A junior outer disciple, a young man with only white spirit bones.

 

Relying solely on a martial art that is not even considered top-notch, he killed a Sun Sheng, who had mastered spells, had outstanding spiritual bones, and was once an official disciple of the sect. This made many of the disciples on the mountain unable to accept it for a while.

 

In their eyes, it was like a child, holding a stick, killing an adult.

 

"Senior Brother, how much effort did it take to unleash such an amazing punch?"

 

On the Cloud Tower, Zhao Linglong stood in place, muttering to herself in a daze.

 

"It must be ten times, or even a hundred times the effort of an ordinary person. After all, the path of a martial artist, no matter how talented you are, there are no shortcuts. You must practice day and night, punch by punch."

 

Dugu Qingxiao responded with a frown.

 

Unlike others who were shocked by Xu Taiping's powerful punch, what these two were thinking about was the effort Xu Taiping put into that punch.

 

And Jin Hezhi, who was sitting in front of them, flashed a hint of cunning in his eyes.

 

"This round, Xu Taiping wins!"

 

At this moment, the examiner on the scene also announced Xu Taiping's victory.

 

"Senior Brother, Taiping only has one match left!"

 

Upon hearing this, Zhao Linglong looked at Dugu Qingxiao with excitement.

 

"Besides this last match, he still needs to challenge the disciples of the Seventh Peak."

 

Qingxiao corrected her.

 

"Challenging the sword of the Seventh Peak is just a formality, right? When the time comes, Senior Brother, you can go down and give some guidance to Xu Taiping."

 

Zhao Linglong optimistically suggested.

 

"The challenge is based on the order of the peaks."

 

Qingxiao shook his head, then said:

 

"It's too early to say all this. We still need to see who Taiping's next opponent will be, whether it's Ji Wuyou or Qi Bairi."

 

According to the match schedule, Xu Taiping's next opponent will be chosen from these people.

 

"It's best not to be Ji Wuyou."

 

He thought to himself.

 

According to his previous investigation, although Ji Wuyou was not the strongest among these people, he was the most dangerous.

 

…

 

"Phew…"

 

On the stage.

 

Xu Taiping let out a long sigh.

 

This match was not easy for him to win.

 

When he fought against Sun Sheng, he could clearly sense that the opponent was holding back.

 

If he hadn't taken the initiative with the Charging Bull Formation at the beginning, forcing Sun Sheng to use the Golden Bell Shield; if he hadn't mastered part of the Thousand Heavy Force to break the Golden Bell Shield, Sun Sheng might be the one lying on the ground at this moment.

 

"After this match, Taiping, it should be difficult for you to gain the upper hand. After the match starts, they should immediately block your path, not giving you a chance to use the Charging Bull Formation."

 

At this time, the voice of Fairy Lingyue sounded in Xu Taiping's mind.

 

Xu Taiping looked down and found that the disciples who were about to take the stage were all looking at him vigilantly, so he nodded secretly and said, "It's very similar to what we speculated before the match."

 

After all, he had prepared for this match for three years, and he and Fairy Lingyue had already speculated on various possibilities for the match.

 

"When it comes to that point, you can consider taking off the things on your body first."

 

Fairy Lingyue reminded Xu Taiping.

 

In the last match, Xu Taiping had almost exerted the full power of the Green Bull Fist, except for not using the power of the Gazing Abyss Realm. He even used some of the power of the Thousand Heavy Force.

 

This was almost his entire strength.

 

"I want to try again, to see where the 'extreme' you mentioned is."

 

Xu Taiping shook his head.

 

When Fairy Lingyue taught him boxing, she mentioned "extreme" once.

 

The so-called extreme is to exert a certain ability to the limit of your current strength.

 

And according to Fairy Lingyue, it is most appropriate for Mortal Bones to pursue the extreme, even if it is only experienced once, it will be of great benefit to future cultivation.

 

"Up to this match, I have been able to win mostly by taking advantage of the opponent's carelessness, as well as the unexpected use of the Green Bull Fist and the Seven Kills Blade to seize the initiative."

 

"So in the next match, I want to set aside these two points, see if I can find an advantage over the opponent in the match, and see if I can push myself to the extreme."

 

He explained seriously to Fairy Lingyue.

 

"Good."

 

Fairy Lingyue was relieved to see that Xu Taiping was not blinded by victory.

 

"This Seven Peaks selection is indeed a rare opportunity for you. In the future, it may be difficult to find an opponent as evenly matched as today."

 

She agreed with Xu Taiping's proposal.

 

"Taiping!…"

 

Just as Xu Taiping was about to step down from the stage, he faintly heard a shout in his ear.

 

He turned his head to look in the direction of the Cloud Tower viewing platform not far away, where Zhao Linglong was waving to him with great excitement.

 

Seeing this, Xu Taiping smiled and waved his arms vigorously in their direction.

 

At that moment, a young man in white with a sword brushed past Xu Taiping.

 

"Kid, you dare to kill someone from the Cloud Tower? Clean your neck and wait for me below the stage."

 

Without even looking at Xu Taiping, the man threw down these words in a cold tone and drew his long sword from its sheath, landing on the stage with a clang.

 

Following that, the voice of the examiner came from the stage—

 

"In this match, Ji Wuyou versus Qi Bairi."

 

"Cloud Tower, Ji Wuyou…"Xu Taiping glanced at the arena, then turned his attention to the huge notice board beside it, where he spotted his next opponent, who would emerge from the match between Ji Wuyou and Qi Baili.

 

"Ji Wuyou and Gongsun Sheng from earlier must both be from the Yunlou Assembly. No wonder one has access to the Golden Bell Shield technique, and the other can control a sword with his mind."

 

Xu Taiping murmured as he watched the flying sword circling around Ji Wuyou.

 

"That's not true sword control; it's just a basic technique of using True Qi to guide the sword, somewhere between martial arts and spellcraft. Its power is far less than that of the true art of sword control."

 

Fairy Lingyue corrected Xu Taiping.

 

With this reminder from Fairy Lingyue, Xu Taiping indeed noticed strands of swirling True Qi around Ji Wuyou.

 

The long sword was being led by these strands of swirling True Qi, continuously circling around Ji Wuyou.

 

"Even so, one must not underestimate it. Even if it's just guiding the sword with Qi, its lethality far exceeds that of ordinary spells."

 

Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping once again.

 

"Mhm."

 

Xu Taiping nodded silently, then murmured to himself:

 

"I need to watch this match closely."