700: Chapter 700 Lu Xueqi and Biyao (79)

The next day, at the hour of Chen.

The area around the Number One Main Arena was a sea of people. After Su Han's feat yesterday of forcibly breaking the Sword Puppet and advancing despite being infected by a Demon Seed, the attention he received had reached a new height. Many people wanted to see how far this Qingyun Sect youth, who had created many miracles, could go when facing a stronger Prodigy from the Xuantian Sect with a completely different style while burdened by hidden injuries.

Su Han stepped onto the stage on time.

Opposite him, Zhao Jinglei had already been waiting for a long time.

He was a tall young man, about twenty years old, wearing the signature deep blue dharma robes of the Xuantian Sect, with silver thunder patterns embroidered on the sleeves and collar. His face was resolute, with thick eyebrows and tiger-like eyes, and his short hair stood up straight, making him look high-spirited. Just by standing there, he possessed an Aura as steady as a mountain and deep as an abyss, with fine bolts of lightning jumping around his body and a faint scent of ozone permeating the air.

“Xuantian Sect, Zhao Jinglei.” Zhao Jinglei cupped his fists, his voice like a great bell. He looked at Su Han with an open gaze, showing neither contempt nor hostility, only pure Battle Intent.

“Qingyun Sect, Su Han.” Su Han returned the gesture.

“I watched your battle yesterday,” Zhao Jinglei said bluntly. “Trading injury for injury to break the enemy's core—it was decisive and brave. Your injuries haven't healed yet, and I originally didn't want to take advantage of your situation. However, this is the Grand Competition arena, which concerns the Sect's honor and my own Opportunity; I will not hold back. If you feel you are no match, you can say so directly.”

Su Han smiled slightly. “I appreciate Senior Brother Zhao's kindness. My injuries are no issue; please give it your all.”

Zhao Jinglei's tiger-eyes lit up, and he laughed loudly. “Good! How refreshing! Then let me experience just what is so mysterious about the Star-Moon Sword Dao that could break the Heart-Eroding Sword Puppet!”

As his voice fell, the lightning around his body suddenly surged!

“Rumble—!”

As if spring thunder had exploded, Zhao Jinglei took a step forward, and the arena floor shook slightly. He did not draw his sword; instead, he formed hand seals, and the lightning around him gathered on his right fist as he threw a punch!

“Shocking Thunder Fist!”

As the punch went out, the sound of thunder followed! A blinding bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket, like a Thunder Dragon breaking free from its shackles, roared and tore through the air, heading straight for Su Han with a destructive Aura! Wherever the lightning passed, the air ionized with a crackling sound, and scorched marks appeared on the arena floor.

With one move, it was a fiercely powerful lightning Divine Ability!

The audience below held their breath. This was Zhao Jinglei's true strength! Completely different from Yin Kui's sinister and treacherous swordsmanship, this was a majestic and upright heavenly power that suppressed others with sheer force!

Facing this violent punch, a divine light shone in Su Han's eyes. He did not dodge; the starfire sword clanged as it left its sheath, and both starlight and moonlight lit up on the blade, intertwining and flowing. He did not use any fancy sword moves, but simply delivered a straight thrust!

At the tip of the sword, the starlight and moonlight condensed to the extreme, turning into a point of incredibly brilliant cold light that crashed head-on into the roaring Thunder Dragon!

“Star and Moon Shine Together, Piercing the Firmament!”

“Boom—!!!!”

A deafening explosion erupted above the arena! The lightning and the Star-Moon radiance clashed and annihilated each other frantically. A violent airwave swept out from the point of impact, causing the light barrier at the edge of the arena to shake violently, flickering in and out.

As the light dissipated, Su Han retreated three steps and stood with his sword, his robes fluttering. Zhao Jinglei's figure swayed slightly, and surprise appeared in his eyes.

Although he hadn't used his full strength in that punch, it had seventy percent of his power; an ordinary Star Sea Realm Middle Stage cultivator taking it head-on would be killed or maimed. Yet Su Han had not only blocked it but also didn't seem to be at a clear disadvantage! The Star-Moon power condensed at the sword tip was terrifyingly pure and refined, actually able to hold its own against his violent thunder power!

“Good!” Zhao Jinglei was not dismayed but delighted, his Battle Intent growing even stronger. “Take another move from me!”

He clapped his palms together, and the lightning on his body surged again. His deep blue dharma robes moved without wind, snapping loudly. Above his head, dark clouds faintly gathered, and lightning flashed.

“Nine Heavens Thunder Control True Art—Thunder Shaking the Eight Desolations!”

With a low shout, he pushed his palms forward fiercely. In an instant, eight thick bolts of lightning erupted from his palms. They didn't travel in a straight line but wound through the air like living things, carrying a terrifying heavenly power as they blasted toward Su Han from eight different directions! Each bolt of lightning was no less powerful than the previous Shocking Thunder Fist, and they completely blocked all of Su Han's paths of evasion!

Su Han took a deep breath, the Primal Star Power within his body surging like a river. Suppressing the Demon Seed yesterday had consumed much of his strength, but after a night of meditation and given the rapid recovery of Primal Star Power, he had restored seventy to eighty percent of his combat power. Facing this Thunder Shaking the Eight Desolations, there was no fear in his eyes, but rather a sort of eager excitement.

“Bring it on!”

The starfire sword traced a profound trajectory. The sword followed his body, and his body moved with the sword. In an instant, it was as if eight afterimages of Su Han appeared on the arena simultaneously. Each afterimage thrust out a sword, the sword light either like a shooting star streaking across the sky or like cold moonlight, accurately striking the strongest points of the eight incoming lightning bolts!

“Star-Moon Sword Art—Splitting Light and Transforming Shadows!”

“Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!...”

The eight explosions were almost continuous! The eight violent bolts of lightning were actually pierced and annihilated by the eight refined sword lights! Residual lightning and Sword Qi rampaged across the arena, blasting shallow pits into the bluestone floor and sending stone fragments flying.

Su Han's true body appeared, his face turning a shade paler and his breathing slightly hurried. Piercing eight bolts of lightning simultaneously was a massive drain on his mind and Star Power. However, the hand holding his sword remained steady.

The surprise in Zhao Jinglei's eyes deepened, then transformed into intense appreciation and Battle Intent. “Excellent sword technique! What a Star-Moon Sword Dao! Su Han, you are qualified to make me draw my sword!”

“Qiang—!”

With a clear sword cry, a long sword from behind Zhao Jinglei—entirely deep blue with thunder patterns flowing on the blade—unsheathed itself and fell into his palm. The sword's name was 'Jinglei,' a spirit sword that matched his Dao Body.

With the sword in hand, Zhao Jinglei's Aura changed again! If he was a thunder pool waiting to erupt when empty-handed, then with his sword, he was a Thunder God who controlled the lightning and delivered punishment on behalf of heaven! The violent thunder power no longer flared out wildly but was instead restrained within the blade, yet the terrifying pressure increased several times over!

“Be careful,” Zhao Jinglei said solemnly, the Jinglei sword pointing diagonally at the ground, lightning flickering at the tip.

Su Han held the starfire sword level, the tip pointing afar, with Star-Moon light flowing on the blade, faintly confronting the flickering lightning opposite him.

In the next moment, both of them moved simultaneously!

“Shocking Thunder Sword Technique—Wild Dance of the Thunder Snakes!”

“Star-Moon Sword Art—Star River Reversal!”

Blue lightning and silver-white Star-Moon light instantly filled the entire arena! (End of Chapter)