Eternal Life: I Have the Favor System

Chapter 489: Chapter 214: Enveloping Sword Momentum, Top 3 of the Provincial Examination

"Please!"

This fight was inevitable.

Nong Yiyi’s weapon was a graceful long sword.

She and Chu Lingguang began the fight. The instant her long sword left its sheath, it released an oppressive wave of Potential Energy. The blinding light from the blade made it impossible to see. Like Guer Khan, she resonated with light, and her every strike could overwhelm an opponent’s senses.

Unfortunately for her, Chu Lingguang’s Perception Power was immense, and his Sea of Consciousness had only recently evolved. Even if his eyes couldn’t penetrate the sword’s light, his powerful perception could capture every detail.

CLANG!

But Chu Lingguang didn’t get arrogant. With a flick of his Long Spear, rippling fragments like lotus leaves shot forth. Zhang Yan’s eyes widened; last time at her home, she had been instantly defeated by this same move, a single strike from his spear that had even knocked her weapon from her hand.

’Nong Yiyi’s overall rank is below mine. She shouldn’t be able to withstand a single strike from Chu Lingguang, either.’

However, the moment Nong Yiyi felt a force trying to wrench the long sword from her grasp, she shot backward, flipping in mid-air as the sword spun violently with her arm and body.

WHOOSH!

A vortex of power erupted from the long sword, attempting to shatter Chu Lingguang’s Spear Intent Fluctuation. Chu Lingguang felt the sword pressing forward; it seemed his Spear Intent Fluctuation was struggling to suppress Nong Yiyi’s blade.

At the same time, the blinding light grew even more brilliant, threatening to obscure even his Perception Power.

’This is... another form of Potential Energy. A whirlwind?’

Chu Lingguang was astonished.

Nong Yiyi hadn’t just mastered two types of Potential Power; she had fused them. However, it seemed she was still limited to releasing this power through her Sword Technique.

She couldn’t fully integrate the two forms of Potential Energy with her Martial Arts, as he could.

He saw that as the whirlwind power spun, its might actually multiplied, and his Spear Intent Fragments were in danger of being pierced through.

Of course, if he were to concentrate his Spear Intent Fluctuation into a single point against the tip of her sword, Nong Yiyi wouldn’t have the strength to break through.

But Chu Lingguang went with the flow, taking a step back. As Nong Yiyi’s long sword continued to press forward, he swept his own spear. A ferocious Wind and Wave Power burst forth from it, and at the same time, an invisible, slowing Potential Energy was mixed within.

Nong Yiyi felt a terrifying power sweep over her. The whirlwind force in her Sword Technique was thrown into chaos, and the brilliant white light seemed to have been blown away.

At the same time, she felt her own Potential Power being obstructed as she released it, unable to surge forth as it had before.

Her long sword even felt as if it were stuck in a quagmire, unable to advance or break free.

Her eyes widened as she immediately realized this was Chu Lingguang’s second form of Potential Energy. In a panic, she unleashed her six-layered Dharma Aspect and activated her Primitive Power, trying to break free from the influence of his spear.

But it was too late.

Chu Lingguang’s Spear Technique changed. He executed the first form of the Flying Leaf Lotus Spear: Thrust. Nong Yiyi felt as if countless spear-afterimages were bearing down on her.

"Ah!"

She cried out in alarm.

Her long sword clattered to the ground. Chu Lingguang’s spear was pointed directly between her eyebrows.

Nong Yiyi clutched her bleeding wrist, staring at Chu Lingguang with a complicated expression. When she’d learned her opponent was Chu Lingguang, she had felt no pressure. Her ranking had always been behind his, but she believed he had only pulled ahead by relying on his Four-Star Linked Pearls Archery.

In this final round of close-quarters combat, Archery was useless, so Nong Yiyi hadn’t thought she would lose. But who could have guessed that from the very first exchange, she would discover he had mastered the power of Spear Intent? When the Spear Intent Fragments clung to her long sword, she felt it about to be ripped from her hands. She had quickly activated her Whirlwind Potential Energy, using its forward momentum to try and shatter his Spear Intent.

She never expected that instead of resisting, Chu Lingguang would activate two types of Potential Power. Relying on his superior control and the boost from his slowing Potential Energy, he defeated her with ease.

Nong Yiyi was now filled with regret.

’If I hadn’t competed with him in Potential Power, and instead confronted him with my Sword Technique skills, maybe the outcome would have been different.’

’I can fuse three forces together—Dragon Elephant, Qi Sea, and Whirlwind. With a threefold Potential Energy Superposition combined with my Farmer Swordsmanship, Chu Lingguang shouldn’t have been able to block it.’

But what was done was done. Nong Yiyi picked up her long sword and silently retreated to the side. A spot in the top ten had slipped through her fingers.

Chu Lingguang, meanwhile, had smoothly advanced into the top ten, earning the chance to compete for the top three, and even for the title of Jie Yuan.

"What was his second form of Potential Energy?"

"I couldn’t see it clearly. Why don’t you ask Miss Nong?"

"If you want to ask, ask her yourself."

...

The crowd broke into discussion.

’His second form of Potential Energy is strange,’ Zhang Yan thought to herself. ’If I have to face him again, I’ll need to watch out not only for his Spear Intent Fluctuation, but also for his changes in Potential Energy.’ Seeing Chu Lingguang defeat Nong Yiyi with such ease made her expression grow even more solemn. During the upcoming fight for the top three spots, if she were to face Chu Lingguang again, Zhang Yan had no confidence she could win.

Hu Yuanwu, Ye Zhongsheng, and Ma Weibing were also scrutinizing Chu Lingguang, clearly not having expected him to win so easily.

「Four hours later.」

The top ten finalists were decided.

Feng Junyi spoke again. "Those ranked sixth through tenth will draw lots to face those ranked first through fifth, as before. The winners will automatically advance to the top five, and from those five, the top three will be decided."

This time, it was Chu Lingguang’s turn to draw lots along with four other contestants.

Chu Lingguang was the third to draw a Wooden Token from the box. Everyone wore an apprehensive expression, as they all seemed to fear facing Yan Zhen or Hu Yuanwu.