118: Bai Mo vs Zhang Qier

Bai Mo slashed out with his Blade, and Li Zhengcheng hastily counterattacked.

Clang!

Li Zhengcheng's expression shifted slightly; this power had grown too much!

Li Zhengcheng did not meet the immense power head-on but instead used the momentum to gracefully leap backward.

Bai Mo pushed off with his foot, pursuing Li Zhengcheng.

Still flying backward in mid-air, Li Zhengcheng saw Bai Mo chasing after him at an even faster speed and waved his hand in front of him.

“Bind: Spiked Lock”

Bai Mo saw this Spell again, immediately turned in mid-air, and swept his Blade horizontally.

Ice Ring Slash

Swish! A curved Blade light, accompanied by a layer of ice, rotated around his body.

The suddenly appearing triangular light lock was directly shattered.

Bai Mo, with undiminished momentum, caught up to Li Zhengcheng and brought his Blade down fiercely.

Li Zhengcheng quickly pushed forward with his hands.

“Guard: Spirit Wall”

A barrier formed by spiritual power appeared in front of him.

Bai Mo’s Blade struck it, pausing for a moment, and then the barrier was shattered by a single slash.

Li Zhengcheng also landed at that precise moment and immediately used Spirit Shift Step to dodge.

Bai Mo, whose attack missed, landed, and his figure vanished from the spot the instant spiritual power burst forth from his feet.

You chase, I flee, you can’t escape!

Under Bai Mo's continuous attacks, Li Zhengcheng found it increasingly difficult to parry.

His spiritual power was severely depleted, and the Spells he cast were basically violently broken by Bai Mo.

Eventually, Li Zhengcheng was struck by Bai Mo's Blade, which directly triggered the protection mechanism, shielding him and teleporting him out of the arena.

Bai Mo secured his first victory!

Due to the consumption of energy, only one match was played per day.

“Phew~” Bai Mo used Li Zhengcheng to test his newly developed special ability: Spirit Particle Cycle. This time, he felt his duration could extend to 5 minutes.

There was indeed a significant improvement. He was more enduring!

Bai Mo's Bankai made the teachers and dean of Beiling Academy notice this “suddenly rising” freshman.

It seemed he was even more formidable than Yi Yun!

Yi Yun was also very upset!

As the strongest freshman, he was defeated by Wen Yu and reluctantly settled for the second position. Now, things were even worse.

As Bai Mo became increasingly outrageous, he had already been somewhat worried that Bai Mo's special Spirit Language Department would threaten his position.

As a result, this time, as soon as Bankai was unleashed, the spiritual power fluctuations were noticed by everyone in the surrounding matches.

After the match, Yi Yun even watched the recording...

Good heavens, he felt his second-place position was not secure. He was clearly the strongest freshman! Was he going to be relegated to third place?! Could he not even keep second place?

Over four consecutive days of matches, Bai Mo defeated his opponents one by one.

He achieved four consecutive victories. Tomorrow's match would be against Zhang Qier.

He would be facing the nominal leader of his Akatsuki Organization.

Only Zhang Qier and Bai Mo had achieved four consecutive victories.

Zhang Ling was basically confirmed to be eliminated. There was no helping it; the strength gap with the older students was too great. However, she made it into the top five of the freshman exchange competition, receiving a considerable reward, and her reputation also grew.

With slow and steady effort, her achievements would not be low.

The same was true for Lin Qiaoqiao. Although she was much stronger than Zhang Ling, she was still far behind when facing older students.

She had not reached the terrifying talent of Bai Mo or Wen Yu.

Even the strongest freshman, Yi Yun, only had a record of three wins and one loss. The match he lost was against Zhang Qier.

Wen Yu was also defeated by Zhang Qier, with three wins and one loss, but she was basically guaranteed a record of four wins and one loss.

The performances of Bai Mo, Wen Yu, and Yi Yun also showed everyone the terrifying strength and talent of this year's freshmen.

Today's match was Bai Mo versus Zhang Qier!

It was also to see who could win the title of the strongest and achieve that five-win, undefeated record!

On the arena.

Zhang Qier looked at Bai Mo and smiled slightly, “Xiao Bai, I’ve always looked forward to fighting you. Today, it seems it’s finally happening!”

“...Sister Qi'er, please just call me Bai Mo! Don't call me Xiao Bai!” Bai Mo said helplessly.

“Alright, alright! I know, Xiao Bai is a special nickname only Wen Yu can use!” Zhang Qier pursed her lips and smiled.

“...”

“Match start!” With the teacher's command.

A Blade as black as ink appeared in Zhang Qier's hand. The Blade was slender and noticeably longer than an average Blade.

Blade Spirit: Black Earl (Dark-type)

“Sit enthroned upon the frozen heavens! Hyōrinmaru!” Bai Mo directly used Shikai.

“Tsk tsk, this spiritual pressure, the amplification is truly enviable!” Zhang Qier felt Bai Mo's spiritual pressure. Her current spiritual power was 2869 points.

Bai Mo had also made some progress these days, his spiritual power reaching 1107. With a threefold amplification, it reached 3321 points of spiritual power.

This was nearly five hundred points higher than Zhang Qier.

“Why aren't you using your... um, Bankai?” Zhang Qier looked at Bai Mo curiously.

“I'll use it when the time is right!” Bai Mo told Zhang Qier. Everyone still didn't know he “didn't last long.”

“Then don't accidentally lose the chance to even use it!” Zhang Qier smiled slightly, then “whoosh” she vanished from her spot.

So fast! Bai Mo saw the speed at which Zhang Qier used Spirit Shift Step; it was too fast!

Clang!

Bai Mo turned and struck with his Blade, clashing with Zhang Qier's Blade.

Bai Mo's legs absorbed the force, and he slid back a little.

This power is also incredibly heavy… Bai Mo felt Zhang Qier's strength, a slight surprise in his heart.

Zhang Qier attacked again with her Blade.

Clang! Bai Mo did not directly block but used the force to leap away.

Zhang Qier's Blade plunged fiercely into The Ground.

Bai Mo saw that The Ground at his landing spot suddenly turned black, and then countless black spikes pierced out from beneath.

Bai Mo flipped and slashed down with his Blade.

Ice Dragon Whirlwind Tail

Boom!!!

The Ice Dragon Whirlwind Tail shattered the spikes on The Ground.

Zhang Qier extended her hand and pointed at Bai Mo: “Bind: Void Chains”

From the void around Bai Mo, black chains shot out.

He instinctively slashed out with his Blade.

The moment the Blade and chains connected, the chains instantly wrapped around the Blade, and then the other chains entangled and locked Bai Mo's limbs and torso.

“Sorry about that!” Zhang Qier smiled slightly at Bai Mo: “Still not using Bankai?”

Bai Mo was helpless; what else could he do? Spiritual power surged through his body.

Bankai: Daiguren Hyorinmaru

Terrifying spiritual power erupted, and in that instant of the eruption, the chains on his body shattered.

“Ice Domain!” Bai Mo immediately followed up by expanding his Ice Domain, coupled with Hyōrinmaru's inherent “Heavenly Phenomenon Descent,” the entire arena transformed into a world of ice and snow, completely a world of ice.

Zhang Qier paid no mind, looking at Bai Mo and feeling his terrifying spiritual power, she nodded slightly: “This is indeed quite impressive! As expected of someone from my Akatsuki Organization!”

“Dragon Hailstorm Stance!” Bai Mo charged towards Zhang Qier, thrusting directly at her.

Zhang Qier dodged with a Spirit Shift Step.

Boom! Bai Mo's attack missed, leaving behind a cross-shaped layer of ice.

Zhang Qier appeared on the other side: “Then I'll get serious!”