"What martial skill is this? How could it be so tyrannical?" Jiang Minghao was horrified. The sword technique Su Chen had used was so powerful that it simply did not seem like a Yellow-Tier Low-Grade sword technique!
Could it be a Yellow Grade Middle Tier sword technique?
But Jiang Minghao had no time to think further.
Su Chen had already tapped off with the tip of his foot and rushed toward him, raising his longsword once more, murderously fierce.
Jiang Minghao was terrified. Su Chen clearly intended to seize this chance and defeat him completely in one burst of momentum.
He had wanted to say, "I concede," but faced with the icy killing intent in Su Chen's eyes, Jiang Minghao opened his mouth, only for the words "I concede" to stick in his throat, unable to come out in time.
He could only watch helplessly as Su Chen slashed at him with another sword strike!
"Xiao Chen!"
Xu Yin could not help but cry out softly. If Su Chen's strike landed solidly, Jiang Minghao would be heavily wounded even if he did not die.
Clang!
At that critical moment, a longsword suddenly appeared from the side and firmly blocked Su Chen's sword.
Su Chen glanced sideways and Jiang Mingxuan's face immediately entered his view, his expression extremely gloomy.
"Su Chen, he has already lost. Are you still planning to kill him?" Jiang Mingxuan's expression was ugly. If he had not come to Jiang Minghao's rescue in time just now, Jiang Minghao might truly have been slain by Su Chen's sword!
This was Jiang Family territory. If a direct descendant of the Jiang Family were cut down by an outsider, would the Jiang Family not become the laughingstock of the entire city?
Su Chen smiled calmly, lowering his eyelids slightly to conceal that trace of bloodthirsty light. He said blandly, "Swords have no eyes in a match. Even if I killed him by accident, it would not be my fault. Besides, you say he has already lost, but I never heard him admit defeat!"
As he spoke, Su Chen looked down at Jiang Minghao, who had already collapsed to the ground in fright. "Earlier, you called me trash. Now that you cannot even beat me, does that not mean you are worse than trash?"
"You..." Jiang Minghao's face burned as though Su Chen had slapped him viciously across the face, yet he could not refute him.
"The match is not over yet. Either admit defeat, or get up and continue fighting!" Su Chen said airily.
Jiang Minghao was caught between advancing and retreating. If he continued, he had no chance of winning and would even risk being slain by Su Chen.
But if he admitted defeat, would he not be personally acknowledging that he was worse than trash?
Jiang Mingxuan, standing nearby, could not help but sneer disdainfully. "As expected of a discarded disciple kicked out by the sect. All you know is how to pull useless stunts!"
"Oh?" Su Chen slowly turned to look at Jiang Mingxuan. "It sounds like you are useful. How about you take his place and continue the match with me?"
"What?" Jiang Mingxuan nearly thought he had misheard. "You want to fight me?"
Not only Jiang Mingxuan—even everyone else present thought there was something wrong with their ears. An Eighth Layer of Qi-Attraction Realm cultivator wanted to fight a Ninth Layer of Qi-Attraction Realm cultivator?
Jiang Mingxuan had always been proud. Being challenged by someone a full layer below him in cultivation was no different from an insult.
At once, Jiang Mingxuan was about to refuse without a second thought.
But just then, Jiang Mingxuan heard his father Jiang Shan's faint voice ring by his ear.
"Mingxuan, fight him!"
Jiang Mingxuan glanced sideways and saw Jiang Shan standing not far away, watching him.
Jiang Mingxuan knew that Jiang Shan was using the martial skill Sound-Convergence Thread to speak to him. No one else could hear these words; only Jiang Mingxuan could.
In an instant, Jiang Mingxuan understood Jiang Shan's
intent.
They could use this opportunity to win back the wager!
"Fine, I will take Minghao's place and continue the match with you! But if you lose, those five hundred Lesser Origin Pills will not go to the second branch." Jiang Mingxuan said.
Su Chen smiled, a sly glint flickering in his eyes. "Fine. But if I win, the five hundred Lesser Origin Pills will become one thousand."
He had known Jiang Shan and Jiang Mingxuan would definitely take the bait. To recover those five hundred Lesser Origin Pills, Jiang Shan would surely have Jiang Mingxuan fight him.
Sure enough, Jiang Mingxuan agreed without hesitation. "Fine."
The two quickly entered the fighting arena, and the match began!
Just now, it had been Jiang Minghao fighting Su Chen, but now Jiang Mingxuan had taken his place.
Su Chen's gaze was calm. He had been very satisfied by the power of Layered Wave Slash just now. As expected of a special secret technique beyond the grades, merely using One Sword, Threefold Waves had allowed him to defeat Jiang Minghao, who was at the same cultivation level, with ease.
Now, Su Chen wanted to know what kind of power would result if he used Sevenfold Waves of One Sword without holding anything back.
The moment Jiang Mingxuan stepped up, he wasted no words. He revealed the full strength of the Ninth Layer of Qi-Attraction Realm and used the Yellow Grade Middle Tier Azure Wood Swordsmanship.
His manner made it obvious that he intended to kill Su Chen in a single move.
Jiang Shan stood at the edge of the arena, his gaze fixed tightly on Jiang Mingxuan and Su Chen.
He knew that from every angle, Su Chen's chances of winning were practically zero.
Jiang Mingxuan was already at the Ninth Layer of Qi-Attraction Realm, while Su Chen was only at the Eighth Layer. The saying that each layer was a world apart was not made for nothing. A difference of one layer in cultivation meant a difference between heaven and earth in strength.
Yet for some reason, Jiang Shan could not calm his heart. He faintly felt a sense of unease.
Jiang Shan shook his head. It had to be an illusion. How could a fifteen-year-old boy make him feel that way?
In the arena, Jiang Mingxuan looked at Su Chen disdainfully. "Su Chen, though you do have some skill, you are ultimately too arrogant."
"An Eighth Layer of Qi-Attraction Realm cultivator can never defeat a Ninth Layer of Qi-Attraction Realm cultivator."
"Today, I, Jiang Mingxuan, will teach you how to be a man."
"Azure Wood Swordsmanship!"
Jiang Mingxuan directly unleashed his trump-card Azure Wood Swordsmanship. His sword momentum was fierce and menacing, determined to cut Su Chen down with one strike!
"A petty trick!"
Facing Jiang Mingxuan, whose cultivation was a full layer higher than his own, Su Chen no longer held back. He raised his sword high and unleashed Sevenfold Waves of One Sword.
With a single slash, it carried the force of wind and thunder and the roar of ocean tides, colliding head-on and solidly with Jiang Mingxuan's sword.
Clang!
A violent collision rang out, followed by seven muffled bursts of air—Bang! Bang! Bang!
Everyone present shuddered. They could all practically imagine the miserable sight of Su Chen's defeat in the next instant.
But in the next instant, a scene beyond everyone's imagination appeared once more!
One person stood in the arena, stunned as a wooden chicken, maintaining the posture of gripping a longsword without moving an inch.
Yet upon closer inspection, they saw that the longsword in his hand had actually been sliced through for most of its length, leaving only a bare hilt!
And that person was not Su Chen, as everyone had imagined, but Jiang Mingxuan!
At that moment, the entire venue fell silent!
Shock filled everyone's eyes.
They simply could not believe the scene before them!
Jiang Mingxuan had actually lost!
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