In an extremely short time, Xu Jie expended 150 years of usable lifespan. Not only did he cultivate the Profound Grade High Rank Demon Subduing Flame Blade to perfection, he even comprehended an advanced profound meaning.
Just then, Xu Ming in the spectator stands also finished cultivating. An overwhelmingly powerful force of qi and blood swept across the entire arena—the unique aura of a Pulse Opening Realm expert.
Xu Ming had truly broken through!
The surrounding students could not help revealing complicated expressions of shock and envy.
Xu Ming had come from Central Prefecture and was a genius who had moved his blood five times. Back then, he had merely challenged his way into the top ten on the rankings and stopped advancing, but that did not mean he lacked the strength to contend for the top three.
Now, Xu Ming had used a Pulse Breaking Pill to break through a major realm and enter the Pulse Opening Realm. Naturally, his strength had climbed another floor, and his combat power had soared by a great margin.
It seemed that these two Xu brothers were about to wage a battle of dragons and tigers!
Xu Jie was clearly a monster who had moved his blood more than six times, while Xu Ming had entered the Pulse Opening Realm after moving his blood five times. Who would win and who would lose was truly hard to say!
After all, the Pulse Opening Realm surpassed the Blood Moving Realm by an entire major realm. The intensity of one's qi and blood underwent a qualitative transformation.
Xu Ming's breakthrough turned what had originally been a one-sided situation murky and unpredictable once more.
Xu Ming stood up and glanced at his sister's mangled corpse on the arena stage. Utmost killing intent flashed through his eyes.
Xu Jie, meanwhile, wore a smile at the corner of his lips, looking utterly unconcerned, as though he did not regard Xu Ming as worthy of notice.
"Xu Jie, I will kill you!"
"With your mouth?"
Xu Ming snorted coldly. He knew words were useless. At this moment, both men harbored the intent to kill the other; only one person's death could temporarily settle this hatred.
Thus, Xu Ming did not take the passageway. He leaped straight down from the spectator stands and landed steadily on the arena stage.
Sweeping his gaze over Xu Jie, who stood with his arms folded, Xu Ming said coldly,
"Xu Jie, if you hadn't forced me, I could have moved my blood one more time. You truly deserve to die!"
Xu Jie picked at his ear, blew the earwax from his fingertip, shrugged, and could not be bothered to say more.
Seeing this, Xu Ming slowly drew the longsword at his waist. Like a victor, he spoke with detached superiority, pronouncing Xu Jie's death sentence in advance.
"Xu Jie, today I'll let you witness the power of Central Prefecture's Earth Grade Martial Skill!"
An Earth Grade Martial Skill?
As soon as Xu Ming said this, the watching students all widened their eyes. Even quite a few instructors revealed interested expressions.
Because martial arts schools in fringe cities simply had no access to techniques of such a high level!
Xu Jie could not help sneering. He truly did not understand why these people had to spout so much nonsense before fighting.
A mental attack?
Xu Jie casually pulled the battle saber from the ground and charged at Xu Ming without another word.
Countless streams of sword qi suddenly erupted around Xu Ming. Pulse Opening Realm cultivation combined with an Earth Grade Martial Skill displayed an exceedingly terrifying might.
At this moment, every stream of Xu Ming's sword qi could easily kill one of the top three students on the rankings, and he unleashed over a hundred streams in an instant!
Night Blossom Sword Art!
In the spectator stands, some of the relatively weaker instructors sensed an obvious threat and showed grave expressions.
As expected of a genius from Central Prefecture!
Facing Xu Ming's sword qi head-on, Xu Jie ignored the sword qi rushing toward him. His saber edge split through it with fierce sharpness before cleaving down mercilessly.
As for the remaining sword qi, Xu Jie could not even be bothered to defend. He allowed countless streams of sword qi to slice through his clothes and carve bloody wounds across his chest.
Child's play!
The next moment, saber and sword collided. Xu Ming staggered back several steps, feeling an unimaginable force.
Although he had received Xu Jie's strike, his arm trembled slightly, and his face filled with disbelief.
"You..."
Could Xu Jie really have moved his blood nine times?
Otherwise, how could a casual saber strike suppress him?
And had Xu Jie's physical body already become so strong that he could ignore Xu Ming's attacks?
Xu Ming was in the Pulse Opening Realm!
"Is that all you have?"
Xu Jie grinned and casually tore off the shredded cloth from his upper body. He let blood trickle from his wounds as though the injured person was not him, as though he felt no pain at all.
"Too weak! What a disappointment!"
He had not even used the profound meaning of his saber art yet. It had merely been a full-force strike, and Xu Ming had nearly failed to receive it!
Xu Jie was genuinely disappointed. He had not expected Xu Ming, after breaking through to the Pulse Opening Realm, to be so weak.
Hearing Xu Jie's merciless mockery, Xu Ming's face immediately reddened.
He let out a reckless roar and charged at Xu Jie once more. The two immediately launched into an incomparably fierce battle.
For a time, the sounds of saber and sword clashing, flesh tearing, and blood exploding filled the entire arena stage, leaving the onlookers dumbfounded.
Xu Jie could actually suppress Xu Ming of the Pulse Opening Realm?
Even the students who were only in the Blood Moving Realm could see that much!
As for the stronger instructors, every one of them could no longer sit still, their faces filled with disbelief.
Xu Jie was far too strong!
Could someone in the Blood Moving Realm really suppress Xu Ming?
One had to know, Xu Ming was no nobody!
He was a genuine genius. He had entered the Pulse Opening Realm after moving his blood five times, with a deep Martial Path foundation and solid basics, and he had also mastered Earth Grade Martial Arts and Techniques.
Though he had only recently entered the Pulse Opening Realm, he could already stand shoulder to shoulder with university instructors at the middle stages of the Pulse Opening Realm!
And yet such a genius... was being forcibly suppressed by Xu Jie!
"I'm done playing. This is boring!"
Xu Jie suddenly erupted again. His qi and blood surged another level, and with a sweeping saber strike, he sent Xu Ming flying backward while coughing blood.
Step by step, Xu Jie approached Xu Ming, whose ugly expression carried a trace of shock, and said coldly,
"You're too weak. I'm not even interested in using my full strength!"
This was not even Xu Jie's full strength?
Faced with Xu Jie's humiliation, Xu Ming completely snapped.
The trash he had once been able to crush to death with a casual pinch had suddenly risen above him, driving him into madness.
Thus, right before Xu Jie, Xu Ming pulled out a black pill and tossed it into his mouth.
Then, under Xu Jie's raised-brow gaze, the force of qi and blood within Xu Ming surged without end. Even some of the tiny blood vessels beneath his skin burst, making Xu Ming look like a man made of blood.
At the same time, Xu Ming's aura began skyrocketing wildly, jumping from the first layer of the Pulse Opening Realm to the third layer, seemingly showing signs of breaking directly into the middle stages of the Pulse Opening Realm.
What the hell was that?
Had he gone berserk?
"Xu Jie, strike now!"
Chu Mingyue suddenly rose from the instructors' seats and cried out an urgent warning.
"That's a Blood Burst Pill! Don't give him time to stabilize his qi and blood!"
A Blood Burst Pill could ignite all the blood within a martial artist's body in a short time, temporarily boosting the force of qi and blood by a tremendous amount.
Its side effect was that, once the medicinal effect faded, the blood would dry up, reducing the user to a cripple. It was a desperate measure used when one was on the verge of death.
At this moment, Xu Ming, who had just taken the Blood Burst Pill, was at his weakest.
Because when a martial artist suddenly ignited all the blood in his body, it was difficult to control immediately. He needed several dozen seconds to bring it under control before he could use the Blood Burst Pill's medicinal effect to reach the peak of his combat power.
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