Defeat

Only then did Lin Huasheng realize.

In the Dao of Alchemy, he still had the strength to put up a fight against this Lu Jiu.

But in combat, even with the support of fourth-tier spirit pills, he had still been defeated in a single exchange!

They were not opponents on the same level at all!

He was clearly on the level of those few nearly invincible Golden Core geniuses from the South Sea, the contestants held back as their final trump cards...

With the azure barrier gone, the edge of the second sword strike was about to cut into Lin Huasheng's waist.

The blade abruptly turned, and its flat slammed into Lin Huasheng's abdomen, blasting him away.

Victory and defeat had been decided in no more than a few blinks!

Yet even the Nascent Soul referees from the Two Realms had not fully reacted in time!

Only when Lin Huasheng lay sprawled on the floor and barely managed to move his hands a little.

"Heavenly Star Alliance, Lu Jiu wins!" did the verdict finally ring out.

A breeze swept across the raised platform, leaving only Su Bai's solitary figure standing with his sword.

Dead silence.

The vast Dao Discussion Convention first fell into an utterly uncanny dead silence, as though time had frozen at that moment.

Then a deafening uproar erupted.

"This... how is this possible?!"

"Lin Huasheng took three fourth-tier spirit pills, and just like that... he couldn't even withstand one move?"

"It's not a question of whether he withstood one move! Did you see Lu Jiu's movements clearly? Closing in, breaking his defense, subduing him... all in one seamless breath, so fast it defied comprehension!"

"Is he really an alchemist?!"

"Lu Jiu... Lu Jiu! This fellow hid himself so deeply! No wonder he could become True Man He's