The black toxic mist concealed inside the Black Sky Demon was enough to counter the Spirit of the initial Transformative stage!
Zhou Yuan simply shook his head, seeing the black toxic mist gush over, and said aloud, “Spirit Lantern Art!”
The moment his voice faded, a raging Spirit Flame roared out like a fire python and directly collided with the endless black mist. As the Spirit Flame rose, it immediately incinerated the poisonous mist.
Han Yuan’s pupils shrank, and his body went ice cold. He found that Zhou Yuan’s Spirit Flame was incredibly powerful and far beyond the level of the initial Transformative stage.
The Spirit Flame fire python burst forth like a bolt of lightning and coiled around the Black Sky Demon’s body. As the formless flame rose, the Spirit core seemed to have vanished like smoke in thin air.
Ah!
The Black Sky Demon emitted a sharp scream, and the black mist around its body frantically rushed out. In just a few seconds, it turned into a puddle of black ash.
Puchi!
Witnessing the destruction of the Black Sky Demon, Han Yuan, who was connected to it, spurted out a jet of blood and then frantically retreated.
But just as he drew back only a few steps, a sword shadow pressed against his back, forcing him to stop. Its sharp sword qi pierced a hole into his back, and blood oozed from the wound.
The chill qi penetrated deep into his body.
On the square, Zhou Yuan had neutralised all the poisonous qi in his arms. He flung his hands while staring calmly at Han Yuan in midair.
He was satisfied with his counterattack. He had only used the Devil Sweeping Sword Orb and the Spirit Lantern Art to defeat Han Yuan’s ultimate killing move. Thus, his consumption of Genesis Qi wasn’t too much.
In midair, Han Yuan looked a little unwilling and disappointed. He hadn’t expected the ultimate move he had concealed for so long would be buried before it even met Lu Xiao.
The pavilion master of the Wind Pavilion indeed wasn’t simple.
Han Yuan wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth, landed under countless gazes, then mumbled after some difficulty, “Pavilion master Zhou Yuan is indeed strong. I have lost.”
With a wave of his sleeve, Zhou Yuan removed the sword shadow behind Han Yuan, and the sword pill sped towards Zhou Yuan. He opened his mouth and swallowed it, and then smiled.
“Thank you, pavilion master Han Yuan.”
In the battle for the chief pavilion master position, Zhou Yuan had won the first match.
Chapter 882 Lu Xiao wins
When Han Yuan admitted defeat, a commotion broke out from the countless spectators. Han Yuan had the upper hand only moments ago, so they didn’t expect the situation would be reversed in just a dozen breaths.
“Pavilion master Zhou Yuan of the Wind Pavilion is very cunning. The concealing of the Spirit Flame in the beam of sword light is a perfect counterattack for the Black Sky Demon,” someone couldn’t help but marvel at Zhou Yuan’s combat tactic.
Many people nodded in agreement. Han Yuan’s Black Sky Demon was indeed powerful, and if Zhou Yuan didn’t have a good mastery in Spirit power, he would have had to pay a great price to destroy the Black Sky Demon.
Even if Lu Xiao were there, he most likely wouldn’t do any better than Zhou Yuan.
“Han Yuan is unlucky. If he had faced Lu Xiao instead, he would have perhaps lasted for a longer period of time although he would still lose in the end.”
“Haha, the current battle between Mu Liu and Lu Xiao is also very amazing.”
“But Mu Liu won’t be able to last long, either. The final chief pavilion master battle will be between Zhou Yuan and Lu Xiao.”
“----”
On the Fire Pavilion’s side, Zuo Ya’s expression changed when she heard the many voices. “Nonsense, if Han Yuan faced senior brother Lu Xiao, he wouldn’t even have the courage to fight!”
Why do you think Lu Xiao wouldn’t be able to do anything better than Zhou Yuan?! This is an absolute joke!
Zhu Lian didn’t utter a word. Although he was on the Fire Pavilion’s side, he didn’t want to say anything that would seem stupid because he understood what the other people meant. They weren’t saying that Lu Xiao was inferior to Zhou Yuan, but if he were to face the Black Sky Demon, he wouldn’t do better than Zhou Yuan because his Spirit level wasn’t as advanced.
Everyone on the Wind Pavilion’s side—its atmosphere was originally tense into cheers.
When Zhou Yuan was suppressed by the Black Sky Demon, they were so nervous that they didn’t even dare to breathe. But now that the situation was reversed, they of course needed to vent their emotions.
Ye Bingling and Yi Qiushui exchanged a glance with each other and breathed a sigh of relief. Although they had confidence in Zhou Yuan, they still had to see the outcome to feel completely at ease.
“He has entered the finals.” Yi Qiushui patted her full chest.
“Yes, but what comes after is a true bitter battle.” There was a solemn look on Ye Bingling’s icy cold face. Han Yuan was already considered very strong, but compared to Lu Xiao, his danger level was greatly reduced.
Yi Qiushui turned to the other huge white jade square and said pitifully, “Mu Liu shouldn’t be able to last much longer.”
At this moment, countless others also fixed their eyes on the white jade square, the second battleground.
Countless trees were breaking out of the soil, intertwining with each other as though forming a forest made from the purest Genesis Qi. The degree of danger within it was far greater than that of a real forest.
Boom!
The huge vines formed from Genesis Qi roared like a giant python, fiercely striking somewhere within the forest.
This forest of Genesis Qi was naturally summoned by Mu Liu, and the person frantically being attacked was naturally Lu Xiao, who was trapped within it.
Standing on a towering tree, Mu Liu watched the frantic offensive in the middle of the forest with a solemn expression. Although he had trapped Lu Xiao in his forest world, he could feel that his attacks had little effect on him.
“This is troublesome,” Mu Liu murmured. “Huh?”
He suddenly raised his head and turned in the other direction with a look of surprise in his eyes. “Han Yuan has already lost? So fast?”
Although he knew that Zhou Yuan had revealed a stronger Genesis Qi foundation than him on the cloud ladder, the battle couldn’t be won by relying on Genesis Qi alone. After all, Zhou Yuan’s foundation wasn’t stronger than theirs by much.
But the fact that Han Yuan had lost so quickly suggested that Zhou Yuan’s attacks were incredibly powerful.
Boom!
While Mu Liu was exclaiming in his heart, a terrifying gush of Genesis Qi suddenly burst forth from the Genesis Qi forest below, ripping apart the giant trees in the center.
Mu Liu hastily operated his Genesis Qi to repair the forest.
“Mu Liu, I have given enough face to the Wood Clan. Don’t push your luck,” an indifferent voice sounded from the Genesis Qi forest.
Mu Liu wrinkled his brows and didn’t respond, but the Genesis Qi within his body was completely activated because he knew that Lu Xiao, who had been trapped inside for a good while, was about to explode.
Om!
As Lu Xiao’s voice faded, a bright purple light accumulated in the center of the Genesis Qi forest. It dazzled like a purple sun rising from the forest, and it radiated a scorching heart.
“Heavenly Wave of Purple Cloud Inferno!”
An enraged roar resounded like a peal of thunder, and a berserk wave of purple light wreaked havoc from the middle of the forest like a tremendous wave tens of thousands of feet tall.
Bang!
Wherever it passed, the wave of purple light instantly incinerated the giant trees of Genesis Qi and quickly turned them into nothingness.
Within a few seconds, it wreaked havoc and decimated the whole forest of Genesis Qi, completely crumbling it.
Countless people stared shocked at the center of the light wave where a figure enveloped in purple light stood. His imposing manner sent a chill down one’s spine.
The forest was destroyed, and Mu Liu’s complexion changed. He frantically retreated.
The figure shrouded in purple light coldly glanced over to him, then flashed, appearing mysteriously above Mu Liu like a ghost. The figure swiftly delivered a palm strike, violet qi roiling.
“Purple Wave Palm!”
Purple qi continuously surged around the palm, strengthening it with waves upon waves of Genesis Qi. Its violent force quaked the void incessantly. Mu Liu was frantically retreating, but in the end the palm directly penetrated the void and slammed into his chest.
Puchi!
He spewed a mouthful of blood.
Bang!
His body crashed into the white jade square, causing cracks to spread like a cobweb.
Lying in the huge pit, Mu Liu was deathly pale, and blood was trickling down from the corners of his mouth. He looked up at Lu Xiao’s biting cold gaze, but he grinned and said hoarsely, “Lu Xiao, don’t be so proud. I feel that you will fail in the battle for the chief pavilion master position.
“You should know that my intuition is very accurate!
“Haha!”
Lu Xiao looked at Mu Liu coldly, saying indifferently, “Oh? By that Zhou Yuan?
“Because he won against Han Yuan?”
He shook his head and ignored Mu Liu. As he turned around and strode in the direction of the mountain’s summit, his indifferent voice rang out again.
“Then you just lie here and watch. Let’s see if your intuition is more accurate, or if my powers are more respected?
“That Zhou Yuan will accompany you very soon.”
Chapter 883 The last round
On the summit of the towering mountain.
An ancient token hovered in midair. The token, engraved with the pattern of the Four Spirits Origin Tower, contained a unique imposing majesty.
There were countless rocks, big and small, in all sorts of strange shapes on the mountain summit.
At this moment, a figure passed through the clouds, looking up at the ancient token in midair with a calm face, but in the depths of his eyes was a hint of emotion.
“The chief pavilion master token…,” Zhou Yuan muttered to himself.
It had been a year since he had come to the Hunyuan Heaven’s Tianyuan Region, but now he had the qualification to compete for the chief pavilion master position with the many heaven prides of the Tianyuan Region.
No, he didn’t just have the qualification, because as long as he took one step further, the position of the coveted chief pavilion master would fall into his hands.
In this one year of time, Zhou Yuan had never relaxed once. He had done everything he could to enhance his strength because he couldn’t relax knowing that Yaoyao was still in the lonely and cold crystal glass coffin waiting for him.
All these years, it was unknown how many dangers and difficulties the young man who had just left the Great Zhou Empire had encountered and how much Yaoyao had helped and protected him.
Without Yaoyao, Zhou Yuan really wasn’t sure who would have the last laugh in his fight against Wu Huang and King Wu…
Therefore, Zhou Yuan knew that he owed Yaoyao a lot over the years.
But now Yaoyao was wounded and unconscious because of him. Zhou Yuan blamed himself for it, but he also knew that blaming himself wouldn’t solve any problems. Therefore, he had come to the unfamiliar Hunyuan Heaven and Tianyuan Region by himself to begin a new journey...
During the one year he was in the Tianyuan Region, he had broken through from the initial Divine Dwelling stage to the advanced Divine Dwelling stage and from a nobody became the Tianyuan Region’s dazzling dark horse.
All of it wasn’t for the so-called fame.
Zhou Yuan didn’t care for the position of chief pavilion master, but it was the first step to winning the Ancestral Dragon Lantern. Therefore, Zhou Yuan couldn’t give up.
Fortunately, the success of this first step was imminent and just before him.
“Yaoyao, although this is only a small step, as long as it can awaken you, I am willing to climb a mountain of swords and plunge into a sea of flames for you,” Zhou Yuan whispered, a remarkably beautiful face emerging in his mind, making his spirit waver and his cold face grow gentler.
“I never would have thought you would be the one to compete for the chief pavilion master position with me in the end...” An indifferent voice suddenly sounded from behind him.
Zhou Yuan titled his head slightly, watching Lu Xiao stride out from the clouds and mist. “What is even more unexpected is that the position of chief pavilion master will not fall to you.”
Lu Xiao stepped forward, standing opposite Zhou Yuan. He looked up at the token hovering in midair. “I really don’t know where you get this confidence. It seems that defeating Han Yuan has given you a lot courage.”
“You will know soon after we begin exchanging blows.” Zhou Yuan smiled.
Lu Xiao shook his head and didn’t speak again. He only moved slightly and immediately reappeared on a huge boulder hundreds of meters tall. He peered down indifferently. “Pavilion master Zhou Yuan, please.”
....
After the cloud ladder round and the first round of the four pavilion master battle, the atmosphere in the outside world was completely buzzing with excitement, especially when Zhou Yuan and Lu Xiao faced each other on the mountain summit. Countless people waited with great anticipation for the battle to begin.
This battle for the position of chief pavilion master was even more exciting than they had thought.
They originally thought that Lu Xiao would be the winner without any suspense, but after watching the battle between Zhou Yuan and Han Yuan, everyone knew that Zhou Yuan was qualified to pose a threat to Lu Xiao.
But from their spirited discussions, it was clear that many people were still more optimistic about Lu Xiao. After all, although Zhou Yuan, the dark horse, had demonstrated astonishing strength, Lu Xiao was the strongest person in the Divine Dwelling stage in the Tianyuan Region and was also ranked ninth on the Divine Dwelling List. Therefore, in terms of fame and demonstrated strength, he was still superior to Zhou Yuan.
“The day has finally come!”
On the Fire Pavilion’s side, Zuo Ya gritted her teeth with a delighted look on her face. In the past few months, the Fire Pavilion had repeatedly failed in the battles against the Wind Pavilion, which made many higher-ups of the Fire Pavilion extremely displeased. In their view, the overall strength of the Fire Pavilion was superior to the Wind Pavilion, so how could the Wind Pavilion dare to stroke the tiger’s whiskers?
But the previous fight had nothing to do with overall strength, which gave the many higher-ups of the Fire Pavilion a powerless feeling.
But fortunately the chief pavilion master battle was here!
There, Lu Xiao could display his strength without reservation!
“I want to see what qualification Zhou Yuan has to compete with senior brother Lu Xiao!”
.....
On the Wind Pavilion’s side, the look of joy that everyone, including Yi Qiushui and Ye Bingling, had after witnessing Zhou Yuan defeat Han Yuan turned solemn. They no longer had absolute confidence because they knew very well that Lu Xiao was more troublesome than Han Yuan!
Lu Xiao was the biggest obstacle for Zhou Yuan to ascend to the chief pavilion master position.
If Zhou Yuan could break through here, from then on, he would replace Lu Xiao in the Tianyuan Region and become the new face of the Divine Dwelling stage in the Tianyuan Region.
But if he couldn’t break through, then the benefits that the Wind Pavilion had previously gained in their fight against the Fire Pavilion would be lost completely. Adding to this, in the future, Lu Xiao could target the Wind Pavilion and wipe away all the smugness they had in the previous months.
“Now...we have to bel
ieve in Zhou Yuan,” Ye Bingling comforted.
Yi Qiushui nodded and then smiled. “At worst we will withdraw from the Wind Pavilion. Given Zhou Yuan’s ability, he is also qualified to become the lord of a prefecture.”
If Lu Xiao really became the chief pavilion master, then instead of suffering under Lu Xiao, it would be better to leave to avoid being mistreated and bullied.
Ye Bingling smiled bitterly. If that was the case, it would really be the worst. Outsiders would think that Zhou Yuan had no courage to stay in the Wind Pavilion after losing to Lu Xiao. Therefore, given the current situation, they had to fight with everything they had. After all, neither Zhou Yuan nor Lu Xiao could bear the name of loser.
.....
Many huge piles of rocks were on the mountain summit.
Two figures stood facing each other on two huge boulders. The air seemed to have frozen, and the atmosphere had turned oppressive.
Lu Xiao wore an indifferent expression. Monstrous purple Genesis Qi rolled across the sky, dyeing half the sky a purple colour. The scene was like purple qi coming from the east. As the purple light illuminated the void, it revealed countless Genesis Qi stars, and from a rough estimate, there were as many as 23 million.
The pressure from the Genesis Qi wreaked havoc, even quaking the huge mountain summit.
Azure Genesis Qi surged from Zhou Yuan’s body, transforming into an illusory azure serpent in the void. The serpent dragon let out a thunderous roar.
Behind the azure serpent were 21 million Genesis Qi stars lighting up in the void.
Two mighty waves of Genesis Qi soared into the sky at the same time. Their collision trembled the void, thunder pealing.
Throughout the world, countless eyes, including those of the five grand elders in the void, were focused on the two figures.
The final battle for the chief pavilion master position had finally come.
Chapter 884 Zhou Yuan VS Lu Xiao
Boom!
On the mountain summit, two waves of mighty Genesis Qi collided, producing thunderous rumbles. Shock waves wreaked havoc everywhere, cracking the nearby boulders.
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