Deadly sword

Quietly watching the body lying on the ground, the crowd felt a surreal sensation. With just one sword, the powerful and overbearing Gu Qing was directly annihilated, without even a chance to surrender.

"That sword, so fast, so venomous," the crowd swallowed hard, unable to even see clearly the sword light descending from the sky, devoid of any sword technique, only speed, quick enough to wipe out everything.

Only those who had cultivated their martial skills to the extreme could make them invisible, moving at will. Lin Feng had obviously refined a sword technique to the extreme to achieve such a level, killing Gu Qing with just one casual sword strike.

"Abnormal." Feng Qian was speechless as he looked at Lin Feng. Putting himself in Gu Qing's place, he found that even if his state of mind had changed and his strength had increased after yesterday's events, he still would not be able to avoid that sword. He was still no match for Lin Feng's single move.

Gu Qing stood up from the stands, his anger flowing, looking at the body of Gu Qing on the ground. A supremely cold aura emanated from him. Gu Qing, dead. As the most outstanding junior of the Gu family after Gu Yan, he had not even had the chance to catch the sword. Gu Qing, he hated him.

"You dare to kill him." Gu Qing's voice thundered like the anger of a god, striking heavily at the hearts of the crowd.

Lin Feng raised his head and looked at Gu Qing on the stands, his furious appearance. A cold smile appeared in his pitch-black pupils. "Do you think I should stand there and let him kill me?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Qing was speechless. Both he and Gu Qing wanted to kill Lin Feng. How could they not allow Lin Feng to kill Gu Qing? Where in the world does such logic exist? It's just that Gu Qing was from his Gu family, so he felt it was natural for Gu Qing to kill Lin Feng. But Lin Feng killing Gu Qing was a capital offense.

"You are good, I remember you." Gu Qing's voice was icy, full of hatred towards Lin Feng, his words filled with killing intent.

Upon hearing this, the crowd secretly felt sorry for Lin Feng. Although this guy was very strong, he was too bold. He had directly killed the outstanding juniors of the Gu family without leaving any room. How could the Gu family let him off?

"I am called Duoming." Lin Feng stared directly at Gu Qing, then turned and walked towards the platform below. "When people from the Gu family meet me, one person dies."

"Hu..." When the crowd heard Lin Feng's arrogant words, they sighed. He was too arrogant, simply unrivaled.

An inconspicuous young martial artist from Yangzhou City actually dared to threaten the powerful Gu family, and even boasted that when he meets one person from the Gu family, one person dies. This was undoubtedly challenging the entire Gu family, ignoring all the participating junior members of the Gu family.

Indeed, when the young members of the Gu family heard this, they immediately burst into angry curses. However, although they shouted loudly, many of them were drumming in their hearts, hoping not to encounter this guy. Even Gu Qing was killed by a single sword. Apart from Gu Yan, who was in the Spirit Martial Realm, no one in the Gu family was this guy's opponent anymore. It would be best to let this guy meet Gu Yan, so that Gu Yan could avenge Gu Qing.

They never doubted Gu Yan's strength. A Spirit Martial Realm powerhouse was not something Lin Feng could contend with, even if Lin Feng was very strong.

"When I meet him, I will make him die a miserable death." Gu Yan stood among the several disciples of the Gu family, looking at Lin Feng with a cold killing intent in his eyes. This person, he must kill.

It didn't take long for the first round of battles to end. Twenty people were eliminated, leaving only twenty people remaining. With five major battle platforms, each platform only needed two battles to eliminate ten people again.

In this round, Lin Feng did not encounter anyone from the Gu family, but instead fought against an outstanding junior from the Nalan family of the City Lord's Mansion, Nalan Chen.

"If you can fight, then fight; if you can't, then surrender." Nalan Feng was still in the center, looking down at Lin Feng and Nalan Chen on the north platform, instructing Nalan Chen.

"Okay." Nalan Chen nodded, but there was a look of eager anticipation in his eyes. Although his reputation was not as loud as Gu Qing's, he was also a ninth-level martial artist in the Qi Martial Realm. In his opinion, Gu Qing was just a paper tiger, and coupled with his underestimation, he was killed by Lin Feng with a single sword. This time, he must defeat Lin Feng in battle so that he, Nalan Chen, could make a name for himself.

Lin Feng's eyes behind the mask looked coldly at Nalan Feng. Fight if you can, surrender if you can't? Did he not need Lin Feng's consent?

That night, the Nalan family sent out many martial artists to attack him in the middle of the night, wanting his life. Lin Feng had not forgotten, and all of this originated from him not giving up his seat to Nalan Feng.

"I will definitely fight with all my strength and defeat you to elevate the prestige of my Nalan family." Nalan Chen's gaze fell on Lin Feng, preparing to use Lin Feng as a stepping stone to his rise.

"Then hurry up." Lin Feng sneered. He wanted to see how Nalan Chen would elevate the prestige of the Nalan family.

"Wu Hun, Divine Arm." Although Nalan Chen wanted to make a name for himself, he did not dare to underestimate Lin Feng. With his martial soul released, a powerful and sturdy arm appeared behind him, pointing towards the sky as if to support the heavens.

"This is the Divine Arm martial soul possessed only by the direct bloodline of the Nalan family. It's so imposing. It's said that the Divine Arm martial soul can make one's strength incredibly powerful, capable of crushing everything, and a single punch can kill the opponent."

With his Divine Arm martial soul released, Nalan Chen's confidence soared. Stepping forward, he attacked Lin Feng.

"Domineering Divine Fist."

With a shout, Nalan Chen's body had not yet arrived, but the fist wind had arrived. Fist shadows broke through the air, roaring and killing.

"So strong. This is the City Lord's Mansion's unique skill, the Domineering Divine Fist. Nalan Chen is only at the ninth level of the Qi Martial Realm, but he already has the power of fist energy."

The crowd was amazed, seeing the air around Lin Feng's body already distorting, with fist shadows filling the sky.

"Seeking death." Lin Feng's mouth uttered a sound, the sword shadows flickered, the light shining brightly. With just one sword, all the thousands of fist shadows were shattered, leaving no trace, only the dazzling long sword releasing its own glory.

Nalan Chen's face changed drastically. The fist wind continued to blast out, his body retreating violently. Fortunately, he had left himself some room to maneuver.

"Kill."

Lin Feng's word penetrated Nalan Chen's heart, and the powerful sword light suddenly surged, swallowing Nalan Chen's retreating figure abruptly stopped, his eyes wide with disbelief. It wasn't just Nalan Chen's Divine Arm martial soul that could break through with fist energy; Lin Feng's sword could do the same.

"Sword dominance, surpassing all else," someone exclaimed in the crowd, marveling at Lin Feng's display. Even the members of the City Lord's Mansion, including Lin Feng, were astonished. With just one sword, he killed him.

Led by Nalan Xiong, the people from the City Lord's Mansion were all stunned, staring at Lin Feng.

"You have great audacity, actually daring to kill a member of our Nalan family," Nalan Feng shouted angrily after a moment of silence, rebuking Lin Feng.

Raising his head, Lin Feng gave Nalan Feng a disdainful look and sneered, "The rules were set by your City Lord's Mansion. Anyone can die, except for your people. How shameless."

"You..." Nalan Feng's words faltered, not knowing how to retort.

"Don't let me catch you," Nalan Feng's face darkened, a killing intent flickering in his beautiful eyes.

Ignoring Nalan Feng, Lin Feng turned and walked off the platform, too lazy to waste words.

"Duoming, wielding a sword with a deadly intent, unparalleled."

Seeing Lin Feng's figure, the crowd sighed, realizing that no one dared to underestimate Lin Feng anymore. This person had no fear, which was terrifying.

And those who had not been eliminated yet also sighed in their hearts that it would be best not to encounter this guy. Once he made a move, he would kill for sure, without even giving a chance to surrender.

Soon, the second round of battles ended, leaving only ten people remaining.

Ten people, five major battle platforms, only one duel was needed for each platform.

"Rest for the time it takes an incense stick to burn, then enter the third round of duels," the old man walked up to the main platform and announced.

The crowd was slightly disappointed, but they were even more eager. Among the remaining ten people, the City Lord's Mansion, the Wen family, and the Lin family each had two people left. Surprisingly, the Gu family only had one person left, while the largest number of remaining people belonged to the unaffiliated faction, the loose cultivators like Lin Feng, who made people take notice.

"This round should have some strong matchups," someone speculated.

"Now that their strengths are clear, Nalan Feng, Lin Qian, and Wen Jiang should be the strongest three. Next are the Gu family's genius Gu Yan and Qiu Lan, followed by Lin Hong, another strong practitioner in the Spirit Martial Realm from the Lin family. As for the domineering and arrogant Duoming, no one below the Spirit Martial Realm can defeat him; he should rank seventh. If he's lucky, maybe he can continue to advance to the next round."

One person voiced his thoughts, and others nodded in agreement. This should be a fairly accurate ranking. For Duoming to be ranked below only Spirit Martial Realm experts was quite remarkable.