NOVPUBBaili Xiao took a deep breath, her eyes closed slightly, and the spiritual energy around her began to churn.
A lotus flower slowly bloomed beneath her, and her entire body floated in midair.
It was as if endless Great Dao were fermenting within this lotus. As the petals of the lotus gradually unfolded, the sound of the Great Dao arose, and in an instant, everything became silent around everyone’s ears.
No matter how noisy the surroundings were, or how loud their own clamorous voices had been, at this moment, everyone seemed as if they had gone deaf, hearing no sound at all.
Watching the lotus flower bloom little by little, everyone’s spirits seemed to be drawn to it.
As the lotus flower bloomed completely, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth surged instantaneously, and the color of the lotus gradually turned green.
Baili Xiao stood on the Green Lotus, her gaze profound and limitless, her aura roaring around her like a long dragon.
However, all this had not ended. As the Green Lotus blossomed, another lotus began to condense in front of her.
The lotus condensed rapidly, transforming into a black lotus in the blink of an eye.
Behind the black lotus, more and more lotuses began to condense and bloom in midair, a total of eight.
Green, black, white, blue, red, yellow, purple, orange.
When all eight lotus flowers had condensed, Baili Xiao stepped on the path paved by the lotuses, walking step by step through the void, and with each step, her aura grew stronger.
"These lotuses look familiar," a disciple below muttered in confusion.
"It’s the Myriad Dao Lotus, the eleventh-ranked divine artifact on the list of wonders of the world," exclaimed a disciple, shouting loudly.
"This is not the real Myriad Dao Lotus. The Green Lotus of the Myriad Dao Lotus is still in the Cleansing Sword Pond of our True Martial Holy Sect. As for the other lotuses, they disappeared with the ascension of Empress Hong Tian," whispered some knowledgeable disciples: "I’ve read some records about Empress Hong Tian. It is said that back then, the Empress comprehended the mysteries of the Myriad Dao Lotus and created a Vein Skill of her own, but I do not know if it is true."
Baili Xiao stood in the air, her gaze cold and emotionless, while beneath her feet, all eight lotuses bloomed and spun.
Mists of energy circulated within them, and when Baili Xiao waved her hands, beams of light shot out from each of the eight lotuses, intertwining lights of eight different colors.
As the lights of eight different colors fused, the eight lotuses beneath Baili Xiao’s feet also began to merge with each other.
In the process of fusion, the sound of the Great Dao rang out continuously, quiet in the heart like the sound of a stream trickling under a bridge, and the spiritual energy overhead was almost too dense to disperse.
Xu Zimei watched this scene with a concentrated gaze, then sat down cross-legged, placing the curved blade in front of him.
Xu Zimei’s actions quickly attracted the attention of many people below.
"What is Brother Xu doing?" someone in the crowd asked in confusion.
"Don’t know, have you noticed that we have never seen any of the Vein Skills Brother Xu is using before?" another disciple said curiously.
When Xu Zimei placed the curved blade in front of him, a dazzling light began to emanate from his body.
This light shrouded the blade, and Tyrant Shadow started to tremble slightly.
Baili Xiao walked through the void, her feet’s lotus finally condensed completely, turning into a single Chaos-colored lotus.
Baili Xiao waved her right hand, and the lotus burst forth with endless radiance, shooting up towards the sky, then rushed towards Xu Zimei.
At this moment, Xu Zimei slowly stood up, the Tyrant Shadow in his hand trembling slightly, a deeper gray spiritual energy spreading over the blade.
As this gray spiritual energy spread, the sound of the Great Dao that had been ringing from the Myriad Dao Lotus began to tremble.
Baili Xiao’s brow furrowed slightly, as she felt a wave of fear emanating from the Myriad Dao Lotus.
"The pinnacle of the Way, it’s the pinnacle of the Way," while others might not understand, how could the Sect Masters of the great sects sitting below the arena not know.
"Qing Shan, your son has comprehended the pinnacle of the Way at such a young age, his future is truly limitless," Luo Changhe said with a smile next to him.
The other Sect Masters around them also began discussing in low voices.
Xu Qingshan’s gaze was intense as he watched the grey spiritual energy enveloping Xu Zimei’s sword body.
When the Myriad Dao Lotus rushed towards him, the sky-blocking lotus petals carried with them an endless Taoist charm as they attacked.
Xu Zimei let out a light laugh, and whispered softly, "Way of Inquiry nineteenth form, the ninth strike, Line between Heaven and Earth."
He wielded the curved blade in his hand with all his might, the grey spiritual energy shrouded in the blade qi, and in that moment space entered an eternal collapse.
When the two collided, the explosion everyone imagined did not occur; instead, they felt the world before their eyes vanish.
In that vast mist, a streak of blade qi split the world, and at this moment, everyone’s vision brightened.
In their world, it seemed there was nothing left but this streak of blade light.
All things converged to one point, and the world began with a single line.
The Myriad Dao Lotus was directly cleaved into pieces, and as the blade light continued fiercely, it headed straight for Baili Xiao.
"Enough, Xiao’er admits defeat," a crisp voice sounded, followed by a great hand reaching through the air, completely shattering Xu Zimei’s blade light.
The Sixth Elder arrived in the air, protecting Baili Xiao in front of him, and looked at Xu Zimei, saying, "Xiao’er has admitted defeat, this match is yours."
"Sixth Elder, it seems improper for you to intervene in this way," Xu Zimei slowly put away Tyrant Shadow, saying with a smile.
Xiao Ruoxue glanced in the direction where Xu Qingshan was, only to see him with his eyes slightly closed, seemingly contemplating something.
"Xiao’er is the Empress’s successor, after all, there’s no need for members of the same sect to fight to the death," Xiao Ruoxue said.
Xu Zimei glanced in the direction of Xu Qingshan and after seeing no sign of intervention from him, he smiled, nodded, and said, "If being an Elder means you can meddle in the competition at will, I have nothing to say."
As Xu Zimei stepped down from the stage, everyone’s gaze turned towards Xu Qingshan, waiting for him to speak.
However, Xu Qingshan kept his eyes closed the entire time and remained still. 𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒑𝒖𝒃.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Then the Sixth Elder went down from the arena with Baili Xiao, and she looked back at Xu Zimei deeply, sensing that he hadn’t used all his trump cards.
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The match between Xu Zimei and Baili Xiao ended, and people turned their attention to the nearby match between Chu Yang and Xuanyuan Xuantian.
Many people didn’t know much about Chu Yang except that he had recently become the Saint Heir of Yin-Yang Sect.
But Xuanyuan Xuantian’s reputation was somewhat larger.
In fact, Xuanyuan Xuantian had been famous for quite a while now.
Legend has it that on the day of his birth, a polar light flew down from the horizon and then merged into his body.
It was later revealed that the object within that polar light was none other than the Xuanyuan Body, ranked 100th among the Hundred Great Battle Bodies.
Even though this Battle Body was ranked at the very end, none of the Hundred Great Battle Bodies were simple.
