Gu Xiaolin's sword was like a falling leaf, one strike after another, and the trajectory was unpredictable. But under Chen Zong's Severing Wind Swordsmanship, the trajectory was immediately disrupted, like a leaf blown by the wind, changing the original trajectory.
This change had both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage was that Gu Xiaolin could make it more unpredictable, but it required him to have a very high attainment in Fallen Leaves Swordsmanship to be able to control it freely. The disadvantage was that if he couldn't control it freely, it would be out of his control directly.
Obviously, Gu Xiaolin was quite proficient in Fallen Leaves Swordsmanship, but he hadn't reached that level yet.
Compared with Gu Xiaolin, Chen Zong received more attention, especially the elder, who knew that Chen Zong was one of the six disciples in the Qi and Blood Realm. Now he had not only reached the Qi Refining Realm, but also defeated Huo Yihong who also broke through the Qi and Blood Realm. What he practiced was Severing Wind Swordsmanship.
With only four strikes, Chen Zong disrupted Gu Xiaolin's swordsmanship. With the fifth strike, Gu Xiaolin had to retreat.
The sixth strike was faster, like a gust of wind, but also like cutting the wind. Gu Xiaolin couldn't use his sword, and could only barely parry.
"This guy should be practicing the Positive Yuan Force." The elder thought. As a warrior in the Real Martial Arts Realm, his perception was more sensitive, and he could feel the weak internal force from Chen Zong. "But his internal force is very pure, no worse than the second turn of the Qi Refining Realm. It seems that his foundation was very strong when he was in the Qi and Blood Realm."
Others couldn't see much. They only saw that Gu Xiaolin was suppressed after a few strikes, and could only parry but not fight back.
Severing Wind Ten Strikes!
One strike followed by another, and Gu Xiaolin had already retreated to the edge of the arena.
"Junior brother, thank you for showing mercy." Gu Xiaolin smiled bitterly. Although he could still perform a killing move of Fallen Leaves Swordsmanship, the problem was that it would take some time. Chen Zong's sword was so fast that he didn't have time to accumulate power.
"You won again." He Tielin smiled. Qi Kang's face looked worse.
Yang Jingzhi's face was cold, and his eyes were shining with cold light. This was different from what he had imagined.
Moreover, judging from the strength displayed by Chen Zong, it seemed that he had not used his full strength yet. Thus, there was a slight possibility that he could compete for the Seven Rising Stars.
Lin Tianyu's opponent was at the first transition of the Qi Refining realm and was easily defeated.
Jiang Bai Liu's opponent was a veteran at the first transition of the Qi Refining realm. After a fierce battle, Jiang Bai Liu was defeated.
"Hehe, Huo Yihong is no good, and neither is Jiang Bailiu." He Tielin seemed to be deliberately disgusting Qi Kang as he laughed again. The two words' hehe 'were like two swords that ruthlessly pierced Qi Kang's heart.
Qikang's eyes turned red as he glared at He Tielin. He Tielin wasn't afraid at all.
"Don't be complacent too early." Qi Kang's voice was a bit hoarse.
After the second round of battles ended, only twenty-eight people remained out of the fifty-six. These twenty-eight people had to draw lots for the third round of battles.
"Junior Fellow Apprentice, come on. Fight for the title of Seven Rising Stars." Gu Xiaolin soon got rid of his depression after his defeat and encouraged Chen Zong.
"Thank you for your kind words, Senior Fellow Apprentice." Chen Zong smiled.
There was a certain element of luck in this kind of battle. For example, at the beginning, one would meet a weaker opponent and advance to the next round. However, as time went on, this element of luck would become less and less. After two rounds, there were twenty-eight people, and every one of them had real strength.
Before drawing lots, any one of the twenty-seven people could become his opponent.
After drawing lots, Chen Zong glanced at it. He had drawn Number One and his opponent was Number Two. He would be the first to fight on the stage.
"Chen Zong, you are indeed not weak, but compared to me, there is still a gap between you and me." Number Two's eyes were sharp as he smiled coldly. He had failed the first time he took the exam of the Four Great Schools. During the three years of experience, he had broken through to the first transition of the Qi Refining realm. Since then, he had made some progress. Although he hadn't reached the second transition, he had reached the peak of the first transition.
"You will know after you fight." Chen Zong responded neither quickly nor slowly. He pulled out his sword, flicked the tip of the sword and slashed out quickly.
"I will let you know the gap between us." Number Two's cold voice fell, and he instantly drew his sword.
The sword technique that Number Two practiced was the Gale Sword Technique, which was also a sword technique that emphasized speed.
Using speed to fight speed, one sword was like a gale, while the other could block the wind.
Number Two was indeed someone who had gone through three years of experience. He had rich combat experience. When he used the Gale Sword Technique, not only was he fast, but he could also use some small tricks to better display its power.
These small tricks had nothing to do with the sword technique itself. They were the result of a martial artist's personal experience in life and death battles. They seemed insignificant, but they were very practical. This was something that Chen Zong didn't have at the moment. However, after fighting with him, Number Two realized that the small tricks that he had learned from his life and death experiences could only bring trouble to his opponent the first time, but not the second time. On the third time, his small tricks were gradually being learned by his opponent.
"What a terrifying learning ability!" Number Two felt a chill in his heart. He immediately activated his inner force and used his sword technique.
"Gale Slash!"
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh. In an instant, three slashes came from the left, the middle, and the right. The speed of the slashes was even faster than before. The blades couldn't be seen, but they were like three gale slashes.
If this movement was practiced to perfection, he could use four slashes in an instant.
Chen Zong suddenly had a new understanding of the Wind-severing Swordsmanship.
The third slash, the fifth slash, the eighth slash, and the tenth slash of the Wind-severing Swordsmanship.
Four slashes were performed consecutively. They hit the gaps of the three Gale Slashes. They seemed to be empty, but in fact, they were connected. Under the four slashes, the connection between the three Gale Slashes was immediately cut off. They scattered and slashed past Chen Zong without causing any harm to Chen Zong.
"Impossible!"
"Is it a coincidence or …" Seven Sword Stars, the guarding disciple, and the elder were all stunned.
The Gale Slashes was the unique skill of the Gale Sword Technique. Normally, one had to use unique skills to fight against it. However, Chen Zong had broken it with the ordinary sword technique of the Wind-severing Swordsmanship.
If it was a coincidence, it could only be said that he was very lucky. If it wasn't a coincidence, his eyesight was too amazing.
"This guy has mastered the Wind-severing Swordsmanship so well." As a warrior in the Real Martial Arts Realm, the elder could see more clearly. After thinking about it, he was sure that Chen Zong didn't win by luck.
"I see. Wind-severing Swordsmanship … Wind-severing …" Chen Zong had a deeper understanding after breaking his opponent's unique skill with four slashes.
Number Two was stunned and immediately attacked again. However, Chen Zong didn't stop at all. He performed the Windsevering Ten Swords, each slash faster than the previous one.
The eighth slash!
The ninth slash!
The tenth slash!
Chen Zong attacked directly with his sword. Number Two was pushed back by his powerful internal force. He felt that his chest was stuffy and he couldn't breathe smoothly.
Chen Zong attacked again and knocked Number Two out of the arena.
"He won again!" Yang Jingzhi clenched his fists. He wanted to teach Chen Zong a lesson himself.
Then, Lin Tianyu defeated his opponent and advanced to the next round.
The third round was over. Fourteen people were eliminated and fourteen people advanced.
"The fourth round."
"It's the last round. The seven people who can win will be the Seven New Stars."
The Seven New Stars didn't have a ranking system, so this was the last round.
Both Lin Tianyu and Chen Zong were unexpected. One of them was at the peak of the first rotation of the Force Training Realm and defeated someone at the second rotation of the Force Training Realm. The other had just reached the Force Training Realm and won consecutively.
"I wonder who will win if the two of them meet?"
"In my opinion, Lin Tianyu will definitely win. Chen Zong is a genius, but he can't be a match for someone at the second rotation of the Force Training Realm."
"Congratulations on entering the fourth round," the elder said with a smile.
Of the fourteen people who entered the fourth round, eight of them were at the second rotation of the Force Training Realm. Of the other four, one was defeated by Lin Tianyu, three were defeated by someone at the second rotation, and the other six were at the first rotation.
"Let's draw lots."
This time, Chen Zong drew number five and his opponent was number six.
Lin Tianyu was the first to enter the arena. His opponent was at the peak of the first rotation of the Force Training Realm.
Lin Tianyu drew his sword and his sword poured down like a storm. He suppressed his opponent in an instant and defeated him. It was a clean victory.
"How is this possible?"
"It's too easy."
"The Seven Rising Stars are in our hands."
Without a doubt, Lin Tianyu defeated his opponent and became one of the Seven Rising Stars.
The rest of the people who had not yet entered the arena were all excited.
Number Three versus Number Four. Both of them were at the Second Cycle of the Training Realm. Both of them practiced Earth Level Low-Grade Martial Arts and Earth Level Low-Grade Sword Arts. They were evenly matched in this aspect. The outcome of the battle would depend on how they applied their techniques.
Since they were evenly matched, both of them used everything they had and held nothing back. They were determined to defeat their opponent. After all, if they won, they would receive the honor of being one of the Seven Rising Stars.
Fight, fight, fight!
Fifteen minutes later, Number Four grasped a sliver of an opportunity and traded injury for injury to defeat Number Three. It was a fluke victory.
However, a win was a win.
Next, it was number five versus number six.
"I'm from the Liu Sect. How do you think I should deal with you?" Number Six stared at Chen Zong and suddenly grinned. His cultivation base was at the second transition of the Qi Refining Realm, so he was confident that he would win. Furthermore, Yang Jingzhi had told him that if he met Chen Zong, he was to teach him a lesson.
"I'm relieved to hear that," Chen Zong said calmly.
"You're so stubborn." As soon as he finished speaking, his opponent immediately drew his sword. The sword was like an erupting volcano. It was ferocious and domineering.
"Cutting Wind!"
Chen Zong said in a low voice. He unsheathed his sword like a gust of wind and cut the wind in half. The speed of the sword increased.
After three battles, Chen Zong had a deeper understanding of the Cutting Wind Swordsmanship. The way he used it now was different from before. It was more profound.
His opponent's swordsmanship was obviously a swordsmanship that focused on explosive power. The speed of the sword was not fast, but the power of each strike was very strong. Coupled with the fierce inner force, the power was further enhanced.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh. Chen Zong stabbed three times in a row. He immediately broke his opponent's first strike and counterattacked.
"So what if your sword is fast? Take my Volcanic Swordsmanship!" Number six roared. His momentum was shocking. His fierce inner force was surging. In an instant, he pushed his sword forward. The sound of the sword was shocking. As soon as he used his ultimate move, Chen Zong immediately felt a scorching heat coming at him. The power was so strong that it seemed like it could crush him in the blink of an eye.
Before the sword arrived, the strong sword pressure whistled. Chen Zong's long hair and his sword robe fluttered in the wind.
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