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Chapter 118: Chapter 118 Illusion! It must be an illusion!
As Sha Qi stepped onto the arena, the entire Martial Arts Square instantly fell silent.
Everyone’s gaze focused entirely on Luo Cheng and Sha Qi.
"Luo Cheng can defeat Qin Yuanfeng with a single punch, proving his strength isn’t weak. I wonder how he’ll fare against Sha Qi."
"What are you thinking? Brother Sha Qi is a Sixth Layer Transcendence Realm martial artist. He’s leagues above Qin Yuanfeng!"
"That’s true."
Because of Luo Cheng’s battle with Qin Yuanfeng, everyone held some level of expectation for him.
Of course, only to that extent.
The vast majority of people still didn’t think highly of Luo Cheng, merely considering him qualified to exchange a few moves with Sha Qi.
On the arena.
Luo Cheng and Sha Qi stood facing each other, the gale roaring fiercely, tearing at their garments, and filling the air with killing intent.
Sha Qi looked at Luo Cheng and sneered coldly:
"Luo Cheng, during the Green Cloud Trial, you were lucky to escape with your life! But today, your luck ends here. A fair life-and-death duel between us... Even if I behead you, Sister Yun Mengli will have no words to say!"
Luo Cheng sensed Sha Qi’s aura, stronger than before, and responded calmly:
"Seems your strength has improved during this period. Unfortunately, the gap between us has only grown wider."
During the Green Cloud Trial, Luo Cheng’s strength had only been slightly superior to Sha Qi’s.
Over these past days, his True Dragon Technique broke through once more, surging his power to nine thousand pounds!
He also practiced Mist Shadow Step and Heavenly Cauldron Fist, his strength undergoing a qualitative leap!
Not to mention, Luo Cheng mastered the Essence Energy Circulation Method and perfected the third form of the Heavenly Fall Four Forms, ’Electric Passage,’ allowing him to unleash Sword Qi!
This was his ultimate killing move!
To be frank, beneath the Third Stage of Tongxuan Realm, Luo Cheng now feared no opponent!
Ha!
Sha Qi sneered: "On the brink of death, you dare speak such arrogance! During the Green Cloud Trial, I could suppress you easily! Killing you now is like slaughtering chickens and dogs."
"Of course, don’t think death will come so easily for you! The shame of that day, I will pay back slash by slash!"
With a sinister grin, Sha Qi drew his longsword. An overwhelming blade aura spread outward from his body.
In the viewing stands.
A female elder raised an eyebrow and commented, "This Sha Qi is quite strong! He’s actually cultivated the Canglang Breaking Cloud Saber to the Small Accomplishment stage. To possess such momentum, his mastery over sword techniques likely reaches high-level techniques. In the future, he might even comprehend Sword Heart."
Elder Chen Xuan nodded solemnly.
For Luo Cheng, the situation indeed appeared grim.
The female elder glanced sideways and asked, "Luo Cheng might as well be half your disciple. Will you not intervene?"
Chen Xuan Elder fixed his gaze on Luo Cheng, shaking his head slightly: "With Yun Mengli’s status and position, she could protect Luo Cheng with a single word. Yet she hasn’t done so."
"Flowers in a greenhouse can’t withstand wind and rain. Luo Cheng awakened a Wasted Martial Soul and offended Jin Min and the others. Walking his path means forging through an inevitable road of blood."
On the arena.
Sha Qi held his longsword at the ready, his aura climbing to its peak, staring at Luo Cheng while licking his lips.
"Draw your sword!"
Luo Cheng, standing indifferently like an ancient weathered rock enduring millennia of storms, replied calmly:
"Dealing with you doesn’t require a sword."
With those words, the atmosphere of the Martial Arts Square instantly soared to its climax.
No one expected that at this moment, Luo Cheng would still dare to utter such arrogant words.
Whether that confidence was genuine or madness, it remained uncertain!
"Courting death!"
Sha Qi was thoroughly enraged. With a furious roar, he stomped his feet and lunged forward like a slanting blade.
When the distance between them was less than three meters, Sha Qi unleashed a wild slash.
This slash was simple and direct, yet its aura was anything but ordinary. The sound of the blade tearing through the air was an ear-piercing shriek.
Many narrowed their eyes. Some female disciples even revealed looks of unbearable pity, as though the very next moment would see Luo Cheng decapitated, drenched in blood!
Just as Sha Qi’s blade was about to strike Luo Cheng, Luo Cheng moved. His steps were perfectly timed, slipping past the blade’s edge by a mere hair’s breadth!
"You think you can dodge?"
Sha Qi smirked coldly, immediately twisting his wrist to deliver a diagonal slash, swift as lightning, aimed once again at Luo Cheng.
Crack!
The gleaming blade swept through Luo Cheng’s phantom image, carving a deep fissure into the ground. 𝑛𝘰𝘷𝑝𝘶𝑏.𝑐𝘰𝘮
"Such an exquisite technique!"
Someone in the crowd could not help but marvel.
"Mist Shadow Step! He actually mastered Mist Shadow Step!"
In the stands, a green-dressed girl with pigtails covered her lips in disbelief.
Her astonishment was understandable.
She knew very well that Luo Cheng had only begun practicing Mist Shadow Step three days ago.
The difficulty of mastering Mist Shadow Step was comparable to Six-star Martial Arts. Yet in just three days, not only had Luo Cheng grasped its fundamental movements, but he wielded them with such finesse—it challenged belief!
"Unforgivable!"
Sha Qi’s face darkened with humiliation. He had never expected Luo Cheng’s movement technique to be so unpredictable, leaving him feeling as though his power had nowhere to hit.
However, mere speed could not truly contend with him!
"Worthless! Let’s see where you can hide now! Sea Covering Cloud!"
With a furious roar, Sha Qi swung his longsword repeatedly, each strike faster than the last, culminating into a dense curtain of blade light, resembling waves crashing toward Luo Cheng.
This time, Luo Cheng did not dodge.
He had just wanted to test Mist Shadow Step’s effectiveness in battle. Now that his goal was met, there was no longer a need to evade.
As the dense waves of blade light approached, Luo Cheng stepped forward with his right foot and boldly launched a punch straight ahead.
Boom!
A deafening explosion erupted as Qi Force radiated outward. A figure staggered uncontrollably, retreating wildly.
A chorus of gasps echoed throughout the square.
The one retreating was Sha Qi!
"Impossible!"
Standing below the arena, Yan Qi was visibly stunned.
Sha Qi’s cultivation had reached the Sixth Layer Peak of the Transcendence Realm, placing him among the elite of Transcendence Realm martial artists. Yet in a direct confrontation, he couldn’t withstand Luo Cheng. Was this even reasonable?
No one was more shocked than Sha Qi. In the instant their blows collided, he had nearly lost his grip on his sword!
"No! This must be some kind of illusion! It has to be!"
Sha Qi’s thoughts spiraled into chaos.
He refused to believe that with his Sixth Layer Transcendence cultivation, he could lose to Luo Cheng in direct combat. He brandished his blade and charged at Luo Cheng yet again, leaping into the air.
"Breaking Wave Cloud Slash!"
Midair, Sha Qi gripped his sword tightly with both hands and delivered an overwhelming slash. The blade carved visible fractures into the air itself!
Luo Cheng neither retreated nor dodged, simply throwing out another seemingly straightforward punch.
Thunderous sounds erupted, and both fighters’ figures separated.
Sha Qi retreated yet again, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, the hand gripping his sword quivering slightly.
"Sha Qi is injured! How is this possible!"
"Two direct confrontations, and Sha Qi couldn’t withstand even two punches from Luo Cheng!"
The sight of Sha Qi’s injury left everyone present utterly astonished.
"This is your power?"
Luo Cheng gazed at Sha Qi, a tinge of disappointment in his eyes.
He had hoped to use this opportunity to measure his strength.
But Sha Qi couldn’t even withstand two punches from him, leaving Luo Cheng no chance to use his Heavenly Cauldron Fist.
"Trash! You think this is enough to defeat me? Keep dreaming!"
Sha Qi’s eyes burned red as if bleeding. With a furious roar, he released his Martial Soul—a purple toad radiating six stars appeared behind him.
"Die! Cangjiang Cloud Splitting Slash!"
Releasing his Martial Soul, Sha Qi’s aura peaked as he unleashed his ultimate strike!
In this moment, he pushed himself beyond his limits, with his blade aura surging endlessly, approaching the threshold of comprehending Sword Heart. The air around his longsword rippled violently like water, as if determined to split Luo Cheng in half and kill him on the spot!
