Battle of Divine Blood, Li Qingshan Suffers a Crushing Defeat!

Battle of Divine Blood, Li Qingshan Suffers a Crushing Defeat!

Facing the many "strange" looks, Jiang Hao could only close his eyes and rest.

Before long, the fifth round arrived.

Jiang Hao versus Leng Shang.

There was no suspense in this match. Jiang Hao defeated Leng Shang without even using his divine blood.

The highlight match of the fifth round was Yan Beiwu versus Hu Qing.

Everyone had witnessed Hu Qing's strength firsthand.

It could be said that without divine blood, Hu Qing was the strongest.

As for Yan Beiwu, it was said that she too possessed divine blood.

Yet until now, Yan Beiwu had never displayed her divine blood. No one had seen what it was truly like.

But against Hu Qing, Yan Beiwu unleashed her divine blood.

When Jiang Hao saw the enormous fish above Yan Beiwu's head, blotting out the sky and covering the earth, he immediately understood her divine blood.

Kun!

This was the divine beast Kun!

"In the Northern Dark Sea there was a fish named Kun. Its vastness stretched for thousands of miles, beyond all knowing."

Moreover, in myth and legend, the great Kun and the Peng bird shared an indescribable connection.

Some even claimed that the two divine beasts were actually one and the same, merely different forms.

But regardless of which claim was true, the two divine beasts were clearly connected.

That was why Li Qingshan was so obsessed with having Yan Beiwu.

These two great divine-blood lineages often intermarried.

The children they produced had an extremely high chance of inheriting divine blood.

They could even undergo certain transformations.

Unfortunately, Yan Beiwu seemed to look down on Li Qingshan.

After Yan Beiwu unleashed her divine blood, she shattered Hu Qing's Blade Intent head-on and injured him.

The Kun divine blood was indeed terrifying.

Its frontal strength was unparalleled.

After five rounds, only Jiang Hao, Li Qingshan, and Yan Beiwu remained undefeated.

In other words, the three slots for this Seven Sects Alliance Grand Competition had effectively already gone to Jiang Hao and the other two.

The three slots for the Blood Transformation Pool were already secured.

Now, only Jiang Hao, Li Qingshan, and Yan Beiwu had yet to face one another.

In truth, the rewards for the top three were all the same.

Still, the competition had to determine a first-place winner.

Therefore, the sixth round had to continue.

This time, Yan Beiwu was lucky enough to receive a bye.

Jiang Hao versus Li Qingshan.

Whoever won would have a chance to face Yan Beiwu in the end and contend for first place in this competition!

This battle even drew the attention of many Transforming Force disciples.

Transforming Force martial artists generally did not pay attention to battles at the Hidden Force level. There was little point in it.

But Jiang Hao and Li Qingshan were different.

Both of them possessed divine blood.

This was no longer a duel between Hidden Force martial artists, but a duel between divine bloods!

Though both were divine bloods, there were still differences in rank, strength, and weakness between them.

Li Qingshan stared at Jiang Hao with sharp eyes.

In this Seven Sects Alliance Grand Competition, there was no doubt that Jiang Hao had stolen all the limelight and become the focus of the entire event.

This had left Li Qingshan feeling stifled all along.

He regarded the martial artists of the Southern Region as "barbaric natives," yet the truth was that he seemed unable to measure up even to those "barbaric natives."

How could that not drive Li Qingshan mad?

Fortunately, Li Qingshan still had a chance to prove himself.

No matter how high Jiang Hao stood or how much attention he received, as long as Li Qingshan could defeat him, all the praise would belong to him!

Jiang Hao stepped onto the arena.

He looked at Li Qingshan as well.

Jiang Hao had not forgotten that Li Qingshan bore ill will toward him.

Someone he had never even interacted with had developed hostility toward him. Even now, Jiang Hao found it rather baffling.

But standing before Li Qingshan at such close range, Jiang Hao suddenly understood why.

Li Qingshan was jealous of him!

His jealousy had bred malice.

Perhaps there were quite a few people like Li Qingshan.

"You are not from a divine-blood lineage. So what if you awakened divine blood? You definitely do not possess a divine-blood secret art and cannot bring out its full power. But I, as a member of a divine-blood lineage, have cultivated divine-blood secret arts. How could you possibly be my opponent?"

Li Qingshan said coldly.

He was not afraid of Jiang Hao learning that he possessed a secret art.

Before absolute strength, none of that mattered.

Jiang Hao did not respond.

He knew Li Qingshan was right.

Divine-blood lineages had long histories.

Throughout the endless years, generations of powerful figures from those lineages had continually studied divine blood.

They had practically studied divine blood through and through.

Naturally, they could create certain divine-blood secret arts based on divine blood, thereby increasing its power.

This was something Jiang Hao could not compare with.

After all, there was no "Golden Crow Divine Blood Lineage" in this world.

He was the "progenitor" of the Great Sun Golden Crow Divine Blood.

If there truly were a Golden Crow Divine Blood secret art, Jiang Hao would most likely have to create it himself.

But Jiang Hao was still far from being capable of creating a divine-blood secret art.

"Whoosh."

Seeing Jiang Hao sink into thought, Li Qingshan smiled.

The next moment, without the slightest hesitation, the divine blood within him erupted. He instantly transformed into an afterimage and charged toward Jiang Hao.

The Peng bird's defining trait was speed.

Speed taken to the extreme.

"Hmm?"

Although Jiang Hao was indeed thinking.

He was also watching Li Qingshan's movements at all times.

The moment he saw Li Qingshan erupt with divine blood, Jiang Hao used Shrink Step Into Inch almost immediately, dodging to the side.

Shrink Step Into Inch was indeed fast.

It did evade Li Qingshan's strike.

But that was all.

After unleashing his divine blood, Li Qingshan himself possessed terrifying speed.

He had no intention of stopping and continued pursuing Jiang Hao.

In terms of speed, Jiang Hao's Shrink Step Into Inch naturally could not compare to Li Qingshan's Peng bird divine blood.

"Hmph."

Jiang Hao snorted coldly.

"Great Sun Golden Crow Divine Blood, activate!"

At once, a massive Three-legged Golden Crow appeared above Jiang Hao's head as well.

Jiang Hao waved his hand.

A vast amount of Great Sun True Fire suddenly appeared around his body.

And the Great Sun True Fire continued spreading across the entire arena.

"If this were anywhere else, with your speed, I might not be able to do anything to you. But this is an arena, with only such a small area. My Great Sun True Fire covers the entire arena. Where can you run?"

Jiang Hao had long since prepared for this.

This was his "ultimate move."

He was indeed taking advantage of the arena battle.

Li Qingshan could naturally move away from the Great Sun True Fire.

But he would have to leave the bounds of the arena.

Once he left the arena, Li Qingshan would lose this competition.

"What?"

Li Qingshan's heart jolted.

The Great Sun True Fire was terrifying.

He immediately felt as though his entire body were being scorched.

The Great Sun True Fire was said to burn all things without exception.

It was only because Jiang Hao's Great Sun Golden Crow Divine Blood was incomplete.

The Great Sun True Fire might not even possess one ten-thousandth of its true power.

Otherwise, Li Qingshan would already have been burned to ashes.

"Divine-blood secret art, Extreme Speed!"

Li Qingshan gritted his teeth and unleashed his divine-blood secret art.

He truly did possess a divine-blood secret art.

But divine-blood secret arts consumed a great deal of divine blood.

Therefore, they could not be sustained for long.

Once he used a divine-blood secret art, he had to end the battle quickly.

Jiang Hao's Great Sun True Fire had already spread across the entire arena. Li Qingshan could only use his divine-blood secret art and clash head-on with Jiang Hao.

"Whoosh."

Li Qingshan moved.

Even Jiang Hao could not catch Li Qingshan's speed.

It was simply too fast.

This was a divine-blood secret art.

In a contest of speed, Jiang Hao could not match him.

But he knew Li Qingshan's goal.

Li Qingshan would certainly attack him in an attempt to defeat him.

That made things simple.

Jiang Hao defended with all his strength.

He continuously gathered the Great Sun True Fire around himself, forming a wall of Great Sun True Fire.

If Li Qingshan wanted to attack him, he would have to break through that wall.

Bang.

Sure enough, a gap was blasted into the wall of Great Sun True Fire.

"Whoosh."

Jiang Hao instantly locked onto Li Qingshan.

"Got you!"

With a thought from Jiang Hao, vast amounts of Great Sun True Fire instantly surged around the breach in the wall, "trapping" Li Qingshan.

"Whoosh."

Jiang Hao suddenly took a step forward.

Though his Shrink Step Into Inch was not as fast as Li Qingshan, Li Qingshan had been trapped by the Great Sun True Fire. That slight delay was enough for Jiang Hao to arrive.

Jiang Hao could already see the savage expression on Li Qingshan's face.

Now that he had found Li Qingshan, things were simple.

Ten Forces as One!

Four strands of Hidden Force erupted.

Fierce Tiger Fist—Tiger Roar Mountain Forest.

Jiang Hao gathered nearly all his strength into one fist and smashed it out viciously.

Bang.

The punch landed solidly on Li Qingshan's body.

Li Qingshan's entire body shook.

He had already mobilized his divine blood with all his strength to block it.

But the power of that punch was too great.

It was also mixed with Great Sun True Fire.

That single punch sent him flying, and he crashed heavily beneath the arena.

Defeated!

Li Qingshan had been utterly routed!

No one had expected that in a clash of divine bloodlines, Li Qingshan would lose so completely.

The crowd beneath the arena fell utterly silent.

But after the silence came an uproar.

"Defeated? Li Qingshan was completely crushed!"

"What terrifying divine blood! Jiang Hao's Golden Crow Divine Blood is truly horrifying. Great Sun True Fire covered the entire arena and could scorch everything. Even Li Qingshan had nowhere to hide."

"Li Qingshan lost because of the rules of this tournament. If this hadn't been an arena battle, if the range of the field hadn't been restricted, Jiang Hao truly wouldn't have had any way to deal with Li Qingshan."

"A clash between divine bloodlines is truly terrifying. With that kind of power, even Transforming Force martial artists would be burned to ashes if they went up there, wouldn't they?"

"Not necessarily. Transforming Force martial artists unite their strength within and without. They could still withstand flames of this level for a while. If they endured it and got close to Jiang Hao, they might not be unable to fight him to the death."

"Really? But once you get close, Jiang Hao can use Shrink Step Into Inch to pull away immediately. What would you use to fight him to the death?"

Many disciples looked at one another.

Putting themselves in that position, they realized that defeating Jiang Hao would be far too difficult.

Even for Transforming Force martial artists, it would be difficult.

After all, how many Transforming Force martial artists could keep up with Jiang Hao's Shrink Step Into Inch?

Golden Crow Divine Blood, Shrink Step Into Inch, and Jiang Hao's explosive strength all seemed terrifying as well.

Jiang Hao's overall strength had clearly surpassed that of Transforming Force martial artists.

How was anyone supposed to fight that?

Right beside them was the Transforming Force martial arts tournament.

Yet the eyes of those Transforming Force martial artists had also been drawn to Jiang Hao.

They looked at one another, their gazes filled with shock.

After all, they themselves were Transforming Force martial artists, so they naturally understood just how troublesome Jiang Hao was.

"Why do I feel like even the first-place winner of the Seven Sects' Inner Disciple Tournament might not be able to defeat Jiang Hao?"

"Not might. They definitely can't defeat him."

"Is he really still a Hidden Force martial artist?"

Compared to everyone else's shock, Li Qingshan, who had been knocked off the arena, wore a face full of dejection.

Even now, he still found it hard to believe.

How could he have lost?

But the facts were right before him.

He had lost.

Especially since he had been defeated in front of Yan Beiwu—Li Qingshan found that even harder to accept.