On the battlefield beside the eastern camp, Duan Xiuchen looked up at the sky with a helpless expression. The situation was hopeless!
How did things slowly develop to this point?
Before the martial arts demonstration, the Southern and Western Tribes only regarded each other as opponents. No one took the Eastern Tribe seriously, especially after confirming the weak lineup of the Eastern Tribe. The cultivators of the two tribes all felt that the Eastern Tribe was just here to join in the fun.
However, it was this seemingly weak and vulnerable eastern army that actually made the southern and western tribes unable to contend against them even if they joined hands. They killed them to the point that they had no temper.
In the end, they had underestimated the enemy too much.
If the two tribes had joined forces to suppress the eastern tribe from the start, the eastern tribe wouldn't have achieved such a result. Of course, the enemy was too cunning. At the start, they didn't reveal their strength, but when they reached the middle of the drill, they used all kinds of methods, overwhelming them.
Right now, he was the only one left on this side. Although eight of the nine people from the eastern side looked like arrows at the end of their flight, they still had a great advantage in terms of geographical advantage. In addition, there was also Lu Ye, who seemed to be stronger than him …
Duan Xiuchen knew that he was powerless to reverse the situation.
But he was still somewhat unwilling!
Lu Ye stepped forward and gestured with his saber. "Come!"
Duan Xiuchen looked down and met Lu Ye's eyes. He understood what he meant. He wanted to fight with him one last time! He focused his mind, and his expression became solemn. His spirit power boiled, and his fighting spirit soared to the heavens!
"Kill!"
A cold word came out of his mouth. Even though he was alone, he was like an army. His figure turned into a stream of light and rushed toward Lu Ye.
At the same time, Lu Ye also raised his saber. The eight people behind him didn't move and just watched quietly.
The two figures quickly approached each other. The spirit light emitted from their bodies became incomparably bright in the blink of an eye, and they collided.
In that split second of stagnation, their spiritual energies collided with each other, and a meteorite that passed by was directly turned into powder.
Haitang and the others focused their eyesight and observed with rapt attention. Through the dense spiritual light, they clearly saw that Duan Xiuchen's fist had blocked Lu Ye's slash.
The full power of a late-stage Constellation Cultivator not only caused the fist to contain violent killing power, but also a solid spirit power defense.
The Pan Shan Saber couldn't cut through it!
The two of them were in a stalemate. Both of them fiercely urged their spiritual energy, leaned forward, and stared into each other's eyes. They were almost face to face as they prepared for the final battle!
After three breaths, the stalemate was broken.
Haitang and the others clearly saw that Lu Ye's long saber pressed forward slightly. Duan Xiuchen's figure didn't retreat, but the condensed spiritual power protection on his fist that blocked the long saber was broken.
This undoubtedly meant that in such a head-on confrontation, Duan Xiuchen was already at a disadvantage.
This wasn't because Lu Ye had a weapon and Duan Xiuchen didn't. Not to mention that Duan Xiuchen was at the late Constellation Realm, even if he was only at the True Lake Realm or Divine Sea Realm, the fighting style he chose was what he was best at. He didn't have a weapon, but his fists were the most suitable weapon for him. If he was forced to use a weapon to fight, it might even affect his strength.
Duan Xiuchen's expression was calm. Even if he was at a disadvantage, his expression didn't change at all.
The long saber continued to press down, completely breaking through the spiritual power protection and cutting into Duan Xiuchen's fist. Blood splattered. Without the obstruction of the opponent's spiritual power, the saber pressed down at an even faster speed. When a stunning saber light flashed, half of Duan Xiuchen's arm and half of his body were cut open!
It was also at this moment that Duan Xiuchen's other fist punched out and imprinted itself on Lu Ye's face. It was light and powerless, like a light breeze, and Lu Ye's figure didn't even sway. After pouring all his strength into that fierce punch, he didn't have any more energy left …
Before his figure disappeared, Duan Xiuchen, who had been calm all this time, grinned at Lu Ye, as if he didn't lose anything by punching Lu Ye in the end.
Behind Lu Ye, Haitang and the others watched quietly. They didn't cheer, nor did they jump for joy. Each of them had a complicated expression.
The fact that Lu Ye had led the eastern region to victory in this martial arts exhibition and obtained first place was something to be happy about. However, as a human, Lu Ye had used his early-stage Constellation cultivation to fight head-on against a late-stage Constellation cultivator of a lesser human race. This was something to be happy about.
Of course, this kind of fight couldn't really reflect a cultivator's true strength.
Everyone could see that in this final collision, both Lu Ye and Duan Xiuchen had given up on protecting themselves, and all of their power had been converted into a violent blow. Therefore, one of them would definitely die on the spot.
A real battle wouldn't be so straightforward. Both sides would definitely use all kinds of fancy methods to slowly gain the upper hand and turn it into victory or even killing intent!
However, this couldn't erase the fact that a late Constellation human had lost to an early Constellation human in a head-on fight.
This made the people of the east feel a little uncomfortable. Was the human race too weak, or was Lu Ye too strong?
If it was the latter, it didn't matter. Since the ancient human race had been full of heroes, there would always be new stars of an era that shone so brightly that other races couldn't look directly at them.
However, if it was the former … then all of them would have to reflect on themselves.
In the Strange Fog Space, when the red light representing Duan Xiuchen was destroyed, the three Rizhao and even the east sighed slightly.
This wasn't what they wanted to see. If Haitang and the others could think of something, how could they not?
After a moment of silence, Rizhao, who was the oldest in the Western Region, spoke up, "It seems that it's necessary to let the brats go out more often and train themselves. Let's find an opportunity to sit down and discuss it together. Let's come up with a plan."
In fact, this wasn't the first time the Rizhao had noticed the problem with the human race. However, the human race's situation was a little special. Because they drifted along with Mount Fangcun, they couldn't go too far away from their headquarters. This caused them to lack experience. Unlike the cultivators of other realms, they couldn't travel too far. Their own realms were right there, and they could go back to visit if they missed home.
However, even if they realized it, it was difficult to change it. The Rizhao couldn't make up their minds to do it.
This martial arts exercise exposed many problems, especially the last battle between Lu Ye and Duan Xiuchen. It made the Rizhao realize that if they continued to muddle through like this, it would be difficult for the human race to gain a foothold in the vast universe in the future.
A late-stage Xingxiu was killed by an early-stage Xingxiu … It was too embarrassing. "Okay!" Zhu Laoer of the south nodded in agreement.
The east naturally had no objections.
"That's all." The figure of Rizhao from the West flashed and disappeared. The other Rizhao from the South and West did not have the intention to stay any longer and left one after another.
Chen Xuanhai and the others were the last to leave. When they reappeared beside the Black Abyss, Chen Xuanhai and Wu Qimo looked at each other and suddenly bowed to Su Yuqing.
Su Yuqing was confused. "What are you two doing?"
Chen Xuanhai said, "In any case, we have to thank Fellow Daoist Su for bringing in strong reinforcements for our division. That's why we won first place in the martial arts exercise. Well … our division will never forget Fellow Daoist's contribution!"
Wu Qimo also nodded vigorously. "Yes, yes, yes. It's all thanks to Fellow Daoist Su that our division won first place this time. Brother Chen and I will remember it in our hearts!"
You'd better forget it!
Su Yuqing glared at them angrily and shook her head, too lazy to say anything more to them.
The fog in the Black Abyss rolled, and figures rushed out from it. They were the nine people from the east who participated in the martial arts exercise. Haitang took the lead, followed by Lu Ye and the others.
Seeing that Chen Xuanhai and the other two were still waiting, Haitang hurriedly stepped forward and bowed. "Disciples are fortunate to have accomplished the task!"
A faint smile appeared on Chen Xuanhai's face, "You've all done well, well beyond our expectations." As he spoke, he glanced at Lu Ye, his eyes full of praise.
Having watched the entire martial arts exercise, he naturally knew who the biggest contributor was this time, but there was no need to say anything at this time.
Originally, from his point of view, Lu Ye was just a junior, but because of Su Yuqing, he couldn't really treat him as a junior at this time. However, he had to admit that Su Yuqing's judgment of people was very accurate, and he couldn't help but sigh at his own inferiority.
"You all have worked hard in this martial arts exercise. Go back and rest. Although you won first place this time, you can't be arrogant and complacent!"
Everyone agreed, not daring to be arrogant and complacent. This time, if it weren't for Lu Ye's various schemes, not to mention first place, they wouldn't have even gotten second place.
It could be said that ninety percent of the merit of first place was Lu Ye's, and the remaining ten percent was the hard work of the others. Everyone dispersed, and Su Yuqing led Lu Ye and Haitang to the Immortal Spirit Peak in silence.
When they arrived above the valley, Su Yuqing released her spiritual power, and Lu Ye fell straight down.
Nian Yue Xian, who had been waiting here, sensed the commotion and came out to investigate. Seeing Lu Ye, she couldn't help but look him up and down. After confirming that he wasn't missing an arm or a leg, she asked, "How are you?"
"Not bad!" Lu Ye casually said.
"Then when can we leave?" Lu Ye was startled. "I forgot to ask."
The main reason was that on the way back, Su Yuqing's expression wasn't quite right. It was cold, so he couldn't rashly ask.
Nian Yue Xian couldn't help but glare at him. "Could it be that you got a dao companion here and forgot to go back? If that's the case, you stay here and I'll leave alone. "
"Senior Sister, what are you saying? Haitang and I being dao companions is just a pretense to deceive outsiders. Otherwise, there's no way to explain how I could enter Black Abyss."
Nian Yue Xian snorted. "Who knows? Besides, Haitang also said before that you can only enter Black Abyss if you have the aura of the Lesser Human Clan. If you and Haitang being dao companions is just a pretense, then how did you enter Black Abyss? "
This question hit Lu Ye's sore spot, and he said without any change in expression, "Senior Su has a secret technique that allows me to enter Black Abyss in an opportunistic manner. I don't know the specifics, Junior Brother, I'm just following orders."
Nian Yue Xian was skeptical.
Lu Ye was afraid that she would ask something he couldn't answer, so he said, "I'll recover first. If he doesn't take the initiative to speak in two days, I'll ask Senior Sister Haitang to help me ask."
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