Raising a Reverse Flag (Continued)

Although he couldn't understand what Liu Qingqing was saying, he felt uneasy, as if if she continued to say that, they would surely lose this battle.

Before the fight, it's an unwritten rule to let the two fighters exchange some verbal sparring. There's no time limit, and the referee makes the final decision on how to do it, to prevent anyone from launching a sneak attack while they're talking. Although this can be seen as a form of deception, it doesn't sound good if word gets out, and it goes against the spirit of martial arts.

Of course, if you are still distracted and attacked by your opponent after the start of the match, that's your own carelessness, and you can't blame anyone else.

Now that the contestant has spoken up to urge them on, the referee has not hesitated to strike with force, making the gong resound.

Almost the instant the gong sounded, Ye Wangduan moved. He was a martial artist of the same type as Jiu Namo, only he was more slender and exuded a sharp and decisive aura. If Jiu Namo was a power-type martial artist, he was an agility-type martial artist, perfectly combining speed and strength.

Ye Wangduan threw a punch straight out, simple and quick, without any fancy moves. His internal True Qi expanded like Torrent, and as the force of the punch erupted like a tsunami, it condensed into a fist aura, which surged towards the silent Si Shuiyun.

The Heavenly Black Martial Arts Club's tactics are simple and also the most common tactic for dealing with combinations of ranged and melee fighters—divide the two opponents and defeat them one by one.

As seen in the previous match, although Liu Qingqing is not a pure ranged expert and possesses some close-combat ability, her close-combat ability is not particularly strong, at least not as powerful as her Divine Arts arrow. Therefore, using close combat is still the best way to deal with her.

The reason why the International Union Academy failed was not due to a flawed strategy, but rather to problems in execution. If they had simply engaged in close combat instead of trying to win quickly with their supernatural abilities, they might have succeeded.

Conversely, maintaining cooperation and preventing the opponent from splitting up is the key to whether Liu Qingqing and Si Shuiyun can win.

The instant Ye Wangduan made his move, Jiu Namo also attacked. He lowered his stance, pulled back his right hand, and the surrounding air currents swirled around his palm, turning it pitch black. This was not Huaxia Cultivation Method, but Barbarian Race martial art called "Black Water Overbearing Force." Originally, only members of the Barbarian Race royal family could practice it. Jiu Namo, because of Jiu Namo's outstanding talent and the fact that he was taken in as a disciple by Spirit Transformation Grandmaster, his tribe made an exception and taught him this martial art.

With a single palm strike, the surrounding invisible air currents surged, as if an ink bottle had been overturned, spreading blackness. A gigantic, pitch-black hand roared out, sweeping out with overwhelming force, arrogant and domineering.

Liu Qingqing retreated rapidly, the force of which was impossible for her to withstand. Even if she used the Prison-Suppressing Dharma Form Five Elements Spirit-Refining Formula, it would still be shattered. She needed to buy time to shoot the Divine Arts arrow, but her opponent clearly knew this and followed closely behind, ready to interrupt at any moment.

At this point, they could only rely on Si Shuiyun to stop them. Ye Wangduan anticipated this and, after throwing the first punch, rushed out to try to block the route for the two to reunite.

However, Si Shuiyun did not move to help at all. Instead, she stood still and let the force of the punch hit her, instantly turning into water droplets and shattering.

Divine Arts Water Clone Technique!

On the other side, the shadow beneath Liu Qingqing's feet suddenly leaped upwards, brandishing a long spear. A flash of cold light slicing through the pitch-black giant hand.

"Eight-Petal Lotus Slash!"

Si Shuiyun continued to charge forward. Her speed was extremely fast; the naked eye could only see a blurry black shadow flash by, and her movements were completely unclear. She circled around Jiu Namo and hit all the slashes. The flashing and splashing Gang Qi on Jiu Namo's body bloomed like lotus flowers, which was very beautiful.

However, the result of this ultimate move was only to leave eight red marks on the Jiu Namo's body, which only slightly grazed the skin and did not cause any real damage. In fact, if Si Shuiyun had not held back three-tenths of her strength to make a maneuver, the halberd in her hand might have been broken by the reaction force.

"The Tai'a Immovable Body is a martial art created with divine weapons as its hypothetical enemy. How could ordinary weapons possibly injure it? It's only Jiu Namo has only just entered the basics and hasn't even reached the minor level of mastery that he was grazed. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to leave even a trace." Pan Hong praised his disciple in a way that seemed to be belittling him but was actually praising him.

When he initially accepted Jiu Namo as his disciple despite the differences between Chinese and foreigners, it drew a lot of criticism. However, as Jiu Namo gradually demonstrated his outstanding talent, these criticisms disappeared, leaving only a few scattered jeers. In the process, he also enjoyed the thrill of being proven wrong, but he still lacked conclusive proof.

If he could defeat Liu Qingqing, who was also a Spirit Transformation disciple, Pan Hong was confident that he could silence all the criticism and leave those envious and jealous people only able to speak ill of him behind his back. If anyone dared to say it to his face, he could use Ji Shichen as a shield. "Even Ji Shichen's disciple lost to my disciple, how dare you look down on my judgment?"

Ji Shichen glanced at him; how could she not see through his thoughts? She said slowly and deliberately, "I completely agree with you. Your disciple has indeed only learned the basics, and it's not just you and me who have realized this, but also your disciple's rivals."

On the arena, Jiu Namo was about to launch a counterattack, he suddenly felt his Qi and Blood boiling and his meridians throbbing. As soon as he circulated his qi in his right hand, a burst of energy erupted from within, causing him to groan and thick blood to flow from his nose.

"The Tai'a Immovable Body is nothing more than this."

With a flick of her wrist, Si Shuiyun's long spear was enveloped in black shadow, as if it had lost its original form and could twist and change at will. In the blink of an eye, a storm of attacks rained down.

While one can defend against overt force, one cannot defend against covert force. By observing Jiu Namo's previous battles, Si Ming and Murong Qing had already seen through his true strength and weaknesses. As long as they could penetrate and explode with covert force, they could inflict damage. The key was that the attacker had to have meticulous control over his strength, otherwise he would be blocked by the aura shield on Jiu Namo's body. Si Shuiyun had cultivated the "Water Moon Precious Mirror" since childhood, just met the requirements.

Perhaps mastering the Tai'a Immovable Body technique could compensate for this deficiency, but practicing external martial arts is inherently very time-consuming, requiring the gradual tempering of the body. The higher the Higher Vehicle, the more it demands painstaking effort. Jiu Namo was, he could not reach this level at his age.

"I rely on more than just the Tai'a Immovable Body!"

Jiu Namo a roar, the ground beneath his feet cracked, and his Black Water Overbearing Force erupted outward. Pure black energy waves spread outward in a ring from him, and even the audience seats a hundred meters away could feel the impact of the airflow. Immediately afterward, he threw out two punches, which exploded like thunder, like a collapsing mountain, tearing apart all the black shadows that were falling from the sky.

The Chaotic Heaven Thunderbolt Palm was the ultimate technique that Jiu Namo learned from his master Pan Hong. Combined with his innate superhuman strength and the ferocity of the Black Water Overbearing Force, it displayed an unprecedentedly violent state.

At this moment, the clash and battle between the two black forces blocked out most of the sunlight above the arena, making it dark and gloomy. The two sides fighting fiercely were rendered as if they were demons. It was only because the Mohist School revered black that they did not find it strange. Otherwise, they would have thought that the two had practiced Devil Cultivation Method arts. Although Si Shuiyun's "Void Shadow Killing Technique" and Jiu Namo's "Black Water Overbearing Force" were indeed not orthodox martial arts.

While the two were locked in fierce combat, the other side was not idle either. Si Shuiyun's obstruction bought time for Liu Qingqing. She immediately drew the bowstring, nocked an arrow, concentrated her energy, and a silver light flashed, exuding a murderous aura.

"Supreme White Arrow - Fierce Breaking Kill!"

The arrow pierced through the air, its sharp force even cutting a thin crack in the ground. Ye Wangduan dared not be careless and threw punches one after another, unleashing wave after wave of fist energy that piled up into a wall.

The so-called "fist energy" is the Gang Qi formed by compressing fist force. It is much harder than ordinary force, giving people the feeling of a solid object, and is enough to directly confront divine weapons.

Even so, it was still no match for Liu Qingqing's arrow. Taibai belongs to metal, the sharpest of the five elements, and it pierced through thirteen fist energys in one breath, pointing straight at Ye Wangduan.

Ye Wangduan quickly joined his hands together and caught the arrow with a move that involved catching a blade with bare hands, but he still couldn't stop its momentum. He was forced to retreat, and his hands were cut and bleeding profusely by the arrow.

Liu Qingqing nocked her second arrow, ready to press her advantage, when she suddenly sensed something amiss and quickly warned, "Be careful!"

It turned out that Ye Wangduan's retreat was precisely in the direction where Si Shuiyun and Jiu Namo were fighting fiercely. He deliberately pretended to be no match for Supreme White Arrow, thus using the force to retreat. Now that he had reached his destination, he immediately rubbed his hands together, crushing the arrow into powder. Then he turned around and attacked Si Shuiyun from both sides, his fist shadows falling like a meteor shower.

Fortunately, Si Shuiyun was alerted and turned around, using a technique of deflecting force with minimal effort to deflect Jiu Namo's Jiu Namo strike, thus resisting Ye Wangduan's attack and gaining a moment to catch her breath. Then, the black shadows in the sky disappeared, fell to the ground, merged with the shadows, and escaped the encirclement.

You've fallen for their trap!

Ye Wangduan continued to charge forward, Jiu Namo reached out and caught him. The moment their hands clasped, he transferred a stream of True Qi to Ye Wangduan, then spun around and threw him in the direction Si Shuiyun had fled.

"Spirit-Concentrating Transcendent Taiji!"

While in mid-air, Ye Wangduan combined the power of the two and suddenly unleashed the Heaven and Earth Dual Polarity Palm downwards, causing a black and white vortex to appear on the ground, trapping Si Shuiyun, who was hiding close to the ground, inside.

"Saturn Arrow - Sacrificial Rites of a Hundred Peaks!"

Liu Qingqing's second arrow was just fired, emitting Huang Guang, and the immense pressure was like Mount Tai pressing down. However, her original target was Ye Wangduan, but she was forced to change it to Jiu Namo.

Jiu Namo raised his hand to protect his head, charging headlong into the arrows without regard for anything else, a faint glow appearing on his body.

Saturn, being of the Earth element, was the heaviest arrow in terms of power. However, after being Jiu Namo, Kumbhma only swayed slightly before shattering the arrow, along with the illusory mountain shadow formed by the Huang Guang, and continued its forward charge.