"Keep him busy! The Alliance Leader is on his way!"
"He killed Hong Gang and Hong Long and got them kicked out of the Cyan Cloud Secret Realm! The Alliance Leader is furious. We have to keep him here."
Within the Cyan Cloud Secret Realm, inside a massive valley.
Two True Disciples, clad in the Sword Robes of their station, flanked their target. The numbers "seven" and "nine" were embroidered on their chests in golden silk thread. One wielded a saber, the other a sword, and their coordination was flawless as they launched a dazzling flurry of fierce attacks from both sides.
Caught between them, Hong Yu's body surged with golden light.
His Breaking Army Spear moved with imnse montum, each thrust and sweep carrying a formidable power that would make anyone shrink back in fear.
The sounds of their powerful clashes were incessant. BOOM! BOOM!
'These two are really a handful,' Hong Yu thought as he fought and retreated, a sharp glint flashing in his narrowed eyes.
Ever since he killed Hong Long and Hong Gang in the ancient, ruined city, the Heaven and Earth Alliance's pursuit had grown even more swift and frenzied.
It felt like he could run into a powerhouse from the Heaven and Earth Alliance at any mont!
Because of this, in just ten short days, Hong Yu had raised his score to over 50,000 points, breaking into the top five on the overall rankings.
After failing to encircle him ti and again, the Heaven and Earth Alliance finally recognized Hong Yu's strength. Starting five days ago, their hunting parties began operating closer to one another, tightening their search net. A battle breaking out in one location would imdiately draw support from nearby experts.
As a result, Hong Yu had been forced into one bloody battle after another over the past few days.
No matter how strong he was, after ten consecutive days of such intense fighting, he couldn't help but feel exhausted.
So, Hong Yu had started hiding, evading the Heaven and Earth Alliance's pursuit while waiting for the right mont to strike.
He would aim for a killing blow, and then retreat imdiately, whether he succeeded or not.
This drove the Heaven and Earth Alliance to the brink of madness, to the point that even Hong Renjie himself had joined the hunt.
Over the past seven days, Hong Yu had crossed paths with Hong Renjie twice.
Hong Renjie's power had once again shaken Hong Yu to his core...
In their first encounter, Hong Renjie had seriously injured him in just three moves. If not for the protective power of his Eight Desolates Saint Slaying Technique, his form would have dissipated, and he would have been eliminated from the Cyan Cloud Secret Realm.
That ti, Hong Yu had escaped by leaping into a great river and letting the current carry him away.
In their second encounter, Hong Renjie used ten moves, and once again, Hong Yu was wounded and forced to flee.
It could be said that for the past seven days, Hong Yu had been under the constant pressure of life-or-death battles. Hong Renjie and the Heaven and Earth Alliance were like a heavy burden on his shoulders, almost suffocating him.
Today, he had been hiding in this valley to recover from his injuries, planning to wait out the remaining ti before leaving the Cyan Cloud Secret Realm.
But now, with only a few minutes left, his location had been exposed.
'If I drag this out, Hong Renjie will arrive. I'm no match for him right now. I have to end this quickly!'
At this thought, Hong Yu began his final, frenzied counterattack.
"Void Fire Dragon!"
Six Fire Dragons shot toward the heavens, instantly coiling around the two True Disciples. The fiery red dragon bodies slithered and soared around them, bathing the two n in a crimson glow that made them as red as lanterns.
"Damn it, what the hell is this thing?"
Both of them were furious, trying to shake off the entangling Fire Dragons.
However, the Void Fire Dragon technique was incredibly sticky. Even Hong Gang had only managed to break through it with his Lotus Sword Skill, so what chance did these two have?
"Explode!"
Hong Yu roared.
The six Fire Dragons flared with brilliant red light before a pair of deafening explosions—BOOM! BOOM!—unleashed a scorching energy storm.
"No—"
The two only had ti for a single scream before they were completely engulfed in the sea of fire and expelled from the Cyan Cloud Secret Realm.
'Finally dealt with them. There are about thirty seconds left. It's finally over!'
Hong Yu let out a long sigh of relief.
However, at that very mont, a devastating Sword Aura, so powerful it was suffocating, shot in from outside the valley.
This Sword Aura was a full hundred ters long, its power even more shocking and terrifying than the attacks Hong Gang had used.
Following it was Hong Renjie's furious roar, "Die, Hong Yu!"
SWOOSH!
The Sword Aura was like a blazing sun in the sky, shrouded in a blinding light so imnse it seed capable of tearing heaven and earth asunder.
A strike like this crossed a thousand ters in the blink of an eye.
"Hong Renjie?"
Hong Yu's expression sank.
He gripped the Breaking Army Spear tightly. In an instant, he pushed the Eight Desolates Saint Slaying Technique to its limit, encasing his body in a layer of golden Flowing Light Armor. His eyes focused like two sharp swords, his expression grave. A cold shout rumbled deep in his chest before erupting from his lips.
"Furious Fla Burning Heaven!"
His roar shook the heavens, like a sudden clap of thunder.
A sea of fire erupted around him, from which dozens of Fire Dragons shot upward, converging on the massive Sword Aura. In the blink of an eye, more than seventy Fire Dragons were wrapped around the Sword Aura. But no matter how they coiled and attacked it, the Sword Aura continued its descent with unstoppable montum.
Hong Yu's gaze turned cold. He bit the tip of his tongue, and a cyan light swirled in his left eye. The Breaking Army Spear condensed a fearso Spear Aura over thirty ters long and thrust it skyward.
BOOM!
The Spear Aura and Sword Aura clashed, point against point.
Amidst the terrifying energy fluctuations, the Spear Aura Hong Yu had painstakingly condensed shattered inch by inch. The Fire Dragons coiled around the Sword Aura were also severed by the flaring Sword Qi and fell away.
"Eight Desolates Slay Saint, manifest the Divine Armor!"
His expression fierce, Hong Yu barked out the command.
The golden light around him intensified. The Flowing Light Golden Armor that had been clinging to his skin instantly expanded, engulfing his body and swelling to a height of five ters.
At the sa ti, the heaven-cleaving Sword Aura broke through all obstructions and descended upon him.
BOOM!
The Sword Aura struck him. Hong Yu's body convulsed violently, and he spat out a mouthful of blood as he was sent flying backward like a thunderbolt.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Everywhere Hong Yu passed, rocks shattered and trees were uprooted. He was slamd straight through a hundred-ter-tall hill, snapping it in half.
Hong Yu crashed heavily to the ground. Propping himself up with his hands, he coughed up more blood.
He was weakened to his very limit.
SWOOSH!
Hong Renjie shot forward like a bolt of lightning and landed before Hong Yu, his cold eyes glittering with a sharp light. "Good. Very good. Hong Yu, I can't believe I still underestimated you. To think you eliminated so many experts from the Heaven and Earth Alliance. Today, I will kill you here in the Cyan Cloud Secret Realm. And in the future, back in the outside world, I will truly torture you to death. Being drawn and quartered or death by a thousand cuts won't be enough to quell the hatred in my heart..."
With that, Hong Renjie raised his longsword to strike.
Just as the blade was about to fall, Hong Yu suddenly looked up, a cold, mocking smile on his face. "Sorry, but I can't let you have your wish!"
"Hm?"
Hong Renjie froze. He suddenly realized that both his and Hong Yu's bodies were starting to turn illusory. His expression changed drastically. "Damn it, ti's up."
"Hahahaha! Hong Renjie, you can't kill ! You couldn't do it in the Cyan Cloud Secret Realm, and you'll have even less of a chance once we're back in the Cyan Nether Sword Sect!"
Hong Yu's figure faded away, but his laughter caused Hong Renjie's face to contort with rage. He tilted his head back and roared at the sky, "Hong Yu! Hong Yu! The hatred in my heart will never fade until I kill you...!"
His resentful voice echoed through the valley as his body, too, vanished completely.
「Within the Cyan Nether Sword Sect...」
Everyone was watching the changes on the ranking board.
Finally, in the last instant before ti ran out, the rankings changed one more ti...
First Place: Hong Yu, 62,800!
BOOM!
The crowd erupted. They went wild. It was mass hysteria...
The entire Cyan Nether Sword Sect was thrown into a frenzy that bordered on chaos.
The first round of the Cyan Nether Sword Sect's Inner Sect Disciple promotion tournant had finally co to a close, and the champion had been decided!
However, the champion wasn't the famous Hong Renjie, nor the eccentric genius Feng Xue Xin, nor this year's Newcor King Ling Tian, nor even Guo Fei, the top-ranked on the Earth List who had finally revealed his hidden strength after years of patience.
The champion was an unknown youth who, just ten days ago, had been the target of countless people's ridicule and disdain.
His na was Hong Yu!
"Hahaha! Hong Yu took first place! He's the champion!" Hong Tianduan danced for joy, completely lacking the composure of a clan Elder as tears of pride stread from the corners of his old eyes.
"Impossible! How could it be that little bastard?"
"Sothing must have gone wrong. This makes no sense!"
The Fourth Elder and Fifth Elder stared at each other, muttering in shocked disbelief.
Hundreds of thousands of people were having nearly the exact sa reaction at the sa ti.
HUMMM!
A golden light receded, and the Cyan Cloud Secret Realm's Array that had enveloped over ten thousand Inner Sect experts finally dissipated.
The ten thousand-plus experts seated on the arena of the Cyan Nether Main Peak all awoke, their eyes fluttering open.
As long as the Cyan Cloud Secret Realm was active, they had remained within the Illusion Realm, but that didn't stop them from learning the results of the competition. Now, everyone's eyes were wide with disbelief and shock as they all turned to look at the young man at the very back of the group.
Hong Yu slowly opened his eyes and let out a soft breath, privately celebrating his luck. 'Good thing ti ran out just then. Otherwise... even if I was only killed inside the Illusion Realm, it would've been so frustrating I'd lose my appetite for days!'
"Hong Yu!"
Just then, an icy presence locked onto Hong Yu, making him feel as if he had been plunged into a thousand-year-old ice cellar. A chill ran down his spine.
Hong Yu's gaze went cold. He looked toward the source of the voice and saw Hong Renjie flying toward him, radiating killing intent. The longsword in his hand transford into a streak of light as it shot toward him.
'This lunatic! He dares to attack in front of everyone?' Hong Yu was shocked.
He was about to defend himself when he suddenly saw the sharp streak of sword light dissipate just an instant before it reached him. It was followed by a familiar, lazy voice, "Hong Renjie, losing first place isn't such a big deal. Why make such a scene? It's beneath soone of your status, don't you think?"
"Feng Xue Xin?"
Hong Yu started.
The newcor was none other than Feng Xue Xin. His long hair flowed in the wind as he turned back, gave Hong Yu a wink, and flashed a brilliant, sunny smile.
"Feng Xue Xin, are you trying to stop ?" Hong Renjie demanded, his gaze as cold as ice.
Feng Xue Xin shrugged. "You're going after my little brother here. Of course I'm going to stop you."
"Fine, fine, fine. So you're determined to make an enemy of ?" Hong Renjie threatened, his eyes narrowing.
Feng Xue Xin looked completely unconcerned. "How about we skip the tough talk? I'll lay it out for you right here, right now. You can't touch Hong Yu. To get to him, you'll have to go through first!"
As he finished speaking, Feng Xue Xin's lazy deanor vanished instantly, replaced by an aura that surged skyward, in no way weaker than Hong Renjie's.
The standoff between Feng Xue Xin and Hong Renjie, the number one and number two True Disciples, seed to make the very sky above them darken.
Hong Renjie's eyes flickered. He then retracted his longsword and said coldly, "Fine. I'll give you face this ti. But Feng Xue Xin, don't think for a second that I'm afraid of you. You and I will have our battle, sooner or later!" Finally, he shot a glance at Hong Yu and sneered, "And you, Hong Yu, don't think you can act so smug just because you've latched onto Feng Xue Xin. Let tell you sothing clearly..."
"As long as I'm around, you're destined to be a failure who will never make a coback!"
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