Chapter 416: Xun Rank, Ultimate Move!

Zhao Hongyu naturally wouldn't leave quickly. She sat beside the bed and chatted with Hao Ren's grandmother about family matters.Even though she wore neat business attire, Zhao Hongyu’s nature made he...Chapter 416: Xun Rank, The Decisive Move!

Hao Ren looked around again but still couldn’t see Su Han.

"Please!"

Wang Xi shouted again.

Hao Ren nodded slightly and was about to get into position when suddenly, he saw Su Han flying out of the Dragon God Temple.

Su Han wore a silver robe with two interwoven three-clawed golden dragons embroidered on her shoulders. As she came out from the Dragon God Temple, she immediately attracted many gazes!

Whether it was dragon cultivators or human cultivators, female cultivators generally had weaker strength, and especially within the hierarchy-obsessed Dragon God Temple, the proportion of female inspectors was even smaller.

Su Han's appearance instantly caught everyone’s attention.

The silver silk robe fluttering, Su Han flew over the grand arena and landed right next to Zhao Hongyu.

Hao Ren looked at her eagerly, hoping she would come to remove his Five Great Mountains Bracelet… However, Su Han calmly stood beside Zhao Hongyu as if she had completely forgotten about Hao Ren’s bracelet!

"Please!"

Wang Xi shouted again; her words now barely concealed her anger.

"Please!"

Hao Ren finally responded.

"Earth Dragon Line of Wuyi Mountain, Wang Xi!" With her body gradually emitting yellow light, Wang Xi declared her identity.

"East Sea Water Dragon Clan, Hao Ren!" Dozens of sword lights faintly rose from Hao Ren’s back as he spoke.

The atmosphere around the arena instantly became tense.

This was the first match of six matches everyone wanted to see. They all wondered what kind of strength cultivators who had made it into the top forty-eight, at least with the qualifications of assistant inspectors, would demonstrate when they fought in a grand arena where their results were personally adjudicated by seven fourth-rank inspectors!

Boom!

The aura of Wang Xi suddenly expanded.

Xun Rank Mid Tier!

Violent air currents spread outwards, sweeping up all the dust on the 900-square-meter arena in a whirlwind.

Swish-swish-swish!

Hao Ren’s 320 sword lights rapidly rotated. The sword lights touched Hao Ren's clothes to form an impenetrable barrier, almost wrapping him into the shape of a cocoon.

Wang Xi stared at Hao Ren and took out a black sword from her bosom, gripping it carefully with both hands.

"Wow... what kind of sword is this It’s so ugly."

"Crooked and uneven, can this even be used to fight"

Beneath the arena, some cultivators were murmuring in surprise.

Wang Xi held a black stone sword in her hand. The sword looked like it hadn’t been properly forged—it was crooked and uneven, and its blade didn’t look sharp at all. It seemed as though someone had randomly picked up a rock, hit it a few times to form the shape of a sword, and used that for the competition!

However, Zhao Hongyu in the crowd looked somewhat surprised.

The other cultivators, including some elders from minor factions, lacked experience. But Zhao Hongyu knew that this style of sword was clearly a treasure from the Nine Dragons Palace!

The treasures within the Nine Dragons Palace were extremely crude-looking, but their power far surpassed those of modern magical treasures.

Wang Xi was using a Barbaric Ancient Treasure!

The Four Sea Dragon Palaces opened the Nine Dragons Palace every fifty years. The newly opened palace would descend to another layer of heaven, attracting countless human cultivators and dragon cultivators to take risks and enter it. Over these few centuries, some treasures had trickled out.

Who knew how the Wuyi Mountain Earth Dragon Clan managed to obtain this Barbaric Ancient Treasure and even got Wang Xi, a junior, to use it in the palace examination!

In the arena, Hao Ren stared at the black stone sword in Wang Xi’s hand with extreme caution.

He had personally entered the Nine Dragons Palace and naturally knew that this stone sword carried an ancient aura of mystery. It was definitely a treasure from the Nine Dragons Palace!

Bang!

The black sword in Wang Xi’s hand suddenly emitted intense energy, carrying her earth spirit power and spraying toward Hao Ren.

The sword lights surrounding Hao Ren seemed to bloom like lotuses instantly. They transformed into horizontal poses in front of Hao Ren’s chest and charged forward one after another toward the sword qi Wang Xi released!

Shwoosh…

Hao Ren’s 320 sword lights couldn’t withstand Wang Xi’s sword qi. In an instant, they were all shattered.

The black energy combined with Wang Xi’s earth spirit power hit Hao Ren in the chest, causing him to be thrown back into the air!

As the scattered sword lights retreated quickly and supported Hao Ren from behind, he was prevented from being directly launched out of the arena.

In just one move, Wang Xi’s aura had already overshadowed Hao Ren. He nearly lost!

At this moment, Wang Xi waved her hands, changed her attack from thrusting to slashing, and slashed with her black sword through the air!

The action appeared simple, but solid-looking sword qi rushed out of the black sword and cleaved downward toward Hao Ren’s head.

Bang!!

Dust flew everywhere.

The sturdy arena was cut open with a deep gash.

White gravel scattered all over the arena.

Such power even made some second-level reviewers secretly gasp in shock. After all, the arena of Dragon God Temple was constructed with special stones that ordinary magical treasures couldn't damage!

"Hao Ren!!" Zhao Yanzi called out anxiously with her eyes wide.

Xie Yujia clenched her fists and crossed them over her chest, her heart pounding with tension.

White stone powder dispersed in waves.

Hao Ren's body wasn't lying on the cracked ground but was hovering high up in the air. Gray-white sword qi lingered under his feet; this sword-riding technique had barely saved Hao Ren from harm.

The pallor on Hao Ren's face as he hovered mid-air suggested that he had expended a great deal of physical and spiritual energy.

Lu L琳琳和陸莉莉在場外也為郝仁捏了一把汗。她們知道郝仁體內布有結界，靈力受限，在這種實力差距下稍有不慎就會被打死！

"Relax, I won't kill you." It seemed that Wang Xi, who was holding the black sword, knew about Hao Ren's support team's worries and spoke to him.

Killing an opponent is a taboo in Dragon God Temple's almost ruleless martial trials. Such incidents wouldn't result in severe punishments but would permanently disqualify one from future Dragon God Temple examinations.

Outside the large arena were cultivators who had previously battled Wang Xi.

Seeing the power of Wang Xi's two moves, they all secretly gasped with lingering fear. Throughout the entire battle, Wang Xi hadn't revealed his black sword; only at this level did he bring out his ultimate treasure!

"Dragon! Break! Nine! Heavens!"

Wang Xi held the sword in both hands and spoke each word with emphasis.

Torrential energy erupted from Wang Xi's black sword, sweeping towards Hao Ren mid-air like a cyclone!

This intense pressure even affected other cultivators nearby. Some lower-level ones couldn't even stand steadily!

Hao Ren’s 320 sword lights seemed childish and trivial amidst this explosive energy; his body was directly swept into the air and then harshly dragged down to the ground by the sword qi!

Boom...

Hao Ren's body collided with the arena's massive stone blocks, creating a shallow pit.

If Hao Ren hadn't toughened his body through Heavenly Thunder refinement, he would have been seriously injured in this single strike!

"Unh... unh..."

Hao Ren hummed from his nose as he supported himself on the arena and slowly stood up.

Outside the arena, cultivators stared at Hao Ren with wide eyes... Is this guy a monster...

A regular Ge-level cultivator would be seriously injured or dead after falling from such heights onto a hard arena like that! Yet, this cultivator numbered "Jinyi 246" could still get up!

Blood trickled at the corners of Hao Ren's mouth; he stiffly brushed off the dust with his hands as colorful sword lights radiated out from his body again.

Seeing this, Xie Yujia was heartbroken and Zhao Yanzi’s eyes trembled. Qin Shaoyang on the viewing stand scoffed and crossed his arms.

"Hmph, Eastern Sea Dragon Palace isn't much either!" Wang Xi advanced towards Hao Ren step by step with his black sword in hand.

Hao Ren's sword light quickly surrounded him.

"It's useless. Nothing works against my magical treasure," Wang Xi said confidently.

Hao Ren watched him warily, finally understanding where Wang Xi’s confidence came from — the ancient barbaric treasure that had been lost from the Nine Dragons Palace was his ace card!

Under the arena, Zhao Yanzi suddenly turned to look at Zhao Hongyu and said不服氣地說道，“Mom! We also have treasures from the Nine Dragons Palace!”

Zhao Hongyu smiled helplessly. Indeed, the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace had taken out several treasures from the Nine Dragons Palace, but these treasures were rarely used. Besides, using treasures from the Nine Dragons Palace to counter other cultivators in the Dragon God Temple's examination would be too much, wouldn’t it

Boom!

There was another loud sound under the arena.

Hao Ren slid out several meters, hundreds of sword lights dispersing.

The treasures from the Nine Dragons Palace belonged to ancient barbaric relics and were not categorized in the five elements. Therefore, even if Hao Ren wanted to use the Five Elements剋製之術to counterattack, he wouldn't be able to do so!

Chaos Divine Thunder theoretically could deal with ancient barbarian treasures, but Wang Xi’s realm was higher than Hao Ren's!

The Wuyi Mountain Earth Dragon lineage had pinned all their hopes on Wang Xi. After Wang Xi returned from the East Sea City and broke through to the Zhen grade, the 16 senior elders of the Wuyi Mountain Earth Dragon lineage spent an entire thirty-six days hardening Wang Xi’s realm to mid-Zhen grade before the Dragon God Temple examination!

Boom...

Another round of sword light flashed past. Hao Ren didn't even have a chance to stand up again, sliding another three or four meters on the arena's stone bricks.

The sword lights surrounding Hao Ren became weaker and weaker.

The flashing frequency was actually the suppression from the Five Sacred Mountains Bracelet.

"Assistant Examiner, is this your level Do you think you can get the Assistant Examiner qualification just because of your background at the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace" Wang Xi asked while releasing another sword light.

This sword light was different from Hao Ren's; it borrowed the earth element spiritual energy from the black saber and combined with its own power, making it no weaker than Hao Ren’s sword array!

Hao Ren’s shoulder gained yet another scar. His robe was torn apart, the silver dragon emblem on his shoulder cleaved in half, revealing Hao Ren's fresh blood.

Lulina and Luli were shaking with rage, but they had to hold back due to the rules and because Hao Ren wasn't truly facing a life-or-death situation.

"Examiner! The magical treasure of Ren Mao cultivator is too domineering! We are selecting an Examiner, not who has better magical treasures!" Su Han finally couldn’t hold it in anymore and flew up to shout at Qin Shaoyang.

"The Dragon God Temple's martial arts examination rules don't restrict the use of magical treasures," Qin Shaoyang said lazily while waving his hand.

Almost simultaneously, Hao Ren’s shoulder gained another scar as he was about to stand up!

Hao Ren’s face was splattered with a few drops of his own blood, looking wobbly and on the brink of collapse but still refusing to give in!

Rumble...

From Zhen Ciming's芥子空間, Xiaobai suddenly flew out!

In its second-stage Snow Lion form, it directly charged into the arena!houted loudly. Although Zhao Jiayin had joined the basketball team, he still didn’t like this overbearing captain of theirs."Ren, play with one hand and make sure you win!" Cao Ronghua also cheered.Zh...