Lu Feng Takes the Stage!

Zhou Taian did not want to concede; rather, Lu Wei's strength surpassed his by two entire realms. If the two truly fought, Zhou Taian would have virtually no chance of victory, and might even be injured by Lu Wei. Since there was still plenty of time left in this arena match, Zhou Taian could still become a Martial Scholar by taking down another arena.

At this moment, Lu Feng, who had been standing below the stage watching the whole time, curled his lips in dissatisfaction. "I thought I'd see a brilliant fight, but it turned out like this." After speaking, he shifted his gaze to the conceding Zhou Taian, watching as the man unhurriedly stepped onto the Number Eight Arena. The defender on that stage had also reached the Martial Master Realm, but was only a First-Rank Martial Master.

After Zhou Taian ascended the stage, he first made a fist-and-palm salute, then launched a fierce assault without another word. After thirty exchanges of combat, that defending Martial Master was successfully defeated by Zhou Taian. In the end, the master of the Number Eight Arena became Zhou Taian.

As the arena matches progressed, no Ninth-Rack Martial Artists could be seen defending any of the twenty stages anymore. The lowest cultivation among those standing on the platforms was a First-Rank Martial Master. Those Ninth-Rank Martial Artists who had yet to step up extinguished their thoughts of challenging upon seeing this scene.

However, among the more than two hundred people present, there were still several dozen Martial Master Realm experts. Thus, the battles on most arenas remained extremely intense. When half the competition time had already passed, just as Lu Feng was also preparing to ascend and challenge, two figures suddenly leaped together from the crowd onto the Number One Arena.

The original defender of the Number One Arena was startled upon seeing the two, then made a fist-and-palm salute to them and jumped down from the stage. These two were none other than Li Yi of the Li Family and Zhou Yonghua of the Zhou Family from Baiyue County City. As the direct heirs of two noble families and the strongest of their generation, their strength needed no elaboration—they were absolutely top-tier martial geniuses.

The original defender of the Number One Arena was only a First-Rank Martial Master and naturally understood what it meant when these two jumped onto the stage together. To avoid disaster for himself, he took the initiative to leap down. With only Li Yi and Zhou Yonghua left on the Number One Arena, a fierce battle intent radiated from the stage.

The crowd watching below was also infected by this fighting spirit, and all turned their gazes toward it. Zhou Yonghua spoke first: "Li Yi, today is the day you and I settle who is stronger. I hope you won't disappoint this Young Master!" "Ha, Zhou Yonghua, I know exactly how much you're worth. Thinking you can beat me is nothing but wishful dreaming!"

Before the two had even moved, the air was thick with gunpowder. The Li and Zhou families had long been feuding, each generation fighting to the death. Now that the current direct heirs of both families met again, the clash was bound to be earth-shaking. Not only the crowd below, but even Prefect Xu and Miss Shangguan on the high platform turned their attention to this battle.

Back on the Number One Arena, after the two finished their harsh words, Zhou Yonghua directly drew the long blade at his waist and charged straight forward. Li Yi pulled out his long sword and met him head-on. As soon as they closed in, the continuous clash of blade and sword rang out.

"Clang, clang, clang!" A series of mutual attacks—the onlookers could only see flashes of blade light and sword shadows, unable to discern their techniques. Lu Feng, however, was not among them; he could clearly see both their movement patterns and offensive intentions. From their fight, their Martial Realms should both have reached Fourth-Rank Martial Master.

Moreover, both men's physical strength and internal force seemed to exceed that of ordinary Martial Masters of the same rank. As the battle continued, their blade and sword clashed violently once more, and the immense recoil force sent both staggering backward. However, Li Yi took two more steps back than Zhou Yonghua.

From this, it could be seen that Zhou Yonghua's strength was slightly superior to Li Yi's, but this gap could still be compensated for by technique. As long as Li Yi seized an opportunity in the later stages of the fight, he might still defeat his opponent. Subsequently, the two clashed again. After more than a hundred exchanges, Li Yi was the first to use a Martial Skill.

The long sword in Li Yi's hand suddenly transformed into a series of sword shadows, which then attacked his opponent in an unbroken stream. Seeing this, Zhou Yonghua no longer held back and immediately unleashed the Zhou family's signature blade technique, the Wind-Slashing Eight Forms!

The next moment, blade wind and sword shadows collided instantly, producing a fierce cacophony. At that moment, both unleashed their strongest attacks. When the assault ended, the two were sent flying by the shockwave, but Li Yi had a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, while Zhou Yonghua was merely pale-faced.

By now, Li Yi lay on the ground severely injured, unable to continue fighting. Zhou Yonghua slowly stood up, and upon seeing Li Yi unable to rise, a flash of viciousness flickered in his eyes. He suddenly raised his long blade and hurled it straight at Li Yi's head. If that blade struck, Li Yi would surely die.

Just as the blade was about to hit, a silver needle shot over from a distance, knocking the long blade away. Zhou Yonghua frowned slightly at this, then turned his head toward where the needle had come from. The one who had intervened was none other than Miss Shangguan, seated on the high platform.

"One should spare others when possible, don't you think, Young Master Zhou?" Miss Shangguan said calmly as she looked at Zhou Yonghua. Though unwilling, Zhou Yonghua did not dare to defy Miss Shangguan's wishes, so he made a fist-and-palm salute.

"Miss Shangguan speaks truly; this humble one shares the same view."

With that, two members of the Li Family immediately climbed onto Number One Arena and carried Li Yi off.

Though the battle on Number One Arena had ended, the crowd below was still too stunned by the clash to recover.

Thus, even though Zhou Yonghua had expended a great deal of inner strength, no one dared step up to challenge him.

At this point, with only the final quarter-hour left in the competition, Lu Feng, who had been standing below the stage without making a move, had seen enough.

He walked slowly over to Number Eight Arena, then with a small leap, landed on the platform.

At that moment, the defender of Number Eight Arena was Zhou Taian. The two had spoken before on the second floor of Baiyue Tower.

But Lu Feng bore a grudge against County Assistant Zhou Yongsi, and thus held enmity with the Zhou Family as well.

Although Number One Arena was also held by a member of the Zhou Family, he did not wish to invite gossip about taking advantage of a weakened opponent, so he chose Number Eight Arena instead.

When Zhou Taian saw Lu Feng step onto the stage, his expression immediately turned grim.

Back at Baiyue Tower, Zhou Taian had witnessed Lu Feng's strength firsthand.

Even the guard, whose strength reached Ninth-Grade Martial Master, was no match for Lu Feng—let alone himself, a mere Second-Rank Martial Master.

Thinking this, Zhou Taian was about to openly concede.

But before he could speak, Lu Feng charged straight at him, his speed so great that ordinary martial masters could not even track it.

Immediately after, a dull thud rang out from Number Eight Arena, and Zhou Taian's entire body was sent flying like a cannonball.

Because Lu Feng had struck so swiftly, many in the crowd did not even see how he had sent Zhou Taian flying.

By the time they looked at Zhou Taian again, he was already severely injured and unconscious.

"What... what just happened?!" a bewildered onlooker asked.

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