“It’s over…”
“Ruyi is about to win.”
Watching as Ruyi Pei broke through the Mystic Yellow Mountain-Suppressing Art with a single sword, Huasheng spoke quietly.
“No way, Senior Sister Ye still looks fine, but Senior Sister Pei seems a bit unsteady, like she might collapse at any moment.”
Tao Xiaoxian, ranked third among the inner disciples of Heavenly Sword Peak, blinked her eyes.
No matter how she looked at it, it seemed that Ruyi Pei was about to lose.
“I sensed the aura of True Qi being compressed just now. The two of them must’ve made some kind of deal.”
Tao Xiaoxian watched the two on the stage with great interest.
No matter who won or lost, she felt it would be quite entertaining.
Although she only ranked third among the inner disciples of Heavenly Sword Peak, she had entered three years later than Huasheng and Ruyi Pei.
An Elder at the Void Refining Realm from Heavenly Sword Peak had already taken notice of her talent.
As soon as she broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, she would be accepted as a direct disciple of the Elder.
She was a true fun-seeker; compared to the dull and tedious cultivation, the emotional entanglements of her Senior Sisters excited her far more.
“I have a feeling, if Senior Sister Ye wins, it won’t just affect Senior Sister Pei—even the Grandmaster Sister might get caught up in it.”
“Hehe, I really hope Senior Sister Ye wins…”
Watching the gradually twisted smile at the corner of Tao Xiaoxian’s lips, Huasheng’s expression grew more and more speechless.
“You…”
Ignoring Tao Xiaoxian’s ‘Peak Traitor’ talk about letting Ruyi Pei lose for entertainment, he explained,
“The greatest reliance of an Array Master is the Array. Without the support of an Array, an Array Master is just a big sandbag with Soul Power and True Qi.”
“Junior Sister, you haven’t fought many Array Masters, so you don’t really understand their combat methods.”
“On the stage, Array Masters usually set up a Spirit Gathering Array first, then use Defensive Arrays and Trapping Arrays to drain their opponent’s True Qi.”
“If you can’t break through the Formation Cultivator’s Array before exhausting your True Qi, you’ll be defeated from exhaustion. Otherwise, you win.”
Huasheng pointed at Ye Luqing on the stage and continued,
“Senior Sister Ye unleashed three Arrays at once, which looked impressive, but after they were blocked, she had nothing left up her sleeve.”
“But Ruyi still has the strength for one more fight. Next, it’s likely to become a one-sided battle…”
Tao Xiaoxian nodded as if she understood.
Although she wasn’t interested in all this fighting and killing, she still understood the power spikes of various cultivators in battle.
“Do your best, Senior Sister Ye.”
“I still want to eat osmanthus cake with everyone…”
As the two spoke, another change occurred on the stage.
Just as Huasheng had predicted, Ye Luqing, who was in better condition, was now being chased and cut down everywhere, while Ruyi Pei, whose True Qi was almost depleted, was on the offensive.
In just a few breaths, Ye Luqing had already been struck three times.
The light from the Arrays on her body was dimming, and her expression was growing more grave.
Before she could finish constructing an effective Array, Ruyi Pei at the Nascent Soul Realm would precisely find the flaw.
The powerful Soul Power and sharp Sword Heart Eye of the Nascent Soul Realm made Sword Cultivators at the same level extremely effective against Formation Cultivators.
Seeing Ye Luqing’s increasingly serious expression, the Disciples of Biluo Peak below the stage started to worry.
“Senior Sister Ye’s speed at constructing Arrays is already fast enough, but Ruyi Pei’s sword is even faster.”
“If even this doesn’t work, then she might really lose to Ruyi Pei.”
“Don’t say such discouraging things, Senior Sister Ye is still holding on…”
Although they said this, even the Formation Cultivator who rebutted felt uncertain inside.
As Formation Cultivators, they understood their own weaknesses best. In this situation, there was almost no hope for a comeback.
To construct a complex Array, the most basic requirement was to condense the Formation Core.
And the most important Formation Core also needed high-level True Qi to drive it.
Right now, Ye Luqing simply didn’t have the time to refine Xuanhuang Qi.
If she lost focus even a little, she’d have to face Ruyi Pei’s storm-like attacks.
“This is the first time I’ve seen Senior Sister Ye look so serious,” sighed an outer disciple of Biluo Peak.
“How many times have you seen Senior Sister Ye before?” another inner disciple glanced at him.
“Today is the first time.”
Ye Luqing tried several times in a row to construct Arrays, but each time, Ruyi Pei interrupted her.
But what truly shook her heart wasn’t the thought of losing to Ruyi Pei, but that Xuanhuang Dan.
That was three hundred points!
If you calculate it, that’s 30% of the Blackening Value.
“If I don’t use the Xuanhuang Dan, maybe I’m really not a match for Ruyi Pei…”
“Hope the reward Battle Title isn’t too lame.”
“And when I use her as a chair, may Xiao Qingxuan’s Blackening Value increase more!”
Such calculations flashed through her mind as Ye Luqing’s right hand flung out an Array she’d been refining for a long time.
Boom!
A vast expanse of white mist suddenly rose up on the stage.
This mist was extremely strange, seeming to absorb True Qi, and couldn’t be dispersed by True Qi.
Bone Essence Mist Array.
Ye Luqing hadn’t just been taking hits all this time—she’d been constructing this Xuan-Tier Array.
She leaped backward, taking the chance to swallow the Xuanhuang Dan.
The Xuan-Tier Bone Essence Mist Array could temporarily block Ruyi Pei at the Nascent Soul Realm, but to defeat her, Ye Luqing still had to rely on her only offensive Array.
As the pill entered her belly, the roaring Xuanhuang Qi surged through Ye Luqing’s meridians like a landslide.
The dense Xuanhuang Qi dyed Ye Luqing a tawny yellow; at this moment, she seemed the very embodiment of Xuanhuang Qi.
However, before Ye Luqing could even savor the feeling, she felt a sharp pain between her brows and quickly rolled aside to dodge.
In the next instant, a fierce sword qi flashed past.
The Bone Essence Mist Array only had limited effect on Nascent Soul cultivators.
After forming the Nascent Soul, Ruyi Pei relied much less on True Qi.
Even if her True Qi was nullified, her Soul Power could quickly locate Ye Luqing’s position.
“Found you!”
Ruyi Pei slashed through the Array’s core with a single sword, and the white mist instantly vanished.
“Found me? Saves me the trouble of looking for you,” Ye Luqing thought to herself.
She charged straight at Ruyi Pei’s sword.
The Disciples of Biluo Peak below the stage were shocked.
“Careful, Senior Sister Ye, dodge!”
“That’s right, Ruyi Pei doesn’t have much stamina left either, just dodge for now!”
“Avoid her edge for now, there’ll be another chance!”
Hearing this, Ye Luqing’s lips curled into a faint smile.
“Avoid her edge?”
When she didn’t have Xuanhuang Qi, Ruyi Pei chased her down and she could say nothing.
But now, with high-level True Qi, she was going to show Ruyi Pei who was the real boss!
Seeing Ye Luqing charging toward her, Ruyi Pei instinctively sensed a trace of danger.
But she had no intention of retreating.
The Sword Cultivator’s path is to forge ahead without hesitation—even if she were to be smashed to pieces, she would still return to Senior Sister Xiao’s side.
“Ye Luqing, take my sword!”
Profound-level Upper Technique, Sword Dao: Sky-Lifting
Countless sword qi merged into a massive white sword, slashing down as if to split the entire stage in two.
“Perfect timing!”
Ten strands of Xuanhuang Qi poured into the Array patterns she’d prepared with her Soul Power.
The Mystic Yellow Mountain-Suppressing Art activated in an instant.
The mighty Earth Fiend Golden Bell and the Sky-Lifting giant sword crashed together, shaking dozens of meters around the stage.
The huge shockwave instantly blew away the disciples around the stage; only cultivators at the Golden Core Realm could barely stand firm.
Ye Luqing’s green hair danced in the wind, and her amber eyes gleamed with golden light.
Her slender jade fingers seemed to carry the weight of ten thousand catties as she slashed downward, like an earth deity pronouncing fate.
“Suppress!”
The surging Earth Fiend force ground the sword qi of the Sky-Lifting giant sword into fragments, carving deep sword scars into the ground.
Ruyi Pei herself was blasted away by the Earth Fiend force—not only was she thrown off the stage, she even fainted on the spot.
With this, the outcome was decided.