As much as they hated to admit it, it was clear that Xuanyuan Yi was going to die… He was going to be defeated by Feng Wu, the so-called good-for-nothing…However, Feng Wu had never let her guard down even once.

She would stay vigilant as long as Xuanyuan Yi was alive.

It seemed that Xuanyuan Yi only had moments to live, when —

“Damn it!” He stared at Feng Wu. “Do you think you can frighten me?!”

Feng Wu smiled. “I don’t care if you’re frightened or not. I’m going to kill you today!”

Xuanyuan Yi smirked. “You want to kill me? That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard!”

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and unleashed a streak of cold spiritual essence!

The terrifying fluctuation spread out from Xuanyuan Yi toward Feng Wu, moving so fast that she had no time to react!

Shit!

Feng Wu’s stomach lurched when she sensed the intimidating energy.

How frightening that spiritual essence was!

And that pressure was so scary!

Xuanyuan Yi no longer felt like a Spiritual Grandmaster anymore, but a Spiritual Elder!

How did that happen?!

Feng Wu frowned, and her face darkened!

She had expected that Xuanyuan Yi would have something up his sleeve, but this was much bigger than she thought!

Just then —

Someone cried out in surprise. “Hey! Check out the billboard!”

Whoosh!

Instantly, all eyes were on the billboard!

The rankings on the billboard changed rapidly as they watched!

The previous changes were already very drastic, but now —

Xuanyuan Yi’s name was still moving upward!

9th!

8th!

7th!

–

Rong Shixin and Si Yuan’s pupils contracted!

They had thought that the two of them would be the last people affected by this fight today, for they were 1st and 2nd on the billboard!

And they had been there for a very long time.

It had been seven or eight years since anyone was able to challenge their positions.

But now —

Xuanyuan Yi had suddenly become 5th on the billboard!

No, he was still rising!

How was that even possible?

That was crazy!

The scarier thing was that Xuanyuan Yi was steadily making his way up the list.

“No!” Si Yuan cried in astonishment!

“This isn’t happening!”

Si Yuan had been quite confident before this, but he had just taken a heavy blow.

Standing ramrod straight, Rong Shixin prayed inwardly. “Please stop. Stop right now.”

But the system didn’t seem to hear his prayer, because —

After surpassing Si Yuan, Xuanyuan Yi made it to the top of the billboard!

Thud!

The billboard itself shook violently at that moment.

“OMG!”

“Holy crap! That can’t be true!”

“Oh, god! Shit!”

“Xuanyuan Yi is 1st now!”

“What should Feng Wu do?!”

Instantly, all eyes were on Feng Wu, for Xuanyuan Yi’s abrupt rise in ranking was so scary!

It made the fight that had happened so far look like child’s play!

“If Xuanyuan Yi can do that, why didn’t he do so right at the beginning?”

“Feng Wu would never have stood a chance if Xuanyuan Yi had fought like this earlier!”

“That’s right. He wouldn’t have lost an eye if he had been like this all along!”

–

Exactly what was going on?

Everyone was baffled!

“How frightening!”

“Xuanyuan Yi is insane…”“Feng Wu is so dead…”

Instantly, everyone gazed at Feng Wu with sympathetic looks in their eyes.

Talk about every dog getting its day.

And all the cards which Xuanyuan Yi had up his sleeve…

How many more secrets did he have?

“Feng Wu! Die!”

Just then, formidable spiritual energy erupted from Xuanyuan Yi, and there was a murderous look in his eyes!

He exploded with a strange energy!

Instead of using a sword, he pointed at Feng Wu with his finger.

Instantly, the space in front of Feng Wu twisted.

How savage!

Feng Wu felt fear that she had never felt before.

She immediately retreated.

But the energy from Xuanyuan Yi’s finger followed her everywhere!

Thud!

Feng Wu dodged the first and second strikes, but couldn’t get away from the third.

Whoosh —

With a white flash, the streak of energy aimed at Feng Wu’s eye scraped against her cheek.

It cut her cheek open.

Feng Wu touched her face, and her hand came back bloody.

The audience cried out in surprise as well.

Luckily, Feng Wu had dodged in time. If she had moved any slower, she would have lost an eye!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Xuanyuan Yi’s finger followed Feng Wu however she turned. She kept losing ground and was in an awkward predicament.

She narrowly escaped several times. The direct attacks missed her and she got away with just scratches.

The audience who had been sitting rose to their feet, and those who had been standing were on tiptoe.

Everyone was so nervous and on edge.

“Is Feng Wu going to die?”

“Why is Xuanyuan Yi suddenly so powerful?!”

“Who’s going to live and who’s going to die?”

Some of the audience didn’t really care who lost or won. They were only here for the atmosphere.

However, as events unfolded, they experienced a gamut of emotions, and were utterly intrigued. They now desperately wanted to know how this duel would end.

Everyone was so curious about exactly what kind of change had taken place in Xuanyuan Yi’s body…

So was Feng Wu!

She had never expected Xuanyuan Yi, whom she had almost defeated, to rise again and fight like a junior Spiritual Elder!

How frustrating!

Thump!

Xuanyuan Yi’s finger came down from above and jabbed Feng Wu in the back.

“Argh —” Feng Wu cried out in surprise and fell forward despite herself.

Thud!

There was a bloody hole in her back!

It was made by Xuanyuan Yi’s finger!

With a malicious grin, Xuanyuan Yi said, “Feng Wu, go to hell!”

As he spoke, he raised a leg and stepped down hard on Feng Wu’s back!

Pfft —

Feng Wu was already in pain from her injuries, and the foot on her back only made her dizzy. She spat out a mouthful of blood which she had been trying to keep down, spraying the air with a bloody mist.

“Ahhh —”

Everyone cried out in astonishment!

Feng Wu was going to be stomped to death!

Xuanyuan Yi ground his foot, as if it contained enough power to crush heaven and earth.

Crack —

It was the sound of bones breaking!

The sound was so creepy and bloodcurdling!

Pfft —

Feng Wu spat out another mouthful of blood.

“Xiao Wu!”

Chaoge turned pale. Clenching her fists, she tried to jump into the arena. However, the platform seemed to be surrounded by an invisible shield, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t get in!

“Feng Wu, hang in there… may God favor you…”

Gongsun Qing, whose life Feng Wu had once saved, pressed her hands together and mumbled to herself.

“Feng Wu, hang in there! Hang in there!”

Jin Yuntao and his two friends were praying for Feng Wu as well.Xuanyuan Yi didn’t immediately kill Feng Wu, for he enjoyed the process of slowly torturing and humiliating his enemy. He wanted to crush her bit by bit.

By then, blood was gushing out of Feng Wu’s mouth and had gathered around her head. Her clothes were stained completely red…

Fresh blood was streaming out of her body and she looked like she was taking a blood bath. It was a ghastly sight.

“Feng Wu, stand up! Stand up!”

“Feng Wu, don’t give in. You can do this!”

“Feng Wu, hang in there!”

–

Numerous people cried out all at once, calling Feng Wu’s name.

The only thing Feng Wu could feel was how dizzy she was. Her vision went dark and she could see stars.

And she could hear people calling her name.

Gradually, Feng Wu regained consciousness.

She opened her eyes with much difficulty, before narrowing them again.

When she really thought about it, Feng Wu immediately saw why the whole thing seemed so odd.

There was no way that Xuanyuan Yi could have made so much progress in such a short time. This power came completely out of nowhere, and —

Previously, Xuanyuan Yi would have killed her without hesitation when he got the chance, but now, he was humiliating her the way a cat played with a rat.

Thud!

He jabbed his finger into Feng Wu’s back again, making her shudder. She felt as if an electric current was running through her, and she teared up at the pain.

No… she couldn’t let him do this to her. She would die!

The greatest thing about Feng Wu was that the more critical a situation she was in, the calmer she became.

But —

Her calm wouldn’t help her now.

Xuanyuan Yi raised a leg and kicked Feng Wu away!

Thump!

Feng Wu was kicked into the air before she fell back down to create a human-shaped crater in the ground.

It hurt…

Feng Wu vomited more blood, feeling like she was in pieces. Every bit of her body hurt, and she could hardly breathe.

It seemed to be a hopeless situation for her…

And it reminded her of when the Zuo family destroyed her True Phoenix Blood.

At that moment, Feng Wu recalled the Zuo family and Zuo Qingluan and her hatred of them, as well as her beautiful master, and even Jun Linyuan —

I can’t die here!

She decided that she had to live, no matter how impossible it seemed!

Xuanyuan Yi started marching toward Feng Wu. Seeing that, everyone held their breaths for Feng Wu, who was in such pain that she could barely breathe.

All of a sudden —

Feng Wu seemed to reach an epiphany, as she saw through life and death. The next moment, she felt the spiritual essence around her grow thicker, before it poured into her body…

That was —

“Is she making a breakthrough?!” Xuanyuan Yi sounded amazed.

But he didn’t think much of it. Even if Feng Wu made a breakthrough, she would only be a Level 8 Spiritual Grandmaster. Compared with him, a junior Spiritual Elder, she was nothing.

However, the audience was utterly amazed.

“This is spectacular!”

“Who would have thought that after Xuanyuan Yi, Feng Wu would make a breakthrough as well… Now they’re even. Let’s see who’s going to win.”

However, Xuanyuan Yi only smirked. “Feng Wu, do you think that a breakthrough will solve your problem? I’m telling you: No way!”

As Xuanyuan Yi spoke, a long sword appeared in his hand.

Wait!

“I hereby announce that I, Xuanyuan Yi, will kill Feng Wu here in this arena today!”

Saying those words in his mind, Xuanyuan Yi attacked.

However, everyone was crying out at that moment.

“Look! Feng Wu is a Level 8 Spiritual Grandmaster now!!”

“OMG… A Level 8 Spiritual Grandmaster!”

“Feng Wu is amazing!”

Many cheered in the audience, but a lot of people in the VIP section looked relaxed.

The people of the Xuanyuan family smirked.

She was a mere Level 8 Spiritual Grandmaster, which was nothing compared with Xuanyuan Yi.

Strange spiritual essence exploded in the arena, and energy erupted from Xuanyuan Yi’s fists.

It shot at Feng Wu with a rumble.

The air in front of Feng Wu twisted with a crackling sound, as if big boulders were tumbling down!

Shit!

Everyone cried out inwardly.

They were so sure that Feng Wu was going to die this time…

Thump!

Xuanyuan Yi’s fist smashed into Feng Wu, sending her flying backward. She flew in an arch in the air, before crashing down.

Thump!

Many people covered their eyes involuntarily.

Was Feng Wu dead?

Surely that had been enough to kill her.

Feng Wu lay there, motionless and covered in blood, as if she was already dead.

“Xiao Wu —”

Chaoge rushed toward the arena as if she had lost her mind, but the others stopped her.

Feng Xun was worried sick.

If anything happened to Feng Wu, Jun Linyuan would be so furious that he would slaughter the entire crowd here!

“Xuanyuan Yi, do you have a death wish?!”

Feng Xun roared and rushed toward the arena.

“Stop him!” the empress dowager bellowed.

“But —”

Before Feng Xun could say another word, the empress dowager said angrily, “It’s a duel, and no one is to interfere!”

“But —”

Jun Linyuan really would lose his mind if Feng Wu was killed!

Feng Wu was still lying motionless in a pool of her blood, when spiritual essence started rushing into her body.

Was that the convergence of spiritual essence?!

Everyone stared at Feng Wu in disbelief.

Was she having another breakthrough?

To their astonishment, there was a crackling sound in the air from the gathering of spiritual essence during Feng Wu’s breakthrough.

“Oh, god —”

“Am I seeing things?”

“Feng Wu is, is…”

Everyone was already astonished by the way Xuanyuan Yi had broken through, but now…

“Check out Feng Wu’s ranking!”

Feng Wu had been 20th before, but now, she was making her way up the list. 10th, 9th, 8th, 7th…

4th, 3rd, 2nd…

Many were looking forward to seeing how far Feng Wu would rise, and even hoped that she would rise beyond Xuanyuan Yi!

All the members of the Xuanyuan family opened their eyes wide and were on edge!

But in the end, Feng Wu stayed in 2nd place. According to the system, Xuanyuan Yi was still more capable than Feng Wu.

Many in the audience sighed when they saw this.

Xuanyuan Yi’s face twisted. Staring at Feng Wu, he struck at her with a fist, sparing no effort.

He believed that the mercy he had shown Feng Wu earlier had provided her with readily exploitable loopholes.

Rising to her feet with much difficulty, she pointed at Xuanyuan Yi with a fair hand.

“Who are you?”

She asked the question in a cold voice.

What?!

Everyone else looked at Feng Wu in bewilderment, wondering what she meant.

Xuanyuan Yi smirked. “Are you just realizing it now? It’s too late!”

As he spoke, he attacked Feng Wu.

The spiritual essence in his palm seemed powerful enough to crush heaven and earth.

Just when everyone was convinced that Feng Wu was going to be killed —

“A Level 9 Spiritual Grandmaster!”

Feng Wu was covered in spiritual essence, as if she was shielded by a strong wind.

“Oh, god! Feng Wu has become a Level 9 Spiritual Grandmaster!”

“Why don’t people want to admit that Feng Wu is a genius? She’s the best! She’s already a Level 9 Spiritual Grandmaster!”

“Look! Xuanyuan Yi hit Feng Wu!”

Rumble —

The strength of the attack that was rushing toward Feng Wu reminded her of a tidal wave!

She was doomed…

The duel really was going to be over.

Even if Feng Wu could fight like a Level 9 Spiritual Grandmaster now, there wasn’t much she could do…

Because Xuanyuan Yi’s power was too domineering!

However!

To everyone’s disbelief —

At the last moment, the energy that had been aimed at Feng Wu did an impossible U-turn and rushed toward Xuanyuan Yi.

Feng Wu was unscathed!

Xuanyuan Yi’s face turned livid!

What was going on?

Xuanyuan Yi was the person who had initiated the attack, but why did it turn on him?

Xuanyuan Yi tried to control the power, but realized that he could no longer do so.

How could this be?!

Xuanyuan Yi was flustered and at a loss.

“Dodge!”

A cold voice rang out in Xuanyuan Yi’s head.

Xuanyuan Yi felt a numbing sensation in his scalp and shuddered, but he calmed down right after that.

The voice belonged to none other than Old Master Xuanyuan, who had all four of his limbs cut off by Jun Linyuan.

It turned out that the old man realized that he didn’t have much longer to live, so he condensed his cultivation achievement into a soul ball which Xuanyuan Yi then put inside himself.

As long as Xuanyuan Yi didn’t refine the ball, his grandfather’s soul would stay with him.

The old man had remained silent earlier, for Xuanyuan Yi’s life hadn’t been in danger. However, at the last moment —

He never expected a girl like Feng Wu to fight like a Level 9 Spiritual Grandmaster!

She didn’t seem like a Year 1 student at all!

In order to keep Xuanyuan Yi alive, the old man began to instruct him secretly.

This wasn’t right!

With her acute senses, Feng Wu was able to detect another type of energy inside Xuanyuan Yi, which was what was directing him now.

The stance which Feng Wu used just then was called “An Eye for An Eye,” which was part of Flying Dragon.

It bounced Xuanyuan Yi’s attack right back at him.

Without hesitation, Feng Wu closed in on him.

At the old man’s instruction, Xuanyuan Yi dodged with great precision.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the arena was very tense!

Everyone stared at the two people on the platform, not daring to look away for a split second.

Because they could see that the duel was almost over.

Feng Wu was finally catching up to Xuanyuan Yi!

The next moment, she shot up into the air, and spiritual essence rained down on Xuanyuan Yi like a downpour!

Boom!

Feng Wu threw punches at Xuanyuan Yi with all her might!

“Ahhh —”

Xuanyuan Yi cried out in pain.

Die!

Feng Wu kept hitting him and didn’t try to hide her killing intent at all!

She had an inkling that if she didn’t kill Xuanyuan Yi now, she would be giving him an opportunity to kill her later!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

As her punches landed, a storm seemed to sweep across the arena!

Spiritual essence filled the air, and made a lot of people feel suffocated!

Thump! Thump! Thump!Pfft —

Feng Wu’s fists kept landing on Xuanyuan Yi’s forehead, chest and back…

“Ahhh —”

Xuanyuan Yi kept vomiting blood and could barely stand up.

“So, is Feng Wu going to win?!”

“Xuanyuan Yi is going to die today, is that it?”

“I would never have thought…”

“Poor Xuanyuan Yi…”

“Feng Wu is so scary…”

In the VIP section, even the empress dowager couldn’t help but lean forward and clench her handkerchief, to say nothing of the members of the Zuo and Feng families. Their attention was firmly fixed on the arena.

“This Feng Wu is an interesting girl,” thought the empress dowager to herself.

She had been able to turn things around in a situation like this, which was beyond everyone’s expectations. Even the empress dowager, who had disliked Feng Wu since the beginning, had a slightly different opinion of the girl.

However, despite the audience’s confidence, Feng Wu was feeling less and less sure about herself.

Where was that strange energy?

How did it disappear so suddenly?

Did it give up on Xuanyuan Yi?

Or was this the momentary lull before a storm?

Whatever!

Feng Wu flipped her hand, and Flaming Sword appeared.

It was unfortunate that it was only Flaming Sword; Fallen Star Sword would have been so much more powerful!

Flaming Sword glinted as Feng Wu swung it through the air!

“Pfft —”