Chapter 24: The Unexpected Turn of Events Before the Knockout Stage

  Even the Ye surname elder on the Wudao platform was shocked. "How is this possible, how can he possess a Lingzhu Neijia? I'm already close to the Wu Zun realm and I don't even have a Lingzhu Neijia. He must have had an extraordinary encounter, and his true energy isn't simple either, giving off a sense of majestic righteousness."

  "I didn't expect you to have such a treasure!" Xu Hua looked at He Jiong's body surface, where the yellow glow was gradually dissipating, and felt a sense of solemnity in his heart.

  He Jiong's face turned ugly as he stabilized his figure. "You actually dared to hurt me! You're indeed not simple. Unfortunately, you met me, and today you will die."

  "Heavenly Punishment Seal!"

  The spiritual energy of the Martial Arts Square was quickly absorbed into He Ying's hands, and soon the spiritual energy in the Martial Arts Square was depleted. At this time, the energy boundary above the Martial Arts Platform emitted a large amount of spiritual energy, which was drawn into He Ying's hands, slowly condensing into a large seal, bursting with powerful momentum. All the students below the middle stage of Wu Wang on the Martial Arts Platform could not withstand this momentum and almost couldn't breathe.

  After the Great Seal had fully solidified, this aura alone caused the energy boundary above the Martial Dao stage to ripple with waves of energy. He Kuang looked at Xu Hua, whose mouth was curled up in a ferocious smile.

  "Xu Hua, take this move, Heaven's Seal, go!"

  Xu Hua's face was solemn, but his heart was calm and fearless. This move was very powerful and could even pose a threat to him, but what did he have to fear? With his physical body comparable to that of a spiritual artifact, even if he resisted head-on, he would at most be severely injured. Moreover, he didn't need to resist head-on.

  "Dragon Elephant Fist!"

  Fists collided, exploding with a deafening roar. Xu Hua's condensed fist print was clearly weaker than the larger seal, completely crushed by it, and the seal's energy also weakened by three parts. Immediately after, the large seal collided with Xu Hua's fist again, this time producing an even more intense explosion of thunderous sound. The large seal shattered, releasing energy that enveloped Xu Hua's entire body.

  Seeing this, He Jiong burst out laughing: "Dare to receive my Tianxia Seal? You're really looking for death!"

  Outside the energy boundary, Ye's old man's heart condensed, and in the hands of the four old men who stabilized the energy boundary on the four sides of the martial arts platform, it loosened, causing the energy boundary to shake violently. "Absolutely can't let anything go wrong! Must hold on! It's all my fault, I should have intervened earlier, if you die, how can I explain to the master!"

  The Martial Arts Square is quiet on all sides.

  "Is Xu Hua's unparalleled strength going to be extinguished just as it has been revealed?"

  "Xu Xuechang, you must hold on! I found that you have already captured my heart."

  In the energy boundary, Xu Hui and Xu Lang shouted loudly: "Third brother! Third brother!"

  Just as they were about to rush over recklessly, Jianchen stopped them.

  "No... let me pass... Third Brother..."

  At this time, everyone's attention on the Martial Arts Square had already gathered in the dense energy fog on the martial arts platform within the Energy Boundary Array. There was a Xu Hua man inside, who brought miracles to the students, and they were waiting for him...

  At this moment, no one on the martial arts stage had the heart to fight, and some remaining members of the Tiger Gang gathered behind He Rong. On the other side, Jian Chen and Xun Ning were together, and at this moment, they had become good friends for many years. The Ye surname old man on the martial arts stage suddenly discovered that in the energy boundary, except for Xu Hua whose life or death was unknown, there were only 99 people left...

  As everyone's attention was focused on the area where Xu Hua was, time seemed to slow down, and before they knew it, a familiar voice came out of the energy mist that had begun to dissipate.

  "Ah! That was a strong attack, almost got hurt!"

  A figure with a bronze glow all over his body slowly walked out, except for the messy hair and damaged clothes revealing bronze-colored skin, there was nothing different from before.

  "How is this possible? How can you be unscathed!" The most astonished one was naturally He Jiong. His own attack, he himself knew its power. With his strength at the mid-stage of Wu Huang, this Heaven's Seal was absolutely beyond that of a normal late-stage Wu Huang. How could he not have been injured? He must have forcefully endured it, yes, it must be so.

  He Jiong couldn't believe that Xu Hua could escape unscathed from his attack, but in fact, Xu Hua was indeed injured, albeit lightly. After being injured, the Life Crystal inside his body immediately released a large amount of life energy to repair the wound, and he had been delayed in coming out earlier because he was healing himself. Now, he was completely fine.

  Wow!

  At the same time He Jiong spoke out, thousands of people on the Martial Arts Square were also stunned.

  "It's too awesome! Under such a powerful attack, it just messed up her hair."

  "Is this still human?! Even a 4th-tier demonic beast shouldn't be so perverted!"

  In the midst of the energy boundary, the trembling body of Jian Chen also finally calmed down. Among those present, apart from Xu Xian and his sister, he was most concerned about Xu Hua's life or death. He had placed all his hopes on Xu Hua. If Xu Hua were to die at this moment, his dreams would be shattered, and all his efforts would have been in vain. When he saw Xu Hua emerge unscathed, he let out a deep breath, feeling both excitement and shock.

  Excited, Xu Hua didn't die, shocking Xu Hua's strength, and he was able to emerge unscathed from such a powerful blow. At this time, he looked at Xu Ning beside him, who was equally surprised. "Brother Xu, do you still think he can't handle this important task?"

  Xu Ning was taken aback, his mouth agape, but he found himself unable to refute. "I admit I underestimated him, with his strength and talent, he is capable of shouldering heavy responsibilities. From now on, I'll follow you in assisting him, I also want to witness the birth of a miracle."

  Xu Hua slowly approached He Jiong, but He Jiong took a step back unnaturally. When he realized it himself, he couldn't help but burn with anger. I actually retreated, why? I was about to succeed! As long as I became the Holy Son of Tiannan Prefecture, the vast mountains and rivers would be my stage alone... No! I must kill him! Kill him! Kill him!

  Xu Hua looked at He Jiong, who was furious, with a calm face. His eyes were too calm, so calm that it was abnormal, which was even more terrifying than icy and piercing eyes.

  "If you have no other means, then you are doomed to die!"

  "It's...not necessarily you who will die!" He Yitian roared furiously, at this moment he had completely lost his rationality.

  "The knockout stage has come to an end, and tomorrow the Dragon and Phoenix Ranking Competition will begin."

  At this moment, the elimination match was terminated. Xu Hua wanted to make a move, but it wasn't quite suitable at this time. Not to mention that the high-level officials of the Academy outside the arena wouldn't allow it, the intense impact of the fierce battle might have caused many people on the Martial Arts Platform to lose their lives. Although Xu Hua was ruthless, he wouldn't harm others without reason, so the peak showdown came to an abrupt end.

  Wow!

  The massive energy boundary slowly dissipated, eventually disappearing completely. The four elders who controlled the energy boundary were drenched in sweat, clearly having expended a great deal of energy. The four returned to the side of the elderly Mr. Ye and sat down cross-legged to begin meditating.

  Many unconscious students in the energy boundary were carried away one by one, and the last hundred people also began to leave one after another. Only one person, as if he hadn't heard the announcement of the end of the elimination match, stared fiercely at Xu Hua, with spiritual energy gathering in his hand, just as Xu Hua was about to leave, he made a move.

  "Give me death! Heaven and Earth Seal!" He Jiong once again condensed a large seal, shooting it straight at Xu Hua. Just as Xu Hua was about to be hit, the corners of his mouth revealed a hint of madness and ferocity, along with a hint of pleasure.

  "How dare you!" "Looking for death!"

  The two elders on the Martial Arts Platform were the first to discover the anomaly, but they couldn't stop it in time. Xu Hua had been paying attention to He Rong and didn't see any sign of relaxation. When he saw He Rong's move, he was very excited in his heart, finally able to openly and fairly resolve the future troubles. At this time, most people on the Martial Arts Platform had already left, so there was no need to worry about hurting innocent people. Originally, it was He Rong who broke the rules first, even if he died, he couldn't blame him.

  Still need to withstand this move, otherwise the big sister and others will not be able to escape under this move. Xu Hua's mind flashed with all kinds of thoughts, but in the end he decided to resist this move with a heavy injury, then suddenly activated the extreme cold air in his body to instantly kill He Tao.

  Boom!

  Finally collided again, He Jiong was overjoyed in his heart, finally killing this damn guy, from now on I am the Holy Son of Tiān Nán Fǔ, after more than a decade, I will be the master of Tiān Nán Fǔ, He Jiong fell into his own wonderful fantasy, completely losing his former wisdom and cleverness.

  Similarly, with one move of the "Dragon Elephant Fist", he managed to withstand some attacks, but this time the effect was somewhat different. At the moment when Da Yin's palm came into contact with Xu Hua's fist, Xu Hua knew that he had underestimated him. This move was at least twice as strong as the previous one, and it would definitely severely injure him. How could He Tao possess such a powerful attack technique? This must be an Earth-level martial skill, not his own strength. Although he wanted to dodge this blow, he couldn't avoid it.

  "Wow..."

  A mouthful of inverted blood spurted out, Xu Hua's internal energy and blood were in chaos, his ancient bronze-colored skin appeared with crack after crack, fortunately the Life Crystal inside him immediately emitted a large amount of life essence to continuously repair the cracks, only then did the cracks not have a tendency to expand.

  Cells are constantly being torn apart, and the vital energy of life is constantly repairing them. The pain in this process is unbearable for ordinary people. Fortunately, Xu Hua has gone through the extreme training of Diyu Huo's body refinement, so these pains can still be endured.

  In this moment of heavy creation, Xu Hua took two steps forward and arrived at He Jiong's side in the space of two breaths. A extremely cold Xuanming aura entered He Jiong's body through Xu Hua's hand.

  "Ah!"

  He Jiong finally discovered Xu Hua's movement, but everything was too late. The mysterious and obscure energy completely ignored the Ling instrument entering his body, freezing every cell in his body. After he let out a loud cry, he was already completely frozen. At this time, most of the students had not yet fully reacted, only Ye surname old man had arrived at his side, but he couldn't make it in time to stop him.

  "Crack!"

  Xu Hua lightly threw a punch, and He Jiong, who was frozen in ice, completely burst into countless fragments.

  "Xu Hua, spare his life!"