In the twelfth round, Li Yunhai fought against Yang Kai, without any surprise, he lost pathetically to Yang Kai.
With this, Li Yunhai was eliminated from the contest after accumulating a loss of 5 matches, losing all hopes for getting into the top 5.
Having been kicked out of the contest, Li Yunhai felt a loss of purpose and gave a cursing glare at Li Fuchen.
This was all due to Li Fuchen that he couldn't enter the top 5. His gut was filled to the brim with hatred that Li Fuchen ruined his chances to be a Cang Lan Sect's disciple.
Sensing Li Yunhai's gaze, Li Fuchen gave a look of despise, 'Only trash like him would pin his own failure on others.
***
Li Fuchen and Guan Hao was the last match of the twelfth round.
At this juncture, there were still six contestants left: Yang Kai, Shen Tu Jue, He Ping, Zhu Hongxiu, Guan Hao, and Li Fuchen.
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Guan Hao had already lost 4 matches and if he lost again, he would face the inevitable elimination. But the irony is that he is just one match away to the top 5.
Everyone in the stands started gossiping.
"Guan Hao is no match for Li Fuchen. It seems this is the end of the line for the Guan Clan."
"Li Fuchen is the bane of the Guan Clan. First it was Guan Peng, and now Guan Hao is about to be eliminated by Li Fuchen. I wonder what Patriarch Guan Yue is feeling now."
"I think Guan Xue initially had a marriage arrangement with Li Fuchen, but later on, the Guan Clan dismissed it."
"Talking about Guan Xue, she is a true prodigy. Had she participated in this contest, neither Yang Kai, Shen Tu Jue, nor Li Fuchen would be on par with her…"
"Indeed. The Guan Clan already has Guan Xue, even if they have no one else entering the Cang Lan Sect from this contest, they wouldn't be affected."
The face on Guan Yue was now sullen. Since the day he broke off the engagement, he never would have expected this scenario.
"Hmph, so what if he enters the top 5. If he cannot pass the trials for the outer sect disciples, he would only be an odd job disciple with no status. But my daughter Guan Xue is different, she has a limitless future and not even a hundred Li Fuchen can reach her."
Unknowingly, Guan Yue has already forgotten his brothership with Li Tianhan and long treated him as a stranger, even his nemesis.
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Guan Tong who sat beside him said, "We have been too benevolent to the Li Clan in the past. Starting from this moment, we will oppress them with everything we have and show them the price for making this mistake."
"That's right! We need to chase them out of Yunwu City." Guan Peng's father viciously declared.
***
On stage, Guan Hao attempted to negotiate with Li Fuchen.
"Li Fuchen, with your bone frame, you can only be a bottom feeder even if you entered the Cang Lan Sect. Why not give this spot to me? I believe if you do so, it will help reconcile the Li Clan's relationship with the Guan Clan. Although Guan Xue has broken off the engagement, but her achievements in the future are incalculable. A small gesture from her in the future will mean unlimited benefits for your Li Clan."
Guan Hao thought his statement was reasonable and Li Fuchen would be tempted.
Li Fuchen laughed with irony, "Relationship with the Guan Clan?"
"Yes, with the Li Clan declining at this pace, without the Guan Clan's support, the Li Clan will not be able to sustain itself. You should already know this."
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"Surely I know, but unfortunately, the things that I, Li Fuchen desires, I will get it on my own behalf and not wait for handouts from others. Now fight!" Li Fuchen pointed at Guan Hao with his sword.
"Li Fuchen, you are stubborn to the core. Do you really think by entering the Cang Lan Sect and chasing after Guan Xue will attract her attention to you? The harsh truth is that, in her eyes you are just a clown and all your efforts are in vain!" Guan Hao had assumed that Li Fuchen's obsession for entering the Cang Lan Sect was to look for Guan Xue.
"A bunch of nonsense, you better keep your mouth shut!"
With a sudden motion, Li Fuchen drew his sword.
Snap!
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The wooden sword in Guan Hao's hand, cracked and he fell off the stage.
***
With the defeat of Guan Hao, the top 5 contestants were crowned. They are Yang Kai, Shen Tu Jue, He Ping, Zhu Hongxiu, and Li Fuchen. Among them, He Ping and Zhu Hongxiu lost two matches. He Ping lost to Yang Kai and Shen Tu Jue, as for Zhu Hongxiu, she lost to Yang Kai and Li Fuchen.
Shen Tu Jianhe rose and gave a congratulatory bow.
The contest resumed.
Zhu Hongxiu versus Shen Tu Jue: Shen Tu Jue wins
He Ping versus Li Fuchen: Li Fuchen wins
Zhu Hong Xiu versus He Ping: He Ping wins
With these 3 matches, the fourth and fifth spot was confirmed. They were He Ping and Zhu Hongxiu respectively.
Next, was the struggle for the top 3.
As of now, none of the three had met during the contest and none of them had suffered a defeat yet.
For the first match, Li Fuchen was facing Shen Tu Jue on stage.
Half of the reason Shen Tu Jue could come so far was due to his bone frame and the other half, due to his cultivation technique.
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When the overwhelming Shao Yang Luo Technique was paired up with 800 kg of physical strength, even He Ping and Zhu Hongxiu who had exceptional combat skills weren't his rivals. It seemed only Yang Kai could handle Shen Tu Jue.
"Li Fuchen, it is praiseworthy for you to survive to this stage. A clever individual like you should know your limits. I shall kindly accept this second place. How about it?" Shen Tu Jue knew he wasn't better than Yang Kai, but neither did he want to lose Li Fuchen.
What's more, the rewards of 2nd place was much more lucrative than 3rd place. 2nd place offered 5000 gold and a bottle of Qi Accumulating Pill. Whereas 3rd place offered only 3000 gold and five bottles of Spirit Qi Pills. A difference of 3000 gold in value.
Li Fuchen asked in return, "Do you think it is possible?"
"What? Not giving me face?" Had it not been his uncertainty to defeat Li Fuchen, Shen Tu Jue wouldn't have asked his opponent to go easy on him. He would have used his absolute strength to beat his opponent like a dog.
(TL note: To 'give face' is to show respect to a person with certain amount of nobility or status)
"Your face? It's not worth it!" Li Fuchen answered with no consideration.
Shen Tu Jue crowed with anger, "Great! I will note down your decision today and make you regret next time."
Shen Tu Jue planned to torment Li Fuchen in the Cang Lan Sect. In his view, Li Fuchen could only amount to an odd job disciple and it was common to despotize odd job disciples. Some would even beat them up to vent their frustration.
The wooden sword collided with a sound of rocks clashing. Li Fuchen took only one strike to break Li Yunhai's and Guan Hao's sword, but couldn't break Shen Tu Jue's sword. This was because Shen Tu Jue's blade contained the enormous power of the Shao Yang Luo Technique.
"Blazing Cloud Concealment!" (TL note: One of Blazing Cloud Sword Style moves)
Shen Tu Jue practiced the Blazing Cloud Sword Style. As named, this heat blazing sword style coupled with the Shao Yang Luo Technique, was like giving wings to a tiger.
(TL note: Giving wings to a tiger is a chinese saying of making something that is already good to be even better.)
Burning...
With the mirage of the heat, the blazing sword fell onto Li Fuchen, as if a cloud of fire was collapsing.
"Mountain River Split!" (TL note: One of Shao Shang Sword Style moves)
Facing Shen Tu Jue's domineering strike, Li Fuchen answered with another dominant move.
The Mountain River Split was the signature move of Shao Shan Sword Style. Its force was focused right at the edge of the blade and had the ability to split any obstacle apart. Even a giant boulder could be cleave apart in a single strike by Li Fuchen.
Dong!
As the wooden swords collide, the pair threw out a palm strike at each other.
Shen Tu Jue used the fiery Blazing Cloud Palm, if the victim did not have a good cultivation level, it would burn their skin to char with it's intense flames.
Li Fuchen counter with the Mountain Splitting Palm. During his spare time, he practiced this palm style, it had powerful palm force which was twice the power of Stone Shattering Palm. A single palm was sufficient to destroy the innards of his opponent.
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Peng!
With a loud clash, a wave of qi exploded from the center of Li Fuchen and Shen Tu Jue. Both were sent backwards, Shen Tu Jue by 10 steps but Li Fuchen by 9 steps only.
"My Blazing Cloud Palm is actually not enough?"
The result felt unfathomable to Shen Tu Jue.
This Blazing Cloud Palm was an original palm style created by his uncle Shen Tu Jianhe. Using it together with the Yang Blaze Technique would bring out its full potential. Even with his current cultivation, it was enough to seriously injure an expert at the eighth level of the Qi Realm.
"The intense heat of the Shen Tu Clan's Blazing Cloud Palm is indeed worthy of it's rumours."
Li Fuchen had already cultivated his Mountain Splitting Palm to completion. A strike of his palm had a force of at least 1500 kg. Shen Tu Jue's physical strength was just slightly weaker. Had it not been because that the Red Jade Technique was of Yang energy base, blisters would have formed on Li Fuchen's palm from the intense heat.
(TL note: Yang energy of Yin & Yang, Yang is the positive or sometimes power of 'light'/fire. Yin is the dark/cold energy and negative energy.)
"Tiger Fang Cross Slash!"
Li Fuchen did not plan to drag things out with Shen Tu Jue as he jumped up high and in mid air, then instantly executed two slashes at Shen Tu Jue.
The Tiger Fang Cross Slash may only be a low-tier, yellow class sword style but it held an extreme power. With only one sword move, its power was not weaker than a mid-tier, yellow class sword move.
Approaching from mid air, a cross shaped shadow flashed toward Shen Tu Jue.
"Blazing Cloud Ascension!" (TL note: One of Blazing Cloud Sword Style moves)
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Shen Tu Jue gathered the last of his strength and cleaved toward the approaching cross slash.
Bang! Pang! Boom!
Multiple qi explosions bursted, Shen Tu Jue was pushed back continuously, this made his blood boil.
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"Crescent Slash!" (TL note: Sword move from Crescent Sword Style)
Li Fuchen who was still in mid air, vigorously swung his right hand. A blade's afterimage expanded out like a crescent moon and caged Shen Tu Jue within.
The Crescent Sword Style and Tiger Fang Cross Slash were both low-tier, yellow class sword arts.
Just because it was low-tier, didn't mean that it was weak. In fact, the difference between a mid-tier, yellow class sword arts were the number of sword moves. The sword force was roughly the same and most importantly, low-tier sword moves were simpler and faster to execute.
Peng!
With his arm numbed, Shen Tu Jue was forced off the ground and flew backwards. His sorry figure landed right at the edge of the stage with just half a step before stepping out of bounds.
"You can't win." Li Fuchen didn't follow up with another attack.
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"Don't be so sure. This move is actually reserved for Yang Kai, but I will show it to you." The qi of the Shao Yang Luo Technique covered both his arms to relieve the numbness. Shen Tu Jue opened his eyes and stared coldly at Li Fuchen. An intense heat rose from within his body.
Li Fuchen raised his brows, he wanted to see what kind of tricks his opponent prepared.
"Fire Dragon Break!" (TL note: A sword move of Fire Dragon Sword Style)
With a sudden flash, Shen Tu Jue darted towards Li Fuchen. With just a five meter gap, Shen Tu Jue thrusted out. This thrust had an absolute blaze surrounding it, as if a fire tornado was soaring at Li Fuchen.
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The Fire Dragon Sword Style which was the Shen Tu Clan's high-tier, yellow class sword style. It was also an original art from city lord, Shen Tu Jianhe. With its monstrous power, only experts at the seventh level of the Qi Realm could comprehend its essence. But under the tutelage of Shen Tu Jianhe, Shen Tu Jue barely touched the novice state of this first move. As such, this move only brought out the power but lacked the subtleties.
But it was enough for average martial artists.
"Violent Storm!" (TL note: A move of Cyclone Kick Style)
Li Fuchen lightly mocked at this move that was full holes. No matter how strong the force, it was still useless. With a turn, Li Fuchen dodged to the right of Shen Tu Jue and with a kick, he sent his opponent rising high, plunging off the stage.
"Even Shen Tu Jue lost! Has a battle god possessed Li Fuchen!?"
"Did you not see? Shen Tu Jue executed an incredible sword move, but it was easily broken by Li Fuchen, and with a kick style while doing so."
"Li Fuchen's combat skills are exceptional, a sword move with just power is not enough to get to him."
The audience was accustomed to seeing Li Fuchen's continuous victories, thus they weren't surprised at all.
"This one's talent for martial arts and combat are phenomenal." Chen Zongming realized he had praised Li Fuchen on multiple occasions today.
Shen Tu Jianhe lightheartedly laughed, "A normal bone frame will only be able to have small achievements. Wait a few more years and see what he is capable of."
"That is true, whether he does have any potential will require a few years to analyze." Cheng Zongming nodded.
***
After a short rest, Li Fuchen headed to the stage again.
His opponent this time was the crowd favourite and uncontestable Yang Kai.
Yang Kai was 16 years of age, standing at 7 feet tall with praiseworthy looks. His cultivation had long attained the seventh level of the Qi Realm and his physical strength was at an astounding 1000 kg. In terms of sense for martial arts and combat, he could be well above everyone except Li Fuchen. Even Zhu Hongxiu who was on par for combat skills would lose out when factoring in the cultivation level and physical strength.
It can be said on all factors, Yang Kai was the best with no shortcomings.
"Big brother Yang Kai will definitely beat him up like a dead dog!"
Guan Mei was as angsty as one could be. Yang Qi who helped her previously was already eliminated in the early rounds. Her Guan Clan's Guan Peng and Guan Hao were both defeated by Li Fuchen and this caused the Guan Clan to lose all their chips. She could only rely on Yang Kai to teach Li Fuchen a lesson. In her heart, she had always liked Yang Kai. If she could get wedded to him, and when Yang Kai became the sect's inner disciple, she may have chances to follow suit and enter the Cang Lan Sect.
"Tianhan, do you think Fuchen can win this?" Shen Yuyan spoke tensely
Li Tianhan gave a pat on Shen Yuyan's hand, "No matter the results, Fuchen can still enter the Cang Lan Sect, we just need to wait and see."
Li Tianhan was actually much more nervous than Shen Yuyan, as getting first place would mean being rewarded with 10,000 gold and 2 bottles of qi accumulating pills. Seeing that he was no longer the Patriarch and was demoted to a branch family, he had no way to support his son. Especially when his son entered the Cang Lan Sect, there was a need for massive amount of gold and 10,000 gold coins would help for quite a long period of time.
"You aren't good enough to go against me." Yang Kai plainly said to Li Fuchen.
"We will need to experience it ourselves to know." Li Fuchen put on a serious expression. Yang Kai was indeed not an easy opponent, without exchanging blows, he can't be sure who was better.
"Really now?"
"Venom Fork!" (TL note: A sword move of Venomous Snake Sword Style)
Yang Kai brandished at an extreme speed that one was only able to see a shadow flash by. It was like a venomous snake's forked tongue.
This blade wasn't just fast, it encompassed an astounding force. Li Fuchen who stood meters away could feel the incisive force rushing over. This wasn't sword qi, but the force brought about by the wooden sword, which was sharp like razor.
"Venomous Snake Sword Style completion!"
With a single look, Li Fuchen knew that Yang Kai's Venomous Snake Sword Style had attained completion.
Right now, except for Li Fuchen, only Yang Kai had attained completion on a mid tier, yellow class sword art. Even He Ping and Zhu Hongxiu were still a few steps from it. But He Ping compensated that with his amazing combat skills, while Zhu Hongxiu was still only 14 years old like Li Fuchen.
At this moment, it would be too conceited if Li Fuchen still held back his real strength.
Revolving his sixth rank Red Jade Technique, Li Fuchen's strength presence increase by 30% as swung his blade to welcome Yang Kai.
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