I became a Sword Emperor in the Martial Arts World

Chapter 78 Join the Glorious Evolution!

Li Yanxin's eyes were fierce. She seemed to still hold a grudge against the previous defeat. At this moment, she looked at Ye Qingzhou with a sinister expression: "Don't think that you are great just because you won a game before. Back then, we didn't even show our true strength."

At the same time, Gao Yun and Li Hanpeng appeared from two other directions, and the three of them occupied advantageous positions, forming a three-way encirclement of Ye Qingzhou.

Gao Yun moved with a light and graceful gait, stepping on a twig no thicker than a pencil, swaying up and down: "Teacher Yuan, are we going to chase after that woman?"

He clearly intended to capture Xu Yuebing and then force Ye Qingzhou to comply.

Yuan Hao smiled slightly, shook his head, and said, "No need."

His gaze then fell on Ye Qingzhou: "If it were an ordinary person, they would think you sent her away to avoid getting your companion involved in this mess. But I know someone like you; even if she died in front of you, you probably wouldn't even flinch, right?"

"you guess?"

Ye Qingzhou neither confirmed nor denied this.

Yuan Hao's gaze deepened: "I think we're the same kind of people. We don't care about worldly opinions, and we won't let emotions cloud our judgment. Ye Qingzhou, you want to use Xu Yuebing to distract us and then defeat us one by one. It's a clever tactic, but unfortunately, I won't fall for it."

"So, what are you waiting for?"

Ye Qingzhou adjusted his stance, choosing the most advantageous footing for himself, and was already prepared for a fight.

Li Yanxin, Gao Yun, and Li Hanpeng were all filled with murderous intent, eager to avenge their previous humiliation.

At this moment, the aura emanating from the three of them was completely different from that during the previous exchange match. Their cruel and bloodthirsty malice was not like that of humans, but rather like that of three ferocious beasts that had fully unleashed their wild and vicious instincts.

However, Yuan Hao didn't seem to be in a hurry to make a move. Instead, he extended an invitation to Ye Qingzhou: "Come on, join the glorious evolution together. You must also crave power, right? And I can grant you unimaginable power."

Ye Qingzhou's fingers traced the hilt of the Xuanjian Sword: "So, what is the price?"

"It's very simple, I just need your cooperation with my research."

Yuan Hao pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, a bad habit of his that he would do unconsciously whenever he lied or deceived someone.

His words were very persuasive, even full of scientific spirit, as if he were really exploring the path of human evolution.

Unfortunately, Ye Qingzhou was long past the age of believing everything others said, so he refused without hesitation: "I've understood a principle since I was a child: what others give you can be taken back at any time. So, I've learned to take it myself."

Clang~

The wind was silent, and the air was still as water.

Light leaves no shadow, a swift sword leaves no trace.

The Xuanjian sword was drawn with a clang!

The trembling, flawless silver blade hummed slightly in the mountain wind as it struck Yuan Hao.

A combined attack of wind and thunder, a mid-level martial art, swift as the wind!

In the blink of an eye, the sword flashed, the wind was swift and the thunder was fierce, the two forces combined into one, and Ye Qingzhou's figure was as fast as a soaring dragon and as fierce as a raging tiger.

Faced with this ferocious sword strike, Yuan Hao looked regretful: "It seems that we can't resolve this peacefully. Fine, I'll let you see for yourself what true power is."

roar~

With a furious roar, a golden dragon-shaped aura rose up behind Yuan Hao, shattering his shirt into countless pieces.

Ding~

Yuan Hao punched the Xuanjian Sword, and Ye Qingzhou felt a tremendous force travel along the sword and rush straight to his tiger's mouth.

He used a swift step in mid-air, his feet treading on the wind to change his trajectory, while simultaneously rotating his longsword to deflect Yuan Hao's fierce punch.

Forest Formation, a high-level martial art, is called "Transplantation"!

Boom~

The deflected force of the punch, like a heavy cannon, blasted a funnel-shaped crater in the ground, with a radius of nearly two meters.

Seeing that Ye Qingzhou had not been rendered incapacitated by his punch, Yuan Hao was somewhat surprised. Then, his gaze toward Ye Qingzhou became even more appreciative: "I didn't expect that you would have also secretly learned the 'Transplanting Flowers and Grafting Trees' technique from the 'Six Techniques of Cloud Hands'. You truly deserve to be the exceptional talent I value."

Ye Qingzhou shook his slightly numb wrist, twirled the Xuanjian sword, and replied unhurriedly, "Hey~ how can you call it stealing when it comes to martial arts? It's learning from others. My classmate Yu Shouping and I exchange and learn from each other in private, and it's perfectly reasonable for us to gain some insights occasionally."

"Heh, so what did he get in return?"

"My friendship."

Ye Qingzhou uttered some frivolous words as he swung his sword around, aiming at Gao Yun, who was kicking him towards him.

The sword energy and the blade clashed violently, creating a violent airflow that caused sand and stones to fly around, and the resulting dust obscured the vision of Li Yanxin and Li Hanpeng.

The encirclement was immediately broken!

From the very first sword thrust at Yuan Hao, Ye Qingzhou was employing a strategy of "besieging Wei to rescue Zhao," forcing the three to reposition themselves to avoid being trapped in a defensive position.

opportunity!

Amidst the billowing smoke and dust, Ye Qingzhou closed his eyes and, relying on his cicada-like senses, detected the enemy's location.

Meanwhile, his mind raced as he considered tactics.

"Li Yanxin is the weakest in skill, yet she is closest to Yuan Hao; she may be a trap."

"Gao Yun possesses first-rate lightness skills and extremely fast reflexes; he will not be easy to kill."

"Li Hanpeng is the biggest weakness among the four."

The moment the judgment was made, Ye Qingzhou acted instantly.

Wave after wave, triple attack!

Dragon-shaped sword energy slashes, combining six forces into one!

The sword light split, and three dragon-shaped sword energies surged out, slashing towards Yuan Hao, Li Yanxin, and Gao Yun respectively.

Ye Qingzhou then withdrew his attack and gathered his strength. With a shift of his inner energy, the vital energy in his dantian instantly transformed into the two forces of fire and thunder.

A combined attack of fire and thunder, unleashing a devastating lightning strike that scorches the sky!

Ye Qingzhou, riding the raging flames, appeared suddenly in front of Li Hanpeng like a thunderbolt descending from the sky.

dead!

With a single sword stroke, the head fell to the ground.

The intense heat of the flames directly roasted and charred large chunks of flesh from Li Hanpeng's neck, filling the air with the aroma of burnt meat.

"Um!?"

Yuan Hao blocked the incoming sword energy and was quite surprised to see that Ye Qingzhou had chosen Li Hanpeng as the breakthrough point.

He then leaped forward and rushed in front of Ye Qingzhou, throwing a punch.

It was another punch devoid of any technical grace, like a wild beast unleashing its savage power.

Ye Qingzhou stood firmly on the ground, exhaled his inner energy, and transformed the Fire and Thunder stances into a Mountain stance. His body remained as still as a mountain, assuming the starting stance of the Pan Shou (Pan Shou) technique.

Ding~

Ye Qingzhou parried with his sword, deflected the attack, and then launched a counterattack, using the opponent's force against them. He then swung his famous sword, Xuanjian, and slashed at the carotid artery in Yuan Hao's neck.

Then the moves changed again, combining the Wind and Forest styles into a single attack, Layered Waves!

The three stages of force overlapped, creating a whistling sword aura and an overwhelming killing intent.

However, Yuan Hao reacted extremely quickly, throwing a punch and using his arm as a shield. His bones, harder than sharp metal, blocked Ye Qingzhou's sword strike.

At the same time, he uttered the shocking words: "Li Yanxin, go and take Li Hanpeng's head back."

(End of this chapter)