!’

The energy on Ye Wei grew three times stronger and now the pressure he gave off was no weaker than a one-star condensed prime Warrior. Ye Wei put this power behind his fist as he leaped towards the black sun.

“Eh?” Qi Xiu could feel Ye Wei’s power had suddenly increased multiple times, ‘I don’t care if you are still hiding anything there is no way you can live through this!’

“First solar flare!” All seven energy globes brightened and then started to suck light from the surrounding space creating a vacuum behind the energy waves.

“What kind of stance is this?”

“Bloody hell. Is this really a fight between two Warriors? This looks more like a clash of condensed prime Warriors to me…”

Most of the student cultivators were getting discouraged by the mightiness of the two students in front of them.

The Goldenwood school sent their students to the tournament like they always did, and a curious teenager in a red robe with gold stitches walked closer to confirm a theory that was growing in his head. “Is it him?” He was not talking about Qi Xiu, a known competitor of his, he was talking the kid Qi Xiu was fighting.

‘Three years ago… This kid was next to that terrifying girl with purple hair; I will never forget what happened in Bloodmist Valley!’ Luo Wu Xue could not believe that helpless looking kid was now fighting his rival to a length he himself never could.

The suns approached Ye Wei and he could feel the fearsome energy from how much pressure was on his body; it was a horrifying amount of energy he could not just ignore.