Chapter 64: The Ninth Battle

"Wang Daoist, is this what you meant by never losing?"

"An unexpected event occurred. Uncle Mi Hua actually lent out that supreme defensive robe."

Both sides placed great importance on this battle.

Uncle Mi Hua invested a lot, not only offering a Foundation Establishment Pill as a reward but also bestowing two of his supreme magical treasures.

Wang Haichao prepared a high-grade mystical weapon, a crescent moon scimitar, and a supreme water attribute flying sword for his subordinates.

He spared no effort.

The Lianyun Merchant Alliance, with its vast wealth, sent someone with a precious sword pill, even more valuable than the strange array flag used in the first match.

However, it was a pity that after the blood refinement, the sword pill, in a strict sense, could no longer be considered a nascent magical treasure.

At most, it could be regarded as a supreme offensive magical treasure, and with the effects of sword light transforming into threads and condensing into one, it could be considered a mystical weapon.

But in the end, it still fell within the category of magical treasures.

As long as it remained within this category, the supreme defensive robe could withstand it, thus providing enough time and space for the battle.

This is also why defensive magical treasures are always highly priced and more popular than offensive ones.

After a long time, the voice transmission came again.

"There have been too many unexpected events."

"The final battle, we must win!" Wang Haichao said firmly.

"Are you sure there won't be any more unexpected events?"

"Xiao Wuyan isn't one of your people? Don't you have confidence in him?"

"Haha, it's not that I lack confidence in him, but I lack confidence in your intelligence-gathering abilities!"

Wang Haichao was speechless.

In this battle, their chances of winning were undoubtedly very high.

Whether it was Min Longyu, Yang Rusheng, or Bai Qi, all had top-tier Qi Condensation Ninth Layer combat strength. If Gao Tingyuan and Luo Chana, as well as the member he bestowed with a supreme magical treasure, were added, they had six matches they could win with certainty.

However, due to the incorrect intelligence, Luo Chana lost to the sick tiger Zeng Wen, and Bai Qi died at the hands of the jade-breaking tiger Qin Liangchen.

They lost two victories for no reason.

It's no wonder that Elder Zhou of the Lianyun Merchant Alliance began to distrust him.

"Rest assured, there won't be any unexpected events in the final battle. Wang Yuan has been cultivating for too short a time. Although his combat strength is strong, his realm is too low, only at the Qi Condensation Seventh Layer. Otherwise, Uncle Mi Hua wouldn't have placed him last."

"But he is a protector of the Break Mountain Gang alongside Xu Renke, who possesses a fragment of a magical treasure, indicating that his strength is not weak."

"Although his combat strength is strong, it is explosive. Xiao Wuyan, whether in instantaneous bursts or sustained combat, is among the best of Qi Condensation cultivators."

"Alright! It's a pity, if Xiao Wuyan didn't have to appear, it would have been even better. But since he's the last one, he still has to fight."

Wang Haichao was helpless; things had come to this point.

What was the point of saying more?

He could only strengthen his ally's confidence.

"There won't be any unexpected events, trust me!"

Foundation Establishment cultivators can project their spiritual senses, allowing for very long-distance voice transmission, and communication is as simple as a thought.

After their exchange, Wang Yuan and Xiao Wuyan appeared on the Dao Discussion Platform.

However, when Wang Yuan used his magical treasure, Elder Zhou's voice, filled with shock and anger, came again.

"You said there wouldn't be any unexpected events. How is that guy at the Qi Condensation Eighth Layer?"

Wang Haichao was dumbfounded.

His face twitched, as if he had been slapped.

He forced himself to say, "Why be so shocked and angry? What's the difference between Qi Condensation Eighth Layer and Seventh Layer? The spiritual energy in his body is vastly different from that of a Ninth Layer cultivator."

"Humph!"

This time, Elder Zhou didn't bother to argue with him.

In a private room, Elder Zhou, with a dark expression, said to his companion, "I'm afraid Xiao Wuyan can't hide anymore. We must go to the Jade Tripod Sword Sect to protect him."

"Brother Qin, are you alright?"

Seeing Qin Liangchen being supported, Luo Chen asked with concern.

Qin Liangchen took a healing pill, and his spirit temporarily improved.

Hearing this, he looked at Luo Chen as if he were a foolish child.

"My hand is broken, do you think I'm alright?"

Luo Chen laughed and said, "It's good that you're alive, it's good that you're alive."

Qin Liangchen didn't mind, nodded at Uncle Mi Hua, and then focused his gaze on the platform.

"The ninth match, I've won it for you. Don't disappoint me!"

There were countless people like him, closely watching the situation on the platform.

Luo Chen was one of them.

He had always heard that Wang Yuan was very strong, rising rapidly with formidable strength, becoming a legendary figure among the scattered cultivators of the Great River Market.

But in reality, he had never seen Wang Yuan fight in person.

The brief glimpse he had seen was just a scene of Wang Yuan carrying a head under the moonlight.

How did he earn such a great reputation?

Under his watch, the battle on the Dao Discussion Platform erupted without any preliminaries.

The snow-white long knife and the crystal-white long sword were both supreme magical treasures.

When unleashed, their power was unparalleled.

Luo Chen couldn't help but marvel that the Great River Market, which usually seemed to be filled with low-level scattered cultivators, had such extraordinary top-tier figures.

Supreme magical treasures, which were rarely seen in the past, now appeared one after another, continuously refreshing his understanding of the current environment.

Perhaps it was also related to the abundant resources in this world!

Of course, he didn't know that the supreme magical treasures on the platform were mostly provided by the two Foundation Establishment cultivators and the Lianyun Merchant Alliance.

Compared to the power of the magical treasures, he was more interested in Wang Yuan's combat techniques.

After watching for a while, he couldn't help but cheer.

No wonder he's my big brother, his combat style is truly grand and majestic. Regardless of whether the opponent uses a magical treasure or a talisman, he can cut through it with one strike.

In his broad and open movements, his might was even more fierce than Qin Liangchen's previous ferocity.

Uncle Mi Hua, in front, clearly let out a sigh of relief.

"It was worth it to find this Dragon-Slaying Knife for Wang Yuan. Combining the power of the magical treasure with his understanding of the Dao of the knife, he has blazed a new path, capable of both close combat and long-range attacks."

"If he can reach the Foundation Establishment stage, his power will not be inferior to that of a sword cultivator."

"As for now, Xiao Wuyan will surely be defeated within half an incense stick's time!"

Qin Liangchen also praised, "With this offensive power, he is already on par with me. Being placed last is indeed justified."

It seemed that he had previously been dissatisfied with being the second-to-last to fight.

Hearing their evaluations, Luo Chen felt relieved.

It seems the situation isn't bad, and I don't have to go and clean up after Wang Yuan.

But sometimes, things are just that strange.

When you think there won't be any unexpected events, they are bound to happen.

The next moment, the entire venue was in an uproar!

Boom!

A dense blood-red light, centered on Xiao Wuyan's body, suddenly erupted.

The Dao Discussion Platform, already shattered from the previous battles with demonic beasts, the Foundation Establishment cultivator and the second-stage demonic beast, and the eight matches between the two gangs, was even more damaged.

Even though it had been hastily cleaned up, it still left behind a lot of blood, flesh, and bones.

At this moment, under the dense blood light, blood lights appeared in all directions.

These blood lights, like rivers converging into the sea, flew toward Xiao Wuyan.

His face became strange, as if blood dragons were surging through his body.

"Die!"

Wang Yuan roared, and the snow-white long knife suddenly emitted a dozen-meter-long blade aura.

The power was so great that it even exceeded the upper limit of a supreme magical treasure.

At this moment, he no longer seemed like the cultivator Wang Yuan but returned to being the once undefeated grandmaster of the Dao of the knife in the secular world.

However, facing this terrifying strike,

Xiao Wuyan merely raised his head and pointed with his right hand.

A blood-red dragon detached from his body, flying toward Wang Yuan with its fangs bared.

The dozen-meter-long blade aura shattered instantly.

"Evil Cult Practitioner!"

"Blood Dao Cultivator!"

These two terms were shouted from several places in the venue.

Luo Chen was puzzled.

Uncle Mi Hua was both shocked and angry, "You scoundrel, you are actually a Blood Dao cultivator, the most cruel of the evil cults. This person is not a cultivator of the Jade Tripod Domain!"

At the same time,

On the Jade Tripod Sword Sect's viewing platform, Pang Renxiong opened his eyes again.

He stared at Xiao Wuyan on the platform, then his cold gaze fell on the Great River Gang and another viewing platform.

"Lu Tianhong, Zhang Ran, after the grand ceremony, arrest this person. Then, hold the Great River Gang and the Lianyun Merchant Alliance accountable for harboring a Western Region evil cultivator!"

"Follow the Elder's order!"

"Follow the Elder's order!"

The two responded with anger.

As for whether Wang Yuan would win, it was no longer in their consideration.

The combat strength of evil cultivators has always been higher than that of the same level, only comparable to sword cultivators.

Moreover, the Eastern Wasteland's thirty-six domains had long issued a ban, prohibiting any sect from contacting the Western Region's evil cults.

Wang Yuan's defeat was certain!

At this moment, everyone seemed to be certain of Wang Yuan's failure.

Only one person still held a glimmer of hope.

Uncle Mi Hua's shock and anger disappeared, and his face became calm again.

On the Dao Discussion Platform, blood light spread, like a sea of blood, with blood-red dragons roaring continuously.

However, Wang Yuan's face remained calm, holding the long knife and stepping in a strange pattern, continuously slashing at the blood-red dragon.

Boom!

Another collision.

However, this time, the previous failure did not occur.

He pressed his hand on the head of the blood-red dragon and smiled coldly.

"Break!"

Rumble!

Powerful and strange energy continuously struck out, and the blood-red dragon, roaring, continuously retreated until it disintegrated.

Xiao Wuyan's face changed drastically, "Why is this so? You are not affected by the boiling blood qi."

As he spoke, huge blood hands emerged, pressing down from all directions.

Wang Yuan ignored them, either with a slash of his knife or a punch, continuously shattering the blood hands.

This exchange lasted for half an incense stick's time.

Until the blood light on Xiao Wuyan's body dimmed to the point of being invisible.

Wang Yuan walked to him, his naked body radiating a golden hue.

He looked down at the half-crouching, panting Xiao Wuyan.

"Boiling blood qi?"

"My blood qi is above yours!"

As he spoke, the knife fell, and the head landed on the ground.

This scene left the entire venue silent, followed by a deafening cheer.

On the Jade Tripod Sword Sect's viewing platform,

Lu Tianhong and Zhang Ran were stunned, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Pang Renxiong frowned, "This little guy is actually following the path of the ancient body cultivators. No wonder the Blood Dao cultivator couldn't do anything to him."

"Never mind, such an ending is perfect, demonstrating the principle that the Dao is always one step ahead of evil."

"The grand opening ceremony of the Dao Discussion Platform is now over!"

With that, he flew out of the viewing platform.

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