Mu Jinyu, after trying the Heavenly Wood Sword Qi and realizing he couldn't break it, decided to give up on using Wood Attribute Divine Power.
After some thought, Mu Jinyu also gave up on using the Divine Body tempered by the Dragon-Elephant Prison Suppression Technique to fight Wei Qingfeng head-on.
Although he was confident in using the Ten Steps Move to charge at Wei Qingfeng and punch him away with a force of ten thousand pounds,
the scorching heat of the Scorching Sun Sword Intent could also cause him significant harm.
Such an exchange of injuries was meaningless.
After all, he had many other means to deal with opponents; unless it was a last resort, exchanging injury for injury was not advisable.
Subsequently, Mu Jinyu pulled out the Sacred Wood Branch.
Holding the Sacred Wood Branch, Mu Jinyu treated it like a sword and recalled the unique sword intent he had absorbed in the Heavenly Sword Pool, his eyes suddenly becoming incredibly sharp.
As he scanned around, a domineering and unrivaled aura emanated from him, exuding a sense of supremacy both above and below!
At this moment, Yun Ge saw Mu Jinyu's eyes and was startled, his pupils involuntarily contracting.
"Is this... My Way Sword Intent?!"
"No!"
Yun Ge shook his head sharply in his mind, "This is the My Way State of Mind!"
"But how is this possible? He's so young and just reached the Fourth Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm not long ago; how could he so quickly comprehend the State of Mind?!"
No wonder Yun Ge was so shocked and filled with disbelief.
After all, the State of Mind is something that shouldn't be comprehensible to someone at the Divine Transformation Realm level.
The State of Mind is completely different from Sword Intent.
Sword Intent, to put it simply, can only be manifested with a sword in hand.
Whether it's Wu Lei's beginner-level Cloud Sea Sword Intent or Solitary Peak Sword Intent, or Wei Qingfeng's nearly complete Scorching Sun Sword Intent, they all require a sword to display the Sword Intent.
But the State of Mind is entirely different. For instance, Wei Qingfeng's Scorching Sun Sword Intent, if upgraded to the Scorching Sun State of Mind, could be executed with a sword, a blade, or even a fist, showing the Scorching Sun Sword Intent, Scorching Sun Sword Intent, and Scorching Sun Fist Intent!
Whereas now, Wei Qingfeng's Scorching Sun Sword Intent cannot exert much power if used with a blade or fist.
This is the difference between Sword Intent and the State of Mind!
Generally speaking, only Fanxu Realm experts can barely comprehend the essence of the State of Mind, transforming Sword Intent and Blade Intent into the State of Mind.
Yun Ge, now at the Ninth Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm and close to the Fanxu Realm, has grasped many Sword and Fist Intents but has yet to understand the State of Mind.
So, seeing Mu Jinyu, with his newly attained Eighth Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm's strength, display the State of Mind, how could he not be moved?
Mu Jinyu did not understand the difference in the sword intent he grasped from the Heavenly Sword Pool that left Yun Ge in shock.
After taking out the Sacred Wood Branch, he instinctively used the profound Sword Intent, soon entering a very peculiar state.
Mu Jinyu's eyes radiated disdain, coldly looking at Wei Qingfeng, who was still gathering Scorching Sun Sword Intent, and sneered, "Sword Intent, I can do it too!"
With that, he lightly swung the Sacred Wood Branch forward!
A terrifying scene ensued!
"Boom!!"
Wei Qingfeng's blazing sword, radiating endless light like a scorching sun, was shattered by Mu Jinyu's casual slash, and the flames were out.
The Scorching Sun Sword Intent was directly broken.
"Sizzle!"
Then, the residual force of Mu Jinyu's sword swept towards the stunned Wei Qingfeng!!
"Rip!!"
Wei Qingfeng's top-quality grade defensive inner armor was torn apart by the Sword Qi on the spot, then it slashed open Wei Qingfeng's abdomen!
"Poof!!"
Instantly, Wei Qingfeng's chest and abdomen burst open, with blood splattering everywhere!
Fortunately, his high-level defensive inner armor neutralized most of Mu Jinyu's fearsome Sword Qi; otherwise, he would have been split in two!
"Holy shit!"
"What's going on?!"
"Brother Wei was disemboweled, almost cut in half?!"
The spectators, who had expected the formidable power of Wei Qingfeng's near-complete Scorching Sun Sword Intent, were stunned by the sudden change on the battlefield, with Wei Qingfeng disemboweled before even directly confronting Mu Jinyu!
They felt their eyes were about to pop out of their sockets.
They could hardly believe what they were seeing!
After performing a slash with My Way Sword Intent, the disdain in Mu Jinyu's eyes vanished instantly. He looked at the disemboweled, blood-soaked Wei Qingfeng and was also startled.
"Am I really this powerful?"
Without time to think, Mu Jinyu quickly put away the Sacred Wood Branch, rushed to Wei Qingfeng's side, pried open his mouth, and stuffed a pill into it, then swiftly activated Life Source Energy to heal Wei Qingfeng's terrible injuries.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Soon, Wei Qingfeng's disemboweled wound healed, his once-fading breath returned to steady, then followed by a few coughs, he slowly woke up.
"I... I'm not dead?"
Wei Qingfeng stared blankly at Mu Jinyu, muttering in confusion.
His mind was still replaying the earlier scenes.
His near-complete Scorching Sun Sword Intent, upon clashing with Mu Jinyu's bizarre Sword Intent, was utterly broken without resistance; he didn't even have a chance to dodge and was disemboweled!
Under such circumstances, him being alive was a miracle!
"Junior Brother Wei, you're alright now. It was Junior Brother Mu who gave you a life-saving elixir, healing your wounds," Yun Ge reminded, seeing Wei Qingfeng still a bit dazed.
"Huh?"
Hearing Yun Ge's words, Wei Qingfeng hastily checked his body and found himself completely unscathed.
Then, he felt deep shame. As the third on the List of Outstanding Talents, he couldn't even withstand a single sword from Mu Jinyu and needed Mu Jinyu's life-saving elixir!
He wished he could bury his head in shame!
"Senior Brother Mu... Thank you..."
Suppressing his unwillingness, Wei Qingfeng looked up and said to Mu Jinyu with a trembling voice.
Mu Jinyu quickly waved his hand, "Oh, don't thank me. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been so badly injured. Giving you the elixir to save your life was the least I could do. You don't need to worry about it."
Wei Qingfeng said no more.
Not worry about it?
How could he not worry about it?
Losing is losing, and he would remember this humiliation and avenge it in the future...
Wei Qingfeng was about to vow in his mind to avenge his humiliation, but recalling Mu Jinyu's earlier sword, he found himself unable to voice it, feeling utterly defeated!
He no longer dared face Mu Jinyu's sword!
"Ha ha..."
With a self-deprecating laugh, Wei Qingfeng took out his identity token and threw it to Mu Jinyu.
"Bang!"
Mu Jinyu, not knowing what Wei Qingfeng was throwing, thought it was a surprise attack, so he flicked his finger and destroyed it.
Then, Mu Jinyu's identity token lit up, and he realized that it was Wei Qingfeng conceding, giving his third place on the List of Outstanding Talents to him!