Chapter 47

Chapter 47: Ruins
“Big Brother Yefeng is truly domineering! That’s it! Kill Liu Yan and show these damned students that you are incredibly powerful. This life-and-death battle with Liu Yan isn’t a suicidal act at all; it’s merely you toying with him, killing for amusement!”
Xiong Yu stood below the Battle Stage, his eyes fixed on the platform, his heart filled with certainty regarding Qin Yefeng’s strength.
He remembered sparring with Qin Yefeng countless times before. Each time, the golden flames that flowed from Qin Yefeng’s body would directly incinerate the spiritual power around his own, preventing him from unleashing his full strength.
Then, with a single saber strike, a blade edge wreathed in raging flames, like an indestructible line of life and death, would cleave his weapon, and that would be the end of it.
It seemed Liu Yan’s weapon was of a rather high grade; otherwise, it would have been severed by Qin Yefeng’s Blood Shadow Battle Saber with a single blow, leaving no chance for a comeback.
However, Xiong Yu observed the color of the flames on Qin Yefeng, curious as to why the golden hue had deepened. Moreover, the spiritual power emanating from him was far more abundant than a month ago; he was no longer the Qin Yefeng of old.
Qin Xue watched the Battle Stage with astonishment. Qin Yefeng had unleashed such a powerful move—this was no attack that could be produced by someone in the Xiantian Realm. What exactly had he experienced in the Demonic Beast Mountain Range over the past month?
Qin Xue was well aware of Liu Yan’s strength. He possessed the power of the Peak of the Xiantian Realm, an existence that swept all before him within the Xiantian Realm. His Martial Arts Technique and Movement Technique were also formidable, so why had he been defeated by Qin Yefeng in the very first exchange?
It seemed Qin Yefeng might actually kill Liu Yan. If Liu Yan died, she would completely lose her backing at Holy Sun Academy. At that point, wouldn’t she be at Qin Yefeng’s mercy?
Panic filled Qin Xue’s face as she stared at Qin Yefeng on the Battle Stage, her eyes complex and sinister. She then murmured, “Qin Yefeng, you forced my hand!”
With that, Qin Xue seemed to make a decision and turned to leave.
On the Battle Stage.
Holding his chest, Liu Yan, his face ashen, slowly said, “Qin Yefeng, it seems you’ve broken through to the Mid Xiantian Realm. No matter what sorcery you just used, I will unleash my strongest move next. I won’t be caught off guard again.”
“Unleash all your powerful attack moves. You were too weak just now; I wasn’t even interested in taking your life. If you wish to court death, then come at me.” A hint of interest appeared on Qin Yefeng’s face, as if he anticipated Liu Yan’s ultimate strike.
“I knew it! Why else would Qin Yefeng gain the upper hand in the first move? He must have used underhanded tactics! As long as Senior Brother Liu Yan is prepared, he will surely annihilate Qin Yefeng with his next move!”
“Senior Brother Liu Yan wasn’t going all out just now; how could he have been repelled by Qin Yefeng? This Qin Yefeng is truly shameless, going all out from the very beginning. Now that Senior Brother Liu Yan is preparing his strongest strike, Qin Yefeng is definitely dead.”
“It seems both Qin Yefeng and Senior Brother Liu Yan are quite strong; this is what makes it exciting! However, Senior Brother Liu Yan possesses High-Grade Martial Skills, while Qin Yefeng only has Mid-grade Martial Arts Techniques, so he’s definitely no match. Furthermore, with the suppression of cultivation realm, Qin Yefeng is bound to lose.”
Watching Liu Yan prepare his strongest strike on the Life-and-Death Battle Stage, the students unanimously declared that Qin Yefeng would surely die.
On the Battle Stage.
Liu Yan had also become completely serious. His entire body erupted with crimson spiritual power, swirling three meters around him as he held his Blood Sword horizontally in the sky.
“Qin Yefeng, to die by this move of mine, you can consider it a worthy death. This strike is unrivaled within the Xiantian Realm. As long as your Cultivation Realm is still within the Xiantian Realm, you will surely die!”
Liu Yan gritted his teeth, his eyes turning terrifyingly bloodshot at this moment, and a powerful oppressive aura emanated from his body.
Facing Liu Yan’s desperate struggle, burning his spiritual power to unleash his strongest strike, Qin Yefeng dared not be overconfident, for he saw ultimate Sword Intent in Liu Yan’s eyes.
“Good, I’ve waited for this moment for a long time. We shall see now whether your Sword Intent, Liu Yan, is superior, or my Battle Saber’s domineering aura. At this moment, no matter who dies, there will be no regrets.”
With that, Qin Yefeng’s entire body also erupted with Golden Spiritual Power, and all his Dark Golden Flames blazed forth. Under the double golden radiance, his pupils turned golden, like the eyes of a Divine Dragon.
Liu Yan pointed his Crimson Long Sword directly at Qin Yefeng, concentrating all his crimson spiritual power onto the long sword. At this moment, the long sword became an even deeper crimson, and he suddenly thrust out a sword.
“Blood Sword Ziwei!”
The Sword Intent was like a crimson horizon line, emitting an eerie red glow as it pierced towards Qin Yefeng’s Battle Saber. The faint red light, the scarlet hues of the sword light, and the intense blood-red color seemed to carry boundless killing intent.
Qin Yefeng raised his Blood Shadow Battle Saber with both hands, circulating pure Golden Spiritual Power from his Qi Sea and infusing it into the Battle Saber. He then brought down a fierce strike, imbued with golden spiritual power and raging, destructive golden flames.
“Berserker Overlord Saber!”
An incomparably sharp golden battle saber suddenly appeared in the firmament, hovering in the sky, looking down on everything with disdain, indestructible, and possessing an earth-shattering aura. Its perfect golden blade seemed capable of cleaving everything on the Battle Stage, an overlord’s aura undeniably manifest.
“Rumble!”
A truly monstrous explosion shockingly erupted!
Wherever the golden flame energy swept, the air constantly fractured and twisted, like exploding sparks. In the ensuing vortex of storm, even the stone slabs on the ground were affected by the powerful, violent explosion.
It slammed into the eerie red glow, directly destroying the original energy of heaven and earth. The Blood Sword collapsed and fell, and the entire world trembled for a moment due to the violent energy.
Within ten Zhang, all the stone slabs shattered into dust with a loud bang. In an instant, the massive Battle Stage was directly reduced to ruins, with sand and stones flying, and smoke filling the sky and earth.
The students below the Battle Stage fled in all directions, avoiding being caught in the violent energy.
“They both actually comprehended Spiritual Arts ahead of time! Only True Essence Realm experts can unleash those. They’re truly geniuses! I initially thought Qin Yefeng was here to court death, but I take that back now.”
“This is terrifying! If we hadn’t escaped quickly, we would have been crushed by this energy and those massive rocks; we wouldn’t have escaped death. It’s truly terrifying! As expected of students ranked among the top on the Wind and Cloud List, they are truly beyond our reach.”
“Who won and who lost between them? I still think Qin Yefeng is slightly weaker; after all, his spiritual power isn’t as profound as Liu Yan’s.”
“And Qin Yefeng’s Cultivation Realm is a level lower. Even with good talent, that’s an insurmountable chasm!”
The students, having fled to a safe distance, all looked towards the Battle Stage, wondering about the outcome of Qin Yefeng and Liu Yan’s battle—who would live and who would die.