Chapter 36: The Decisive Battle (Part 2)

  Lu Yun's body, protected by layers of true energy, collided with Bi Tian's powerful and majestic strike. The two clashed again, and the layers of true energy surrounding Lu Yun's body were instantly torn apart by the powerful sword aura, which quickly closed in on Lu Yun's body. In a moment of crisis, a cold light flashed in Lu Yun's eyes, and his body suddenly flipped backwards, moving four zhang away in an instant. The speed was so fast that no one could see it clearly, not even Bi Tian.

  A loud roar, the entire earth seemed to be trembling. Bi Tian's body rose into the air amidst the dust, surrounded by a layer of red light, with his head spinning rapidly, forming a beam of light that enveloped him. A powerful aura filled the entire Tianfeng Cave at this moment, shrouding everyone in it. Outside, Zi Yang Zhenren and Yun Feng were both shocked, their bodies involuntarily trembling. In their eyes, Lu Yun had already been struck by Bi Tian's powerful attack, without even realizing it, but Lu Yun suddenly shot out at the most critical moment, avoiding that fierce strike.

  Lu Yun glanced at Master and Yun Feng outside the arena, feeling an indescribable sense of emotion. With a sudden leap, Lu Yun rose into mid-air, standing parallel to Bi Tian. On his head, the Like-Intent Heart-Soul Sword stood upright, rotating in a different manner from Bi Tian's horizontal rotation. Lu Yun stretched out both hands, and with elegant posture, he quietly stood suspended in the void. A red star cloud slowly gathered behind him, forming a flowing aura that surrounded Lu Yun, gently rotating around him.

  In the sky, a sudden change occurred at this moment. The originally clear sky suddenly turned red. A powerful aura of dominance burst forth from Lu Yun's body, instantly suppressing Bi Tian's originally strong momentum. The entire arena was filled with that overbearing and fierce aura, like a lively and jumping flame, suddenly wanting to burn everything in the world.

  Outside, everyone was shocked by the overbearing aura emanating from Lu Yun. Zi Yang True Person and Yun Feng were the most shocked, they had never known why Lu Yun would have such a strong Blazing True Essence, that fierce and violent aura, as if it wanted to devour all living things in the world, ferocious and intense. And as his opponent, Bi Tian was also shaken by Lu Yun's momentum. He simply couldn't believe that the Blazing Aura on Lu Yun's body was actually stronger than the Blazing True Essence he had obtained from cultivating the Supreme Yang Qi, it was simply unbelievable.

  Lu Yun's eyes flashed with red flames, and his entire being was like a fierce fire messenger, becoming a flame spirit. The swirling red clouds around him grew faster and faster, like a burning red lotus, forming a blood-colored lotus platform under Lu Yun's feet, extremely enchanting. On top of his head, the rotating Wishful Heart Soul Sword stood upright, emitting a burst of dazzling red light with each rotation, its extending sword tip seeming to pierce into the clouds, setting the entire sky ablaze with fire. The heavens and earth were shrouded in that red glow at this moment. Everyone on Taixuan Mountain looked up in this direction, wondering what had happened here.

  Lu Yun stood quietly on the Blood Red Lotus, as if he had just walked out of a fierce fire, mysterious and eerie. His bright red eyes contained a calm expression, and at this moment, Lu Yun finally unleashed the Blazing True Essence he obtained from the Black Domain Secret Realm. What he didn't expect was that this incredibly powerful Blazing True Essence, when unleashed here, would have such immense power, far surpassing its might when he used it in the Black Domain Secret Realm.

  On this side, although Bi Tian was surprised by Lu Yun's powerful cultivation, he was not a person who would easily retreat. He had absolute confidence in his own cultivation and believed that as long as he went all out, he could definitely defeat Lu Yun. After glancing at Hao Yun, Bi Tian's entire body suddenly began to gather power at ten times the speed, and in an instant, he appeared three zhang away from Lu Yun, with both hands beginning to perform a spell in front of his chest. A long sword on his head shot out a red glow that enveloped Bi Tian, causing him to be completely hidden within it. The red glow was so dazzling that even beside Lu Yun, it was extremely eye-catching.

  In mid-air, Bi Tian's loud voice rang out: "Haoran's righteous energy, benevolent people are invincible, receive my Haoran third style - Haoran's eternal existence." As soon as he finished speaking, the red glow suddenly expanded, instantly forming a light ball of several meters in diameter, which continued to expand outward. When the light ball grew to about ten meters in size, it suddenly shrank back and transformed into a small, bright red light ball about one foot in diameter, quietly suspended in front of Bi Tian's chest. At this moment, Bi Tian's entire body reappeared in everyone's line of sight, his palms facing each other as he controlled the dazzling light ball, letting out a loud shout as he suddenly pushed the light ball towards Lu Yun.

  At the same time as Bi Tian launched his attack, Ziyang True Person and Yun Feng outside the arena couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, apparently worried about whether Lu Yun could withstand Bi Tian's mysterious blow. The small light ball was only a foot in diameter, but both of them understood that the power hidden inside was enormous, and perhaps not many people in the world could withstand it.

  Looking at the light ball emitted by Bi Tian, Lu Yun's intention wave detected the hidden fierce and unmatched power within it in an instant. Knowing that this strike was extremely powerful, far surpassing the sum of the previous two attacks by more than five times. Lu Yun's eyes flashed with flames as he let out a loud roar, and the Ruyi Sword on his head suddenly transformed into a dazzling bright light, a three-meter-long fire dragon appeared in front of Lu Yun, opening its huge mouth and swallowing the light ball in one gulp.

  Suddenly, a strange phenomenon appeared in the sky. The fire dragon was spinning rapidly around Lu Yun's body, while the blood-red lotus under his feet was rotating in the opposite direction. The two different directions of rotation created two different red whirlwinds around Lu Yun, both swirling upwards towards the sky. At the horizon, a patch of crimson light illuminated half the sky, and the entire sky looked like a burning cloud, with rays of light shining through, extremely beautiful.

  Everyone was stunned, staring blankly at Lu Yun in mid-air, completely forgetting that this was still a competition. When Lu Yun's body silently appeared in front of Bi Tian, Bi Tian hadn't even had time to open his mouth before his entire body was pressed into the mud by a powerful soft energy. Lu Yun didn't intend to hurt him, so he only used his soft energy to push Bi Tian into the mud. He understood that at this moment, Bi Tian's true yuan had been depleted too much, and he no longer had the strength to resist.

  At the same moment, all the onlookers in the Confucian garden stood up with a sudden burst of noise. Every person's eyes and face showed different expressions of anxiety, concern, shock, and other emotions. The two men, Hao Yun and Dan Qing, were shaken, their faces filled with shock as they stared at Lu Yun standing still in mid-air. Meanwhile, the Purple Sun True Person was extremely excited, his whole body trembling as he stood up suddenly. His face showed both surprise and shock. He couldn't help but turn around to look at Yun Feng, his right hand tightly grasping his shoulder, so excited that he didn't know what to say. Yun Feng looked back at the Purple Sun True Person, their eyes filled with boundless joy and excitement, mixed with a hint of astonishment.

  At this moment, countless figures were rushing towards this side at the fastest speed, and in an instant, they appeared outside the field. These people were all masters from other institutes, some of whom had discovered anomalies here after their matches ended, and they all rushed over. In just a short while, everyone from the six institutes gathered at Tianfeng Cave, each with a look of astonishment as they stared at Lu Yun in mid-air.

  When Xuan Yu True Person brought Li Hongfei, who was heavily injured, to the scene, Zi Yang True Person had already grabbed his hand excitedly and couldn't speak from joy. Xuan Yu had just returned with Jing Yue Master, who also brought Ao Xue back. The group gathered together, listening to Yun Feng's excited account of the shocking scene that had just occurred, and everyone's eyes showed a shocked expression. Ao Xue looked at Lu Yun in mid-air, her eyes filled with a soft and gentle light, silently asking how he was doing, quietly revealing her concern through her clear gaze. Li Hongfei looked at Lu Yun, his eyes flashing with an unusual glow, and whispered: "Perhaps you are the number one person in Yi Garden, go for it, remember to bring glory to Yi Garden."

  In the distance, Jian Wucheng, Benyi, Wuwang, and Cangyue had already won their battles and rushed over. Seeing Lu Yun in mid-air, it was only at this moment that they suddenly realized that Lu Yun was actually the biggest variable in Yi Garden, and his cultivation was so powerful that no one could guess its depth. Looking at Lu Yun in mid-air, Jian Wucheng's eyes burst with a fierce light, and a resolute gaze seemed to be saying something. Cangyue's eyes, however, held a hint of doubt, and she glanced slightly at Aoxue, as if she also understood something.

  At this time, Lu Yun used his gentle yet firm strength to pin Bi Tian to the ground, rendering him immobile. Meanwhile, the fire dragon not far from them continued to dance and whirl about, its radiance intermingling with that of the blood-red lotus. Two blazing red storms still wildly ascended, ceaselessly extending upwards. The sky was filled with deepening red clouds, like a boundless sea of blood, covering the entire firmament.

  Lu Yun glanced at Teng Fei's fire dragon, seeing that it was still spinning and its light was getting brighter. He knew it would soon merge with Bi Tian's powerful light ball. Just a little longer and everything would be resolved. Looking down at the crowd below, Lu Yun suddenly saw Ao Xue's smiling eyes, filling his heart with joy and sweetness. With a flash of movement, Lu Yun released Bi Tian and appeared near the blood-red lotus. Watching the spinning fire dragon, Lu Yun decided to lend it a hand, ending everything once and for all.

  Lu Yun's hands spread wide, and his entire body burst forth with dazzling red light. The powerful fire true yuan made him seem like a blazing sun, its radiance piercing the eyes. A ball of pure-colored flames suddenly shot out from Lu Yun's body into the rotating red lotus, instantly illuminating the sky and earth. The rotating fire dragon borrowed momentum, transforming in an instant into a beam of light, hiding its true form. In mid-air, the surrounding red light began to rapidly converge towards the beam of light. In the sky, those red clouds all drew near Tai Xuan Mountain at this moment. Countless red glows slowly converged towards the red lotus, and the sky gradually recovered its original cerulean hue.

  Finally, under the gaze of everyone's shocked eyes, the sky returned to its original state. The red lotus's radiance also slowly diminished and was eventually absorbed by the rotating fire dragon. In an instant, the red clouds in the air dispersed, leaving behind only a ball of light that grew smaller and smaller, constantly expanding and contracting, changing shape. Lu Yun looked at the Ruyi Sword, already knowing in his heart that at this moment, because the Ruyi Sword had absorbed Bi Tian's extremely yang and strong True Primordial Qi, the dragon soul sealed within it was greatly benefiting, and an unimaginable strange transformation was occurring between the Ruyi Sword and itself.

  As the red light gradually disappeared, the shadow of the Ruyi sword became clearer and clearer. Lu Yun's heart suddenly felt a surge of joy. The red light flashed once, and all the light dissipated without a trace. In mid-air, the Ruyi sword stood upright and rotated lightly, with a flowing red glow circulating on its body, extremely beautiful. What was even more shocking was that the originally red sword body had turned transparent at this moment. A flying dragon clearly emerged from the sword body, transforming into various shapes as it rotated, mysterious and beautiful. The hilt of the sword transformed into a dragon whisker guard and dragon scale handle, extremely delicate and eye-catching.

  Lu Yun gazed at the Ruyi Sword, his heart filled with unutterable joy. He didn't know that this battle would cause such a transformation in the Ruyi Sword, it was truly an unexpected event. Looking at the Ruyi Sword, Lu Yun smiled calmly and said: "Good fellow, I didn't think you also wanted to show off your power. Well, from this moment on, let's go together and make our names known throughout the world. I will make all people, all gods, know the name of Lu Yun." After finishing speaking, he proudly gazed into the distance, as if displaying something.

  On the ground, the disciples of Ru Garden had already taken Bi Tian back. He was just exhausted from his true yuan and didn't have any major issues, which made the people of Ru Garden slightly relieved. Meanwhile, Xuan Yu True Person and all the disciples of Yi Garden were staring at Lu Yun in mid-air, no one saying a word. This moment was Yi Garden's pride. Lu Yun, this disciple who had entered Yi Garden two years ago, easily defeated the most outstanding disciple of Ru Garden here, bringing unparalleled glory to Yi Garden. This moment would be forever remembered in everyone's heart and forever recorded in Yi Garden's annals.

  Xuan Yu Zhenren and Zi Yang Zhenren's hands were tightly clasped together, both of them simultaneously saw a glimmer of hope, that is, the competition for first place in this session, may not necessarily be Swordless Dust. With Lu Yun's display of formidable strength today, he is qualified to compete with Swordless Dust. What an exciting thing this is! After so many years, Yi Garden has finally produced a peerless genius, who may change the history of Yi Garden and create unparalleled brilliance.

  Others looked at the half-empty Lu Yun, and a hint of worry appeared in their eyes. This session of the Martial Arts Conference was truly beyond everyone's expectations, with unexpected events happening one after another. Li Changchun looked at Lu Yun, his eyes slightly sunken, with a hint of worry rising from the bottom of his heart. After glancing at Jian Wucheng, he let out a soft sigh and turned to leave.

  He left, and everyone knew there was nothing to see anymore, so they all left one after another. Soon, the bustling arena suddenly became quiet.