Chapter 30: Victory And Defeat Decided
The blazing fire element aura covered the sky and earth, like a towering inferno wave thousands of feet high, surging forward with boundless might and killing intent.
Qin Du suddenly stood up, his eyes widening, staring intently at the sword edge filled with fire element spiritual flow, his ten fingers gradually turning cold—the Heaven Burning Flame Slash, the Lingxiao Sect’s strongest move, requires the user to exhaust all their spiritual power but can also cause world-destroying effects.
Ming Zhaoshuang is only at the Early Golden Core stage, she can’t possibly block it!
Qin Du’s chest began to heave violently, his hands tightly gripping the armrest.
He hadn’t expected this, did the Lingxiao Sect want to kill his son, and also his son’s “fiancée”! He could have defeated Ming Zhaoshuang with other sword moves, but he had to use the strongest one, the Heaven Burning Flame Slash!
This was clearly aimed at taking Ming Zhaoshuang’s life.
As the heat wave struck, Ming Zhaoshuang’s cheeks tensed, daring not to slacken in the slightest. She gripped her sword with both hands, spiritual flow surging, covering her entire body as she blocked with all her might:
“Ice Seal Art!”
In an instant, several ice spikes surged from the ground, blocking the sword qi. Ming Zhaoshuang’s entire body was also covered with a thin layer of frost.
Ling Yangping, however, was exceptionally arrogant: “Junior Sister Ming, it’s useless. Ice melts when it meets fire, your cultivation…”
“Too low!”
As he spoke, the sword qi, carrying deep spiritual power, surged forward, breaking through the ice spikes and heading straight for Ming Zhaoshuang’s face!
“Wrong!”
The Sect Master of the Bixia Sect stared at the fire element spiritual power, his expression turning grim: “Ling Yangping’s sword qi has still been worn down.”
Indeed, ice meeting fire would melt, and it was impossible to resist fire element spiritual power. But when these ice layers melted, they would instantly turn into water!
Water counters fire!
Ling Yangping’s full-power move was still significantly weakened by Ming Zhaoshuang.
However, even the weakened sword qi was still too much for Ming Zhaoshuang to withstand. She staggered back several steps, and bright red blood seeped from the corner of her lips.
And by the time she had nowhere left to retreat, the long sword in her hand instantly shattered!
The Sect Master of Lingxiao Sect laughed:
“Indeed, the Eldest Young Lady of the Ming Family has some skill, using elemental attributes to suppress Ping’er’s sword move. But what of it? Early Golden Core is still Early Golden Core; can she possibly defeat a mid-stage Golden Core? To block that move earlier, her spiritual power is now almost depleted.”
Qin Du sighed: “It’s a pity, Shuang’er only has one Talisman Saint Talisman. But for her to be able to defeat Yue Xunzhu, she already did her best. In this regard, she is glorious in defeat.”
Sect Master Bixiao: “…”
Glorious in defeat my foot! You know that shameless person from your sect only won against our Chief Senior Disciple by relying on a Talisman Saint Talisman, and you still have the nerve to bring it up.
Even though the Sect Master of Bixiao Sect was angry, he ultimately suppressed it to maintain his dignified appearance.
But he couldn’t help but say gleefully: “What a pity, Miss Ming’s spiritual power is now depleted, and her spirit tool is gone, so she can only obediently concede defeat.”
This time, Qin Du did not argue with him. Instead, the Peak Master of Hua Tian Peak confidently retorted, “Is that so? Do you want to take another look at what’s beneath Ling Yangping’s feet?”
Huh?
What was beneath Ling Yangping’s feet?
It was a formation! It was exactly the same formation that Qin Feilong had used when he defeated Ling Yangping earlier, identical!
Ming Zhaoshuang nonchalantly wiped the blood from the corner of her lips with her sleeve, and said with a smile, “The victor has been decided.”
Her blood was not as potent as Qin Du’s, which could sketch formations with his own will. However, she had already drawn an identical formation on this arena when she had trapped Yue Xunzhu.
But perhaps because she didn’t have Qin Feilong’s bloodline power, or because she hadn’t learned the essence of Qin Feilong’s formations, this formation couldn’t trap Ling Yangping at first.
That’s why she had been fighting him continuously, depleting his spiritual power.
Until this moment,
Ling Yangping’s spiritual power was exhausted, and the formation could finally activate, completely trapping Ling Yangping.
It must be said, Ling Yangping was truly adept at delivering fatal blows. First, that Explosion Talisman from Qin Feilong, and then the sword strike she had just received, were both aimed at taking a life.
If Qin Feilong had not inherited the Dragon King Bloodline, his physical body would surely not have endured it. If she were not an Ice Spirit Root, she would likely have perished on the spot.
“Who says the victor is decided! I don’t concede!”
Ling Yangping said, “You have no spiritual power, no weapon, and you are seriously injured. Can you kill me? I am still wearing a High-Grade Profound Spirit Tool! Your formation is far less formidable than that Qin family brat’s. When my spiritual power recovers, it will be your death day!”
Indeed, strictly speaking, Ming Zhaoshuang had at most trapped Ling Yangping, not won.
Ming Zhaoshuang now had no ability to fight Ling Yangping.
“Is that so?”
Hearing this, Ming Zhaoshuang actually smiled.
Then, everyone in the arena watched as she pulled out five or six Explosion Talismans from her storage bag in one go and plastered them all over Ling Yangping.
Ling Yangping immediately froze, stiffly turned his head towards the five or six Explosion Talismans, and upon seeing that there was no “Wei Shuo” written on them, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, fortunately, they were not drawn by the Talisman Saint, they were just ordinary Explosion Talismans.
He sneered, “Just five or six Explosion Talismans? Don’t forget, your Senior Brother Qin, back then, even after sticking more than ten on me, they were useless.”
“So,”
After affixing the talismans, Ming Zhaoshuang quickly retreated, instantly putting tens of meters between herself and Ling Yangping, almost retreating to the edge of the arena. Only then did she slowly say, “I am here to avenge Senior Brother Qin.”
“Break!”
As these words were spoken, centered around Ling Yangping, deafening explosions instantly resounded.
Bright firelight and dark smoke intertwined, and a massive, unparalleled plume of smoke instantly enveloped the entire arena, the scorching hot aura sweeping over everyone present.
The entire arena began to split from Ling Yangping’s location, revealing deep chasms that extended all the way to Ming Zhaoshuang’s feet.
This explosion was even more powerful than Ling Yangping’s previous Explosion Talisman.
“Cough cough cough… cough… “
Ming Zhaoshuang was too close to the blast zone, and without any spiritual power to protect her, she was choked by the booming and vigorous smoke, coughing incessantly. These talismans were all drawn by her on the way while controlling her sword. She wasn’t imitating the Explosion Talismans drawn by the Peak Master of Hua Tian Peak for him, but rather the Explosion Talismans drawn by Wei Shuo provided by the System.
She hadn’t tried Wei Shuo’s Explosion Talismans yet, only guessing that their power should not be low.
Now, it seemed, not only was it not low, but her pirated talismans were about to destroy the entire arena. She could hardly imagine how powerful Wei Shuo’s personally drawn talismans would be.
Upon seeing this scene, the Sect Master of Lingxiao Sect could no longer maintain his composure, and directly slammed the table and stood up, shouting at Qin Du, “Qin Du! You old scoundrel! How dare you attempt to murder my son! Murder… my son…”
