Chapter 15
"I believe I won't let you down."
The beauty in red, her phoenix eyes sparkling, turned slightly towards Xi Liuyun, her lips parted slightly, and her words brought him great pleasure.
"That's good."
Xi Liuyun threw down a sentence and then turned around and brushed past Ying Ning.
Anyone could tell he was in a great mood.
"Final duel: Xi Liuyun of Tianyin Sect versus Feng Yingning of Sword Sect!" The referee's voice was drowned out by the shouts in the arena.
"Go, Fairy Liuyun!!!"
"Feng Yingning, take first place!!"
"Flowing clouds, flowing clouds, an exquisite melody!!"
......
The shouts from the stands gradually subsided several breaths after the referee announced the start of the match.
Xi Liuyun's strength was already widely known.
Feng Yingning's sudden rise in the sect competition was even more eye-catching.
Moreover, both of them are among the most handsome in the sect.
This brilliance is unparalleled; no one else can rival it.
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As soon as the whistle blew, Xi Liuyun put away the white jade flute that he had been playing with in Bai Yusu's hand.
Instead, with a surge of spiritual power, a phoenix-headed, charred-tailed zither appeared before her.
The moment this zither was played, the spiritual energy in the arena was shaken.
"That's...that's...the Guihuang Yaoqin!!" A sudden male voice appeared on the platform, directly stating the name of Xi Liuyun's instrument.
Those who heard the instrument began to whisper and discuss it amongst themselves.
The Returning Phoenix Jade Zither is one of the seven famous musical instruments in the Immortal Realm.
The music was melodious and clear, like the loud and clear cry of a phoenix.
The Guihuang Yaoqin has been lost for a long time, and I never expected it to be with Xi Liuyun.
Yingning raised the blood-red longsword in her hand. The obsidian at the hilt shone in the light, casting a shadow on her beautiful right cheek, adding a touch of solemnity to her appearance.
With a pluck of her delicate fingers, Xi Liuyun unleashed a gust of wind that hurtled straight toward Ying Ning's face.
Ying Ning narrowly dodged to the side and immediately followed up with a sword strike!
"clang."
"clang."
"clang."
Xi Liuyun gently plucked the strings of her zither, and the sound of the zither was like a blade, instantly neutralizing Ying Ning's sword energy.
In the blink of an eye, the two had exchanged more than ten blows.
Ying Ning's swordsmanship was powerful and heavy, while Xi Liuyun's sonic attacks were light and agile.
On the competition stage, the techniques were all ruthless, making the situation extremely dangerous.
Xi Liuyun's wind blades kept condensing and taking shape at any angle, attacking Ying Ning, who blocked them all.
Immediately afterwards, he blocked with his sword, actually assuming a stance, preparing to use the Falling Dust Sword Technique to compete with Xi Liuyun in speed!
In just a few breaths, Ying Ning had already unleashed nine sword strikes!
Xi Liuyun blocked them all, a hint of amusement in her beautiful eyes, her heart filled with a strange sense of swell.
【marvelous...】
This is just exactly to my liking.
Xi Liuyun had quite a few toys.
Those who are afraid of death...
Those who pursue supreme power...
Hypocritical and fake...
But none of them gave me a bigger surprise than Feng Yingning, even though she was two-faced like Dan Yao.
His chest was pounding, his heart was pounding, and he was on edge, constantly watching where Feng Yingning's next move would come from.
Ying Ning's swordsmanship was flawless and fierce, and her Falling Dust Sword Technique was executed with exceptional fluidity.
With each strike of the blood-red longsword in his hand, Xi Liuyun felt the force of an impending thunderclap and a raging storm.
Xi Liuyun became interested and insisted on seeing how long Yingning could hold out.
With a flick of her delicate hand, the "Azure Sea Tide Mantra" flowed slowly from the jade strings.
The sheer force of the event caused all the disciples of the sect, who were far away on the platform, to feel a sense of unease.
On the arena, sword shadows and wind blades were already flying everywhere.
The two figures were reduced to afterimages as their techniques rapidly shifted.
"That's amazing!!!"
"Are they really still disciples...?"
Not only the disciples on the viewing platform, but also everyone on the elders' platform was surprised.
The elders of Longhu Mountain laughed heartily: "Women are no less capable than men! This sect competition is truly spectacular!"
"Indeed, it's been a long time since I've seen such a clean and efficient Falling Dust Sword Technique. Oh, this little phoenix has already used the eighteenth sword!" Elder Lingdong was saying when he saw Feng Yingning do a beautiful somersault and then thrust out the eighteenth sword of the "Falling Dust Sword Technique"!
"Xi Liuyun's 'Azure Sea Tide Technique' is truly exceptional. The sound of flowing water striking a bell carries the power to swallow clouds and overturn the sea," Yun Lin commented.
The intense battle between Feng Yingning and Xi Liuyun was a spectacle that broadened everyone's horizons.
The elder of the Beast Taming Sect glanced at the tense battle on the field, stroked his chin, and asked, "Gentlemen, who do you think will win first place?"
His words prompted the group to begin thinking.
I looked at the situation on the stage again more carefully.
Xi Liuyun and Feng Yingning were both on equal footing, and their back-and-forth exchanges were dazzling.
After a long silence, Elder Song Qinghai of the Sword Sect spoke calmly:
"Then let's see who can find a way to break the deadlock first."
Song Qinghai is right; Yingning had already realized this problem.
She and Xi Liuyun each had their own strengths: one was a swordswoman specializing in close combat, and the other was a sonic attacker specializing in long-range combat.
Mutual restraint.
Neither of them could break through the other's defense directly, and they could only maintain a stalemate for the time being.
To break this deadlock, we need an unconventional approach!
Yingning unleashed the final move of the "Seeking Pleasure Sword Technique," but then stopped executing the sword technique.
Instead, he single-handedly advanced on Xi Liuyun with only a long sword!
The initial stance of the sword technique was bound to be noticed by Xi Liuyun in time. Once she saw it, she could immediately play the Guihuang Yaoqin and condense more than a dozen wind blades in the middle of her breath to block Ying Ning's sword technique.
Only with a sword that is not a sword.
Only then can we break the deadlock!
It was a sword technique without any actual swordplay; it relied solely on Feng Yingning's own potential to survive in the Demon Cave to directly pierce through Xi Liuyun's defenses!
In the Demon Cave, constantly using spiritual energy sword techniques to face the endless demons is nothing short of digging one's own grave.
Feng Yingning had crawled out of the demon cave, having long since developed a wildness like that of a demon beast from endless near-death experiences.
What the heart opposes is where the sword will be aimed!
The most powerful sword techniques are often not the most complicated or fancy ones.
Instead, it's the simplest: a sword for slaughter!
The greatest truths are the simplest; this is all there is to it.
As he channeled his power into his longsword, the aura surrounding the woman in the fiery robes suddenly shifted.
Her phoenix eyes, which had just been sparkling, now seemed to have spotted prey, her gaze like that of a colossal beast determined to bite down on its prey.
Yingning's sword strike was swift and fierce. Xi Liuyun was momentarily distracted by the deep meaning in her eyes.
The wind blade grazed past Ying Ning's side, failing to stop her.
Xi Liuyun saw that the cold longsword was pointing directly at his brow!
The music stopped abruptly.
"You lost." Yingning's lips parted slightly.
Xi Liuyun put down the Guihuang Yaoqin in her hand, her face showing only joy, but her eyes seemed to have an unyielding vortex.
"Yes, I lost." Xi Liuyun readily admitted, looking at Ying Ning with a smile.
The referee blew his whistle.
The cheers around them were like thunder.
"Senior Sister Feng, first place!!!"
"Fairy Feng is amazing!!!"
"Fairy Feng is undoubtedly a top-tier sword cultivator!!!"
......
The shouts overwhelmed Yingning like a tidal wave, but even in such a noisy environment, Yingning could still clearly hear a mechanical voice.
"Hidden storyline triggered."
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