Chapter 394 - Final Battle

Chapter 394 - Final Battle

Chen Lin unleashed her strongest trump card, one she had only used three times since cultivating it. This was the fourth time, and she had defeated all her opponents in the past without exception.

But it was unknown whether it could create a miracle this time.

A powerful gust swept up a cloud of dust, obscuring the two figures and leaving everyone to wait until the end to discover the victor. However, this didn't prevent the inner disciples from attempting to see through the dust cloud.

The sky darkened, and the ground trembled. Disciples near the arena quickly retreated, fearing they might get caught in the crossfire. Even seasoned inner disciples hesitated to get too close.

Liu Wuxie used Ghost Eye to see through the cloud of dust. Shao Wendong didn’t dare to be careless when facing Chen Lin’s strongest attack and used both hands to control the Suppression Stele.

Two completely different forces clashed together with stone fragments flying around. Fortunately, several Astral River Realm elders had already set up defenses to stop the fragments from shooting out of the arena.

Shao Wendong and Chen Lin were sent flying away when a powerful outburst, like a meteorite, hit the ground.

The Suppression Stele landed in Shao Wendong’s hands, while Chen Lin, unable to control her fall, hit the edge of the arena with blood dripping from her lips.

It was evident she was slightly inferior in the earlier collision. Resisting the pressure of the Suppression Stele with just her physique was too difficult. She would have had better odds of winning if she possessed a powerful spiritual treasure.

When the dust cloud settled, Shao Wendong and Chen Lin emerged before everyone. Shao Wendong wore a faint smile, the Suppression Stele in his hand, clearly indicating who had won the battle.

"Senior Brother Shao is truly formidable, and I have no complaints about losing this battle. You've won!" Chen Lin wiped the blood from her mouth and cupped her fists. She accepted her defeat gracefully, without lamenting her lack of a powerful spiritual treasure.

After all, a victory was a victory, and there were no excuses. In a life-and-death battle, one would use any means necessary to kill their opponent, and possessing a powerful spiritual treasure was within the rules.

Thus, Chen Lin’s words earned her much respect from the spectators.

Applause erupted from the surroundings as the fight between Shao Wendong and Chen Lin concluded, deemed more intense and spectacular than Liu Wuxie's battle with Wen Haoran..

Their objectives had naturally led to different results. Liu Wuxie fought with lethal intent, favoring efficiency over showmanship. If he could defeat his opponent with a single strike, he wouldn't waste energy on a second.

“Thanks for the battle!” Shao Wendong cupped his fists together. He acknowledged that without the Suppression Stele, their fight would have ended in mutual destruction, with both suffering severe injuries.

Chen Lin left the arena and returned to the rest area. Logically speaking, she was supposed to fight Wen Haoran to compete for third place. However, with Wen Haoran’s death, Chen Lin naturally didn’t have to fight again and easily secured third place in advance.

This made Chen Lin feel better because the third place was acceptable to her.

“You have to be careful of Shao Wendong’s Suppression Stele,” Chen Lin said as she sat beside Liu Wuxie.

“Thank you for the reminder!” Regardless of her motive, Liu Wuxie still expressed his gratitude.

The emergence of the Suppression Stele made Liu Wuxie approach the upcoming fight with a newfound seriousness. Without the stele, killing Shao Wendong would be a straightforward task, but its presence complicated matters.

Two hours later, Shao Wendong’s true essence recovered to its peak. He had depleted only his true essence without sustaining any injuries, relying heavily on the Suppression Stele for most of his strength.

Liu Wuxie opened his eyes with his fighting spirits roaring like a vast ocean. He slowly walked toward the arena, and his murderous intent grew stronger with each step.

When Liu Wuxie stepped into the arena, the collision between two forces created a powerful shockwave that spread out in all directions.

“What terrifying power!” The spectating disciples stood up, knowing the most climactic battle had finally begun. Boundless power began to clash, and neither was willing to back down.

"Liu Wuxie, our fates are intertwined in conflict. This battle ends with your death," Shao Wendong declared, his murderous intent undisguised. Having failed to recruit Liu Wuxie and compounded by past grievances related to the black cultivation chamber incident, reconciliation was out of the question.

“Make your move!” Liu Wuxie didn’t waste any words and summoned the Heretic Blade. Everything would be decided between them by strength.

The ground began to shatter under their power.

Shao Wendong stowed away the Suppression Stele, convinced that his cultivation at the fifth level of the Heavenly Dipper Realm provided ample strength without its aid.

He was much stronger than Wen Haoran. A longsword appeared in his hand, and he pointed it at Liu Wuxie, unleashing a powerful sword aura gushing out.

The fight had officially begun. Liu Wuxie pointed the Heretic Blade to the sky, and a crimson energy shot out from the blade, with the Fatality Blade Art ready to strike.

Liu Wuxie and Shao Wendong vanished as blade aura and sword aura clashed, enveloping a radius of tens of thousands of meters.

Afterimages blurred in a relentless pursuit, indistinguishable from one another. Sparks danced through the air, and Shao Wendong wielded a spiritual treasure comparable to Liu Wuxie’s Heretic Blade.

The powerful shockwaves formed by the collision of two powerful spiritual treasures were enough to send the entire arena flying away. The battle went from the ground to the sky and back down.

The ripples caused by the shockwave of their collision began to spread out, and the battle required four deacons to guard the arena. This was to ensure the commotion caused by their fight wouldn’t destroy the martial field.

Despite reinforcing the arena with spiritual arrays, they still couldn’t stop the shockwave created by the two. With no choice, they could only dispatch Astral River Realm experts to fortify the spiritual array.

Various intricate blade techniques, executed with tricky trajectories, threw Shao Wendong off Liu Wuxie's rhythm.

Despite Shao Wendong's superior cultivation, Liu Wuxie matched him in purity of true essence and surpassed him in combat talent.

The only advantage Shao Wendong had was his cultivation. But the cultivation couldn’t represent everything.

“This is unbelievable! Liu Wuxie is holding his front against Shao Wendong!” Many people were shocked because Liu Wuxie’s performance had exceeded everyone’s expectations.

It was becoming clear that Liu Wuxie had not yet unleashed his full strength, surprising those who had assumed he had given his all in the fight against Wen Haoran.

But it was evident everyone had underestimated Liu Wuxie.