Spirit Sword Red Sickle

The match between the top-ranked and the last-ranked has begun!

Whoosh~ The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy above the Jiaolong Plain began to distort. This time, the range was extremely wide, covering the entire Jiaolong Plain. The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy in the sky rapidly surged towards the two people on the arena below the Ascension Stele.

From the start, both of them began drawing in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy. This was clearly a sign they were going to use their ultimate moves, not bothering to test each other out.

Hum~

A humming sound suddenly came from the stage. A Spirit Sword appeared out of thin air in front of Xiaoyaozi.

The Spirit Sword was about three feet seven inches long, with a long and narrow blade. The sword's color was rather strange; it was entirely red.

The Spirit Sword materialized in front of Xiaoyaozi as if it had a spirit, constantly emitting a "humming" sound, as if expressing something.

"It's actually a seventh-tier spiritual artifact!" the audience in the stands exclaimed!

On the Azure Dragon Continent, all things possess a spirit. Although spiritual artifacts are inanimate objects, they can also develop sentience; of course, only high-tier spiritual artifacts can develop sentience. Like the Spirit Sword in front of Xiaoyaozi, it is at least a sixth-tier or higher spiritual artifact.

Spiritual artifacts are divided into nine tiers: the upper three tiers, middle three tiers, and lower three tiers. Seventh-tier and above belong to the upper three tiers.

A seventh-tier spiritual artifact! Among the over 200,000 spectators on the Jiaolong Plain, at least ninety percent of them did not possess a seventh-tier spiritual artifact; spiritual artifacts reaching the upper three tiers are rare and hard to come by. There are many blacksmiths on the Azure Dragon Continent, and countless blacksmiths can forge sixth-tier spiritual artifacts, but seventh-tier spiritual artifacts are rarely forged by any blacksmith. The biggest problem here is that spiritual artifacts in the upper three tiers possess sentience. And this sentience is not something you can achieve by just hammering a few times and baking it in a fire for a few days. It involves too many things.

"This is the reward for being first on the Dragon Ranking last year, the Spirit Sword Red Sickle!" a spectator who knew the origin of this spiritual artifact said.

"Xiaoyaozi actually brought out a seventh-tier spiritual artifact. It looks like he intends to kill Yang Chengzhi."

From the first day of the Dragon Ranking Grand Competition until now, even when facing fierce challenges from new students, Xiaoyaozi had never taken out a seventh-tier spiritual artifact. Yet, now, facing Yang Chengzhi, who was at the bottom of the ranking, he brought out a seventh-tier spiritual artifact. His intention was very clear.

In contrast, Yang Chengzhi's side looked rather shabby, still wielding an ordinary third-tier Spirit Sword. Yang Chengzhi's cultivation had already reached the Spirit Ancestor realm. Lower-tier spiritual artifacts could no longer withstand his powerful spiritual power. If he used too much force, the spiritual artifact would easily shatter.

On the field, with a seventh-tier spiritual artifact, Xiaoyaozi had already completely suppressed Yang Chengzhi.

Whoosh~

A sharp sword qi shot directly at Yang Chengzhi.

Pfft~ Yang Chengzhi unleashed a sword qi to block it.

Hum~

The collision of sword qi erupted with aftershocks, scattering in all directions.

Yang Chengzhi's cloak rustled in the wind.

The two looked at each other and charged forward with their swords.

Clang~ Clang~ Clang~ On the Jiaolong Plain, the sound of shocking collisions could be heard almost every second.

Clang~

Finally, Yang Chengzhi's Spirit Sword could not withstand the power of the seventh-tier Spirit Sword and snapped in response. The powerful sword force pierced into Yang Chengzhi's chest along the broken seam.

Pfft~

Although he immediately activated his spiritual power to protect his chest, he still couldn't block the attack of the seventh-tier Spirit Sword. Yang Chengzhi was forced back five steps by the sword qi, spitting blood.

"Still too weak," the spectators in the stands sighed upon seeing this scene.

Xiaoyaozi's power was beyond doubt. Coupled with a seventh-tier Spirit Sword, Yang Chengzhi had no chance of winning this match.

Xiaoyaozi held the advantage on the field and did not stop his attack. Instead, his movements became even more fierce. He channeled his internal spiritual power into the Spirit Sword, making the red blade even more vibrant, as if it were coated in fresh blood.

Whoosh~

Xiaoyaozi, wielding the might of the seventh-tier Spirit Sword, thrust directly at Yang Chengzhi.

Facing this strike with a broken Spirit Sword in hand, Yang Chengzhi discarded the remnant in his hand. He extended his right ring finger, channeled his internal spiritual power, starting from the Tanzhong acupoint, entering the Quepen acupoint, reaching the Zulinqi acupoint of the Gallbladder meridian of the Foot Shaoyang, the spiritual power traveled along the shoulder, past the elbow, through the radius and ulna bones, finally reaching the ulnar side of the ring finger.

"Biu~" A beam of light with a 'clumsy and ancient' aura shot directly at Xiaoyaozi. Xiaoyaozi raised his sword to block, but was repelled three meters back, his powerful momentum instantly broken.

This attack from Xiaoyaozi was actually blocked by this beam of light!

"What kind of martial skill is this!" everyone exclaimed.

"Right ring finger, Hand Shaoyang San Jiao Meridian. This is the Six Meridian Divine Sword!" Ma Feifei in the stands was so shocked his jaw almost dropped.

"That's not right! Isn't the Six Meridian Divine Sword from Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils? The Legend of the Condor Heroes only has a simplified version of the One Yang Finger!" Ma Feifei rubbed his chin, unable to fully comprehend the mystery.

"Could it be because of the spiritual power?"

Anyone who has read The Legend of the Condor Heroes knows that the One Yang Finger is an acupoint-pressing technique, essentially a contact combat skill. It requires the finger to touch the opponent's acupoints when used. After hitting the opponent's acupoints, it relies on the finger's force to interfere with the opponent's internal meridians, causing them to lose mobility. Under normal circumstances, it is not used remotely (unless one reaches the first-grade realm).

The Six Meridian Divine Sword is a top-tier remote finger technique from Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (it starts as a remote finger technique). Essentially, it is a non-contact technique. Its effect is physically similar to a real metal sword, capable of piercing directly and not limited to acupoints. At the same time, with the user's immense internal energy, the Six Meridian Divine Sword can cut objects.

However, the One Yang Finger is also the introductory skill to the highest martial art of the Dali Duan family, the "Six Meridian Divine Sword."

For example, in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Duan Yu, due to the disharmony of the vast amount of internal energy he absorbed from others through the North Profound Divine Skill, fell ill. His uncle Duan Zhengming took him to the Heavenly Dragon Monastery for help. At the monastery, Duan Yu was taught the One Yang Finger by his uncle and eventually cultivated it into the 'Six Meridian Divine Sword'.

The reason the Six Meridian Divine Sword was lost in The Legend of the Condor Heroes was ultimately because the cultivation threshold for the 'Six Meridian Divine Sword' was too high. In the end, across the three parts of the Condor Heroes series, only Master Yideng cultivated the One Yang Finger to the first-grade realm (peak of One Yang Finger). A fourth-grade One Yang Finger is the foundation for cultivating the 'Six Meridian Divine Sword'.

Unexpectedly, the 'Six Meridian Divine Sword', which was lost in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, was ultimately cultivated into the top martial art of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, the 'Six Meridian Divine Sword', due to Yang Chengzhi's own cultivation.

"Could he have learned all the martial arts from that book!" Ma Feifei suddenly thought of this. If that were the case, Yang Chengzhi would be too exaggerated.

"Is this martial skill also learned from that book, The Legend of the Condor Heroes?" Zhou Guanyu asked excitedly. The news that Yang Chengzhi had learned the Art of Mutual Combat and the Nine Yin Manual from The Legend of the Condor Heroes had already spread throughout the bookstore. Zhou Guanyu naturally knew about it, but at that time, the book The Legend of the Condor Heroes was still in Yang Chengzhi's possession, so Zhou Guanyu had no opportunity to study it.

All along, the group had no clear understanding of the power of the martial skills and techniques Yang Chengzhi had comprehended from The Legend of the Condor Heroes. They only knew that the Nine Yin Manual was a cultivation technique, and the Art of Mutual Combat was a martial skill. Yang Chengzhi had used them to defeat two Dragon Ranking students at the eighth stage of Spirit Master.

Originally, they thought that even if the cultivation techniques and martial skills Yang Chengzhi comprehended from The Legend of the Condor Heroes were exquisite, their power should be limited, and their rank should not be too high. But now, this new martial skill that Yang Chengzhi had comprehended directly blocked Xiaoyaozi's attack. One must remember that Xiaoyaozi was holding a seventh-tier Spirit Sword, a high-tier spiritual artifact of the upper three ranks!

Does this also mean that the martial skill Yang Chengzhi just displayed has reached the level of the Upper Three Ranks?

"Yes, what he just used is a martial skill from the book called 'Six Meridian Divine Sword'," Ma Feifei said, nodding. However, he was also a bit puzzled. Was the Six Meridian Divine Sword really this powerful? It didn't seem as strong as when Duan Yu used it in "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils," did it?

"Perhaps this is the difference between internal energy and spiritual power," Ma Feifei mused.

The power of the Six Meridian Divine Sword depended on the practitioner's internal energy. Internal energy and spiritual power were essentially the same. If the spiritual power's enhancement was what made the Six Meridian Divine Sword so powerful, then wouldn't it be game-breaking if a Spirit Saint wielded it?

Thinking of this, Ma Feifei suddenly felt that renting "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" for one Spirit Crystal per hour was a terrible deal. This stuff was probably worth ten thousand Spirit Crystals per hour, right?