strokinit Chapter 66, 3 levels
Chapter 66, 3 levels
On the stage, the referee announced loudly, "Chen's Trading Company has passed the first round! The second round will begin in half an incense stick's time!"
As Liang Cheng stepped off the stage, Chen Bainian hurriedly handed him a towel.
As they passed Lu Qingzhou, the other man's expression was somewhat complicated: "Junior Brother Liang, your next opponent is Liu Sanbian from Fulong Trading Company. He is skilled at using a pair of judge's pens, specializing in attacking acupoints and joints, so be careful."
"Thank you for the reminder, Senior Brother."
Liang Cheng closed his eyes and calmed his mind; half an incense stick's time passed quickly.
The gong rang again.
"The second challenge! Liang Cheng, a guest of the Chen family, versus Liu Sanbian, a guest of the Fulong Trading Company!"
A lean old man leaped onto the stage, holding a pair of black judge's pens. Before the referee could say anything, he spread the pens and pointed them directly at Liang Cheng's eyes.
Liu Sanbian decided to strike first. Liang Cheng's performance in the first match was too dazzling, and he dared not be careless at all.
Liang Cheng dodged to the side. The Swimming Dragon Step was best suited for close combat. Liu Sanbian's brushstrokes were continuous and focused on vital points. The dark brushstrokes rained down, but they couldn't touch Liang Cheng at all.
After three moves, Liang Cheng suddenly stepped forward, like a dragon soaring through the air, his right hand flashing out like lightning to grab one of the pens.
Liu Sanbian was instantly shocked and thrust his other pen at Liang Cheng's wrist, but Liang Cheng did not dodge at all. He flipped his wrist and unleashed his full power.
"Snap!"
The judge's pen snapped in response.
Liu Sanbian was struck by a powerful blow, staggering backward. Looking at the broken pen in his hand, he smiled bitterly, threw down the judge's pen, and directly admitted defeat: "This old man admits defeat."
The entire audience erupted in uproar.
Three moves, just three moves again!
After defeating the renowned master Liu Sanbian, everyone looked at Liang Cheng with complicated expressions. As expected of a disciple of the Martial Academy's Heavenly Hall, he was incredibly powerful.
The head of the martial arts academy nodded frequently, showing great satisfaction.
The referee paused for a moment, then quickly banged the gong: "Second round, passed!"
At the Xu family banquet, Xu Zhi's face was ashen: "Useless!"
Xu Zhang looked at the middle-aged man in black robes beside him: "Mr. He, have you seen it clearly?"
He Jiuyou slowly opened his eyes, his face cold and hard: "His hard skills and movement techniques are indeed good, but my sword is specifically designed to cut through hard bones."
The last half stick of incense.
The atmosphere in the arena was heavy and tense.
Everyone knows that Liang Cheng's opponent in the third stage is He Jiuyou, a guest elder of the Xu family and a famous swordsman in Linwu City who broke through the Qi barrier. He failed to break through to the True Qi Realm back then, but he is still one of the top talents among the top talents.
In addition, his swordsmanship was ruthless and cunning. He had severed the tendons of several skilled martial artists, crippling them with his sword. Chen Bainian's palms were sweating profusely.
Wang Qinian whispered to the person next to him, "When He Jiuyou makes a move, it's either death or serious injury. The Xu family is determined to cripple Liang Cheng."
"He can only blame himself for being tactless."
It was three quarters past Chen Shi (7:45 AM).
The referee took a deep breath: "The third round: Liang Cheng, a guest of the Chen family, versus He Jiuyou, a guest of the Xu family's grain store!"
He Jiuyou silently stepped onto the arena.
He was tall and thin, dressed in a black robe, and carried a four-foot-long sword on his back. The scabbard was jet black, and even before it was drawn, a chilling aura emanated from it.
This time, Liang Cheng did not fight empty-handed. He drew the standard longsword from the martial arts academy, its blade gleaming with a cold light, and stood facing him.
The gong suddenly rang out!
He Jiuyou opened his eyes. He did not draw his sword. His figure approached like a ghost, his left hand forming a sword with his fingers together, aiming straight for Liang Cheng's throat!
The wind was sharp and fierce, and it even brought with it a piercing whistle.
Liang Cheng sidestepped and used his horizontal sword to block.
"clang!"
The clash of their fingers and knives produced a sound like the clang of metal on metal!
A sinister and sharp force pierced through the knife, causing Liang Cheng's arm to go slightly numb. He was startled, realizing that this person's finger skills were also so formidable.
He Jiuyou missed his first attack, and his figure drifted back three steps, finally placing his right hand on the hilt of his sword.
"Zzzzt!"
The longsword was drawn, its sound like a dragon's roar.
The sword is slender and has a faint blue luster, with a deep blood groove along its spine.
With a flash of sword light, it pierced straight into Liang Cheng's heart!
This sword strike was as swift as a viper's tongue, its angle both cunning and ruthless.
Liang Cheng parried with his sword, and sparks flew as the blades clashed.
He Jiuyou's swordplay was continuous, each move faster than the last, and every strike aimed at Liang Cheng's vital points, specifically targeting his weakest points, making it exceptionally insidious.
Within ten moves, Liang Cheng was actually in grave danger due to the continuous sword force. If it weren't for the Soaring Dragon Step, he probably would have had to rely on his Iron Armor Realm to withstand it.
He Jiuyou's sword was fast and cunning, and its power was concentrated in one point, making it extremely penetrating. Although I used the Dragon Step to avoid vital points, my body was still penetrated by the power, and the muscles and bones under my skin were shaken and felt a dull pain.
"Mr. He is indeed amazing!" Xu Zhi couldn't help but smile from below the stage.
Chen Bainian's face turned pale, and Lu Qingzhou also frowned.
In the fifteenth move, He Jiuyou's sword style suddenly changed. His longsword drew a strange arc, bypassing the blade and slashing straight at Liang Cheng's wrist holding the knife!
Liang Cheng stomped his feet quickly, using the "Dragon Step" to shift his body half a foot to the side, narrowly avoiding the sword's edge. At the same time, he used his longsword to slash back at He Jiuyou's ribs.
He Jiuyou sneered, parried with his sword, and the sword and blade clashed again. With a sharp, piercing sound, Liang Cheng used the force to spin around, his blade following his body. The Gale Blade Technique unfolded naturally, and for a moment, the blade light was like a storm, sweeping away in reverse.
"Well done!" A fierce glint flashed in He Jiuyou's eyes. He didn't dodge, but instead thrust his longsword straight into the center of the blade's light.
He wants to counter offense with offense, and break through the surface by targeting specific points!
Swords flashed and blades clashed, exploding in a continuous barrage of sounds, the force of the blows spreading outwards, and the stone slabs on the arena cracked continuously.
Thirty moves!
Fifty moves!
The two figures clashed wildly on the stage, each collision breathtaking. He Jiuyou's swordsmanship was ruthless and experienced, always able to seize the fleeting openings to launch a fierce attack.
Liang Cheng directly confronted the enemy head-on, relying on his Iron Armor Realm's super strong defense and the ferocious offensive of his Perfected Gale Blade Technique, while weaving through the enemy's defenses with his Dragon Steps, maneuvering and turning in desperate situations time and time again.
Unable to break through Liang Cheng's defenses after a long period of attack, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes. Suddenly, he trembled his longsword and changed his moves again. His sword style shifted from unpredictable to heavy, with each strike as heavy as a thousand pounds. He used clumsiness to overcome skill and aimed to crush Liang Cheng with his powerful strength.
"Breaking Mountain Pose!"
Liang Cheng's pressure increased sharply.
The opponent's cultivation level was only that of someone who had failed to break through to the True Qi Realm. True Qi had entered his body and he was at the very top of the Transformation Realm. The force on his sword was like a mountain collapsing down. Under the Great Perfection of the Iron Armor Realm, this was the first time his tiger's mouth had split open, and blood seeped out.
The standard-issue longsword, unable to bear the weight, emitted a faint straining sound.
The seventy-third move!
He Jiuyou roared, frantically channeling all his blood and qi into the sword. The longsword emitted a mournful tremor and transformed into a streak of dark blue lightning, striking straight at Liang Cheng's head!
This is a sword strike that embodies a lifetime of skill, leaving no room for retreat!
At the critical moment of life and death, Liang Cheng's eyes suddenly sharpened like knives.
He suddenly exerted force with his feet, met the sword light with both hands, and unleashed the full power of the perfected Gale Blade Technique!
At this moment, we must not defend, but only attack!
Fighting with their lives!
"Sizzle!!!"
The longsword grazed Liang Cheng's shoulder blade, leaving a trail of blood and tearing his skin, but Liang Cheng's knife was even faster!
The blade flashed like a whirlwind, instantly grazing He Jiuyou's neck.
Time seemed to stand still.
The two figures passed each other, standing back to back.
The stage was deathly silent.
"Clang..."
The long sword in He Jiuyou's hand fell to the ground.
He raised his hand to cover his neck, blood gushing from between his fingers. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but only blood and foam came out.
A final look of disbelief and astonishment lingered in his eyes before the light quickly dimmed.
"Bang."
The body fell to the ground.
The knife in Liang Cheng's hand was ultimately just ordinary iron, and it shattered with a crash. Blood flowed continuously from his left shoulder, staining half of his robe red. However, he slowly exhaled a breath of foul air with a bloody smell. In fact, it was still a superficial wound, and his bones and muscles had not been damaged.
This is the strongest opponent Liang Cheng has ever encountered; he truly deserves to be a master who once broke through to the True Qi Realm.
The audience was deathly silent.
Everyone was stunned by this horrific and bloody scene.
Xu Zhi suddenly stood up, his face ashen, his lips trembling. The teacup in Xu Zhang's hand slipped silently and shattered.
Xu Feng's pupils contracted as he stared intently at the boy on the stage.
Chen Bainian slumped into the chair, his body weak, both surprised and delighted, unable to recover for a moment.
Lu Qingzhou also gasped, muttering, "Junior Brother Liang actually killed He Jiuyou..."
The old man in black robes beside Wang Qinian slowly uttered a sentence: "Give him the meteorite iron, whether he agrees to recruit it or not."
The deathly silence lasted for a moment before the referee finally came to his senses and swallowed hard.
"The Chen Family Trading Company has passed all three tests and has been promoted to the top tier!"