The Final Four - 501

Zhu Yi used the formless sword on the two illusory bodies, but it went straight through them as if they weren't even real.

In that case, Zhu Yi attacked his opponent with the formless sword. As he did so, the two illusory bodies used their sword to defend against the formless sword.

Zhu Yi used multiple, but it was as if their bodies had suddenly become real. They were hit directly with the formless sword, but not injured.

All the while, his opponent continued charging.

He and the two illusory bodies were getting uncomfortably close to Zhu Yi.

He didn't know what more his opponent had planned, and he didn't plan to find out.

He charged forward as well. Breaking Through All Things.

At the same time that he attacked, his opponent and the two illusory bodies swung their swords in sync.

Whatever technique they used, it was inferior to Breaking Through All Things.

Without too much resistance, Breaking Through All Things broke through their attacks and sent his opponent flying, completely incapacitated. The two illusory bodies were dispersed and Zhu Yi won.

His fight would end up the quickest out of all of them. Some fought for multiple days. There were only a few that were about as fast as Zhu Yi's. One was the Sword Princess's daughter's fight.

There were also two other fights that didn't last as long as the others. It seemed that one of these four were most likely to win.

It took 3 months for the 16 fights to end. Only 16 people remained. From their numbers, it seemed that Zhu Yi would only end up meeting one of the other three potential winners in the ninth round, the round between 4 contestants.

The 7th round soon started. Zhu Yi fought first as always. His opponent was stronger than the last, but not by too much. The last opponent and his current one had basically reached the peak of normal strength seen in this tournament.

After some back and forth, Zhu Yi used Breaking Through All Things to quickly end the fight.

The next fights passed by faster than the last round. Of the 8 fights, four were finished quickly. The other four took a total of a month to finish.

With 8 contestants remaining, Zhu Yi fought first. As expected, this opponent was only slightly stronger than the last two.

He won with a single Breaking Through All Things. This round was the quickest in the tournament. It did even last a single day.

At the end of the 8th round, four people remained. Each one was one of the four that finished their fights quickly the entire tournament.

If Zhu Yi was seeing right, then the tournament was more filled than for any of the other rounds. It seemed that some people were only interested in the best fights.

Looking at their numbers, Zhu Yi's opponent was an older looking man. He was nearing ten million years of age, despite having enough talent to break through long ago. 

From the looks of it, he had been waiting for this tournament, making sure that he had the highest chance of winning. There were a few older people in the tournament, but only this one had made it this far.

As they waited for the round to start, Zhu Yi spotted Bai Wei and Bai Wei'er in the crowd. There was a hint of nervousness on the face of both of them. They had never once thought that Zhu Yi could come so far. At this point, Zhu Yi could not lose the bet even if he lost. It would only end up a draw even if he failed here.

What they worried about was the possibility of him winning.

Zhu Yi focused his attention back on his opponent. The round was soon to start.

"Good luck." The old man said.

"You too." Zhu Yi responded.

Zhu Yi did not plan to hold back. He knew that this old man was strong.

As soon as the round officially started, Zhu Yi shot forward and swung up. Breaking Through All Things.

This old man had watched Zhu Yi's fight, and was extremely wary of this technique. He weirdly moved to the side, perfectly avoiding the attack and stabbing at Zhu Yi with a rapier.

His sword only moved forward once, but it felt as if tens of thousands of tiny shadows were following it.

Zhu Yi did not risk getting hit at all. He swung his sword down. Breaking Through All Things. 

The sword shadows were decimated, but the old man dodged yet again. He repeated the same attack, and Zhu Yi responded the same.

After dodging once again, the old man jumped back and stabbed his sword into the ground. Shadows seemed to form on the ground and shot at Zhu Yi like tentacles. This was the old man's first time showing this move. 

Breaking Through All Things.

The tentacles were broken through and the old man had to dodge. 

Breaking Through All Things only had one goal. To break through all things. All things meant everything.

Unless the old man could overpower Zhu Yi or hit him with an attack he was unable to react to, Zhu Yi would inevitably win.

The old man twitched as everything he threw at Zhu Yi was broken through. His only hope was to use a great speed, but he wasn't sure if he even had the ability to bypass Zhu Yi before he could release that technique.

The Breaking Through All Things technique was truly disgusting to fight against.

The old man circled around the arena while attacking Zhu Yi. Zhu Yi did not get too offensive yet. He still had enough Qi for now.

Zhu Yi saw probably a hundred different techniques used by the old man, but none could bypass Breaking Through All Things.

Eventually, the old man seemed to resolve himself. He launched himself forward with his rapier pointed directly at Zhu Yi.

Shadow Spike. Breaking Through All Things.