Cultivation: I Have a Skill Level Panel

A Heaven-Reaching Sword Qi erupted from Song Fuchuan's body.

A cold glint flashed in Song Fuchuan's eyes. His tattered clothes billowed without wind, and his black hair whipped about wildly as he suddenly formed a hand seal.

"Four Symbols Extreme Sword Array!"

Four Low Grade Spiritual Weapon Longswords had appeared in the air around the arena at some unknown point. They emanated a sharp Sword Momentum that pierced the void, and their energies fused together as one.

The ambient energy of the world fluctuated violently, as if reenacting the creation of earth, fire, wind, and water, forming four dazzling pillars of light that shot toward the sky.

The entire space was completely sealed, trapping Xiao Chen inside!

Outside the Sword Array, Song Fuchuan couldn't help but let the corners of his mouth curl up.

'Finally!'

'The Sword Array is complete!'

'This battle is as good as won!'

While locked in a fierce battle with Xiao Chen, he had been secretly setting up the array. Now that the Sword Array was complete,

he absolutely refused to believe that Xiao Chen could break his meticulously crafted Four Symbols Extreme Sword Array!

This Sword Array could even trap and kill an ordinary True Martial Eighth Layer expert!

Within the space of the four dazzling pillars of the Sword Array,

it was as if earth, fire, wind, and water were being recreated. Countless streams of Sword Qi appeared out of nowhere, seemingly shattering the very space they occupied.

Then, they tore through the sky, a dense, overwhelming tide surging toward Xiao Chen!

As for Xiao Chen,

there was none of the panic one might expect.

Instead, his face was calmer than ever.

"It's time to end this."

With that low murmur,

Xiao Chen stood in the center of the Sword Array's space, high in the air. His robes were tattered, his body was covered in sword marks, and blood flowed freely.

His long hair danced, and a scorching fire flickered in his eyes.

His eyes were like two blazing suns, seeming to illuminate the dim world as they burst forth with unprecedented light!

A terrifying aura spread out from him. In his hands, two flames of different colors, both exuding an extreme terror, instantly appeared!

The ice-blue Frost Cold Spiritual Fire emerged, coiling around his left hand. The surrounding space instantly became frigid, as if to freeze the very heavens and earth!

The pale cyan Cyan Lotus Water and Fire emerged, coiling around his right hand. The moment this terrifying fire appeared, it seemed ready to incinerate the void itself!

Then, Xiao Chen abruptly fused the two tyrannical but distinct types of extreme Spiritual Fire. They instantly merged, forming a dazzling, throne-like lotus of interwoven cyan and blue flames!

The dazzling cyan and blue Fire Lotus instantly tore through the sky.

When it touched the terrifying Sword Qi,

it contracted and expanded in an instant,

then suddenly swelled.

The massive, interwoven cyan and blue Fire Lotus exploded in a flash!

RUMBLE!

A destructive power surged forth instantly. The terrifying flames swept through the surrounding space like an expanding circle.

The interwoven cyan and blue flames erupted, and the countless streams of Sword Qi were instantly incinerated by the terrifying Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire. Then, with unstoppable force, it crashed into the Sword Array.

BOOM!

In less than an instant,

the radiant barrier of the Sword Array, formed from the four Low Grade Spiritual Weapon Longswords,

was shattered by the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire with unstoppable force. It couldn't even hold for a single breath!

It was completely incinerated by the terrifying flames.

Then, the overwhelming tide of terrifying Spiritual Fire surged directly toward Song Fuchuan!

Seeing this, Song Fuchuan's

pupils shrank to the size of pinpricks.

"This is impossible!!!"

It was as if he had seen something unbelievable. He simply could not accept that his prized Four Symbols Extreme Sword Array—an array capable of killing an ordinary Early Stage True Martial Realm Eighth Layer expert—had been instantly incinerated by a single, small Fire Lotus!

But alas,

regardless of his disbelief, the monstrous, terrifying Spiritual Fire swept over him like a tidal wave!

Song Fuchuan reacted quickly. Almost at the same moment the terrifying Spiritual Fire descended,

he formed a seal with his fingers.

"Six Paths Silver Sword Shield!"

Six Silver Light Longswords materialized out of thin air around him.

The longswords spun rapidly through the air,

forming a Sword Shield barrier several zhang away to protect his body!

But when the exceedingly terrifying Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire struck like a fiery ocean,

it instantly incinerated Song Fuchuan's sword light shield.

The immensely tyrannical power of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire's flames erupted.

Song Fuchuan was completely unable to resist. He was sent flying like a cannonball, smashing hard into the ground outside the arena and kicking up a cloud of dust and ash!

At the same time,

the energy that erupted from the cyan-blue Fire Lotus instantly caused the massive, several-thousand-zhang-wide arena to sink, collapsing as if struck by an earthquake.

The entire several-thousand-zhang-wide arena was instantly shattered into pieces.

The void itself seemed to have been burned to nothing, and the terrifying power surged toward the area outside the arena.

A profound Array on the arena activated, and a faint defensive barrier instantly withstood the terrifying impact of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire's flames!

Even so,

in the end,

the energy bursting from the cyan-blue Fire Lotus still managed to blast several hideous cracks into the arena's defensive barrier!

When the chaos gradually subsided,

the scene was one of complete devastation. The arena, which had collapsed as if in an earthquake, was a shattered wreck,

crisscrossed with countless cracks like writhing flood dragons.

And standing high in the air above the center of the arena,

Xiao Chen was undoubtedly the most dazzling figure of all!

In the surrounding spectator stands,

countless Inner Sect Disciples saw that the terrifying energy from the explosion had sunk and pulverized the incredibly tough, several-thousand-zhang-wide arena.

It had even left cracks on the defensive barrier!

At this moment, the entire venue was deathly silent. The only sound was the whistling of wind and dust drifting through the air...

Countless Inner Sect Disciples in the audience were now gaping, dumbfounded, their eyes filled with unprecedented horror and shock.

Then, an unprecedented uproar erupted from the crowd!

"Xiao... Xiao Chen won!!"

"My gods!!"

"That's so fucking Heaven-Defying!"

"That was incredible!"

"Are the Inner Sect Disciples from that year all such monsters?"

"First Gu Yun, now Xiao Chen!"

"They both defeated Song Fuchuan, but I think this loss was the most miserable for him!"

"I wonder what Senior Brother Song is thinking. He's at the bottom of the Profound Celestial List now."

"I bet any prodigy who thinks they've got some skill will want to go and step on him a couple of times!"

"Hahahaha, I disagree!"

"Don't just look at the fact that Song Fuchuan lost. He's without a doubt extremely powerful!"

"Gu Yun and Xiao Chen were probably just flukes!"

"Flukes?!"

"Then I hope the next fluke is me."

All the disciples in the stands outside the shattered arena were filled with shock, their faces etched with disbelief.

Below the arena,

unable to withstand the powerful energy unleashed by that dazzling, cyan-and-blue Fire Lotus, Song Fuchuan had been completely defenseless. Like a kite with a broken string, he had been blasted straight off the stage.

In a crater of rubble shrouded in dust,

Song Fuchuan lay in his tattered robes, covered in wounds and streaming blood. He was a pathetic sight!

*COUGH COUGH!*

Song Fuchuan clutched his chest with one hand and violently spat out a mouthful of blood.

Even now,

Song Fuchuan's eyes were filled with disbelief.

'I... lost again!'

'Lost to a guy who's only been in the Inner Sect for six years!'

'Again!'

'And again!!'

The repeated failures seemed to make this prodigy from Gold Dao Peak question his very existence, his Dao Heart on the verge of shattering!

*Huuu!*

'Looks like I've been slacking off lately!'

'I'll double my training when I get back!!'

Song Fuchuan took a deep breath.

Then, as if he had made some sort of decision,

the light returned to his once-dim eyes.

They glinted like the sharp edge of a sword, bursting with a brilliant radiance!

'Next time...'

'At the Inner Sect Grand Competition...'

'I, Song Fuchuan...'

'...will definitely step on Xiao Chen and Gu Yun to wash away this shame!!'

At this thought,

Song Fuchuan used the last of his remaining True Yuan.

He shot into the sky, transforming into a streak of silver light that tore across the horizon as he fled toward Gold Dao Peak!

At this moment,

Xiao Chen stood high above the arena,

his tattered robes fluttering and his black hair whipping in the wind.

A determined glint flickered in his eyes.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

'I must not be too far from that guy now.'

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