Liao Meisheng belonged to the Sword Hall.
He was also one of the participants in this academy exchange!
His strength had already reached the half-step Qi Sea Realm!
At the same time, Liao Meisheng was also someone who had been dispatched.
As soon as Ye Qiubai killed Qiu Yu and the others, Liao Meisheng would strike and kill Ye Qiubai!
But before he could seek him out, Ye Qiubai had already discovered him.
Faced with the Sword Qi sweeping toward him,
Liao Meisheng set down the wine cup in his hand.
The might of the half-step Qi Sea Realm erupted, revealing itself in full!
It collided repeatedly with the black Sword Qi!
Countless booms rang out through this space!
If one looked closely enough, one could even see the space where they clashed continually distorting!
"That southern barbarian is fighting Senior Brother Liao!"
"Senior Brother Liao is a participant in the academy exchange. Qiu Yu is no match for him!"
"This brat is far too arrogant!"
Suddenly, the wine cup in Liao Meisheng's hand was struck by the Sword Qi and shattered into fragments!
Liao Meisheng frowned slightly, his voice cold. "You really are courting death!"
As his words fell, Liao Meisheng drew his longsword and struck the ground with one palm. The ground cracked, and his body leaped into the air!
The longsword in his hand slashed upward at Ye Qiubai.
Ye Qiubai's expression remained unruffled as he held his wooden sword across to block.
The two separated the instant they made contact.
For a moment, Sword Qi rampaged freely between heaven and earth!
Liao Meisheng snorted coldly, stamped both feet, and shot toward Ye Qiubai again!
Seeing this, Ye Qiubai also advanced to meet him.
Before he arrived, his sword reached its target!
Their sword tips collided. Wisps of Sword Qi seemed to take tangible form, turning into longswords of Sword Qi that fired continuously at one another!
For a time, neither could get the better of the other!
This left Liao Meisheng somewhat startled.
After all, because of the cultivation method he practiced, his Sword Qi was extraordinarily overbearing!
Very few could withstand it head-on!
Moreover, his cultivation realm was considerably higher than Ye Qiubai's!
No wonder they had asked him to act.
Nearby, Xin Hongyi, Huo Qingming, and the others also watched them intently.
On the Eastern Region's Hidden Dao Academy side, the person in the lead said with interest, "Oh? The Southern Region produced a sword genius like this?"
Someone from the Western Region Hidden Dao Academy remarked, "The Southern Region shouldn't have any sword inheritance. This person must have taken an extremely powerful figure in the Sword Dao as his master."
Seeing that this move had gained him no advantage at all, Liao Meisheng could not help feeling anger rise within him.
The longsword in his hand shuddered violently. He retreated swiftly, then slashed out!
A streak of sword light slashed toward Ye Qiubai.
Wisps of deadly menace enveloped the sword light, its might extraordinarily overbearing!
Unhurried, Ye Qiubai let streams of black Demonic Qi rise from the wooden sword in his hand.
Nine Swords of the Heavenly Demon!
Then he met that streak of sword light head-on!
After undergoing the Heavenly Demon's trial in the Blood Sea Mystic Realm,
Ye Qiubai's Sword Qi now carried wisps of demonic nature.
This streak of sword light contained boundless killing intent as well!
This had come from Ye Qiubai's ceaseless slaughter of the faceless people over several days.
Merely sensing this killing intent made the onlookers' minds lose their defenses in an instant!
Even Liao Meisheng, at the half-step Qi Sea Realm, could not help shuddering inwardly when he sensed it.
This also enraged him. He was someone capable of killing Qi Sea Realm cultivators!
Yet now, a southern barbarian, a mere cultivator at the middle stage of the Violet Palace Realm, had forced him into such a predicament?
How could he have any face left in the academy after this!
The overbearing sword light and the black slash began to collide.
Black lightning actually spread outward from between them!
Some hurriedly retreated.
Others raised both hands to hold up defenses.
Just as everyone was thinking that Liao Meisheng could crush Ye Qiubai,
The overbearing sword light failed to shatter the slash outright and instead seemed to fall into a disadvantage!
In just a few breaths!
The overbearing sword light seemed to be devoured!
It vanished outright, and the black slash continued toward Liao Meisheng without losing momentum!
Meanwhile, Ye Qiubai did not sit and wait for death either. He kicked hard against the ground, using the recoil to charge straight toward Liao Meisheng, and swept his wooden sword horizontally!
Liao Meisheng's expression changed sharply at the sight.
Then he snorted coldly and advanced to meet him as well.
When had a swordsman ever known fear?
Let alone when facing someone of a lower cultivation realm?
The next moment, Liao Meisheng's figure actually split into three.
Three streaks of sword light slashed toward Ye Qiubai from different directions!
These sword lights were not afterimages caused by speed. They were real!
Swallow Reversal!
Everyone from the Northern Region's Hidden Dao Academy knew that this was a sword technique Liao Meisheng had developed through his studies.
Its power was terrifying.
And it could not be dodged!
It could only be broken through with force!
Seeing this, Xin Hongyi could not help freezing for a moment.
If she were to receive this strike, she would probably have to bring out her trump card just to barely withstand it.
But if it was Ye Qiubai...
She was not worried. After all, she had often sparred with Ye Qiubai back at the academy.
Although Liao Meisheng's cultivation realm was considerably higher, with Ye Qiubai's current strength, he probably still did not measure up.
But the others who did not understand him saw this scene.
They all already thought...
Ye Qiubai was finished.
Before Liao Meisheng's Swallow Reversal, Ye Qiubai would have neither the chance nor the room to resist!
One streak of sword light collided with the black slash!
The other two slashed straight toward Ye Qiubai!
Yet there was not the slightest panic on Ye Qiubai's face.
Impossible to dodge?
Ye Qiubai had never intended to dodge in the first place.
At that moment, Demonic Qi erupted from the wooden sword in his hand!
Waves of demonic nature affected the minds of those around him!
The third sword of the Nine Swords of the Heavenly Demon!
His sword struck!
Demonic Qi surged to the heavens!
Liao Meisheng's expression changed again!
Under this sword strike, he actually felt as though he could not resist!
The two streaks of sword light arrived in quick succession, one from the left and one from the right!
Ye Qiubai swept his sword horizontally!
Those two streaks of sword light shattered in an instant!
Liao Meisheng's expression changed drastically, and he held his longsword across to block.
But how could such a hasty defense withstand Ye Qiubai's terrifying sword strike?
Ye Qiubai had no intention of stopping either.
Since you've already decided to become someone else's pawn,
You must be prepared to be sacrificed at any moment!
The crowd cried out in alarm as well!
Others also wanted to rush forward!
But clearly, they were all too late to help!
Just as everyone thought Liao Meisheng was about to become another soul slain by Ye Qiubai's sword,
A figure suddenly appeared between them!
He raised his sword to block!
Boom!
Wisps of Sword Intent actually rose!
Ye Qiubai's strike was blocked!
"Sword Intent?"
Looking at the white-robed man before him, whose long hair drifted in the wind, Ye Qiubai could not help frowning slightly.
No, it wasn't Sword Intent yet.
He had merely touched the threshold of Sword Intent and could draw upon a little of it.
Still, his cultivation was indeed considerably higher than mine.
Liao Meisheng looked at the man before him and said with some shame, "Thank you for saving me, Senior Brother Jian."
Senior Brother Jian turned and gave Liao Meisheng a cold look.
"As a sword cultivator, how could you allow yourself to be used by others? Once the academy exchange ends, go to Sword Peak and face the wall for ten years."
Liao Meisheng nodded and cupped his fists, without the slightest complaint.
This man was the strongest prodigy of the Northern Region's Hidden Dao Academy.
Jian Chaomian!