Gao Wu: You have science, and I have magic!

Hong Kong, Kowloon City District.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the Tianjian Cup competition went on smoothly, especially Ye Qingzhou's appearance, which drew cheers from the audience and attracted everyone's attention.

After Ye Qingzhou fought with two European Silver Grandmasters, Montano and Aurora, his world ranking jumped into the top ten in one go, and naturally he became the focus of countless people's attention.

"Do you need me to show mercy?"

Ye Qingzhou looked at his old acquaintance Nangong Yi with a calm tone. Now he has the qualifications to say such words.

Nangong Yi had a bitter expression on his face. He tightly grasped the hilt of the sword and shook his head: "No need. I want to try my best."

Even though he knew he was unbeatable, how could a martial artist be afraid before the battle?
Hold the sword, concentrate, and let the sword intent burst out.

Nangong Yi has now decided to give it a try.

"it is good."

Ye Qingzhou admired his awareness as a martial artist.

clang clang ~
As the bell rang, the game officially began.

Nangong Yi's elegant and agile sword light instantly turned into a brilliant galaxy. In the spiritual world, it seemed as if an endless starry sky was smashing towards Ye Qingzhou.

Flying Star Sword Technique, Drunken Dream of the Starry Sky!
Ye Qingzhou looked at the shadow of the galaxy that enveloped him, thinking: "The sword energy is intertwined, and every shining star is very likely to be a sharp sword energy, or it may just be a false dream. If the opponent makes a wrong judgment, he will probably be defeated directly..."

The Nangong family's "Flying Star Sword Art" is very famous in the southeastern coastal area of ​​​​the Dongji Kingdom. It is unknown how many martial arts celebrities and local heroes it has defeated.

As the most outstanding descendant of the Nangong family, Nangong Yi's strength is naturally not bad. He may even be expected to become a master before he is 35 years old.

In the martial arts world, this is already a genius among geniuses.

But in front of Ye Qingzhou, such strength is nothing but ordinary.

With his third eye opened, Ye Qingzhou could see through everything. The sky was filled with misty and dreamy starlight, and both the real and the unreal were all within his sight.

He was seen stepping on the Nine Palaces and striding forward calmly, accurately avoiding every real attack from the starlight sword energy, and just like that, step by step, he walked out of the danger-ridden sword energy galaxy.

"It's your turn to take my sword."

Ye Qingzhou drew his sword from its sheath, and the sharp blade shone with brilliant light.

When the sword moves, it responds to the time in the sky and the ground below. It is the twenty-four "gods" that Ye Qingzhou visualized in his own spiritual world based on the "Twenty-Four Gods Contemplation Method" and the Northern Alliance's war pattern martial arts. They are named after the traditional twenty-four solar terms of the Dongji Kingdom.

"Jian Yi, the beginning of spring."

Zheng~
The Big Dipper points to the month of Yin, and spring returns to the earth.

One yuan begins again, everything is renewed!

The beginning of spring is the beginning of the year, so this seemingly ordinary sword is actually full of vitality, ever-changing, and has infinite possibilities.

As Ye Qingzhou took a step forward, the favorable timing and terrain turned into swords in his hands, allowing him to control them at will.

With such power from heaven and earth, Nangong Yi was naturally unable to resist and was defeated.

"I lost."

Nangong Yi was knocked out of the ring by Ye Qingzhou's sword and accepted his defeat sincerely.

"too strong!"

"This sword full of vitality can actually slightly cause changes in the celestial phenomena. I'm afraid Ye Qingzhou is really about to become a saint."

"I've watched his livestreams before. When I saw him calling himself the 'Sword Saint', I thought he was ignorant of the world. Now it seems that I was just looking at the world from a narrow perspective."

Nangong Yi's failure did not surprise the audience. After all, Ye Qingzhou was a grandmaster, and Nangong Yi was just a master. It was normal that he could not win.

But the swordsmanship that Ye Qingzhou just displayed was extraordinary!

With his energy reaching the sky, he could use his own energy and blood to cause strange phenomena in heaven and earth. This is the ability that only a Martial Saint can possess!
Although Ye Qingzhou's "celestial phenomenon" is not yet complete, it obviously has a prototype, and it can be said that he has already stepped half a foot into the realm of Martial Saint.

"He is only half a step away from becoming a martial saint. He is indeed one of the top ten martial arts geniuses in the world. He really deserves the title."

In the audience, many martial artists who had no hope of breaking through to the master level in their lifetime showed envious looks.

The realm of Martial Saint is a fantasy that many people dare not even dream of, but for Ye Qingzhou, it seems to be something within reach, ready to be picked.

After seven consecutive days of fighting, the rotation of the four groups was completed, and only four players in each group were able to qualify.

Unfortunately, both Nangong Yi and Liu Yiming failed to qualify. After all, their strength was still not enough. They were not even at the Grandmaster level, so the probability of qualifying was too low.

Instead, what shocked everyone was that in the second group, Xu Yunxi emerged as a dark horse and successfully advanced with the third place in the group and was able to participate in the round of 16.

You know, more than a year ago, her strength was far inferior to Nangong Yi and Liu Yiming.

But now, the innate Gengjin sword energy in her body is flourishing, which immediately makes her undergo a complete transformation, and her strength increases by leaps and bounds.

"Sister Yunxi, congratulations."

"I should be the one congratulating you."

Xu Yunxi's face was filled with a joyful smile, like a gorgeous and charming peony: "I am only third in the group and barely qualified. You are different. You qualified with a perfect record and are first in the group. You will definitely go further."

According to the rules of the Tianjian Cup, the group leaders will not meet before the semi-finals, so they have a huge advantage.

On the contrary, the second, third and fourth qualified players, who might have less luck, would face the seeded players from other groups in the first round of the knockout stage of the round of 16, and then directly say GG.

The group stage is over and the list of matchups for the round of 16 will be announced tomorrow.

As soon as Ye Qingzhou and Xu Yunxi left the arena, the Suzaku God General walked towards them and said, "Qinglong and Dr. Gu are here. They want to see you."

"Is the East China Sea military exercise over?"

"Ah."

Zhuque drove the two of them back to the hotel himself.

"Ye Qingzhou, you have given me another big surprise."

Gu Minghui had a smile on his face, not hiding his admiration and praise for Ye Qingzhou: "It's only been half a year since we last met, and you've already become a half-step martial saint?"

"Dr. Gu's demeanor is also better than before."

When Ye Qingzhou looked at Gu Minghui, he naturally noticed the changes in him. The vast power of thought was like an endless ocean, wrapping around him and surrounding him.

A truly strong person is making progress every moment. Martial arts is like rowing against the current, if you don’t advance, you will retreat.

Especially for the "academic school" in the martial arts world like Gu Minghui, their way of practice is to conduct various research and experiments to explore the mysteries of nature and the truth of the universe.

And knowledge is power.

Seeing that the four people had something to talk about, Xu Yunxi immediately stood up and said, "I'll go make tea for you." After she left, Gu Minghui spoke seriously, "Ye Qingzhou, has Kabala attacked you again since the last attack?"

"Never."

Ye Qingzhou shook his head.

Gu Minghui and Azure Dragon General both looked solemn upon hearing this. After they looked at each other, they both expressed their concerns: "It was indeed a feint."

"what happened?"

Ye Qingzhou looked confused: "Could it be that my warning from God was just an illusion?"

"it's not true."

Gu Minghui first informed Ye Qingzhou of a shocking piece of news: "There is currently an outbreak of plague in Xinxiang, Xiji Country. The scale is very alarming. I heard that it has infected millions of people. Although Xiji Country has tried its best to cover up this matter and the news is strictly controlled, the upper echelons of major countries have already received relevant intelligence."

"Very serious?"

Ye Qingzhou found it hard to imagine that with Blue Star's current level of technology, a large-scale plague would actually break out in a modern metropolis?

"Very serious."

Gu Minghui's expression was serious: "And the mastermind behind this is Kabbalah, or the group of lunatics from the Plague School."

The Azure Dragon God General told Ye Qingzhou: "The Kabala people's attack on you and seizing the Philosopher's Stone was just a cover. What they wanted was to use this incident to attract the attention of the S.W.A.R.D., and then spread the plague in Xinxiang. With the help of special rituals, they will summon the projection of the Plague Knight from the spirit world to Blue Star."

"The Plague Horseman from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?"

Ye Qingzhou frowned, his face solemn: "I remember that in the Bloody Holy Temple's "Holy Codex", the Plague Knight is one of the four knights responsible for blowing the horn of doom..."

"Based on the records left by our Qing Emperor lineage, we can roughly infer that the Blood God is the innate divine weapon of the Emperor of Destruction, and the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse are the servants of the Emperor of Destruction."

"You know the art of armor-slaying, right?"

Gu Minghui looked at Ye Qingzhou meaningfully. He naturally knew that Ye Qingzhou had used the corpses of martial arts masters to refine combat puppets many times.

At this point, it’s better not to speak in secret in front of others. Ye Qingzhou did not deny it and nodded: "Yes."

"The original armor-suppression technique was actually the skill of the Kun Clan, one of the five ancient clans. The Kun Clan's armor-suppression technique was derived from the flesh-and-blood refining secret technique of the Taixu Divine Dynasty. Even the Heavenly Casting Scripture of Emperor Yan originated from this technique."

Ye Qingzhou was shocked by Gu Minghui’s words.

At the same time, many of Ye Qingzhou's original doubts were now answered: "So, whether it is the Blood God or the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse, they are actually enemies killed by the Emperor of Destruction, and finally refined into divine weapons and puppets by him?"

"That's what the Green Emperor deduced back then."

Gu Minghui and the Azure Dragon General nodded at the same time.

After being surprised, Ye Qingzhou felt that this was not strange. After all, he could refine a combat puppet, so why couldn't he destroy the emperor?

In fact, after the Blood God came to the earth, he had been hunting down the native martial gods of Blue Star. It was because of this that the ancient gods of Europe ushered in the Ragnarok.

There are only two or three kittens left in the Pantheon and Valhalla today. Whether it is the Queen of Heaven Hera, the giant snake Jörmungandr, and the Sun God Ra, they have all been secretly taken over and replaced by the Emperor of Destruction long ago.

"The Emperor of Destruction fought in all the heavens, and countless worlds perished in his hands. Even the powerful Martial Gods would not be able to rest in peace even after death, and would be refined into divine weapons or puppets, and enslaved for eternity."

The Azure Dragon God General obviously did not want Blue Star to suffer the same fate, and he also scoffed at the idea of ​​the coexistence faction.

Without a sword in your hand, you still want to beg for mercy from the invader?

At that time, life and death will all depend on the enemy's thoughts. Why should the other party be kind enough to give the Blue Star civilization a way out?
The existence of the Blood God and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse has proven that surrendering to the Taixu Divine Dynasty is never a good idea. It will only cause Blue Star to be completely reduced to a divided pasture and to be enslaved and harvested forever.

A powerful Martial God will be refined into a divine weapon or puppet by the Emperor of Destruction and become cannon fodder in the conquest of the heavens and all worlds until the Sun Hao family is completely destroyed.

The weaker Martial Saints and Grandmasters might also be refined by the Taixu Divine Dynasty into various 'Heavenly Soldiers', turning them into combat puppets that absolutely obey orders.

The Taixu Divine Dynasty possesses this kind of flesh and blood refining technology. Why do you think the other party won't use it?
In fact, the best evidence is the five ancient tribes that once dominated the Blue Star one after another. Where did all the powerful people of Mao, Yu, Kun, Lin, and Lu go?
For the Taixu Divine Dynasty, Blue Star is nothing more than a fertile leek field that can be harvested by Emperor Mie over and over again.

This kind of thing, just thinking about it, is chilling.

Ye Qingzhou didn't want this to happen to him. He practiced hard, was it just to be harvested like a leek at the moment of ascending to heaven and becoming a god?
"What is the situation in Xinxiang? Can the ritual be stopped?"

"Alas, it cannot be stopped. The medical system of the Western Pole Country is too poor. They can't even stop the continued spread of the plague."

When Gu Minghui mentioned this matter, he gritted his teeth and looked resentful.

"Where is the universal health insurance?"

Ye Qingzhou was speechless upon hearing this. At the same time, he couldn't help but complain about the intelligence department of Xiji Country: "Where is the legendary Excalibur Bureau that is omnipotent in saving the world? Come out and save us..."

"I'm afraid it's difficult to stop the coming of Plague Knight. I also heard that the Golden Council is manipulating the grain trade, trying to create famine and drive up grain prices."

"Famine... Could this be another large-scale summoning ritual?"

Ye Qingzhou was completely numb.

He found it difficult to understand what these idiots were thinking.

"Are these coexistence idiots so eager to destroy the world? Can't they just live life to its fullest?"

"Don't cry until you see the coffin. Such short-sighted fools are not uncommon in history."

The Azure Dragon God sighed: "We can't control the affairs of the Western Extreme Country, so let's take care of Xiangjiang first."

A few days later, the Azure Dragon God General and the Vermillion Bird God General jointly issued an announcement, planning to evacuate the people in the city. This was because through the collection of intelligence from all parties, the intelligence department of the Shen Ce Army had determined that the projection of the Plague Knight would descend on Hong Kong.

And this matter can no longer be stopped.

Therefore, in order to avoid too many casualties, they had to evacuate the local people on the pretext of a possible tsunami.

But at this moment, the bookmakers manipulated their media and began to openly contradict the official authorities, claiming that the tsunami was just a lie and that Hong Kong was safe.

Many wealthy Hong Kong families also came out to support Zhuang Bancheng, causing the evacuation work to be extremely difficult. Some people chose to believe their lies and refused to leave their homes.

For these people, all we can say is that good words cannot persuade the damned ghosts, and mercy will only lead to their own destruction.

Ye Qingzhou received a call from Wu Funing.

"Ye Sheng, I'm going back to China. For the subsequent games, I can only cheer you on on the live broadcast platform."

"It would be better to leave this troubled place as soon as possible."

“Will there really be a tsunami?”

"It's not just tsunamis that kill people."

"I understand."

Wu Funing was cheered up: "I think we still have to trust the country." (End of this chapter)