Chapter 295: Miracle
“How could this be?!” This was also everyone’s question. Why did Lu Yun, who was universally recognized as the weakest, defeat the strongest of the Xie Clan’s younger generation in one move?
‘Xie Mo is Black Rank Peak, could Lu Yun already be Earth Rank?’ This thought popped into everyone’s minds. Clearly, he had hidden his strength that morning…
“Hahaha…” Mei Yi laughed heartily instead. She finally understood why Mei Ruohua had conceded. With the strength Lu Yun displayed that afternoon, even if Mei Ruohua broke through to Black Rank Peak, she still wouldn’t be his opponent at all. In that situation at the time, the more momentum Mei Ruohua gained, the more embarrassing her defeat would be. Conceding voluntarily was the most dignified choice…
“You old thing, you dared to trick me!” Xie Xun suddenly jumped up from the ground and grabbed Lu Shang’s collar, saying: “Do you still follow the rules? Do you have any shame!” He was practically driven mad with anger. With Xie Mo’s loss, could they still hope for Xie Lan to defeat Xiahou Rongyao?
The Xie Clan was completely wiped out!
“Let go!” Lu Shang, who had been bedridden for many years, was no match for this lively old man. He was choked so hard he couldn’t breathe evenly.
“Stop!” Xiahou Ba shouted in a deep voice to stop Xie Xun, saying coldly: “What kind of decorum is this?!”
“Hmph!” Xie Xun then let go of Lu Shang and said angrily to Xiahou Ba: “Grand Tutor, he didn’t play fair and tricked us all!”
“I didn’t know either that Lu Yun was so strong…” Lu Shang said with a helpless bitter smile.
“Go fool someone else!” Xie Xun said with a face full of disdain.
Not only did he not believe it, the other clan leaders didn’t believe it either. The disciples sent by the various clans to compete were all carefully selected and nurtured from within their clans—how could the clan leaders not know their true capabilities?
Fortunately, the competition had just begun. The clan leaders of the various clans, fearing more accidents, all kept a close eye on their own fighting stages, so no one had time to quibble with Lu Shang…
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On Stage One, Xiahou Rongguang had already exchanged more than ten moves with Cui Zhongheng. Although the difference in strength between the two sides was vast, he still had to give some face to the Cui Clan, so Xiahou Rongguang didn’t rush to attack at the start.
Who would have thought that this delay would allow Lu Yun to take first place, causing the proud Young Master Xiahou’s anger to surge. As the eldest son and grandson of the Xiahou Clan, Xiahou Rongguang knew well that in this competition, the Xiahou Clan not only needed to win but to establish dominance! How could he let others steal the spotlight?!
At this moment, Cui Zhongheng attacked again with a move. Xiahou Rongguang no longer dodged. He hooked his index fingers together, extended his ten fingers to interlock, and placed his middle fingers over his index fingers!
Seeing Xiahou Rongguang’s hand gesture, identical to the one he used that morning to defeat Huangfu Ke, the spectators below the stage shouted in unison: “It’s the Great Vajra Wheel Seal again!”
But the next moment, everyone was dumbfounded…
Only to hear Xiahou Rongguang roar from his dantian: “Soldier!” The Great Vajra Wheel Seal of the Dragon Elephant Great Hand Seal erupted forth!
However, unlike that morning when Xiahou Rongguang’s hands merely flashed with green light, his true qi actually swirled around his hands. In the blink of an eye, a bright and dazzling green light wheel with lotus flower patterns clearly appeared before everyone’s eyes!
That light wheel was precisely the vajra wheel formed by Xiahou Rongguang’s true qi!
“Oh my god, true qi externalization! What am I seeing!” Amid the people’s cries of shock, Cui Zhongheng was struck by the green vajra wheel. He immediately let out a miserable scream, spat blood, and flew out horizontally. He fainted before even hitting the ground…
At this point, the entire West Garden fell into dead silence. If Lu Yun’s earlier performance had shocked the crowd by ten points, then the shock caused by Xiahou Rongguang at this moment was a hundred or a thousand times greater!
‘True qi permeating the body, shaping at will’—that was the hallmark of an Earth Rank Grandmaster!
“Ear…th…Rank…Gran…dmas…ter…” Finally, someone came to their senses, suppressing their full-heart shock, and tremblingly uttered these four words!
These four words were like the fuse igniting explosives, instantly driving everyone mad. The people from the various clans, regardless of gender, couldn’t help shouting in unison: “Grandmaster! Grandmaster! Grandmaster! Grandmaster!”
Actually, while grandmasters were rare, it wasn’t enough to make people this crazy. The reason people reacted this way was because of Xiahou Rongguang’s age!
He was only twenty years and four months old, two months younger than Zhang Xuanyi, the number one person in five hundred years, when he advanced to Earth Rank. Moreover, judging by his mastery of externalizing true qi, he had clearly broken through some time ago…
The insurmountable chasm, the unclimbable peak that was thought impossible, had today become history!
A new peak was thus abruptly established before everyone’s eyes. Those who witnessed this miracle were entranced, many unable to hold back tears. No one cared anymore about Lu Yun’s earlier performance…
On the high platform, the clan leaders of the various clans were truly stunned this time. Xie Xun felt his hands and feet turn ice-cold. Looking at the composed Xiahou Ba, he finally fully understood why Xiahou Ba had recommended Xiahou Rongyao instead of Xiahou Rongguang. Because he was utterly invincible—there was no need for a bye!
After their shock, the clan leaders of the various clans began pondering how to respond while preparing to flatter Xiahou Ba. But at that moment, another sudden change occurred in the arena!
On Stage Two, Cui Baiyu had been fighting fiercely with Pei Yuanji. Seeing Xiahou Rongguang reveal his Earth Rank identity and steal the show, even his own fangirls all rushed to the neighboring stage to watch the freshly minted youngest Earth Rank Grandmaster in history…
Cui Baiyu felt extremely displeased and smiled at the majestic Pei Yuanji: “Sorry, Yuanji, I can’t continue playing with you.”
Before Pei Yuanji could react, Cui Baiyu let out a clear laugh and rose into the air, hovering mid-air like an elegant immortal crane!
People’s gazes were involuntarily drawn to him. They saw Cui Baiyu stretch out both hands flat, and with a flourish like a magician, several fresh flowers appeared between his fingers!
“So handsome…” Fangirls were fangirls after all, instantly drawn back by Young Master Baiyu’s breathtakingly beautiful posture.
“Always showing off!” Pei Yuanji snorted angrily upon seeing this.
“Take this, Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers!” Young Master Baiyu laughed heartily instead and casually flung both hands toward Pei Yuanji.
Instantly, countless petals shot toward Pei Yuanji. The speed of the flying petals was like lightning, carrying sharp winds—beautiful yet deadly!
“Flying Petals, all can wound!” The people from the various clans, who had already been repeatedly shocked today, were once again dumbfounded. Their vocabulary was exhausted; they couldn’t describe the shock in their hearts and could only mutter repeatedly: “Heavens! Another Earth Rank, and a nineteen-year-old Earth Rank! Is there no mercy…”
“I refuse to believe it!” Facing the sky full of whistling petals with nowhere to dodge, Pei Yuanji simply didn’t dodge. He mobilized his entire cultivation, thrust both palms forward fiercely, trying to disperse the petals with palm wind.
But the petals were completely unaffected by the palm wind and enveloped him in an instant. Seeing he was about to be pierced by ten thousand blades, Pei Yuanji inwardly cried: “My life is over…”
Yet he found the petals exploding one after another an inch from his skin—clearly, the opponent had held back.
Even so, with so much true qi attached to the petals detonating together, he still couldn’t withstand it and was immediately knocked unconscious…
At this time, Cui Baiyu slowly landed and said apologetically to those fangirls: “Sorry, I ruined the flowers you gave me…”
The noble ladies’ screams instantly echoed through the entire West Garden. Countless fresh flowers were thrown onto the stage, nearly burying Cui Baiyu…
