Editor: Anuv
“ *Swoosh~~* ”
As the laughter faded away, within a breath’s time, Su Yu’s speed increased and she rushed forward. This time, she made it difficult for others to see her figure clearly with her current speed she was able to unleash a ferocious attack in an instant.
“ *Pow~ Kapow~ Pow~* ”
Su Yu’s blurry silhouette swept towards Ye Zhong like a flaming tornado. Her fists, legs, and elbows all turned into a sword, enveloping Ye Zhong from all directions. It was hard to imagine how a mere woman could unleash such violent attacks.
“ *Clamor~~* ”
Around the Feihong Platform, as the students watched Su Yu’s fierce attack breaking out in an instant; a commotion broke out among them. This disciple of the Xingxiang Sect seemed to be only a few years older than them, but her skills had already surpassed those of the same age. This level of combat ability was even more shocking.
Worry appeared on Wang Mo’s face. The level of Su Yu from the Xingxiang Sect was completely beyond his imagination.
“Ye Zhong …… You couldn’t have lost like this, right?”
In another direction, Liu Qingmeng had unknowingly arrived at the side of the arena. She stared at the scene on the Feihong Platform as a dream-like illusion flashed across her eyes. She had personally witnessed Ye Zhong make his move, but none of his opponents at that time could be compared to Su Yu!
“As expected, the disciples of the Xingxiang Sect are much stronger than the students of our Feihong Martial House.” At the gathering place of the instructors, Teacher Mu stared curiously at the two figures on the platform. She knew Ye Zhong much better than the others, and was surprised by his abilities.
“Not necessarily……Su Yu might be strong, but it might be difficult for her to win against Ye Zhong. I never thought that this brat had been concealing his abilities all along!” Mo Hai could be said to be the strongest in the field, but he was the most astonished. He could see clearly that in the face of Su Yu’s storm-like attacks, Ye Zhong was like a lone mountain amidst the storm, standing still and unmoving!
“ *Pow~~* ”
In the midst of the many gazes converged, the fiery red figure continued to unleash ferocious attacks. However, the other slender figure that was still standing in the middle of the battle was dodging and clashing, blocking all of Su Yu’s extremely terrifying and violent attacks. It was as if he had completely seen through Su Yu’s attack.
As time passed, the astonishment on Mo Hai’s and the other instructors of Feihong Martial House’s faces became even tenser. The strength of Su Yu was within their expectations, but Ye Zhong’s wasn’t. It was clean, simple and direct, yet the simplest attack looked gorgeous and bewitching at this moment. He had actually blocked all of the light that Su Yu was releasing!
“Teacher Mu, where did this little fellow learn such a skill? This method, this mentality and the way he adapts himself in battle are not inferior to the people who have gone through hundreds of battles!” After looking for a moment more, House Master Mo Hai could not help but open his mouth and say.
The rest of the instructors nodded their heads in agreement, and only Teacher Mu gave a wry smile. She was also a little confused. The Ye Zhong who was nothing special in her class, was he really the guy in front of her?
“ *Bang~~* ”
Amidst the fierce attacks, a burst of muffled sound rang out suddenly. Ye Zhong, who had been on the defensive, in a split-second, pierced through the extremely fierce attacks with his hands as sharp as a spear and pointed his finger at a lightning speed on the swift figure.
“ *Bang~~* ”
A muffled noise sounded and Su Yu’s body trembled slightly. After that, she took more than ten steps back in shock, while the clothes on her right wrist were torn, revealing her arm which was as white as lotus-root. However, there was a faint red fingermark on her white arm.
(TL note: “white as lotus-root” implying something very pure white and clean even after retrieving it from the deep mud or alike, still remain white)
“What!?”
“How is this possible!?”
The surrounding down below the Feihong Platform, people signing were heard. All the students of the Feihong Martial House were shocked. They never expected that an expert from the Xingxiang Sect would actually be forced to retreat by Ye Zhong after unleashing such ferocious attacks.
From the looks of it, not only did Ye Zhong not fall down, he even managed to gain some advantage? How was this possible!?
“Junior Brother Ye Zhong, you really don’t know how to show tender affection to a lady!”
Su Yu’s expression turned strange at that moment. She looked down at her arm and tore off her sleeve, revealing her right arm that was like polished jade. She then raised her head and looked at Ye Zhong with a smile that was not a smile.
On the other side, Ye Zhong slowly retracted his finger and frowned. Although he had taken advantage of Su Yu just now, she was still one level higher than him, and the rebound force was not little either. Furthermore, Su Yu’s battle experience and reactions were not something the geniuses of the Su Clan could compare to. Such a character was the formidable opponent. Ye Zhong had to pay his way through this battle. If he did not use any other trump cards and relied only on his current strength, tying the battle would be easy, but winning the battle would be extremely difficult. If he was not careful, he might lose!
What a good opponent!
Ye Zhong exhaled slowly, the look in his eyes becoming deeper and deeper.
Seeing that Ye Zhong did not seem to have the mood to talk nonsense with her, Su Yu pouted her lips, and then she took a deep breath. On her pure white arms, there were faint traces of cyan meridians slowly appearing under her skin like swimming snakes. When these cyan meridians fully appeared, they made her skin even more and more attractive.
At the same time, an extremely repressed and violent fluctuation slowly spread out, causing one’s heart to tremble!
Quite a number of students could feel the pressure from Su Yu’s body at this moment. From the looks of this scene, it was clear that Su Yu was no longer hiding her strength, but was preparing to unleash all of it; the Fourth Layer of Body Tempering – Tendon Altering Stage.
“Phew~~”
Ye Zhong let out a long sigh as he witnessed the scene. The look in his eyes grew more serious. He clasped his hands together, and with a slight twist, his Blood and Qi boiled. It was as if he was on fire. Obviously, Ye Zhong had fully activated the Six Paths Buried Sword Secret Art.
The pure Spiritual Qi that had been absorbed by Ye Zhong seemed to come alive at this moment, as it began to circulate within his body, and finally formed a complete heavenly cycle, moving slowly.
This was not the Spiritual Power that could be produced by a cultivator at Innate Martial Dao Realm, but the pure Spiritual Qi within the body! Generally speaking, only a powerhouse who had cultivated the Fifth Layer of Body Tempering would have the opportunity to experience this strange circulation of Spiritual Qi within their body. At that moment, Ye Zhong’s inner body was experiencing such a thing. If news of this were to spread, it would be shocking enough!
(TL note: This “Innate Martial Dao” is the same one as “Primordial Heaven of Martial Dao” — that was previously used in the old chapters: it was the realm higher than the Nine Layers of Body Tempering.)
“ *Boom~~* ”
A complete heavenly cycle of Qi circulation! Ye Zhong’s Qi and Blood seemed to be boiling in his body at that moment, and a faint buzzing sound came from within his body. His aura, which was comparable to Su Yu’s, started to spread!
“This…… What a terrifying little fellow!”
House Master Mo Hai and the rest saw that under Su Yu’s full strength, Ye Zhong could actually match her aura, and they were all surprised. They could sense Ye Zhong’s imposing aura, and it was obvious that this was not an effect that a normal Secret Art of Body Tempering could achieve.
“Is he urging his Spiritual Secret Art of Body Tempering?”
Seeing that Ye Zhong could withstand her pressure, Su Yu’s eyes were filled with curiosity. She could now confirm that Ye Zhong’s peerless manner of going on the one-hundred-steps rampage was not just a rumor. Through this encounter, she had confirmed that Ye Zhong had the ability, but at that moment Su Yu could not help but want to see how strong Ye Zhong could be.
“ *Boom~~* ”
An even more violent aura spread out from Su Yu’s body. Within the aura that was emitted from her body was an aura akin to that of a primordial beast.
“The low-grade Spirit-rank, Secret Art of Body Tempering – Astral Body!?”
(TL note: Actually this “Astral Body” was derived from the same Chinese characters as the sect’s name “Xingxiang”)
Mo Hai suddenly took in a breath of cold air. He was stunned and lost his voice! He did not expect that Su Yu would be forced by Ye Zhong to use the well-known Spiritual Secret Art of Body Tempering among the Sect Spiritual Secret Arts distinct to the Xingxiang Sect!
“What!? It’s actually the Secret Art of Body Tempering – Astral Body!?”
Hearing House Master Mo Hai’s words, not only the instructors, but also the surrounding students were shocked.
It should be known that in the Great Zhou Dynasty, having a high-grade Common-Rank Spiritual Secret Art as the Clan Spiritual Secret Art within the so-called Five Great Clans was considered not bad. Even in the Royal Family, there might not be any Spirit-rank Spiritual Secret Arts.
In the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, the only way to cultivate a Spirit-rank Spiritual Secret Art was to go to the Xingxiang Sect! This was also the reason why countless powerful clans in the Great Zhou Dynasty held the Xingxiang Sect in high esteem!
Because the background and inheritance of the Xingxiang Sect was not something that a clan with a hundred years of history could compare with!
Even within the Xingxiang Sect, there was only one Spirit-rank Secret Art of Body Tempering. It was known as the Sect Spiritual Secret Art, the Secret Art of Body Tempering – Astral Body! Allegedly, a martial artist at the Nine Layers of Body Tempering who cultivated this set of Spiritual Secret Art has a huge chance of advancing into the Innate Martial Dao Realm! From this, it could be seen how powerful this Secret Art was!?
And now, Ye Zhong actually forced Su Yu to use the Secret Art of Body Tempering – Astral Body!?
At this moment, the entire audience was stunned!