Now, you five top disciples, step onto the martial arena first.
The five immediately stepped onto the arena upon hearing this.
"Among the five disciples ranked below them, does anyone wish to challenge the top five disciples on the stage?"
The five below fell silent at once. No one dared challenge them, all tacitly acknowledging them as the five strongest. Seeing this, the Martial Arts Elder said calmly, "Good! Since none of you wishes to challenge them, the top five positions are settled. Let us first determine the rankings of the last five!"
"All of you, come onto the martial arena together. Fight in a free-for-all. The first to fall from the stage will be last place, followed in order until the disciple left standing on the arena becomes the sixth-ranked disciple!"
"The free-for-all to determine the rankings of the last five begins now. Get up here!"
The five stepped onto the martial arena one after another. Zhou Deze glanced at Yuan Mingzhi and sneered. "Senior brothers, why don't we eliminate the weakest one first? Then we can decide the winner among ourselves. What do you say?"
Yuan Mingzhi sneered upon hearing this. "Zhou Deze! You're not much stronger than me, are you? You want to eliminate me first—are you afraid of losing to me?"
Huang Hongzhe's complexion was slightly rosy. His previous injuries had likely healed seventy or eighty percent. He then said calmly, "Let our skills do the talking. There's no need to target anyone."
Leng Tianlu smiled faintly. "Brother Huang is right! A martial contest should be fair and just. We should each give it our all, so this contest will not have been in vain!"
After saying this, Leng Tianlu and Huang Hongzhe nodded to each other. Their temperaments were alike; both were forthright and honorable men, so they naturally admired one another.
Lei Tianyi remained calm. "I don't care. Let's do as you say. Let our skills speak for us. Stop wasting time and make your move!"
Lei Tianyi was swift and decisive by nature, acting the moment he spoke. His true energy erupted as he unleashed the first form of the Shaolin Heart-Piercing Leg, "Eighteen Consecutive Kicks." A ferocious current of true energy gathered in his legs, and he leaped into the air, firing off eighteen successive leg shadows. Every kick carried a strand of Latent Force capable of piercing into the internal organs, its power incomparably fierce.
With twenty-seven years of Inner Force, he unleashed a force of 2,150 jin and charged fiercely at the other four.
The four hurriedly made their moves. Leng Tianlu refused to be outdone as well. His true energy surged throughout his body as he unleashed the first form of the Shaolin Cotton Palm, "Unbroken." Waves of continuous true energy slowly gathered in his palms before he suddenly struck out with a sheet of palm shadows.
With twenty-seven years of Inner Force, he unleashed a force of 2,150 jin and attacked the other four with fierce might.
Huang Hongzhe did the same. His true energy erupted as he unleashed the first form of the Shaolin Shadowless Kick, "Shadow." Streams of true energy slowly gathered in his legs, and he fired out a blur of leg shadows at lightning speed.
With twenty-seven years of Inner Force, he unleashed a force of 2,150 jin and charged swiftly at the other four.
Zhou Deze's true energy also erupted as he unleashed the first form of the Shaolin Cotton Palm, "Unbroken." Waves of continuous true energy slowly gathered in his palms before he suddenly struck out with a sheet of palm shadows.
With twenty-six years of Inner Force, he unleashed a force of 2,000 jin and likewise attacked the other four.
Finally, Yuan Mingzhi refused to be outdone as well. His true energy boiled as he unleashed the first form of the Shaolin Cotton Palm, "Unbroken." Waves of continuous true energy slowly gathered in his palms before he suddenly struck out with a sheet of palm shadows.
With twenty-five years of Inner Force, he unleashed a force of 1,950 jin and attacked the other four.
"Boom!"
The five unleashed fierce, tyrannical attacks at the same time, and they collided with one another in a deafening explosion. The five violent attacks sent tremors across the martial arena, leaving the ground in ruins. A huge crater was blasted open, and dust and smoke rose everywhere.
Lei Tianyi, Huang Hongzhe, and Leng Tianlu were thrown back four or five steps by the violent shockwave. Their true energy churned within them, their faces slightly flushed, and they hurriedly calmed their restless energy.
Yuan Mingzhi and Zhou Deze, meanwhile, were blasted more than three meters away by the violent shockwave. They coughed up blood and had already suffered minor injuries. Their true energy surged chaotically through their bodies, and they hurriedly suppressed it. If the five had not shared the violent backlash equally, the two of them would already have been defeated.
At that moment, the five on the stage each circulated their cultivation to calm their restless true energy, not daring to act rashly for the time being. A quarter of an hour later, Lei Tianyi, Huang Hongzhe, and Leng Tianlu had settled their energy and attacked again.
Lei Tianyi laughed loudly. "I've heard that Brother Huang is an expert in leg techniques. I'm also skilled with my legs, and I've long wanted to test Brother Huang's techniques!"
"Hahaha! Brother Lei, I feel the same! Come on, let's fight!"
Leng Tianlu laughed when he heard this. "Heh heh! How could a duel like this possibly leave me out?"
With that, the three began fighting one another. Lei Tianyi unleashed the first form of the Shaolin Heart-Piercing Leg, "Eighteen Consecutive Kicks," striking out with a series of consecutive leg shadows toward Huang Hongzhe with a force of 2,150 jin.
Huang Hongzhe refused to be outdone and likewise used the first form of the Shaolin Heart-Piercing Leg, "Eighteen Consecutive Kicks." With a force of 2,150 jin, he unleashed a sheet of leg shadows to meet Lei Tianyi's consecutive kicks.
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"
The two used the same leg technique and clashed head-on, producing muffled explosions one after another. Their cultivation was evenly matched, and both retreated three or four steps. Neither gained the upper hand!
"Hahaha! Take one of my moves too!"
Leng Tianlu suddenly attacked, unleashing the first form of the Shaolin Cotton Palm, "Unbroken." Waves of continuous true energy slowly gathered in his palms before he suddenly struck out with a sheet of palm shadows, attacking the two with a force of 2,150 jin.
The two were startled and immediately stomped the ground, flipping backward as they retreated. The fierce palm shadows missed them and struck the ground, shattering the surface and leaving palm prints everywhere.
The instant they landed, they both unleashed the second form of the Shaolin Heart-Piercing Leg, "Consecutive Heart-Piercing Kicks." With a force of 2,500 jin, the two fired off seven or eight heart-piercing kicks in succession, charging ferociously at Leng Tianlu.
Leng Tianlu laughed loudly when he saw this. "Good timing!"
His true energy boiled throughout his body as he unleashed the second form of the Shaolin Cotton Palm, "Solid." Dense, fierce true energy slowly gathered in his palms, then with a sweep of both hands, he formed a dense and powerful defensive millstone.
With twenty-seven years of Inner Force, he formed a defensive millstone capable of withstanding 2,500 jin of force, taking the two men's storm-like leg techniques head-on.
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"...
Muffled explosions rang out one after another. Leng Tianlu's defensive millstone was nearly shattered by the fourteen violent kicks. His palms went numb, and he staggered back seven or eight steps. On the final step, he crushed the floor beneath his foot, forcibly bleeding off the force.
Leng Tianlu said slowly, "The two of you are ganging up on me? That's not very honorable!"
"Tch! Who told you to ambush the two of us first?"
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