At the end of the year, the weather is exceptionally good, during the Songshan competition, for five consecutive days, it is cloudless and sunny.

December 25, the last day of the year-end competition, is also the day of competition for the champion and runner-up. After the first two days of high-intensity adaptation, Xu Zheng and Li Ji did not show fatigue again, so the final was not postponed, and it was still held in the morning as usual.

At this moment, as the most **oss of the Songshan faction, Zuo Lengchan stood in the ring as a matter of course, and he personally presided over the referee of the final final. Facing the crowd of black and oppressive people in the audience, Zuo Lengchan smiled and talked eloquently: "Fellow disciples of Songshan, after this year-end competition, I know that there are so many outstanding talents emerging in the door, and I am very relieved. Especially the disciples who entered the top 16 gave me a great surprise, like Tang Jian, Liu Xuewen, He Jin, Shi Tao and others, all performed very well, Shi Tao is even more with the cultivation of the fifth layer of Songyang True Qi Dacheng, overwhelming the fifth layer of the Great Perfection brothers, showing a different style. Today is the last day of the big competition, and it is also the day of the finals, through the first four days of competition, Li Ji and Xu Zheng stood out, and the final battle will be launched between them. ”

Li Ji and Xu Zheng came out of the crowd, and in a cheer, the two jumped into the ring at the same time. Standing in front of Zuo Lengchan, the two bowed in unison and saluted: "Master! ”

"Well, the two of you can make it to the finals, I'm very pleased," Zuo Lengzen said, "Don't think too much about it, just play a good game and show your strength, it doesn't matter who wins or loses." ”

"Yes, Master!" The two replied in unison.

Zuo Lengchan nodded, and said softly: "Do what you can, don't have more casualties, you are senior brothers!" ”

Li Ji and Xu Zheng replied, "Got it, Master! ”

"Okay, I won't say much, you can handle the game yourself, let's start now." Zuo Lengchan motioned for the two to spread out for the game.

After Li Ji and Xu Zheng started the fight, they didn't make unnecessary temptations, and the two fought a lot on weekdays, and they knew each other well. The two of them ran the true qi at the same time, and in an instant, a scorching breath gushed out from Li Ji's body, and in the middle of the true qi rotation, the red fire true qi passed through the left arm to the palm, and a circle of flames immediately formed on the edge of his palm; Different from Li Ji's flames, Xu Zheng's body was another scene, I saw that his whole body was full of cold air, and a layer of white mist faintly appeared on the long sword, which was a slight Xiaoice crystal formed by the condensation of the moisture in the air and the cold ice true qi, and the dense piece was attached to the long sword, and the crystal clear and translucent was beautiful.

Both of them snapped and attacked at the same time. Li Ji took the initiative to step forward, only to see him raise his arm, move his palm into a knife, and in the midst of the raging flames, with his arm as the knife shaft, a flame knife slashed out diagonally from the upper right. Before the palm arrived, a wave of heat was already coming, Xu Zheng didn't dare to slack off, almost at the same time as Li Ji made a move, he also turned the long sword, with a biting cold wind, and slashed obliquely.

Bang......

The sword and the sword are solid, and the battle of ice and fire begins at this moment. The flames protected Li Ji's palm well, making it contact with the sword head-on without damage, and the cold ice also protected the long sword, allowing it to withstand the blow of the thick internal force.

Ice and fire collided, making a sound of 'huh, huh', and the two extreme true qi that were mutually restrained did not distinguish between superior and inferior, but dissolved each other. Xu Zheng and Li Ji did not intend to decide the winner by competing for internal endurance, so the two were separated by one touch.

Fighting separately and again, both of them are taking the path of attack, both of them have very little defense, attacking instead of defending, between the palm shadow flying, the sword light Huo Huo, the two of you come and go, and the fight is very lively.

The cold ice true qi, to the yin to the cold, when Xu Zheng was using all his strength, where the long sword passed, the water vapor in the air immediately condensed into ice, and fell down. Before the ice slag fell to the ground, Li Ji's monstrous flames arrived, and in the fierce high temperature, the fine ice slag was instantly steamed into water vapor.

The water vapor turns into ice, the ice slag transpires, and so on. Every time ice and fire collide, the weather in a small area will inevitably be changed, and between ice and fire, affected by the hot and cold breath, traces of hurricanes appear out of thin air.

The most valuable thing in a person's life is to meet an evenly matched opponent. The presence of opponents is not just to cause confusion for people, but often to bring people progress. At this moment, when the fight is excited, Li Ji and Xu Zheng are also excessing, and all kinds of tricks are continuous. I saw Xu Zheng take turns to use the first five fast and slow swordsmanship, every time he used the sword move, his experience would be deeper, and after the swordsmanship was completed all the way, his understanding of the swordsmanship would be more thorough. Compared with Xu Zheng's progress in swordsmanship, Li Ji also benefited a lot. With the Great Songyang Divine Palm as the foundation, combined with the understanding of the basic palm technique, the characteristics of the red fire true qi are fully explored, and the palm is used to form a knife, which is the origin of Li Ji's flame knife. Every time ice and fire touch, Li Ji's understanding of flames is deeper, how to use the knife, how to move the palm, like a blessing to the spirit of the rhino, the whimsical moves, the antelope hanging horns out of the palm, almost formed an instinct.

Looking at the two people fighting on the stage in shock, Lin Han was envious, it turned out that the two had entered the realm of epiphany at the same time, and what was particularly strange was that the two were still fighting, which had to be surprising!

At this time, the most nervous thing is Zuo Lengzen, who adjudicates this game. On the one hand, Zuo Lengchan was overjoyed that two disciples could enter the realm of epiphany at the same time; On the other hand, he has a lot of headaches and must keep an eye on the situation of the two of them at all times.

The two people who entered the epiphany made all their moves based on the instinct of the body, and every move and style was in line with the principle of human movement. This time they had an epiphany in public, not only did they themselves benefit a lot, but even the audience was fascinated by it, from time to time some people showed a look of sudden realization, and some people immediately practiced it, turning the moves they saw into their own fists, kicks and sword styles. For a while, whether it is on or off the stage, they all have their own gains.

After a long time, suddenly, there was a loud noise on the stage, and Li Ji's flame knife and Xu Zheng's ice sword collided, waking up the two people in the epiphany. Seeing that both of them had unfinished regretful expressions, Zuo Lengchan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Don't be dissatisfied, your gains have been great, don't stop, fight hard, take advantage of the aftermath of the epiphany, and it is only right to completely turn the previous gains into your own use." ”

Xu Zheng and Li Ji nodded, and once again fought together. This time, the two are no longer fast fighting, but open and close, and each move is solid before sending out the next move, the reason is because of the previous epiphany. Although both of them have benefited from the epiphany, they must pay if they have it, and the price of the two of them is that their minds are so consumed that they can't hold on to the calculation and make moves for a long time, but can only fight hard.

The ensuing fight, although it is not as subtle as before, is more enjoyable to watch. Between the splashing of ice crystals and the escape of flames, the fight between the two can be described as passionate, deducing a perfect visual feast.

Under the ring, the cheers of the disciples never stopped, but the elders who were outstanding in their eyes were also shocked by the profound skills of Xu Zheng and Li Ji, but they didn't care about the game as much as before. Now the competition between the two is whose internal strength is more vigorous and long, and who can control and use the true qi more reasonably, and exchange the least price for the greatest gain, in order to win the game.

In terms of the control of true qi, the two of them can be said to be half a catty and eight taels, maybe Xu Zheng will be stronger, but because Li Ji only has one arm left, he only needs to pay attention to the operation of his left hand true qi, so that the gap between them is leveled, and Xu Zheng is not taken advantage of.

In terms of the amount of true qi, Xu Zheng still had a slight advantage, so after a long struggle, Li Ji gradually fell to the upper hand. After three hundred moves, Li Ji's attacks were not as frequent as before; After 400 moves, Li Ji was already defending more and attacking less, and was basically on the defensive; After five hundred moves, Li Ji had been suppressed and gradually switched to all-round defense.

In the end, Xu Zheng relied on the cold ice true qi of the first major consummation, and with great effort, he barely suppressed Li Ji's first major consummation realm of red fire true qi. After fighting to 700 moves, the spirit of both of them was a little slack, Xu Zheng took advantage of Li Ji's flaws to show a flaw, used his last strength, quickly attacked a sword, restrained Li Ji under the sword, and won the competition with difficulty.

Although Li Ji was defeated, he was not discouraged, his gains in Flame Sword Kung Fu this time far exceeded the competition itself, and in the long run, it was not comparable to the first place in a competition. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the gap between Xu Zheng and Li Ji is very small, and Li Ji's defeat is just a slight lack of internal strength. As long as Li Ji can break through to the first major consummation and be at the same level as Xu Zheng, it is still unknown who will win and who will lose.

In Lin Han's opinion, it can even be said that Li Ji has gained more than Xu Zheng, Xu Zheng's epiphany is just a growth in Songshan's fast and slow swordsmanship, and these can be obtained through daily hard work, but Li Ji's flame knife is different, it is completely his self-realization, and this epiphany is worth his one-year enlightenment.

In the end, Zuo Lengchan stood between Li Ji and Xu Zheng with a smile on his face, raised his hands, signaled everyone to be quiet, and only after the audience disappeared did he nod with satisfaction, and laughed loudly: "I announce that this year-end competition is successfully over, and it is ...... who wins the top spot", speaking of which, he grabbed Xu Zheng's right hand and raised it high, "He is Xu Zheng!" ”

Everyone naturally burst into applause and cheers, and Zuo Lengchan said again: "The competition in the morning is over, and the awards will be presented in the afternoon, so there may be unexpected surprises, look forward to it!" ”