The formation used by the five men was a standard military formation. Although there were only five of them, it gave people a sense of the grandeur of a battlefield filled with thousands of troops.
"Swish!" Jing Jianjue and several others drew out their swords at the same time, and then slashed out with one sword.
Five bright sword lights streaked across the sky like lightning. A slight crackling sound was heard in the air, and the light was distorted.
"Kill!" Yue Fanchen and the other four roared in unison, slashing forward with their swords.
The sword beams intersected, and a dazzling white light burst out, causing the entire competition stage to tremble violently.
Immediately afterwards, Yue Fanchen, Longya and the other five people were seen being shocked and retreating one after another. They retreated all the way to the edge of the competition stage, and then they stood firmly with difficulty. Their chests were heaving violently and their faces were slightly pale.
The cheers from the audience stopped abruptly. No one had expected that Yue Fanchen's team would suffer a great loss after just one fight.
You have to know that they were the main attacking party just now. With the help of the forward momentum, both their momentum and instantaneous burst of combat power were greatly improved. However, facing their powerful attack, the five members of Jing Jianjue's team did not move their feet. They slashed with a sword on the spot and forced the five people back.
Suppression, this is definitely a suppression of strength.
Mu Hanyan frowned. After this attack, she still didn't understand how Jing Jianjue and the others improved their strength.
Yue Fanchen turned his head and gave Mu Hanyan a deep look. Mu Hanyan was slightly startled. What did this look mean?
Before Mu Hanyan could react, Yue Fanchen turned his head and looked at Jing Jianjue, his eyes becoming extremely firm.
"Admit defeat, you are no match for them." Jing Jianjue glanced at Yue Fanchen and said coldly.
"Really? Maybe you underestimated us." Yue Fanchen smiled faintly.
"Heaven and earth, cage!" Yue Fanchen suddenly leaned his sword against the ground, and his hands quickly made a series of hand gestures.
A magical light descended from the sky, covering the entire competition stage.
All around, the endless power of heaven and earth gathered and suddenly contracted inward, tightly surrounding Jing Jianjue and the other four.
The power of heaven and earth was so concentrated that it rippled with waves of exposed water light, like a huge crystal, constantly tightening towards the five of them.
Jing Jianjue and others were trapped in the cage of heaven and earth, and their movements became unusually slow, just like Jiang Qiling who was trapped in it at the beginning.
Longya and others seized the opportunity, roared like a tiger again, and attacked Jing Jianjue and others with all their strength.
"You have such a trivial skill, yet you dare to show off your skills." At this moment, Jing Jianjue's cold voice rang out.
He slowly raised the longsword in his hand, then slowly lowered it. Although the movement was slow, it seemed to contain a tremendous force. Following his sword's momentum, everyone felt as if a mountain was pressing down on them, so heavy that it was hard to breathe.
"Ka" a crisp sound was heard in the ears, and Yue Fanchen's cage of heaven and earth was actually broken by Jing Jianjue's sword.
Then, several sword beams flew out and chopped Longya and others back again.
Yue Fanchen's body shook and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
Mu Hanyan was shocked. Although Yue Fanchen's Heaven and Earth Prison was powerful, it was difficult to use. Every time he used it, he would suffer a strong backlash. It was the same when he fought against Jiang Qiling last time.
However, last time, Jiang Qiling did not rely on her own strength to break his cage of heaven and earth, but relied on her charming eyes to make Yue Fanchen lose his mind, so the backlash was not so strong. This time, it was Jing Jianjue who forcibly broke the cage of heaven and earth, and the backlash was of course stronger and more terrifying.
If it were in the past, Mu Hanyan would not care about Yue Fanchen's life or death, but now that she knows that he is her relative, how could she not worry about him.
As if feeling Mu Hanyan's caring gaze, Yue Fanchen turned his head and looked at Mu Hanyan deeply again.
"Just admit defeat, you don't have any chance at all." On the stage, Jing Jianjue said coldly and arrogantly, his chest rising and falling slightly.
It can be seen that he had put in some effort to break Yue Fanchen's cage of heaven and earth, but compared to the other people, it was still much easier.
Among the five opponents, except Yue Fanchen who was vomiting blood, the other four also had blood oozing from the corners of their mouths, and it was obvious that they were seriously injured.
Yue Fanchen turned his head and looked at Jing Jianjing again, his gaze still as firm as ever.
Suddenly, Yue Fanchen let out a clear roar towards the sky, and a blood-colored mist burst out from his body, burning like a flame.
Longya and his men also roared wildly, and blood-red flames burned on their bodies.
"Blood sacrifice, are they crazy? They are willing to sacrifice their lives to perform the blood sacrifice!" There was an exclamation from the audience.
The blood sacrifice technique not only affects lifespan, but can even affect one's cultivation foundation, though this isn't noticeable at low levels. Once one's strength reaches Sword Saint or higher, every tiny bit of improvement becomes incredibly difficult, and the hidden dangers left behind by previous blood sacrifices can become fatal flaws.
Although using the blood sacrifice technique does not necessarily leave such hidden dangers, and many practitioners simply do not have the opportunity to be promoted to Sword Saint, for a genius like Yue Fanchen, becoming a Sword Saint is only a matter of time. Unless it is a matter of life and death, who would be willing to take such a risk?
More importantly, this was just a competition, not a fight to avenge their father's murder or steal their wife's death, so there was no need to get involved. Besides, even if they won this match with the blood sacrifice technique, what good would it do? After the blood sacrifice, they would be weakened for at least three to five days, so what would they have to show for the finals?
Many people were shocked and puzzled by the fact that Yue Fanchen and others were willing to take a gamble and use the blood sacrifice technique to forcibly increase their strength.
Mu Hanyan remembered Yue Fanchen's deep gaze towards her, but she vaguely understood something.
"Heaven and earth, cage!" Yue Fanchen made hand gestures again.
Amidst the flowing light and illusion, the condensed power of heaven and earth once again became like a huge crystal cage, tightly imprisoning Jing Jianjue and others.
"Dragon Fang, Blood Blade!" Long Fang also made hand gestures.
In addition to the blood-red flames burning on his body, his face and body also turned a blood-red color, even the broad sword in his hand turned blood-red, as if stained with blood. No... No, it's not as if, but real blood.
The hilt of the longsword sank into his palm, as if it were part of his own. Blood slowly flowed from his palm over the blade. Longya's entire body trembled slightly, his eyes filled with madness, clearly enduring immense pain. However, his energy, freed from any obstruction, poured unimpeded into the longsword, naturally multiplying its power.
Mu Hanyan suddenly remembered that when they first met, Longya had tried to perform a similar hand gesture, but Yue Fanchen stopped him. Clearly, while this Dragon Tooth Blood Blade Technique greatly increased his strength, it would also cause significant damage to Longya's body.
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