489: semifinals

The black handprint and the cyan flying bird deadlocked for a moment, then the handprint ruthlessly shattered the bird, carrying a small portion of its power as it flew towards Peng Yu.

Peng Yu was startled and hurriedly condensed a Soul shield to protect herself.

However, it was of no use.

Her Soul shield was shattered instantly, and then she spat out a mouthful of blood, kneeling halfway on the ground.

Lu Xingchen did not press his advantage.

He felt a bit guilty towards Peng Yu in his heart and wanted to save her some Face.

After a long while, Peng Yu slowly stood up.

"I originally thought that after the secondary Awakening of the Bodhi Sacred Fire, it could contend with your candle dragon flame. But I didn't expect that the quality of your spirit fire had also improved. Lu Dazhuang, this time, I lost!"

Lu Xingchen cupped his hands in a salute towards her and chuckled, "You flatter me, Miss Peng Yu!"

Peng Yu said nothing more, her expression dimming, and she jumped off the arena.

In the round of 8, Lu Xingchen ran into Zuoqiu Qingluo.

On the arena, Lu Xingchen was somewhat puzzled. He looked at Zuoqiu Qingluo and said softly, "Miss Qingluo, don't you have the Prophecy Technique? Why did you choose me?"

"Others may not know my identity, but you should be clear about it. I am the one who is going to take the championship; you cannot be my opponent."

Zuoqiu Qingluo smiled bitterly, "I know. But my combat power is only at the level of an ordinary Eight-Star Martial Venerable. Just now, when drawing lots, I used the Prophecy Technique to predict the odds of winning, and all eight bamboo sticks gave me the result of 'Invincible'. Tell me, what can I do?"

"Ah, this..."

Lu Xingchen didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Then you should just jump off the arena now. I, Lu Xingchen, do not want to attack a friend!"

Zuoqiu Qingluo nodded slightly, "Being able to reach the top eight, I can be considered worthy of the cultivation of the Tianji Pavilion. If I were facing others, I would at least deplete their condition, but who told you to be my friend?"

After saying this, Zuoqiu Qingluo turned around and leisurely jumped off the arena.

Zhong Ruiyi announced loudly, "Lu Dazhuang wins and advances to the top four!"

Hearing this, the audience below was dumbfounded again.

"Damn, no way? Someone forfeited again? Lu Dazhuang is just lying his way into the top four!"

"Back then, Yun Li forfeiting could be explained as avoiding domestic violence, but why did Zuoqiu Qingluo also forfeit? Could it be that Lu Dazhuang is two-timing?"

"I refuse to accept this! With Lu Dazhuang's ability, he is not qualified to enter the top four at all; it's all because others are going easy on him!"

"Exactly, Lu Dazhuang is a fraud!"

Hearing the discussions from the crowd, Lu Xingchen just raised an eyebrow and didn't say much.

Because time would give them the answer.

In the round of 4, the semifinals, Lu Xingchen met Lin Xu.

Both of them were possessors of the four immortal slaying swords, so their fate could be considered quite intertwined, and they had a very good relationship in private.

But now, they had no choice but to determine a winner.

The two walked onto the arena, and Lu Xingchen spoke first, "Congratulations to Senior Brother Lin Xu for breaking through to Nine-Star Martial Venerable!"

Lin Xu waved his hand and chuckled, "Not as impressive as you. You kid are already a Ten-Star Martial Venerable. We couldn't determine a winner during our last spar; I have been waiting for this battle for over a year!"

Lu Xingchen nodded heavily and said in a deep voice, "Senior Brother Lin Xu, in this battle, I will make you satisfied!"

"The match begins!"

"Wind Spirit Art!"

"Word Spirit, Curse Annihilation!"

"Word Spirit, Wind Whisper!"

"Word Spirit, Instant Flash!"

Lin Xu used the "Wind Spirit Art" to increase his Realm, temporarily rising from a Nine-Star Martial Venerable to a Ten-Star Martial Venerable, matching Lu Xingchen.

Lu Xingchen did not stay idle either, activating three Word Spirits in succession.

"Curse Annihilation" was used to weaken the opponent, "Wind Whisper" was used to improve perception, and "Instant Flash" was used to increase speed.

The power of Word Spirit is linked to Soul Power.

Under normal circumstances, the Soul Power of experts in the Venerable Realm is only at the Spirit Realm, while only experts above the Saint Realm possess a Heaven Realm Soul.

And Lu Xingchen already possessed an Early Heaven Realm Soul.

This was the confidence of a successor of the Lingyun Sect!

Activating Word Spirit with his Early Heaven Realm Soul, the power was several times greater, and Lin Xu simply could not resist.

Affected by the weakening of "Curse Annihilation", his combat attributes were even worse than before using the secret technique.

But Lu Xingchen still did not lower his guard at all.

After all, the person opposite him was one of the nine prodigies of the central continent, the possessor of the immortal slaying sword!

Lin Xu frowned, took out the immortal slaying sword, and charged towards Lu Xingchen.

His speed was very fast, leaving behind trails of afterimages on the arena.

Except for the Saints on the high platform and Zhong Ruiyi, who was the referee, all other spectators could not clearly see Lin Xu's position and could only capture trails of cyan afterimages.

Even Luo Chen was the same.

Luo Chen frowned and thought in his heart, "Lu Dazhuang, you better step it up! I still want to beat you up on the arena!"

Lu Xingchen also took out the immortal slaying sword and charged towards Lin Xu.

His speed was not inferior to Lin Xu's at all!

This was all due to the power of "Instant Flash".

The people below could only see two balls of light, one cyan and one white, flying wildly on the arena and could not understand the battle situation at all.

Everyone was exclaiming in amazement.

"Damn, this is too fast! Their speed is actually this fast!"

"If I remember correctly, Lin Xu is a wind-attribute Martial Artist, so he must specialize in speed, which makes his speed acceptable. But Lu Dazhuang is an Alchemist! His attribute must be fire, yet he can compete with Lin Xu in speed; this is somewhat incredible!"

"We previously thought that Lu Dazhuang entering the top four was based on luck, but now it seems that might not be the case! With such speed, at least I cannot reach it."

"I'm really looking forward to the result of their battle!"

Lin Xu and Lu Xingchen circled each other on the arena, one using the "Wind spirit sword Art" and the other using the "chixiao sword Art", both immortal slaying swords constantly slashing out.

But Lu Xingchen occupied the advantage of the Realm, gradually suppressing Lin Xu. Every time they clashed, Lin Xu had to consume more Qi to block Lu Xingchen's sword.

Lin Xu chuckled and said in a deep voice, "The Word Spirit Power of the Lingyun Sect is indeed terrifying. Junior Brother Lu, you are worthy of me using my trump card!"

Hearing this, Lu Xingchen was startled and hurriedly retreated, opening up distance from Lin Xu.

The moves Lin Xu had used just now were ones he had before entering the Liuxing Continent, but he hadn't used his trump card yet.

Without knowing Lin Xu's ability, Lu Xingchen dared not make a rash move.

Just then, a wind circle suddenly swirled around Lin Xu, and he directly teleported behind Lu Xingchen, slashing out with his sword!

Lu Xingchen could not react in time, and a wound appeared on his chest.

But fortunately, he had Dragon Power protecting his body, and the Immortal Slaying Power did not invade his body, so he could still fight.

Lu Xingchen's heart tightened immediately.

Teleportation?

But there were no spatial fluctuations around!

What exactly is the mechanism of Senior Brother Lin Xu's teleportation ability?