50: Chapter 49 Sword

Shortly after, Li Fan emerged from the portal, looking as if he had been terrified and had just narrowly escaped death.

"I went a bit too hard... Fortunately, I didn't beat him to death."

According to the competition rules, if a life was lost, one would be forced to pay a hefty amount of credits as compensation.

"You say you're holding a spirit sword to act tough, and you really managed to bluff me."

"Now you're honest."

Just a moment ago, the first Sword Qi Li Fan produced from his two fingers directly knocked the spirit sword out of the Sword Cultivator's hand, severely injuring him.

The second Sword Qi that followed immediately after nearly cost him his life.

Thinking of this, Li Fan felt a lingering fear.

Why are these people even more pretentious than those in my strongest face-slapping system?

"I should hold back a bit next time."

As he finished speaking, Xun Wanjiang trotted over.

After a bout of flattery, Li Fan transferred the 10,000 credits that had just arrived in his account to Xun Wanjiang.

The multiplier wasn't high this time, mainly because Li Fan had bet too much, and the overall betting pool wasn't large.

"Match 307, same old rules."

Seeing Li Fan being so decisive again, Xun Wanjiang felt an irrepressible itch in her heart.

In the last match, she had gained 400 credits, which was also a double return, but compared to Li Fan's 10,000 credits, it was 25 times less.

"I'll bet!"

She directly bet half of the savings she had accumulated since enrolling, a full 1,600 credits.

Because Li Fan had won two consecutive matches, his opponent this time had a much higher ranking.

Ranked 98th, it was already a double-digit ranking.

Xun Wanjiang hadn't expected the ranking to jump so much this time, and she felt anxious for her credits.

However, Li Fan defeated his opponent with a single, clean, and decisive strike.

Xun Wanjiang made a large profit because of this. The duel between double-digit ranked participants attracted a lot of attention, so the odds were actually higher than the previous match.

Li Fan's credits reached 25,000, which was already a huge sum; he wouldn't be short of Alchemy Materials this year.

Seeing that his ranking had reached double digits and the fixed credit distribution was quite generous, Li Fan planned to stop.

"It's better not to be too flashy."

However, at this moment, Li Fan noticed that the name of his next opponent looked familiar.

"Qin Tianyu?"

Isn't he in the Qi Refining Realm? How did he break through to Foundation Establishment in the blink of an eye?

"Could it be that the blow I dealt him was too great?"

After looking at the detailed information on the match-up, one had to admit that Qin Tianyu truly lived up to the title of being invincible in the Qi Refining Realm.

Only a few days had passed, and he had already broken through to the fifth level of Foundation Establishment.

Checking his battle record, it was a streak of consecutive victories. Among his opponents were many Cultivators at the seventh or eighth level of Foundation Establishment, or even at Perfection. His ranking had reached 19th.

Seeing an old acquaintance, Li Fan dismissed the idea of stopping.

He had already said some pretentious things back then; he couldn't slap his own face, could he?

So Li Fan transferred all the credits he had just earned to Xun Wanjiang.

"25,000, still betting it all on myself."

Seeing Li Fan so confident, Xun Wanjiang should have just bet everything at once, but now she began to hesitate.

The reason was simple: she had heard news about Li Fan's next opponent, Qin Tianyu.

A representative figure of the Main Planet's Qin Family, someone invincible in the Qi Refining Realm.

He was supposed to be breaking through to the rumored twelfth level of Qi Refining, but a few days ago, for some unknown reason, he returned to the Qin Family grounds to break through to Foundation Establishment.

It was said that his spiritual platform had formed, and he had broken through five small Realms in succession, reaching the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment.

He had yet to taste defeat.

Therefore, after thinking it over repeatedly, Xun Wanjiang only bet 1,000 credits on Li Fan, even less than before.

Not long after, the ranked duel officially began.

Xun Wanjiang looked at the credit pool; the total had actually reached hundreds of thousands, the vast majority of which was bet on Qin Tianyu, the more famous participant.

"These odds are terrifyingly high."

On Li Fan's side, including his own bet, the total didn't even reach 30,000. Seeing this, Xun Wanjiang's palms felt slightly warm.

"If he wins, wouldn't we make a fortune?"

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but regret whether she had bet too little.

"It's coming, it's coming, they're on stage!"

Naturally, this match attracted a lot of attention. Hearing the cheers, Xun Wanjiang also looked up at the big screen.

"Hahahaha."

Qin Tianyu let out an arrogant laugh for no apparent reason.

"Heaven helps me! I didn't expect to actually run into you."

The audience below was puzzled. Could there be some bad blood between these two?

Then, Qin Tianyu continued to speak.

"For you, I broke through to Foundation Establishment ahead of schedule."

"Now that my cultivation is several levels higher than yours, are you still my opponent?"

"I was invincible in the Qi Refining Realm, and I am equally invincible in the Foundation Establishment Realm!"

He spread his arms and laughed wildly and recklessly.

"Hahahaha."

Although the two stood on the peaks of isolated mountains far apart, Qin Tianyu's laughter continued to echo over.

And he had specifically used Spiritual Qi to amplify this laughter, making it sound extremely demonic.

Li Fan tilted his head and picked his ear, only to hear a System prompt in his mind.

The strongest check-in system has gone offline, the strongest face-slapping system has come online.

Seeing the System's assessment of Qin Tianyu's strength, Li Fan felt at ease and whispered in his heart.

"What are you laughing at? I'll kill you in a moment."

Speaking of this, Li Fan suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Wait for a moment, my ass. I'm going to kill you right now."

Decisive as always, while Qin Tianyu was still laughing wildly, a white light suddenly flashed.

A streak of sword light, fast as lightning, as if the distance between the two mountains didn't exist, arrived in an instant, splitting Qin Tianyu and the mountain peak beneath his feet in two.

"A sneak attack, a good Move."

It was seen that Qin Tianyu, who had been split in two, turned into a phantom and reappeared in mid-air.

At this moment, a strong wind rose, and dark clouds covered the sky.

Qin Tianyu stood with his hands behind his back, his sleeves fluttering, his eyes indifferent.

He lifted one palm slightly, covered his lips, and raised a finger in a gesture of silence.

Without opening his mouth, Li Fan could still hear what he said, as if the heaven and earth themselves were resonating with him.

"When Heaven does not speak, all living beings shall perish."

As soon as these words were spoken, the heaven and earth in the Secret Realm were turned upside down. Trapped between the heaven and earth, Li Fan felt as if he were about to be crushed to death.

"Damn!"

Suddenly, a startled shout gave Xun Wanjiang, who was watching the match with full concentration, a fright.

She looked fiercely toward the source of the sound, but the person before her surprised her.

It was the Sword Cultivator Li Fan had faced in the previous two matches.

At this moment, he was covered in bandages, lying in a wheelchair.

"If it were me facing this Move, I would need to use my ancestral Cangxuan Sword to counter it."

Hearing this, Xun Wanjiang was a bit curious.

"Cangxuan Sword? What grade is it?"

Seeing that the Cangxuan Sword was mentioned, the Sword Cultivator immediately became interested and began to talk incessantly.

"The Cangxuan Sword is the best of the middle three grades. If it weren't for the fact that I cannot fully activate it, let alone this kind of Move..."

After finishing talking about the Cangxuan Sword, he still felt unsatisfied and continued to explain the differences to Xun Wanjiang.

"All the swords in the world fall within these nine grades."

"However, there is one type of sword that is outside of this, called a dao sword."

"The strength of a dao sword depends entirely on the Dao it carries..."