Chapter 209 The Power of a Sword and the First Prize
On this day, the competition in the inner courtyard also came to the last day.
The battle of the top four.
Four disciples stood on the judges’ bench.
Except Zhou Ling, the other three were three of the top four last year.
Cangzhi, Qianhuo and Yuanmu.
Only third-placed Xi Mo was eliminated by Zhou Ling in the last round.
As for the strength of these three people, needless to say, they can fight through many elite disciples for two consecutive years, which shows their strength.
Cang Zhi is a late-stage foundation-building monk who has mastered the second realm of swordsmanship. In this competition, he has the highest voice for winning the championship.
Qian Huo is a rune master, and his rune attainments are even better than those of others. He has cultivated talismans last year, and he is also Cang Zhi's strongest opponent.
Yuanmu fell short and finished fourth, but last year he suffered from low cultivation.
This year's cultivation level has improved significantly. It is already at the sixth level of foundation building, which is not far behind the later stage of foundation building.
He is also good at sword formation and is also the favorite to win the championship this year.
“Yes, the four of you are very strong!”
“Start drawing lots now and choose your opponent!”
Dean Zhong glanced at the four people, especially looking at Zhou Ling, with a sincere expression of praise.
Then with a slight movement of his hand, four jade slips were suspended in the air.
"You start drawing lots. There are four words on the jade slip: A, B, C and D."
"A is against B, C is against D."
"You are about to start drawing. ! ”
Dean Zhong followed everyone and continued.
"Junior Brother Zhou is the youngest, so you should be the first to draw!"
Cang Zhi said in a cheerful tone with a tall body.
"Okay then!"
Zhou Ling was not polite. Anyway, it doesn't make any difference whether the drawing is done quickly or slowly.
The key is to face the strongest opponent.
But the three people in front of him are all considered very strong to him.
And his original goal was to enter the semi-finals.
After all, entering the top four will be rewarded with an earth-grade foundation-building pill.
Of course there are other additional items.
Therefore, his goal in participating in this competition was to obtain the Earth-grade Foundation Building Pill and complete the master's mission.
Everything has been completed. Next, he doesn't care too much about whether he can win the championship.
After all these years, being the leader has become a normal thing for him.
Of course, if you can win the first prize, that would be the best.
After all, this reward is completely different, and I also deposited three middle-grade spiritual stones.
Once he wins the first prize, there will be thirty-six middle-grade spiritual stones.
This is also a huge wealth.
Then Zhou Ling drew a jade slip, and the other three people also began to draw lots.
In the end, Zhou Ling won the lottery and his opponent was Yuan Mu.
A young man with sharp eyes and a thin body.
After a while, the rich bell of the competition platform rang.
The semi-final competition officially begins.
"Junior Brother Zhou, since you can put away Senior Qin's Five Elements Xuanyang Sword, I hope that the fight between us will be decided by swords!"
Tai Yuan in the Competition Mu and Zhou Ling cupped their hands and said.
He has also seen photos of Zhou Ling fighting against other opponents.
There were many means including puppets, spirit flames, and spirit swords, but he still hoped to have a real showdown with Zhou Ling using sword moves.
“Okay!”
Zhou Ling nodded.
Judging from his current abilities, there is no doubt that his sword moves are the strongest.
And with the Five Elements Fire Fusion Technique, he can integrate the spirit flames into the Five Elements Sword Formation at any time.
Hearing that Zhou Ling agreed, Yuan Mu also looked happy.
If Zhou Ling relies on puppets and spiritual flames, just those puppets and a few spiritual flames to attack him directly, then he may really not be able to bear it.
But if Zhou Ling fights sword against sword, then he has nothing to worry about.
After all, he is also at the second level of swordsmanship.
Then he thought, and a sword flashed from the storage ring in his hand, shining like a star.
"Junior Brother Zhou, then take my sword and let the stars fall to the sky!"
As the words fell, the star sword in the air slashed, and the entire void seemed to suddenly sink, and the stars rushed down with the overwhelming starlight, It turned into a brilliant sword energy, like a starry sword river, roaring towards Zhou Ling.
"The Star Sword Soul has reached three steps, activating the power of the stars in the sky!"
Seeing Yuan Mu's sword, Zhang Daojian couldn't help but exclaimed slightly.
“I didn’t expect Yuan Mu to progress so fast and be able to draw the power of the stars!”
On the side, Dean Zhong also praised.
The second level of swordsmanship is also divided into four steps, and the power of each step is doubled.
And Yuan Mu's sword has already condensed the sword spirit of the stars, directly connecting with the power of the stars in the sky.
The momentum of this sword is extremely majestic, and it can be seen that the victory is decided with Zhou Ling's sword.
“Such a sword, this is a sword to decide the outcome!”
Professor Lin said with a puzzled look on his face.
"Zhou Ling has various attack methods. If the outcome is decided with one sword, it will obviously be more beneficial to Yuanmu!"
Dean Zhong said with a smile.
Others naturally understand that this is indeed a wise choice.
Otherwise, no matter how powerful the sword moves are against Zhou Ling's puppets and spiritual flames, they will be exhausted.
In this case, Yuanmu's probability of winning will also greatly increase.
In their opinion, no matter how stunning Zhou Ling is, after all, he has just achieved Foundation Establishment not long ago, and he has to block Yuan Mu, who is on the sixth level of Foundation Establishment and is at the second level of Kendo, with all his strength.
It’s very difficult!
After all, he has also entered the sword realm for some time.
Now it directly affects the power of the stars and integrates it into the sword energy.
"This star sword soul is too terrifying! Why do I feel like the sky is filled with sword energy!"
"Using the sword soul to activate the stars, this method may touch the threshold of the integration of human and sword in the three realms of swordsmanship. It’s over!”
“Who can stop the sword intent from turning into a river of swords? Zhou Ling is in danger now!”
“He is already strong enough. The cultivation of the first level of foundation is so valued by senior brother Yuanmu!"
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Feeling the terrifying power of Yuan Mu's sword, the surrounding disciples exclaimed and commented.
I was originally looking forward to what Zhou Ling's battle would be like.
Unexpectedly, Yuanmu didn’t want to fight, so he decided to win with a single sword move.
Of course, considering Zhou Ling’s many methods, everyone would choose to fight him quickly.
Zhou Ling was also aware of the opponent's intentions. Since he wanted to decide the outcome with one sword, he was naturally not afraid.
[You are observing the Xingyuan Sword Soul, Intermediate Observation +1]
[You are analyzing the Xingyuan Sword Soul, Intermediate Analysis +1]
With the observation and analysis of the two talents, Zhou Five elements of Xuanyang flew out from Ling's hand.
Just when everyone thought it was difficult for Zhou Ling to block this sword, the Five Elements Xuanyang Sword flew towards the Galaxy Sword and slashed away.
With the injection of Zhou Ling's spiritual power and sword intent, the fire cloud sword intent in the Five Elements Xuanyang Sword was activated, and as the sword energy roared, a fiery red sword cloud formed all over the sky.
The momentum is no less powerful than the opponent's Galaxy Sword Qi.
At this time, there seemed to be a sudden glow in the sky.
The surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth seemed to be attracted, and the resonance began to boil. Sword clouds formed by the condensed fire cloud sword energy appeared in the sky one after another.
Then it quickly condensed, and the sword clouds merged. In an instant, a fire cloud giant sword of tens of feet took shape.
A small sword flashing with flames appeared on the surface of the giant sword, and the sound was extremely shocking.
Zhou Ling had a look of surprise on his face. He didn't expect that at this moment, the power of rules contained in the Five Elements Xuanyang Sword would be activated.
The fire cloud giant sword condensed by the sword cloud contains the ray of understanding of the rules of heaven and earth that Qin Haoran experienced when he survived the thunder tribulation.
Soon, the Huoyun giant sword slashed down with a bang.
Zhou Ling felt a surging, invincible aura pouring into his body. Blending with him seemed to surge from the depths of his soul, causing a great change in his state of mind.
"This is the sword of heaven and earth!"
"How is it possible?"
"How can it be possible for Zhou Ling's cultivation to condense the sword of heaven and earth!"
Six people on the judges' table The judges all exclaimed.
You must know that you cannot use the sword of heaven and earth without entering the realm of golden elixir.
Of course, Zhou Ling's sword was not a true sword of heaven and earth.
It is just a sword that is condensed after merging an understanding of the rules of the sword.
“What a terrifying sword energy!”
“Zhou Ling is simply a peerless swordsman!”
“The swords of both of them are too scary!”
Seeing Zhou Ling's sword, all the disciples couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise, their expressions even more shocked than Yuan Mu's sword.
This sword is overwhelming and majestic, which is extremely shocking.
Yuanmu also had a solemn look on his face. He did not expect Zhou Ling to strike such an astonishing sword.
He did not dare to be careless at all. The spiritual power in his body was quickly injected into the Star Sword, raising the power of the Star Sword to the limit.
“Boom!”
With a loud sound of earth shattering, the Huoyun Giant Sword and the Star Sword River violently clashed in the air.
The violent sword energy overwhelmed the sky and suddenly intertwined, and the air waves swept away into the void.
The entire competition platform trembled violently.
“Not good!”
Looking at the extremely dim light mask on the competition platform, Dean Zhong stood up hurriedly, activated his magic spell, and opened another defensive light mask that he had already prepared.
Suddenly, a huge light mask appeared again high in the sky above Zhou Ling's competition stage.
With the photomask just condensing.
The photomask inside suddenly exploded.
Fire clouds and sword lights were overwhelming in the sky, while the stars and sword rivers on the other side continued to collapse.
The glazed jade platform on the competition stage was scratched with huge marks.
After a brief stalemate, the Galaxy Sword Energy finally dissipated. Although the Fire Cloud Sword Energy was much weaker, its residual power was still there.
It’s just that Zhou Ling didn’t cut it off.
I saw that Yuanmu had already waved his hand to admit defeat.
His face was pale, with traces of blood spilling from the corners of his mouth.
With the power of this sword, he will not die but will be seriously injured.
After all, this is just a competition.
It is not a battle of life and death.
"Junior Brother Zhou, is this the sword intent contained in the Five Elements Xuanyang Sword?"
Mu Yuan asked unwillingly.
Zhou Ling nodded.
"Okay! I was defeated by Senior Qin's sword intent, and I am convinced!"
Mu Yuan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, not only was he not depressed, but he said with a hearty smile.
The implication is that he did not lose to Zhou Ling, but to the Five Elements Xuanyang Sword.
Zhou Ling naturally won't care. Indeed, he will master this mysterious and mysterious artistic conception, which comes from the understanding of the rules of the Five Elements Xuanyang Sword.
“Not bad, not bad! It’s really rare for Yuan Mu to have such a state of mind!”
Zhang Daojian couldn't help but praise.
“Although this battle was defeated, for him it was indeed a victory even though he was defeated.”
“Zhou Ling’s mighty sword intent might have some effect on him. Enlightenment can allow him to take further steps in his swordsmanship!"
"For Zhou Ling, it is incredible that he can display such an amazing sword at such an age."
"Maybe we can win the first place in the competition between the four major courtyards next year."
Dean Zhong also said with a smile on his face.
In terms of actual combat competitions, Xuanyuan Taoist Academy has never won the first prize.
The combat power Zhou Ling has shown now gives him hope.
After seeing the power of Zhou Ling's sword just now, no one else had any doubts about Dean Zhong's words.
“Zhou Ling wins on stage two!”
As the judges' voices fell.
The disciples in the entire square couldn't help but burst into excitement.
“This sword is the strongest sword I have ever seen!”
“This is victory!”
“It’s incredible! One level of foundation building, To be able to strike such a terrifying sword.”
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Amidst the exclamations of many disciples, Zhou Ling also came to his rest area.
"Brother Ling, are you okay?"
Wang Xin came over and asked with concern.
Although she had great confidence in Zhou Ling, she also knew that the power of the sword just now far exceeded Zhou Ling's current cultivation level.
I am also worried that Zhou Ling consumes too much.
“It’s okay!”
Zhou Ling shook his head, and now the spiritual power in his body has almost bottomed out.
You must know that he is a heavenly five element foundation builder, and he also has the talent of [meticulousness]. Each attack is less than one-third of that of a monk of the same level.
This is also the reason why he was able to make that sword strike just now.
Seeing Zhou Ling's expression, a smile appeared on Wang Xin's pretty face.
Sun Dajie was already waiting for Zhou Ling with joy.
I feel regretful in my heart.
Why didn’t I bet more spiritual stones and buy Zhou Ling to win the championship?
With the power of Zhou Ling's sword just now, this is the leader!
Zhou Ling took the pill and looked at the other group to compete.
The two old rivals Cang Zhi and Qian Huo are inseparable.
Cangzhi condensed the thunder sword soul, and the thunder sword light roared all over the sky, with astonishing power.
Qianhuo has fire attribute talismans, and with the help of runes, it condenses the flame rune array, and flame dragons fly out from the rune array.
The swords of Thunder and Thunder continued to violently bombard each other, and then they were both annihilated and disintegrated.
Half of the competition stage was filled with thunderous sword light, while the other half was filled with flames and fire dragons flipping over.
The two fought for a quarter of an hour, and the attacks from both sides began to gradually weaken.
Looks like they are evenly matched!
Compared to Zhou Ling, they can decide the outcome with one sword.
The two of them fought a protracted war and a war of attrition.
But the scene was equally astonishing.
Boom!
After the two sides continued to fight for another quarter of an hour, the thunder and flames gradually dissipated.
In the end, the two of them unexpectedly declared a tie due to excessive consumption.
“Zhou Ling won the first place in the inner court assessment!”
At this time, Dean Zhong's voice suddenly sounded.
"This?"
When Zhou Ling, who was recovering, heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned. Hasn't the finals not been played yet?
Afterwards, Dean Zhong continued to announce that it turned out that Cang Zhi and Qian Huo had consumed too much.
Without a period of cultivation, I am afraid it will be difficult to recover.
And even if the two of them recovered, they still had no confidence in winning against Zhou Ling's terrifying sword.
We can only admit defeat!
So Zhou Ling won without a fight.
“Zhou Ling actually became the leader of the competition in the inner courtyard!”
“We have just built one level of foundation and already have such terrifying combat power!”
"Perhaps Jiutian Sword Academy will be more suitable for him!"
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The disciples were all exclaiming and talking.
(End of this chapter)