The Demon Cultivator of the Sword

Chapter 123 Peak Showdown, Sikong Sheng Becomes a Clown (-word chapter, five chapters in one)

"Gu Yuan, how strong are you?"

Sikong Sheng clenched his fists and stared at Gu Yuan on the arena.

Thinking back to his previous competition with Gu Yuan, Sikong Sheng felt like a clown at this moment.

Only Gu Yuan didn't know what he was thinking, otherwise he would probably scold him for being the same as Lin Yun and Mo Yan, who couldn't afford to lose.

In the referee's booth, thirteen referees gasped.

"I was wrong. I thought that the first place would be either Gu Yuan or Si Kong Sheng, and Ye Chen would be third or even fourth at most. Now it seems that Gu Yuan has already won the game. As for Ye Chen, he is expected to advance one or two places and be on par with Si Kong Sheng."

one referee exclaimed.

The three referees from the original group that Ye Chen was in nodded in agreement, "One is 70%, and the other is at the peak of 70%. Both of them are less than 18 years old!"

The original group of referees who had watched Gu Yuan win consecutive battles had a different opinion. "Sword Intentions is only the tip of the iceberg of Gu Yuan's strength. Even if we leave aside the sword intentions, he is a young giant at the same level as Sikong Sheng, only stronger. It's a pity that you don't agree with my opinion. This is really embarrassing."

Hearing this, the other referees all fell silent. Indeed, if they had known that Gu Yuan had such strength and that the first place was undisputed, they would not have arranged a duel between Gu Yuan and Ye Chen first.

Instead, Gu Yuan, Ye Chen, and Sikong Sheng were left to the end, and Ye Chen and Sikong Sheng were the first to decide the second place.

Afterwards, let Gu Yuan fight with these two people one after another.

In this way, the Hidden Dragon Ranking competition can be successfully completed.

"Let's change the matches later. Regardless of whether Ye Chen wins or loses, let him fight Yan Chihuo first, and save the fight with Sikong Sheng for the end."

At this time the chief judge spoke. From the very beginning, they had been arguing about the number one on the Hidden Dragon List. However, as Sikong Sheng showed his strength, many people knew that he had refined half a step of true essence.

They all felt that he had a greater chance of winning and ranked Gu Yuan and Ye Chen's match before him and Ye Chen.

The chief referee was no exception. Who knew that Gu Yuan could suddenly unleash even greater potential?
And Ye Chen was indeed hiding his abilities very well, and he clearly had the strength to fight against Sikong Sheng.

But he chose to counter each move as it comes until now.

If we hadn't encountered the ancient source, perhaps all of it wouldn't have erupted.

Gu Yuan could vaguely feel the immortality contained in Ye Chen's sword intent. He also had this immortality, but it was not as pure as Ye Chen's.

But he still has the will of the Evil King in him, so he still has the upper hand over Ye Chen.

Ye Chen also felt the immortality in Gu Yuan's sword intent, as well as another kind of will he had never seen before. In his mind, he recalled the broken sword that Gu Yuan got from Jiudingxuan in Luocheng, and the half sword body he got from the Northwest Auction House later. He thought to himself that it might be the same sword, and his fighting spirit rose.

At this moment, he had no fear or panic, but only excitement about facing an opponent who was equally matched or even stronger.

"Ye Chen, I have been waiting for this battle for a long time. You and I are indeed the same type of people. I confirmed it the first time I saw you."

This was the first time that Gu Yuan talked nonsense during a game.

Just because the other party is Ye Chen.

"Have they known each other for a long time?" The spectators were surprised.

Ye Chen said: "I have been looking forward to this battle for a long time."

"Fight!"

So far, Gu Yuan has not yet fully demonstrated his achievements in swordsmanship, and the same is true for Ye Chen.

Or the opponent is too low to use it.

Or the opponent type is different.

So don’t look for an evenly matched opponent.

Gu Yuan himself couldn't figure out his own level of swordsmanship.

"Gu Yuan is about to take action. This is his first real move."

The young generation in the audience felt terrified, their breathing quickened involuntarily, their mouths dry, and their eyes fixed, for fear of missing the most crucial scene.

With his right hand placed on the hilt of the sword, Ye Chen stopped talking, his sharp eyes fixed on Gu Yuan.

Compared to Sikong Sheng, or even compared to the vast majority of the early-stage Star Realm powerhouses or even the middle-stage Star Realm powerhouses in the field, Gu Yuan put more pressure on him.

It's not that Gu Yuan's strength is enough to defeat a mid-stage Star Realm expert. In fact, Ye Chen has never had the experience of fighting against a Star Realm expert. It is estimated that it is only possible to use the true essence in Dantian.

As for the Little Blood Demon Disintegration Technique, perhaps Gu Yuan did not know that because of his butterfly effect, Ye Chen did not have any intersection with Murong Qingcheng, and naturally did not go to Wucheng, and had a conflict with Yuan Zongbo, the inner door elder of Tianying Castle, and thus obtained the Little Blood Demon Disintegration Technique.

And even if there really is a method to disintegrate the little blood demon, with Ye Chen's personality, he would not use it.

Not to mention that this was not a life-and-death duel, the Little Blood Demon Disintegration Method would involve the remnant of the Nine Nether Sect, the Blood Demon Master, and there were too many concerns. The side effects were also too great.

The fact that he couldn't take the rare treasures that could replenish his blood and energy alone restricted him in the Hidden Dragon Ranking competition.

If you use it rashly, you will be in danger of death.

The most important thing is that Ye Chen will not use the Little Blood Demon Disintegration Technique in a duel with geniuses of the same level.

Unless the opponent also uses the secret method of amplification.

"Tiansuiyun!"

With a flash of his body, Ye Chen and Gu Yuan were within three feet of each other, and his sword was unsheathed.

The sword intent surged, and a ball of lightning shot out with the astonishing sword intent. The air was like water, calm and peaceful.

Gu Yuan remained calm, drew out the Huo Lin Sword with his right hand, and thrust out the sword with a slow but actually fast movement. The sword intent surged, and a hurricane that was completely different from Ye Chen's lightning, like a poisonous snake coming out of a cave, accurately hit the tip of Ye Chen's sword.

The artistic conception of thunder and cloud contained in Tiansuiyun was offset by the artistic conception of wind alone in his Jifengmozhan, and had no effect at all.

"The spirit, energy and soul are concentrated and not dispersed, and they become one with the hands, eyes and body. What a superb swordsmanship realm, what a profound swordsmanship practice."

Below the stage, Yan Chihuo and Li Daoxuan both stood up at the same time and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

Clang!
The sword tips filled with true energy collided with each other, and lightning clashed with the hurricane.

The next moment, the terrifying impact force formed visible shining ripples and eerie energy, causing the sealing light curtain to expand outward to its limit in an instant, but it was still unable to withstand the combined power of the two.

Amid the crackling sounds of thunder and the howling hurricane, tiny cracks appeared in the light curtain that sealed the platform, and the vital energy and residual sword energy rushed out through the cracks, like beams of light of different colors, as thick as a child's arm.

At first glance, the entire arena looks like a hedgehog.

This was the first time the light curtain that blocked the stage had been broken since the start of the game.

Everyone was shocked!

"careful!"

The arena was surrounded by an abyss, and opposite the abyss was where the younger generation stood. Seeing beams of sword energy of different colors shooting over, the younger generation cried out in surprise.

They all used their special skills to protect themselves and retreated step by step to a very far area.

But the sword energy of the two was so strong that even the aftermath was not something that the participating warriors ranked below the top ten could withstand, except Qian Yun and Gu Youyun.

The protective true qi was shattered one after another, but fortunately, at the critical moment, the thirteen referees took action. They dispatched four people to reinforce the light curtain that sealed the stage, and the remaining nine people took action to rescue the younger generation who could not withstand the sword energy and waves.

"It's terrible, so terrible. The aftermath alone is enough to kill me ten or a hundred times."

The younger generation felt the gap between themselves and the two people on the stage, and became increasingly horrified.

While Murong Qingcheng opened the Heavenly Demon Force Field to protect the disciples of the Feitian Demon Sect behind her, she stared at the two people on the stage without blinking. To be precise, she was paying attention to Gu Yuan. Although Ye Chen was equally amazing, the two did not know each other very well after all.

And she also knew that this was far from the strength that Gu Yuan should have.

As for Sikong Sheng, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief because he found that he was not without the ability to fight against these two people.

But the next moment, he realized that he was wrong.

And it’s totally wrong.

A blue figure shot out from the center of the energy, the protective Qi was shattered, the raging wind in the sky turned into sword Qi that swept across, the wind was everywhere, the sword Qi was everywhere, completely covering him.

Faced with such a desperate situation, if it were anyone else, they would definitely fail.

But Ye Chen was not one of them. While flying backwards, he swung the long sword in his hand at an incredible speed. In an instant, he swung at least hundreds of swords, and the empty sword light arranged a layer of empty sword net in front of him.

He narrowly defended against the terrifying sword energy.

"Just a tentative attack, and I feel like I can't resist it. His Xuanyin Dafa has at least reached the twelfth level."

It’s not like Ye Chen hasn’t felt tremendous pressure from Gu Yuan before, but it’s never been as great as it is now.

The sword strike just now made him draw a conclusion that the opponent's sword power and sword skills were slightly better than his, but not yet strong enough to crush him.

The opponent's real strength lies in his unfathomable hard power. As far as he knows, the opponent has only obtained the Xuanyin Sword Art for a short year and a half, but he has actually cultivated the Xuanyin Great Method contained therein to the twelfth level.

This speed of cultivation is simply shocking.

It’s hard to imagine how the other party improved.

"Ye Chen, this is the end of the test. If your strength stops here, the outcome will be clear in the next three moves."

Gu Yuan knew that the other party still had a breath of true energy refined from the Taixuan Gong and a fatal sword move as a trump card.

But he has even more cards up his sleeve. First of all, the half-step true essence refined by the twelve-fold Xuanyin sword technique is definitely not inferior to the real true essence, and it is even stronger. Then, the three Shura divine fires outside his body can be called his killer moves, as well as the deadly moves of the ghost killing spirit and the seventh and eighth styles of the Xuanyin sword technique.

He prepared too much for these Hidden Dragon Ranking competitions.

As for the Qianyuan Burning Blood Technique, Gu Yuan had the same idea as Ye Chen. It was too petty for warriors of the same generation to use secret amplification techniques to compete with each other. As long as the other party did not use it, then there was no need for him to use it either.

"bring it on."

Ye Chen's previous sword intent, sword technique realm, and combat skills in cross-level battles had no advantage at all in front of Gu Yuan.

Moreover, it is very likely that the other party has cultivated the top-level earth-level skills to the terrifying twelfth level.

Ye Chen naturally knew what the twelfth-level top-grade earth-level martial arts meant.

He knew that if he didn't use that true energy, he would find it difficult to resist even one move, let alone three.

"No way, this is just a test?"

"too exaggerated!"

The strength that Ye Chen had just displayed was enough to compete with an ordinary Star Realm early stage powerhouse, but Gu Yuan suppressed Ye Chen in this state to death. Even if it was another Star Realm early stage powerhouse with similar strength to Ye Chen, he would most likely have suffered serious damage.

Unless he burned his true energy in advance.

Now hearing Gu Yuan say that it was just a test, everyone was stunned.

Gu Yuan knew that the other party was going to use the true energy tempered by the Taixuan Gong, so he stopped talking nonsense. He shook his body, and an extremely terrifying true energy rushed up into the sky, covering all directions. It was visible to the naked eye. Outside his body, there were some tiny bits of light floating out, like the starry sky filled with stars, vast and boundless.

"Half-step true essence!"

"Gu Yuan has actually entered the stage of refining true essence. Oh my god, is Gu Yuan really going to rival Xuan Hou and reach the record of advancing to the Star Realm at the age of eighteen?"

"His strength is hidden too fiercely. With half a step of true essence and 70% of the peak sword power, who among the younger generation can be his opponent?"

When Gu Yuan's Half-Step True Essence came out, no one thought that anyone on this Hidden Dragon List would be his opponent, including the thirteen referees, the seven sixth-grade sect masters, the Nanluo Sect master Long Biyun, and the Lanyue Tower master Guo Haiyao and others. Ye Chen couldn't do it, and neither could Sikong Sheng, who had already refined the Half-Step True Essence.

Even if you look at the entire True Spirit Continent and the True Spirit World, I'm afraid you can't find a few Baoyuan Realm warriors who can match him.

At the same time, a scene that shocked everyone even more appeared.

A thumb-sized ball of dark blue liquid true energy emerged from Ye Chen's dantian and covered Ye Chen's body in half a blink of an eye.

Suddenly, the competition ground was quiet again, and a pin drop could be heard, followed by a loud noise.

"It's the True Essence. It's actually the True Essence. Ye Chen actually broke Xuan Hou's thousand-year record and entered the Star Realm at the age of less than eighteen."

"Gu Yuan's half-step true essence is shocking enough, but I didn't expect Ye Chen to be even more monstrous, actually entering the Star Realm at the age of less than 18."

"No, he has not yet entered the Star Realm. He must have practiced some special technique to extract a small amount of true energy. This true energy is not long-lasting and cannot be reused in a short period of time. Once it is used up, it is gone."

The last person to speak was a late-stage Star Realm expert. He seemed to have known about this type of technique.

"Master, this..." Naturally, everyone in the Feitian Demon Sect also realized that this breath of true energy would not last long, at most a quarter of an hour, but a breath of true energy is still true energy.

For the first time, they felt a little worried about Gu Yuan.

The leader of the Feitian Demon Sect, Mo Tianxing, remained calm and said, "You have to trust him."

The four referees who were reinforcing the light curtain that blocked the stage gasped, and so did the other nine referees.

"I originally thought Ye Chen would definitely lose, but now it seems that the first place on the Hidden Dragon Ranking is still unknown."

In the first round of the knockout rounds, the original three groups of referees who had watched Ye Chen win consecutive games sighed.

The referee of the original group who also watched Gu Yuan win all the battles retorted, "Things are not that simple. Don't forget that Gu Yuan not only hid his half-step true essence, but also hid his level of skill. His sword intent and sword skills are slightly higher than Ye Chen. Ye Chen's true essence is just a temporary power, which is nothing."

"That's right. Even if Ye Chen defeats Gu Yuan, it's still unclear whether he can defeat Sikong Sheng. When Gu Yuan defeats Sikong Sheng, the two will have the same points and compete again. Without that true essence, Ye Chen is still no match for him."

Everyone was arguing about this. The chief referee, however, stood in the opposite abyss and gave a rare conclusion before the winner was decided, "Ye Chen will lose."

As for the many younger people standing behind him, including Yan Chihuo and Li Daoxuan, they had already become numb to the strength of the two men.

Only Sikong Sheng gritted his teeth, clenched his hands, and his eyes were bloodshot.

"Damn it, this bastard, he didn't take me seriously from the beginning."

Recalling the scene before the game when the two of them were confronting each other, Sikong Sheng felt like a clown at this moment.

It’s okay for Ye Chen, although it’s tricky, but if he loses that true energy, he thinks he still has a chance of winning.

But when facing Gu Yuan, he was killed instantly and had no chance of winning at all.

It was a pity that he had used the Half-Step True Essence as a trump card. It turned out that the other party had also refined it, and even cultivated the Xuanyin Dafa to the twelfth level, which was higher than his eleventh-level peak Cang Tian Ba ​​Quan's supporting skills.

On the fighting stage.

The twelfth level of Xuanyin Dafa in Gu Yuan's body was running to its limit, and his sword intent and sword power were rising steadily.

What was even more terrifying was the Xuanyin Demon Fire. After displaying the twelfth level of the Xuanyin Great Law, it directly materialized. In the blink of an eye, huge bottomless pits burned on the platform beneath its feet, almost occupying half of the arena. Then, under the prohibition of the Qianlong Ancient City, the huge pits repaired themselves at a speed visible to the naked eye.

If Yan Chihuo, who has activated the Red Flame Battle Body, is a fire demon.

Then at this moment, Gu Yuan is the devil among devils, as if he is the fire demon king from the abyss of hell. Yan Chihuo and Lin Yun, who have specialized in practicing fire-type true qi, are just like him, not even as good as children.

At the same time, Gu Yuan, who was almost completely liberated and free from restrictions, with the blessing of Half-Step True Essence and Twelve-Layer Xuanyin Method, elevated his sword intent to an extremely terrifying level.

Perhaps because the suppression before was too harsh, there was a faint sign of breaking through 80% of the restrictions.

Even many of the powerful people who were at the middle stage of the Star Realm and above, were horrified by it.

Ye Chen on the opposite side was also gathering strength, holding a low-grade sword. The dark blue true energy was reintegrated into his body and was being used to the limit. The sharp sword intent and sword force continued to rise, preparing for the next sword.

The two of them threw away all temptations and decided to go all out.

"All demons are coming!"

Gu Yuan's pupils were almost dyed into a flickering gold, which was the color of the fire state of mind approaching perfection, supplemented by a faint state of mind of death. His body was galloping, and the Fire Scale Sword in his hand turned into a meteor stabbing wildly, with a sense of death in its swiftness, and the speed was so fast that it seemed as if thousands of demons were attacking Ye Chen.

(ps: The ninth move of Xuanyin Sword Technique is still pure fire state of mind, while the first eight moves have been changed to contain fire state of mind and death state of mind.)
"Sky Shattering Cloud, Six Styles Fusion!" Ye Chen's expression was solemn as he used his strongest killing move besides the Heart-piercing Sword. Sky Shattering Cloud in its strongest state. The long sword in his hand turned into lightning and struck wildly towards Gu Yuan.

Clang!
The two sword lights of death and thunder collided with each other, and the entire arena shook. The gravel on the arena floated up and floated in the air, forming a strange forbidden state. The next moment, the gravel melted, and an inky black flame ignited in the air.

The blazing sword radiated in all directions and exploded with a loud bang. Ye Chen couldn't stop his body from being pushed back a hundred meters away by the energy.

Crack! He seemed to hear the sound of his ribs breaking.

"Such a terrifying sword energy, such a strange flame, in addition to the artistic conception of fire, it actually contains a kind of artistic conception that I have never seen before."

A trace of blood flowed out of the corner of Ye Chen's mouth, and he couldn't help feeling helpless in his heart. The Tiansuiyun just now was more than twice as strong as the Tiansuiyun with five styles fused together. After all, so many days of competition were not wasted, and it was a great inspiration to him.

But Gu Yuan's sword energy was even more domineering, completely integrated into one, burning the entire world with the power of one sword, and the sword intent and thunder cloud artistic conception were all dispersed by his sword.

That would have been fine, but the key point was that the ancient sword intent contained the meaning of immortality and another kind of will, which made his sword energy, which could stay for five blinks of an eye, ineffective and was easily wiped out.

"His Xuanyin Sword Art is probably the most terrifying top-level earth-level swordsmanship. Both the moves and the artistic conception are top-notch. I am still at a disadvantage in terms of martial arts grade."

Fusing sword moves can only solve temporary problems. From the wind-based sword move that Gu Yuan performed earlier, it was not difficult for Ye Chen to see that the other party had also fused sword moves before.

But later on, as higher-level martial arts emerged, they were no longer integrated.

It’s not that we can’t, but that we don’t need to.

After all, anything that can be called top-level martial arts is already perfect and powerful enough.

"It seems that I must also find a top-level earth-level sword technique to practice. Of course, top-level earth-level skills are also indispensable. Otherwise, I will not be able to compete with a genius of Gu Yuan's level."

Ye Chen let out a long sigh and looked at Gu Yuan opposite him.

Gu Yuan was not injured by the explosion of Qi. Before the Qi could cause any harm to him, it was burned up by the Xuanyin Demon Fire in the half-step true essence state.

This is a stronger defense than the demon force field.

This is also the reason why the chief referee believes that Ye Chen will definitely lose.

Relying on that true energy, even if Ye Chen's attack power could keep up, his defense was still far inferior. After all, he did not have that much true energy to protect his body.

Swish!
Gu Yuan repelled Ye Chen with one sword and did not give Ye Chen a chance to breathe. He used his Ghost Shadow Light Kung Fu to get close to Ye Chen and give him a thundering blow.

"Transform into a shadow!"

Ye Chen had also practiced the secret method of enhancing his lightness skills and improved his lightness skills to the top level of the Earth Grade. His lightness skills were not inferior to Gu Yuan's. When the wind blew, his figure disappeared like a wisp of black smoke, leaving dozens of residual images of true energy.

Seeing this, Gu Yuan had anticipated this and simply ignored those afterimages. Before those afterimages could get close to Gu Yuan, they were burned to ashes by the Xuanyin Demon Fire.

"This flame is so strange. While providing strong defense, it also comes with a good attack. It is more difficult to deal with than Murong Qingcheng's Heavenly Demon Force Field."

Ye Chen didn't dare to let Gu Yuan get close to him, so he quickly dodged to avoid Gu Yuan's pursuit.

Gu Yuan followed closely, and the two of them fought at an extremely high speed. The spectators, who were below the Star Realm, could only see the lightning sword light and the blazing black flame sword energy, but no human figures.

After a while, a strange scene appeared. The dissipated hot flame sword energy did not dissipate immediately, but stayed in the air for three or four blinks of an eye.

Although the thundercloud sword light can stay longer, up to five blinks of an eye, it will immediately melt away after being touched by the flame sword energy.

Finally, Ye Chen, who felt that his Taixuan True Essence was about to be exhausted, was the first to collapse. He retreated to the side with his clothes stained with blood and many burn marks on his skin.

On the other side, although the Xuanyin Demon Fire outside Gu Yuan's body was weakened by more than half, he was not seriously injured. With a shake of his body, the flames rose again, returning to their original strength.

Everyone present felt their scalps tingling when they saw this scene.

This Xuanyin Demonic Fire has both offensive and defensive capabilities, but its defense is also so abnormal.

Moreover, as long as the firewall is not broken through in one go, it can be restored at any time. If facing it, even a Star Realm expert who is stronger than him will be exhausted to death.

Of course, the cultivation base of those powerful Star Realm masters who are stronger than Gu Yuan must be extremely high, at least above the middle stage of the Star Realm. Even if they are defeated, they can still escape to the first level of the Three Heavens at any time.

It would be difficult to keep Gu Yuan as long as he couldn't kill the opponent in one blow.

"Gu Yuan, you are indeed amazing. You are worthy of the title of the best swordsman of the younger generation in Nanzhuo Territory. I still have a killer move that I have saved until now specifically to defeat you. From now on, you win."

Before the start of the Hidden Dragon Ranking, from the first moment he saw Gu Yuan, Ye Chen had always suspected that the other party was more than just the 60% sword intent on the surface, with the cultivation base at the peak of the late Baoyuan Realm, and that his strength was enough to rival Sikong Sheng.

And this was exactly demonstrated in the battle just now.

The other party's swordsmanship level is so high and his foundation is so profound that it is simply unbelievable.

Not only did he improve his skills to the twelfth level and refine half a step of true essence, his sword power also reached the peak level of 70%, and it seemed that he could break through to 80% at any time.

This is an all-round, overwhelming power.

And if someone is this strong, then his killing move must be extremely strong. He could only give it a try.

Gu Yuan smiled and said, "That's right, I also saved a killer move for you."

In fact, Gu Yuan has four major killer moves.

They are the seventh style of Xuanyin swordsmanship 'The Demonic Path', the eighth style 'Stealing the Sky and Changing the Day', the three Shura Holy Fires cultivated by Xuanyin Sword, and the last move of the three soul-stealing styles 'Killing the Soul'!
Among the four killer moves, 'Magic Path' is undoubtedly the weakest, 'Stealing the Sky and Changing the Sun' is the strongest, and 'Dead Soul Killing Soul' is the second, which is slightly weaker than 'Stealing the Sky and Changing the Sun'.

After all, Gu Yuan himself practiced the Xuanyin Great Law, and with the Xuanyin Magic Fire he could perform the Stealing the Sky and Changing the Day, which naturally could unleash a power far exceeding that of the eighth move of the ordinary nine-style top-level earth-level swordsmanship.

On the other hand, although 'Ghost Killing Soul' has been completely perfected, Gu Yuan's thunder state of mind is not yet enough to enable him to exert a power that is no less than the ninth style of ordinary top-level earth-level swordsmanship, and is only slightly more powerful than the eighth style.

Naturally, it is not as good as "stealing the sky and replacing the day".

Of course, if Gu Yuan’s state of mind of thunder can be perfected, it can once again become his strongest killing move.

As for the Shura Holy Fire, although it is slightly weaker than the 'Ghost Killing Soul' in terms of power, it is even less powerful than the 'Stealing the Sky and Changing the Sun'.

But it has an advantage that other killing moves do not have, which is that it does not require accumulation of strength, which gives him the opportunity to use killing moves continuously.

At the critical moment, it is definitely a killer weapon and life-saving trump card.

Will not be used easily.

Finally, Gu Yuan still felt that using 'Magic Path' was not safe enough, and 'Stealing the Sky and Changing the Day' was too powerful. Since it was only at the peak of its power and not yet completely perfect, it could not be fully controlled. 'Dead Souls Killing Souls' was undoubtedly the best choice.

"They actually have a trump card?" The people watching the battle had already become numb. It was the first time for them to see such a powerful Baoyuan Realm warrior. Even a mid-stage Xingji Realm warrior who burned his true essence to fight would be no more than this.

"A sword that cuts through the heart!"

Without further ado, Ye Chen poured all the remaining true energy in his body and the immortality in his sword intent into his sword moves and stabbed forward head-on.

This is the ultimate sword move he created by combining the completely perfected Lone Peak Ultimate Kill and the Refining Heart Sword.

Relying on this move, he once killed a weak level six demon beast overlord, the Yinfeng Wolf, with his mid-stage Baoyuan realm cultivation and 50% sword intent.

"Dead souls kill souls!"

Gu Yuan's sword moves are the first to strike after being struck, and the sword light is like a pillar!
Rumble!
The golden thunder and the killing sword energy collided fiercely.

With the reinforcement of four mid-stage Star Realm referees, even the sealing light curtain that Luo Jiacheng, the late-stage Star Realm chief referee, believed could no longer be easily destroyed, showed signs of failing to hold on.

Soon, four mid-level Star Realm referees joined in the work of reinforcing the sealing light curtain.

No matter how powerful the two men's attacks were, they could not destroy the sealing light curtain in the slightest.

As he looked up, the two sword energies began to annihilate each other.

In the end, Gu Yuan was obviously stronger. Under the influence of his powerful thunder state of mind, he actually tore apart Ye Chen's sword energy.

The golden thunder, which had consumed most of its power, turned into thousands of sword energies, brushed past Ye Chen's side, and finally slammed heavily into the sealing light curtain, causing large ripples.

call!
After using the Heart-piercing Sword, Ye Chen's expression instantly became listless, and the true energy extracted from the Taixuan Art was also consumed. If he wanted to use it, he had to refine it again.

This cannot be accomplished in three to five days; it will take one to two months.

He felt the artistic conception of Gu Yuan that had not yet completely dissipated, and a wry smile appeared on his face, "You win!"

Even when he was in the True Essence state, the sword that he used to kill the heart couldn't do anything to Gu Yuan. So what could he do?
Gu Yuan is so powerful that he is worthy of being a genius comparable to Xuan Hou.

If the other party had not chosen to disperse the thousands of sword energies transformed from the golden thunder and avoid him, he would have been dead.

"If you had also practiced the top-level earth-level skills, I might not have won so easily."

Gu Yuan said seriously.

Ye Chen shook his head and smiled bitterly again. If he practiced the top-level Earth-level skills, his basic strength would certainly be much stronger than it is now. But if he didn't have the true essence refined from the Taixuan Gong, how could he fight against Gu Yuan?
"Isn't this your full strength?"

Ye Chen had a hunch that the other party had other hidden cards.

"Each each other."

Gu Yuan thought that Ye Chen had practiced the Little Blood Demon Disintegration Technique, and his answer made Ye Chen feel ashamed.

"I have no reservations."

He really tried his best just now. After all, in a competition for luck, how could he hide anything?

"Without reservation?" Gu Yuan was a little surprised. Looking at Ye Chen's sword again, it seemed that it did not match the Star Mark Sword in the original book.

It seems that the other party did not have a conflict with Yuan Zongbo, and thus obtained the method to disintegrate the little blood demon.

As for the attacks from some scoundrels, Gu Yuan didn't care.

After all, with the Nanluo Sect's leader, Long Biyun, here, for the future of the Dragon God Palace, the other party will not sit idly by and watch Ye Chen being attacked and killed by those Star Realm powerhouses.

On the contrary, after rescuing Ye Chen, he can also completely bind him to the Dragon God Palace's carriage that is about to reach its destination.

Long Biyun was eager for the villain to take action.

hold head high!
After absorbing Ye Chen's dragon vein energy, Gu Yuan's dragon vein energy grew from nine zhang to nine zhang and three zhang. In contrast, Ye Chen's dragon vein energy dropped from eight zhang and nine zhang to eight zhang and six zhang.

Next, as long as he defeats Yan Chihuo and Sikong Sheng, the dragon vein energy can still exceed nine feet.

Below the stage, the audience watching the fight were already stunned.

Gu Yuan's victory was both unexpected and expected by them.

No matter what, they could not have imagined that Ye Chen, whose cultivation had briefly entered the Star Realm, was still no match for Gu Yuan.

Sikong Sheng, who was so strong and unstoppable before, and whose status as the king of the younger generation was almost unshakable by anyone except Gu Yuan, was like a child compared to the two of them.

“Dead souls and killing spirits, haha, I didn’t expect Gu Yuan’s martial arts realm to reach this level, surpassing most of the inner sect elders in the sect.”

The leader of the Feitian Demon Sect was in a good mood. When Ye Chen revealed his true energy earlier, although he appeared to be unworried, he was actually secretly worried about Gu Yuan.

Unexpectedly, Gu Yuan was even more outstanding than he imagined. He had mastered the Soul-Killing Skill that only a few core elders in the sect had mastered.

"Damn it, damn it!" Sikong Sheng's teeth were almost broken.

What he could not accept the most was that someone from the younger generation in Nanzhuoyu surpassed him, especially when two of them appeared at once.

Gu Yuan would be fine, after all, he is the eldest disciple of the sixth-grade Feitian Demon Sect, and is also valued by the owner of the Lanyue Tower.

Who is Ye Chen? He is just a disciple of a ninth-grade sect in a small country. How can he have such powerful strength?

Fortunately, the opponent's true energy had been consumed by Gu Yuan, otherwise if he lost to the opponent, he would have gone crazy.

"Where on earth did this kid come from?" The Xuankong Mountain Sect Master's face turned pale. Although Gu Yuan's strength made him very uncomfortable, the other party had been famous for a long time and had always been the most valued genius of Feitian Demon Sect and Lanyue Tower.

But where did Ye Chen come from? He actually had such strength that he was already a serious threat to his grandson Sikong Sheng.

"Sect Master, the first one is a little difficult, but Ye Chen has already consumed the true essence in his body. The second one still has a great chance. By then, Sheng'er, who also possesses the energy of the nine-foot dragon vein, will not be much worse than Gu Yuan. There is no need to get angry."

The chief elder of the inner sect of Xuankong Mountain let out a breath of frustration and advised.

"I know. This competition can be regarded as a wake-up call for Sheng'er." Sikong Ba has begun to feel fortunate that it was Gu Yuan who first fought against Ye Chen.

Otherwise, if he fights with Ye Chen, even if the other party does not use that true energy, his grandson still has a high chance of being defeated.

Now that Ye Chen’s strength and trump cards have been fully revealed, it can be considered as increasing his grandson’s chances of winning.

After defeating Ye Chen, who had revealed all his trump cards, his title of number one on the Ancient Source Hidden Dragon List was finally secured.

Next, even if Sikong Sheng also refined half-step true essence, he would no longer be a match for Gu Yuan.

Because of the match between Gu Yuan and Ye Chen, the thirteen referees had to temporarily adjust the order of the match in order to make up for the misunderstanding caused by misjudging the strength of the two.

The battle between Ye Chen and Sikong Sheng was cancelled in this round.

Their match was scheduled for the 71st round.

The battle between Sikong Sheng and Gu Yuan remains unchanged and will still take place in the 71st round.

That is to say, there will be two games in the 71st round.

As for Yan Chihuo, his match with Ye Chen was brought forward and will take place in the last game of the 70th round.

As for Murong Qingcheng, there is no need to play two more games. The last opponent, Yan Chihuo, will face off in the 71st round.

And because this peak competition came too early.

The following match between Tuoba Ku and Lin Yun, even though they showed strong strength, suddenly became boring.

In the end, Tuoba Ku won with great difficulty.

The final match between Yan Chihuo and Ye Chen was even more boring.

Because Ye Chen had previously used the Heart-piercing Sword, he had consumed a lot of his energy and spirit. In order to recover as soon as possible, he could deal with Sikong Sheng who was about to come.

He did not choose to counter Yan Chihuo's moves, but directly unleashed 70% of his sword intent and killed Yan Chihuo, who was in the Red Flame Battle Body state, instantly with one sword.

After swallowing up the Yan Chihuo Dragon Vein Qi, Ye Chen's dragon vein energy recovered from 86 feet to 88 feet. Next, he only needed to defeat Sikong Sheng, and with the 90-foot dragon vein energy, he would not be able to escape.

The 70th round of competition ended and a one-hour break began.

In the training room.

Sikong Ba, the leader of Xuankong Mountain, looked at his grandson with a serious expression: "Sheng'er, the nine-foot dragon vein energy is crucial. You must not be careless in the next game."

"Don't worry, Grandpa. I admit that I am no match for that Gu Yuan, but I don't take a mere Ye Chen seriously."

Sikong Sheng clenched his fists, veins on his forehead exposed, he no longer looked like a king.

An hour later, the 71st round of the competition began.

"The first match, Sikong Sheng vs. Gu Yuan!"

Sikong Sheng and Gu Yuan are not only senior disciples of sixth-grade sects, but also the favorites to compete for the first place before the competition starts.

However, the Qianlong Ranking competition is drawing to a close, and there is no doubt that Gu Yuan is number one.

On the other hand, it is a question whether Sikong Sheng can maintain his second place, which puts him in the same embarrassing situation as the last crown prince of the Black Dragon Empire.

He was also ranked first on the Hidden Dragon List last time, and also encountered two extremely strong opponents.

One of them is much stronger than himself, which is simply fucking terrible for Sikong Sheng.

"Hmph, Gu Yuan, don't think that you are the only one who can refine half-step true essence. I can do the same."

In order to show his strength, Sikong Sheng revealed his half-step true essence as soon as he came on stage.

But with Gu Yuan's example, when Sikong Sheng showed his half-step true essence, it wouldn't be so dazzling anymore.

Because everyone knew that even if Sikong Sheng's strength was doubled on the basis of Half-Step True Essence, he would not be a match for Gu Yuan.

Gu Yuan said impatiently: "Use your strongest killer move, otherwise the battle will be over soon."

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