Chapter 15

"Heng Yi! I want to marry you!"

"Heng Yi, Heng Yi —— invincible under heaven!"

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The disciples of Lake Sea Sect who were watching the battle were boiling with excitement. No one had ever seen such a duel, or even imagined it.

Powerful, so powerful that it shocked them, made them disbelieve! Then they went mad, inexplicably excited, inexplicably agitated, unable to control themselves...

Heng Yi's attention in mid-air was not at all distracted by the cheers from outside the arena, except for the moment when a female disciple shouted that she wanted to have a child with him, which made him momentarily panic and almost fall.

Heng Yi's Infinite Sword had reached the fourth level, but the fourth level only increased the destructive power and could not improve the purity of the true qi flowing through his body, thus could not reduce the time needed for the meridians to recover after the true qi flowed through them. This was the fundamental reason why cultivators in the Immortal Sect usually stopped at the third level when cultivating magical techniques. A simple increase in power was not as significant as the improvement in one's own true qi, and the time spent on it would be better used to cultivate true qi, which was the most important factor in breaking through to higher realms. It was more valuable to cultivate other magical techniques in that time.

Those hiding in the ice on the arena still had no intention of coming out. They were still aware of the situation outside. Seeing Heng Yi defeat ten people with two red light swords in the blink of an eye, how could they dare to dissolve the ice and come out rashly? They all wanted to wait until their meridians had recovered before making plans.

Since they did not come out, Heng Yi waited in the air for his meridians to recover, which took only five breaths, a short moment.

As two more red light swords appeared in Heng Yi's hands, they were immediately thrown out!

The Infinite Sword struck the five blocks of ice with the speed of lightning! Each time it hit, a momentary red light flashed on the sword, just like hitting a person.

Ten blocks of ice, all shattered.

The people inside the ice had blood trickling from the corners of their mouths, still injured even with the protection of the ice!

"Fight to the death!" Ten figures flew up from the arena in two breaths, the waves of energy formed by their swords rising higher, the Lake Sea vortexes swirling around the sword bodies, ready to be unleashed as they got closer.

Heng Yi could have continued to fly away, waiting for his meridians to recover before using the Infinite Sword again, but he wanted to end the battle faster.

As the ten people flew up to attack, Heng Yi's figure disappeared in an instant, leaving only a fading red light.

Almost simultaneously, he appeared in the center of the arena.

Several waves of energy in the sky exploded, but they had already lost their target, futilely rising, falling, and then disappearing.

"Where did he go!" The ten people who had flown up quickly turned around and rushed down to the ground.

The nineteen Lake Sea Sect disciples hiding in the ice on the arena all realized this was the best opportunity for a counterattack. They all simultaneously dissolved the ice and used the Lake Sea vortexes to attack the ten people from all sides!

In this short time, the meridians needed to use the Infinite Sword had already recovered. As Heng Yi suddenly flew up, a red energy light sword appeared in his hand and was thrown at the ten people falling towards him —

Blood splattered!

Of the nineteen people surrounding the arena, nine saw Heng Yi fly up and quickly used the Lake Sea vortexes, but it was still not enough to hinder Heng Yi's Infinite Sword.

The nine intense water vortexes pulled Heng Yi fiercely, and he did not resist, allowing the force to pull him towards the nine people —

The other ten quickly turned and rushed to attack.

The nine people who used the Lake Sea vortexes, seeing that they had successfully pulled Heng Yi over, all excitedly thrust their cold swords forward!

When the nine cold swords were just one sword's length away from Heng Yi, Heng Yi, who seemed to be out of control and flying towards them, let out a loud cry!

The natural energy absorbed and gathered in his body suddenly exploded —

The rapidly spreading white energy did not allow the nine people to react or dodge, all of them were thrown out by the explosive energy, spitting blood, flying out of the arena, falling to the ground, or colliding with the fellow disciples who were watching and could not dodge in time.

Dai Yuan, who was watching from below the arena, was excited and shouted "Well done!" with great enthusiasm.

The third ultimate skill in the divine book, Energy Burst, when used in conjunction with the fifth and sixth continuous skills, Dark Burst and Ultimate Qi, which could absorb the opponent's true qi, and the natural energy absorbed and condensed by Heng Yi, had a destructive power that was not much lower than the Infinite Sword. Heng Yi used it beautifully, defeating all nine opponents within the range of the Energy Burst in one strike, making Dai Yuan cheer with excitement!

The ten waves of energy attacking hastily did not dare to wait any longer. The experienced among them had already roughly figured out the time needed for Heng Yi to recover after using the red energy sword. Their only hope was to attack with all their might before that!

Heng Yi, affected by the Lake Sea vortexes and seemingly unable to control his body to fly away, disappeared again just as the waves of energy reached him.

The ten people, dejected, lowered their swords that had been thrust forward.

The gap between the time Heng Yi used his magical technique and the time he recovered to use it again was far shorter than they had expected.

The recovery time for Heng Yi's third-level Instant Slash was even shorter than the Infinite Sword, requiring only five breaths for the meridians to recover and be able to withstand the strain of using the technique again.

The ten people slowly turned around, and sure enough, Heng Yi was standing calmly behind them.

Two red light Infinite Swords were held in Heng Yi's hands.

"You have no chance of winning, there's no need to get injured pointlessly."

The twenty people on the arena who had been severely injured by the Infinite Sword and lost their fighting ability looked at the remaining ten people, who were slowly lowering their swords, in silence and sorrow. The nine people outside the arena who had been severely injured by the Energy Burst clutched their painful chests, listening woodenly as the ten people said, "We surrender..."

They had lost, the proud ones among them had been easily and quickly defeated by one person.

"Heng Yi —— wins!" The elder in charge of the referee shouted this for the third time, but this time he involuntarily elongated his tone, for at this moment he was also inexplicably excited, and he was full of hope for the future, seeing such a brilliant new star emerge from Lake Sea Sect!

The cheers and applause were deafening and continued to rise, the festive mood and atmosphere spreading rapidly, infecting more and more people, and quickly reaching a peak!

Heng Yi's eyes on the arena showed a calm that did not match the cheers, he stood there in a daze, his thoughts drifting involuntarily...

Below the arena, Dai Yuan stood up with tears in his eyes, too surprised to speak, almost scared to death by Heng Yi's boldness!

When Heng Yi's gaze fell on him, Dai Yuan was slightly taken aback, and the smile on his face slowly faded.

He knew what Heng Yi was thinking. If Heng Yi had resisted back then, even if he was the only one, Li Hua and the others would not have been a match for him. Then they would not have come to Lake Sea Sect, and they could still be free and together, perhaps even rebuild the San Yuan Sect in another safe and hidden place.

Dai Yuan was in a daze for a moment, and then his smile reappeared. He wanted to say, "Disciple, that's not your fault, blame the master."

At that moment, Heng Yi on the arena seemed to understand the meaning conveyed by Dai Yuan's gaze, and added a smile, the smile spreading from his lips to his face.

Dai Yuan smiled with relief, he also understood what Heng Yi wanted to say.

"That's not the master's fault either, back then, none of us knew."

Indeed, back then, they were all naive and did not know their own strength, no one knew... They had been overjoyed just because the City God's son had said they had reached the Dharma Venerable realm.

Heng Yi no longer worried about the past, not only because of the master's comfort, but because he felt it was not right to regret the past. He saw the pride and joy of his junior disciples, and Wang Feizi pointing at him and eagerly talking to other Lake Sea Sect disciples... The past cannot be changed, so one should look forward to the future. This is what the master needs, what the junior disciples need, and what he himself can actively strive for!

The cheers and applause around the arena drowned out everything, and the elder in charge of the referee did not stop the commotion, thinking that Lake Sea Sect should celebrate, as this was a historic and most inspiring event for the sect!

The elders of the Reward and Punishment Hall felt as if they had been through a near-death experience and returned to life.

Just a moment ago, they thought the chief elder had succeeded, but now they had only joy and relief, no other emotions.

They had almost been scared to death by Heng Yi, and many had even despaired and considered ending their own lives.

Now, they all wanted to shower endless praise on the brilliant Heng Yi on the arena.

The chief elder's face was pale, as if he had aged twenty years in a moment.

Seeing the joy in Lake San's eyes, he smiled bitterly and raised his arm in a salute, saying, "Congratulations to the sect leader."

"Our Lake Sea Sect has finally produced such a talent!" Lake San laughed heartily, not hiding his feelings, believing that any sect leader of a sect like Lake Sea would feel the same way upon getting such a disciple!

The elder of the Reward and Punishment Hall hurriedly flattered, "It's all the sect leader's doing! If it weren't for the sect leader's impromptu creation and passing it to Dai Yuan, a farmer, there would be no Heng Yi today!"

Lake San accepted the flattery without blushing, but feigned modesty, though he was actually feeling guilty, and waved with a smile. "Let's not mention it, it's their own talent and good fortune. The impromptu creation was only at the first level, and I had forgotten about it myself. It's amazing that they could practice it to this level, we shouldn't bury their hard work and talent!"

The elder of the Reward and Punishment Hall nodded in agreement and added, "Shouldn't these ultimate skills be the symbol of our Lake Sea Sect's future? Since they were created by the sect leader, all the disciples should benefit from them!"

"You're right! From today on, Dai Yuan will be the new chief elder in charge of teaching the four ultimate skills of the divine book!" Lake San had already intended to do this, but his time was limited, and he had only mastered the first level of the Infinite Sword, still researching the Ultimate Blade. He had planned to gradually elevate Dai Yuan's status to exchange for more ultimate skills or the second and third levels of cultivation techniques. Heng Yi's appearance made Lake San break his initial plan. As long as Heng Yi could win twenty consecutive battles today, Lake San was prepared to immediately elevate Dai Yuan's status. However, it was not originally this high. Heng Yi's brilliance made Lake San change his mind, wanting to win Heng Yi's heart and treat him well, which would naturally also mean treating Dai Yuan well. This was a simple and clear logic. When the master and disciple's hearts were firmly in Lake Sea Sect, they would naturally be willing to reveal more secrets of the ultimate skills, and he would have no more worries.

From this moment on, Lake San no longer wanted to kill Dai Yuan, as he was too reluctant to lose such a talented disciple.

The chief elder, hearing the elder of the Reward and Punishment Hall's smug words, coldly said, "The elder of the Reward and Punishment Hall should be quiet for a while, the battle is not over yet, Hai Yun Tian, Hai Shan, and Hu Bai Jie have not yet stepped onto the arena."

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