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How many immortal techniques does Senior Sister Jiang actually know?
Chu Liang couldn't help but wonder, recalling their first encounter in the cave when she struggled against a fifth-realm demon beast. She definitely didn't have such powerful immortal techniques back then, otherwise, she wouldn't have hidden her skills in a life-or-death situation.
But after a moment's thought, it made sense. Jiang Yuebai possessed an immortal spirit body, which was highly compatible with spiritual qi and the Dao, making it easy for her to master various divine abilities.
The techniques she couldn't perform before were likely due to her cultivation level.
Once she broke through to the fifth realm and her true qi strengthened, she quickly mastered some of the immortal techniques she couldn't previously wield.
During her seclusion after her breakthrough, she probably, like Chu Liang, focused on enhancing her reserve of divine abilities.
She actually chose to clash head-on!
The so-called strongest sword technique under immortal law, the Heavenly Sword Technique, was nothing but a beggar's version of the Sky-Piercing Sword. Jiang Yuebai's Heavenly Sword Technique could match Chu Liang blow for blow, but her Sky-Piercing Sword was a hundred times more powerful!
A massive sword light, accompanied by a thunderous roar like a waterfall, collided with the Heavenly Luo Great Five Elements Formation that Chu Liang was pushing forward!
It was truly thanks to the Mountain God's sacrifice that he received such a reward; otherwise, with Chu Liang's current cultivation, he wouldn't have any divine abilities to match the intensity of the fifth realm.
If that were the case, there would be no need to wait until today; Xu Ziyang could have easily dealt with him using his overwhelming strength.
But even Chu Liang's strongest attack, when faced with Jiang Yuebai's Sky-Piercing Sword, seemed somewhat insufficient.
This is the number one killing technique among immortal laws!
The Daoist Master Yan became famous and killed enemies from a thousand miles away with this sword. How could it be in vain?
The chaos vortex was slowly breached by the Sky-Piercing Sword, and before it even reached him, the terrifying sword qi pressure made Chu Liang suffocate!
How to receive this sword?
"Sky-Piercing Sword!" Master Sun exclaimed, "Jiang Yuebai has even mastered this! The strongest disciple of this generation from Shu Mountain is undoubtedly her!"
"She must have mastered this sword technique earlier than her master," Master Huang added, then smiled and sighed with relief, "Now I can finally say with confidence, Jiang will win…"
Before he could finish, an unexpected change occurred in the arena.
Facing this overwhelming power, Chu Liang's figure seemed so small, but he did not give up.
Instead, a fiery aura suddenly ignited around him!
Boom.
A powerful crimson aura enveloped him, and his eyes lit up with golden pupils!
"Dragon Blood Burning Technique!"
In the spectator stands, Ling Ao, dressed in black and sitting in a corner, suddenly narrowed his eyes, watching Chu Liang unleash a divine ability he had used before, bursting with strength far surpassing his own, his gaze flickering uncertainly.
That soaring dragon's breath made him clench his teeth.
Feeling an unparalleled strength overdrawing from his blood, Chu Liang's body trembled uncontrollably.
He really did steal this move from Ling Ao.
After seeing Ling Ao's explosive power from burning blood, Chu Liang was inspired and purchased the same divine ability from the Law Enforcement Hall.
However, due to limited time and the weakness that followed each use, he had never tried it, keeping it as a backup.
This was his first time using it.
Indeed, it was powerful.
After cultivating the Dragon Blood Secret Technique and the Spirit Light Blood Refinement for so long, the spiritual power in his blood, both in quality and intensity, was above Ling Ao's, so the burst of power was naturally far greater.
His aura burning fiercely, he immediately turned the Heavenly Luo Great Five Elements Formation into a shield in front of him to staunchly resist the Sky-Piercing Sword!
Boom crackle—
Thunder exploded out of thin air, and he actually withstood this powerful killing immortal technique!
"What's going on? Does everyone from Shu Mountain know how to burn blood?" Master Huang was surprised.
"And his blood-burning power is even stronger than Ling Ao's earlier. Indeed, the two who made it to the finals are the strongest!" Master Sun also said.
Boom boom boom—
Under the head-to-head clash, the Sky-Piercing Sword and the Heavenly Luo Great Five Elements Formation both exploded with a dazzling shockwave sweeping across the arena. Just before the divine abilities were destroyed, Chu Liang leaped into the sky and flew over.
He remembered how Jiang Yuebai's Reverse Flow Return to Void technique made Ling Ao fall flat, so he dared not get close to her and continued to use his divine abilities from a distance.
The Dustless Sword emerged, first splitting into a hundred sword lights, then simultaneously drawing a sword light rune, all flying forward together.
Hundred Sword Technique combined with the Symbol Sword Technique!
Hundred Symbol Sword!
With the boost from burning blood, he could attempt to combine these two divine abilities.
Predecessors had researched that when the number of runes drawn by a single strike of the Symbol Sword Technique exceeded a dozen, the speed would slow down. Even if your true qi could support more than a dozen runes, the time it took to draw them in mid-air gave the opponent plenty of time to react, reducing the power of the sword technique.
So, if you wanted to enhance the power based on more than a dozen runes, it was best to combine it with the Hundred Sword Technique. In the same amount of time, a hundred sword lights could carry a hundred times the power of the runes.
A torrent of sword rain shot forth!
Just as it was about to envelop Jiang Yuebai, she lightly turned and with two swift movements, she had already advanced more than twenty yards, dodging the sword rain while closing in on Chu Liang!
Another display of Shrinking Earth into Inches!
Chu Liang immediately stopped the blood-burning divine ability!
Now within Jiang Yuebai's Reverse Flow Return to Void casting range, continuing this divine ability was seeking death.
He had only activated blood-burning earlier to resist the Sky-Piercing Sword out of desperation. This divine ability might be effective against others, but it was countered in front of Jiang Yuebai.
But as soon as the blood-burning ended, an intense feeling of weakness immediately invaded him. Chu Liang's thoughts moved, and several dragon blood crystals instantly melted into his body, alleviating some of the weakness, barely allowing him to continue.
Fortunately, Jiang Yuebai had already closed the distance between them, so he boldly closed in for a melee battle!
"Jiang is being foolish!" Master Huang exclaimed, "Her physical strength is clearly not as high as Chu Liang's, why would she actively close the distance…"
Before he could finish, he saw a layer of golden light beginning to envelop Jiang Yuebai.
The fifth-realm golden body formed by integrating Geng Metal True Qi into the body, Xu Ziyang knew it, so naturally, Jiang Yuebai had no reason not to! Not using it before didn't mean she hadn't mastered it!
But Chu Liang was not afraid at all, having already fought Xu Ziyang's Three Heads and Six Arms Golden Body. Even if Senior Sister Jiang's golden body was stronger, it probably wouldn't surpass Xu Ziyang's.
As the thought faded, Jiang Yuebai's flying sword stabbed over with incredible speed!
Chu Liang's evasive movements were ghostly as he circled to her back, also thrusting with his sword.
But Jiang Yuebai seemed to have eyes on the back of her head, spinning around and parrying with a backhanded sword without looking! Chu Liang circled again, but each of his strikes was intercepted.
This feeling of his moves being anticipated made him think of a secret technique of Daoist Master Yan.
The Empty Knowledge Sword Realm.
The last time Jiang Yuebai faced Ling Ao, she also used the Empty Knowledge Sword Realm. However, Chu Liang only heard of this technique and didn't understand it well, so he didn't notice it much.
Now facing it himself, he immediately remembered this divine ability.
Being anticipated with every move was almost invincible in close combat. Thankfully, Jiang Yuebai's attack speed wasn't very fast, otherwise, he would have been subdued long ago.
But in the current situation, Chu Liang couldn't retreat any further.
After several rounds of exchanges and one round of blood-burning, his cultivation had been greatly depleted, and recovery would take time. If he distanced himself again, Senior Sister Jiang might unleash some unknown divine ability, which would be disadvantageous for him.
He could only summon the puppets created by the Scatter Beans into Soldiers technique and launch a group assault on Jiang Yuebai!
Even if you can anticipate, as long as my speed and strength are strong enough, you can't stop me!
Chu Liang was now holding onto this desperate idea, hoping to break through by sheer force!
But just as all the puppets surrounded her, Jiang Yuebai's eyes suddenly brightened, her left hand forming a seal and her right hand pointing to the sky!
Crack—
A flash of lightning passed, and in an instant, dazzling purple lightning spread out from Jiang Yuebai, engulfing everything within a five-yard radius.
As if a vast thunder pool had been opened!
Chu Liang and his puppets were all submerged in it.
"Good job, Jiang!" Master Huang applauded, "I guessed she wouldn't act rashly; she must have had a plan. Attracting Chu Liang to close range was to use the Five Thunder Heart!"
Immortal technique, Five Thunder Heart!
This was a technique almost on par with the Samadhi True Fire in terms of grade. Unexpectedly, Jiang Yuebai had mastered it too!
Of course, the intensity of her thunder technique was certainly not high, but it was enough to deal with Chu Liang.
She approached Chu Liang to use this technique!
In an instant, Chu Liang felt numb all over, and his consciousness thundered. If not for his strong physique, he wouldn't have had a moment's reaction and would have fainted on the spot.
In the blink of an eye, his brain was still making judgments, knowing he couldn't dodge backward. The closest escape distance was forward!
The thunder pool spread out from Jiang Yuebai, but it couldn't possibly encircle her as well.
Thus, Chu Liang mustered his last bit of strength and lunged forward!
Whoosh—
Through the purple light of the thunder pool, the two black figures inside suddenly overlapped.
Swoosh—
Amidst the sky full of lightning, the paralyzed Chu Liang had no time for any attack and could only hastily embrace Jiang Yuebai, avoiding the thunder pool!
He almost used his body to crash into her, unable to make any further moves.
At that moment, a hint of panic appeared in both their eyes.
All eyes were on them, and the arena suddenly fell silent.
By the time Chu Liang felt the numbness fade and tried to move, it was already too late.
He saw a slight annoyance in Jiang Yuebai's eyes, who had already swung a hand chop.
Thump.
Such a close-range hand chop, Chu Liang's vision went dark very straightforwardly. But even as he fainted, he still clung to Jiang Yuebai's waist, and the two fell to the ground together.
The crowd then had time to react—
He actually embraced the Immortal Jiang!
"Scoundrel!"
It wasn't until they hit the ground that Jiang Yuebai managed to break free from Chu Liang's grip and stood up. Although she won, her face was not composed but rather flushed.
The audience was filled with righteous indignation, rolling up sleeves, eager to rush onto the stage! The scene was on the verge of chaos!
Seeing this, the presiding elder quickly flew onto the stage, raised his hand to stabilize the mood of the entire arena, and shouted loudly, "Jiang Yuebai wins!"
"Jiang Yuebai will become the chief disciple of this generation's Shu Mountain Sect! Disciples of the Dan Ding Hall, come up to wake Chu Liang. Xu Ziyang and Ling Ao, who made it to the top four, come up as well. The top four disciples will enter the Sword Box Peak together to be chosen by the Purple and Green Swords."
"Don't be impulsive! Stay calm! Who dares to come up? Everyone back off!"
"Back! Back! Back!"