"Die!!"
Miyamoto Tatsu sneered and unleashed a saber strike at Ye Kunlun, who was charging to meet him.
In an instant, Miyamoto Tatsu's true qi and ice ability erupted simultaneously. The surrounding temperature plummeted, and a saber aura imbued with chilling energy appeared before his precious saber, directly slicing through the air to form a terrifying saber qi.
The water vapor in the air instantly condensed into ice shards, which integrated into the saber qi, enveloping the saber aura, and slashed towards Ye Kunlun.
At this moment, Miyamoto Tatsu had perfectly fused his ice ability with his saber techniques. The resulting strike was exceptionally powerful!
So strong!
At this moment, everyone, including Zoro, could feel the terrifying might of Miyamoto Tatsu's saber strike.
Ye Kunlun felt it too!
But Ye Kunlun did not retreat or dodge.
It wasn't that he didn't want to, but that he couldn't!
Otherwise, Miyamoto Tatsu's strike would hit Jiang Wuming and Yuan He.
"Myriad Swords Return to Origin!"
In the critical moment, Ye Kunlun went completely berserk, directly activating a forbidden technique within the Kunlun Swordplay. His true qi surged madly, manifesting into countless small true qi swords that swirled around his body.
The surrounding air exploded, and the airflow swept in all directions, also taking on the shape of precious swords.
Man and Sword as One!
Ye Kunlun instantly entered the state that swordsmen yearned for—Man and Sword as One.
With a roar, those small true qi swords, as if summoned, converged madly, forming an almost tangible azure sword aura.
The sword aura was dazzling, illuminating the surroundings, completely engulfing Ye Kunlun's figure and emitting terrifying energy fluctuations!
Boom!!
Immediately, the azure sword aura collided with the white saber aura, like two cannonballs crashing into each other and exploding simultaneously. The terrifying energy wave swept out in all directions, reducing the surrounding flora to debris, which then froze into ice shards.
"Pfft—"
Ye Kunlun vomited blood and was sent flying backward. His right arm was stiff, his right hand trembled uncontrollably as if he had been electrocuted, his tiger's mouth was bloodstained, and his precious sword was flung from his grasp.
Under the sunlight, he was covered in frost, as if he had been frozen, and had several wounds on his body.
Miyamoto Tatsu stood in place, unmoving.
After one move, the victor was decided.
Ye Kunlun had lost, and he was not lightly injured!
Although he had used a forbidden technique from the Kunlun Swordplay, he was only a one-star War God at the fifth stage, while Miyamoto Tatsu was at the ninth stage. Furthermore, Miyamoto Tatsu had also used his ice ability, making the gap in their strength too vast!
"Thud!
With a dull thud, Ye Kunlun fell in front of Jiang Wuming and Yuan He, spitting out another mouthful of blood. His face was deathly pale, and the true qi on his body was completely gone.
Like other forbidden techniques, the Kunlun Swordplay's forbidden technique also had after-effects.
Ye Kunlun had not only activated the forbidden technique to display his strongest combat power but had also pushed his true qi to its limit, straining his meridians to their utmost. Subsequently, Miyamoto Tatsu's ice-infused true qi invaded, causing severe damage. He was now unable to circulate true qi.
"Trash like you dares to show off?!"
Miyamoto Tatsu raised his head high, looking down at the fallen, bleeding Ye Kunlun like a dragon overlooking an ant. He sneered.
As his voice fell, he held his precious saber and walked directly towards Ye Kunlun, like a grim reaper from hell, intending to claim the lives of Ye Kunlun, Jiang Wuming, and Yuan He!
Swish!
Just then, Yuan He suddenly opened his eyes. His aura surged, and golden true qi enveloped him, making him appear like a legendary holy monk, mysterious and sacred.
In the critical moment, he had successfully broken through to the one-star War God realm, reaching the fourth stage directly!
"Heh..."
Miyamoto Tatsu saw Yuan He's change and sensed his breakthrough, but the sneer on his face only intensified. He continued to walk towards Ye Kunlun.
Because, to him, whether Yuan He had broken through or not made no difference; he could be easily killed!
Snap!
Just then, a dull thud echoed.
Yuan He clapped his palms on the ground, and in a seated position, slid towards Ye Kunlun with extreme speed!
Although he knew that even after breaking through to the one-star War God realm, the gap in strength between him and Miyamoto Tatsu was still vast, not to mention the twenty-odd people behind Miyamoto Tatsu. However, like Ye Kunlun before him, he did not retreat.
"Monk, it seems we are both going to die here today."
When Ye Kunlun saw Yuan He's actions, he let out a wry smile.
"Amitabha, I am different from you. We ascetics are called 'Yuan Ji'."
Upon hearing this, Yuan He showed no fear. Instead, he teased as usual, his demeanor suggesting he was discussing Buddhist scriptures rather than engaging in a life-or-death battle.
"This competition is being broadcast live. Aren't you afraid of retribution from the Chinese martial arts world afterward if you openly围剿 us like this?"
After responding to Ye Kunlun, Yuan He glanced at Miyamoto Tatsu and then shifted his gaze to Zoro.
He could tell that Zoro was the leader of this group, and he remembered Jiang Wuming's earlier reminder: find a way to stall for time.
Buying time for Jiang Wuming to heal and regain his combat strength was their only hope of turning the tide!
"Heh... this competition has no rules against contestants fighting each other."
Zoro sneered and said, "Besides, don't try to scare us with the Chinese martial arts world. As you Chinese say, times have changed!
Look at the younger generation of your Chinese martial arts world, what a bunch of trash they are?
Even among the older generation, how many peerless experts does the Chinese martial arts world still have?!"
"I admit, Monk Yuan He, that Ye Kunlun and I are trash."
Yuan He smiled slightly, uttering a surprising statement.
Huh?
Hearing Yuan He's words, everyone, including Miyamoto Tatsu, Zoro, and Ye Kunlun, was somewhat stunned.
"But, Brother Wuming is not!"
Just as everyone was stunned, Yuan He said word by word:
"Before you arrived, Brother Wuming killed the most powerful criminal in this competition—Sean! And during the battle, Sean broke through to the three-star War God realm!"
Swish, swish, swish...
As Yuan He spoke, Zoro, Miyamoto Tatsu, and the others' expressions changed again.
Even though they had all expected Sean to have broken through to the three-star War God realm during the competition, hearing this fact still made them feel somewhat incredulous—how did Jiang Wuming manage to kill Sean, who had broken through to the three-star War God realm?
With questions in their minds, they once again cast their gaze upon Jiang Wuming, who was sitting cross-legged and motionless.
"Miyamoto Tatsu, don't waste your breath with him, kill him!"
Immediately, Zoro said with a chilling expression.
For some reason, seeing Jiang Wuming sitting there gave him an invisible pressure and a sense of unease.
Whoosh!
However—
Just as Zoro's words fell, before Miyamoto Tatsu could make a move, Yuan He suddenly attacked.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, he maintained his seated posture, his body suddenly sliding towards Miyamoto Tatsu. Simultaneously, his hands moved rapidly, performing complex hand seals.
As Yuan He formed the seals, a great Buddha suddenly appeared behind him, while the true qi on his body manifested into Bodhisattvas. Those Bodhisattvas, like Yuan He, moved their hands rapidly.
Then, the figures of those Bodhisattvas gradually merged into one, and the thousand hands also transformed into a pair of hands.
Those hands, shining with golden light, slammed towards Miyamoto Tatsu!
Thousand-Armed Guanyin!
Like Ye Kunlun, Yuan He unleashed the top-tier ultimate technique of Buddhism as soon as he made his move.
"You're courting death!"
Miyamoto Tatsu sneered, swung his precious saber in place, and cleaved towards the golden Bodhisattva manifested from true qi.
Boom!!
The ice saber aura reappeared, striking the golden Bodhisattva, which exploded and vanished into nothingness. Yuan He's body was sent flying backward, spewing blood from his mouth. He was then enveloped by the ice-infused true qi, directly frozen in mid-air like a sculpture of ice.
"Trash!"
Miyamoto Tatsu spat out two contemptuous words, then prepared to swing his saber again, cleaving at the Yuan He in the air.
Just then...
Ye Feng finally arrived at the scene. He took in the situation at a glance, his expression solemn.
"Little devil, what are you so arrogant about?!"
The next moment.
Just as Miyamoto Tatsu was about to swing his precious saber again, Ye Feng roared and shot towards Yuan He, unleashing a punch!
Although he knew that his intervention would not change the situation and that it was almost a certain death, as a sharp blade of the military, he had not forgotten Commander Qi Wu Fu's orders, nor did he intend to desert!
Boom!!
Immediately, the ice saber aura reappeared, striking the fist aura in front of Ye Feng. The fist aura exploded, and the terrifying energy wave instantly sent Ye Feng and Yuan He, who was behind him, flying backward.
"Puff!"
"Puff!"
Ye Feng and Yuan He fell to the ground, spewing blood from their mouths. Both were heavily injured and had almost lost their combat effectiveness.
"Is that all?!"
Miyamoto Tatsu sneered and strode towards Jiang Wuming!
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