Chapter XVIII
In the semi-finals, the venue will be moved from the five battle platforms to the main battle platform - the Yanhuang battle platform. On the 24th, in front of the main hall, all the disciples were looking at the newly posted table of the top four. The Taiqing martial arts meeting has reached the last critical juncture, and the martial arts competitions are very eye-catching. Therefore, the semi-finals began, and only two competitions were held a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
"On April 26, at the end of the hour, Yanhuang Zhantai, Ouyang Fang fought against Tian Jingkang. In a moment, Yan Huang Zhantai, He Tianxiao fought against He Tianyao. ”
Seeing the results of this lottery, the disciples talked a lot. The disciples who can break into the top four must have some skills, so the top four battle must be exciting. However, what everyone is more interested in is that He Tianxiao and He Tianyao, the brothers who are known as the two genius disciples of Taiqing Sect, finally met before the finals. Genius to genius, originally brothers, worship the same master, who will win in the end? This suspense touches the hearts of many people.
There are only four people in groups, and the chances of Tianxiao and Tianyao facing each other are actually quite large. Although the two were a little prepared, they also frowned when they really saw the battle table, as the so-called "two tigers fight, there must be an injury", the brothers are unwilling to give up this opportunity to fight officially, but they are worried that the sword move has no eyes and hurts each other. The two were silent, Zhu Xiaomin didn't know what to say on the side, and the three of them were speechless all the way back to the bamboo garden.
Yu Ruijiang was standing in the courtyard. "Why? I know that the next round is going to be a brotherly fight, so depressed?" A faint voice sounded, Yu Ruijiang turned around and looked at the two of them who were worried, "You two can break into the top four competition in the middle of the realm, which really makes you very proud of your teacher." In fact, you yourself also want to know in your own hearts, who is stronger, right? In the next round, you don't have to worry about seriously injuring each other and don't dare to make a move, I know the level of the two of you, when all the elders are present, the elixir to recover the injury will also be prepared, and there are two days to recuperate after the game, you two can give it a go with peace of mind. ”
How could Yu Ruijiang not understand the thoughts of the two apprentices? With the master's guarantee, Tianxiao and Tianyao were much calmer in their hearts, with the master's cultivation that was about to reach the Mahayana realm, how could it be possible for the two beloved disciples of the harmony realm to hurt each other?
Letting go of the burden in their hearts, Tianxiao and Tianyao looked at each other, their eyes were full of excitement, the two brothers were making great progress in the way of cultivating immortals, but they had never formally competed. Now, both of them have endless fighting intent in their hearts.
The two genius brothers were about to have a dragon fight, and Zhu Xiaomin felt that his heart was also starting to get nervous and excited.
He Tianxiao fought against He Tianyao, and the news spread quickly within the Taiqing Sect. Although the other two disciples in the top four are also very powerful, they have both entered the late stage of harmony for a long time, and it is estimated that they are not far from breaking through the realm, but in terms of reputation, they are still not as good as the two Xiaoyao brothers. Therefore, the disciples paid more attention to the afternoon competition.
In the nights of the past two days, Tianxiao made an exception and did not go to the Demon Hidden Cave to cultivate the "Yutian Sword Codex", and the battle was imminent. Tianyao swept away his usual relaxed expression when practicing swords, and his face was very solemn. Zhu Xiaomin didn't dare to talk about this and that with the two senior brothers all day long, for fear of affecting the state of the two.
In this nervous period, the only thing that was more gratifying was that after several days of retreat and meditation, Senior Brother Han Mingfei finally successfully broke through the Void Realm and ascended to the Cave Void Realm.
The cave is empty, and it is the last realm of refining the gods and returning the void. After stepping into this realm, ordinary immortal cultivators need to cultivate for about fifteen years before they can hope to break through the bottleneck and enter the true level of refining the void. It is relatively easy to improve the realm, but it is much more difficult to improve the cultivation level, so there are three thresholds for the three levels. Among them, of course, it is easiest to cross the threshold from a mortal to the success of building the foundation, and the later harmony to the Yuanying, the void to the extinction, it all depends on the time, location and self-perception.
The so-called heavenly time refers to the accumulation of cultivation time, and without cultivating enough spiritual power, it is impossible to raise the cultivation of immortals to a higher level. The geographical advantage is easy to understand, the cave heaven is blessed, and the realm of the immortal family with strong aura will naturally help to break through. The last self-perception is the most difficult condition, after all, it is relatively easy to achieve the first two conditions, and the perception is to look at the person's understanding, and the high understanding takes a short time, and vice versa.
Now that Han Mingfei has stepped into the Cave Void, he seems to be a rare talent, and he is an outstanding leader among the younger generation of disciples. Therefore, Yu Ruijiang has always been overjoyed, which shows that he is very satisfied with the cultivation results of his eldest disciple. This also makes the grim atmosphere in the bamboo garden much more relaxed.
In the blink of an eye, two days have passed, and the Yanhuang Zhantai finally ushered in the semi-finals of the peace period. In the morning match between Ouyang Fang and Tian Jingkang, everyone also went to see it. The cultivation of the two contestants is really different from the opponents of Tianxiao and Tianyao in the previous rounds. They are all good at attacking, a big battle that seems to be deadly, "ping pong" played for more than half an hour, the two of them fought all over the body, bleeding endlessly, it is really difficult to distinguish the winner. If the fight continues, it will hurt the two too much, so the elders unanimously agreed to let the two cease fighting, and sentenced Tian Jingkang, who had a slight advantage on the field, to win. Ouyang Fang was not convinced, and insisted on continuing to compare, and finally Li Yuanxiao personally came forward to dissuade him, and promised that even if Ouyang Fang won the fourth place in the end, the sect would reward him with high-grade pills, so he gave up. So in the first competition, Tian Jingkang won, and he can enter the final battle. In this way, he is at least second, so despite the scarring, he smiles.
The disciples were fascinated by it, and the first battle of the top four was so exciting, and the second battle of the top four in the afternoon, which can be described as the attention of the whole sect, could it be worse? The disciples did not even want to leave their occupied positions, and were willing to wait until the afternoon to start the battle.
God seemed to be moved by this upcoming competition, and after noon, raindrops fell. Gradually, the rain became heavier and heavier, and the disciples braved the heavy rain to stay under the stage, and none of them left.
After returning to Zhuyuan at noon for a short rest, Tianxiao and Tianyao came to Yanhuang Zhantai together. The disciples who were chatting suddenly fell silent and watched the two of them ascend to the battle platform. No one spoke, and only the sound of heavy rain was heard.
Tianxiao and Tianyao tacitly took out the fairy sword on their backs together. The two are brothers, so of course there is no need to introduce themselves. They slowly raised their swords, and the heavy rain hit the swords, making a "ding" sound. Everyone in the audience stared with bated breath, for fear of missing any wonderful scenes.
Tianxiao's eyes closed, and then his eyes widened suddenly, and his arm swung horizontally, and the pine sword carried a blue light, and quickly headed towards Tianyao. This remarkable battle began.
Although Tianxiao has set aside time to cultivate the sword, the cultivation of the sword is no worse than that of Tianyao. The pace under his feet was swaying, but it did not affect the speed, as soon as the sword light arrived, the figure followed, his wrist trembled, and a series of sword shadows attacked Tianyao.
Tianyao also quickly swung the Gu Ding Sword, and the swordsmanship was not chaotic. The two have been practicing together for a long time, and they are practicing the same set of swords, so they are already familiar with each other's routines. The speed of the two of them is getting faster and faster, the fairy sword in their hands is waving like a storm, and the sword light and sword shadows are mixed with the figures that seem slightly blurred because the speed is too fast, and the dense sound of fairy sword collision is endless, one is faster than the other, and the other is louder than the other.
The disciples in the audience were already dizzying, and the audience was silent. Is this still the strength of the middle stage of the harmony? The duel in the late stage of the harmony in the morning is not so exaggerated, what a skillful swordsmanship, what an amazing speed!
The quality of the two immortal swords of Songwen and Guding can be said to be exactly the same, and it is estimated that after they were born from the hands of Ou Yezi Patriarch, this is also the first time that they are in a situation of confrontation.
Yu Ruijiang on the elder table was very satisfied, the two disciples had learned from the "Source Shadow Sword Book", and they had reached the point of integrating and striving for perfection.
The happiest person in the field was the sect master Li Yuanxiao. Usually, I just heard Yu Ruijiang say how talented the two grandsons are Xiuxian, the so-called "hearing is false, seeing is believing", seeing the two of them so promising, Li Yuanxiao was excited, after the tragic death of his hard-working daughter and son-in-law, his only concern was on these two grandsons.
The female disciples in the audience were all so excited that their eyes lit up, no need to ask, most of the female disciples who watched this duel were admirers of the Tianxiao and Tianyao brothers, which also made many male disciples envious.
"Senior brother, second senior sister, it's the first time I've seen such a pair of opponents. In comparison, my cultivation of the Source Shadow Sword Book is far from enough...... You say, which of the two of them will win? I'm so nervous!" Zhu Xiaomin was very conflicted at the moment, the two on the stage were both senior brothers who loved her, and she didn't know who she hoped would win.
Han Mingfei said: "Little junior sister, this duel has actually gone beyond the scope of moves and techniques, the two junior brothers are all talented and talented, and they can cultivate the sword book to such a degree, which makes me, a senior brother, also very ashamed, I think I was much worse than the two junior brothers when I was in the middle of the harmony." In this contest, no matter what the outcome, there are no losers. ”
Tang Junhe also said: "What Senior Brother said is extremely true. I think that no matter how many places Tianxiao and Tianyao get in the end, even if it is the fourth place, the sect should also give rewards. After all, the level is there, and if you don't make it to the top three because of a bad draw, and you can't get a reward, it's unfair. ”
"It's only been a long time, I didn't expect those two little guys to be so powerful now. I can't imagine what level they will be able to reach in the future......" Xiao Liying sighed.
The rain still didn't stop, the sky was getting darker and darker, and everyone's clothes were already soaked. Between the vast heaven and earth, it seems that only the blue and green brilliant lights on the stage remain.
The battle was at a critical juncture, and the two people on the stage were concentrated, and in their eyes, it was as if the heavy rain and everyone in the audience did not exist. Tianxiao moved across the left, and at the same time waved the sword in his right hand, several sword lights seemed to be in no particular order, and at the same time rushed towards the direction of Tianyao.
Tianyao wiped the ground with his right foot, and his body turned away sharply to the left rear, avoiding the combo. According to the "Butian Sword Song", "One step and one sword, it is for the present." "Instead of fighting hard, it is better to avoid its edge. After avoiding the sword light, he jumped up high, Tianxiao immediately stomped hard with his left foot, and Qingyun chased Tianyao's figure away.
When Tianyao's rising momentum in the air was about to end, his waist was forced, his head rushed down, his feet rushed up, and the whole person fell down, and Gu Dingjian was attacking Tianxiao who jumped up. Tianxiao resisted with a horizontal sword, and at the same time turned his hand and swung his sword to slash at Tianyao's arm. Tianyao twisted his body lightly, flipped to the side for some distance, and fell sharply to the height of Tianxiao, and quickly swung out a string of sword flowers. Tianxiao hurriedly turned back, turned his back and drew out a few long blue sword lights, splitting the green sword flower swung by the Gu Ding Sword, and then turned around with the power of flipping, facing Tianyao. The two of them fought all the way from the air and fell, and after landing, they quickly moved sideways, because the speed was extremely fast, and the heavy rain fell on the bodies and swords of the two people, stirring up a faint layer of mist.
Suddenly, there was a "whoop", which was obviously the sound of someone being stabbed. The sky was too dark, the figures of the two were blurred, and everyone in the audience couldn't see it very clearly. Who was injured? The two people on the stage did not stop, and the sound of sword weapons continued to cease. Everyone could already see that there was obviously a touch of crimson blood in the stagnant water on the stage.
The fight became more and more intense, and the sound of the sword sounded from time to time, and the water droplets dripping from the two of them were mixed with red, and it seemed that both of them had hung their colors.
The female disciples continued to exclaim, while the male disciples cheered one after another. The competition between geniuses and geniuses is to be more exciting than others.
The two are evenly matched in swordsmanship, and it is difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat in terms of body speed. So what about the quality of endurance? It has been nearly half an hour since I started the competition from time to time, and the pace and speed of Tianxiao and Tianyao have not decreased at all, and the strength of swinging the sword has not weakened. The two have followed their father to cultivate their bodies since they were children, and they have excellent roots and bones, and they are diligent in exercising, and their endurance is naturally needless to say.
Now in addition to fighting the sword, the left hand is not idle, probing the hand into a palm, into a fist, into a finger, and at the same time with the sword of the heart, the hand is also used as a sword weapon You come and go, the tip of the needle to the wheat.
"Oh my God! I can still use my hand as a sword! If I face them, let alone the two immortal swords of Songwen and Guding, even if I use this 'hand sword', I estimate that I will lose and will not be able to find the north!" A disciple's eyes widened, he was surprised, and sighed to himself.
"Hmph, the skills of my Senior Brother Tianxiao and Senior Brother Tianyao are comparable to ordinary people!" a beautiful female disciple said disdainfully after hearing this.
"Do people know you?" and call you so intimate...... another female disciple said disdainfully.
"Don't make any noise, stand up!" someone shouted impatiently.
In the center of the Yanhuang Battle Platform, Tianxiao and Tianyao had already stopped and looked at each other. The two of them were covered with bruises, fortunately they were scratches, the wounds were not very deep, but the more wounds they had, the more blood flowed, and together with the rain, the clothes were dyed red with holes. The two of them had just stood for a moment, and a pool of blood had already condensed under their feet.
Tianyao held the Gu Ding sword horizontally and smiled at Tianxiao: "Brother, this fight is really happy! It's a pity that you and I don't have a winner." Your injuries should be fine, right?"
Tian Xiao also smiled and said: "Don't underestimate me, what is this little injury? Be careful, I'm going to attack!" After that, Tian Xiao and Tian Yao quickly became entangled again.
Li Yuanxiao in the elder seat couldn't sit still a little, the two grandsons were so strong, they had to distinguish between the superior and the inferior. If there was a mistake, he would not be distressed to death? Li Yuanxiao looked at Yu Ruijiang anxiously, but Yu Ruijiang was calm and not nervous at all. "Oh, I'm thinking too much. Such a genius disciple, Ruijiang's love for them is not weaker than mine, he is so calm, he must have made some arrangements. Li Yuanxiao saw that Yu Ruijiang was not in a hurry, so he made up his mind and refocused his attention on the two people on the stage.
Tianxiao thought while fighting: "When will it be the best time to fight with Brother Yao like this?" The two of us are almost the same in skill, the level of the fairy sword is the same, and the sword books of cultivation are all the same, and they are so familiar with each other. It seems that if you want to win, you have to make a surprise move......"
In fact, Tianyao didn't think so? But it's easy to say, the trick to win is not something that can be figured out just by thinking about it.
Tianxiao's entire right shoulder was in hot pain, and a long wound was cut by Tianyao's oblique stab just now, extending from his right shoulder to his right rib. Because the right hand is about to dance the sword, the wound is extremely painful when the movement is large. "Oops, this sword wound has hindered the speed of my right hand, and if I continue like this, I will definitely lose...... The injury is in the right shoulder...... Tian Xiao thought in his heart, he couldn't help but be a little anxious, the impact of the wound on him was even greater than he imagined, "What should I do? If the wound is in the left shoulder, the left shoulder ......" Suddenly, a thought came to Tianxiao's mind, "Yes, you can use this trick! If it goes well, it is very likely to win, but if it fails, it will be lost...... No matter what, it's a loss anyway, and it's more likely to win with this trick!"
Tianxiao made up his mind, saw the timing of Tianyao's sword, and used the pine sword to swing horizontally, while separating the Gu Ding sword, his body turned slightly to the right, and his left hand struck Tianyao's right shoulder with a palm.
Tianyao's wrist swung back, and he used his forearm to meet Tianxiao's left palm and slammed it upward. Tianxiao's arm was knocked high, revealing a large gap in the left half of his body, of course Tianyao would not let go of this good opportunity, and directly stabbed Tianxiao with a backhand sword to Tianxiao's left shoulder.
It stands to reason that Tianxiao should quickly retreat to avoid the sword blade, but even so, the speed at which he retreats is not as fast as the speed at which the fairy sword chases, and Tianxiao is bound to hurt his left shoulder this time. Han Mingfei and several others in the audience all "chuckled" in their hearts, and the disadvantage of Tianxiao was too great.
However, Tianxiao did not retreat, but slightly leaned sideways and stood up and slammed into the Gu Ding Sword, "poof", the Gu Ding Sword deeply pierced into Tian Xiao's left shoulder, and the wound suddenly flowed bloody, bubbling out along the sword body.
Li Yuanxiao, who was watching the martial arts competition, bounced up from his seat with peace of mind, Yu Ruijiang's eyes widened instantly, Tianxiao's move was tantamount to self-harm, if he injured important muscles and bones, or even wasted his entire left arm, how could he get it?
Tianyao was taken aback, if one of the brothers was seriously injured in the competition, even if the winner was divided, the gain would outweigh the loss. Worried, he wondered: "Why didn't he dodge?" With Tianxiao's ability, avoiding that sword was only a minor injury at most. In his surprise, he saw Tianxiao's body turn sharply to the left with the tip of the sword, and the entire Guding Sword was bent, and at the same time, the loose sword in his right hand slashed towards Tianyao.
Tianyao suddenly understood that Tianxiao used the dangerous trick of "killing a thousand enemies and inflicting eight hundred self-damage", deliberately stabbing the sword into the shoulder, bending the sword body with his body so that the Guding sword could not be pulled out, and then attacking with a loose sword, so as to win this competition. A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and his right hand immediately let go of the Gu Ding sword, and the Gu Ding sword hilt bounced outward along the curve. After taking the initiative to abandon the sword, Tianyao did not avoid the attack, he raised his left arm to block the pine sword, and suddenly there was a sharp pain, the pine sword cut into the forearm, he ignored the blood, took a step forward, and his right hand became a palm knife, and gently placed it on the back of Tianxiao's neck.
Tianxiao's left shoulder was seriously injured, and after swinging the sword with his right hand, he had already used all his strength, and now he could only gasp for breath, and he couldn't fight anymore.