Hunting Champion!

As the Yuan Power inside Lin Chen began to surge continuously, the sheen of Yuan Power around him grew richer and brighter, while the wooden sword in his hand bloomed with blue-purple light.

Boom!

Across the dim sky, a bolt of lightning as thick as an arm suddenly streaked past, turning into a blue-purple lightning sword. The instant Lin Chen pointed at Lei Li, it came cleaving down straight at his head.

The sight made Lei Li's expression change drastically. He hurriedly dodged while activating the Thunderclap Light from earlier to block it.

The blue-purple lightning sword and the Thunderclap Light collided violently, erupting with a powerful blast of air.

"How could this Third-grade Martial Art, the Nine Thunder Sword, be so strong?"

Lei Li looked at the Thunderclap Light that had returned to his side and could sense that part of its might had been worn away by the blue-purple lightning sword just now. He was utterly baffled.

The Nine Thunder Sword, as a Third-grade Martial Art of the Lin Family, had indeed been practiced by others before.

He had originally planned to use Thunderclap Light to instantly finish Lin Chen off.

However, considering that the Nine Thunder Sword's attack power and speed were both extremely strong, once his own Yuan Power had been exhausted, he would have no way to withstand this kind of lightning-sword attack that descended like heavenly thunder.

He could only seize the gap after Lin Chen finished executing the Nine Thunder Sword, then finish him off.

What made Lei Li feel as if he were facing a great enemy was that two more peals of thunder rumbled from within the dark clouds.

Boom, boom!

Sure enough, two deep-purple lightning swords as thick as arms cleaved toward Lei Li once again.

"Don't tell me... there's more?"

Lei Li's face turned deathly pale. He once again activated the Thunderclap Light in his hand and blasted it toward the two lightning swords.

Boom, boom, boom...

A string of thunderous explosions completely threw Lei Li into panic.

Within the dark clouds, nine deep-purple lightning swords had actually appeared. And after Lin Chen used the Third-grade Martial Art Thunderclap Sword, they were further wrapped in the Might of the Thunderclap, raising their power to another level.

"Condense!"

Lin Chen's gaze was firm as he lightly spat out a single word.

The nine deep-purple lightning swords instantly gathered together at that moment, turning into one enormous deep-purple lightning sword. A vast aura of heavenly thunder spread out then and there.

Nine Thunder Sword!

As Lin Chen pointed the wooden sword in his hand at Lei Li, the Nine Thunder Sword, wrapped in rolling heavenly thunder might, instantly cleaved down toward Lei Li's head!

"Impossible!"

Lei Li had never imagined that the Nine Thunder Sword, merely a Third-grade Martial Art, would possess such tremendous power—comparable to the Fourth-grade Martial Art Thunderclap Light, and even somewhat surpassing it. It undoubtedly made him begin to question his entire life.

The Third-grade Martial Art Nine Thunder Sword he had seen in the past had only condensed nine lightning swords in total. There had never been a final step where they merged into one massive lightning sword!

Countless thoughts tangled in his mind, but he still could not avoid being locked onto by that enormous Nine Thunder Sword. He could only grit his teeth and fiercely pour the little Yuan Power remaining in his body into the Thunderclap Light in his palm, then blast it toward the descending Nine Thunder Sword.

Boom!

A massive rumble rang out in midair.

The Thunderclap Light exploded on impact, unleashing boundless, powerful might.

An ordinary Earthly Yuan Stage expert here would be gravely injured, or even killed on the spot!

"Tch, petty trick!"

After Lei Li saw the Thunderclap Light explode, his heart relaxed as well. He thought this Nine Thunder Sword was nothing but a flashy spearhead made of wax—good-looking but useless.

However, what soon made him realize something was wrong was his scalp. Why did it feel numb, as if struck by lightning?

He reached out and touched his head, only to discover in astonishment that his smooth long hair had actually turned into spike after spike, standing straight up stiffly just like that.

"Lei Li, it's not over yet!"

The corners of Lin Chen's mouth lifted slightly. After casually reminding him, he waved the wooden sword in his hand and put it away.

After the Thunderclap Light vanished, an enormous deep-purple Nine Thunder Sword abruptly slashed down straight at Lei Li's head!

"No!"

Lei Li suddenly raised his head. Seeing that enormous Nine Thunder Sword bearing down like Mount Tai, his legs instantly went weak, and he screamed in utter terror.

At this sight, Lei Bao could no longer hold himself back.

Just as he was about to make a move, he saw Lin Zhentian and Luo Cheng take a step forward, roll up their sleeves, and prepare to attack while they had the chance.

Lei Bao's expression shifted several times before he could only roar angrily:

"We concede this battle!"

Before his words had even finished, he swung his large hand and blasted it toward that enormous Nine Thunder Sword.

What Lei Bao had not quite expected was that this single punch actually failed to shake the Nine Thunder Sword.

"Hmph!"

The Yuan Power inside Lei Bao's body was released at that moment. His powerful fist force tried to strike directly against that deep-purple Nine Thunder Sword.

But what made his pupils constrict was that the deep-purple Nine Thunder Sword vanished outright, causing his punch to hit nothing but air.

In an instant, Lei Bao's attention locked onto Lin Chen.

Aside from Lin Chen, who had unleashed the Nine Thunder Sword, dispelling it himself, there was no other situation that would make the Nine Thunder Sword vanish outright.

"Patriarch Lei, there's no need to be so nervous. I can control the Nine Thunder Sword."

Lin Chen smiled faintly and returned to the area where the Lin Family stood.

Here, after all, there were three Heavenly Yuan Stage experts present. It was steady as could be!

"You... you're very good!"

Lei Bao was so angered by those words that he nearly spat blood. Only after taking a deep breath did he barely calm himself. He grabbed the utterly drained Lei Li, flung his sleeves, and left, returning to the Lei Family's area.

After checking him over and confirming that Lei Li had merely been frightened, had exhausted all the Yuan Power in his body, and had suffered only a little damage from being struck by lightning, he finally felt slightly more at ease.

However, when Lei Bao looked at Lin Chen again, dense killing intent had already surfaced in his eyes.

This was the first time he had ever seen such a powerful Earthly Yuan Stage cultivator.

And he came from the enemy Lin Family. That made the killing intent in Lei Bao's heart churn endlessly, almost condensing into something tangible.

Only, with Lin Zhentian and Luo Cheng present, there was no way he could pose much of a threat to Lin Chen.

Moreover, aside from Lin Chen, the Lin Family also had another junior who had reached the Earthly Yuan Stage.

If they were going to eliminate them, they had to eliminate them together, lest they alert the enemy!

"We're leaving!"

Lei Li's crushing defeat left Lei Bao with no mood to continue presiding over the Hunting Event or announce the results. Right now, all he wanted was to hurry back with his people and prepare to kill.

However, how could Lin Zhentian and Luo Cheng possibly let Lei Bao leave so easily?

"Patriarch Lei, a noble man is busy and forgetful. Have you forgotten what price the loser of this wagered duel is supposed to pay?"

Lin Zhentian rarely had the chance to laugh in front of Lei Bao. At this moment, of course he was going to laugh hard—laugh to his heart's content!

"Ironwood Manor. Come take it when the time comes!"

Lei Bao's face turned ashen. After hesitating for a while, he still agreed.

He grabbed Lei Li, who still had not recovered, and walked straight off the Grand Stage of Beast Horn Arena.

The members of the Lei Family and Xie Family followed closely behind.

"Hahahaha!"

Luo Cheng, the hall master of Mad Saber Martial Hall, threw back his head and laughed, walked to the highest spot on the Grand Stage, and announced loudly:

"This Qingyang Town Hunting Event has concluded successfully. The runner-up is Wu Yun of Mad Saber Martial Hall, and the final champion is Lin Chen of the Lin Family!"

After that, the Lin Family and Mad Saber Martial Hall began a lively celebration.

There was no helping it. In all these years of the Qingyang Town Hunting Event, it had always been the Lei Family and Xie Family who came out on top.

Now that they had finally won for once, all of them felt as if they had finally held their heads high.

The Lin Family and Mad Saber Martial Hall joined forces in Qingyang Town and threw a grand banquet, causing everything that had happened at the Hunting Event to become known to everyone in the blink of an eye. The Lei Family's reputation was utterly swept into the dirt.