Chapter 25: The Duel (Part 2)

  When he saw Ye Fei really wanting to take action, Liu Zhi didn't say much either. With a single hand patting the storage bag at his waist, a burst of light shot out, and after a spin, it suddenly transformed into a three-foot-long black iron hammer in mid-air, looking extremely heavy. It was actually a mid-grade artifact.

  "I never show mercy when I strike, if something unexpected happens, you'll just have to accept your fate, heh heh." With that, Liu Zhi's mouth curled up, having just been defeated by Shi Yan by a hair's breadth, and now venting his anger on Ye Fei.

  The next moment, he raised his hand and pointed to the black iron hammer in mid-air. With a loud hum, the black hammer flashed and swept towards Ye Fei's head with a loud whooshing sound.

  As soon as he saw Liu Zhi, he made a deadly move. Ye Fei was also cautious and didn't dare to be careless, after all, the opponent was one level higher than himself. He directly applied the Ling Step Technique, and his feet flashed white in an instant.

  "What? Aurora Step?" Liu Zhi said with some surprise.

  Immediately afterwards, Ye Fei threw the Yuan Guang sword into mid-air with a low shout.

  A loud crash, the yuan light sword was only a flash of spiritual mist, and it was knocked flying by that black iron hammer. The opponent's mid-grade artifact was indeed terrifying in its might.

  Without time to think, Ye Fei threw out the gray long spear from his waist with one hand, and in a flash of light, it shot towards the gray iron hammer.

  "What? You little brat killed Hu Shuang?! No wonder he didn't participate in this test, and the treasure's cultivation method fell into your hands." Liu Zhi was shocked beyond measure, knowing that Hu Shuang's strength was almost on par with his own.

  Seeing the long spear pressed against the iron hammer, Ye Fei directly made a single-handed move, and the Yuan Guang sword in the distance trembled slightly before flying back into Ye Fei's hand. At the same time, his feet burst out with white energy, and his body rapidly shot forward.

  Seeing this, Liu Zhi's mouth corner rose, and with a wave of his sleeve, more than ten ice cones shot out. Ye Fei would have to dodge if he didn't want to get hurt. Although his speed was no match for Ye Fei's, after all, the opponent was only a Qi Refining Seventh Layer cultivator, and couldn't even cast Ice Cone Technique.

  A strange scene appeared, just as Liu Zhi's ice cone technique was about to be executed, Ye Fei had already changed his route, as if he had a premonition, and drew an arc-shaped dash towards Liu Zhi, not dodging until the ice cone was right in front of him.

  "What? How can you react so quickly?" Liu Zhi had no idea about the wonderful use of Ye Fei's divine consciousness, and he couldn't help but be surprised. However, he absolutely could not let him get close, as this person was too fast, and close combat would likely be disadvantageous to himself.

  With a burst of strength, he was about to jump back, but before he knew it, a string of fireballs appeared behind him. If he took one step back, he would have crashed right into them.

  "He can even predict my retreat route?" Liu Zhi became somewhat panicked, and even had the urge to scold someone, but he didn't lose his composure. With a swing of his shoulders, a bronze shield flashed out, just in time to block Liu Zhi from view.

  He sprang to one side, retreating. "Hmph, your few fireball techniques are simply too easily deflected by this mid-grade artifact."

  At this time, Ye Fei also rushed to his front, looking at the light and small shield, he knew that it was not something that the Yuanguang sword could cut through. Just as he was about to circle around to his back, suddenly, the blue small shield flashed to one side.

  "Haha, where can you escape to now?" At this time, in front of Liu Zhi's body, a dense array of ice cones suddenly appeared out of nowhere. With a wave of his hand, they shot towards Ye Fei with a whooshing sound.

  He had actually used the shield to block his view, quietly casting an ice cone technique, waiting for Ye Fei to deliver himself to his doorstep. At such a close distance, and with such unexpectedness, Liu Zhi really couldn't think of any other miracles that could happen.

  The next moment, dense ice cones pierced Ye Fei's body, distorting his figure. Seeing this, Liu Zhi showed no hint of pity or remorse, apparently killing someone was not a big deal to him.

  "Not good, no blood? Not good!" Just then, Liu Zhi felt a sinister wind behind him and quickly dodged to the side. At the same time, he threw out several ice cone techniques without looking back.

  What's wrong!

  A white-clothed young man appeared behind Liu Zhi, wielding a treasured sword and cutting down several ice cones in succession. It was Ye Fei, who had already sensed the small movements of Liu Zhi's Ice Cone Technique from behind his shield.

  But what was pierced by the ice cone was just a residual shadow left behind because of its speed. Ye Fei thought that this time, he would re-enact his previous move against Shao Yu, and quietly attack from behind with his own speed.

  Unfortunately, although Liu Zhi didn't have the power of divine consciousness, he was indeed an existence that had cultivated his Qi to the eighth level, and his actual combat experience was extremely rich. As soon as Ye Fei's sword stabbed out, Liu Zhi sensed something.

  "Hmph, I didn't think you'd be so cunning and have such rich combat experience. You can even keenly sense my attack methods? However, strength is what matters here. This time, you won't get another chance to turn the tables." With that said, Liu Zhi prepared to launch his attack.

  "I give up!" Ye Fei said bluntly.

  As soon as this was said, Liu Zhi was taken aback for a moment, and after thinking about it briefly, he understood Ye Fei's meaning. He laughed and said: "Hmph, you are indeed quick-witted, I'll give you credit for being clever!"

  "Alright, since Ye Xuan has conceded defeat, Liu Zhi wins this round. Ye Xuan is to be detained!" At that moment, an official announced.

  Yefei put away the magic tool, without even a glance at Liu Zhi, his face showed no signs of defeat, and he walked calmly towards the bottom of the stage. Liu Zhi smiled and put away his own magic tool, his chubby body waddling towards the area where the formal disciple candidates were waiting.

  "Ha! Ye Xianyou, I didn't think you'd be able to drive Liu Zhi into such a sorry state. Heh heh, why don't you try again and see what happens? Who knows, you might just win!" Liu Gan said with a smile as he looked at Ye Fei.

  Upon hearing this, Ye Fei shook his head. "Luckily, if we continued to fight, I would have definitely lost." This sentence wasn't Ye Fei being humble, at first he was just going to catch Liu Zhi off guard, but after Liu Zhi figured out Ye Fei's strengths, he wouldn't be at a disadvantage again.

  Although continuing to fight would allow Ye Fei to fully understand the strength of Lian Qi's eight layers, Liu Zhi was clearly going to go all out, and besides, he wasn't suitable for a prolonged battle. Even the Ling Bu Quan he had used earlier was not a small expenditure for him. Otherwise, Ye Fei wouldn't have minded fighting again.

  "It's all right, save your strength and perform in the third round. Alas, I'm done for, having lost again in the second round. Now it's up to Wan Feng!" Just as Liu Gan finished speaking, Ye Fei noticed that Wan Feng was now unstable in his breathing, while his opponent was controlling his magic tool with great ferocity. It was only a matter of time before Wan Feng would be defeated.

  As expected, it didn't take long for Wan Feng to also step down with a gloomy face. The three of them started chatting casually together, while Ye Fei occasionally glanced at the people competing on stage.

  And so, the second round of matches finally came to an end. Yuan Zhi arranged for the third round of matches, and this time Ye Fei seemed to have good luck, his opponent being a sixth-layer Qi Refining stage cultivator who had advanced from the losers' bracket.

  Ye Fei, on the other hand, made full use of Ling Bu's trick, and didn't even need to use his middle-grade artifacts. With just that ghostly speed, he was able to push his opponent into a desperate situation, and to make matters worse, his opponent's cultivation was still one level lower than Ye Fei's.

  In a flash, the young man in green shirt was shocked, with only the illusion of Ye Fei's figure before his eyes. He saw a sword coming from the front and blocked it horizontally with his knife. With a "swish", he actually cut empty air.

  Right after that, the young man's face changed color. Ye Fei held a long sword and had already placed it on his own neck. Seeing this, the young man revealed a wry smile, this was fundamentally something he couldn't withstand.

  He was young and had a low level of cultivation, so although he was very unwilling to admit it, in the end he could only acknowledge defeat. And just like that, Ye Fei smoothly advanced into the team of formal disciple candidates.

  After a while, all the arenas had winners and losers, and Yuan Zhi divided everyone into two teams of winners and losers, bringing them before Kong Ming Lao to await his final judgment.

  With a slight glance at the queue of formal disciple candidates, Elder Kongming smiled slightly and nodded: "En, not bad. In the future, work hard to cultivate, as long as you perform well, your techniques and treasures will be given to you, even foundation-building pills."

  Suddenly, Kongming Elder's eyes paused, sizing up Ye Fei, nodding and smiling: "Well, this child is quick-witted and has rich combat experience, not bad." Upon hearing this, Ye Fei felt a surge of joy in his heart.

  "However, you cannot become a formal disciple." Kong Ming Lao's tone changed as he said this. (End of chapter)

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