Chapter 579: Breakthrough Amid Battle
"Not good!" Chen Huaian's heart tightened, and he was just about to make a move.
But then he saw Li Qingran suddenly open her eyes, a flash of enlightened brilliance shining within them.
"I understand now!"
Boom——!
A powerful aura erupted from Li Qingran's body, and her cultivation broke through to the late Nascent Soul stage in that instant!
The lightning strike hit her body but was completely blocked by a faint layer of Sword Intent.
"You understand?!" Wang Haotian's eyes widened in disbelief, and when he truly realized what was happening to Li Qingran, he couldn't help but scream: "What exactly did you understand to break through in the middle of battle? Don't you think this is utterly ridiculous?!"
Li Qingran remained silent, only slowly rising to her feet.
The Suxian longsword in her hand emitted a humming sound, as if cheering for its master's breakthrough.
"Thank you, fellow cultivator, for serving as my sparring partner and helping break through." Her voice was calm as water, yet carried a pressure that made hearts tremble. "Now, it's ti to end this. And as repaynt, I will spare your life!"
Even though Li Qingran hadn't made a move yet, Wang Haotian already sensed the danger.
He imdiately ford hand seals with both hands, and his thunder armor thickened once again.
"So what if you broke through? I still have the Dan-Fire Secret Art! Thunder Dragon Battles Heaven!"
Roar——!
Dozens of thunder dragons rose up behind him, baring their claws and fangs as they pounced toward Li Qingran.
Yet Li Qingran only smiled lightly.
She slowly raised her longsword, her posture elegant as an immortal.
"Green Lotus Sword Manual, Ninth Stance——"
She began to dance with her sword!
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Li Qingran's movents were gentle and slow, as if gracefully dancing.
And with each movent completed, she left behind a white silhouette holding a sword in its original position.
These sword-holding female cultivator figures stood or sat, lay or leaned, so holding swords upright, others advancing with swords drawn.
In but a mont, Li Qingran had an entire army behind her!
Countless sword shadows stood in neat formation, each emitting sharp Sword Intent, gathering together to form an overwhelming, mountain-toppling and sea-draining montum.
Wang Haotian's thunder dragons charged forward but were easily sliced apart by the front row of sword shadows.
"No... impossible! What kind of sword technique is this?!" Wang Haotian was terrified beyond asure.
Li Qingran stopped her sword dance, pointing her sword tip at Wang Haotian, her eyes filled with pity.
Behind her, the army of thousands stood ready, Sword Intent soaring.
"Willing to draw the sword at my waist, straight to..."
Ti seed to freeze at this mont.
Everyone held their breath, feeling that Sword Intent that could make heaven and earth change color.
"Slay, Lou, Lan!"
Clang——!
Ten thousand drew their swords, Sword Qi soaring to the heavens.
Countless Sword Qi rged and converged, condensing into a brilliant white rainbow that instantly pierced through Wang Haotian's thunder armor.
The Sword Qi scattered and exploded, shaking the competition platform until it was covered in cracks.
Wang Haotian's Dan-Fire Secret Art was forcibly interrupted, and he fell from the air, crashing heavily to the ground, covered in blood, completely incapable of further resistance.
This sword strike had ultimately shown rcy, only piercing through Wang Haotian's shoulder.
Li Qingran slowly sheathed her sword, and the sword shadows behind her dissipated accordingly.
She breathed lightly, fine beads of sweat appearing on her forehead, her eyes showing neither sorrow nor joy.
Logically, defeating an opponent who cheated using Vital Essence divine abilities should have made her feel proud.
But Li Qingran felt none of this.
Because she was the sect leader of Moon Shadow Sect, Chen Huaian's disciple, and defeating such opponents was only to be expected.
The entire arena fell silent.
Only after a good while did earth-shaking cheers erupt.
"Sect leader is mighty!"
"Sect leader is incredible!"
When sect disciples had said such things before, there had been so elent of obligatory praise in it.
But now, as these cheers reached Li Qingran's ears...
At least she herself couldn't detect any sense of obligatory praise—they all felt completely sincere.
The cheers from cultivators of other sects were similarly genuine.
Chen Huaian looked at that snow-white figure on the platform, his eyes filled with relief and pride.
His little disciple had grown up.
She could already stand on her own and prove herself.
But then the question arose—why was Li Qingran's victory rate 100 percent when he was present? Could it be that Li Qingran had broken through to late Nascent Soul during battle and then displayed such divine might because she saw him?
Chen Huaian's lips curled into a smile as he entered narcissistic mode.
Wang Haotian was carried away.
Having burned his dantian and lost too much blood, his injuries were actually more severe than those of the previous four Xuanhe Gate disciples. He clearly had more outgoing breath than incoming breath, already looking half-dead.
The Xuanhe Gate disciples were anxiously gathered in a cluster, taking out elixirs for Wang Haotian to take, but the effects were very minimal.
Wang Haotian's most serious problem was his damaged dantian.
This would cause his life force to gradually drain away along with his True Essence.
Without repairing his dantian, he wouldn't live much longer.
"Senior brother, you must hang on! Just wait until the sect leader cos out, everything will be fine when the sect leader cos out!"
"The Moon Shadow Sect people were too heavy-handed! She's their sect leader—couldn't she have gone easier on senior brother?"
"Exactly! She has no deanor of a major sect at all..."
They only dared to mutter these words quietly.
The Moon Shadow Sect ancestor was standing right there on the high platform.
They could only feel anger but not dare speak it.
"Poor temperant, improper intentions..." Chen Huaian shook his head repeatedly. "Master Yuyao has completely twisted these disciples... though it's understandable, since she never intended to properly teach them in the first place."
These disciples were pitiable.
If they had cultivated honestly on their own, even without their current cultivation level, at least their temperants wouldn't have been twisted by sudden power and ambition.
Footsteps sounded from behind.
The Xuanhe Gate disciples looked over with joy.
"Sect leader! You've finally returned!"
"Sect leader, get revenge for us! Look what they did to Senior Brother Wang!"
"Sect leader, wuwuwu, we've been bullied!"
...
Chen Huaian twitched his nose, keenly detecting a strange sll.
He turned to see Master Yuyao with her peach-blossom cheeks supporting Zhang ngchu, who had a pale complexion and blue-tinged lips, as they walked out.
"Well, Elder Zhang, you are..."
Chen Huaian stared at Zhang ngchu, asking knowingly.
Zhang ngchu's condition was already displayed in his vision.
[Na: Zhang ngchu Cultivation: Void Treading ninth stage]
[Condition: Primordial Yang depleted]
Good heavens...
It seed this passionate entanglent had been quite intense.
This was a Void Treading ninth stage cultivator—and he actually depleted his Primordial Yang?
Looking at Master Yuyao, her skin was fair and tender, glowing with a dewy sheen, white with a blush like a freshly ripened peach. Her aura was even more alluring than before, clearly looking like soone who had been thoroughly nourished.
"An-Ancestor, I... I can't go on..."
Zhang ngchu trembled as he walked before Chen Huaian, his hands shaking as he perford a salute.
Then he kicked Master Yuyao in the buttocks.
"Wretched maid! What are you standing around for? Kneel before the ancestor!"
Instead of getting angry from being kicked,
Master Yuyao's already-adoring eyes gazing at Zhang ngchu grew even more moist.
Her knees bent as she knelt before Chen Huaian, biting her red lips as she said in a trembling voice: "I beg the ancestor to forgive my offenses. Before, this humble one didn't understand proper conduct. Now this humble one has entrusted herself to ngchu—in life I am ngchu's person, in death I am ngchu's ghost. I beg the ancestor to give this humble one a chance to reform and start anew."
Having said this, she directly kowtowed to Chen Huaian with a loud 'thump'.
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