Chapter 114: War on the Han River

  Chen Xuan's body surged with a fierce killing aura, and Han Jiang, who was emitting sword intent across from him, furrowed his brow. Just how many people had Chen Xuan killed to produce such an intense killing aura?

  Everyone may think so, thinking that Chen Xuan killed many people, but in fact it is not, this is the effect of Shura's aura and the killing aura.

  Han Jiang slowly drew out his personal sword, "This sword is the Zhong Li Sword, a top-grade spiritual artifact, which I forged from the Tian Huo Firestone collected on the volcano. One hundred and fifty people have died under this sword, and since following me, there has never been a defeat. Today will be no exception, and I will use my Zhong Li Sword to end your match," Han Jiang introduced the origin of this long sword to Chen Xuan;

  Chen Xuan's mind tensed up, and he also felt the scorching heat emitted by this sword. The temperature around him rose by several degrees, all due to the effect of Han Jiang's Zhongli Sword. It seemed that this sword's power was not ordinary.

  Chen Xuan sneered, trying to intimidate me? With a swift and mysterious movement, the sword flashed out of its scabbard, emitting a red glow that instantly shattered the surrounding sword aura, rendering it invisible. All the sword intent was automatically dispelled, and the killing intent directly crushed Han Jiang's sword intent.

  "You have a good hand, and your knife skills are not bad either. You qualify to fight me. Today, let everyone prove that I, Han Jiang, am the darkest horse in this big competition, and also the most outstanding genius disciple of Dan Xuan Gate."

  "Is that so, only after experiencing it myself do I know, I don't care how talented I am, I just know that cultivation must withstand the trials of life and death. Only by withstanding the trials of life and death can one become a true strongman, and won't care about being a dark horse or not. I admit your qualifications are much better than mine, but qualifications don't represent anything. Today, I will use you as proof of my Dao, as the first stepping stone for me to enter the top ten." Chen Xuan said with an overbearing tone;

  Suddenly, the smell of gunpowder filled the entire arena, and the killing intent was overwhelming. "Let me teach you what qualifications you have to be so arrogant, a humble little boy dares to speak out of turn." The two had not yet started fighting, but the smell of gunpowder was already very strong.

  "I'm just a humble kid, and you're at most just a spoiled brat from a big family. What's there to be proud of? Today, let me thoroughly destroy this waste that thinks it's superior to others." Chen Xuan said

  "How dare you! You're so arrogant! Let me put an end to your insolence once and for all!" Han Jiang bellowed, his long sword thrusting straight at him.

  Han Jiang's long sword slanted and stabbed towards Chen Xuan, carrying five percent of his sword intent. The long sword was like a flame that wrapped around him, bringing with it threads of fire that rushed straight at Chen Xuan.

  "Good arrival" Chen Xuan cheated and moved up, his evil charm welcomed the long sword that pierced himself, a metallic collision sound, Chen Xuan's evil charm collided with Han Jiang's Zhongli Sword, a burst of sparks splashed, huge friction produced sharp metal sounds, although Chen Xuan's evil charm is still a high-quality spiritual instrument now, but the quality of ordinary top-grade spiritual instruments is not as good as that of evil charm.

  The two men engaged in a fierce battle, exchanging dozens of blows within the span of several breaths. Chen Xuan utilized his Shadow Nine Changes technique, combined with his Seven Kills Sword, unleashing unmatched power. However, Han Jiang was no weakling either; his swordsmanship was also top-notch. His longsword sliced through the air like a dragon emerging from the sea, flashing lightning-fast and thundering with each strike. Every move was exquisite and deadly. The two fighters clashed for dozens of rounds, with Han Jiang never repeating a single move. Each attack was lethally precise, while Chen Xuan's Seven Kills Sword was wielded to its fullest extent, showcasing increased fluidity and versatility in this battle.

  After exchanging over a hundred moves, a huge fireball suddenly appeared, and with a loud explosion, the two retreated more than ten steps. Chen Xuan retreated, sheathing his sword, and stood up, his evil gaze slanted towards the sky. The red light reappeared, and this was the same move that had defeated Lu Yunfei in their previous battle. Chen Xuan began to build up energy for this move once again.

  As Han Jiang retreated a dozen steps, his face also turned solemn. The two had exchanged over a hundred moves in their battle, and neither could gain the upper hand. It seemed that only by using their ultimate techniques could they determine victory or defeat. The long sword was raised, and the tip of Zhongli's sword emitted a faint flame, as if brewing some powerful technique.

  The fierce battle just now, both of them were close combat and neither could gain the upper hand, ending in a draw. However, both of them have put away their underestimation of each other. Han Jiang is no longer as reckless as when he first came on stage and has also become more calm.

  The air on the stage seemed to have solidified, and the airflow had stopped flowing. Both of them were concentrating their minds, staring at each other, trying to find a crack in each other's eyes.

  Chen Xuan's long gown moved without wind, there was no airflow on the stage, but the two people's gowns began to flutter.

  Han Jiang moved, swiftly, in a fraction of a second, the long sword in his hand changed into countless flying swords at an invisible speed, each sword surrounded by countless sparks, setting the entire arena ablaze, even the air was ignited. "Firebird Formation!" Han Jiang shouted, the countless flying swords formed a massive flying bird, finally transforming into a firebird. The enormous firebird appeared before Chen Xuan, its fiery aura rushing towards him, the firebird let out a long cry, swiftly surpassing Chen Xuan and running over to him.

  "Good." Chen Xuan's long knife also moved, but this time Chen Xuan did not use the Seven Kills Knife to form a knife array. The 21st move of Spiral Slash directly attacked, and the ten spiral forces formed a huge cone that spiralled straight at the running Firebird.

  In less than a breath, the Firebird met Chen Xuan's sharp cone, and the Firebird was intercepted by Chen Xuan's spiral slash that evolved into a sharp cone. The abdomen of the Firebird was directly pierced by the cone, and Chen Xuan's spiral slash entered the body of the Firebird, beginning to wreak havoc inside.

  The firebird looked up at the sky and let out a long cry, Han Jiang saw that his firebird had been broken, immediately controlled the firebird array, changed again, the firebird transformed into a myriad of sword arrays once more, each sword slashing onto Chen Xuan's sharp cone, the sound of clanging metal echoed throughout the entire arena.

  The stage was filled with flames and whirlwinds, Han Jiang's sword array became even more fierce, the speed of his attacks also became faster and faster, Chen Xuan's sharp cone-shaped color became paler and paler, in just a few breaths he would be shattered by this myriad of swords.

  "My Spiral Slash is about to break, the power of the spiral gives me an explosion, a huge conical explosion opens up, all the flying swords around are blown away, the light screen on the arena is also shattered, the green stone on the ground is blown away in all directions, the farthest one was blown out dozens of meters away. This is still within the protection of the light shield, and it's already blown away dozens of meters, if there was no light screen, I'm afraid the arena would have been blown away too. All the flying swords are scattered and blown away by this Spiral Slash, even Han Jiang on the opposite side was forced back dozens of steps before stabilizing, his hand holding the long sword drooping down, his face filled with an expression of astonishment."

  "What kind of martial skill is this, it's actually explosive! I didn't expect my Firebird Formation to be broken in such a way. However, thinking that you can defeat me is still impossible. My advancing footsteps will not stop, and I won't lose to you." - Han Jiang Dao

  After finishing, Han Jiang's long sword pointed to the sky again, and the five-part sword intent rushed straight into the clouds. Chen Xuan hadn't thoroughly defeated Han Jiang earlier, but only knocked him back. Now, Han Jiang was launching another big move. The sword intent swirled around his long sword, and it seemed that Han Jiang wanted to use the Supreme Sword Intent to defeat Chen Xuan. The sword intent grew thicker and thicker, and the long sword emitted a strong white light, illuminating the entire arena. The five-part sword intent finally matured, and the violent sword energy filled the entire arena. This one sword had already surpassed the realm of Spiritual Martial Arts. Even if it were an early-stage disciple of True Martial Arts, it would be difficult to withstand this move. Someone on the high platform said, "Indeed very strong, I don't know if Chen Xuan can take this move."

  "It's settled then, the outcome of our wager is now clear. The Chen Xuan you were rooting for is about to be defeated by Han Jiang from Qiankun Hall. Although the Xuanyao Grass isn't very useful to me, it can still be refined into a pill to increase my yuan energy, so I'll just accept it with pleasure." Li Jinshan burst out laughing after saying this.

  "It's still too early to say, how do you know Chen Xuan will lose this round? However, what you said is right, your Flame Spirit is useless against me. But I can reward it to other disciples instead. I'll accept the 1,000-year-old Creation Dan with pleasure."

  "It's come to this, and you're still stubbornly refusing to admit defeat. Just wait and see how Chen Xuan is thoroughly defeated soon. Then let's see if you can still be so arrogant. He thinks he can enter the top ten? What a joke! It's already his good luck that he hasn't been eliminated yet, otherwise he would have been long gone. You're just blindly doting on him like a treasure." Li Jinshan laughed and said.

  All eyes on the high platform were once again focused on Chen Xuan's stage, looking forward to what surprises Chen Xuan could bring them this time.