#1985 - The gap between you and me will only get bigger

The battle on the dueling platform grew increasingly fierce.

Liu Sheng Tuo saw that using the Hidden Kill Sword Technique to assassinate was ineffective, as his opponent always anticipated his moves.

Furthermore, every time he approached within a certain range of his target to assassinate, his body would be slightly stiffened by the opponent's icy field, causing a slight delay in his actions.

Each time that happened, his opponent would launch a fierce counterattack, making it very difficult for him to defend.

"You started by saying one move, then ten, and now it's been hundreds of moves, yet your bold words have yet to materialize.

Now, are you planning to say you'll kill me with your sword within a thousand moves?"

Hua Qi ridiculed him while fighting.

He knew that Liu Sheng Tuo was very confident when he came on stage, thinking he was weak and could be easily killed.

As a result, not only did he fail to kill him, but he also faced many dangerous situations and fell into a disadvantage.

Liu Sheng Tuo's heart must be filled with endless anger.

"You country bumpkin, you will die today!"

Liu Sheng Tuo gritted his teeth, and his attacks became even fiercer, but he also revealed some flaws.

Hua Qi seized this opportunity and unleashed more than a dozen sword strikes, almost hitting Liu Sheng Tuo's neck.

Liu Sheng Tuo was shocked and angry, feeling a chill on his neck, almost losing his head, and having several strands of hair on the side of his head cut off.

"You despicable country bumpkin, you actually disturbed my state of mind!"

He knew he had been tricked, and the opponent must have known that he was filled with anger, so he used words to provoke him.

The momentary rage just now caused him to reveal a flaw and almost suffer a big setback!

Hua Qi chuckled and stopped speaking.

He knew that the opponent was already alert and would not be fooled again.

It's a pity that the opponent's strength was too strong, and he failed to seize the opportunity just now.

"I'll see if you can avoid my battle blade this time!

Hidden Kill in All Directions, Gods and Demons Annihilated!"

Liu Sheng Tuo roared in a low voice. The moment he attacked, dozens of shadows suddenly appeared around Hua Qi.

Each of these shadows was exactly the same as Liu Sheng Tuo, holding a battle blade, sealing off all of Hua Qi's escape routes, and unleashing blazing killing blade芒.

Hua Qi rapidly waved the sword in his hand around his body, instantly forming four sword array diagrams, and endless sword energy poured out.

The two's divine powers clashed.

Liu Sheng Tuo's Hidden Kill in All Directions constantly collided with Hua Qi's sword array diagram sword energy, and the collapsing divine power spread out in circles.

People watched with bated breath.

This was the most exciting duel since the start of the competition.

The two people's strengths were similar, and Liu Sheng Tuo was the number one expert.

It was just unexpected that Hua Qi from Xinghua Village, a young man who came out of the mountains, was so powerful. No wonder he was able to overwhelm the crowd and win the first prize in the Pingsha Ancient Town competition.

A small mountain village in Pingsha Ancient Town actually hid such a powerful young cultivator.

It seems that the descendants of the Great Emperor are indeed worthy of their reputation. The strength of the imperial blood has opened people's eyes.

No wonder there are powerful beings who want Mang Village to suppress Xinghua Village, confining them to a corner of the remote mountains.

It must be because they know the horror of the imperial blood and are worried about their rise.

The battle lasted for a long time.

Hua Qi and Liu Sheng Tuo fought against divine powers and confronted secret techniques.

During this process, Hua Qi repeatedly sought or created opportunities for himself, causing Liu Sheng Tuo to face many dangerous situations and be in a miserable state.

After an hour of dueling, both of them were greatly exhausted.

After all, the consumption of divine power confrontation is extremely large.

Liu Sheng Tuo had Qi-sustaining Pills to maintain his energy, while Hua Qi relied entirely on his own recovery ability.

The imperial blood gave him a recovery speed that surpassed other cultivators.

"Lin Family, Wu Sect, Xinghua Village!"

The Liu Sheng Family Head clenched his hands tightly and gritted his teeth.

He realized that his family's hopes were probably slim.

It was becoming increasingly difficult to enter the top three in this Heaven-Sent Battle.

Originally, according to the planned strategy, as long as there were no mistakes, even if the Lin Family and Wu Sect joined forces, their Liu Sheng Family would have a great chance.

As a result, there were too many variables in the middle.

The biggest variable, which he had not expected at all, was Hua Qi, who was currently dueling with his son on stage.

A young man who came out of Xinghua Village, where even the strongest cultivator was only at the True God Small Celestial Realm.

However, with only the Half-God Great Celestial Realm, he was actually able to compete with Tuo'er, who was at the Half-Step True God Realm, relying on the pure imperial blood in his body, making Tuo'er so miserable.

"Tuo'er, you must persevere, you must not lose no matter what.

Now, your father does not expect you to kill Hua Qi, but you must win.

As long as you win this match, your father can use elixirs to help you recover quickly, and then you can still compete for the top three!"

The Liu Sheng Family Head stared intently at the battle on the stage, muttering to himself in his heart, his tense brows furrowed together.

His gaze was particularly森寒. If he could, he really wanted to go directly onto the stage and slap that Hua Qi to death.

How hateful!

Coming out halfway has made their Liu Sheng Family so passive in this competition, almost forcing them into a desperate situation!

"Clang!"

On the dueling platform, the metallic tremor almost pierced people's eardrums, a burst of sparks splashed, and frost flowers filled the sky.

A large area of the ground was instantly covered with ice, and even the air froze.

Frequent use of powerful divine powers caused Liu Sheng Tuo to consume a lot of energy.

Even with Qi-sustaining Pills, he felt that his true energy was insufficient.

He had to use the Instant Stealth Assassination method again.

This time, he appeared on Hua Qi's side, instantly slashing at Hua Qi's head.

However, it was blocked by Hua Qi's battle sword, colliding with a large number of sparks.

At the same time, ice layers appeared around Liu Sheng Tai, covering him all at once.

Immediately afterwards, Hua Qi pointed his fingers and killed him.

His fingertips shot out a spiral指芒 several feet long, causing Liu Sheng Tuo to feel cold all over and smell the aura of death even before it reached him.

At the critical moment, Liu Sheng Tuo roared angrily, sublimating beyond his limits, forcibly shattering the ice layer that sealed him.

That指芒 was only a few inches away from his eyebrows, but he managed to block it with his battle blade at the last moment.

The blade body endured a finger strike, trembling rapidly, and the powerful force caused his blade body to bend and hit his forehead, causing his whole person to fly backwards.

His forehead was in severe pain, and a blur of blood obscured his vision.

Liu Sheng Tuo only felt a buzzing in his brain, and his eyes went black, almost unable to see clearly.

But he knew that he must not be sloppy at this time, and must not show any bad state, otherwise he would be seriously injured if he did not die.

He forcibly condensed his divine sense and saw the icy battle sword that his opponent took the opportunity to stab at.

The sharp sword芒 and sword intent made him feel cold all over.

"Hua Qi, you go to die for me!

Thousand Shadow Instant Kill!"

He pulled back and retreated violently, widening the distance from the stabbing battle sword, and his whole body lit up with dazzling divine runes.

Below the stage, the Liu Sheng Family Head's body trembled, and his face was extremely ugly.

Thousand Shadow Instant Kill is powerful, but using it will cause huge backlash to oneself.

Tuo'er was already forcibly sublimating beyond his limits in a weak state, and now he is using this kind of secret technique, the consequences are very serious. Even if he can defeat his opponent, I am afraid that he will not be able to recover to his peak for a long time.

Hua Qi's pursuit suddenly stopped, and the battle sword in his hand dissipated into divine runes.

At the same time, he quickly pinched the secret technique hand seals, and small icebergs appeared all around, and ice shields evolved inside, protecting him layer by layer.

Liu Sheng Tuo's Thousand Shadow Instant Kill was unleashed, and hundreds of shadows appeared, leaping into the air like a whirlwind, and slashing at Hua Qi from all directions with swords.

People's hearts contracted, extremely nervous.

Liu Sheng Tuo attacks, Hua Qi defends, one attacks and the other defends, is the spear sharp or the shield immortal?

People are nervously looking forward to the result of this collision.

Boom——

The sound of a battle blade slashing on solid ice resounded throughout the arena, ice chips splashed, and then scattered into a rain of light.

The blade芒 of Thousand Shadow Instant Kill cut open the icebergs, and then slashed on the ice shield, causing cracks to spread all over the ice shield.

This was an amazing scene.

Hundreds of shadows held swords and slashed, and the light of the blade芒 was more dazzling than the sunlight.

However, in the end, the ice shield did not break.

Although the outer icebergs all collapsed, and the ice shield was also covered with cracks, as if the blade芒 could collapse it as long as it was a little stronger.

But in the end, the ice shield did not break, and Liu Sheng Tuo's Thousand Shadow Instant Kill was just a little short of power.

Thousand Shadow Instant Kill only has one strike.

After one strike, all the shadows dissipated into light mist.

With a click.

The ice shields around Hua Qi shattered, and then all turned into energy and merged into his body, and the collapsing icebergs were also the same.

At the same time, he took a step, rushed forward like a whirlwind, and rushed towards Liu Sheng Tuo.

Liu Sheng Tuo, who had used Thousand Shadow Instant Kill, was already very weak, and his body swayed.

Seeing Hua Qi killing him, his pupils shrank instantly, wanting to dodge, but it was difficult to dodge.

A wisp of finger芒 pierced through Liu Sheng Tuo's shoulder blade, splashing a burst of blood.

The finger芒 was originally attacking his head, but he avoided the vital point at the critical moment, and Hua Qi took the opportunity to leave a wound on his shoulder.

Liu Sheng Tuo's entire shoulder blade was shattered, and he let out a painful groan.

He rolled on the spot, avoiding Hua Qi's third finger in an extremely embarrassing posture.

Hua Qi's offensive rhythm was very fast, not giving him a chance to breathe at all.

Liu Sheng Tuo had just dodged the third finger when the fourth finger struck, piercing through his lungs, causing him to choke out a large mouthful of blood.

Seeing that he could no longer persist and had no chance to turn the tide, he quickly admitted defeat to protect his life.

Almost at the same time, Hua Qi's finger芒 had already shot at his eyebrows, but it stopped abruptly an inch in front of his eyebrows.

"Is your bold statement under the stage and when you came on stage just to roll around on the stage and open your mouth to admit defeat?"

Huazaki was extremely unwilling. He knew that Yagyu Taku held intense killing intent towards him, so he also wanted to kill Yagyu Taku.

However, the opponent dodged his killing moves several times and conceded defeat in time, causing him to lose the opportunity to kill him.

Yagyu Taku didn't speak, clenching his teeth tightly, but still couldn't stop the blood from overflowing from his mouth.

His face was as pale as paper, and his eyes stared fixedly at Huazaki.

Even if he had more unwillingness in his heart, and more intense killing intent, he couldn't change the current situation and the outcome of the duel.

He was defeated, defeated by someone who was only a demigod at the Great Celestial level!

This person looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, so young, more than ten years younger than him, and had cultivated for so many fewer years.

As a result, he was still defeated by the opponent in full view of everyone, so embarrassingly!

"Huazaki, the humiliation of today, I, Yagyu Taku, will definitely repay you tenfold in the future!"

Yagyu Taku struggled to his feet, fiercely wiping away the blood from the corner of his mouth. As soon as he spoke, his breath stirred his injured lungs, and he coughed up a large mouthful of blood.

"Whenever, wherever, I will wait for you to take revenge.

You are just a defeated opponent. Today you lost to me, and you will never have any chance again in this lifetime. The gap between you and me will only grow bigger and bigger."

Huazaki's tone was not impassioned, but rather very calm.

This was his confidence in himself.

Pure Emperor's blood flowed in his body. If the realm wasn't too different, a mere Yagyu Taku could be slapped to death with one palm.

The difference between their divine forbidden domains was too great, and the gap between the techniques and secret arts they cultivated was equally vast!

"Arrogant! Arrogant—"

Yagyu Taku felt extremely humiliated. The other party actually said such words, completely disregarding him!

If it weren't for the Emperor's blood flowing in your body, how could I have lost!

You only won against me by relying on your bloodline!"

Under the immense humiliation, Yagyu Taku felt his dignity being trampled mercilessly, and he roared hysterically.

"You're not convinced?"

Huazaki couldn't help but laugh, "My bloodline was given to me by my parents. If you're not convinced, then have your dad give you Emperor's blood."

"You…"

Yagyu Taku was so angry that he almost suffocated.

His ancestors were not emperors at all, so where would the Emperor's bloodline be inherited from?

"Taku, why don't you come down quickly? Are you not ashamed enough?"

The Yagyu family head's face was livid, his expression as if he had swallowed a mouthful of dead flies.

He knew that his family had no hope in this competition. Three had already been eliminated, and they were the three strongest in the team.

Unless Apricot Blossom Village, the Lin family, and the Wu Sect no longer targeted their Yagyu family's team, then there would be a chance to enter the top four, but the top three were definitely out of reach.

However, how could the Lin family, the Wu Sect, and Apricot Blossom Village just give up? They would most likely continue to target them.

His mood was terrible.

In this situation, his son, who had lost his mind due to his unwillingness to accept defeat, actually said in public that Huazaki was relying on his bloodline.

He felt his old face burning.

Bloodline is innate, bloodline is an inherent talent for cultivation. Which cultivator doesn't rely on their bloodline?

Losing is already embarrassing enough, and now saying such things only makes it more embarrassing!

Yagyu Taku glanced at his father's livid face, gave a miserable smile, and dragged his heavily injured body, staggering off the dueling stage.

Everyone in the Yagyu family had gloomy and ugly expressions.

Dong!

The bell of order rang, and the voice of the Heavenly Dao followed closely: "Apricot Blossom Village team's Huazaki wins against Yagyu family team's Yagyu Taku, earning one point.

Next, Huazaki, you can freely choose to continue challenging contestants from various forces, or leave the dueling stage to rest."

As the voice of the Heavenly Dao fell, the silent arena finally burst into an uproar at a certain moment.

People finally came back to their senses.

Yagyu Taku was defeated!

A complete defeat!

Yagyu Taku, who in their eyes should be the number one strongest among the younger generation in Pingnan County, was actually defeated by Huazaki, a young man from the remote Apricot Blossom Village.

People couldn't help but marvel, and at the same time, they felt it was unbelievable.

Before this, who could have imagined that this would be the outcome?

Thinking of Yagyu Taku's arrogant words before, they now seemed like jokes.

Some people couldn't accept this fact. Those who admired Yagyu Taku all had sad faces, looking lost and dejected. Some women even covered their mouths and cried, saddened by Yagyu Taku's defeat, tears streaming down their faces, sobbing incessantly.

"Hahaha, amazing, even Yagyu Taku was defeated, and so embarrassingly, with serious injuries. Brother Huazaki, you're strong!"

Lin Mo and Wu Xu gave him a thumbs up from the audience.

They knew that in the past, their families and sects were hostile to Apricot Blossom Village.

This hostility did not come from grievances, but from interests.

Because if they could personally kill Huazaki, they might be noticed by the behemoth behind Mang Village, and thus cling to that super existence.

However, after the duels yesterday and today, they realized that their families and sects seemed to be intentionally helping Apricot Blossom Village.

Although they didn't understand why the power holders would suddenly make this decision, they were very willing to accept this change in their hearts.

Originally, they didn't want the power holders to use this method to please that so-called powerful force.

They were proud, and they believed that doing so was opportunistic, which was contrary to their proud personalities.

At this time, Huazaki dragged his tired body off the dueling stage.

He naturally wouldn't choose to continue challenging. His body's consumption was really not small, and he needed to recover.

Of course, even if he continued to challenge, he was confident that he could win four more consecutive victories.

Four matches was because each person could only fight a maximum of five consecutive matches on stage, and then they had to step down to give others a chance to challenge.

Even if he was weak and his energy and spirit were greatly depleted, he could still win steadily if he challenged those contestants from the various towns.

However, his pride did not allow him to deliberately pick the weakest opponents when he had other choices.

In Huazaki's view, such a victory was not glory, but shame.

It was like an adult not choosing to fight against other adults like himself, but specifically picking on children.

Winning was not glorious, but would become a shame in life.

A true strong person would never deliberately pick weak opponents to duel.