"Boom boom boom—"

Immediately, a series of violent booming sounds rang out as the two men's attacks collided one after another, stirring up sharp sword energy that swept across the arena. The dazzling blade and sword light was too bright to look at directly, and the violent energy waves shook the arena.

The fiery lion seemed to be roaring to the sky, but it was instantly cut into four balls of flame by the sharp cross-shaped sword light and finally dissipated in mid-air.

The massive shield crashed into the cross-shaped sword light, producing a crisp metallic clang, before being violently blasted to a corner of the arena. However, the cross-shaped sword light was also shattered by the impact.

Finally, Xu Lai's slashing blade collided with the last cross-shaped sword light, unleashing an even more dazzling light, like fireworks exploding suddenly, brightening everyone's eyes, and then transforming into a violent energy that swept in all directions.

"boom--"

With the final boom, Xu Lai and Zhou Jianfeng were sent flying backwards like cannonballs.

Their feet scraped against the ring with a screeching sound, as if trying to tear the hard surface apart. The two figures moved like lightning, retreating rapidly until they came to a steady stop at the edge of the ring.

The fence trembled slightly under the powerful impact of the two men, as if telling the story of the shock of this fierce duel.

Xu Lai and Zhou Jianfeng both wore solemn expressions, their eyes meeting as if they understood each other's strength at that moment.

However, Zhou Jianfeng appeared quite relaxed, seemingly unconcerned about the outcome. Xu Lai, on the other hand, frowned, and after a moment's thought, took a deep breath and shouted, "I concede!"

A brief silence fell over the scene, followed by thunderous applause and cheers from the audience.

Xu Lai's decision surprised people, but they also praised his wise move.

In the ensuing team battles, he was keenly aware of his importance as the leader of the attack and knew he couldn't let momentary bravado affect the team's chances of winning.

"The individual competition is over. Wilderness Martial Arts University wins with 8 points; Hidden Dragon Prefecture University has 2 points." The referee announced the results of the match between the two schools.

Next, the other three individual challenge matches also ended one after another. As expected, all three prestigious schools won. Although each of the three martial arts schools had one student ranked in the top ten in the country, the level of the other freshmen was still a notch lower.

Next up was the team competition. The Qianlong Prefecture University team went first, with the three Xu brothers in front and the other seven in the back. They faced the Wilderness Martial Arts University team with great confidence.

"Our combined attack is called the Three Elements Heaven-Shaking Slash. If you can withstand this move, we'll admit defeat," Xu Lai said, standing in front with two of his brothers.

"Alright, to show my respect for you, I will use a special technique. If you can withstand it, you will win."

Chen Feng stood at the front of the group and nodded. The other nine people lined up behind him. Then, each of the nine people condensed seventy to one hundred semi-transparent sword energies, which were densely arranged in mid-air.

"My God, all the freshmen at the Wilderness Martial Arts University have mastered the D-level Sword Qi Storm to the highest level, and two or three of them have even reached perfection?"

"These sword energies may look intimidating, but their actual power is not strong. They are only slightly stronger than ordinary D-level martial arts techniques and do not pose much of a threat to seventh-rank martial artists."

"Yes, it is said that the power of the sword energy storm lies in its ability to form various formations. They clearly haven't mastered formations yet, and condensing these sword energies is just to add a bit of atmosphere."

Although the freshmen from various schools were shocked that the freshmen from the Wilderness Martial Arts University could condense so much sword energy, they didn't care much, because its power was indeed limited.

Chen Feng also heard these discussions. He smiled calmly and waved his hand. More than three hundred semi-transparent sword energies appeared in mid-air and quickly combined into four sword energy longswords.

Not only that, his sword aura began to rapidly absorb the sword aura condensed by others around him, until each sword aura contained more than three hundred sword auras, thus merging all the sword aura condensed by everyone into it.

"Buzz—"

The void trembled slightly, and almost all the teachers and students of the school stood up, looking in shock at the arena and at the top of Chen Feng's head, where the four sword qi longswords all exuded the power of the peak level of the seventh grade.

"This is a C-level sword aura storm at the minor completion level or above?"

"Chen Feng actually mastered the C-level Sword Qi Storm technique to a minor completion level?"

"So, does that mean he'll be able to cultivate B-level Sword Qi Storm very soon?"

"When the sword energy is fused into a longsword of sword energy, its power increases by such a huge amount. I feel a strong threat."