Chapter 209: The Power of a Sword and Winning the Championship

On this day, the competition in the inner courtyard also came to the last day.

Battle of the top four.

Four disciples stood on the judges' bench.

Except for Zhou Ling, the other three were three of the top four last year.

Cangzhi, Qianhuo and Yuanmu.

Only third-placed Xi Mo was eliminated by Zhou Ling in the last round.

As for the strength of these three people, needless to say, they are able to fight through many elite disciples for two consecutive years, which shows their strength.

Cang Zhi is a late-stage foundation-building monk who has mastered the second realm of swordsmanship. In this competition, he has the highest voice for winning the championship.

Qian Huo is a rune master, and his rune attainments are even better than his own. He has cultivated talisman last year, and he is also Cang Zhi's strongest opponent.

Yuanmu fell short and finished fourth, but last year he suffered from low cultivation.

This year's cultivation level has improved significantly, and it is already at the sixth level of foundation building, which is not far behind the later stage of foundation building.

He is also good at sword formation and is also the favorite to win this year's championship.

"Yes, the four of you are very strong!"

"Start drawing lots now and choose your opponent!"

Dean Zhong glanced at the four people, especially looking at Zhou Ling, with a sincere expression of praise.

Then with a slight movement of his hand, four jade slips were suspended in the air.

"You start drawing lots. There are four words on the jade slip: A, B, C and D."

"A versus B, C versus D."

"You start extracting!"

Dean Zhong followed everyone and continued.

"Junior Brother Zhou is the youngest, so you should be the first to draw!"

Cangzhi said in a cheerful tone with a tall body.

"Oh well!"

Zhou Ling wasn't polite either. Anyway, it didn't make any difference if the lottery was drawn faster or slower.

The key is to face the strongest opponent.

But the three people in front of him were all considered very strong to him.

And his original goal was to reach the semifinals.

After all, entering the top four will be rewarded with an earth-grade foundation-building pill.

Of course there are other additional items.

Therefore, his goal in participating in this competition was to obtain the Earth-grade Foundation Building Pill and complete the master's mission.

It was all done, and he didn't care too much about whether he could win the championship next.

After all, after all these years, being the leader has become a normal thing for him.

Of course, if you can win the first prize, that would be the best.

After all, this reward is completely different, and he also deposited three middle-grade spiritual stones.

Once he wins the first prize, there will be thirty-six middle-grade spiritual stones.

This is also a huge wealth.

Then Zhou Ling drew a jade slip, and the other three people also began to draw lots.

In the end, Zhou Ling won the C lottery and his opponent was Yuan Mu.

A young man with bright eyes and a thin body.

After a while, the rich bell of the competition platform rang.

The semi-finals competition officially begins.

"Junior Brother Zhou, since you can put away Senior Qin's Five Elements Xuanyang Sword, I hope that the battle between us will be decided with swords!"

On the competition stage, Yuan Mu and Zhou Ling cupped their hands and said.

He has also seen photos of Zhou Ling fighting against other opponents.

There were many means including puppets, spirit flames, and spirit swords, but he still hoped to have a real showdown with Zhou Ling using sword moves.

"good!"

Zhou Ling nodded.

Judging from his current abilities, there is no doubt that his sword moves are the strongest.

And with the Five Elements Fire Fusion Technique, he can integrate the spiritual flames into the Five Elements Sword Formation at any time.

Hearing that Zhou Ling agreed, Yuan Mu also looked happy.

If Zhou Ling relies on puppets and spiritual flames, just those puppets and a few spiritual flames to attack him directly, then he may really not be able to bear it.

But if Zhou Ling fights sword against sword, then he has nothing to worry about.

After all, he is also at the second level of swordsmanship.

Then with a thought, a sword flashed from the storage ring in his hand, shining like a star.

"Junior Brother Zhou, then take my sword and the stars will fall into the sky!"

As the words fell, the star sword in the air slashed, and the entire void seemed to suddenly sink. As the overwhelming starlight rushed down, it turned into a brilliant sword energy, like a starry sword river, roaring towards Zhou Ling.

"The Star Sword Spirit has reached three steps, activating the power of the stars in the sky!"

Seeing Yuan Mu's sword, Zhang Daojian couldn't help but exclaimed slightly.

"I didn't expect that Yuan Mu would progress so quickly and be able to draw the power of the stars!"

On the side, Dean Zhong also praised.

The second level of swordsmanship is also divided into four steps, and the power of each step is doubled.

And Yuan Mu's sword has already condensed the sword spirit of the stars, directly connecting with the power of the stars in the sky.

The momentum of this sword was extremely majestic, and it was obvious that he was going to decide the outcome with Zhou Ling's sword.

"Such a sword, this is a sword to decide the outcome!"

Professor Lin said with a puzzled look on his face.

"Zhou Ling has various attack methods. If the outcome is decided with one sword, it will obviously be more beneficial to Yuan Mu!"

Dean Zhong said with a smile.

Others naturally understood that this was indeed a wise choice.

Otherwise, no matter how powerful the sword moves are, they will be exhausted later against Zhou Ling's puppets and spiritual flames.

In this case, Yuanmu's probability of winning will also greatly increase.

In their opinion, no matter how stunning Zhou Ling was, after all, he had just achieved Foundation Establishment not long ago, and he had to block Yuan Mu, who was on the sixth level of Foundation Establishment and was at the second level of swordsmanship, with all his strength.

Very difficult!

After all, he has also entered the sword soul realm for some time.

Now it directly affects the power of the stars and integrates it into the sword energy.

"This star sword soul is too terrifying! Why do I feel like the sky is filled with sword energy!"

"Using the sword spirit to attract the stars, this method may have touched the threshold of the third realm of swordsmanship and sword unity!"

"This sky full of sword intent turned into a sword river, who can stop it? Zhou Ling is in danger now!"

"He is already strong enough, but he is only at the first level of foundation building, but Brother Yuanmu pays so much attention to him!"

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Feeling the terrifying power of Yuanmu's sword, the disciples around exclaimed and discussed.

Originally, they were looking forward to what kind of tricks Zhou Ling would have in this battle.

Unexpectedly, Yuanmu did not want to fight, and directly won with a sword.

Of course, thinking of Zhou Ling's many methods, everyone would choose to fight him quickly.

Zhou Ling also realized the other party's intention. Since he wanted to decide the winner with a sword, he was naturally not afraid.

[You are observing the star sword spirit, intermediate observation +1]

[You are analyzing the star sword spirit, intermediate analysis +1]

With the observation and analysis of the two talents, the five elements Xuanyang in Zhou Ling's hand flew out.

Just when everyone thought that Zhou Ling would have a hard time blocking this sword, the Five Elements Xuan Yang Sword flew in mid-air and slashed at the Galaxy Sword Light.

With the infusion of Zhou Ling's spiritual power and sword intent, the Fire Cloud Sword Intent in the Five Elements Xuan Yang Sword was stimulated, and the sword energy whistled and condensed into a sky full of fiery red sword clouds.

The momentum was no less than that of the opponent's Galaxy Sword Energy.

At this time, the sky seemed to be suddenly filled with a thousand-foot-high rosy clouds.

The surrounding heaven and earth spiritual energy seemed to be attracted and resonated, and the sword clouds condensed by the Fire Cloud Sword Energy appeared in the air one after another.

Then it quickly condensed, and the sword clouds merged one after another. In an instant, a Fire Cloud Giant Sword of dozens of feet took shape.

Accompanied by a series of small swords flashing with flames, they appeared on the surface of the giant sword, with an extremely amazing momentum.

Zhou Ling showed a look of surprise. He did not expect that at this moment, he actually stimulated the power of rules contained in the Five Elements Xuan Yang Sword.

The Fire Cloud Giant Sword condensed by the sword cloud contained the wisp of heaven and earth rules that Qin Haoran realized when he survived the thunder tribulation.

Immediately, the giant sword of Fire Cloud slashed down.

Zhou Ling felt a surge of overwhelming aura flowing into his body.

It merged with him, as if it was surging from the depths of his soul, which greatly changed his state of mind.

"This is the sword of heaven and earth!"

"How is it possible?"

"How can Zhou Ling, with his cultivation, condense the sword of heaven and earth!"

The six judges on the jury exclaimed in unison.

You know, it is impossible to use the sword of heaven and earth without entering the Jindan realm.

Of course, Zhou Ling's sword is not the sword of heaven and earth in the true sense.

It is just a sword condensed after integrating a sense of the rules of the sword.

"What a terrifying sword energy!"

"Zhou Ling is simply a peerless sword cultivator!"

"The swords of both of them are too scary!"

Seeing Zhou Ling's sword, all the disciples couldn't help but exclaimed, and their expressions were even more shocked than Yuan Mu's sword.

This sword was overwhelming, magnificent, and extremely shocking.

Yuan Mu also looked extremely solemn. He did not expect Zhou Ling to slash out such an amazing sword.

He did not dare to be careless at all. He quickly injected the spiritual power in his body into the Star Sword, increasing the power of the Star Sword Soul to the limit.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a loud sound that shook the sky and the earth, the Fire Cloud Giant Sword and the Star Sword River clashed fiercely in the air.

The violent sword energy was overwhelming, suddenly intertwined, and the air waves swept into the void.

The entire competition stage trembled violently.

"Not good!"

Seeing that the light shield of the competition stage was extremely dim, Dean Zhong hurriedly stood up, chanted the spell, and opened another defensive light shield that had been prepared long ago.

Suddenly, a huge light shield appeared again in the sky above Zhou Ling's competition stage.

As the light shield just condensed.

The light shield inside it exploded.

The Fire Cloud Sword Light in the air was overwhelming, and the Star Sword River on the other side continued to dissipate.

And the glazed jade platform on the competition stage was scratched with huge traces.

After a brief stalemate, the Xinghe Sword Light finally dissipated. Although the Huoyun Sword Qi was much weaker, its residual power was still there.

But Zhou Ling did not cut it down.

Yuan Mu waved his hand to indicate his surrender.

His face was pale, and there was a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth.

If he cut it down with the power of this sword, he would be seriously injured if not dead.

After all, this was just a competition.

It was not a battle of life and death.

"Junior Brother Zhou, is this the sword intent contained in the Five Elements Xuanyang Sword?"

Mu Yuan asked unwillingly.

Zhou Ling nodded.

"Good! I am convinced that I was defeated by Senior Qin's sword intent!"

Mu Yuan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. Not only was he not depressed, but he smiled happily.

The implication was that he did not lose to Zhou Ling, but to the Five Elements Xuanyang Sword.

Zhou Ling naturally wouldn't care. Indeed, he was able to grasp this mysterious state of mind at this moment, which was derived from the rules of the Five Elements Xuanyang Sword.

"Not bad, not bad! It's rare for Yuanmu to have such a state of mind!"

Zhang Daojian couldn't help but praise.

"Although he lost this battle, it was a victory for him."

"Zhou Ling's great sword intention might have given him some insights, which could allow him to take a step further in his sword cultivation!"

"For Zhou Ling, it's incredible that he can perform such a powerful sword at such a young age."

"Maybe we have a chance to win the competition of the four major academies next year."

Dean Zhong also said with a smile on his face.

In terms of actual combat competitions, Xuanyuan Daoyuan has never won the championship.

And Zhou Ling's current display of combat power gave him hope.

After seeing the power of Zhou Ling's sword just now, no one else had any doubts about Dean Zhong's words.

"No. 2 competition platform, Zhou Ling wins!"

As the judges' voices fell.

The disciples in the entire square couldn't help but burst into excitement.

"This sword is the strongest sword I have ever seen!"

"This is a win!"

"It's unbelievable! At the first level of foundation building, you can actually execute such a terrifying sword."

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Amidst the exclamations of many disciples, Zhou Ling also came to his rest area.

"Brother Ling, are you okay?"

Wang Xin came over and asked with concern.

Although she had great confidence in Zhou Ling, she also knew that the power of the sword just now far exceeded Zhou Ling's current cultivation level.

I am also worried that Zhou Ling consumes too much.

"fine!"

Zhou Ling shook his head, and now the spiritual power in his body has almost bottomed out.

You must know that he is a heavenly five-element foundation builder, and he also has the talent of [meticulousness]. Each attack is less than one-third of that of a monk of the same level.

This was also the reason why he was able to execute that sword strike just now.

Seeing Zhou Ling's expression, a smile appeared on Wang Xin's pretty face.

Sun Dajie was already waiting for Zhou Ling with joy.

I felt regretful in my heart.

Why didn't I bet more spiritual stones and buy Zhou Ling to win the championship?

With the power of Zhou Ling's sword just now, this is the leader!

Zhou Ling took the pill and looked at the other group to compete.

Cang Zhi and Qian Huo, two old rivals, are inseparable.

Cang Zhi condensed the thunder sword soul, and the thunder sword light roared all over the sky, with astonishing power.

Qianhuo, on the other hand, has fire attribute talismans, and with the help of runes, it condenses the flame rune array, and flame dragons fly out from the rune array.

He and the thunder sword light continued to violently bombard each other, and then they were both annihilated and disintegrated.

Half of the competition stage was filled with thunderous sword light, while the other half was filled with flames and fire dragons flipping over.

The two fought for a quarter of an hour, and the attacks from both sides began to gradually weaken.

Looks evenly matched!

Compared with Zhou Ling, they can decide the outcome with one sword.

The two of them fought a protracted and attrition war.

But the scene was equally astonishing.

Boom!

After the two sides continued to fight for another quarter of an hour, the thunder and flames gradually dissipated.

In the end, the two of them unexpectedly declared a tie due to excessive consumption.

"In this inner court assessment, Zhou Ling won the first place!"

At this time, Dean Zhong's voice suddenly sounded.

"this?"

Zhou Ling, who was recovering, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard this. Wasn't the finals not played yet?

Afterwards, Dean Zhong continued to announce that it turned out that Cang Zhi and Qian Huo had consumed too much.

Without a period of cultivation, I'm afraid it will be difficult to recover.

And even if the two of them recovered, they still had no confidence in winning against Zhou Ling's terrifying sword.

I can only admit defeat!

So Zhou Ling won without a fight.

"Zhou Ling actually became the leader of the inner court competition!"

"We have just built one level of foundation, and we already have such terrifying combat power!"

"Perhaps Jiutian Sword Academy will be more suitable for him!"

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The disciples all exclaimed and talked.