Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 38 The decisive battle begins

Upon hearing this, Cao Benqi's fighting spirit surged instantly, and he stared intently at Ling Xuan, his eyes seeming to want to devour Ling Xuan alive.

"Is your eye twitching?" Ling Xuan glanced at Cao Benqi indifferently; this guy kept staring at him.

"Now, you can't escape now, can you?" Cao Benqi finally spoke his mind when Ling Xuan finally paid attention to him.

"Don't worry, I'll treat you well in a bit," Ling Xuan sneered.

"Flame Demon, I hope you'll give it your all later. I want to see just how big the gap is between us." Feng Lishuang also came over and greeted Ling Xuan.

Seeing Feng Lishuang's earnest expression, Ling Xuan nodded solemnly, "I will definitely satisfy you in a moment."

The round-robin tournament between the top five teams is progressing quickly.

Ling Xuan achieved consecutive victories against Ape Demon Austin and Mad Blade Alister.

These two are considered the weakest among the top five, having lost to Ling Xuan and two others in a row, and can only compete for fourth place.

In the third match, Ling Xuan faced off against Feng Lishuang.

As soon as the battle began, Feng Lishuang lightly touched the ground with her toes, her fiery red outfit fluttering in the wind, and the Nine Phoenix Divine Fire Spear in her hand transformed into a streak of red light.

"Let me see just how deep the gap is between a genius who appears once every tens of millions of epochs and an ordinary person."

The Nine Phoenix Divine Fire Spear, carrying a surge of heat, pierced straight at Ling Xuan's throat like a crimson beam.

Before the gun even got close, the scorching air currents had already ruffled the stray hairs on Ling Xuan's forehead.

Ling Xuan's eyes narrowed sharply. With a flick of his wrist, the three-pointed double-edged sword drew a cold arc, precisely meeting the musket.

"Clang!" The sound of metal colliding was deafening, and sparks flew everywhere.

Taking advantage of the situation, Feng Lishuang twisted her waist, and the musket swept across Ling Xuan's neck like a nimble whip.

Ling Xuan dodged to the side, his three-pointed double-edged sword slashing diagonally, the sharp blade wind cutting through the air.

The two figures moved like ghosts, their movements intertwined, a dense and impenetrable barrier of swords and spears.

Ling Xuan seized the opportunity, his inner force surging and pouring into the three-pointed double-edged sword, and slashed out with "Flame Blade First Bloom".

In an instant, the blade burst into raging crimson flames, carrying immense power as it slashed toward Feng Lishuang's neck.

Feng Lishuang's eyebrows shot up, and instead of retreating, she advanced, raising her Nine Phoenix Divine Fire Spear to withstand the fatal blow.

The powerful impact made her arm go numb, but she used the force to lean forward, the muzzle of the gun pointing directly at Ling Xuan's chest.

At the critical moment, Ling Xuan's blade suddenly turned, and flames spread along the blade, intertwining and colliding with the firelight surging from Feng Lishuang Spear.

Ling Xuan's eyes sharpened, and he swept out with his three-pointed double-edged sword. The flames surged like a raging wave, instantly transforming into a hundred-meter-wide curtain of flames that swept towards Feng Lishuang with a destructive force.

Seeing this, Feng Lishuang's beautiful eyes flashed with a resolute look. The power of the fire source law around her body was running wildly. The Nine Phoenix Divine Fire Spear burst out with nine piercing beams of light, and nine phantom fire phoenixes roared out, merging into a huge golden fire phoenix, which was "Nine Phoenixes Facing the Sun"!
The fire phoenix, charging headlong into the flames, collided violently with Ling Xuan's attack, unleashing a deafening roar. The powerful energy fluctuations churned the air around the arena into chaos.

Waves of flame surged one after another, instantly shattering the fire phoenix, and the remaining waves rolled relentlessly toward Feng Lishuang.

However, Feng Lishuang knew that Jiu Feng Chaoyang was no match for her opponent, so she quickly moved aside. Taking advantage of the aftershocks of the "Burning Wave Slash", Feng Lishuang wielded her fire spear with both hands, and thousands of tiny sparks burst from the spear tip.

"A hundred birds pay homage to the phoenix!"

Countless firebirds swarmed towards Ling Xuan, whose expression was solemn. Ling Xuan wielded his three-pointed double-edged sword with impenetrable skill, forming a blazing net of blades that shredded the firebirds.

During the fierce fight, Feng Lishuang suddenly changed her move, sweeping the butt of her musket like a meteor, forcing Ling Xuan to lean back and dodge. Immediately afterward, she turned the muzzle, unleashing a torrent of firepower, and thrust it straight at Ling Xuan's abdomen.

Ling Xuan suddenly bent his legs and leaped high into the air like a spring, his three-pointed double-edged sword slashing down from above with the force of Mount Tai crashing down.

Feng Lishuang raised her spear to block, but Ling Xuan turned in mid-air, his three-pointed double-edged sword drawing three illusory sword shadows that intertwined to form an impenetrable net of blades.

"Blade Domain Whirlwind Kill"

Feng Lishuang frowned and wielded the Nine Phoenix Divine Fire Spear with all her might, creating a series of overlapping spear shadows in an attempt to defend herself.

However, the power of the third level of the Vulcan's Domain Blade was far superior to the first level, "Flame Blade's First Bloom." The moment the blade shadow enveloped Feng Li Shuang, it completely broke through her spear stance, turning her into streams of data.

Below the arena, Cao Benqi looked at Ling Xuan, who had been fighting Feng Lishuang for so long, and a cruel smile appeared on his lips. "Although I don't know how you passed the Trial Tower, now that I see you, you're nothing special."

"Tch! That scoundrel Cao is spouting sarcastic remarks again!" Ren Yaoli bounced out, "Ling Xuan is clearly super strong! Even someone as strong as Li Shuang was beaten to a pulp. If you went up there, you probably wouldn't even be able to withstand three of his moves!"

As he spoke, he made a face at Cao Benqi, which made the man's hand holding the halberd tremble slightly with anger.

"But Ling Xuan, you're too ruthless! You're willing to cut such a beautiful girl like Li Shuang into eight pieces."

Leng Yanqiu gave a soft snort. As the only one of the three women who had never fought Ling Xuan, she always felt that she was special in Ling Xuan's heart. Ling Xuan did not hold back at all when facing Ren Yaoli and Feng Lishuang. Would he show mercy when facing her?
Ling Xuan scratched his head, looking completely innocent: "Didn't Li Shuang tell me to go all out? I can't just hold back, can I?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Feng Lishuang's figure was teleported out, her eyes as cold as ice: "Ling Xuan, next time, I will not lose again."

At this moment, only Ling Xuan and Cao Benqi have yet to fight, and this battle will determine who will be the champion of this year's Genius Battle.

After resting for a while, the two were teleported to the arena.

"Ling Xuan, I've been waiting for this moment for so long. Today you will have no chance at all." Cao Benqi, ten meters tall, held a crimson halberd in his hand, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes as he looked down at Ling Xuan.

"You're so eager to get beaten up, do you have some serious illness?" Ling Xuan secretly activated his Sendai Realm cultivation.

The two are vastly different in their understanding of the laws, but the difference in their cultivation time is even greater. Cao Benqi is older than even Ling Xuan's grandfather, so it's not shameful for him to rely on external forces to defend against enemies for the time being.

Hearing that Ling Xuan still dared to provoke him, Cao Benqi's eyes flashed with a sinister light, and the vortex of flames gathered at the tip of his halberd emitted a ghostly glow: "Prepare to die!"

Its massive body moved like lightning, and its crimson halberd, carrying the force to split mountains and shatter rocks, crashed down on Ling Xuan like a pillar of heaven.

Instead of retreating, Ling Xuan advanced, his movements as nimble as a swallow, his toes barely touching the ground as he leaped into the air, the crimson blade light shining brightly in the shadow of the giant halberd.

"Clang!" Sparks flew as the small three-pointed double-edged sword collided heavily with the giant halberd.

Cao Benqi used the momentum to flip and leap into the air, slashing down with his giant halberd, creating a small hurricane from the force of the blow.

Ling Xuan twisted his waist to the side, the blade slashing diagonally. He was sent flying backward by the force of the impact, but he used the momentum to flip in mid-air and landed steadily.

Cao Benqi landed and used the momentum to sweep horizontally, the dark red fire blades brought up by his halberd were dozens of meters long. Ling Xuan spun around and retreated quickly, the fire blades grazing the hem of his clothes and plowing a scorch mark several meters deep into the ground.

"Burning Wave Slash!" Ling Xuan roared, his three-pointed double-edged sword sweeping out horizontally, unleashing a hundred-meter-wide curtain of flames.

Cao Benqi swung his giant halberd to block, and the flames collided with the halberd blade, creating a deafening roar.

Ling Xuan used the force to leap into the air, his figure moving nimbly around Cao Benqi's massive body. The second curtain of flames then slashed down, wider and more intense than the first.

Thank you 'Qin Xianlin' for the 500 Qidian coins. Thank you, President Qin.

I almost forgot to update.

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