Chapter 294: One Move
On the stage, Xie Mo coldly sized up the tall and thin Lu Yun, and said disdainfully: “Kneel down and repent for your disrespect to the Xie Clan, and perhaps I can spare you.”
“If we haven’t fought, how do we know the victory or defeat.” Lu Yun smiled faintly.
“Your confidence comes from Xie Bo, right? I’m not trash like him.” Xie Mo looked down on Lu Yun and grinned ferociously: “I gave you a chance but you didn’t take it, so don’t blame me for being ruthless!”
“Noisy.” Lu Yun chuckled mockingly, somewhat helplessly saying: “Are we fighting or not?”
“Insolent!” Seeing him still so disrespectful, Xie Mo roared in anger and immediately circulated the Five Virtues Five Elements Technique—he was the direct lineage among the direct lineage of the Xie Clan, having cultivated the complete cultivation method since childhood, so he truly had reason to be arrogant!
Below the stage, Xie Bo and the other Xie Clan members saw five-colored glows of red, white, blue, green, and yellow alternating and appearing around Xie Mo’s body, growing increasingly bright and dazzling. This was a sign that the Five Elements cultivation method had reached great completion; he only needed to merge the five glows into one color to become an Earth Rank Grandmaster!
Xie Bo and the others immediately shouted and yelled wildly: “Below Earth Rank, no one can rival him!” “Blast that kid into scraps!”
“Quickly attack, don’t let him build up his cultivation!” The Lu Clan members anxiously urged Lu Yun.
But Lu Yun turned a deaf ear; he didn’t seize the attack either, standing with hands at his sides as Xie Mo raised his cultivation to its peak.
Opportunity slips away in an instant. In the blink of an eye, Xie Mo finished circulating his qi. His fists shone with white light, yellow light blazed at the top of his head, green waves flowed under his feet, blue light flickered around his body, and red light enveloped his chest. Under the effect of the Five Virtues Five Elements Qi, Xie Mo’s feet even had a floating stance, as if a heavenly god had descended.
“What you owe our Xie Clan, I’ll collect it all today!” Xie Mo wasted no more words; he couldn’t maintain the state of all five true qi fully activated for long. He immediately roared explosively, his figure turning into a streak of five-colored rainbow light as he pounced toward Lu Yun with thunderous momentum.
“Be careful!” Lu Ying’s heart leaped to her throat, and she involuntarily covered her eyes.
“Go die!” Xie Tian’s face was full of manic expression; in his roar, he even spat out his false teeth…
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Lu Yun stared unblinkingly at Xie Mo charging forward, the five-colored rainbow light reflecting his eyes in a riot of colors, yet a faint mocking smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
“Go die!” Xie Mo’s fists surged with white light, smashing toward Lu Yun’s ears!
Only then did Lu Yun throw a punch, plain and slow, without any sound or light effects…
So slow that Xie Mo didn’t even bother dodging. By the time this punch reached him, Lu Yun’s head would already have been smashed flat by his own fists—no need to dodge at all!
However, this utterly ordinary punch inexplicably struck first after the opponent’s move. Before Xie Mo’s fists were even three inches from Lu Yun’s ears, it had suddenly hit his chest…
With a muffled bang, Xie Mo flew backward instantly…
Xie Mo looked incredulously at Lu Yun, who was getting farther and farther away, feeling his body like a broken bag, true qi leaking out wildly like mercury spilling to the ground, his body completely out of control…
At this moment, the five-colored rainbow light on him not only didn’t dissipate but grew even brighter, like a rainbow arcing through the air and landing below the fighting stage…
The Xie Clan members were completely stunned; they didn’t even react when Xie Mo flew toward them, only crying out in pain after he smashed into a group of them…
Xie Tian brought this upon himself too. To get a full view of Xie Mo thrashing Lu Yun, he had taken the spot closest to the fighting stage. As a result, Xie Mo crashed into him first, solidly pinning him underneath…
The Lu Clan members were equally dumbfounded; they rubbed their eyes hard, unable to believe what they were seeing…
Lu Xiang’s mouth nearly dropped to the underground as he blurted out: “This isn’t real…”
Only then did Lu Ying dare to open her eyes and look at Lu Yun standing leisurely on the stage, then turn to Xie Mo sprawled below, having crushed a pile, and she couldn’t help bursting into laughter: “Hahaha, are you all crawling on the ground looking for your teeth?”
“Have some grace.” Lu Xin reminded again.
“Yeah, it’s worth learning from.” Lu Xiang put on a straight face and said dully: “This old man has never in his life seen someone get knocked flying so gorgeously…” As he spoke, the old man burst into laughter again, clutching his belly.
Lu Xin glanced at his laughing father and daughter, helplessly shaking his head, then said to the Investigative Bureau official still dazed nearby: “The victory or defeat is decided.”
“Oh, yes!” The official finally came to his senses and hurriedly shouted: “Beat the victory drums!”
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‘Dong dong dong…’ A light and brisk drumbeat echoed through the West Garden. At this time, the competitions on the other venues had only just begun…
The spectators from the various clans hadn’t gotten into it yet, and the clan leaders on the high platform were still chatting idly, when they heard the victory drums sounding and quickly looked toward the source, discovering the drumbeats came from Stage Three.
“Xie Mo won so quickly?” The various clans’ members couldn’t help sighing: “That Lu Yun really is trash; is he here to embarrass the Lu Clan?”
“This waste…” Xiahou Yanran hadn’t even watched Lu Yun’s match; she was at Stage One watching her older brother face Cui Zhongheng. Hearing the crowd’s discussion, she cursed under her breath but felt no satisfaction in venting, only boredom, and completely stopped paying attention.
Cui Ninger and Shang Luojia were at Stage Two watching Cui Baiyu face Pei Yuanji. Hearing the noise, Cui Ninger didn’t even turn her head, just softly spitting out two words: “Idiot.”
“Who is little sister Ninger referring to?” Shang Luojia curiously looked at Cui Ninger; the more she interacted with her, the more Young Lady Shang felt this woman was extraordinary.
“No one.” Cui Ninger smiled sweetly and shook her head in denial. But in her heart, she cursed: ‘Stinky brat, showing your true colors against a man…’
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On the high platform, the several clan leaders were somewhat shocked. Though Xie Mo was seeded, and his opponent was the least favored, winning this fast was too much.
‘Looks like we need to reassess Xie Mo’s strength.’ The clan leaders silently calculated, smiles on their faces as they congratulated Xie Xun one after another: “Taking the first victory, congratulations.”
“Looks like your grandson,” Pei Qiu glanced at Xie Xun and smiled with ill intent: “can compete with Rongguang now.”
“It’s nothing…” Xie Xun could naturally hear Pei Qiu stirring trouble; he had wanted to boast a bit, but now held it all back. “It’s just the opponents are too weak, making Xie Mo seem impressive…” He didn’t dare upset Xiahou Ba, so he compensated by targeting Lu Shang.
“…” Lu Shang naturally remained expressionless.
Seeing this group bickering among themselves, Wei Kang irritably stood up, wanting to move farther away from them to not affect his viewing of Stage Four, where Wei Jie was facing Lu Bai.
Standing up, his sight indeed improved greatly. Duke of Weiguo Wei Kang’s gaze was about to turn to Stage Four but involuntarily paused when passing over Stage Three.
“Eh.” Wei Kang looked more closely and said puzzled: “Why are Lu Clan people celebrating?”
“What?!” Xie Xun and Lu Shang both stood up almost simultaneously, the former loudly saying to Wei Kang: “Are you seeing things?”
“See for yourself.” Wei Kang rolled his eyes and stepped aside. In this gathering of various clans, each clan’s attire was distinctly clear, so he certainly wouldn’t mistake it.
“The one standing on the stage… is indeed Lu Yun…” Lu Shang took one look and said with a complicated expression.
He naturally knew his own clan members like the back of his hand; at a glance, he saw that the youth standing on the stage accepting the clan members’ cheers was the Lu Yun he had given up on…
Xie Xun also saw that the youth being clumsily carried away by his own clan members was his grandson Xie Mo.
“How could this be?!” He plopped down on the ground with a thud.
