C27 (1/2)

After hearing that Liu Gang wanted to challenge someone, everyone's face changed. He actually wanted to challenge the last place. Some disciples even laughed out loud. Liu Gang was also at Mortal Realm Stage 7, so he could easily challenge higher ranked disciples. Such an opportunity was a waste, and many people felt it was a pity. Of course, there were also many disciples who were not optimistic and believed that the cultivation of the top hundred disciples must be very profound. Wanting to successfully challenge them was simply not an easy matter.

Peng Yue's silhouette flickered as he landed on the stage. He cupped his hands and greeted, ”Junior Brother Liu Gang, this way please.”

Liu Gang also cupped his hands and said, ”Senior Brother Peng Yue, congratulations on entering the top 100.”

Peng Yue was already prepared for battle. Hearing Liu Gang's words, he smiled and greeted, ”What are you congratulating me for? Maybe I'll be successful in challenging you later!”

Liu Gang forced a smile and said: ”I don't have that book, I just want to see how big of a gap there is between me and senior brother.”

The two people kept talking nonstop. Zhang Daoqing, who was presiding over the arena, could no longer bear to watch any further. He coughed and said, ”You two, let's begin!”

Peng Yue slapped the storage pouch on his waist, and a three-foot-long flying sword appeared in front of him. The sword emitted a faint yellow light, clearly indicating that it was a top-grade magic tool.

Liu Gang also took out his own magic tool. It was also a flying sword. However, the light emitted from the flying sword was dim; it was only a mid-grade magic tool.

Most of the magic tools used by the disciples were flying swords because flying swords were the easiest to master and also the best to control.

Peng Yue shouted in a low voice, ”Flying Light Sword Shadow.” The flying sword in front of him suddenly moved and transformed into eight sword shadows, flying straight at Liu Gang.

As soon as he made his move, the surrounding people all felt a chill run down their spines. The top 100 disciples were truly amazing. This magic technique could only be practiced by disciples at the 5th level of the Refinement Stage or higher. It was extremely difficult to cultivate and would take at least three to five years. Especially when one reached the realm of Sword Shadow, which allowed one to cast three Sword Shadow at the same time, it was even more difficult. Disciples with poor aptitudes might never be able to cultivate successfully in their entire lives.

”How amazing, Senior Brother Peng Yue actually managed to produce eight sword shadows.”

”Senior Brother Peng Yue reached Qi Disciple level 6 three years ago. I'm afraid he spent a lot of time and effort on his Flying Light Sword Shadow during this period of time.”

”I wonder if senior brother Liu Gang can block this attack.”

Liu Gang had already given up on attacking and chose to defend himself.

Liu Gang's magic tool flew towards one of the sword shadows, and with a clank, the flying sword fell to the ground. Looking at the seven flying sword shadows, Liu Gang yelled in a low voice, ”Earth Wall.” A ten-foot-tall wall of earth appeared on the ground in front of him. The sword shadows flew into the wall and violently shook the wall. In the blink of an eye, the wall was destroyed.

The moment the wall broke, a sword shadow flew out from the wall and headed straight for Liu Gang.

At such a close distance, Liu Gang didn't have enough time to cast any large scale spells and could only conjure one shield of Spiritual Qi.

The spiritual energy shield was only a low level spell and its defensive power was too low. The sword shadow directly penetrated the spiritual energy shield and flew into Liu Gang's chest, disappearing without a trace.

Liu Gang's body shook and he instantly flew out of the arena. The instant he fell to the ground, he spat a mouthful of blood. His face immediately turned pale. With great difficulty, he stood up and clasped his hands towards the arena, ”Thank you senior brother for your leniency.” If Peng Yue hadn't shown mercy just now, he would've been severely injured and unconscious by now.

Peng Yue cupped his hands and said, ”Junior Brother's earth wall cultivation is not good enough. If I were to probe deeper, my sword shadow would be unable to penetrate it.”

This was just a polite remark. Anyone with a discerning eye would be able to tell that there was a huge gap between the two of them.

Han Yan had been paying close attention to the competition. He could clearly sense that when the seven sword shadows flew towards the wall, only one of them disappeared. Before it disappeared, it released a large amount of spiritual power, causing the wall to collapse. In that split-second, Peng Yue only sent out a sword shadow and severely injured Liu Gang. Liu Gang was right. If Peng Yue hadn't shown mercy, then things wouldn't have been so simple.

Peng Yue easily defeated Liu Gang. Zhang Daoqing gave a slight smile and said to Peng Yue, ”What do you think, can we continue?” Peng Yue was one of the disciples that he was most proud of. That move just now was very clean, without the slightest bit of delay.

”Master, disciple is fine.” Peng Yue cupped his hands and said.

Zhang Daoqing nodded and asked in a clear voice, ”Are there any more challengers?”

Below the arena, the crowd was silent. Each and every one of them were sighing with emotion. The top 100 disciples not only had profound cultivation bases, but they had also cultivated their techniques to an unimaginable level. Not only that, they also had different magic tools. Just now, if Sun Gang had a top quality magic treasure, he would have been defeated in the end.

Han Yan also understood one thing, in a competition of equal cultivation, magic tools were the key to victory.