Yan Qingwu: Take three moves from me

At this moment, a man in his fifties, wearing a blue robe and with a long beard, came to the front of the arena.

He stroked his beard and looked at Chen Lie: "Young friend from Blue Star, I am an elder of the Shuimang Star Martial Academy. You've come up here to challenge for the reward of the Super Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid?"

"Yes!" Chen Lie nodded.

"Do you know that to challenge for the Super Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid, you must complete ten rounds of battles? Only by achieving ten consecutive victories can you obtain the Super Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid?" said the elder of the Shuimang Star Martial Academy.

Chen Liedao, "I understand, let's begin!"

At this moment, Wang Chen approached the martial arts academy disciple and said, "Elder Yu, this is Chen Lie from Blue Star, whose cultivation level is Blood Tempering twice."

"Blood Tempering twice?"

The martial arts academy disciple was taken aback, carefully examined Chen Lie, and thought to himself that Chen Lie was fortunate to have only Blood Tempering twice.

There are only eleven or twelve disciples at the Shuimang Star Martial Academy who Blood Tempering twice or more.

The level of two Blood Tempering might only rank around 30th on Blue Star, but on Shuimang Star, it's definitely close to the top ten.

"In that case, let's begin the arena competition."

The long-bearded elder of the Shuimang Star Martial Academy came to the group of the Shuimang Star Martial Academy disciples and pointed to a male disciple.

"Yang Fan, you've also reached the Blood Tempering stage twice, so why don't you go up and spar with this young friend from Blue Star?"

The male disciple named Yang Fan immediately replied, "Yes!"

After responding, Yang Fan walked step by step onto the arena and stood in front of Chen Lie.

"Shuimang Star, Yang Fan, the top disciple of the Martial Academy, please enlighten me."

Chen Lie gestured. "Blue Star, Chen Lie, please!"

After both sides introduced themselves, Yang Fan suddenly made his move, unleashing his inner energy and creating a hundred-meter-wide shockwave around the Duel Platform.

"Heaven-Grade martial art, Six-Pearl Stormcloud Hand!"

Yang Fan channeled his inner energy and unleashed his strongest martial art, pushing a palm horizontally towards Chen Lie. Instantly, a massive shadowy hand formation, infused with the power of his inner energy and the flow of air, surged toward Chen Lie.

Chen Lie remained unmoved. Although he was at the late stage of Blood Refining, having undergone two Blood Tempering stages, his physique and physical attributes, after cultivating Tough Skin Resilient Flesh, Dragon Tendon Flood Dragon Bone and Five Viscera Vajra, far surpassed those of his peers. Even a Perfected Internal Organ Refining stage cultivator who had undergone Fourth Blood Tempering Organ Refining Stage Completion wouldn't fare well against him, let alone someone who had only undergone two Blood Tempering.

Faced with Yang Fan's palm strike, Chen Lie simply threw a punch.

"Boom!"

The two forces collided, Yang Fan was instantly sent flying backward, falling off the Duel Platform with a 'thud'.

Below the Duel Platform, a group of disciples from the Shuimang Star Martial Academy were all shocked.

"Senior Brother Yang Fan seems to be ranked eleventh among the top disciples of our Martial Academy, how could he have been defeated in just one move?"

"Yes, they were both Blood Tempering, that shouldn't be the case!"

"Did that person from Blue Star really only Blood Tempering twice? Although Senior Brother Yang just recently Blood Tempering, how can there be such a big difference between people at the same cultivation level?"

Amidst the astonishment of the Shuimang Star Martial Academy, the long-bearded elder of the academy also secretly frowned.

At this moment, a senior disciple approached. "Elder Yu, Junior Brother Yang was defeated in one move? Should I step in?"

"It's just that my strength is about the same as Junior Brother Yang Fan's. Even if I'm a little stronger than him, it's not by much. We're still on the same level."

The elder of the Martial Academy also fell into deep thought. This Blue Star person named Chen Lie was truly somewhat strange. He had also undergone Blood Tempering twice, yet he was excessively strong.

If two people from Shuimang Star were to be defeated by their peers from Blue Star in a single move, it would be too humiliating. Moreover, those who Blood Tempering twice or more are mostly among the top ten geniuses in the entire martial arts academy. Allowing these geniuses to be defeated so easily could damage their confidence and cause them to become confused, thus affecting their martial arts path.

After a moment's hesitation, the elder of the Martial Arts Academy said, "Go and fetch Xie Qiuyue, who came in fourth place in the last martial arts competition. Let Xie Qiuyue fight in this round."

"Thank you, Junior Sister?"

The male disciple was taken aback. Xie Qiuyue had undergone Fourth Blood Tempering.

Although he is only seventeen years old, he has outstanding martial arts skills and ranked among the top five martial arts disciples in the last martial arts academy competition.

Xie Qiuyue, at the age of seventeen, had already reached such a level in martial arts, and her talent was so high that many top disciples of the martial arts academy were amazed.

Using a martial arts genius who has undergone four Blood Tempering to fight someone from Blue Star who has undergone two Blood Tempering is a huge waste of talent, isn't it?

However, since the elder had given the order, he dared not question it and could only bow and say, "Yes, disciple will go immediately!"

Elder Wu rose and went to the arena. He addressed Chen Liedao, "Young friend from Blue Star, I see that your combat strength Chaoqun. Therefore, I'd like to change the rules for the ten-round challenge with the Super Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid. What do you think?"

"Please speak, senior!"

Although Chen Lie could tell at a glance that this martial arts academy elder was only Eighth-Stage Innate Embryonic-Breath Realm Martial Artist, a late-stage Grandmaster, and not even Extreme Realm Grandmaster, he naturally had to treat him politely in this environment, since he still wanted to obtain the Super Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid from Shuimang Star.

"Simple. I'd like to shorten the ten rounds of battle to three. What do you think?"

"Can!"

Chen Lie nodded.

When Elder Wu saw that Chen Lie agreed, he returned to his seat.

According to the rule of ten rounds of battles, Shuimang Star can only send out disciples with a higher cultivation level than their opponents in the fifth round. If the ten rounds are changed to three rounds, this requirement will not apply.

At this moment, a beautiful young woman in a classic red dress slowly walked onto the Duel Platform and stood opposite Chen Lie.

The girl in the red dress glanced at Chen Lie and said calmly, "Xie Qiuyue, a disciple of the Shuimang Star Martial Academy. Please enlighten me."

"Blue Star, Chen Lie, come on!"

After the two finished speaking, Xie Qiuyue's eyes suddenly turned sharp, and she suddenly struck out, hitting Chen Lie with a palm.

Chen Lie instinctively raised his hand and threw a punch in retaliation.

With a loud "boom!"

Two forces that were almost evenly matched collided.

Xie Qiuyue was surprised and looked at Chen Lie in disbelief. "You've undergone Blood Tempering twice?"

"Good!"

Xie Qiuyue was puzzled. How could someone who had undergone two Blood Tempering possess such strength? After her brief probing, Xie Qiuyue instantly realized that the other party's strength was on the same level as hers.

Before she could think it through, Chen Lie Society swung his fist, the force of which slammed into Xie Qiuyue.

Xie Qiuyue dodged Chen Lie's punch with a swift movement, but Chen Lie's fists continued to pound down, each punch carrying Myriad Jun Great Strength, pressing down on Xie Qiuyue.

"Boom boom boom!"

Xie Qiuyue retaliated with a palm strike, and in a short while, Chen Lie and Xie Qiuyue exchanged dozens of punches.

"High- Heaven-Grade martial art, Lingfeng Palm!"

After blocking one of Chen Lie's attacks, Xie Qiuyue leaped up and, from her elevated position, unleashed her mastered palm techniques on Chen Lie.

With a flick of her small hand, she unleashed dozens of palm strikes in an instant.

Chen Lie's powerful blood and qi erupted instantly, and a hundred-meter-long blood-red dragon coiled around him. He also leaped dozens of meters, directly striking back at Xie Qiuyue's sudden palm strike.

When fists and palms collided, under the pressure of two different streams of energy, the air seemed to be torn apart, creating bursts of air explosions, and deafening "boom" sounds were heard incessantly.

Below the Duel Platform, the disciples of the Shuimang Star Martial Academy, including Wang Chen, were all shocked.

"Was that Lanjing guy really only Blood Tempering twice? How could he fight Junior Sister Xie to this extent?"

"That's right. Usually, someone who has undergone two Blood Tempering can't even withstand one or two moves from someone who has undergone four Blood Tempering. Why is this person so powerful?"

"Wang Chen, I saw you talking to this person just now, you must be him, right? What level is this person at Blue Star University on Blue Star?"

All the students from the Shuimang Star Martial Academy turned to look at Wang Chen.

Wang Chen shook his head and said, "I don't know either."

At that moment, a classically beautiful woman dressed in white walked over.

Upon seeing the woman, many martial arts academy disciples greeted her, saying, "Senior Sister!"

This stunningly beautiful woman with a classical air is none other than Yan Qingwu, the top student at the Shuimang Star Martial Academy.

Seeing Xie Qiuyue's battle on the stage, Yan Qingwu asked, "Has someone challenged for the reward of the Body Tempering Spirit Liquid?"

"Yes, Senior Sister, she's from Blue Star, at the Second Blood Tempering."

"Second Blood Tempering?"

Yan Qingwu slightly. What kind of Second Blood Tempering could allow her to fight Xie Qiuyue to this extent?

And wasn't the person Xie Qiuyue was fighting Wang Chen's friend, whom she had met some time ago?

When we first met, he was only at the Organ Refining Stage. How come he's already at the Second Blood Tempering stage in such a short time?

On the Duel Platform, Chen Lie and Xie Qiuyue had already exchanged thousands of blows, even breaking a corner off the specially constructed Duel Platform.

In the midst of a fierce battle, Xie Qiuyue gradually began to lose ground.

She gritted her teeth and exchanged several more blows with Chen Lie in a short while, all the while thinking in shock, "Why is this person so difficult to deal with?"

Seeing that Xie Qiuyue was showing signs of weakness, Chen Lie unleashed another high-intensity attack with his fists, each carrying Myriad Jun Great Strength.

"Boom boom boom!"

Xie Qiuyue used all her skills, continuously unleashing her strongest martial arts techniques, but naturally felt overwhelmed.

She fought and retreated, and in the blink of an eye, she had retreated to the edge of the Duel Platform.

Suddenly, Chen Lie, who had been gathering his strength, unleashed a powerful palm strike.

With a "bang," Xie Qiuyue was knocked off the Duel Platform. She staggered and almost fell, but fortunately someone rushed forward to help her up.

"I lost!"

Seeing that she had been knocked off the Duel Platform, Xie Qiuyue could only sigh.

As a martial arts genius in the first tier of Shuimang Star, although she had only Blood Tempering four times, she could still fight her senior brother, who Fifth Blood Tempering, to a standstill. Unexpectedly, she was defeated by someone Blood Tempering twice.

This was a huge blow to her, who had always considered herself a genius; indeed, there was a vast difference between Blue Star and Shuimang Star.

On the Duel Platform, Chen Lie said, "Thank you for the concession!"

Xie Qiuyue bit her lip, only then realizing that the person who had helped her up earlier was none other than Yan Qingwu, the senior sister of the Martial Arts Academy.

"Senior Sister, I've lost!"

Yan Qingwu nodded slightly and said, "I saw it. Apart from strength, your opponent's physique, reaction, physical fitness, combat talent, and application of strength are all superior to yours. Your defeat was justified and not unjust at all."

"But he only Blood Tempering twice!" Xie Qiuyue said, puzzled.

During the Blood Tempering stage, each Blood Tempering is equivalent to advancing to a minor realm. She had never heard of Shuimang Star who had Blood Tempering twice and then overpowered someone who Blood Tempering four times.

"This person is strange. Let me go up and test him!"

As she spoke, Yan Qingwu leaped into the air and lightly jumped onto the Duel Platform.

The martial arts academy elder standing next to the arena couldn't sit still when he saw that Xie Qiuyue, one of the top five students from the Shuimang Star Martial Academy, had been defeated.

Just as he was about to step forward to check, he saw Yan Qingwu, the top student in the martial arts academy, appear, so he immediately sat back down.

At this moment, Wang Chen walked down from the Duel Platform and Chen Liedao, "Brother Chen, what is your cultivation level?"

When I first met you, you were in the Organ Refining Stage; later you said you had broken through to the Blood Refining Stage.

Today, upon seeing you again, you claimed to Blood Tempering twice. How could someone who Blood Tempering twice possibly defeat Junior Sister Xie?

Our martial arts academy has a rule that you can't conceal your cultivation level when claiming the reward for challenging for the Super Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid.

Chen Lie glanced at Wang Chen below the stage and said, "Don't worry, I didn't conceal my cultivation level."

After speaking, Chen Lie looked at Yan Qingwu, who had just jumped onto the Duel Platform, and asked, "Are you my opponent in the third round?"

Yan Qingwu carefully examined Chen Lie and said softly, "Don't worry, I won't bully you. As long as you can withstand three of my moves, you can have the Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid you want!"

"Are you sure about three moves?" Chen Lie countered.

He realized that Yan Qingwu had already undergone eight Blood Tempering, making her significantly stronger than him.

However, his Mental Power had already reached the peak of the first level, which was enough to deal with someone who had undergone eight Blood Tempering.

Defeating someone who has undergone eight Blood Tempering solely through Mental Power is indeed quite conspicuous. Now that Yan Qingwu is confident in her cultivation level and only uses three moves, it will allow her to conceal too much of her abilities.

Yan Qingwu nodded. "Let's begin!"

She extended her fair, jade-like hand, skipping the formality of introducing herself because she didn't consider Chen Lie a rival.

"Let's go then!"

Yan Qingwu calmly clapped her hands.

"Boom!"

The abundant qi and blood instantly condensed into a flower of qi and blood, surging towards Chen Lie.

Chen Lie swung his palms, using the energy from the Flood Dragon Rebirth Technique to dissolve the valve, half-blocking and half-dissolving Yan Qingwu's palm strike.

"Hmm? There's definitely something to it."

Yan Qingwu was somewhat surprised to see Chen Lie so casually parry the attack.

"I only used a third of my strength just now; from now on, I'll double it!"

After speaking, Yan Qingwu struck Chen Lie with the same palm again, but this time she did not wave her hand lightly as before, but instead struck out with a fierce and powerful palm.

"Whoosh!"

A huge flower of qi and blood, solidified from qi and blood, shot towards Chen Lie once again.

Chen Lie circulated his qi and blood to their limit, and a hundred-meter-long Flood Dragon Phantom flashed by in an instant, colliding with the qi and blood flower that Yan Qingwu unleashed with her palm.

"Boom boom boom!"

The moment the two types of energy collided, the crimson dragon Chen Lie unleashed instantly collapsed, but the flower of energy that Yan Qingwu unleashed also slightly deviated from its direction and landed directly on the Duel Platform. The enormous force sank the outer edge of the Duel Platform, causing it to sink into the ground.

Seeing that Chen Lie had evaded her attacks twice, Yan Qingwu frowned and said in a cold voice, "This move, with all my might!"