National Martial Arts Tournament, Part Five: The Struggle for Power Among Mo Province's Forces

"Does Number One need a rest? If not, Number Three can go up," Elder Nangong said loudly from the stands.

Jiang Liu shook his head as he stood on the arena. He hadn't exerted any effort at all in fighting He Baiqi, so he didn't need to rest.

The person who drew number three was a female martial artist. She leaped onto the arena and was quite good-looking. With a beautiful face, she smiled and cupped her hands towards Jiang Liu, saying, "I am Pan Yunyue of the Moonfall Sect. Please give me your guidance."

Jiang Liu also cupped his hands towards Pan Yunyue and said, "I am Jiang Liu, please give me your guidance."

Pan Yunyue launched the first attack, drawing her longsword and slashing it directly at Jiang Liu, sending a burst of sword energy straight towards Jiang Liu.

Jiang Liu drew his longsword to retaliate, gripping it with both hands and unleashing a powerful Heaven and Earth One Blade Chop, which enveloped Pan Yunyue.

With a "clang!", the blades and sword energy clashed, and Pan Yunyue was directly cleaved off the stage by Jiang Liu's blade, her body flying into the air, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

The martial artists below the stage were immediately in an uproar, none of them expecting that Jiang Liu could be so ruthless towards such a beautiful woman.

Jiang Liu was completely unaware. Since he had stepped onto the stage, he was bound to be ruthless. As for only cleaving Pan Yunyue off the stage with one strike, that was already showing mercy. Otherwise, he would have cut her in two.

Of course, even if Jiang Liu wanted to take such drastic measures, Elder Nangong would not give Jiang Liu the chance.

Pan Yunyue was immediately pulled closer by Elder Nangong for a check-up. Finding that she was not seriously injured, he left her aside and ignored her. Unless she suffered a life-threatening injury, he would not pay attention to her.

"Continue, number four," Elder Nangong said calmly.

A young martial artist jumped onto the arena. Jiang Liu looked at the man in front of him, who looked very much like Li Qi, who had died at his hands before, and thought to himself, this must be Li Qi's brother.

Sure enough, the newcomer cupped his hands and said, "I am Li Fei of the Li Family. Please enlighten me."

Jiang Liu returned the greeting and said, "Jiang Liu, please enlighten me."

As soon as Li Fei finished bowing, he launched an attack. With a flick of his right hand, his longsword gleamed brightly and slashed towards Jiang Liu.

Jiang Liu blocked with a flick of his wrist, and with a "clang!" the blades clashed and bounced away.

Li Fei then stepped forward with his right foot, flicked his left hand, and sent the throwing knife flying straight toward Jiang Liu's face.

Jiang Liu stretched out his left hand and used a move to Control Heaven and Earth. A pulling force appeared, directly turning the tip of the flying knife and attacking Li Fei.

Then, a burst of icy power followed and struck Li Fei. Just as the flying knife was about to hit Li Fei's face, a gentle force swept Li Fei off the stage.

Instantly, the throwing knife and the attack of the icy power both missed their target.

Li Fei's face had been filled with despair, but when he saw that he had reached the bottom of the arena, his expression improved, and he quickly thanked Elder Nangong.

Elder Nangong ignored him completely and simply said, "Continue, number five!"

As soon as a young man carrying a sword jumped onto the arena, he immediately drew the sword from his back and slashed at Jiang Liu.

Jiang Liu looked at the other person's face, which resembled Wang Bochuan's, and sighed inwardly, guessing that this was probably Wang Bochuan's brother.

Sure enough, as the young man with the sword on his back was about to reach Jiang Liu, he said, "Let me make you remember that the one who defeated you was Wang Bohe of the Wang Family."

Jiang Liu raised his broadsword to retaliate. "Clang!" The two swords clashed and bounced away. Wang Bohe saw that his broadsword had a nick in it, and immediately knew that his broadsword was no match for Jiang Liu's.

Wang Bohe quickly channeled his vital energy into the broadsword, and soon a phantom image of the broadsword appeared on it. Wang Bohe swung the broadsword, and the blade flashed repeatedly, like a cloud enveloping Jiang Liu.

Jiang Liu focused his mind and held the broadsword in both hands. With a move called "Heaven and Earth One Blade Chop," a huge blade of light flashed. Jiang Liu slashed forward, and as the blade light flashed, a deep blade mark was left on the arena.

The arena was clearly made of a special metal, yet it still bore knife marks, demonstrating the formidable power of that strike.

Wang Bohe was directly cleaved off the stage by the blade, collapsing to the ground coughing up blood. Elder Nangong pulled him over and examined him, finding only minor internal injuries, and then ignored him.

The martial artists below the stage looked at Jiang Liu with newfound respect. They hadn't expected Jiang Liu to have an even more powerful move. It seemed they had really held back when they fought Pan Yunyue.

"Continue, number six," Elder Nangong said, seeing that Jiang Liu showed no intention of going down to rest.

A martial artist with a long sword at his waist jumped onto the arena, cupped his hands towards Jiang Liu, and said, "Ji Yun of the Ji Family, please give me your guidance."

Jiang Liu returned the greeting and said, "Jiang Liu, please enlighten me."

Ji Yun used his movement technique to circle around Jiang Liu, slowly gathering energy in his long sword, probably intending to defeat Jiang Liu in one move.

Jiang Liu simply leaned on his broadsword and watched to see what moves the other man was going to make.

Seeing that Jiang Liu seemed to completely disregard him, Ji Yun felt insulted. The sword energy on his longsword surged, and he swept it horizontally towards Jiang Liu.

Jiang Liu raised his broadsword to block, and with two sharp sounds of "clang" and "swish!", the longsword broke in two. Ji Yun was clearly stunned for a moment.

Jiang Liu didn't hesitate. He immediately changed his move and with a horizontal slash, knocked Ji Yun off the stage.

"Continue, number seven," Elder Nangong said expressionlessly.

Ji Yun stood below the arena, staring in disbelief at the longsword in his hand, while the surrounding martial artists didn't even glance at him.

Since the fight was about to break out on the stage, and this time a beautiful woman was going up, the young martial artists felt that the beauty was more attractive.

"Zhang Bailu of the Lotus Sect, please enlighten me." A beautiful woman holding an iron umbrella leaped onto the arena.

Jiang Liu lazily cupped his hands and said, "Jiang Liu, please enlighten me."

Just as Jiang Liu finished drawing lots and was preparing to begin his series of battles, a change occurred at the discussion among the various factions on the cliff in the mountains.

The main problem was that Ji Xingfeng and Li Moran somehow got into a disagreement, and their argument escalated.

Before long, the aura of two Grandmaster rose from their bodies.

The surrounding Grandmaster sensed that the two seemed to be serious about fighting, and they quickly flew backward.

It seems everyone is just waiting to see a good show, while the people from the three sects are all watching coldly, no one knows what they're up to.

Soon, two massive Primal Qi Storm formed around the two of them, and they simultaneously drew their longswords.

Before long, two enormous primordial giants Illusory Transformation in front of the two of them, each wielding a long sword; they were clearly enlarged versions of Ji Xingfeng and Li Moran.

The two giant figures Illusory Transformation energy leaped into the air and fought. Instantly, primordial energy crisscrossed in the air, and the two figures appeared and disappeared intermittently.

Meanwhile, Ji Xingfeng and Li Moran stood outside the cliff, facing off. Neither of them spoke, but they stared coldly at each other, as if they were about to clash.