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Chapter 167 The Winners and Losers! The Dispute is Over!

"Hey kid, isn't this cheating?"

In a certain pavilion, also watching the battle, were Shangguan Yue and Lu Yunxi's teacher, the beautiful woman in red, Chu Luanyin.

Shangguan Yue glanced at her friend before looking away.

"Cheating? I don't think it counts. This Holy Spirit Aura is essentially transformed from his own spiritual energy. It's more like a method to amplify his own power, which doesn't amount to cheating."

"Tsk!" Chu Luanyin shrugged, somewhat helplessly. "Speaking of which, this kid is really surprising. I should have taken him in back then. My disciple is like a fool who doesn't understand his own heart at all. Maybe if he came to me, the two of them could have gotten together."

"And this kid's talent for swordsmanship is truly remarkable, don't you think?"

After speaking, Chu Luanyin secretly glanced at Shangguan Yue, seemingly hinting at something. However, Shangguan Yue completely ignored her expression and simply watched Lu Yunshi get up from the ground.

Finally, Chu Luanyin couldn't hold back any longer. "Um, how about...?"

"No way!" Shangguan Yue rejected it outright.

“What’s wrong with that? It’s a good thing to help others achieve their goals. Besides, isn’t it better for him to practice swordsmanship with me than to practice alchemy with you? Look how much fun he has with you, swords, spears, and talismans. He’s just wasting his talent,” Chu Luanyin asked.

Shangguan Yue simply didn't bother to reply.

Chu Luanyin frowned, a suspicious look on her face. "I've been wondering about this for a while now. You insisted on getting this kid through connections back then, but now you're refusing to give it to me no matter what. Could it be... you like pretty boys?"

"...Phew~, you certainly know how to think things through."

As the two were talking, on the martial arts stage, which had been completely transformed, Lu Yunshi twisted his neck, gripped his sword again, and with a slight thought, a chill quickly condensed, and above that chill, the sound of thunder still trembled incessantly.

Snow and thunder mingled, and a terrifying aura gradually spread.

Using two powers at the same time is something even Lu Yunshi is finding difficult to handle now.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that I'm surprised that I'm actually doing this now.

Without the gun's support, using the thunder technique in the Thunder Shadow Step was indeed very difficult, not to mention summoning cold air with intention. Fortunately, he could barely manage it, at least for now.

Lu Yunshi pondered for a moment, then looked up at the heavens. "Warm-up over. I think we should get down to business. You mustn't let a foreigner like me who uses Holy Spirit Qi defeat you."

Tianyi stopped breathing heavily and looked at Lu Yunshi. Although he didn't speak, his eyes were filled with anger.

Swish! Swish! Swish...

More than fifty golden arcs of light suddenly emerged from behind Tianyi, each several feet long. As soon as the arcs appeared, they locked onto Lu Yunshi, their killing intent palpable.

Holy spirit energy surged continuously on that arc of light, and even the overflowing power carried terrifying fluctuations. It was likely that none of the students present could withstand it alone.

The next second, more than fifty arcs of light flew by, impacting from all directions.

As the Holy Spirit energy surged forth, Lu Yunshi's body moved almost instinctively. He raised his sword to block the power of an arc of light, intending to test the waters.

However, the power of this arc of light was clearly beyond Lu Yunshi's expectations. With just one strike, it had already knocked Lu Yunshi back more than two hundred meters and caused the ground beneath his feet to crack and spread.

"How many times can you take this?" Tianyi's eyes narrowed, and he waved his hand again, sending out several more arcs of light.

Lu Yunshi dared not be careless and immediately used the "Thunderous Shadow Step". The wind gathered under his feet in an instant, and his speed increased several times. He barely managed to dodge the several arcs of light. However, the aftershocks of the arcs of light hitting the ground still made Lu Yunshi stagger.

However, if he continued to dodge, Lu Yunshi knew that he had no chance of winning.

The Holy Spirit energy within him, which had been transformed through a special method, was now only about 30% of its peak. Once that 30% of Holy Spirit energy was completely depleted, he would have no chance of winning.

However, if all of that 30% of Holy Spirit energy were used for dodging and blocking, it would probably be completely insufficient.

'Therefore, the best defense is offense.'

He sidestepped a beam of light that blasted at him, his feet shifting left and right, flipping and dodging. Lu Yunshi's sharp gaze swept towards Tian Yi, then he ignored the pursuing beam of light and swiftly charged away.

One step! Two steps! Three steps...

Lu Yunshi's speed has already exceeded the limit, but he still hasn't been able to truly perfect the Thunderous Shadow Step, so the consumption is even greater. Even so, the speed he bursts out is far beyond imagination, almost reaching a point that his body cannot withstand.

Even the rapidly approaching arc of light couldn't catch up with Lu Yunshi's back for a moment.

Upon seeing this, Tianyi frowned slightly, a rune flashed between his brows, and his holy spirit energy surged, transforming into several runes that flew towards the shadow. Then, Tianyi waved his hand again, forcibly controlling more arcs of light to fly out.

The newly launched arcs of light seemed to be drawn by the runes, bursting forth with even greater speed. Almost instantly, one of the arcs was about to strike Lu Yunshi.

The terrifying impact surged forth, but ultimately failed to catch up with Lu Yunshi.

Finally, Lu Yunshi arrived in front of Tianyi. The lightning on his body was replaced by the cold energy hidden within him. He swung his sword horizontally, and endless white light fell within hundreds of meters, sweeping with coldness. But the sword tip finally stopped in front of Tianyi.

A massive golden bell enveloped Lu Yunshi. The bell was incredibly sturdy, blocking Lu Yunshi's sword and preventing it from advancing an inch. This was originally Lu Yunshi's decisive sword strike, but it was easily blocked.

Tianyi looked up and revealed a faint, almost imperceptible smile, the first smile he had shown since the start of this battle.

But that smile still brought contempt and mockery.

Tianyi quickly retreated, then raised his hand, and the arc of light that had flown out quickly appeared in his hand and condensed, eventually transforming into a pillar of light that floated in the air.

"Lu Yunshi, stop here. No matter what method you use, it's just like an ant trying to shake a tree. Your efforts are nothing more than the struggle of an ant. After the struggle, you will still be an ant."

"If you could kill me in an instant, then what you said would be somewhat believable." Lu Yunshi sheathed his sword, let out a long sigh, and then pointed the sword at something.

"But now it's just as I wish, let's settle the score here."

When he said this, Lu Yunshi's holy spirit energy was not as bright and strong as before, but even so, his aura did not drop much.

Simply because his will remains active and powerful.

That last sword strike was indeed a last-ditch effort. According to my pre-planned strategy, I should have admitted defeat by now, but what could I do?

Perhaps they've really gotten into a fight? Or maybe this blond guy is just being pretentious?

Perhaps there are some of those factors, but Lu Yunshi just doesn't want to admit defeat right now. This feeling of being unable to breathe is so awful.

Since you don't want to, then try again, take another shot.

At this moment, an even greater chill gathered, but Lu Yunshi remained unmoved, not actively absorbing it, allowing the immense chill to envelop him.

"Boring!" Tianyi scoffed lightly, then pushed hard, and the huge beam of light crashed into the golden bell.

The two touched for only a fleeting moment before the golden bell suddenly shattered, filled with destructive power that circulated within for a brief instant before exploding.

"Oops!"

The referee, who had been watching intently, was startled and began to tremble. He was about to rush down to rescue Lu Yunshi when, in the next second, a sword aura shot into the sky, soaring straight into the heavens.

Although it was only for a moment, the referee could sense that Lu Yunshi had actually connected with the will of heaven with his own sword intent.

Even if... it's only for a moment.

This sword is the Emperor Ice Sword Technique - Heavenly Sword Containing Frost.

The chill, the sword intent, and the human will merged into one at this moment, and the destructive power was instantly swept away, turning into frost, and finally into cold stars scattered across the world.

At that moment, Tianyi's mind went blank. By the time he saw it, the frost had already pierced through his body, and the longsword had already pierced his chest with unstoppable force.

And that person had already come into view.

The arrogance in his eyes, the chilling glint in them, surpassed even his own.

The winners and losers are decided!