77: Chapter 77 One Slash

"This Mad Blade is truly mad without limits!"

When Wang Jianshan said this, the crowd in the audience seats couldn't help but exclaim.

For the fifth rule Chen Moxuan established, almost every challenger would choose to use the Martial Skill they were most proficient in.

Using one's strengths to attack the opponent's weaknesses.

Although they hadn't discovered any shortcomings in Chen Moxuan after several consecutive battles.

But Wang Jianshan's words just now undoubtedly handed the initiative to Chen Moxuan, letting the rule that was originally favorable to himself conversely restrict him.

"As long as that Chen Moxuan isn't a fool, he definitely won't choose the blade."

The crowd, who originally thought Chen Moxuan was bound to lose, felt a glimmer of hope rise in their hearts.

They had never heard that Wang Jianshan was proficient in any Martial Skill other than blade techniques.

Without the blade, the Mad Blade would only be left with madness.

"Let me choose?" Chen Moxuan was also somewhat astonished.

The fifth rule he established was originally meant for fishing, making opponents have the illusion that the rules were extremely favorable to them.

In reality, for him, there was no distinction between Martial Skills he was proficient in or not.

Relying on his martial arts attainments and Special Ability, as long as he wanted, any type of Martial Skill could become one he was proficient in.

His gaze inadvertently swept toward the thin blade stuck beside him.

The previous challenger happened to use a blade as a weapon, and the black god bracelet was maintaining the thin blade's form.

Inspired by the previous fierce battle, he had just conceived an idea for a new Martial Skill.

Perhaps now was the perfect time to put this new idea into practice.

Chen Moxuan reached out and grasped the hilt, flicked his wrist lightly, and the blade nimbly spun, blooming into several beautiful blade flowers. As the cold light flickered, it fully displayed his exquisite blade control technique.

Immediately after, he pointed the tip of the blade steadily at Wang Jianshan:

"Then let's choose the blade."

Chen Moxuan's understated words undoubtedly made everyone's hearts skip a beat once again.

"Forgot, this kid is even madder!"

Thinking carefully, if someone who could set such arena rules really wanted to limit their opponent, they could have easily done so from the beginning, so why wait until now?

Behind this rule, there was likely a hidden, near-insane ambition.

This person was likely intending to use the opponent's most proficient Martial Skill to face them head-on and completely crush them.

Such behavior was undoubtedly treating every challenger who stepped onto the arena as a touchstone to hone himself.

This kid was using them to prove his Dao Heart!

Hearing this, Wang Jianshan gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead, his voice cold and chilling:

"I gave you a chance."

In his view, he had already shown enough tolerance and magnanimity, voluntarily giving up the advantage bestowed by the rules to leave Chen Moxuan a chance to win.

But this ignorant kid still chose to duel with the blade.

This was simply not taking him seriously at all!

[This arena battle is limited to the use of blade Martial Skills]

[Match countdown begins, 10, 9...]

"If you can take this one blade, I'll count it as my loss if you don't die!"

Wang Jianshan's voice was like a great bell, carrying an unquestionable dominance, as he raised the great blade in his hand high above his head.

For a moment, the golden True Qi around his body surged like a boiling river and sea, pouring endlessly into the Dragon-patterned great blade in his hand.

Only a dazzling golden blade shadow could be seen, extending rapidly along the blade, gradually climbing toward the sky.

"This Aura, could it be an Earth-grade Martial Technique?!" In the audience, a perceptive Martial Artist noticed the astonishing power and was shocked.

"Is Wang Jianshan trying to decide the outcome in one move?"

Earth-grade Martial Techniques are rarely successfully cultivated by Martial Artists in the Tiangang Realm.

The reason for this is, on one hand, the difficulty of cultivation is like an insurmountable, towering mountain for Tiangang Realm Martial Artists.

The complex and arduous cultivation methods often make Martial Artists shrink back.

On the other hand, the amount of True Qi required to execute an Earth-grade Martial Technique is vast, like a boundless ocean, which is simply difficult for ordinary Tiangang Realm Martial Artists to support with their True Qi reserves.

But Wang Jianshan came from a Martial Arts Family and was blessed by nature.

The Family's inherited S-grade Breathing Method provided him with a massive amount of True Qi far exceeding Martial Artists of the same Realm.

Combined with the dedicated guidance of experienced Seniors in the Family, he had already cultivated this low-level Earth-grade Martial Technique to the Major Achievement Realm at a young age.

Although he could only execute this one blade, Chen Moxuan would have absolutely no possibility of dodging it!

At this moment, the arena countdown provided Wang Jianshan with ample time to build up his power.

And during Wang Jianshan's power accumulation process, Chen Moxuan clearly felt as if he had fallen into an invisible cage, his body's Qi firmly locked by some kind of force.

Not only that, the surrounding air also seemed to instantly turn into a thick gel, causing every subtle movement of his to be obstructed, with obvious sluggishness in his actions.

"Earth-grade Martial Technique..." Chen Moxuan's gaze locked onto the awe-inspiring golden blade shadow, he pondered.

The Earth-grade Martial Technique Wang Jianshan was currently executing had power comparable to a strike from a Spirit Ascension Realm Martial Arts Grandmaster, faintly affecting the spiritual power between heaven and earth.

"Then let's decide the outcome in one move." Chen Moxuan's expression was stern, he held the thin blade horizontally, placing it steadily in front of him.

He brought his right index and middle fingers together, with lightning flickering at his fingertips.

He slowly brushed his two fingers along the blade, and a solid bolt of lightning, like a nimble spirit snake, spread rapidly along the blade.

Wherever the lightning passed, the blade vibrated violently, emitting a sharp, piercing screech, as if it wanted to shatter the surrounding air.

As the match countdown was about to end, Wang Jianshan had completed the power accumulation for the Martial Skill.

The golden blade shadow had already solidified, turning into a giant golden blade over a dozen meters long, suspended in mid-air, emitting a chilling and sharp Aura, as if it wanted to chop the entire world in two.

[3... 2... 1, Match Start]

"Heaven and Earth Slash!"

Wang Jianshan suddenly erupted with a deafening roar, his muscles tense, and he violently slashed down with the great blade in his hand.

The giant golden blade shadow suspended above his head responded to his movement, bringing with it the power to overturn mountains and seas, crashing down.

As the blade shadow fell rapidly, the thick and dense cloud layer above the sky was actually split into two, with rolling cloud waves surging at the rift.

That golden blade shadow, carrying the stirred-up wind and clouds, slashed down toward Chen Moxuan with the force of a thunderbolt.

Chen Moxuan looked up directly at the golden blade shadow that was about to slash down, the strong airflow whistling past, his clothes and hair dancing wildly in the gale.

The blade in his hand was already completely wrapped in lightning, the lightning jumping and flickering, like countless nimble spirit snakes winding around the blade.

Apart from this flickering lightning, the area around the blade was eerily calm, with no sign of the previous piercing vibrations.

In stark contrast to the massive blade shadow, the Martial Skill Chen Moxuan was currently executing was extremely restrained, with not the slightest bit of Qi leaking out.

Just as the blade shadow slashed down, he seemed to be uninvolved, and swung the lightning-wrapped blade in his hand extremely casually.

The moment the two made contact, the golden blade shadow that stirred the wind and clouds actually shattered like fragile paper, instantly breaking into large pieces and turning into countless golden fragments drifting in the air.

However, this seemingly casual action was actually completed in a flash of lightning, so brief that one hardly had time to blink.

Before Wang Jianshan could recover from his shock, Chen Moxuan stepped forward and assumed a posture of swinging his blade.

A blinding bolt of lightning flashed by.

The next instant, Chen Moxuan's figure vanished from where he stood like a ghost. When the crowd looked again, he was already standing steadily behind Wang Jianshan.

"It's over." Chen Moxuan's voice sounded right on cue.

Wang Jianshan had just had the thought of turning his head, but was horrified to find that his body wouldn't obey his commands, and was uncontrollably leaning forward.

And in the eyes of the people under the arena, Wang Jianshan's body had been neatly severed from the waist, leaving only half of his torso standing alone on the arena.

The cross-section was smooth and neat, and under the sunlight, wisps of thunder could be faintly seen flickering and jumping.

[Arena Master Chen Moxuan defeated challenger Wang Jianshan, obtaining all 3630 points in his possession]