470: Chapter 470 Crushing Defeat

"There's nothing I can do about that either," Xue Yuan said helplessly.

"How can that be?"

"Beautiful, generous, gentle, and cute... the omnipotent Queen Xue Yuan, how could you not have a way?"

Xue Yuan looked bashful, covering her blushing face with her hands, and said shyly:

"Oh, I'm not as good as you say I am."

Xiao Weiqing looked serious. "Queen Xue Yuan, you are so perfect in my heart. If anyone disagrees, I'll duel them."

Xue Yuan's eyes narrowed into slits from smiling. "Then let me think of something to see how I can get you in contact with Blue Star."

Xiao Weiqing's eyes lit up. If that were possible, it would be for the best; he naturally wanted more time to study Starry Sky Martial Arts here.

"Thank you, Queen Xue Yuan!" Xiao Weiqing shouted.

"Then I'm off. Good luck!"

Xue Yuan turned and left with a light step.

Inside the Training Room.

Only Xiao Weiqing and Finch remained.

"Senior Finch, I'd like to know the specific rules of the assessment. Is there anything I should pay attention to?"

Finch said, "The rules of the assessment are that before you step out of this Training Room, you must last 10 minutes against me. Of course, defeating me also counts as success."

"Can I only challenge you three times?"

"No, three times refers to the number of times you can take the assessment. This is the first time."

"Within this year, you can challenge me as many times as you want; there is no limit."

Xiao Weiqing understood.

"I see."

"I want to challenge you once right now." Xiao Weiqing wanted to know the gap between his current strength and Finch's to have a better idea of where he stood.

"Very well."

Finch extended his right hand, and soon, metallic liquid surged in his palm, condensing into a long spear.

His entire Aura shifted, transforming him into a peerless spearman.

Xiao Weiqing did not dare to be careless. With a flick of his palm, ten thousand calamities appeared in his hand.

"According to the rules, if you haven't fallen within ten minutes, or if you defeat me, you pass the assessment. Any questions?"

Finch's tone changed, gradually becoming cold, as if he had turned into a heartless killer.

"No questions."

"Please!"

The two of them tacitly distanced themselves and stood still, their Auras steadily rising.

However.

It was easy to see that the thick Qi within Xiao Weiqing's body was unstable.

Because the invisible pressure around him made him somewhat constrained, his control over himself had dropped significantly.

In contrast, Finch...

A faint silver light circulated around him, his Aura was incredibly heavy and solid, and the massive energy within him could erupt at any moment.

Seeing Finch's Aura still climbing, Xiao Weiqing knew he couldn't wait any longer.

Although he knew his life wasn't in danger during this assessment, Xiao Weiqing still didn't dare to be careless; if he were injured, it would likely waste a lot of time.

"Kill!"

Xiao Weiqing shouted in a low voice, his figure turning into a golden streak of light as he charged out.

His speed exceeded twice the speed of sound, which was already his limit.

Normally, having entered the Ninth Realm, Xiao Weiqing could easily exceed a thousand meters per second when bursting with speed.

But here, it wasn't that he didn't want to, but that he couldn't do it, let alone take flight.

A cold flash of a blade swept out.

Finch kicked the tail of the spear shaft, and the spear immediately flipped two hundred and seventy degrees, the tip thrusting out violently.

The speed was so fast that Xiao Weiqing's pupils shrank.

"Too fast!"

Seeing the spear tip thrusting toward his throat, Xiao Weiqing immediately stopped his advance and held his blade horizontally to parry.

Clang!

The spear tip struck the blade.

The blade transformed from ten thousand calamities was forcibly bent.

In the next second.

The incredibly massive force from the spear tip transmitted through the blade, directly sending Xiao Weiqing flying.

Boom—

His body slammed into the stone wall, kicking up a large amount of flying debris.

Xiao Weiqing let out a muffled groan and reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth.

Strong.

Too strong.

Striking second but arriving first—with just one blow, he had been injured.

If Xiao Weiqing's defense hadn't already reached perfection and become an instinct, that strike would have defeated him.

Thump—

With a soft sound, Finch moved.

His body turned into an afterimage as a terrifying power erupted, rapidly closing in on Xiao Weiqing.

Without any nonsense.

A simple leap forward, and the spear in his hand thrust out.

Xiao Weiqing hurriedly raised his blade to defend, his arms tensing as veins bulged.

"Get off me!"

Facing Finch's simple spear thrust, Xiao Weiqing used all his strength and barely managed to deflect the spear tip; he couldn't even knock it aside.

At the same time, Xiao Weiqing hurriedly tilted his head to dodge the strike.

Puchi—

The spear tip easily pierced into the wall behind Xiao Weiqing.

"Hah!"

Finch gave a low shout, pressing down on the middle of the spear shaft with his left hand, causing the spear tip to cleave downward.

Sand and stones flew everywhere, hitting Xiao Weiqing's face with a stinging pain.

Feeling the sharp energy contained in the spear tip above his shoulder, Xiao Weiqing rolled away, dodging this round of attacks in a disheveled manner.

There was no time to rest.

Finch pulled out the spear and, treating the tail as the tip, thrust it out with a backhand.

Crack—

The dull thud of the spear tail making contact with the Physical Body, mixed with the sound of breaking bones, rang out clearly in the Training Room.

"Ugh—"

Xiao Weiqing spat out a mouthful of blood and rolled on the ground for an unknown number of turns, only stopping when he hit the corner of the wall.

At this moment.

Half of Xiao Weiqing's body was numb, several ribs were broken, and most importantly, a surge of foreign energy was rampaging inside his body, making him wish he were dead.

"Assessment failed."

He had thought it would be a fierce struggle between dragon and tiger, or at least a battle that would force him to give his all.

Who would have known?

In less than ten seconds of engagement.

Even though Xiao Weiqing had made the first Move, he was easily defeated without any chance to fight back.

Finch hadn't even used any martial arts Moves; it was just simple spear thrusts.

It was a complete and total suppression.

Xiao Weiqing couldn't remember how long it had been since he felt this way—the sense of helplessness when facing an unbeatable opponent.

The last time...

...was when he entered the Myriad Worlds Pagoda and fought a Fifth Realm Great Demon; facing a demon one Realm higher than himself, Xiao Weiqing had been instantly killed.

The situation now was the same; for Finch to kill him would only take two Moves.

"Do you want to try again?"

Finch suggested to Xiao Weiqing.

Xiao Weiqing nodded. "Wait for me to recover a bit."

Admitting defeat was impossible; besides, Finch wouldn't actually kill him, he'd just get injured at most.

With the strength of Xiao Weiqing's current divine body, recovery would only take a few minutes.

"Fine."

...

...

Half an hour later.

Xiao Weiqing rose from the ground, having returned to his Peak state.

"Finch, again!"

Finch, who had remained still by the side, nodded slightly upon hearing Xiao Weiqing's voice.

"Very well."

With that said.

The two of them walked to the center of the Training Room.

Finch stood opposite Xiao Weiqing, holding a silver spear in his right hand and making a 'please' gesture with his left.

Xiao Weiqing did not stand on ceremony.

Boom—

The Great Sun Burning Heaven Flame within his body began to rage.

A new battle was about to break out.