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Chapter 713: Chapter 136 That Sword, Illuminated the Entire Saint Mountain! (Request for Monthly Ticket)_2

As the Sword Intent was refined and elevated, he withdrew his power back into his body and then looked down at Lin Qingyue on the ground, who looked like a defeated dog, his eyes devoid of any tenderness, as if he were looking at a stone:

“You lost.”

At this moment, he declared as if pronouncing a sentence.

His Dao Domain also retracted, and with just the Sword Intent at this moment, he could easily defeat his opponent.

Moreover, Lin Qingyue had now been crippled and had fallen out of the ranks of Holy Level disciples; even the top talents of the Inner Sect could defeat her.

Hearing those indifferent words from above, Lin Qingyue seemed to come back to her senses from the shattered Sword Intent. Shocked, her mind was filled with the chaotic Sun and Moon Sword Intent, and her originally soft Sword Intent was destroyed and couldn’t gather.

She had already admitted defeat, but now the other party was talking down to her from a high place, which she found ironic and ridiculous.

Outside the ring, the disciples couldn’t help but cheer when they heard the indifferent words of the Haoyue Saint Son.

Except for the Saint Heirs, saintesses, and a few top Inner Sect disciples who saw through the subtleties, most disciples only saw the Haoyue Saint Son easily defeating Lin Qingyue with a sword strike that ruptured her abdomen, appearing as a normal attack.

Under the immense contraction of the Sun and Moon Sword Intent, his proclamation, like that of a Heavenly God, ignited fervent reverence in the eyes of countless people, eliciting cheers.

This battle was not only a victory for the Haoyue Saint Son but an overwhelming one that demonstrated an unimaginably profound mastery of the Sword Dao!

At the Sword Ancestor Holy Land, all the disciples were sword practitioners, and at this moment, the display of Sword Intent by the Haoyue Saint Son won over countless people.

Only those who practiced the sword themselves could feel the vastness of the Sun and Moon Sword Intent and their own insignificance.

The Array slowly retracted; the battle concluded.

With this battle, the Haoyue Saint Son had defeated two people in succession and, undoubtedly, he was now the leader of this Sword God War!

He was the premier young figure of the Sword Ancestor Holy Land in a century!

Compared to this, the subsequent battle between Lin Qingyue and the Spiritual Fantasy Holy Son for second and third place was no longer much anticipated.

Whoosh!

The instant the Array dispersed, a figure dashed onto the platform—it was Li Hao.

Li Hao rushed to Lin Qingyue’s side, his Divine Thought probing and noticing that the substantial power within her organs had now dissipated.

Her Dao fetus was destroyed; if only she could undergo a Blood Rebirth like him, she wouldn’t have to worry about being crippled, but she didn’t possess the Seventh Extreme Realm.

“Does it hurt?”

Li Hao looked at her pale face and faltering body, his own expression extremely grim.

Lin Qingyue collected her thoughts and slowly showed a faint smile to Li Hao, “I’m fine.”

Li Hao remained silent, his fingers slightly clenched.

“Let’s go.”

Lin Qingyue turned around; she no longer wanted to look at that high platform or hear the piercing cheers from the crowd anymore. She just wanted to leave and recover; the second and third places no longer mattered to her.

“Your sword.”

Li Hao raised his hand and drew the Green Sword that had been knocked away, handing it to her.

Lin Qingyue glanced at the sword that had accompanied her for many years, but sadness appeared in her eyes. Her Sword Intent was destroyed, which greatly affected her. The influence of the Sun and Moon Sword Intent was etched deep in her soul, indelible, and she would never be able to escape its influence in her swordsmanship for the rest of her life.

“I’m not worthy of it now; it’s my friend and you are my friend too, so I’ll give it to you,” Lin Qingyue quietly said, without taking the sword.

Her eyes conveyed a sense of utter despondence, and with her path in swordsmanship severed, aside from her cultivation, she saw no hope for progress in her life.

“Don’t belittle yourself; your swordsmanship is not bad,” Li Hao said, looking at her intently.

Lin Qingyue’s mouth twisted bitterly, knowing that Li Hao was just trying to comfort her, but such words were already meaningless.

Li Hao also knew that words were far less powerful than facts.

“Hey!”

He turned and suddenly called out to the Haoyue Saint Son, who was also preparing to fly off the platform.

The Haoyue Saint Son paused, irritated by the shout that had just roared in anger. Finding it rude, he turned his eyes coldly towards Li Hao.

Li Hao, holding the Green Sword, casually twirled a sword flower and said coldly,

“You seem quite pleased with your own Sword Dao, would you care to cross swords with me?”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone outside the arena was stunned.

Lin Qingyue was also slightly startled. She gazed at Li Hao with a brief absence of mind, but soon she came to her senses and realized that Li Hao was standing up for her.

However, such a matter wasn’t one to be handled impulsively.

Even though Li Hao was an Alchemist, the position of Haoyue Saint Son surpassed that of a senior Alchemist. If the opponent dared to publicly cripple her, he could naturally cripple Li Hao as well.

She immediately became anxious and hastily grabbed Li Hao, “Don’t be impulsive.”

“Did I hear that wrong, who is that person?”

“He actually wants to challenge the Haoyue Saint Son? Is he trying to make a name for himself? Even if he loses, people will remember him.”

“Is he also a Saint Son? I’ve never heard of him.”

“What Saint Son, he’s an Alchemist, don’t you know? Qingfeng the Alchemist, recently very well-received in the Alchemist circles.”

“Qingfeng the Alchemist? So it’s him?”

“What’s going on? You’re saying an Alchemist is challenging the Haoyue Saint Son?”

“Is he standing up for Lin Qingyue? Even Lin Qingyue has been defeated, what can an Alchemist do?”

“That person is an Alchemist, he doesn’t understand how terrifying the Haoyue Saint Son is. I didn’t expect Qingfeng the Alchemist to be such a fool, quite stupid indeed.”

The multitude of disciples below the platform finally caught on and began to sneer and gossip.

On the Saint Platform, many Saint Sons and Saintesses were surprised too; previously many of them had sent envoys to befriend this Qingfeng the Alchemist, never expecting such a deep connection between him and Lin Qingyue, to actually stand up for her at this moment, especially choosing Sword Dao, was this an irrational burst of anger?

“What’s Qingfeng doing, someone get him back.”

“How foolish, no matter how good his relationship with Qing Yue, he shouldn’t offend the Haoyue Saint Son like this.”

Zhao Yingzhen and other Alchemists were also anxious; they didn’t realize that Lin Qingyue’s Dao embryo was crippled, only knowing that Lin Qingyue had lost, and comprehensively so.

However, it’s common for disciples to win or lose in sparring. No one really expected Lin Qingyue to win this battle, especially since the Haoyue Saint Son had previously shown just a bit of his overwhelming strength.

“Is he making a move?”

Among the Inner Sect disciples below, Jiang Yingyue was stunned but then her eyes suddenly brightened.

She was unaware of Li Hao’s proficiency in Sword Dao, just knew that he had indeed great talent, comprehending the Sword technique within ten days, but it was Li Hao’s 97 Dao Domains that she couldn’t forget. If a real fight erupted, it was uncertain whether he could overcome the Haoyue Saint Son.

“Qingfeng?”

Yao Ancestor saw Li Hao stepping forward and was also shocked. She had heard Li Hao’s roar earlier and hadn’t expected that apart from them, Li Hao could also detect Haoyue’s subtle moves. At this moment, his angry challenge to Haoyue was understandable.

However, challenging him with Sword Dao seemed a bit irrational.

“A duel with your sword?”

Haoyue Saint Son, upon hearing Li Hao’s words, felt a trace of amusement.

He also heard the discussions below; initially, he thought it was some Inner Sect Disciple. It turned out to be an Alchemist, which was outrageous.@@novelbin@@

He coldly said, “Considering you are an Alchemist who doesn’t understand the structure of heaven and earth, I won’t take this offense into account this time, but let there be no next time!”

With that, he turned around directly.

Li Hao didn’t say a word, just glanced at the Green Sword in his hand, then simply raised his hand as if to casually strike.

This simple motion, but with his swing, unleashed a terrifyingly immense Sword Qi, which shot straight into the sky.

On that three-foot Green Blade, a burst of dazzling brilliance exploded in an instant, cutting off all the sneers from below and illuminating countless eyes with its blinding sheen.

The Sword Qi seemed to reach thirty thousand li, piercing straight into the sky, and with the direction of Li Hao’s swing, it split the clouds above Saint Mountain completely in two, as if cutting the heaven and earth themselves!

Beneath the entire battle platform, merely affected by the Sword Qi, it split in half!

The Sword Qi grazed past Haoyue Saint Son’s body as he was turning to fly away, suddenly stopping him in motion.

The Sword Qi that brushed past made all the hairs on his body stand on end in an instant, his blood seeming to freeze, giving him a chilling sensation from head to toe.

It felt as if Death had grazed by him.

Had that strike been aimed at him, he might have been severely wounded by now!

The expression on Haoyue Saint Son’s face froze, his eyes slightly narrowing.

Originally noisy Saint Mountain, at this moment, suddenly fell eerily silent.

The quietly drifting clouds still flowed slowly, a breeze swept across the battle platform, and everything seemed peaceful.