God Emperor - Chapter 26

Chapter 26

Zhang Ruochen stared at Lin Ningshan and said wryly, "Making the top four is important for me too . How about this? I'll fight without a sword!"

"Really?"

A sense of excitement welled up in Lin Ningshan's mind . "Well, thank you for being so humble, my cousin . "

As far as she was concerned, Zhang Ruochen had to be so loath to defeat her that he had proposed to fight empty-handed .

She had no idea that Zhang Ruochen clearly knew that defeating her did not require a sword .

The sword in Lin Ningshan's hand was the Splendor Sword, a Second Class Genuine Martial Arm .

Once she took the combat sword out of the sheath, it immediately emitted radiance . The sword shone like a star and had bright spots flowing on its surface .

Lin Ningshan's eyes sharpened . She activated the Genuine Qi inside her body and channeled it steadily into the blade . Her Qi stimulated the Inscription of Power Series and Inscription of Light Series forces in the sword .

"Boom!"

Lin Ningshan took three steps forward, covering three meters with each bound . She moved first and stabbed toward Zhang Ruochen's chest . A cyan sword flower bloomed out of thin air .

Momentarily, the cold tip of the sword pointed at Zhang Ruochen .

Lin Ningshan had defeated the Ninth Commandery Princess with the same sword technique . This sword technique was not easy to handle .

Zhang Ruochen's thrust his foot against the ground, dodging to the right immediately .

"Swish!"

Lin Ningshan changed her technique as well . With a twitch of her arm, she rotated the Splendor Sword in the air and made a backhand stab toward Zhang Ruochen's neck .

The Splendor Sword had almost become a part of her, like an extension of her hand . Her technique was sophisticated and her control of the sword was complete .

"Floating Clouds and Flowing Water!"

Lin Ningshan brought out a sword technique of the Mid Class of the Human Stage, stabbing toward Zhang Ruochen repeatedly .

Her technique was elegant and gave off an intense light .

"Wind Sweeping Away the Clouds!"

"Rain Stops and Clouds Show!"

. . .

Lin Ningshan used 13 sword techniques in a row . Every stab was well-executed, but they all failed to touch even the tail of his robe .

Her Sword Comprehension, after all, had reached the Realm of "Sword Following the Heart" . How could it take that long to defeat a warrior who had a weaker cultivation?

"Parting Clouds!"

Lin Ningshan used one last sword technique . Its power was so staggering that Zhang Ruochen was forced to retreat step by step . He almost reached the edge of the drill ground .

The attack nearly pushed Zhang Ruochen out of the drill ground .

"It's almost time!"

Zhang Ruochen's eyes emitted two rays of light . Suddenly, he stopped . He stared into the overwhelming sword light and squeezed his index finger and middle finger into a finger sword .

All of a sudden, he unleashed his finger sword!

"Boom!"

The finger sword had broken through the Sword Breath in the void and pointed at Lin Ningshan's chest .

"Boom!"

He transferred his Genuine Qi through his fingers and struck Lin Ningshan . She fell to the ground three meters away .

Zhang Ruochen stared coldly at Lin Ningshan on the ground and said, "You lose!"

Lin Ningshan covered her chest with her hand . She gritted her beautiful teeth and stared at Zhang Ruochen with humiliation in her eyes . She grabbed her Splendor Sword and said, "No, I don't! Zhang Ruochen, let's keep fighting!"

Zhang Ruochen shook his head slightly and turned toward the exit of the drill ground . He did not want to keep arguing with a defeated opponent .

"Sacred Guiding Sword!"

Lin Ningshan had a grim look in her eye . She channeled all the Genuine Qi and resentment in her body to the Splendor Sword and cast the Low Class of Spiritual Sacred Sword Skill .

All of a sudden, the Splendor Sword sprouted a meter-high light sword, emitting a huge stream of Sword Breath .

She waved her arm and seven meters of Sword Breath stabbed toward Zhang Ruochen .

When Lin Ningshan displayed this sword technique, the warriors gathered outside the drill ground were shocked .

They could not believe that Lin Ningshan would attack the Ninth Prince from behind as he was leaving the drill ground . Furthermore, she used a sword technique of the Spiritual Stage, a much stronger power .

Had the sword cut the Ninth Prince, he would have been a dead man .

"Ningshan, stop!" Lin Fengxian's countenance changed as he roared toward his daughter .

If the Ninth Prince died under Lin Ningshan's sword, their family would be doomed!

No one, however, expected that she would attack him after being defeated .

Yet, it was too late to stop her .

Everyone thought that Zhang Ruochen was going to die under Lin Ningshan's sword, but he shot into the sky to evade the Sword Breath from Lin Ningshan's sword .

"Dragon in the Sky!"

Zhang Ruochen had risen seven meters high in the air . He twisted his body, let out a dragon's roar, and his palm struck Lin Ningshan's shoulder .

"Boom!"

Lin Ningshan's body shivered . She spat out a mouthful of blood . Her legs trembled and she fell to the ground .

Zhang Ruochen looked at Lin Ningshan laying in blood and callously shook his head . He was more than disappointed with his cousin .

Lin Fengxian rushed over to the drill ground at once . He glanced at Zhang Ruochen and the Yunwu Commandery Prince . Then he begrudgingly said, "Thank you for your mercy, Ninth Prince . "

Immediately afterward, Lin Fengxian helped Lin Ningshan get up .

He put his hands on Lin Ningshan's back . Lin Ningshan channeled a large volume of Genuine Qi into Lin Ningshan's body through his palms to help her condition of an injury .

Indeed, Zhang Ruochen had shown mercy just now .

If he had struck the top of her head instead of her shoulder, Lin Ningshan would have surely died .

Lin Ningshan woke up . She opened her eyes and glanced at Zhang Ruochen with heavy resentment . "Zhang Ruochen, one day I will return double the humiliation you gave me today . " She vowed to him .

But Zhang Ruochen had already walked out of the drill ground .

After Lin Fengxian helped Lin Ningshan get down off the stage, the competition continued .

The following three competitions were: Situ Linjiang versus Lin Tianwu,

the Fifth Prince versus the Sixth Prince,

and last but not least, Xue Kai versus Luo Cheng .

Lin Tianwu was another young master of Lin family . Although he was only 19 years old, he had reached the martial cultivation of the Medium State of the Yellow Realm .

However, Situ Linjiang had already reached the cultivation of the Final State of the Yellow Realm . With only one blow, he struck Lin Tianwu out of the drill ground .

The competition between the Fifth Prince and the Sixth Prince had ended with the Sixth Prince's surrender .

The competition between Xue Kai and Luo Cheng was exciting .

Although Luo Cheng had only reached the cultivation of the Medium State of the Yellow Realm, his martial technique was powerful enough to compete with Xue Kai .

Eventually, the disparity in cultivation allowed Xue Ka to defeat Luo Cheng .

So far, the top 4 of the Year-end Assessment this year had all emerged . They were Zhang Ruochen, the Fifth Prince, Xue Kai, and Situ Linjiang .

Lin Ningshan, Luo Cheng, Lin Tianwu, and the Sixth Prince would have to compete for fifth place .

The following competitions would be quite brutal . The Fifth Prince, Xue Kai, and Situ Linjiang were all in the Final State of the Yellow Realm . Zhang Ruochen was only in the Dawn State of the Yellow Realm .

"Ninth brother, I can't believe you're in the top four . I definitely underestimated you before . Well, you won't be able to go any further . The gap between the Dawn State and the Final State is too big for you," the Fifth Prince said as he laughed .

Zhang Ruochen took no notice of him . Instead, he closed his eyes and rapidly recharged his Genuine Qi .

"The next competition: Zhang Ruochen, the Ninth Prince, versus Xue Kai from the Minister's Mansion . "

Zhang Ruochen and Xue Kai simultaneously walked onto the drill ground .

Xue Kai looked Zhang Ruochen over . He laughed and said, "Ninth Prince, if I'm not mistaken, your specialty is swords . "

"You could say that," Zhang Ruochen responded .

"Great! Let's fight with swords!" Xue Kai stretched out his arm . Outside the drill ground, a young warrior from the Minister's Mansion handed him a long sword .

Xue Kai had carefully scrutinized Zhang Ruochen's two previous competitions . He suspected that Zhang Ruochen ability with swords was a facade . Rather, his true specialty was palm techniques .

After all, the palm techniques he showed in the last two fights had been astonishing . He did not seem to be a sword master at all .

Palm techniques focused on strong power .

Sword techniques, however, were about dexterity .

Warriors would rarely combine these two abilities .

Xue Kai, therefore, proposed to compete with Zhang Ruochen using swords .

He believed that Zhang Ruochen's sword techniques would prove inferior to his own .

"Ninth brother, take this!" The Ninth Commandery Princess tossed her Blue Water Sword to Zhang Ruochen .

Zhang Ruochen took the Blue Water Sword . He held the handle of the sword and felt a draft of icy air emanating from it .

"A Third Class Genuine Martial Arms combat sword . There are three Inscriptions of Ice Series and three Inscriptions of Power Series engraved in this sword . " Zhang Ruochen estimated the grade of this sword just by holding it .

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