Invincible Beyond Heavens: Cultivating With A Broken EXP System - Chapter 277: Xin Lu’s Attack!

Chapter 277: Xin Lu’s Attack!

“Impossible.” Hu Ming felt a chill run through him. “My blade speed is so fast. How did he find the flaw in my move?”

At that moment, Xin Lu’s cold voice entered his ears through essence qi transmission.

“Hu Ming, stop holding back. Go all out.”

Hu Ming’s eyes immediately sharpened.

“Shura Battle Qi, activate!”

Boom!

His aura erupted violently. Power surged from his body in waves as his essence qi became far more explosive. The sixth-tier secret technique, Shura Battle Qi, instantly doubled the destructive force of his qi output.

“Die!”

Hu Ming roared as the nine-ring broadsword transformed into a blazing saber rainbow and hacked toward Li Yun with murderous force.

This time, the speed of the strike did not merely improve slightly. It had increased by a full level, nearly twice as fast as before.

“Since I need to create greater chaos, then I might as well go all out here.” Li Yun thought with a faint smile.

His Nine Tribulations Divine Eye had already exposed the flaw hidden within Hu Ming’s attack. To everyone else, the incoming saber strike looked fierce and unstoppable. To Li Yun, however, it was filled with openings.

He calmly raised his sword, aimed at the precise weak point of the descending saber rainbow, and gave a small thrust.

The result was immediate.

The vast saber qi shattered the moment it touched Li Yun’s blade. What had seemed like an overwhelming attack broke apart like fragile glass and dispersed into streams of fading light.

“Impossible! Impossible!”

Hu Ming’s face twisted as he nearly lost control of himself.

If Li Yun had overwhelmed him through raw force, he could have accepted it. If Li Yun had used a stronger technique, he could have accepted that as well.

But every single time, Li Yun’s sword landed exactly upon the flaw in his saber moves, rendering all of his attacks useless before they could display their true power.

“Hu Ming is going to lose.” Qin Ling said quietly, unable to hide her astonishment.

“Interesting.” Shuan Chu narrowed his eyes. “His combat awareness is exceptionally strong.”

His expression had darkened somewhat. As a dignified genius on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, he had misjudged the battle completely. That was already unpleasant enough, especially in front of Qin Ling.

Li Yun’s figure suddenly rose into the air above Hu Ming. Looking down at him, he smiled coldly.

“You trash from Boundless Martial Palace, receive one of my sword strikes as well.”

He brought his sword down in a single sweeping slash.

Red flames burst across the blade, blazing fiercely as forty percent Flame Intent erupted from the strike. A crimson arc of sword qi roared downward like a burning meteor.

“How can it be this powerful?!”

Before the attack had even reached him, Hu Ming felt dread rise in his heart. The pressure of the incoming slash alone made his scalp go numb. Even so, he roared and swung his broadsword upward in desperate defense.

The instant the saber met the crimson slash, it shattered into pieces. Fragments of metal scattered across the arena.

Bang!

The flaming sword strike crashed into Hu Ming and blasted him through the air. His body flew backward like a broken kite before smashing heavily into the pavilion of Boundless Martial Palace.

Dust rose in every direction.

A deep bloody wound stretched across Hu Ming’s body, and the smell of scorched flesh drifted through the air. Yet he was still alive. Li Yun had deliberately held back, fully aware that killing was forbidden during the Tea Ceremony.

“How dare you!”

Xin Lu descended in fury the moment he saw this scene. His killing intent surged wildly as he raised a palm and struck toward Li Yun.

“Brother Xin, since we are both listed on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, let us not interfere in the juniors’ fight.”

Qin Ling moved at once.

She had not expected Li Yun’s sword strike to be so ruthless. Judging by Hu Ming’s condition, several months of recovery would be the minimum. Without precious herbs or healing pills, it was entirely possible that he would never fully recover.

Even so, she could not simply watch Xin Lu kill Li Yun.

Xin Lu was ranked 101 on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, and his strength had already reached a terrifying level. Against Li Yun, he would likely need no more than one or two moves to end the battle.

The instant Xin Lu acted, Qin Ling followed immediately, intercepting him without hesitation.

But Xin Lu’s attack was simply too fast. Before Qin Ling could fully intervene, his strike had already reached Li Yun.

A massive palm of essence qi descended from above like a dark cloud blotting out the sky. Its pressure was suffocating, and the force contained within it made the surrounding air tremble violently.

“Li Yun, be careful!”

Han Li and Han Xue cried out at the same time, their voices filled with urgency.

Huo Ming, however, only shook his head. In his view, unless Li Yun could endure this first move on his own, Qin Ling would not be able to save him in time.

“As expected of a genius on the Hidden Dragon Ranking.”

Li Yun’s pupils narrowed sharply as he faced the incoming strike. Through the perception of his Nine Tribulations Divine Eye, he instantly understood the terrifying depth of Xin Lu’s strength.

The opponent’s cultivation art had clearly been trained to at least the eighth layer. His forty percent Earth Intent was deep and heavy beyond ordinary measure.

More importantly, Xin Lu’s battle awareness far surpassed Hu Ming by an enormous margin. The angle of the palm strike, the timing of its release, and the pressure it exerted were all nearly flawless. Even Li Yun could only identify three weaknesses within the move.

“Do you really think this alone can kill me?” Li Yun sneered coldly.

At that moment, a vast surge of forty percent Lightning Intent burst from his body. Blue arcs of electricity spread wildly through the air as he unleashed the low-grade Profound Rank fist art, Dominant Thunder Palm.

Above Li Yun, a giant palm formed entirely of crackling lightning condensed in an instant. It rose upward and collided head-on with Xin Lu’s descending strike.

Boom!

The two massive palms crashed together, sending violent shockwaves across the arena.

“Asura Ghost Palm!”

Xin Lu raised an eyebrow when he saw Li Yun block the first strike. His killing intent only deepened. Without hesitation, he sent out a second palm immediately afterward.

This palm was clearly empowered by a secret hand technique. Its force was more than twice as strong as before. Layers of black mist swirled around it like sinister flames, wrapping the giant essence qi palm in a dreadful aura of destruction.

Yet even this terrifying second strike failed to break through Li Yun’s lightning palm defense.

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