In the viewing room, Zhao Xing'er asked curiously, "Is Pierce Heaven Sect really that strong?"
He Caihua glanced at her and replied, "Pierce Heaven Sect's legacy is actually powerful. It used to languish because it was so poorly suited to Eastern Province. Its teachings have only been in Tianbei Prefecture for two generations, yet it's already one of River City's top three sects. That should tell you something."
This kind of divine ability, which required one to tattoo divine patterns onto their body to cultivate, was indeed no different from demonic cultivation in Eastern Province.
Things were less restrictive here in Tianbei Prefecture. It wasn't that taking the civil service exam didn't matter here; it was more that the exam itself mattered less.
People here placed greater value on bloodline inheritance.
Chen Hao exposed the skin on both arms. A coiling Azure Dragon was tattooed on his left arm, and a fierce tiger descending the mountain on his right. As his divine ability unfolded, the patterns on his arms suddenly glowed, then leaped into the air!
The Azure Dragon on the left twisted and soared, transforming in an instant into a flying dragon more than ten meters long! The ferocious tiger on the right landed with a roar, its icy claws and fangs sending shivers through everyone!
Chen Hao let out a sharp shout, and the Heavenly Dragon and Earthly Tiger lunged at Yue Wen together. Blue-black flames swirled around them, their overwhelming pressure filling the entire arena!
Yue Wen immediately summoned his sword. He began to form the gestures for the Sword Control Art, sending it whirling through the air to guard him.
The man had been arrogant from the moment he appeared, but he did have the strength to back it up. The power he displayed with this first attack was far greater than that of either fighter in the previous match.
As the dragon and tiger pounced together, Yue Wen spotted a brief opening. His Flying Sword shot out at once, a streak of light piercing straight through the dragon's wide-open jaws!
Boom!
The dragon's head exploded, and the Azure Dragon pattern vanished with it.
Below, the tiger pattern was already pouncing. Yue Wen seemed about to be swallowed whole.
Just as Chen Hao was about to grin viciously, Yue Wen suddenly charged forward instead of retreating. He lowered his body and slid beneath the tiger pattern with a Sliding Tackle!
Yue Wen had plenty of experience fighting tigers. He had used the same move to dodge one in the tiger's den last time. It was a practical, highly recommended technique.
After sliding beneath the tiger pattern, he twisted around and pointed down. The Flying Sword that had just pierced the dragon's head changed direction and plunged into the tiger's back in an instant! Ssh—
The sword's edge was peerless.
The tiger pattern shattered on the spot.
"Ah..." Chen Hao staggered back two steps. The Azure Dragon and tiger patterns returned to his arms, their glow dimmed. It looked like he would need some time before he could use them again.
"You've got some moves, all right." The backlash left his qi and blood slightly weakened, but he wasn't discouraged in the least. Instead, he called out, "If the Azure Dragon and White Tiger can't take you down, try this—Asura Hundred Ghosts!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he exerted his strength again. With a bang, his undershirt burst apart, leaving his upper body bare and revealing the Asura Hundred Ghosts tattooed across his chest and back!
The ghosts were hideous, with green faces and fangs, all manner of demons and monsters tangled together in a pitch-black hell.
"Raaagh—"
Chen Hao roared. Blue-black smoke billowed around him, and countless evil spirits emerged. In an instant, the entire training ground became an asura hell!
There were too many.
Yue Wen was immediately surrounded by a sea of blue-black ghosts. Darkness blotted out the sky around him, and he couldn't even see three meters ahead. All he could do was protect himself as best he could, slashing down each time a ghostly head lunged at him.
But if things kept going like this, how long would it take to cut down the countless ghost heads?
Yue Wen immediately stirred all the true qi in his body, and his Flying Sword shot out again!
It tore through the air with overwhelming force!
Boom—
Using his defensive Flying Sword to attack left him unguarded. He was plunged into a sea of ghost patterns, and just as the hundred ghosts were about to devour him, he thrust out both hands. A thunderclap burst forth with a deafening roar!
Thunder was the bane of yin entities. These ghost patterns weren't even real specters, merely manifestations of spiritual energy.
The thunderclap instantly scattered the layers of ghostly figures around him!
It was the Thunderclap Art he had learned from Linjiang Gate.
But when Yue Wen used it, his thunderclap was far more powerful than Qi Dian's. It wasn't just an entrance effect; it could truly suppress all manner of yin entities!
Yue Wen had deliberately used the Sword Control Art first and the Thunderclap Art second. While Chen Hao let down his guard, the Flying Sword had already been sent on its way.
The Flying Sword roared like a mix of wind and thunder as it tore through the ghostly haze. In an instant, it reached Chen Hao, making his heart skip a beat. Seeing it about to pierce his body in the next breath, he gritted his teeth and shouted, "Sky-Supporting Wings!"
Rrrip!
His clothes burst apart again. The trousers on his lower body split with a sharp crack! Row upon row of feather patterns appeared on his thighs—two enormous wings!
Bare from the waist up and on both legs, he wore only a pink thong.
The two wings turned blue-black and flowed around to Chen Hao's back, forming a pair of enormous black-feathered wings. He beat them once and barely dodged the Flying Sword.
Ssh.
The Flying Sword returned without striking its target. Yue Wen looked up and saw Chen Hao hovering in midair, his huge wings wrapped in black clouds. All he wore was a pink thong; there was something indescribably alluring and flamboyant about him.
Yue Wen's heart gave a jolt. Could this guy have another divine pattern? He quickly stepped onto his Flying Sword and charged forward.
The viewing room was utterly silent.
A Mei covered her eyes, peeking through a narrow gap between her fingers as she muttered, "This is so embarrassing. What is wrong with this guy?"
Liu Yuanjun covered his junior sister Li Feixia's eyes and said gravely, "Even if a divine ability like this wins, it still shouldn't be suitable for livestreaming, right?"
"It's already vulgar enough as it is. I'm just afraid..." He Caihua trailed off.
Afraid he had another step up his sleeve.
The red-haired man's eyes shifted, and he asked in a low voice, "Does Pierce Heaven Sect have any female disciples?"
"What are you thinking?" The tall, black-haired girl behind him was a head shorter. She smacked the back of his head hard with the sheath of the blade in her hand.
"Ow!" The red-haired man rubbed his head and didn't dare protest.
"You brought this on yourself, rogue cultivator!" Chen Hao hovered in the air, a vicious grin on his face. "This was originally a secret technique I'd prepared for the Youth Cultivator Convention. Today, you'll be the first to witness my final divine pattern—Double Flower Red Club—"
His words made everyone in the viewing room tense up, their faces full of dread.
Every face seemed to say, Please, no...
A truly stunning display of skill!
"That's enough, you beast!"
A streak of light shot toward him, reaching him in an instant. Yue Wen's figure appeared, his body and sword united as he shot forward like a meteor!
In the 0.01 seconds before Chen Hao could blow apart his thong and reveal the final divine pattern covering his body, Yue Wen's iron fist slammed into his face.
Boom—
Yue Wen poured all his strength into Dragon Wandering Loose Hand. Chen Hao had never imagined a single punch could be so vicious. His face caved in at once, and he lost consciousness on the spot. His black wings vanished, and he crashed heavily to the ground.
Crash!
A cloud of dust rose.
"Whew—"
Everyone present let out a heavy sigh of relief after that punch.
Almost in unison, they thought, Thank you, Yue Wen.
"Body and sword as one..." Liu Yuanjun murmured again.
Everyone had been so focused on Chen Hao's precariously placed thong that they'd overlooked something: when Yue Wen first stepped onto his Flying Sword, he hadn't been able to stop Chen Hao in time.
At the crucial moment, he transformed his body into a beam of sword light and merged with his Flying Sword, accelerating enough to reach Chen Hao in an instant. If he had wanted to kill him, he could have simply driven the Flying Sword through Chen Hao's face.
His mastery of sword control was superb.
The Sword Control Art wasn't a rare divine ability in the cultivation world. Plenty of people practiced it, but few at the same level could wield it with power like Yue Wen's. Those who could cultivate to the level of "transforming into sword light and uniting man and sword" were even rarer in the Lower Three Realms.
Watching Yue Wen descend gracefully after his victory, Liu Yuanjun murmured, "I never knew River City had someone like him."
"Senior Brother, is he really that amazing?" Li Feixia, standing closest to him, had heard his words. She looked up at him as she asked.
"Mm." Liu Yuanjun nodded gently.
"Throw that exhibitionist out. Wangyou Media must blacklist him from now on." He Caihua rubbed her temples, then walked over and pointed at the unconscious Chen Hao, speaking in annoyance. "No, blacklist all of Pierce Heaven Sect!"
Then she looked up at Yue Wen. "Good thing you won."
"That was a close one." Yue Wen nodded, still shaken.
He couldn't imagine how much damage Chen Hao's Double Flower Red Club would have done to the minds of everyone present if he'd managed to unleash it.
Terrifying.
"He looked like a guy in a suit and tie, but he turned out to be a huge pervert." Zhao Xing'er came over too, frowning. "I almost got angry."
"Then I really did save you," Yue Wen said quietly, watching Chen Hao being carried away.
If Zhao Xing'er had gotten angry, it might not have stopped at a punch to the face. She might have kicked him with Martial Spirit Red Light, turning his Double Flower Red Club into a three-section staff in an instant.
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