Chapter 71

As the palm wind swept in, Lu Tianan's expression turned serious. He had seen Luo Xiaoyi in action and knew her strength, so he had no intention of underestimating her!

But when he truly faced Luo Xiaoyi, he realized she was even more difficult to deal with than he had imagined!

Moreover, in just a few short days, Luo Xiaoyi's strength seemed to have advanced even further. This Winged Sky technique felt even more agile and dynamic than before!

Lu Tianan took a small step forward and slowly struck out with his palm, aiming to intercept Luo Xiaoyi's palm before its momentum reached its peak.

The timing of this palm was perfect. The seemingly gentle strike kept changing, giving a dreamlike and illusory feeling!

If the opponent couldn't distinguish between reality and illusion and couldn't grasp the changes in his palm, they would be half-defeated!

This move alone lived up to his reputation as the "Perfect Hand"!

At this moment, as if she had known he would do this, Luo Xiaoyi's palm moved faster, and a thunderous sound erupted!

She had used a feint, seemingly using the White Bird Holy Fist, but in reality, she had incorporated the power of the Five Thunder Hand!

Lu Tianan let out a cold snort, his palm instantly turning bright red, as if it had grown larger, and he met Luo Xiaoyi's palm head-on!

When their palms met, Lu Tianan's expression immediately changed. He felt that Luo Xiaoyi's palm was empty and offered no resistance. The true qi he had attacked with seemed to hit a wall and rebounded, turning to attack his left hand!

Luo Xiaoyi's two feints were just that—feints. The real technique she used was the "Flower Transference"!

Lu Tianan's body spun around, and he pressed his left hand against his right, stopping Luo Xiaoyi's "Flower Transference"!

But he was now at a disadvantage. Luo Xiaoyi took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack with eighteen palms, each one full of changes, coming from the most unexpected angles!

Each palm struck the weakest points of Lu Tianan!

Lu Tianan, after receiving eighteen palms, retreated eighteen steps. After the last palm, he could no longer endure, spitting out a mouthful of blood and retreating several more steps!

Luo Xiaoyi stopped her attack, and Lu Tianan shook his head with a bitter smile: "I lost this battle!"

"I wouldn't have lost so badly, but I didn't expect you to have learned Xiao Ran's Non-Empty Yin-Yang Seal!"

Luo Xiaoyi replied: "I just caught you off guard!"

At this moment, the city lord, Du Tianxie, said to Luo Xiaoyi: "Well done!

To have such strength at your young age is truly impressive!

To bring the White Bird Holy Fist, a common martial art, to this level is quite good. To integrate the Five Thunder Hand with the White Bird Holy Fist is even more commendable!

Luring the enemy and manipulating them is a great tactic, and your battle intuition is astonishing!

However, the technique of using the opponent's force against them, though divine, is somewhat stiff in execution, indicating it is a third- or fourth-rate martial art.

It's clearly a newly learned skill, useful for surprising the opponent!

But against a stronger opponent, it might not be enough!"

Feng Wanqiu also said: "City Lord Du has given the big picture, I'll talk about the details!

Details determine success or failure. Your true qi pulsates thirteen times in the Lao Gong point, like a drumbeat. You have refined a spiritual acupoint here, but using it this way doesn't fully utilize its potential..."

Feng Wanqiu analyzed Luo Xiaoyi's mistakes one by one, making everyone break out in a cold sweat!

Because it was as if she had X-ray vision, describing the flow of Luo Xiaoyi's true qi in great detail, though she didn't reveal what specific spiritual acupoint Luo Xiaoyi had refined to avoid giving the opponent an advantage!

Luo Xiaoyi, who had been somewhat proud of her easy victory over Lu Tianan, realized from Feng Wanqiu's words that she had made many mistakes, any one of which could have led to her defeat!

But then she thought, Feng Wanqiu was an eighth-layer Qi Cultivation expert, so having such insight was to be expected!

With this in mind, she bowed to the two and left the stage!

On the main platform, the head of the Nantian Martial Hall, Lu Guan, looked extremely displeased. Of course, he could give his son a recommendation, but his son had always shown great talent and had already made a name for himself at a young age!

He had high hopes for him!

But he never expected Lu Tianan to lose in the first round of the finals, and to lose so quickly, becoming the backdrop for Luo Xiaoyi's rise!

Sikong Yuehua, watching the match, said to Xiao Ran: "I didn't expect you to be so generous to win a girl's heart!

You even casually passed on your own technique!"

Xiao Ran replied: "I'll teach whoever I want. It's none of your business!"

Sikong Yuehua snorted: "Just thinking about how my sister Yan'er's reputation is damaged by a scoundrel like you makes me angry..."

Xiao Ran felt like he was being attacked while lying down, rubbing his temples: "Stop, stop, Lan Yan'er has nothing to do with me. Please don't mention her in front of me..."

Sikong Yuehua said: "My sister Yan'er has been taken as a direct disciple by an elder of the Golden Light Sect!

Even if you wanted to, it would be impossible now..."

Xiao Ran sighed. There was no point in talking to someone who wouldn't listen!

He walked a few steps away from Sikong Yuehua!

Luo Xiaoyi won the match and entered the top eight!

The matches continued without a break. Although Luo Xiaoyi had set a good tone without a fierce battle, the following matches were brutal. In the second match, both contestants were severely injured, and even the winner was unable to continue fighting!

But in the third match, the two contestants fought with true fire, resulting in one death and one injury!

This set a bad precedent, and in the fifth and seventh matches, there were more deaths!

Jin Zhengyang did not intervene, as it was a rule of the competition. Since he was now just the host, he had to follow the rules. If no contestant conceded, he could not interfere!

Seeing the dead disciple of the Rock Martial Hall on the stage, Jin Zhengyang sighed. This was a promising talent, and his death was a pity!

But the human race had enjoyed peace for over three hundred years, and except for the chaos caused by the demon race, there had been no large-scale wars. The human race needed such bloody battles to maintain the martial spirit and prevent the younger generation of martial artists from becoming inexperienced and fainting at the sight of blood!

Jin Zhengyang quickly composed himself and announced: "The next match is between Xiao Ran and Sikong Yuehua!

Xiao Ran is a second-layer Qi Cultivation martial artist but has the combat strength of a third-layer. In the preliminary rounds, he defeated two third-layer opponents!

Sikong Yuehua is the third daughter of the Sikong family and the only remaining third-layer Qi Cultivation martial artist in the finals!

Let's see if Xiao Ran will continue his dark horse run or if Miss Sikong will uphold the dignity of third-layer Qi Cultivation martial artists!"

On the main platform, the head of the Nantian Martial Hall, Lu Guan, asked the head of the Sikong family: "Brother Sikong, who do you think will win between your daughter and Xiao Ran?"

The head of the Sikong family was also a fifth-layer Qi Cultivation expert, and the Sikong family had elders at the sixth and seventh layers!

The Sikong family was a major clan in Golden Light City, far surpassing the nouveau riche like Xiao Dabao.

Two entire streets in the city were owned by the Sikong family!

Not to mention the mines outside the city and several beast mountains, where fierce beasts were raised...

In short, they were extremely wealthy!

The head of the Sikong family, dressed like a scholar with a three-finger beard, stroked his beard and said: "My daughter has been exceptionally talented since childhood.

At her coming-of-age ceremony, she chose a sword!

At the age of six, she learned our family's Storm Sword Technique, and by seventeen, she reached the third layer of Qi Cultivation.

I'm not boasting, but if I hadn't been so attached to this precious daughter, she would have been a disciple of the Golden Light Sect long ago!"

Xiao Ran didn't hear the head of the Sikong family's words. He climbed onto the stage with his sword, feeling something was off!

Suddenly, he remembered seeing the person who had attacked him before, though he hadn't seen his face!

But the aura he saw with his Wind-Piercing Eye was definitely that person!

The person was acting mysteriously, as if plotting something. His appearance here was not a good sign!

Could it be related to today's competition? Xiao Ran thought, becoming extremely cautious!

If anything went wrong, he would prioritize his own safety first! However, with City Lord Feng Wanqiu and so many experts present, unless the troublemaker was a ninth-layer Qi Cultivation or a Tianyuan Realm martial artist, there shouldn't be much trouble! But why would such a powerful figure secretly plot in Golden Light City? If they made a move, Du Tianxie wouldn't hesitate to give away his wife! (Tomorrow is the first climax of the Ancient Continent. Please give me some support, dear readers!)

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