The fourth round actually tested the power of war poetry without outside assistance. The higher the poetry's realm and the greater the user's experience, the stronger it naturally became. This was precisely Fang Yun's weakness and the elderly Metropolitan Graduates' strength.
Star Position power was also forbidden.
But those were the competition's rules. They could not be changed for Fang Yun.
Fortunately, Literary Heart power was permitted.
After Grand Academician Guo announced the start, Fang Yun immediately used Linked Poetry, writing "Song of Yishui" first, then "Sending Jing Ke" to summon the powerful Linked-Poem Assassin. Next, he prepared to write "White Horse Ode" and the "White Horse Heroic Poem," followed by "Wind-and-Rain Dream Battle."
With his high-grade Swift Writing Literary Heart, Fang Yun achieved Instant Poem Completion with every poem. But as he prepared to write "White Horse Ode," he sensed an aura from his left, majestic as the blazing sun and boundless as the ocean, and turned to look.
A sheet of paper fluttered before an elderly man and swiftly burned away. Then a hazy, translucent human colossus a hundred zhang tall appeared behind him. Its aura was ancient and towering, inspiring an urge to bow in worship.
A living, breathing man appeared in front of the elder. He looked exactly like the legendary Jing Ke, with rough skin and keen eyes, and held a dagger that radiated a dazzling, icy gleam.
Unlike an ordinary person, this Jing Ke had blood-colored markings across his skin, each emitting a powerful aura.
Fang Yun sensed that the aura of those red markings was extremely similar in nature to sacred blood, only far weaker in power.
"Go," the elder commanded softly. The war-poetry Jing Ke raced forward at a speed exceeding Four Resonances, producing a piercing shriek as he tore through the