Yun Che straightened his upper body, bent his right leg forward, closed his eyes, and held his hands in a sword-holding position. He maintained this position for a long time before suddenly opening his eyes, letting out a low shout, and dropping his arms forward in a chopping motion...
However, this series of actions were just simple movements, without any momentum.
"What are you doing?" Jasmine finally couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.
Yun Che put away his hands, took a deep breath, and said, “Jasmine, do you think there is a chance that I can defeat her in tomorrow’s battle?”
“If it were someone else who had the exact same profound strength and profound skills as you, then the possibility of defeating Xia Qingyue would be completely zero! Even if they used their full strength, they wouldn’t be able to survive more than ten encounters. But in your case… there might be a slight possibility.” Jasmine replied calmly, “Because when you are about to lose, you always turn into a madman who can’t afford to lose!”
“Hehe, thank you for the compliment.” Yun Che laughed very proudly.
“Praise? That’s irony!” Jasmine corrected her seriously, “I can sense that you don’t think you can beat Xia Qingyue, but you will never allow yourself to lose. So when the time comes, even I can’t predict what desperate actions you will take. However, I must warn you that it’s best not to try to forcefully activate the Heretic God’s third realm. In the Dragon God Trial Ground, you forcefully activated the Heretic God’s second realm. If it weren’t for your Great Dao Fu Tu Jue’s breakthrough, you would have died there. Not every time, you have such good luck!”
"...I'm not someone who can't afford to lose. If my opponent tomorrow is Ling Yun, or even Xiao Jie, I won't feel anything if I lose. But Qing Yue...I absolutely cannot lose! This is not a matter of winning or losing, but a matter of a man's dignity!"
"Man's dignity?"
“…This is something between adults. Children don’t understand.” Yun Che grinned.
"Kid? Humph! What I know is a million times better than what you know!" Jasmine snorted disdainfully, "You haven't answered me yet, what are you gesticulating about?"
"Nothing, I was just trying to find out if I could get a feel for the second sword of the Heavenly Wolf based on the general formula of the Heavenly Wolf Hell God Canon, but I was obviously too fanciful." Yun Che said helplessly. He had tried this kind of exploration many times, but every time he got nothing.
“Jasmine, do you really have no impression of the Second Heavenly Wolf Sword?” Yun Che suddenly asked. Of all his current attacking profound skills, the Heavenly Wolf Slash was the most powerful. And the Heavenly Wolf Slash was only the first sword of the Heavenly Wolf Hell God Canon, and it was already so powerful. The sword moves that followed must have even more shocking power.
“Back then, I was just flipping through the Heavenly Wolf Hell God Canon while watching my brother practice swordsmanship. I only remember the general formula and the first sword…” When she said this, Jasmine seemed to have thought of something. After a slight pause, a series of images suddenly appeared in Yun Che’s mind… In the images, a young man with a handsome figure and an unclear face was wielding a heavy sword that was even bigger than his body. Every time he swung the heavy sword, the wind and clouds changed color and the earth shook…
"This is……"
“This is a picture of my brother practicing sword skills. Most of his heavy sword moves come from the Heavenly Wolf Hell God Canon, but there are only movements, no profound techniques, and I can’t guarantee that I haven’t remembered these pictures wrongly or missed anything. Whether you can gain anything from them depends on you.” Jasmine said irresponsibly.
Yun Che stopped talking and calmed down, silently observing the divine posture of the figure in his mind wielding the heavy sword, over and over again...
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The next day, at the sword-discussing arena at Tianjian Villa.
The sun has not yet risen, but the arena is already full. Today is the final day of this ranking competition, and the two sides of the final battle are unprecedentedly a pair of 17-year-old boys and girls.
One was Yun Che, who had the lowest profound strength among all the participating disciples, but defeated opponents with far greater profound strength all the way, and finally made it to the finals miraculously. Every game he played was more or less legendary. He was the first disciple in the history of the ranking battle who only had the True Profound Realm, and he was also the first True Profound Realm participant in history to make it to the finals!
The other one was Xia Qingyue, who had revealed her true strength yesterday, defeated Ling Yun, and shocked the entire audience. After yesterday's battle, she had become the number one prodigy in the Blue Wind Empire, and had replaced Ling Yun as the number one in the younger generation. In the future, she would surely be an emperor-level powerhouse who would shake the Blue Wind Empire.
Tianjian Villa, which had always been the protagonist of this decisive battle, was reduced to a mere spectator this time. Ling Yuefeng arrived very early, but sat quietly in his seat without saying a word. Ling Yun, who was defeated yesterday, also appeared beside Ling Yuefeng, also silent, but his expression was very calm. At least on the surface, he did not seem to be too shocked by yesterday's defeat.
After all, it wasn't that he was too weak, but that his opponent was stronger than anyone expected.
There were originally two matches on the sword arena today. The first match was a fight between the third and fourth place, but this match ended directly because Ling Jie surrendered before the battle. Ling Yun, who was originally expected to be the first place, was ranked third. Before the ranking battle, everyone had many speculations about the top three places, and the only consensus was that the first place must be Ling Yun. If it weren't for his battle with Xia Qingyue yesterday, no one would have thought of it, let alone believed such a result.
“…The final ranking match of this ranking match, Yun Che of the Blue Wind Imperial Family versus Xia Qingyue of the Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace, please step onto the sword-discussing stage!”
Ling Wu Gou announced loudly in the center of the sword-discussing arena.
"Brother Yun, come on!"
“Brother-in-law, come on!”
Yun Che stood up and suddenly turned sideways and asked, “Yuan Ba, do you want me to win, or do you want your sister to win?”
“Uh…” Xia Yuanba was stumped by the question. He scratched his head and said, “If my brother-in-law wins, I’ll be happy. If my sister wins, I’ll be happy too.” At this point, Xia Yuanba’s eyes sparkled, “Wow! The ranking battle that I could only dream about before is actually between my sister and brother-in-law competing for the first place. It’s just like a dream. But, in comparison, I still… I still hope my brother-in-law wins.”
“Oh? Why?” Yun Che asked with a half-smile.
“Well, well…after all, my sister is a girl, and she is my brother-in-law’s wife. It seems more reasonable for her to be defeated by my brother-in-law.” Xia Yuanba said in a daze.
“Hahahaha.” Yun Che laughed. He reached out and patted Xia Yuanba on the shoulder: “Yuanba, you’re right. As a man, it’s okay to lose to other people, but you absolutely cannot lose to your wife!! No matter if she is a tigress or a phoenix, you must hold her firmly… well, ride on her!!”
Xia Yuanba stared and nodded stupidly. Although he hadn’t completely digested what Yun Che said, he still felt that it made a lot of sense.
Yun Che's twisted theory made Cang Yue smile, but she didn't blame him. This arrogance and chauvinism should have been offensive to a woman, but when it came out of Yun Che's mouth, she didn't feel surprised at all, let alone disgusted. Instead, she felt that this was in line with his temperament.
Under the gaze of thousands of people, Yun Che walked to the center of the sword discussion arena and stood opposite Xia Qingyue.
At this moment, Xia Qingyue's face was covered with an icy veil, so even though he was very close, he could not see her face. However, the glimpse he got yesterday was enough to leave a deep impression on him. The two of them looked at each other in silence...Except for a few people in the audience, no one would have thought that these two people who seemed to have no chance of having any connection would be a real couple.
Thinking back to the wedding, wedding ceremony, and sleeping together... At that time, she was recognized as the proud daughter of heaven in Floating Cloud City, and had long been accepted as a disciple of Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace, while he was just a useless person with disabled profound veins, despised by everyone, and with no future. The gap between the two was like heaven and earth. But after just a few days of getting along, Yun Che had even opened a small gap in Xia Qingyue's cold heart, but the changes that followed made them separate early... When they met again, the trajectories and heights of their lives had been turned upside down.
She was once a darling of heaven, the apple of everyone's eye. Now, she is even more blessed by heaven, and has reached a level that her peers are amazed and unable to reach.
In Xia Qingyue's eyes, the young man who was weak but had a resolute and deep gaze, and who was a little daring in front of her, had miraculously grown into a towering tree in less than two years. At that time, he could only be bullied and eventually ruthlessly expelled from his home, but now, he can stand proudly in the highest level of the profound strength competition field in the Blue Wind Empire and announce his name to the top powerhouses of the entire empire.
As if it was a wonderful arrangement of fate, this couple who should not have had any intersection again, stood on this arena that symbolizes the pinnacle at the same time, and the other party was their final opponent.
“Qingyue, do you know why I came to participate in this ranking battle?” Yun Che spoke first, looking into Xia Qingyue’s eyes and said with a smile.
Without waiting for Xia Qingyue to ask, Yun Che continued, “The first reason is to fulfill Senior Sister Xueruo’s wish. I have already done this. As for the second reason…”
Yun Che extended his right hand forward, and with a flash of gray light, he grasped the hilt of the Dragon Fault Sword in his hand. The tip of the sword inlaid with the ferocious dragon head naturally dropped down, and with a loud bang, it penetrated into the ground beneath his feet. A heavy and domineering aura also surged and spread in all directions like a wave.
"I'll tell you after I defeat you!"
As soon as Dragon Fault appeared, it was no surprise that the might of the Profound Sky Sword shocked the entire audience. In the Blue Wind Empire, there were a total of seven Profound Sky weapons that were well known to everyone, but this heavy sword was a Profound Sky weapon that no one had ever seen before!
"This kind of momentum... is a Heavenly Mystical Weapon! And it's a top-grade Heavenly Mystical Weapon!"
"The Blue Wind Empire actually still has such a Heavenly Mysterious Weapon. Why have I never heard of it? Could it be that it is the treasure that the Blue Wind Imperial Family has been hiding all along?"
"It looks like a heavy sword... Tianxuan's heavy sword is probably difficult for even a Tianxuan realm expert to control. Can he control it?"
"Heavenly...Heavenly Profound Heavy Sword?" Ling Jie exclaimed, then gritted his teeth secretly: "No wonder he didn't ask me to compensate him after the Earthly Profound Heavy Sword was broken, it turns out he actually has a Heavenly Profound Heavy Sword... In other words, he was holding back during yesterday's fight and didn't use his full strength at all... Hmm? Father, what's wrong with you? Eh? Big brother, your expression has become so strange too."
"Father, does it look like that sword?" Ling Yun suddenly asked.
Ling Yuefeng did not answer, and quickly took out an ancient book from his space ring. He flipped to the first few pages, and after his eyes stayed still for a while, he raised his head and looked at the giant sword in Yun Che's hand, and whispered, "According to the news we have received about Yun Che in the past few days, he went to the Death Wasteland some time ago, and stayed there for a full five months before coming out?"
"That's true." Ling Yun nodded.
"It seems to be correct." Ling Yuefeng closed the book and put it back into the space ring: "That sword is indeed Dragon Fault without a doubt."
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