"Wait a minute, the rules here haven't been explained clearly yet!"
Just as the battle was about to break out, Lingfeng suddenly spoke.
"The rules for both sides are as follows: Xie Zhou will face off against the eight elders. The eight elders may only use pure energy attacks and may not use any other attack methods. Xie Zhou is allowed to counterattack."
After Lingfeng finished announcing the rules, the audience erupted in an uproar.
"What, does Xie Zhou really think he can win by letting the elders not use their swords? Isn't that a bit too... arrogant..."
"That's right. Xie Zhou's aura is very weak. He must still be a kid who hasn't officially started cultivating."
Some people in the audience had already noticed.
"Enough with the nonsense, let's get this over with. I need to get some rest after this!"
None of the eight elders were in a hurry, but Xie Zhou was the one who started to get anxious.
"Ignorant brat!"
The eight elders' fingers moved so fast they formed hand seals that they were barely visible to the naked eye.
"It's starting! It's about to begin! Xie Zhou will definitely be blasted away in the very first second, believe it or not!"
"That's right. Tell me, who in our entire Sword Sect could withstand a combined attack from eight elders? I don't think there is anyone."
The academy student from the Sword Sect glanced at Xie Zhou on the arena and shook his head helplessly.
"Stop talking, just watch, it's about to begin."
All the students below the stage were already convinced that Xie Zhou would definitely not be able to withstand the combined attack of the elders.
Xie Zhou's hands formed hand seals that were incomprehensible to most people.
"Look, what is she doing?"
"I don't know? What kind of hand seal is this? Could it be from an ancient family we don't know about?"
"What is this thing? It looks pretty intimidating."
...
"Xie Zhou, what are you doing? Just release the energy barrier, why are you doing this?"
The system looked at Xie Zhou with a puzzled expression, indicating that her actions were completely illogical.
"Oh dear, what do you know? Didn't you see the eight elders bluffing over there? We certainly can't afford to lose in terms of momentum."
While looking at the eight elders opposite him, Xie Zhou continued to repeat the actions he was performing, and the energy barrier was gradually released.
This is an energy barrier as large as three people, including Xie Zhou.
"This should hold them off for a while. Plus, I still have some residual energy from the Illusion Stone within me. Let's do this!"
Xie Zhou's expression hardened.
"Look, there's absolutely no energy fluctuation in the barrier in front of Xie Zhou?"
"How could an energy barrier not have energy fluctuations?"
The students in the audience were even more shocked.
"Lingfeng! You've gone too far!"
Just as Xie Zhou was fighting the eight elders, Feng Lingxue rushed out from the herbal medicine hall.
Feng Lingxue was the only one who dared to contradict Ling Fengque in front of everyone.
"Feng Lingxue, don't cause trouble."
Lingfeng saw Feng Lingxue chasing after him and felt a headache coming on. This woman was the most difficult to deal with.
"I don't care! I handed Xie Zhou over to you, how could you treat her like this? Isn't this killing her?! Even if you don't like her, you don't have to do this!"
As Feng Lingxue was speaking, she was about to head towards the arena when Lingfeng stopped her halfway.
"This is a problem she has to solve herself; it's best if we don't interfere."
Lingfeng sighed helplessly.
"You...you get out of my way!"
Feng Lingxue couldn't bear to listen to Ling Feng's weak explanation.
"..."
Xie Zhou, who was on stage, also saw Feng Lingxue coming towards her. Now she could only pray that Lingfeng could stop Feng Lingxue.
"Hmph, are you eight still not done? You've kept me waiting for ages!"
Xie Zhou actually made a direct provocation.
"My god, she dares to speak to the elders like that!"
"Holy crap! If this woman weren't so ugly, I'd respect her as a real man!"
"I think she might just be a tough guy by nature!"
"Xie Zhou! Are you crazy! You'll die if you keep going like this!"
Feng Lingxue's attention was diverted, and she was naturally subdued by Lingfeng.
"Hmph, I'll show you what real power is soon enough, you little brat!"
"Eighth Brother! Seventh Brother! Aren't you two ready yet?!"
The elder roared.
"Alright, boss!"
"attack!"
At the Grand Elder's command, a stream of pure energy rushed directly towards Xie Zhou's direction.
"This energy!"
"The energy is simply astonishing!"
The students below the stage were stunned. No one had expected that the energy would be so powerful!
"Wow!"
Xie Zhou quickly turned his head away.
Energy collides with energy barriers.
"Boom!"
A loud bang erupted from the center of the arena.
White smoke billowed from the arena.
"Holy crap, these eight elders are ruthless! What did this woman do to offend them?!"
"I don't know. Didn't you see how arrogant she was when she spoke to the elder?"
"Exactly, she deserves it. Who told her to be so arrogant and conceited?"
"Sigh, he's a pitiful person. If he had known how to be patient, he wouldn't have been treated like this by the elders."
...
"Thank you, Zhou!"
Ignoring Ling Feng's attempts to stop her, Feng Lingxue tried to run towards the arena.
"Cough cough...cough cough cough...why is there so much smoke? What's going on with this energy collision?"
Xie Zhou's voice emerged from the white smoke.
Ling Feng casually flicked his sleeve, and a gust of wind blew away the white smoke on the arena.
Xie Zhou looked utterly disheveled at this moment.
The sleeve on his arm was torn inch by inch, and there were several long wounds on his arm.
The wound stretched down Xie Zhou's arm toward his shoulder, looking rather grotesque and making Xie Zhou appear even uglier.
"My God, look at Xie Zhou, he's still alive!"
"The most important thing is that she was still standing perfectly fine! That's terrifying!"
The people below the ring stared wide-eyed.
His body was covered in blood, the marks left by the energy barrier shattering after reaching its limit of energy absorption.
"Elders, this is not over yet."
Xie Zhou was in so much pain that she was numb. The explosion of the energy barrier had affected not only her, but also the eight elders opposite her, who each coughed up blood. However, their injuries were clearly much better than Xie Zhou's.
Hehehe.
A trickle of blood slowly flowed from the corner of Xie Zhou's mouth. She clenched her hands, and the energy ball was condensed in her palms.
"This is the energy you just gave me! Now! I'm returning it to you as a gift!"
One energy ball after another was thrown out.
"Oh no! What is this madman going to do?!"
The eight elders were injured to varying degrees, but they all had one thing in common: their meridians were sealed, and they were temporarily unable to mobilize their spiritual power!
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