169 Although I Am Sorry, but I Have to Say (1/2)

The final battle at the Cloud Platform had been going on for some time.

In general terms, this fight had lasted quite a long time because, in the battle of two elite disciples supervised by the Elders, the two sides would usually go all out, not leaving anything behind and using all of their cards without any reservation. Therefore, the outcome would be decided very fast.

Actually, in the two previous rounds of fighting, the outcomes were decided in just a few strokes, the pace of the fight was fast and exciting. Often the dominant position would change several times in just a short time, which caused the audience to be breathless.

Before the final fight, a lot of people thought that the semi final between Zhan Ziye and Liu Li was the ultimate fight between the top level disciple of the two Sects. That few strokes of exchanges between the cultivator of Ten Thousand Methods Comprehension and Brilliant Sword Heart had suffocated the audience.

However, in today’s fight, the situation on the stage had made the audience feel tangled.

”... In recent years, this old man has watched quite a lot of fight between younger generations, but this is the first time I feel like I’m unable to make sense what I’m looking at.”

An extraordinary looking, white-haired baby-faced old man with few strands of beard and two slender white eyebrows felt at a loss.

This Elder of the Myriad Appearance Sect had profound cultivation base and powerful primordial spirit. Since the start of the fight, he had closely observed all the change on the Cloud Platform. However, the information that he got was thoroughly unfathomable to him.

Why would Wang Lu confidently take the initiative to attack? What caused Liu Li to be wary? Were it not for the silent of the ice-cold-face regional leader of the Mysterious Sky Mansion, he would’ve really suspected that the fight was staged.

While he was feeling puzzled, the first head-on clash of Wang Lu and Liu Li broke out. The amount of information that he could gleam in that instance shocked this Elder of Myriad Appearance Sect.

Many changes were still puzzling to him. However, one thing was certain beyond doubt: Wang Lu was actually in the early stage of Foundation Establishment!?

Toward a big cultivator the level of Deity Stage like him, even a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators couldn’t afford to withstand his primordial spirit fury. However, as the reward giver Elder in the Myriad Appearance Sect, he knew very well that reaching Foundation Establishment from Qi Cultivating Stage was really not an easy thing to do. It was such a big checkpoint, so much that it had caused disappointment and frustration of many cultivators in the Nine Regions. Even those outstanding disciples needed to spend a few months in seclusion in order to break through the Foundation Establishment from Qi Cultivating Stage. When they had accumulated sufficient potential, plus consuming the relevant Foundation Establishment elixirs, they could smoothly enter the Foundation Establishment.

When the lead disciple of the Myriad Appearance Sect reached the Foundation Establishment, it didn’t need to consume any elixir nor practice in seclusion. It just needed to meditate for a day and a night in the training room to construct its Jade Mansion, successfully entering the Foundation Establishment. It was already regarded by their sect as a once-in-a-century rare genius, a cultivator wizard. Rumor had it that Qiong Hua of Shengjing Sect just needed to deeply ponder for a moment before managing to build her Jade Mansion, which was an incredible legend for most of the people in the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals.

And now, an even more magical sight than that legend happened right before him.

Someone had entered the Foundation Establishment in the middle of a fight! Moreover, it was literally right before the big clash! Another rumor also said that Liu Li had reached Foundation Establishment at Blood Cloud Gorge. However, that fight lasted for several days and nights, so who knew how long it took for Liu Li to successfully break through the Foundation Establishment Stage? However, Wang Lu didn’t have any delay. He naturally passed the important checkpoint that was the Foundation Establishment!

Other people were also equally shocked as the Myriad Appearance Elder. The five disciples of Ten Thousand Arts Sect all have their jaws wide open; they felt as if their primordial spirits were frozen. The Eldest Brother Zhan Ziye tightly bit his lips as inwardly he felt angry and startled at the same time.

As the lead representative of the Ten Thousand Arts Sect, it took him a few minutes to break through the Foundation Establishment Stage. And from hearsay, it seemed like Qiong Hua’s time was comparable to him, which was a record in the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals. However, compared to Wang Lu who reached the Foundation Establishment in the middle of talking and smiling... was there even a need to compare?

Only the Elders of the Spirit Sword Sect who were not surprised.

For Wang Lu was, after all, a cultivator who possessed the Void Spirit Root. Although the property of this spirit root was a pain in the ass for the current Immortal Cultivation World in the Nine Regions, at least in breaking through a bottleneck, the Void Spirit Root had an unsurpassable advantage over the other Spirit Roots, which was the lack of resistance, smooth transition between stages.

Of course, suddenly reaching the Foundation Establishment from the high-level Qi Cultivating Stage was not a big nor small miracle. However, with the help of elixirs plus the power from the Big Heart Demon Oath, it was not that difficult to understand.

What really surprised them was Liu Li, who suddenly looked vacant at the last moment.

The outcome of clashing head on with Wang Lu, who had just entered the Foundation Establishment and with peak state Primordial Spirit, was that her opponent was slightly injured. However, she also lost three of her flying swords. Although the explosive power of her Brilliant Sword Heart didn’t change, her swords’ agile and ever changing intent was completely gone, something that a normal Liu Li would never do!

While people were still in doubt, the second round of direct clash between Wang Lu and Liu Li had arrived!

After a round of confrontation, the girl’s vacant look was completely gone, and her lively and penetrating eyes glowed again. The girl adjusted the position of her remaining nine flying swords and pointed her finger forward. Her flying swords suddenly dispersed, encircled her opponent and then successively attacked one after the other; an exceptionally tricky move to counter. Wang Lu sneered; his previously calm Sword of Mount Kun became light and lively like the wind. A faintly visible form of an elegant and simple woman glimpsed on the sword; it was exactly the fully excited sword spirit Autumn Beam.

Within the three feet sword defense, the Sword of Mount Kun was like a mirage, not letting even one iota of any one of the opponent’s nine flying swords to pass through. The Brilliant Sword Heart that once caused a big headache for the people of the Ten Thousand Immortals was completely unable to break Wang Lu’s sword defense. Along with the sound of clashing swords, Wang Lu’s expression gradually turned heavy.

”Strengthening with the Big Heart Demon Oath, coupled with the overflowing magical power of Foundation Establishment... Wang Lu indeed has a perfect defense ability at this time. However, Liu Li is doing a range fight, so, Wang Lu can’t land his counter attack. In the long run, Liu Li still has a higher chance to win.”

Just as Hua Yun sounded out her judgment, she saw on the stage Wang Lu sneer, scatter away three flying swords and then jerk forward a step.

Unperturbed, Liu Li fluttered back. Her colorful long skirt drew a quick and lively rainbow—on agility, ten Wang Lu couldn’t possibly match that of Brilliant Sword Heart’s Liu Li.

However, the next moment, the girl’s movement suddenly stopped, and her eyes turned vacant again. The nine flying swords merged by her and then she unexpectedly launched a fierce and overbearing attack, which could be rated as an unplanned attack!

Boom!

Waves of clouds tumbled over once again. After the second round of collision, people could see that another three of Liu Li’s flying swords were destroyed. And once again, Wang Lu coughed up some blood; his injury was actually not light, yet irrelevant to the big picture.

Seeing the remaining six flying swords in midair, most people realized that Liu Li had suffered a big loss, however... what exactly just happened?

While they were still puzzled about it, the girl’s face turned vacant for the third time. The remaining six flying swords merged and with full might shot at the opponent!

Boom!

There were only three remaining flying swords. Wang Lu’s injury worsened, yet his morale went up really high.

As long as he could withstand the last blow, Liu Li’s flying swords would be completely destroyed and then she would be completely helpless!

And just at this time, a certain Master of Brilliant Peak suddenly exclaimed, ”What a crafty kid!”

With that, Zhou Ming pointed at something. ”Look at his clothes!”

Clued by Zhou Ming, Liu Xian, Fang He and the other Elders suddenly saw the trick. What actually happened was that during the fight, Wang Lu would occasionally shake his sleeves, revealing a densely packed text on the inside part of his long black coat. When Liu Li saw those texts, her face would turn vacant, and she would become agile no more.

And those texts were: ”Stupid, only knows how to eat!”

”Eat, eat, eat, eat until you die!”

”Practice three more hours. If you don’t practice, you’re not allowed to eat!”

... and so on and so forth; a completely confusing text. However, as soon as the Elders of the Spirit Sword Sect saw those, they immediately roared in laughter.

”A really crafty kid indeed!”

Liu Li’s sword heart cleared her mind. Once she entered the fighting state, she would ignore any outside interference, not the least bit disturbed... However, Wang Lu had cunningly imitated her Master Zhou Ming’s handwriting and how he expressed himself, writing them as interference tool. Liu Li could ignore anything, but she must pay attention to her Master.

What was once her advantage now became her disadvantage; her clear mind actually exacerbated this interference effect; it was as if there was a countless chorus of reprimand by her Master in her mind, which nearly frightened her out of her wits!