The Shangli People's Mysterious Confidence

On the Arena, the two generations of Upper Beauty Sword God have begun their standoff.

However, the former Sword God was universally recognized, while the latter Sword God was a hollow title stolen from the former through despicable means.

Apart from the people from the Upper Beauty Kingdom, everyone else in the audience stared at Wang You on the Arena with hostile eyes.

Previously, when Grand Sword Guardian Qin Donglai had the upper hand, he suddenly went berserk, allowing Wang You to win. The organizers and the audience weren't fools, and they naturally guessed that Wang You had rigged things behind the scenes.

It's not surprising that Shangli People would do such a thing; rather, it would be strange if they didn't resort to Unorthodox Tactic every time.

The organizers and audience did not take action against these Shangli People women for two reasons: firstly, they lacked evidence, and secondly, they knew that Wang You's participation was undoubtedly an opportunity for Li Xianjing, who was Jianghu, to redeem himself.

Li Xianjing is a figure who has won the Sword God in the Sword Discussion Assembly for three consecutive years. He impressed all the swordsmen of the three kingdoms of the Great Xia Kingdom, Evil Horse Kingdom and Upper Beauty Kingdom with his strength and won the respect of the martial Jianghu Great Xia. The organizers did not mind and gave him this opportunity.

This is what connections and reputation are all about in the Jianghu. Although Li Xianjing is not good with words and only knows how to practice swordsmanship, his character and swordsmanship will naturally win over some people.

The referee announced the start of the match. Li Xianjing, with a blank face, looked at Wang You and bowed to him according to the rules, without saying a word to his Prince. However, Wang You suddenly sprang up halfway through his bow, drew his sword, and charged at Li Xianjing, who was bowing to him.

The distance of a few meters was covered in an instant with their lightness skills. Wang You, who was standing in front of Li Xianjing, opened his eyes wide and thrust his long sword mercilessly toward the back of Li Xianjing's neck.

"Mean!"

The onlookers cursed, but the referee did not stop the match. When he announced the start of the match, it began. Whether or not to bow was up to the contestants. For example, the Grand Sword Guardian did not bow to Wang You.

But bowing is, after all, an unspoken rule of mutual respect. Wang You the first to break this rule, and even took advantage of Li Xianjing's bow to him to launch a sneak attack, which was quite shameless.

However, Wang You Shangli People, and he doesn't really need to worry about saving face. Shangli People always live in their own world. Even if he will face difficulties in the Great Xia Kingdom after using such methods, as long as he can win the Sword Discussion Assembly, he will have something to brag about when he returns to Shangli.

At that time, Upper Beauty Kingdom definitely won't care whether Wang You's championship was legitimate or not. Anyway, they won, and they'll brag about it like crazy.

With the sword at his head, Li Xianjing remained calm and composed. Although he was an honest man, he had already faced Wang You once, and he would not let his guard down this time. As he stood up, the three-foot-long sword on his back suddenly came out of its sheath, along with an extremely pure Sword Qi that directly deflected Wang You's sneak attack and forced him back several steps.

"Your Prince, you haven't changed at all."

Remembering Bai Qiuran's demand for the truth, Li Xianjing honestly replied, "Still so shameless, just like when you ambushed me a few years ago."

"Stop talking nonsense, you're too old, you can't do it anymore."

Wang You steadied himself, and his long sword transformed into streaks of cold light as he attacked Li Xianjing.

"This position of Sword God is mine!"

"Where does this inexplicable confidence of yours come from...?"

Li Xianjing was puzzled. He stretched out his hand, and the three-foot-long sword behind him was drawn on its own and fell into his hand. Then, the Sword God gave a casual pointer, which completely neutralized Wang You's attack.

"The Upper Beauty Royal Sword Art is a superior sword technique, but Prince Your Highness, to fully unleash its power, it's not something you can achieve by just casually practicing like you do."

He seized upon several flaws in Wang You's swordsmanship, thrusting his sword repeatedly, grazing Wang You's skin and instantly leaving several bloody marks on his body.

"I heard from others about your pre-battle speech. You said you would lead the martial arts team from the Upper Beauty Kingdom to win first place in every event you participated in."

Li Xianjing, with one hand behind his back and a sword in his hand, wielded his sword freely, seemingly without any rules, yet he forced Wang You to retreat again and again.

"When I heard your speech, I found it quite amusing. If you had spent the time you used to spend drinking and having fun practicing martial arts instead, I might have believed you a little. But Prince Your Highness, your swordsmanship is full of flaws now. Your forehand is weak, your backhand is powerless, your footwork is loose, and your reactions are slow... With someone like you participating in the Sword Discussion Assembly, are you really not afraid of Shangli?"

Wang You was furious, but faced with Li Xianjing's absolute dominance, he didn't even have the energy to Spirit Severing. In fact, just as his anger rose, two bloody marks appeared on his face.

Barely managing to hold on, Wang You seized an opening, whether deliberately created by Li Xianjing or not, and retreated to the side of the Arena. Then, with a flick of his wrist, he flung out a cloud of white ash from his sleeve, attempting to blind Li Xianjing.

"Foul!"

Upon seeing this, the referee raised his hand and shouted, "This is a sword Sword Discussion Assembly; using weapons other than fists and palms is a foul."

"Referee, you've misunderstood."

Someone from the Upper Beauty Kingdom immediately rushed up to explain, "This is a unique secret technique of our Upper Beauty Kingdom. It can force out the True Qi within the human body to form dust, which can then be used to attack enemies."

The referee tilted his head, looked at the Shangli People for two seconds, and then asked, "Do you think I look like an idiot?"

Shangli People quickly shook her head.

"Then say Jaguar, and get the hell out of here!"

The referee roared and kicked the Shangli People off the stands. His internal True Qi surged, revealing him to be a high-level Real Person Realm cultivator.

After kicking the Shangli People away, the referee looked towards the Fishing Elder on the higher platform.

"The Imperial Advisor..."

"Don't pause the game yet, write this down."

The Fishing Elder gazed at the Arena, then waved his hand and said, "We'll settle things slowly after the competition is over."

"Yes."

On the other side of the Arena, the moment Li Xianjing saw Wang You retreat, he raised his arm to block the white powder Wang You threw.

But a Sword Light sliced through the dust and slashed towards Li Xianjing. The Sword God took a step back, raised his arm, and a bloody gash appeared on it.

You lost.

Wang You burst out of the dust and swung his sword at Li Xianjing.

Li Xianjing parried with his sword, but suddenly felt a tingling and numb sensation in his body.

"You coated the blade with poison?"

"Hey, I was originally planning to get the Blood's Delight Sect to do it for me, but those idiots seem to have gotten into infighting."

Wang You chuckled and whispered, "There's no other way. I, the Prince, will have to do it myself. Li Xianjing, your era is over. If you get touched by the poison on this blade, you'll be half dead, if not dead."

"Oh."

Li Xianjing thought for a moment, then sighed, "There's no other way. I originally wanted to save you some face, but now, I have to kill you before the poison takes effect."

"Varied--"

Before he could even be surprised, Li Xianjing raised his hand, and a dazzling net of swords appeared before Wang You.

This was a sword technique he had never seen before, and one that Li Xianjing had never been able to use before. It was far more profound and unfathomable, a sword technique that had almost surpassed the understanding of all martial artists at present.

In just a moment, Wang You's vision was covered in blood.

His face, hands, and body were slashed with countless deep wounds by Li Xianjing's move, and the blood gushing from these wounds stained the collar of Prince Shangli's clothes.

None of the wounds were fatal, but they were all cut in vital joints. Li Xianjing used the same method against Wang You, who was now incapable of raising his sword again.

His heel was also sliced open by the Sword God, and his legs went weak, causing Wang You to fall off the Arena.