Chapter 350

Su Huaijun held a jade bamboo stick in her hand . The verdant bamboo stick seemed to be made of jasper . The few pieces of verdant and glistening leaves on it swayed lightly, looking as if they had just fallen off a bamboo tree .

Sanmu Su Family .

Ai Hui did not know much about the Sanmu Su Family . All he knew was that this family was a well-known family in Jadeite Forest in the past . Eventually, they left Jadeite Forest and stayed in the Avalon of Five Elements .

From the restraining fear Sha Wuyuan had for Su Huaijun previously, he could tell that Sanmu Su Family was rather powerful .

There were too many aristocratic families in the Avalon of Five Elements . Unless he personally knew members from a particular aristocratic family, like how he knew Duanmu Huanghun and Shi Xueman, he would definitely not know the social status of that family .

After spending three years with Su Qingye, Ai Hui knew his character very well . To Ai Hui, a person’s character mattered the most . As for a person’s family background, he did not really care .

Ai Hui had heard from Su Qingye that his aunt was very powerful .

He certainly did not expect he would face her one day .

Standing opposite him, Su Huaijun had a solemn look on her face . After watching Chu Zhaoyang’s previous performance, she did not dare to underestimate him .

“Mr Chu, your guidance will be appreciated,” Su Huaijun said with a deep voice .

Ai Hui brandished the Snow Cherry in his hand as his brain went to work . Su Huaijun and Fu family’s oldest daughter had seen the real Ai Hui in action before . To prevent them from finding out his true identity, he could not use the same sword moves that he’d used in the past .

He was somewhat glad that he had just read Chief’s sword encyclopedia and learnt a lot from it .

Ai Hui was slightly excited . He had not officially sorted out the insights he gained and most of them were still scattered and fragmentary . With such an excellent sparring partner now, it was an extremely rare chance for him to do it now!

Which move should he use?

“Give me a moment,” Ai Hui said subconsciously .

Su Huaijun was stunned . This was the first time she’d encountered such a situation . Did her opponent just ask her to wait in the middle of a competition?

All the onlookers went in an uproar .

“Ha, he dares to ask for a moment?”

“Don’t tell me he wants to use the toilet! Hahahaha, that’s a lousy excuse!”

“If you’re afraid, just admit defeat! Stop wasting everybody’s time!”

“Maybe he has some crafty plots!”

. . .

In the arena, Su Huaijun felt slightly embarrassed . Wasn’t it embarrassing to challenge someone like this? Since young, she had been through a lot of competitions and she had never been so embarrassed like this before .

Ai Hui, who had been in deep thought, suddenly had his eyes light up . He had thought of a good move to use . Then, he raised his head and told Su Huaijun, “I’m ready . “

Ready . . .

Su Huaijun nodded her head with a blank look on her face, “Mr Chu, your guidance will be appreciated . “

“Here I come,” Ai Hui boasted shamelessly . However, he did not move forward and stood at his original spot . Following which, he flicked the Snow Cherry in his hand .

The air around the pinkish tip of Snow Cherry suddenly became distorted . The sword tip looked as if it was emitting energy ripples . Suddenly, six palm-sized crescent moons shot out from the energy ripples .

[Six Moons]!

Ai Hui’s newly developed move .

Su Huaijun’s eyes shrunk as all her distracting thoughts disappeared .

The commotion from the onlookers had completely disappeared as well . Everyone widened their eyes and looked at the six dancing sword gleams . Even though the sword gleams were only palm-sized, their razor-sharp aura was able to engulf the entire arena . They were fast and nimble, resembling six flying bats . They flew so fast through the air that one could only see their afterimages .

What kind of swordsmanship was this?

Before the onlookers could resolve their doubts, Su Huaijun had already sensed the danger that was approaching and she began to move .

A glint flashed across Su Huaijun’s eyes and she pointed her jade bamboo stick towards Ai Hui .

A burst of green light erupted from the jade bamboo stick and exploded in the air . The burst of green light transformed into a green-colored glowing net that suddenly appeared on top of Ai Hui .

The faint green glow from the net was in perpetual motion, dancing and flowing . The area it covered was extremely huge .

All the onlookers bolted upright . They did not expect Su Huaijun to start off with an ultimate move . [Inescapable Net] was one of Sanmu Su Family’s ultimate moves . The threads that made up the green net were as thin and fine as hairs, making the net look as if it would break any moment . In reality, they were impenetrable by swords or spears . No matter how hard one tried to escape from it, he would still be a trapped fly .

Chu Zhaoyang raised his head and looked at the glowing net that was floating down slowly . He looked as if he was dumbfounded at the sight of the glowing net, remaining motionless .

The slow-moving speed of the green glowing net was just an illusion .

Those who had sharp eyes had already noticed that a few strands of green glow from the net were already embedded in the ground .

Chu Zhaoyang was finished .

This thought flashed across everyone’s minds . Once [Inescapable Net] embedded its roots in the ground, no one could break from it .

The glowing net started to expand and become thicker . In the blink of an eye, the glowing net looked as if it was made up of thick and solid vines . Surprisingly, pieces of verdant bamboo leaves began to grow on the glowing net .

Chu Zhaoyang stared blankly at the sky above his head .

Disdain and disappointment appeared on the faces of the onlookers one by one . This competition had already ended . Chu Zhaoyang had admitted defeat .

Every bamboo leaf was like a single razor blade . When the bamboo leaves started to fall, a great danger descended upon Chu Zhaoyang . If this was a real fight, the trapped Chu Zhaoyang would be sliced to smithereens .

The countless bamboo leaves gave rise to countless killing intents .

A disappointed look appeared on Su Huaijun’s face as well . Previously, after she saw how Chu Zhaoyang defeated Gui Hu, she still thought that he was rather powerful . That was why she decided to challenge him . However, she did not expect him to stay motionless and fail to put up any resistance . A competition like this was far too boring .

Suddenly, Chu Zhaoyang’s murmurs rang across her ears . She was stunned .

“Which tier should I start from?”

“Forget it, I will start from the first tier . Save time and brainpower . “

Tier? What tier? Su Huaijun’s mind was filled with doubt . She widened her eyes and looked at the trapped Chi Zhaoyang . Could it be that… he had some countermoves?

Such a pity, it’s too late for any countermoves!

She felt pity for Chu Zhaoyang in silence . Once the [Inescapable Net] embedded its roots in the ground, anyone who was trapped inside the net had practically zero chance of breaking out of it .

Chu Zhaoyang continued to mumble to himself . He did not look at Su Huaijun and brandished his sword by himself .

“Thirty-six plum blossoms are easier to count but I don’t have thirty-six now . I only have six now, maybe I can make a simplified version . “

The six sword gleams swirling around Chu Zhaoyang suddenly began to spin faster . Swoosh swoosh swoosh . Deafening sonic booms resounded through the air . The six sword gleams intertwined together in the air . Woosh . The bamboo leaves that were falling towards Chu Zhaoyang were grinded to smithereens by the six sword gleams .

Su Huaijun’s eyes lit up . She could sense an unpredictable killing intent coming from the intertwining sword gleams .

Interesting!

The onlookers broke into discussion as well .

“What kind of swordsmanship is that?”

“I’m not sure . “

“It’s too late . “

“That’s true!”

. . .

Indeed, the six sword gleams swirling around Chu Zhaoyang were gradually suppressed by the falling bamboo leaves .

At this moment, Su Huaijun heard Chu Zhaoyang murmuring again .

“It’s not powerful enough . Seems like I got to move it up to the second tier . “

Second tier?

The doubt in Su Huaijun became stronger . This time around, she was sure that she hadn’t wrongly heard his words . What exactly is second tier?

The six sword gleams suddenly transformed . Zoom . Intertwining wind and flames were swirling around Chu Zhaoyang now, appearing brilliant and powerful . Every sword gleam was accompanied by intertwining wind and flames . They were moving extremely fast and giving off scorching heat .

Numerous bamboo leaves burst into flames with a loud rumble .

The [Inescapable Net] was being stimulated . This time around, not only bamboo leaves grew out of it, but there were bamboo branches growing out of it as well .

Deafening sonic booms rang across the air . The bamboo branches were like arrows, piercing through the protective screen of wind and flames in an instant .

“Eh? It still can be transformed? The third tier!”

Su Huaijun felt that she was going to go crazy soon . Third tier… what exactly is third tier?

None of the onlookers were talking now . Even though they could hear Chu Zhaoyang’s murmurs, they could see the successive changes of his sword moves . They noticed the current situation was far from what they had expected it to be .

Chu Zhaoyang seemed like . . . he had the power of resistance .

But it might just be his final struggle .

The onlookers quickly came to this conclusion . After all, this was the [Inescapable Net] . Even if Gui Hu was the one that was trapped in it, he would not be able to break out of it .

When Chu Zhaoyang completely depleted his elemental energy, he would become a slave to the [Inescapable Net] like a physically exhausted wild animal .

However, Ai Hui was actually immersing himself in the pleasure of simulating sword formations .

The sword formations that he had destroyed previously were extremely exquisite . The feelings of simulating sword formations and destroying sword formations were completely different . A sword formation could be destroyed just by identifying its loopholes and weaknesses . However, to simulate a sword formation, one needed to have a deep understanding towards swordsmanship and sword formation .

“Okay, there’s something wrong with this area . Alright, I have to increase its power . “

“I get it now, there’s something else in this area . “

. . .

Ai Hui, who was lost in his own world, continued to mumble to himself . The number of crescent moons he had now could not be compared to the number of grass swords used in the sword formation . As such, it was not an easy task to simulate the sword formation . If not for those few detailed descriptions and explanations on sword formations in Karakorum Savant’s swordplay encyclopedia, Ai Hui would not have had such a deep understanding of sword formations .

Because of the quantity issue, there were a lot of limitations in using just six crescent moons to simulate a sword formation . However, the six crescent moons were sword gleams and they were naturally more powerful than grass swords . New insights made Ai Hui’s eyes lit up .

The powerful and ever-changing [Inescapable net] forced Ai Hui to speed up his thinking process . He was racking his brain on how to increase the power of his sword formation .

A dead silence swept across the onlookers . Everyone was staring in shock at the arena . They no longer had the thought that Chu Zhaoyang would face an imminent defeat .

During the previous sword formation, Chu Zhaoyang had displayed how swordsmanship could be used in a battlefield .

Everyone felt as if they were in a battlefield . They could see corpses and blood everywhere . Thousands of men and horses were fighting and colliding against each other . A feeling of devastation engulfed them .

Even though they were young masters and mistresses from prestigious families, most of them had seen blood before . However, they had never seen such devastating and desperate swordsmanship before .

Chu Zhaoyang, who was trapped in the [Inescapable Net], was like a valiant general that was fighting with his life, bold and powerful .

Chu Zhaoyang suddenly stopped what he was doing .

“It’s still not working . . . That means I have to move it up to the fourth tier!”

Su Huaijun had already become numb at this point of time .

Fourth tier… what was he doing?

The fourth tier was the [Big Dipper Sword Formation] . This was also the sword formation that Ai Hui had the most understanding of . However, he only had six crescent moons . [Big Dipper] needed a total of seven entities to work .

Suddenly, Ai hui hit upon an inspiration . He could count himself as one entity and there would be seven entities in total .

The [Big Dipper Sword Formation] was being channelled noiselessly . Ai Hui stood in the centre of the formation with his eyes flickering .

The [Big Dipper Sword Formation] gave him a completely different feeling . For the previous three sword formations, he could clearly sense their tardiness and see their loopholes .

He could infuse some of the marvellous ideas from these three formations into his own swordplay but he could not completely simulate them .

However, Ai Hui could feel that [Big Dipper Sword Formation] was not a sword formation, but rather, a sword move!

That’s right!

The six sword gleams flew rapidly through the air . Ai Hui, who was standing in the middle of the formation, emitted a glow from his eyes .

No matter how the sword gleams danced and flew, the aura of [Big Dipper] continued to exist .

Very soon, Ai Hui could see the marvel of this move .

It was as if the Big Dipper, in the depths of space, had shot out a streak of starlight . A faint lingering aura of death spiralled around the streak of starlight, cold and awe-inspiring .

The trembling Su Huaijun was overwhelmed with horror . She immediately made a hasty retreat!

Her [Inescapable Net] collapsed with a loud bang . An intense sword gleam engulfed the entire arena like a flash flood .

Everything that stood thirty metres within Ai Hui was completely obliterated to a fine powder .

Not a single voice could be heard .