This world suddenly seemed to be frozen.
Each scene stopped at the moment.
In Lin Beichen’s eyes, the shining light from the sword which went towards Ding Sanshi had been at an incredible speed, but was suddenly turned into complete silence. It seemed that it just stopped in a second.
Right at the instant, Ding Sanshi moved.
He had been placing the sword horizontally before his chest. Now faced with the light of the sword, he stabbed out.
He didn’t see any amazing light of Mystery Energy.
Neither did he see the delicate change of sword techniques.
It was simply a strike from a sword.
The movement seemed easy and smooth.
Moreover, his gesture looked elegant like a fairy’s.
All of a sudden, this old man who had been living in the small city for more than a decade quietly and had been taken away his glamour by ages finally exposed the outstanding side of the fairy swordsman at his best time.
Lin Beichen’s heart ran wildly.
He could hear his own heartbeats clearly.
“Why is everything else frozen while Lao Ding is the only one who can move freely?”
Lin Beichen was greatly confused inside.
However, everything changed just for the next moment.
The whole world was back to normal.
The silver light of the sword looked like the moonlight coming down from the sky. It cut the blue sword light from Bai Haiqin into two parts and none of its glamor faded. It kept going forward.
“What?”
Bai Haiqin’s countenance changed greatly at that moment.
He realized something was wrong.
On the surface of his body, there suddenly appeared pieces of blue luminescent spots and water-based azure Mystery Energy froze into half-transparent Mystery Armor, which was blue and had textures. It was like a alchemy thing, which was not only beautiful but also solid. Moreover, it glittered and covered the vital parts of the body.
The cultivation base of a Grand Master could not only gather Mystery Energy, but also transform it into armor.
This could be also called martial skill.
It was making good use of Mystery Energy like just using the sword skills.
However, it had too much demand on the intensity of Mystery Energy, so only those whose capability was above Grand Masters’ could perform it.
The practice resource of Bai Haiqin was more than rich. As a master in swordsmanship in Baiyun City, he had absolutely grasped the theurgy of transforming the Mystery Energy into armor.
It could save a life at a crucial moment.
Nevertheless, when the armor around his body was half-done and half-transparent, the sword light which was clear as the moonlight went through his body directly.
Bai Haiqin’s body suddenly bent.
The air behind was torn apart by the light of the silver sword.
The power of the sword cut through the night and didn’t disappear after it went about thousands of meters.
However, it left a slim long sliver trace in the dark clear night and didn’t disappear after long. It seemed to be a beautiful trace left when Luna walked through.
All was in silence.
Everything in the world seemed to have stopped suddenly.
Until—
Dong!
The metal noise of the sword returning to its sheath woke up this silent world.
Sword of Morals was back in the sheath.
Ding Sanshi stood there holding the sword.
Everyone else came back to themselves.
“What happened?”
“The light of the sword…”
“Who won?”
The elders were sober now. They looked scared and stared at each other.
“Huh?”
Lin Beichen had an odd feeling inside.
What was the situation?
He had seen it clearly that Lao Ding had won.
But why did all the seniors look so confused…
Hadn’t they seen it clearly?
After observing their expressions carefully, he realized they weren’t pretending. From what they said, they really didn’t see what had just happened clearly.
As for those boys and girls, they looked even more confused.
“Am I the only one who had seen it clearly?”
But why was that?
Lin Beichen was a bit surprised.
Just then—
“Bai Haiqin, you have lost.”
Ding Sanshi said slowly.
Before he could finish his words.
“Puff…”
The Sword Saint who was one of the Three Great Swordsmen in Baiyun City shivered and a burst of blood sprayed out from his mouth.
The blue Mystery Armor flame on him cracked and faded away after turning into pieces.
Something red spread out from his right chest and dyed his robe red.
“You… why…”
Bai Haiqin’s eyes were full of shock.
The power of the attack was too horrifying.
Faced with that sword, Bai Haiqin felt like he had gone back to many years before when he first picked up the sword. At that time, the master showed them how he cracked a mountain with a sword. It was amazing and hard to understand.
Nobody could defend that.
It was irresistible.
It wasn’t the force belonging to Ding Lei.
Ding Lei shouldn’t have possessed this kind of power.
He couldn’t understand it and stared at Ding Sanshi firmly.
Ding Sanshi didn’t answer.
“If I had stabbed the left side of your chest, you would’ve already been a dead person now.”
Ding Sanshi said slowly, “Lin Beichen had done that too so that Cao Potian could live. Now you understand that when someone gives you the chance to live, you should be grateful rather than accusing them?”
“Pfft!”
Another burst of blood rushed out of Bai Haiqin’s mouth again.
His body shivered and was about to fall.
He knew Ding Sanshi was answering his previous accusation against Lin Beichen.
And it made him more shocked.
Because it meant that Ding Sanshi not only defeated him but also had the energy to choose whether to attack his left chest or right…
Only then did everyone figure out the result of the sword test.
“Did Ding Sanshi win?”
“How did…”
This result seemed unbelievable to them.
Anyway, The Sword Saint Bai Haiqin had defeated Ding Sanshi effortlessly three years before and trampled the fairy swordsman so hard on the ground—and the situation had always been like that for the last decade.
But just then, the Sword Saint failed after one blow?
It ended too soon.
Just looking at the trace left by the sword in the sky and then the normal-looking old man, and last the Sword of Morals, everyone felt a great chill.
This should be the so-called real powerful force.
Bai Haiqin lost after just one attack.
The sword test tonight must shock the entire empire.
Ming Yuanshan and Lu Zhengdao exchanged glances and both saw the regret and timidness from each other’s eyes.
They had supported Bai Haiqin.
They had thought the Sword Saint from Baiyun City would definitely win.
But now…
It was a bit awkward.
“You have concealed your real capability?”
Bai Haiqin was furious and said, “You have prepared hard for this sword test for so many years. You…”
He wanted to accuse him.
However, he didn’t know what to say all of a sudden.
It wasn’t such an evil behavior worth being accused to just conceal his real power.
Ding Sanshi said flatly, “I just didn’t want to be serious with you in the past.”
“What?”
Bai Haiqin seemed to have been terribly humiliated and shouted, “What are you saying?”
“Now I don’t want to pretend weak before you, so you lost.”
Ding Sanshi said lightly, “It’s just so simple.”
His light words seemed to be the worst humiliation in the world, which made Bai Haiqin spit blood for the third time. The world in front of him turned black and he just fell down from the high tower.
Ming Yuanshan and other seniors didn’t go to catch him.
Even Cao Potian had no reaction as if he had been freaked out.
Li Luoran moved quickly and held Bai Haiqin who had passed out.
Ding Sanshi stood on top of the Ling Manor, dressed in ordinary clothes and holding a sword.
He was like a god.
“I won so I’ll set the final result of the sword test.”
He looked down and said calmly but his words sounded irresistible. He said slowly, “Lin Beichen is the champion of the youngster sword test. Do you have any disagreement?”
Ling Junxuan and his wife kept quiet.
The elders took a look at the trace of the sword in the sky and all lowered their heads.
“No.”
“As you say.”
“Hahaha, Lin Beichen is brave and has excellent skills. He has got three champions in a row…”
Those elders smiled with him.
But their smiles were a bit embarrassed.
F*k!
Lao Ding! Awesome!
Only this “F*k” could express Lin Beichen’s shocking feeling now.
He had really concealed himself well.
Lao Ding was actually such a fierce man.
He opened his mouth wide and subconsciously looked around.
He saw the aloof little girl Bai Qinyun standing aside and seizing her breast tightly. Her breath was fast and she almost smothered herself to death.
“Now it’s time to deal with our grudges before.”
Ding Sanshi looked at Ming Yuanshan and those beside him.
A killing intention spread over.