"Qin Wentian." Lin Yue's countenance changed, her countenance unsightly. How could this be?
Based on Luo Kaiyang's combat prowess, he should have been able to advance very far. She had hoped that Luo Kaiyang would meet Qin Wentian as late as possible. But this was only the second battle, and Luo Kaiyang was already fighting against Qin Wentian.
"It's Lin Yue." Qin Yao noticed Luo Kaiyang standing beside Lin Yue. As Qin Wentian shifted his gaze, a strange expression involuntarily appeared on his face.
A year ago, he was still in Sky Harmony City, and at that time, he had a small conflict with Lin Yue.
"Kaiyang, be careful." Lin Yue reminded. She didn't expect that in a year's time, she would be in contact with Qin Wentian, not to mention that they were in such a situation.
The participants of the nine towering platforms all walked up. Qin Wentian and Luo Kaiyang stood on the ninth platform.
Luo Kaiyang stared at Qin Wentian with a heavy expression. He released both of his Astral Souls without any hesitation.
His first Astral Soul was actually a suit of armor, which enveloped his body in a layer of Astral Light.
Luo Kaiyang's first Astral Soul was a defense-type Astral Soul, which allowed his body's defensive capabilities to be extremely high. When an attack landed on his body, it could even reduce the impact of the impact.
His second Astral Soul was even more resplendent. It was a gigantic axe, a powerful attack-type Astral Soul.
Luo Kaiyang's choice of Astral Soul had evidently been carefully crafted by himself. An attack-type greataxe, coupled with a defense-type armor, could be used for both offense and defense.
"Please." Luo Kaiyang held onto the Astral Great Axe in his hands, as he made a gesture of invitation to Qin Wentian.
"Please." Qin Wentian returned the gesture, as an Astral Hammer materialized in his hands.
Since Luo Kaiyang was proficient in both offense and defense, he was willing to use offense as defense. His Astral Souls were obviously superior to Luo Kaiyang's, although his cultivation base was slightly lower.
However, the spectators seemed to have forgotten about Qin Wentian's cultivation base, and treated him as someone at the 9th level of Arterial Circulation.
This was because he had defeated Jiang Xiu, one of the ten prodigies of the capital.
In that battle, Qin Wentian won because of his superior body movements, his innate judgment, and that wonderful sword move at the end. However, it was still unknown how strong Qin Wentian really was.
Therefore, many people were paying attention to this battle. Would Qin Wentian continue to win to consolidate his position in the hearts of the people?
Luo Kaiyang moved. Although he didn't have an agility-type Astral Soul, his speed was still extremely fast.
However, no matter how fast he was, he was still not as fast as Qin Wentian's Nine Heavens Roc Skill. Qin Wentian was even faster than him. Suddenly, the hammer smashed down with an incomparably domineering momentum.
The Divine Energy within his body erupted forth. This was the Divine Energy condensed from the Astral Energy of the 5th Heavenly Layer, causing a rumbling sound to echo out in the air.
Luo Kaiyang didn't want to be outdone. He wildly chopped out with his axe. The Nine Forms of Splitting Mountain had boundless power.
"Bang!" The terrifying energies collided against each other, as the Astral Energy transformed into a tempest. Their gazes met, and Luo Kaiyang only felt a beam of light shooting out from Qin Wentian's eyes. In that instant, he felt drowsy, as though he wanted to fall asleep and enter into a dream. And in that dream, Qin Wentian was like a primordial giant, with boundless strength.
"What's going on?" Luo Kaiyang felt a surge of terror in his heart, only to see Qin Wentian's giant hammer smashing down once again. His Nine Forms of Splitting Mountain was thrown into disarray, and he could only lift his axe to defend.
"Rumble, rumble, rumble …" Continuous violent attacks rained down, causing the crowd to be stunned. Why did the battle suddenly become so violent?
At this moment, the berserk Qin Wentian's attack speed was so fast that it shocked the spectators. After Luo Kaiyang lost the initiative, there was no way for him to recover. Regardless of attack speed or movement speed, he couldn't compare to Qin Wentian. Not only that, his strength wasn't enough to turn the situation around in an instant.
Lin Yue paled when she saw this scene. She shouted, "Kaiyang, concede!"
Luo Kaiyang gritted his teeth, feeling unwillingness in his heart. But at this instant, the mountain-like giant hammer smashed down once again, shattering the Astral Great Axe in his hands.
Luo Kaiyang's countenance was deathly pale as he stared blankly at the descending giant hammer. Even though he had an extremely powerful defense, the impact of the giant hammer was sufficient to shatter his brain.
"No …" Lin Yue's countenance paled as her eyes reddened. She didn't dare to imagine what would happen next.
The giant hammer continued to descend, but just as it was about to smash into Luo Kaiyang's head, it abruptly transformed into a constellation of astral light, disappearing from sight.
Time seemed to have stopped for an instant. Beads of perspiration dripped down from Luo Kaiyang's forehead.
His gaze landed on Qin Wentian, only to see a radiant smile on Qin Wentian's face. Luo Kaiyang couldn't help but feel a sense of heartfelt admiration in his heart.
Luo Kaiyang bowed slightly to Qin Wentian as he stated, "Although I'm inferior to you, there will definitely be a place for you in the top nine rankings of the Jun Lin Banquet."
"Thank you for letting me win." Qin Wentian smiled as he nodded his head. After which, Luo Kaiyang walked down the platform. The victor of this battle, was Qin Wentian.
Seeing Luo Kaiyang walking down the platform, Qin Wentian's countenance was as calm as still water. Subconsciously, he cast a glance at Lin Yue who was in front of him.
At this moment, Lin Yue's heart was pounding rapidly. Staring at the smiling youth, she suddenly felt a sense of inferiority. She bowed slightly to Qin Wentian from afar, "I'm sorry for what happened in the past."
Qin Wentian smiled as he nodded his head. Although the words spoken by Lin Yue were somewhat unpleasant to the ears, it was merely the willfulness of youth. It wasn't worth it to hold a grudge in his heart.
"Seems like this young lady once had a conflict with Qin Wentian." The spectators sighed in their hearts when they saw this scene.
"Not bad." In the direction of the Emperor Star Academy, Mustang smiled as he nodded his head. The more he looked at this disciple, the more satisfied he was with him.
Qin Wentian walked down the platform. However, at this moment, the spectators already saw him as one of the strongest contenders for the top nine rankings of the Jun Lin Banquet.
Luo Kaiyang's strength could already be considered not bad. However, when facing against Qin Wentian, he had no way to retaliate at all. Not only that, the spectators still couldn't see through Qin Wentian's true combat prowess.
In these two battles, the spectators could only see his talent for combat. It was as though it was an innate ability, and his grasp of opportunities and control of the battle was extremely perfect.
Although those two battles appeared to be extremely simple, Qin Wentian himself seemed to have the talent to turn complexity into simplicity.
The following battles were as fascinating as ever. Occasionally, there would be intense collisions. However, after that, Qin Wentian didn't encounter any opponents that were too strong. Relying on his Astral Warhammer and his tyrannical movement techniques, he was able to completely suppress his opponents.
Time slowly flowed by, and the battles on the nine towering platforms gradually intensified. The judges on each of the platforms seemed to have intentionally left the most intense battles to the end. Even for the 18 most favored contenders, they were facing extremely difficult challenges. Although other than Jiang Xiu, none of the other contenders were eliminated, it wasn't so easy for them to obtain victory.
Only Luo Qianqiu, Sikong Mingyue, 2nd Sword, 3rd Night, and the rest were able to suppress their opponents with arrogance.
The winter sun shifted from the east to the west, its warmth still enveloped the land. At this moment, the battles on three of the towering platforms had already ended. As for the other six towering platforms, only a few people remained. Not only that, the judges directly allowed the remaining contenders to ascend the platforms together.
It seemed that the first round of the Jun Lin Banquet would soon conclude.
"8th towering platform, 6th Night, Luo Huan, Ye Zhi, Yu Fei, come up together." At this moment, the judge of the 8th towering platform spoke. There were only four contenders left on this platform.
6th Night and Ye Zhi, ranked 7th of the 10 prodigies, were two of the most favored contenders. Luo Huan and Yu Fei also had payout rates from Heaven's Wonder, but the payout rate for them to enter the top nine was extremely high. Evidently, Heaven's Wonder didn't think highly of them.
If there were no accidents, the next round would be 6th Night and Ye Zhi fighting against Luo Huan and Yu Fei respectively.
Not only that, both Luo Huan and Yu Fei were students of the Emperor Star Academy.
"9th towering platform, 7th Night, Qin Wentian, Luo Cheng, come up."
The judge of the 9th towering platform slowly spoke. There were only three contenders left on the 9th platform. Because there were six contenders in the first round, they had all defeated their opponents, resulting in such a situation.
In that case, between 7th Night, Qin Wentian, and Luo Cheng, one of them had to be eliminated.
"Although 7th Night is a female, her combat prowess is extremely high. She should be able to advance to the next round. Luo Cheng's saber light is extremely sharp and ruthless, his combat prowess shouldn't be any weaker than Jiang Xiu. If the judge allows him to fight against Qin Wentian, he should have a 30% chance of victory."
Many mused in their hearts. They felt that Qin Wentian had a higher chance of advancing to the next round, but it wouldn't be so easy for him to deal with the crazy Luo Cheng.
Everyone had seen those duels time and time again. Luo Cheng's performance was naturally seen by them too.
"8th towering platform, 6th Night against Yu Fei and Ye Zhi against Luo Huan. The platform is large enough, let's fight them at the same time." The judge of the 8th towering platform spoke, his words causing the eyes of the spectators to gleam with sharpness. Two exciting battles were going to proceed at the same time.
Indeed, as expected, the judge allowed the 6th Night and Ye Zhi to fight against Yu Fei and Luo Huan respectively.
6th Night against Yu Fei was a battle between males. Ye Zhi against Luo Huan, two beauties, caused the spectators to be filled with anticipation.
"9th towering platform, the three of you will fight at the same time. Whoever gets off the platform first will be eliminated." A voice abruptly rang out, causing expressions of interest to appear on the faces of the spectators. This judge was truly daring. He actually allowed Qin Wentian, Luo Cheng, and 7th Night to engage in a chaotic battle.
What if two of them decided to work together to deal with the other one?
This judge was truly capricious!
Maybe, he didn't want anyone to advance to the next round because of a bye, which was why he came up with this idea!
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