themonasnovels Chapter 114 The Waste Qinglan
Chapter 114 The Waste Qinglan
Chapter 113 The Waste Qinglan
On the arena.
Chen Han took the lead, slashing down with his broadsword, the wind howling and the force like a mountain collapsing.
It is the starting stance of the Zhenyue Swordplay, the Zhenshan Stance!
Liu Qingyun moved swiftly, like willow catkins in the wind, dodging to the side while simultaneously thrusting her longsword like a venomous snake, aiming straight for Chen Han's vulnerable ribs.
The sword energies clashed, and the force of the energy dissipated in all directions.
Chen Han immediately returned to defense with his sword, blocking the sword. A soft, yin-like force came from the sword and entered his arm through the meridians, causing his blood and qi to stagnate slightly.
"The strength of winter plum blossoms—"
Chen Han's eyes narrowed; he himself had been injured by this insidious force years ago.
He immediately roared, unleashing his true energy to disperse the yin force. He swept his broadsword horizontally, his sword movements wide and sweeping, attacking Liu Qingyun like a storm.
The Zhenyue Sword Technique is all about overwhelming force, and Chen Han, with his solid foundation, forced Liu Qingyun to retreat repeatedly.
"Senior Brother Chen has indeed made great progress."
But Liu Qingyun retreated while laughing, her tone relaxed, "Unfortunately, the Zhenyue Sword Technique emphasizes momentum over form, and you are still too clumsy."
Before he finished speaking, his sword stance suddenly changed.
The previously elusive swordsmanship suddenly became fierce, the sword light blooming like plum blossoms in winter, with each sword flower attacking Chen Han's vital points.
Each sword strike is cunning and insidious, targeting vulnerable areas such as the eyes, throat, heart, and abdomen.
Chen Hankuo wielded his sword with impenetrable skill, yet his clothes were still torn by several gusts of sword wind, leaving shallow bloodstains on his skin.
"Liu Qingyun! Can't you fight me fair and square!"
Chen Han roared angrily.
"Where does despicable conduct come from in a ring-based contest?"
Liu Qingyun chuckled lightly, her sword movements quickening by a third.
Below the stage, Han Li clenched his fist: "Senior Brother Chen is too impatient. Liu Qingyun is clearly trying to provoke him."
Liang Cheng nodded slightly.
Liu Qingyun's foundation is comparable to Chen Han's, but she uses unpredictable sword techniques to fight and focuses on attacking Chen Han's mental defense. If Chen Han loses his composure, he will inevitably reveal a flaw.
Sure enough, after thirty moves, Chen Han was still unable to break through. Recalling the battle seven years ago, which had been the same, he became increasingly agitated.
At this moment, he used too much force in a move called "Splitting the Mountain," leaving his chest exposed and revealing a weakness.
"Now!"
A cold glint flashed in Liu Qingyun's eyes, and her figure moved like a ghost as she slashed in, her long sword piercing straight for Chen Han's heart!
This sword strike was both swift and deadly, intended to kill in one blow!
"stop!"
Upon seeing this from the high platform, Shen Jun roared angrily, but before he could move, Shi Meng stopped him, saying, "City Lord Shen, you're too hasty."
Chen Han was equally terrified and desperately dodged to the side.
"laugh--!"
The longsword pierced his left shoulder, reaching deep into the bone. The chilling power of the Cold Plum Blossom Technique erupted instantly, frantically eroding his meridians along the wound.
"ah--!"
Chen Han screamed in agony as his broadsword slipped from his hand. He staggered backward, blood gushing from his left shoulder, and frost even formed on the wound.
"Senior Brother Chen!"
Han Li stood below the arena, his eyes blazing with fury.
Liu Qingyun sheathed her sword and stood there, blood dripping from the tip, her smile radiant.
"Senior Brother Chen, you flatter me. Consider this sword strike as repayment for those three moves you made seven years ago—oh, no, it's more like collecting some interest."
He paused deliberately, his voice carrying throughout the room: "After all, back then, you couldn't have stabbed me this deeply."
Laughter instantly came from the direction of Qinglan City.
Chen Han's face was ashen, and his left hand hung limply at his sides, clearly indicating that he was seriously injured and his meridians were damaged.
He stared intently at Liu Qingyun, his eyes bloodshot and filled with humiliation. Finally, overwhelmed with resentment, he coughed up a mouthful of blood and collapsed backward.
"In the first match, Liu Qingyun of Qinglan City wins!"
The old deacon's voice rang out at the same time.
The area around Linwu City was eerily silent.
Han Li rushed onto the arena, picked up the unconscious Chen Han, and carried him back to Linwu City. He gave him some medicine, then glared at Liu Qingyun with bloodshot eyes: "You're courting death!"
Liu Qingyun didn't care at all, lightly flicking the blood droplets off his sword. His gaze swept across Linwu City, finally landing on Liang Cheng: "Linwu City, is this all you've got? Who's next to die?"
Arrogant!
domineering!
All eyes instantly focused on Linwu City, their gazes filled with amusement.
Shen Jun's face was ashen, and Bai Hong's brows were furrowed. Lu Mingyuan and the other members of the powerful clans from Linwu City all looked worried.
On the other side of Rock City, Shi Meng laughed loudly: "City Lord Shen, your disciple is useless! He's already finished? Why don't you just admit defeat from now on, so you don't embarrass yourself!"
As he spoke, he glanced at Liang Cheng. Although Liang Cheng had spoken disparagingly to him earlier, he had refrained from confronting him outright out of respect for his status, but he harbored deep resentment in his heart.
Fu Chenzhou of Qinglan City stroked his beard and smiled, clearly extremely satisfied with Liu Qingyun's performance.
The pressure was like a mountain pressing down on Linwu City.
Yun Jinghong stepped forward: "I'm going!"
"No."
Liang Cheng spoke up to stop him.
"You've only recently entered the True Qi Realm; you're no match for him."
Han Li was about to speak when he was interrupted: "Senior Brother Han, you should heal Senior Brother Chen first."
Wang Teng and Yun Jinghong were quite annoyed that their strength had not improved further. Liang Cheng laughed and said, "Since I am the number one disciple of the Martial Academy, then naturally I will hold the fort."
Finally, he took a step forward, his figure floating down onto the arena, standing opposite Liu Qingyun.
"I'll do it."
Two words: calm and undisturbed.
Liu Qingyun's eyes lit up: "Liang Zhenchuan is finally willing to step in? I thought you were going to wait until the very end and be a coward—"
"Noisy. Barking dogs don't bite."
Upon hearing this, Liu Qingyun's last trace of pretense vanished, her eyes turning venomous: "Sharp teeth and a sharp tongue, draw your sword."
Liang Cheng simply raised his right hand slowly, his five fingers naturally spread out, and then closed them together to form a sword finger, with a wisp of extremely faint gray-black cold air lingering around his fingertips.
"Why would I need a sword to fight you?"
"Extremely arrogant!"
Liu Qingyun laughed in fury, "You injured Senior Brother Chen's left shoulder, so I'll take you—"
Liang Cheng interrupted directly, pointing his sword at Liu Qingyun's right hand holding the sword. His voice was calm and unwavering, "Then I'll cripple your right arm. That's fair."
"With just those two fingers?!"
Liu Qingyun seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world, and gripped the sword in her hand even tighter. The sword hummed and exuded a cold aura.
Then Liu Qingyun moved, her sword energy crisscrossing, pointing directly at Liang Cheng.
Liang Cheng simply stood still, his right hand pointing forward with a seemingly casual sword gesture.
【Mysterious Yin Sword Technique - Yin Erosion】!
A thin, gray-black sword aura shot out from his fingertip, silently and with a chilling, deathly stillness, directly piercing Liu Qingyun's right wrist pulse point!
Liu Qingyun's pupils contracted; his martial arts instincts told him that danger was imminent!
"Good timing!"
He let out a sharp shout, unleashing the Cold Plum Sword Technique to its fullest extent. The sword light surged, and the plum blossoms, as solid as ice crystals with sharp edges, bloomed instantly in front of him, forming a dazzling and solid ice sword curtain.
It is precisely its defensive skill.
A thousand plum blossoms bloom in the cold winter!
However, the moment the gray-black sword energy touched the ice crystal sword plum, it was not frozen, but instead seemed to "merge" into the dazzling cold light.
Sizzle————
A faint corrosive sound rang out.
Liu Qingyun was horrified to discover that the invincible Cold Plum Sword Qi dissolved and disintegrated the moment it came into contact with the gray-black sword qi!
The next moment, the true energy in the sword curtain rebounded back onto himself!
"puff!"
Liu Qingyun's face turned pale, blood rushed to her head, and the light of the sword curtain dimmed rapidly.
"First finger."
Liang Cheng's icy voice came through.
Immediately afterward, without changing his sword-pointing posture, he unleashed a second, more refined gray-black finger strike, aiming directly at Liu Qingyun's acupoint at the center of his chest!
[Mysterious Yin Sword Technique - Bone Penetrating]!
At this moment, Liu Qingyun's old strength was exhausted and new strength had not yet been generated. The sword energy backfired, and his internal energy was in chaos. He barely managed to block with his sword while frantically urging his protective internal energy.
"clang!"
The gray-black finger force touched the Cold Dragon Sword. Immediately afterwards, a strange, bone-chilling force penetrated through the sword, entered his arm meridians, and rushed straight to his heart and lungs!
"Ugh!"
Liu Qingyun felt as if she had been struck by lightning. Her entire right arm was instantly covered with a faint gray-black color, which was icy cold, eerily burning, and her meridians were damaged.
He could no longer hold the sword; the Cold Dragon Sword slipped from his hand and fell to the ground. He staggered backward, his right arm hanging limply at his sides. A chill seeped into his body, and his lips turned bluish-purple.
"The second finger."
Immediately afterwards, Liang Cheng took another step forward, bringing the two sides less than ten feet apart. He slowly pointed out his third finger, locking onto Liu Qingyun's aura, leaving her with no way to avoid it.
【Mysterious Yin Sword Technique - Shattering Yuan】!
"No!! I admit it—"
Liu Qingyun was terrified when she saw the finger strike her dantian. She screamed and wanted to admit defeat.
Fu Chenzhou suddenly stood up on the high platform. Before he could utter a sound, the outcome of the match was already decided.
Liang Cheng's dark gray finger-shaped sword energy gently touched Liu Qingyun's lower abdomen, specifically her dantian.
Liu Qingyun was struck dumb, her whole body trembled violently, and her eyes bulged out.
His dantian, which he had cultivated diligently for many years, exploded silently!
"puff--!"
A mouthful of blood gushed out of Liu Qingyun's mouth.
His once powerful aura dissipated like an avalanche, his face turned from bluish-purple to ashen, he staggered back seven or eight steps, and finally knelt down on the ground, clutching his lower abdomen with both hands, his body trembling uncontrollably from the extreme pain.
I'm afraid I've lost seven or eight tenths of my power this time, and my foundation is completely destroyed, making it difficult to recover!
Three fingers.
Just three fingers.
The second-best young talent in Qinglan City not only had his right arm crippled and his dantian destroyed, but his future in martial arts was almost completely cut off!
Liang Cheng slowly withdrew his sword finger, glanced indifferently at Liu Qingyun, and then turned towards Qinglan City, his tone still calm.
"Next."
The entire room was deathly silent; you could hear a pin drop.
There was no fierce clash of swords, only the effortless use of three fingers, yet it was more chilling and terrifying than any violent sword technique!
The playful smile on Shi Meng's face in Panshi City froze, and his eyes became serious. Fu Chenzhou from Qinglan City had already stood up and was staring intently at Liang Cheng, the killing intent in his eyes almost tangible.
Shen Jun let out a long sigh of relief and slowly leaned back in his chair. Bai Hong's hand, which was stroking his beard, stopped in mid-air, his eyes filled with satisfaction.
Han Li below let out a wild roar, extremely excited!
Liu Qingyun was hurriedly carried off the arena by the people of Qinglan City. Her face was ashen and she was barely breathing.
Even if he manages to save his life, his path in martial arts will be essentially severed.
On the arena, Liang Cheng remained standing still. From the direction of Qinglan City, a chilling and oppressive aura was slowly rising.
That's enough.
A detached voice rang out, and the crowd parted automatically.
A young man dressed in a brocade robe walked out slowly.
He wasn't particularly handsome, but his eyes were calm and his steps were as steady as a mountain. There was no surging of true energy around him, yet he possessed a natural air of authority.
Fu Lingyun is the number one young talent in Qinglan City.
"Senior Brother Fu!"
The disciples of Qinglan City were invigorated. Liu Qingyun had been defeated, but Senior Brother Fu was different.
Fu Lingyun stepped onto the arena, his gaze falling on Liang Cheng, and then he took a step forward, and the situation changed drastically!
boom-!
A vast and powerful pressure, like a sleeping beast suddenly awakening, erupted from his body!
A pale blue aura of true essence circulated around him, causing the air to stagnate. Spectators who were close to the arena felt as if they were breathing in a room full of air, and their chests felt tight.
True Essence Realm!
Fu Lingyun has actually broken through to the True Essence Realm!
"What?!"
"True Yuan Pressure?! Fu Lingyun has broken through?!"
"Qinglan City actually has a True Yuan Realm disciple hidden away?!"
"True essence and true qi are worlds apart! Although Liang Zhenchuan is exceptionally talented, he is, after all, only at the true qi realm—"
"What a pity, Linwu City has finally produced such a genius—"
A wave of horrified shouts instantly swept through the entire venue.
No one expected that Fu Lingyun would actually overcome that insurmountable barrier. The morale of Linwu City was greatly boosted by Liu Qingyun's previous crushing defeat, but now it has been replaced by worry.
On the high platform, Shen Jun's expression changed drastically. He gripped the handrail tightly, his knuckles turning white. Bai Hong's brows furrowed instantly. Liang Cheng's combat strength was outstanding, and he even had a record of injuring a True Yuan Realm cultivator. However, that was only due to the evil method of the Fire Worship Sect to advance to True Yuan Realm, and he was completely incomparable to Fu Lingyun.
Fu Chenzhou's lips curled slightly, but his eyes were icy cold.
Anyone who dares to provoke Qinglan City shall die!
On the stage, Liang Cheng remained as upright as a pine tree, his face expressionless.
"That's all?"
Liang Cheng suddenly spoke, and Fu Lingyun's eyes flashed sharply: "You're courting death!"
Fu Lingyun placed his hand on the hilt of his sword, and a clear and melodious sword cry rang out. The sharp and unparalleled aura, mixed with the overwhelming pressure, exploded out with a bang!
The pale blue true essence circulated throughout his body, and the air seemed to be filled with invisible sword threads.
"I will not bully you today. You injured Qingyun with your finger sword, so I will fight back with my finger sword."
Then, his body moved like a wisp of green smoke, his trajectory unpredictable, and in an instant, he circled around to Liang Cheng's left side. He joined his index and middle fingers together, and a condensed light blue sword aura burst forth, stabbing straight at Liang Cheng's left rib!
Even before the sword's aura arrived, its sharpness was already bone-chilling.
Fu Lingyun's movements changed again, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, his sword thrusting out from all angles, each strike aimed directly at a vital point. His movements were unpredictable, his sword strikes continuous, and several afterimages appeared on the arena at the same time.
Liang Cheng did not move, but simply raised his right arm and pointed his sword fingers repeatedly.
[Mysterious Yin Sword Technique - Yin Erosion]
[Penetrating to the bone]
【Fragmented Elements】
The three techniques rotated, and the gray-black finger-force sword energy, like a cold star in the night, precisely targeted each incoming pale blue sword energy.
"Ding, ding, ding—"
With a series of soft sounds, Fu Lingyun's finger sword, which was powerful enough to pierce iron and stone, was actually blocked by Liang Cheng's finger-to-finger technique!
Liang Cheng did not move an inch, his face as calm as an ancient well.
Fu Lingyun's eyes narrowed.
As expected of someone capable of slaying a Zoroastrian True Essence cultivator, he is indeed extraordinary among those at the True Qi Realm.
He moved three times faster, leaving many afterimages. His sword strikes rained down like a storm, the sword energy crisscrossing and enveloping Liang Cheng within three feet of him.
Fifth move, sixth move —
Liang Cheng continued to defend without attacking, using techniques such as pointing, deflecting, and guiding to neutralize all of Fu Lingyun's incoming sword energy.
He appeared to be enveloped by the sword net, his figure like a willow catkin in the wind, drifting uncertainly between the gaps in the sword energy, but in reality he was completely at ease.
On the high platform, Fu Chenzhou was no longer as relaxed as before, his expression was solemn, while Shen Jun and Bai Hong looked pleasantly surprised.
still have a chance!
"Is all you can do to hide?!"
Fu Lingyun let out a cold shout, finally losing his patience. He suddenly merged his fingers and sword into one, and his pale blue true essence surged, transforming into a three-foot-long solid sword aura that pierced straight into Liang Cheng's face!
The seventh move!
This sword strike already unleashed the true power of the True Yuan Realm. Even before the sword's edge arrived, its sharp and piercing aura had already caused Liang Cheng's skin to sting slightly.
As expected of someone at the True Essence Realm, even those at the Golden Armor Realm reacted.
Liang Cheng finally made a move.
At this moment, he neither dodged nor yielded, but instead pointed his fingers like a sword and directly confronted the pale blue sword light!
"court death!"
A fierce glint flashed in Fu Lingyun's eyes, and he further intensified his true energy, making the sword light even brighter.
However, the pale blue sword energy was shattered when it met Liang Cheng's dark gray sword energy!
The raging torrent of true energy scattered in all directions, causing Liang Cheng's clothes to flutter wildly, but he himself remained completely still.
The eighth move!
Fu Lingyun's expression finally changed. "How is this possible?"
At this moment, Liang Cheng's aura suddenly changed, indicating that the probing was over!
boom-!
A pale blue aura of true essence surged forth from his body.
Magnificent!
Heavy and substantial!
Condensed like mercury!
The moisture in the air seemed to be stirred, and the faint sound of the tide could be heard echoing.
That pressure was far more vast than Fu Lingyun's pale blue true essence!
The moment the pressure of true energy surged forth, the arena floor trembled slightly, and the clothes of the spectators in the front were blown by the invisible shockwave.
"True Yuan Realm?! You're also at the True Yuan Realm?!"
Fu Lingyun gasped in shock, and the audience erupted in uproar!
On the high platform, Bai Hong suddenly stood up, his eyes bursting with unbelievable ecstasy. Shen Jun also clenched his fists and leaned forward.
Liang Cheng gave Fu Lingyun no time to react.
He took a step forward, his movements like a dragon soaring through the air, his figure seemingly merging into the wind. When he reappeared, he was already beside Fu Lingyun.
He simply pointed his right hand like a sword, surrounded by pale blue true energy, and thrust it towards Fu Lingyun's right shoulder.
Fu Lingyun roared, not daring to underestimate the situation, and unleashed his full protective true energy while drawing his long sword from his waist.
"Bang!"
With sword energy crisscrossing, Liang Cheng unleashed his full power in his Golden Armor Realm, disregarding everything else. His fingers emitted layers of pale blue true essence, like waves crashing down.
First level!
Double!
triple----
Ninefold unity!
"Pfft!"
Fu Lingyun's protective true essence was instantly torn apart like paper, and Liang Cheng's sword energy, undiminished, stabbed fiercely into his right shoulder blade.
"Snap!"
A clear sound of bone cracking echoed throughout the venue.
"ah--!"
Fu Lingyun screamed in agony as his right arm went limp and his shoulder bone shattered!
Liang Cheng continued his movements without pause, his left hand moving like lightning, stabbing Fu Lingyun's dantian with a single finger.
[Mysterious Yin Sword Technique - Shattering Yuan]
This time, the gray-black finger energy was infused with the immense power of Duan Lang's true essence.
"No! I admit it—"
Before Fu Lingyun could even utter the word "lost," his finger strength had already penetrated into his dantian.
"boom!"
As if a muffled thunderclap exploded inside his body, Fu Lingyun's body trembled violently, his eyes bulged out, and he vomited a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs.
His aura plummeted, his true essence dissipated, and a crackling sound came from his meridians. He flew backward like a broken sack and crashed heavily onto the edge of the arena.
He struggled for a moment, then fainted.
His right arm was crippled, his dantian was destroyed, and his meridians were shattered.
The path of martial arts has been completely severed.
Liang Cheng withdrew his hands, stood with his hands behind his back, and slowly gathered his true energy.
Master Huang instructed that there was no need to stop when the fight was over on the stage.
The arena was deathly silent.
Exclamations of surprise finally erupted from the surrounding crowd.
"True Yuan Realm! Liang Cheng is also at the True Yuan Realm!"
"One move, no, two moves and you've crippled Fu Lingyun?!"
"A true dragon has emerged from Linwu City!"
In the direction of Rock City, the playful look on Shi Meng's face had long since disappeared, replaced by utter solemnity.
For the first time, the towering stone mountain behind him straightened its back, its eyes burning with fighting spirit.
On the Qinglan City side, Fu Chenzhou's face was ashen as he stared intently at Liang Cheng, unable to utter a single word. With the elder of the alliance standing by, he dared not act rashly.
His disciples rushed onto the stage in a panic, carried Fu Lingyun off, and all of them looked ashen-faced.
Even someone as strong as Fu Lingyun was defeated, and Qinglan City was completely eliminated.
Bai Hong and Shen Jun exchanged a glance, then slowly sat back down in their chairs, their fingers trembling slightly.
Thirty years.
For thirty years, Linwu City suffered endless humiliation in the Three Cities Grand Competition.
Relief, ecstasy, and relief —
A mix of emotions welled up inside me.
Their eyes met, and they both saw the emotions that had been suppressed for too long finally being released in each other's eyes.
A triumphant moment!