Yu Lan went so far as to sneer:
"Liang Zhu, what does it matter if I let you have every lantern on this level?"
As she spoke, Yu Lan raised her palm once more and thrust it forcefully toward her flying sword, four thousand zhang up in the air.
"Boom!"
Almost instantly, amid a deafening roar as it tore through the air, Yu Lan's flying sword, trailing a scarlet sword shadow dozens of zhang long, shot straight skyward again from four thousand zhang above.
In the blink of an eye, that scarlet sword shadow reached five thousand zhang.
Although Yu Lan looked somewhat strained after guiding her sword up to five thousand zhang, to everyone watching, she still had at least thirty percent of her true essence left and had all but secured victory in this trial.
For Liang Zhu had only twenty percent of her true essence remaining. Even if she forced her sword up to five thousand zhang, she would likely exhaust it all.
"Clang!..."
Just then, the Azure Fish Sword, which had been clearing the lanterns at the four-thousand-zhang level, suddenly let out a sword cry filled with defiance.
Then everyone saw the Azure Fish Sword plunge straight down from four thousand zhang.
From afar, the trail of its radiance resembled a slender blue-green thread hanging from the heavens.
Seeing this, everyone on the bridge shook their heads, declaring that the contest was over.
Xu Taiping and Lin Buyu simply watched the Azure Fish Sword fall from the sky without a word. No one knew what either of them was thinking.
Soon, Liang Zhu, who had already ridden the wind up to two thousand zhang, reached out and securely caught the falling Azure Fish.
At this sight, the Azure Profound Sect disciples watching began preparing to leave,