Free Web NovelChapter 18: Chapter 18: Xiao Chen, Secret Technique, Fire Lotus
Even though he was facing the worst-case scenario, he still had to fight this battle.
"Senior Brother Gu, I ask for your guidance." Before the match, Chen An earnestly cupped his fist in a salute to Gu Yun.
Gu Yun was a little surprised but didn’t dwell on it, politely returning the gesture.
"Begin!"
The instant his voice faded, Chen An made the first move. He turned his body slightly, lifted his right foot, and his internal Spiritual Essence began to vibrate.
He roared, "One Leg Moving the Wind and Clouds!"
The surrounding Spiritual Qi instantly swirled around his leg, conjuring a gale that swept across the fighting ring.
As fast as lightning, he swept towards Gu Yun, his leg carrying an immense and surging force!
Chen An knew he stood no chance against Gu Yun’s revealed strength of the Spiritual Martial Ninth Layer Middle Stage. That was why he unleashed his ultimate move from the very beginning.
He had to seize the initiative. If his opponent attacked first, he would be defeated in a single blow, utterly unable to resist.
He had no other choice!
The air roiled, shaken by the force of the kick. The currents it generated were like a sweeping hurricane.
’As expected. Anyone who makes it to the second round of the Outer Sect Grand Competition must have an ace up their sleeve. I doubt an ordinary Spiritual Martial Eighth Layer Peak could withstand that kick, but in the face of absolute power, all efforts are futile,’ Gu Yun thought to himself.
When the tempestuous force of the kick was just ten feet away from Gu Yun...
Gu Yun’s expression remained calm. He met the attack with a single punch. A violet light flared from his fist, trailing a brilliant purple tail. This was Mountain-Breaking and Mountain-Suppressing, a fist of violet lightning.
He unleashed his Perfection Level Mountain-Breaking Fist with the power to sweep away everything in its path!
The moment Chen An’s leg met the fist, it was sent flying by the blow, which crackled with violet electricity. He had been utterly powerless to resist.
With a muffled BOOM, Chen An’s body shot backward like a kite with a snapped string. He crashed hard onto the floor below the ring with a loud THUD, sending up clouds of dust.
By the time Chen An struggled back to his feet, he was already off the platform and had been disqualified from the match.
A bitter smile on his face, he cupped his hands toward Gu Yun. "Thank you for going easy on me, Senior Brother Gu. I have lost."
Gu Yun had indeed held back a bit of his strength at the last moment, enough to injure but not kill.
Killing fellow disciples was forbidden in the Outer Sect Grand Competition. Violators would be disqualified and judged by the Law Enforcement Hall.
"Number twenty-four, Gu Yun, is victorious!"
As the Deacon Referee’s voice faded, Gu Yun’s second match concluded.
Gu Yun was now ranked among the top thirty-two in Group Seven. He just needed to win two more matches to secure a spot in the group’s top eight and earn his ticket to the Inner Sect.
This would also allow him to advance to the final semi-final rounds with the main group.
He had once looked up to the sky and declared that within the Spiritual Martial Realm, he knew no equal.
...
After leaving the ring, Gu Yun remained in the arena to watch the subsequent matches.
Shortly after, Gu Yun’s attention was captured by a match in Group Nine: number 9, Xiao Chen, versus number 81, Sima Yaotang.
On the Group Nine ring, Sima Yaotang roared, "Xiao Chen, let’s fight!" As the words left his mouth, his Spiritual Qi erupted. He threw a punch imbued with a shocking, thunder-like blue energy.
Seeing this, Xiao Chen didn’t hesitate. He instantly agitated the Spiritual Qi within him, and a ferocious, pale purple, flame-like Spiritual Qi burst forth. He closed the distance in a flash, rocketing toward Sima Yaotang with the force of a thunderclap.
Their fists met with solid impact.
BOOM!
Pale purple and blue light intertwined as Spiritual Qi surged all around them, constantly clashing and exploding, kicking up endless clouds of dust.
After a brief stalemate, they re-engaged. The wind from their fists howled and afterimages blurred as the sounds of clashing pale purple and blue energies echoed without end. They fought across the entire ring, from east to west, north to south.
Every inch of the platform became their battlefield.
After a long struggle, Sima Yaotang revealed a slight opening, and Xiao Chen’s keen eyes didn’t miss it.
BOOM!
Sima Yaotang was blasted to the far side of the ring. The spot where he landed shattered, sending up a cloud of dust. He managed to stop his backward momentum, but traces of blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
Suddenly, Sima Yaotang, still shrouded in dust, felt a heart-pounding sense of danger wash over him.
His pupils abruptly contracted to the size of pinpricks!
A cold gleam of light appeared above Sima Yaotang’s head.
A flash of cold light arrived first, followed by the spear striking like a dragon!
Xiao Chen’s Silver Spear had appeared in his hand at some point.
At this point, Sima Yaotang could no longer dodge, not that it was his style to do so. But if he tried to block this attack head-on, he knew he would be gravely injured.
ROAR!
Sima Yaotang bent over, and blue Spiritual Qi radiated from his body. A massive arm made of Spiritual Qi extended from his right shoulder, its fist slamming into the spear’s brilliant light.
BOOM!
The ground instantly cracked and then exploded outward. Xiao Chen was forced to retreat to the other side of the ring.
The audience watching the fight erupted in an uproar!
"A Spiritual Qi arm came out of Sima Yaotang’s shoulder! That’s unbelievable!" a shocked Outer Sect Disciple at the Spiritual Martial Sixth Layer Late Stage exclaimed.
"That giant arm of Spiritual Qi is immensely powerful! It blocked Xiao Chen’s killing blow with a single punch!" a disciple from the Ninth Institute cried out in amazement.
VWOOM!
An even more astonishing sight followed: another arm, also made of blue Spiritual Qi, extended from Sima Yaotang’s left shoulder.
Far below the Group Seven ring, Gu Yun couldn’t help but be startled by the sight. ’Could this be... a Secret Technique?’
A Secret Technique came from an exceptionally rare manual, allowing its user to unleash immense power. Its effects were anything but ordinary.
Seeing the two giant Spiritual Qi arms on Sima Yaotang’s shoulders, Gu Yun couldn’t help but think, ’This must have a hint of the legendary Heaven and Earth technique from my past life.’
Sima Yaotang was already tall and imposing. With two extra, massive Spiritual Qi arms on his shoulders, he looked like a small giant.
An immense sense of pressure radiated from him.
Sima Yaotang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. "I’ve never revealed this Spiritual Energy Dharma Secret Method to anyone before," he said to Xiao Chen. "Today, you are the first."
He had chanced upon this Spiritual Energy Dharma Secret Method in a dilapidated ruin. It had a total of six layers, but he had only obtained the incomplete 1st Layer.
Even so, it had become his ultimate hidden technique.
Xiao Chen’s expression turned grave as he looked at Sima Yaotang’s new form.
He didn’t reply, but his hands were already moving with incredible speed.
Xiao Chen retracted his Silver Spear, and the Spiritual Qi within him began to churn. His left hand became wreathed in pale purple flames, his right in ice-blue flames.
He slowly brought his hands together. A lotus seat made of purple and blue flames, no bigger than his palm, gradually materialized between them.
"Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus!" Xiao Chen roared.
At the same time, he viciously flung the purple and blue flame lotus seat at Sima Yaokong, the man with two extra giant arms of Spiritual Qi.
The two-toned purple and blue flame lotus slid silently through the air, not creating even the slightest whisper of wind as it traveled.
And yet, its light and airy drift filled Sima Yaokong—now with two extra, giant Spiritual Qi arms—with a piercing sense of danger.
The thought of dodging flashed through his mind, but he instantly dismissed it.
’You’re Sima Yaokong! How can you even think of dodging? That’s not my style.’ He then swung his two giant Spiritual Qi arms, smashing them viciously toward the Fire Lotus.
Even Xiao Chen himself was shocked to see Sima Yaotang’s reaction.
’This is one of my ultimate techniques! How does he dare face it head-on?’
Just as the two-toned purple and blue flame lotus neared Sima Yaotang, the placid creation suddenly turned violent. The lotus pulsed once, contracting and expanding, before swelling rapidly.
Then, with a deafening BANG, it exploded! A tremendous burst of energy erupted, leaving more than half the ring in utter ruins.
As for Sima Yaotang, he was unable to withstand the impact of the Fire Lotus’s explosion and had already been blasted off the ring.
