Chapter 627: Chapter 637: Abnormal Fire Appears, The World is Shocked
Chu Feng didn’t know that, in fact, many years ago, the Ten Thousand Sword Sect indeed operated this way.
Below the Sword Saint Level, they compete for the Earth Rankings, regardless of inner or outer sect. At the Sword God Level, they vie for the Heavenly List. But problems arose.
The top ten of both rankings receive generous rewards.
This meant the sect allocated a large amount of cultivation resources to focus on nurturing these twenty individuals.
Originally, there was nothing wrong with this. However, it was later found that some particularly powerful Sword Saints, though they made the top ten in the Earth Rankings and received substantial rewards and cultivation resources, some of them could never break through to the Sword God Realm.
The talent of Sword Saints, no matter how formidable, is limited.
If they cannot advance to the Sword God Realm, they can’t possibly become the main pillar of the sect or support the overall situation.
In the long run, the number of top-level powerhouses in the sect would steadily decrease.
Because there are only so many cultivation resources in the sect, squandering them on Sword Saints who could never break through to the Sword God Realm led to the burying of some potentially stronger talents.
They could never rise to prominence.
Thus, the sect later started to change the rules.
Finally, after many years of trials and summarization, the rules were transformed into what they are now.
"Try another sword strike!"
Lu Qingyuan refused to believe in defeat, and with two failed strikes, he provoked the audience to boo him even more. His face turned iron grey, gloomy and stern.
This sword strike, Lu Qingyuan concentrated all his attacks on one point, like a venomous snake launching a fierce bite.
He also leveraged the Snake Sword Soul.
The moment he thrust his sword, the Snake Sword Soul merged with the sword light, reinforcing it.
Hiss-hiss~!
The air seemed to explode from Lu Qingyuan’s sword strike, emitting a series of sharp tearing noises.
"Break!"
Such terrifying power made the audience below involuntarily hold their breath. They could already foresee that Chu Feng would be pierced through his sea of qi, his cultivation disabled, then helpless against Lu Qingyuan taking away his Nine Yang Sword Veins.
Boom!
The divine weapons and sword light of the two collided once again.
Chu Feng’s Sword Image Bell shattered explosively, and his sword narrowly blocked the tip aiming for his Dantian. Cold sweat constantly dripped from Chu Feng’s forehead.
Battling with Lu Qingyuan was still somewhat forced.
If Pu Li hadn’t been severely injured and maliciously insulted by Lu Qingyuan, Chu Feng would not have easily stepped forward.
Sometimes, as a man, one must bear responsibility.
Even knowing it might lead to death, one must still steel oneself and face it.
"Haha, finally broke through! You think you could block me?" Lu Qingyuan’s sword tip pressed against Chu Feng’s sword, then he thrust it forward forcefully.
The cultivation of a Three-star Sword God completely overwhelmed Chu Feng.
Forcing Chu Feng to retreat step by step, in the blink of an eye, he was backed to the edge of the arena. If he fell off, Chu Feng would lose.
"I absolutely cannot lose!"
Chu Feng’s eyes turned cold, and he suddenly burst out.
Crack!
At this critical moment, his divine weapon unexpectedly broke.
Lu Qingyuan’s cultivation was enough to wield a top-grade divine weapon, while Chu Feng, having only Sword Saint cultivation, was already struggling to wield a low-grade divine weapon.
With both cultivation and divine weapon inferior to Lu Qingyuan’s, it was no surprise that his divine weapon broke.
"Now that your divine weapon is destroyed, let’s see what you’ll use to fight against me?" Lu Qingyuan, seizing the advantage, shook his divine weapon and stabbed again towards Chu Feng.
The cold, sharp sword light had already reached Chu Feng, about to cripple him.
On the judges’ panel, Elder Lei Ting’s face showed a hint of smug smile. Because Lu Qingyuan was his disciple.
Elder Zi Xu unconsciously gripped the edge of the table in front of him, the extremely hard redwood edge had already been indented by his grip. Yet, he himself had not realized it.
Because his attention was all focused on Chu Feng in the arena.
"Mr. Chu!"
Han Shuang had already been defeated and removed from the arena, and her attempt to challenge another arena also failed.
She no longer had the qualifications to approach any of the arenas; she could only watch from a distance.
Seeing the divine weapon of Chu Feng destroyed, and his situation dire, she couldn’t help but cry out in alarm.
The severely wounded Pu Li was also nervously clenching his fists.
"If Chu Feng is crippled, our sect will be the sinner of the ages for the Dan State Branch!"
Han Dong’s gaze was cold and stern, staring fixedly at Lu Qingyuan. "Dare to injure my family head, even if it takes ten years, a hundred years, I will seek revenge for my master."
Yan Qing, who was sitting cross-legged in front of the arena healing and resting, ready for another battle, also felt worried for an enemy for the first time.
"Chu Feng, you can’t just lose like this! The face of our outer sect still relies on you to win it back!"
Just as everyone was nervous for Chu Feng, a fierce expression appeared on Chu Feng’s face.
"Burn!"
He flicked his finger, and a thin crimson thread shot out from the tip of his finger.
It looked like sword light, yet there was a difference.
The extreme heat was also radiating out.
In this critical moment, Chu Feng finally unleashed another trump card. The Nine Yang Strange Fire was deployed.
Lu Qingyuan was terrified to find that the crimson thread Chu Feng flicked out was not only incredibly fast but also posed a severe threat of death to him. He felt his eyelids twitch and his heart tremble.
If he didn’t dodge or block, and let the crimson thread hit him,
It’s likely that Chu Feng would only be pierced through his Dantian, while he himself might likely die outright.
This was a losing deal.
Lu Qingyuan naturally wouldn’t agree to this.
With no choice left, he had to withdraw his sword to block Chu Feng’s Abnormal Fire attack.
"What is that? How come even I felt a trace of danger?" the Master of Ten Thousand Sword Sect stared in surprise at the crimson thread Chu Feng deployed.
The cultivating Si Huang also couldn’t help but open her cold eyes.
"It seems like an Abnormal Fire!" murmured Si Huang indifferently.
Meanwhile, a smile appeared on Dongxue’s pretty face; she truly considered Chu Feng as a friend. Seeing Chu Feng in danger made her nervous, but now seeing him overcoming it, she also relaxed and smiled.
"It seems Chu Feng’s techniques are not just the ones he has shown!" Elder Zi Xu showed a happy smile. He grew even fonder and more appreciative of Chu Feng.
"This lad actually possesses an Abnormal Fire, and he has a highly skillful Fire Control technique. Truly a hidden deep talent!" Even the Supreme Lord of Wanfa Sect couldn’t help but praise Chu Feng.
"Hehe, this disciple of mine always likes to play dumb. Is it just an Abnormal Fire he’s got?" Elder Shoumei was probably the calmest person there.
He understood his disciple Chu Feng all too well.
"Hot crimson sword light? And also condensed into a fine thread, this lad Chu Feng indeed has some cards up his sleeve." Yan Qing smiled broadly.
In contrast, on the judges’ panel, Elder Lei Ting’s expression turned rather sour.
"Humph, everyone is praising that Chu surname lad to the sky. Even if he really possesses an Abnormal Fire, so what?"
"After my disciple dodges, he will definitely counterattack and cripple Chu Feng. Zi Xu, you old fool, wait until Chu Feng wins before you rejoice."