Chapter 518: One Kill is Enough

Chapter 518: One Kill is Enough

Xu Tianran has become a little abnormal since he encountered an unidentified attack in the palace last time. Of course, it’s not to say that he was very normal before, but at least his IQ was fine. Now Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen have discovered that he is not quite clear-headed.

It turns out that it is better to change the heir to the throne. It’s better to do it today than to wait for a better day. Let’s do it today!

The captain of Mingdu Soul Instructor Academy, Xu Tianzhen, was also dissatisfied with the arrangement of Longge's combat personnel. It can only be said that they are worthy of being brother and sister.

The naive princess can be a fool or a vase, because she has no right to inherit the throne, so she can ignore her image in the outside world.

But Xu Tianran couldn't do that. If he spoke rudely and showed signs of becoming a tyrant even before he ascended the throne, it would be no wonder that Kong Deming wanted to replace him.

Originally, Kong Deming was still hesitating. If the prince who ascended the throne was replaced by Xu He, would Longge indirectly interfere in the internal affairs of the Sun Moon Empire through Xu He in the future?

But recently Xu Tianran has fallen in love with Zhang Lexuan, the extremely talented descendant that Kong Deming had finally found. He said that he could replace Juzi and let Zhang Lexuan be his crown princess. After he ascends the throne, Zhang Lexuan will be the empress of the Sun and Moon Empire. He called it a close relationship.

Then I'd better replace you first! Kong Deming wanted to slap Xu Tianran twice on the spot. How dare you covet the moon in my house? So many young talents have their hearts set on the moon, why should the moon shine on your dog body?

"In the first match of the semi-finals, Longge will face the Mingdu Soul Instructor Academy team. Players from both teams will immediately enter the waiting area, and the first player in the individual elimination match will come on stage." Perhaps there was really no one left in the Sun and Moon Empire, so Zheng Zhan had to continue to serve as the referee while complaining in his heart.

After entering the waiting area, Chen Lingyi jumped directly onto the competition stage. The players from the opposite Mingdu Soul Instructor Academy looked obviously unhappy. Although only three people from Longge came today, the battle records of the other players were notorious, especially the deputy captain Yan Feng, who blew up all the opponents without saying a word. The one who ordered him to do so was Chen Lingyi who was standing on the stage now.

Although she had never taken action since the beginning of the competition, according to inertial thinking, the captain of each team was the strongest in the team, otherwise how could they convince the others? And this also meant that it was almost impossible for them to formulate corresponding tactics based on her martial spirit and soul skills, and they could only hope that their own defensive soul guides would be more powerful.

Therefore, although Dragon Pavilion only sent out three people, they did not have to face the mysterious spiritual master Huo Yuhao, nor did they have to worry about being strangled by the Shrike-like Golden Dragon Girl, but they did not want to face this opponent who they had no idea how to deal with.

"Maybe they are just bluffing? What if their captain is not strong and just wants to trick us... Lu Jun, go and try her!" The one commanding the battle was the naive princess who was called "loading" by He Caitou.

In the preparation area of ​​Mingdu Soul Mentor Academy, a young man leaped onto the competition stage. He was as tall and straight as a bamboo, with a handsome face and a calm and confident look between his eyebrows, and walked steadily towards Chen Lingyi in the center of the stage.

"Both parties share the same name."

"Long Ge, Chen Lingyi." The cold voice was like the collision of metal and stone.

The young man stood ten steps away from Chen Lingyi and nodded slightly: "I am Lu Jun from Mingdu Soul Instructor Academy. I have long heard of the reputation of Dragon Pavilion. Today I am honored to learn from you. I hope..."

"Please teach me." Chen Lingyi interrupted the other party's unfinished words. The moment the last word fell, the air around him suddenly solidified. There was no sign of soul rings appearing, nor the roar of soul power exploding. Instead, an invisible sharpness that was so pure that it made people's souls pierce suddenly descended!

Lu Jun felt as if every inch of his skin was exposed to thousands of blades. The intense stinging sensation penetrated his bones, making it difficult to breathe, and the circulation of his soul power was extremely sluggish.

"Both sides retreat!" Zheng Zhan broke the suffocating confrontation in time.

Lu Jun almost did not hesitate, and his body suddenly rushed back, retreating to the edge of the area on his side at the fastest speed, while desperately mobilizing his soul power to resist the ubiquitous sword intent. At this moment, he had put away his smile and looked at Chen Lingyi with a serious expression. Although the greetings just now were just greetings, facing such an opponent, he naturally did not dare to be careless.

Chen Lingyi seemed calm and unhurried, tapping her toes lightly, sliding towards the edge of the other end of the stage lightly and accurately as if riding the wind. But the terrifying sword intent was like a maggot on the tarsal bone, always firmly locked on Lu Jun in the distance, and never weakened in the slightest.

"Zheng——!"

An extremely clear sword sound resounded throughout the arena, and the light converged and took shape, instantly transforming into a four-foot-long sword, quietly floating in front of Chen Lingyi.

This long sword, which looks like it was carved from blue crystal, is clear and transparent, yet contains unparalleled sharpness. The lines of the sword are smooth and perfect. The most peculiar thing is that on this clear blue crystal sword body, there are seven dazzling "stars" inlaid as if they were naturally born! These seven stars are arranged in sequence from the vicinity of the sword hilt to the tip of the sword, emitting two yellow, two purple and three black lights, which are the colors of the best soul ring ratio.

This is not an external spirit ring, but a manifestation of the power and characteristics of her seven top spirit rings, perfectly melted and contained in the body of the martial spirit Seven Killing Sword. Each star represents the source of power of a spirit ring, and as the light flows, the terrifying aura of the Seven Killing Sword that cuts off everything rises steadily.

Below the stage, the audience had already fallen into a suppressed silence, and then there was an uncontrollable wave of exclamations. For most of the ordinary audience and low-level spirit masters, they only saw a breathtakingly beautiful, yet soul-shaking blue crystal sword appear out of thin air in front of Chen Lingyi! No spirit rings! Not even one! This completely overturned their perception of spirit masters.

Could it be that it is just a melee soul guide?

The moment the sword shadow formed, countless hair-thin cuts silently appeared on the hard surface of the stage. The air was cut by the invisible extreme sharpness, making a subtle but continuous "chi chi" sound, as if the space itself was wailing. The audience in the front row felt a stinging pain in their eyes, as if countless invisible and fine sword qi were hanging in front of their eyes. A huge sense of crisis that came from their instincts made them feel cold all over.

Zheng Zhan's breathing couldn't help but stop. He was not the direct target of the sword intent, but the invisible sharpness that permeated the entire arena made his vision blurry and distorted for a moment.

"Both sides get ready." Zheng Zhan's eyes swept across the two people confronting each other, and he silently sighed for Lu Jun in his heart, "The game begins!"

He could vaguely sense the mysterious connection between the seven stars and the power of the spirit rings. The seemingly beautiful stars, with every flow of light, exuded a palpitating sense of oppression. This state of completely restraining power and returning to nature was far more terrifying than the power of the spirit rings, because it represented absolute and exquisite control over one's own power.

Lu Jun knelt down and gathered strength the moment Zheng Zhan announced "both sides are ready". When the command "match start" resounded throughout the venue, he shot up like an arrow. The metal wings of the flying soul guide behind him instantly unfolded, and four azure tail flames erupted, pushing his body into a stream of light that pierced the sky.

Zheng Zhan's eyes flashed. The young man's tactics were remarkable. As a ninth-level soul master, he knew very well that the essence of soul master fighting was to play to one's strengths and avoid one's weaknesses. The competition system modified by the Sun-Moon Empire was biased towards soul masters. Being able to keenly grasp this advantage and turn it into one's own advantage was the real tactical wisdom.

But in the face of such a sword skill that is "close to the Tao", is distance really an advantage?

The battle situation changed as fast as lightning! It was this seemingly simple but perfectly timed leap into the sky that allowed Lu Jun to narrowly avoid the sword that Chen Lingyi had casually swung out.

The sword light almost brushed the ground behind where he had been standing before, and silently penetrated into the special protective shield of the stage, causing a circle of violent ripples.

"Good!" Zheng Zhan secretly praised in his heart, but his eyes became more solemn, and even had a trace of imperceptible pity. He knew very well that this height and distance...probably only delayed the time of defeat for a moment.

However, Lu Jun did not realize this. As he flew into the air, he did not forget to give Chen Lingyi below an elegant smile.

MDZZ! Zheng Zhan secretly complained, can't the younger generation of the Sun-Moon Empire have a little more perspective?

Lu Jun raised his arms slightly, and two exquisitely designed rapid-fire soul guide cannons were already mounted on his wrists. He had a playful smile on his lips, and the muzzles of the cannons were slightly drooped, but they remained in a posture ready to fire at any time: "What? Do you really believe those rumors in your country? The nonsense that a soul master can crush a soul master as long as he breaks through the seventh ring? "As he spoke, the core array of the soul guide cannon on his forearm began to vibrate at a high frequency.

"Do you want to..." He suddenly raised his arms and the muzzle drew two dangerous arcs, "Personally verify the truth of the rumor?" As soon as the words fell, dozens of scarlet light bullets formed a crossfire network, blocking all of Chen Lingyi's evasive angles.

"One cut."

There was no earth-shaking sound, no roar of soul power exploding. Chen Lingyi simply raised his right hand very naturally, with his five fingers clenched.

The next moment——

A clear blue light seemed to be drawn out from the void in an instant, and the trajectory formed purely by sword intent slashed from bottom to top, against the sky!

The moment the crimson light bullet came into contact with the clear blue sword light, it couldn't even delay the clear blue sword light for a moment, and was split into two at the moment of contact, disintegrating into chaotic energy turbulence, passing by both sides of the sword light's trajectory in vain, and exploded dozens of dazzling spots of light on the protective shield of the stage behind Chen Lingyi.

The trajectory of the sword light continued unabated, as if cutting through a layer of gauze, and it penetrated without any hindrance the light golden invincible shield that Lu Jun had activated with all his soul power at the critical moment.

"Spare his life!" Zheng Zhan had already shouted as early as the moment Chen Lingyi swung the sword for the second time. He felt the sharpness contained in the trajectory of the sword light earlier and more clearly than anyone else. The instant shattering of the invincible shield confirmed his worst prediction.

But he could only watch in vain as the chillingly clear blue sword light slashed towards Lu Jun in mid-air without stopping. Before the sword light arrived, the light armor on Lu Jun's chest had silently split into a straight crack, and a thin line of blood appeared on his skin. His pupils dilated to the limit because of the extreme fear of death, his brain was blank, and he didn't even have time to feel despair.

Our captain is the scumbag, right? !

However, the sword light suddenly froze less than an inch away from Lu Jun, and hovered in mid-air. The sharp sword energy condensed to the extreme had even pierced Lu Jun's skin, and bright red blood was slowly oozing out.

Time seemed to have completely frozen at this moment, and the entire arena fell into a dead silence. Hundreds of thousands of spectators, whether ordinary people or powerful soul masters, all held their breath and watched the thrilling scene on the stage in disbelief.

Lu Jun seemed to have all his bones pulled out, his body was suspended in the air stiffly, even the light of the flying soul guide flickered due to the momentary interruption of soul power. He stared at the sword light that was so close and exuded a cold breath of death, his heart almost stopped beating, and cold sweat instantly soaked the clothes on his back.

Zheng Zhan's figure had already appeared beside Lu Jun, with a trace of fear on his face. At that moment, he almost thought he was too late!

Chen Lingyi's gaze passed over the stagnant sword light and calmly looked at Zheng Zhan, whose forehead was covered with sweat, and Lu Jun, who looked lifeless behind him.

"Om..."

The hovering sword light was like a reflection in the water. It trembled slightly and then dissipated silently into the air, as if it had never appeared.

The members of the Mingdu Soul Instructor Academy looked at each other in the waiting area, and everyone's face was extremely ugly.

"It turns out she really has something..." Captain Xu Tianzhen was even more embarrassed and looked very unnatural. If the other party had not shown mercy, she, as the captain, would undoubtedly be held fully responsible for this.

When Lu Jun clearly felt his heart start beating again, he finally understood what happened. With Zheng Zhan's escort, he returned to the competition stage safely.

"The rumors are true." Chen Lingyi had lost that sharp feeling, but her overly casual tone still stunned Lu Jun.

"what?"

"I, the Soul Saint, crush you," Chen Lingyi pointed at himself, then pointed at Lu Jun from a distance, "You, the Soul Instructor."

Go home, kid, go home, okay? Zheng Zhan silently escorted Lu Jun, who was full of grief and indignation, off the stage. His companions thought that he was blaming himself and came to comfort him. After all, if it was the scumbag captain who went up, he would be sent off the stage in the same way.

The two players from Mingdu Soul Master Academy who came on stage later were both level 5 soul masters with average strength. They only used a few soul skills symbolically and then voluntarily admitted defeat and left the stage. Zheng Zhan was very satisfied with the sensible actions of these young people, and for a moment he even forgot that this was the home court of the Sun Moon Empire. Unconsciously, his bottom line had been lowered to the point that as long as no one died, it didn't matter what happened.

"Xiao Ling is so powerful. If they all admit defeat later, how will we carry out our plan?" Yan Feng expressed his concern.

"Others may admit defeat, but Xu Tianzhen represents not only the Mingdu Soul Instructor Academy, but also the face of the royal family. She can't afford to lose." He Caitou glanced firmly at Xu Tianran on the rostrum. The other party's gloomy face pleased him very much.