Chapter 15 Catching Thunder
After the solemn announcement of the start, the five elders immediately left the battle platform, and soon an old man stepped onto the platform and began to read the rules and precautions.
These rules and precautions are basically useless in actual combat, and many disciples of the Sword Cloud Sect have lost hands and feet in the sect competition.
In short, swords and blades have no eyes.
Chen Zhou sat in his seat, where he could see the audience opposite him.
The audience seats opposite were filled with people wearing long golden robes. When Chen Zhou slowly shifted his gaze upwards, he noticed that the person sitting at the very top was wearing a dragon robe!
He wore a long, crimson-gold robe with a lifelike dragon embroidered on it.
Chen Zhou could figure out with his toes that the only man who could wear a crimson dragon robe was the emperor of the Southern Kingdom.
That must be Jiang Ying's father.
Thinking of this, Chen Zhou began to look for Jiang Ying in the opposite audience seats. She hadn't chased after him. Where did she go?
After searching for a while without success, Chen Zhou turned his attention to the two seats next to the Southern Emperor, presumably one of which was Jiang Ying's seat.
Just as Chen Zhou was lost in thought, the first battle began.
Both were disciples of this generation, each wielding a long sword. When the old man shouted "Begin," their swords clashed together.
Bang, bang, bang.
Both of them were only at the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation stage, and had not even mastered true qi yet, so their attacks mostly consisted of ordinary moves from sword manuals.
After more than a dozen rounds, both of them were almost exhausted, and large beads of sweat kept dripping onto the ground.
The two are evenly matched in strength; the key to victory lies in who has more perseverance and who can persist longer.
For example, in the current situation, both of them are almost at their limit. If either of them can raise their longsword again and launch an offensive move, they will most likely win.
"Yah!" one of them shouted, raising his longsword and swinging it again.
"Bang!"
The two swords clashed again, but the other could no longer even lift his sword. In the end, his sword was knocked away, and he had no choice but to surrender.
"Luo Peisheng!" the old man loudly proclaimed the winner's name. Then, the two stood up, bowed to the five elders in the distance, and jumped off the fighting platform.
There were two rows of weapon racks under the fighting platform. After the two jumped off the platform, they returned the weapons.
"Next match, Chen Zhou will face Lei Yan!" The old man paused for a moment, but quickly finished announcing the match list.
Something's not right with this battle list. There are two opponents listed, but Chen Dan is only at the Refining Essence Qi stage, which is basically just a Qi Refining stage cultivator.
Lei Yan is quite a well-known genius in the sect. He is only twenty-four years old and has already entered the early stage of Foundation Establishment!
The Foundation Establishment Realm is divided into four stages: early, middle, late, and perfect. Han Feng has only just entered the Foundation Establishment stage, and he is not even in the early stage. He has only just condensed his dantian.
Lei Yan has been stuck in the Foundation Establishment Realm for a long time, and his true energy has become terrifyingly powerful. He will soon be able to enter the mid-Foundation Establishment Realm.
Upon hearing the words "Thunder Flame," Chen Zhou smiled slightly, realizing he had indeed been set up.
It seems that this Korean wave truly hates itself to the core.
Chen Zhou stood up and quickly went to the armory. Instead of choosing a longsword, he chose a wooden sword.
The power of the sword draw attack was too great; if a longsword were chosen, it might cause death. Therefore, Chen Zhou chose a wooden sword and leaped onto the fighting platform.
Little did they know that at that moment, the seats next to the emperor of the Southern Kingdom were already full.
They were three cultivators from the Southern Kingdom, along with Jiang Ying.
Her hair was tied up, and she wore a magnificent golden robe with phoenix-patterned inlay, trailing on the ground, and a double-layered wide brocade of rose red with gold inlay. Her hair was styled in an elegant and unique way, with a red gold hairpin adorned with nine phoenixes and pearls wrapped around her delicately styled hair. On her fair hands, she wore a gold bracelet inlaid with nine dragons playing with a pearl, and around her waist was a long belt with red gold phoenix tail agate tassels, from which hung a gold-threaded sandalwood inlaid with a cicada and jade bead. On her feet were flat-toed brocade shoes with cloud patterns.
If Chen Zhou were to see Jiang Ying now, he probably wouldn't recognize her; Jiang Ying would seem like a completely different person.
Her previous playful demeanor was completely gone, replaced only by the noble bearing of a phoenix.
However, Chen Zhou did not look at Jiang Ying, but focused on his own battle. Lei Yan also chose a longsword, and the two faced each other a few meters apart until the old man said to begin.
Lei Yan gripped his longsword tightly and looked at Chen Zhou with a smile.
"Chen Zhou, we meet again. Let me teach you a lesson for your arrogance!"
Lei Yan laughed loudly.
The next moment, a crackling sound began to emanate from around Lei Yan.
It contains true energy imbued with lightning!
Chen Zhou had never experienced the true energy of Lei Yan before. He didn't expect that the main cultivation technique he practiced would have lightning effects. It seems that the strength of Lei Yan is indeed not to be underestimated!
"The sect only knows Xu Changtian, but no one knows that there is also Lei Yan here! Today, I will use you to establish my authority!"
After Lei Yan finished speaking, he launched his longsword along with the lightning energy, which carried a powerful amount of lightning energy around it.
"True Thunder Sword!"
"Sizzle sizzle sizzle..."
The thunder sword hurtled towards Chen Zhou at lightning speed.
After Chen Zhou opened up the nascent dantian, his vision improved even further. Just as the thunder sword was about to pierce Chen Zhou's chest, Chen Zhou silently recited the Yan Ying Ghost Step technique.
The lightning sword grazed past Chen Zhou, striking only a residual image left behind by him, while Chen Zhou reappeared unharmed on the other side.
"receive!"
Seeing that his sword strike had failed, Lei Yan let out a low shout and manipulated his lightning energy to carry the longsword back.
Just then, the previously clear weather suddenly turned dark.
Above the battle platform where Chen Zhou and Lei Yan stood, large, dark clouds gathered.
"Hahaha! Heaven is helping me!"
Lei Yan caught the returning longsword and laughed loudly. He was not disappointed at not hitting it earlier; on the contrary, he was even more excited.
Having already cultivated lightning true energy, the power of his lightning true energy might multiply several times under this kind of weather!
Chen Zhou sensed something was amiss. The Draw Sword Slash could only be used at close range, and even with the Swallow Shadow Ghost Step, he couldn't get close to Lei Yan. That lightning true energy was too violent; if he rashly got close, he might be paralyzed by the lightning true energy.
Just when Chen Zhou felt he had no other choice, his nascent dantian began to rotate violently, and the Gongling Breathing Technique was activated!
"I haven't been practicing, so why is the Spiritual Breathing Technique operating on its own?" Chen Zhou wondered.
Then I thought of the Salted Fish System, but I haven't been slacking off either!
"Ding! The host has formed a nascent dantian and unlocked the automatic breathing technique."
Hearing the system notification, Chen Zhou suddenly realized what was going on.
Just as Chen Zhou was figuring out what was going on, the dark cloud above his head suddenly made a loud noise!
"Bang!"
A bolt of lightning struck down suddenly.
The direction was surprisingly towards the distant lightning-filled flames.
Chen Zhou stood there, completely dumbfounded.
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