"Mu Chen, I'm here to stop you."
As Liu Qingyun spoke, his eyes shone with a light of indifference and on his face was an apathetic smile.
Perhaps no one felt that it was inappropriate for Liu Qingyun to say such arrogant things because he did have the capability to back it up. Though Mu Chen may have been first in the playoffs, everyone knew that the final battle was completely different from the knockout phase. All eight teams remaining possessed top strength, and all eight captains were not weaklings who could be messed with.
Nobody could be said to have a hundred percent chance in winning this confrontation. Just one careless mistake could send all previous efforts down the drain and become others' stepping stones.
On hearing those words, Mu Chen also smiled slightly. In a flash, he brandished his Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear, which was emitting ominous Qi, and pointed the spear tip straight at Liu Qingyun.
"That of course, will depend on Captain Liu's skills." Mu Chen's lips remained curled and his voice was peaceful. He was not at all angered by Liu Qingyun's provocation. Instead, his state of mind was so calm that it could be compared to a secluded pond.
Liu Qingyun focused his vision on Mu Chen and some of the indifference on his face dissipated. He was not stupid. After watching Mu Chen and Ji Xuan's battle, he also had realized the importance of the need to guard against Mu Chen, since his strength was already enough to be seen as that of a worthy opponent.
He had only tried provocation to break Mu Chen's state of mind because even the smallest of mistakes could cause the results to change in this confrontation.
Well, sadly, his little trick did not work. "It's going to be a tough match," he said.
Liu Qingyun smiled lightly and his state of mind also grew calm. He held out his palm and suddenly great winds stirred. Green lights seemed to quickly form on his palm.
Whoosh!
As the green lights coalesced, a long, flashy green halberd appeared in Liu Qingyun's hands. Accompanied by the appearance of the halberd, whirlwinds which could be seen with the naked eye instantly started gathering all around Liu Qingyun.
The tip of the halberd seemed as if it were absorbing and gathering all the wind in the world, and even space seemed to become slightly twisted at that point in time.
The green glowing halberd seemed to look more powerful when compared to Mu Chen's Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear.
Mu Chen eyed the halberd. That halberd in Liu Qingyun's hands emitted extremely awe-inducing ripples in the air. However, ripples of that kind were definitely not something a Spiritual Artifact could have.
Mu Chen took a deep breath. An extremely fierce light was surging up in his black eyes.
Spear versus halberd.
Even before the fight started, that was a head-on confrontation between the two.
While Mu Chen and Liu Qingyun were all ready for a showdown on their battle stage, the other battle stages also had surging Spiritual Energy and were surrounded with Spiritual Energy pressure.
Students from different Spirit Academies were gathered near the platforms, all holding their breath in anticipation, their eyes glittering with excitement. The battles of the eight finalists were finally going to unfold.
And no one knew who was eventually going to have the last laugh.
Boom!
The crisp sound of a large bell rang out suddenly and resonated within the world.
Just at the moment when the bell rang, Mu Chen and Liu Qingyun's eyes turned fierce, and strong spirit power shot out of their bodies like a storm.
Whoosh!
Both stomped their feet fiercely on the ground and their figures shot out at each other. All that the audience could see was two blurred figures running at the speed of light. At the next moment, the two figures had already met in the center of the huge gold platform.
Whish!
The Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear stabbed out as the ominous Qi surrounded it. The force was so strong that the spear seemed like a fierce beast pouncing onto its victim. With the amount of Spirit infused in the spear, even the air was torn apart.
The glowing green halberd, on the other hand, carried a strong wind. There seemed to be ancient runes flashing at its tip, looking extremely magical.
Clink!
The tip of the spear and the halberd came straight at each other and met with incredibly accuracy, sending sparks sputtering into the air. Spiritual Energy visible to the naked eye also rippled through the air, causing many sudden explosions.
"That's a good spear."
Liu Qingyun looked at the Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear in Mu Chen's hands and smiled lightly. Then he sneered. "Unfortunately, you should not have confronted me straight on."
"Divine Winds Halberd, Roaring Winds!"
Along with the low bellow from Liu Qingyun, a whirlwind swept out from the Divine Wind Halberd as blue runes flashed at its tip. The force was so great that Mu Chen was taken by surprise and was made to back up a dozen steps.
"Stabbing Winds!"
Mu Chen backed off but Liu Qingyun approached him like a gust of wind. The overwhelming shadows of his halberd seemed to be integrated silently into the breeze, but it had all of Mu Chen's vital areas within reach.
Liu Qingyun's attacks were fierce and ruthless, and not the slightest bit sloppy.
Mu Chen's eyes contained slight solemness. He shook his arm and his Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear gave out a sharp burst of roars. It then melted into countless shadows, covering all the space ahead of him.
Jingle!
Countless spear and halberd shadows flew and touched crazily in the air. With each touch, piercing noises and beautiful yet deadly dangerous sparks bloomed from them like fireworks.
Anyone could see that both Mu Chen and Liu Qingyun did not hold back even the slightest bit. Those attacks were so powerful that if someone who had just passed his Spirit Stage were to take the blows, he would be pierced through immediately.
In just a few seconds, the spear and halberd shadows had encountered thousands of collisions. That kind of speed left countless people stunned.
However, those with better eyesight wrinkled their brows slightly, because they could tell that with the increase in the intensity of those fierce encounters, Mu Chen was getting gradually suppressed.
Or to be more specific, it was perhaps the Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear in Mu Chen's hands which was suppressed by the Divine Winds Halberd in Liu Qingyun's hands.
Clang!
The countless halberd shadows all over the sky suddenly erupted into dazzling green light. A large, green hurricane a few miles wide shot out like a wind dragon, directly at Mu Chen.
Mu Chen's eyes flashed and the Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear in his hands also suddenly burst into blood red light. The ominous Qi grew to the extreme and swept out like a blood river.
Boom!
The two attacks crashed together with great force, but the blood river was defeated almost immediately as it got crushed directly by the wind dragon. As for Mu Chen, he was also so shaken that he staggered back a few hundred meters.
Wow!
There was immediately an uproar outside the field. Apparently, no one had expected that Mu Chen, who was ranked first, would be suppressed by Liu Qingyun in just the first round.
"Is Liu Qingyun that strong?" Countless students of the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy looked at each other in awe. Ye Qingling, Su Ling'Er and Yu Xi also stared in astonishment.
"Mu Chen's weapon is too weak," Ling Xi said lightly.
With her sight, it was natural for her to be able to tell that Liu Qingyun's hurricane-summoning halberd was a Quasi-Divine Artifact, whereas Mu Chen's Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear was just a peerless Spiritual Artifact.
In such a level of confrontation, a Quasi-Divine Artifact's effect was highly beneficial to increasing one's power.
"Then what's he going to do?" Sun'Er asked worriedly.
Ling Xi smiled and lightly patted little Sun'Er's head. "Don't worry, the show's just about to start." Her beautiful eyes stayed on the slender figure on the stage.
On the golden platform, Mu Chen looked down at his Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear, which had dimmed quite a bit. Even its ominous Qi had weakened significantly. It was apparent that the weapon had suffered some damage in combat just now.
He looked up to see Liu Qingyun, who had his halberd in his hands, smiling at him lightly. "Seems that the advantage is mine this time."
Liu Qingyun had just finished speaking when he leapt into the air, vast Spiritual Energy sweeping out from his body, pouring into the Divine Wind Halberd in his hands.
Moan.
Hundred foot tall hurricanes came to life around Liu Qingyun. They roared as if they were wind dragons and threatened to tear the sky apart.
"Divine Wind Halberd, Wind Dragon Swallows the Day!"
Liu Qingyun's eyes looked as cold as ice. The Divine Wind Halberd flew out of his hands and was enveloped in green light. It absorbed all the hurricanes and with that, a huge wind dragon a few hundred feet long formed into existence.
The wind dragon looked almost real with its body covered with cyan scales and gusts of wind whistling around its huge body. Its hideous appearance made countless people turn pale with shock.
And the most amazing thing was that the wind dragon had really emitted the sense of dignity of a real dragon and rightly so, because of the Divine Wind Halberd. In the process of making the halberd, real dragon blood was surely used.
"Go!"
Liu Qingyun stood in the wind and pointed his finger in the air, his eyes full of indifference.
Roar!
The blue wind dragon growled at the sky and its huge body suddenly dashed forward. Its speed was incredibly fast so in just a flash, its huge shadow had already shrouded Mu Chen.
The raging hurricane seemed to rip the sky apart and even the space on the platform became distorted.
Everyone's heart shook with shock at Liu Qingyun's awe-striking attack. So this was what finals were like? It was definitely not something that a normal person could be qualified to participate in...
Could Mu Chen tackle that attack?
All eyes were on the tiny figure which was shrouded in the shadows of the humongous wind dragon.
Watched by countless eyes, Mu Chen raised his head to look at the approaching wind dragon. He took a deep breath and bit by bit, his eyes became cold.
"So, a Quasi-Divine Artifact?"
He muttered and suddenly performed a hand Mudra. Scarlet light swept out from the depths of his black eyes.
Buzz!
At the next moment, everyone could see a black light shooting out from Mu Chen's head straight up into the sky, as if an ancient demon's roaring voice echoed through time and space.
Within the black light was a huge demonic column, and Mu Chen stepped out. His arms, covered in veins writhing like dragons, were stretched out as if to embrace heaven and earth. Above them, lightning flashed.
"If a demonic spear can't defeat you, then come and try my demonic pillar and see if it can suppress you!"
The ominous demonic pillar swept down with great force, its power many times more than that of the Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear.
Everyone's eyes widened.
The black demonic column fell and crashed with the wind dragon, which came roaring forward.
"Mu Chen, I'm here to stop you."
As Liu Qingyun spoke, his eyes shone with a light of indifference and on his face was an apathetic smile.
Perhaps no one felt that it was inappropriate for Liu Qingyun to say such arrogant things because he did have the capability to back it up. Though Mu Chen may have been first in the playoffs, everyone knew that the final battle was completely different from the knockout phase. All eight teams remaining possessed top strength, and all eight captains were not weaklings who could be messed with.
Nobody could be said to have a hundred percent chance in winning this confrontation. Just one careless mistake could send all previous efforts down the drain and become others' stepping stones.
On hearing those words, Mu Chen also smiled slightly. In a flash, he brandished his Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear, which was emitting ominous Qi, and pointed the spear tip straight at Liu Qingyun.
"That of course, will depend on Captain Liu's skills." Mu Chen's lips remained curled and his voice was peaceful. He was not at all angered by Liu Qingyun's provocation. Instead, his state of mind was so calm that it could be compared to a secluded pond.
Liu Qingyun focused his vision on Mu Chen and some of the indifference on his face dissipated. He was not stupid. After watching Mu Chen and Ji Xuan's battle, he also had realized the importance of the need to guard against Mu Chen, since his strength was already enough to be seen as that of a worthy opponent.
He had only tried provocation to break Mu Chen's state of mind because even the smallest of mistakes could cause the results to change in this confrontation.
Well, sadly, his little trick did not work. "It's going to be a tough match," he said.
Liu Qingyun smiled lightly and his state of mind also grew calm. He held out his palm and suddenly great winds stirred. Green lights seemed to quickly form on his palm.
Whoosh!
As the green lights coalesced, a long, flashy green halberd appeared in Liu Qingyun's hands. Accompanied by the appearance of the halberd, whirlwinds which could be seen with the naked eye instantly started gathering all around Liu Qingyun.
The tip of the halberd seemed as if it were absorbing and gathering all the wind in the world, and even space seemed to become slightly twisted at that point in time.
The green glowing halberd seemed to look more powerful when compared to Mu Chen's Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear.
Mu Chen eyed the halberd. That halberd in Liu Qingyun's hands emitted extremely awe-inducing ripples in the air. However, ripples of that kind were definitely not something a Spiritual Artifact could have.
Mu Chen took a deep breath. An extremely fierce light was surging up in his black eyes.
Spear versus halberd.
Even before the fight started, that was a head-on confrontation between the two.
While Mu Chen and Liu Qingyun were all ready for a showdown on their battle stage, the other battle stages also had surging Spiritual Energy and were surrounded with Spiritual Energy pressure.
Students from different Spirit Academies were gathered near the platforms, all holding their breath in anticipation, their eyes glittering with excitement. The battles of the eight finalists were finally going to unfold.
And no one knew who was eventually going to have the last laugh.
Boom!
The crisp sound of a large bell rang out suddenly and resonated within the world.
Just at the moment when the bell rang, Mu Chen and Liu Qingyun's eyes turned fierce, and strong spirit power shot out of their bodies like a storm.
Whoosh!
Both stomped their feet fiercely on the ground and their figures shot out at each other. All that the audience could see was two blurred figures running at the speed of light. At the next moment, the two figures had already met in the center of the huge gold platform.
Whish!
The Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear stabbed out as the ominous Qi surrounded it. The force was so strong that the spear seemed like a fierce beast pouncing onto its victim. With the amount of Spirit infused in the spear, even the air was torn apart.
The glowing green halberd, on the other hand, carried a strong wind. There seemed to be ancient runes flashing at its tip, looking extremely magical.
Clink!
The tip of the spear and the halberd came straight at each other and met with incredibly accuracy, sending sparks sputtering into the air. Spiritual Energy visible to the naked eye also rippled through the air, causing many sudden explosions.
"That's a good spear."
Liu Qingyun looked at the Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear in Mu Chen's hands and smiled lightly. Then he sneered. "Unfortunately, you should not have confronted me straight on."
"Divine Winds Halberd, Roaring Winds!"
Along with the low bellow from Liu Qingyun, a whirlwind swept out from the Divine Wind Halberd as blue runes flashed at its tip. The force was so great that Mu Chen was taken by surprise and was made to back up a dozen steps.
"Stabbing Winds!"
Mu Chen backed off but Liu Qingyun approached him like a gust of wind. The overwhelming shadows of his halberd seemed to be integrated silently into the breeze, but it had all of Mu Chen's vital areas within reach.
Liu Qingyun's attacks were fierce and ruthless, and not the slightest bit sloppy.
Mu Chen's eyes contained slight solemness. He shook his arm and his Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear gave out a sharp burst of roars. It then melted into countless shadows, covering all the space ahead of him.
Jingle!
Countless spear and halberd shadows flew and touched crazily in the air. With each touch, piercing noises and beautiful yet deadly dangerous sparks bloomed from them like fireworks.
Anyone could see that both Mu Chen and Liu Qingyun did not hold back even the slightest bit. Those attacks were so powerful that if someone who had just passed his Spirit Stage were to take the blows, he would be pierced through immediately.
In just a few seconds, the spear and halberd shadows had encountered thousands of collisions. That kind of speed left countless people stunned.
However, those with better eyesight wrinkled their brows slightly, because they could tell that with the increase in the intensity of those fierce encounters, Mu Chen was getting gradually suppressed.
Or to be more specific, it was perhaps the Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear in Mu Chen's hands which was suppressed by the Divine Winds Halberd in Liu Qingyun's hands.
Clang!
The countless halberd shadows all over the sky suddenly erupted into dazzling green light. A large, green hurricane a few miles wide shot out like a wind dragon, directly at Mu Chen.
Mu Chen's eyes flashed and the Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear in his hands also suddenly burst into blood red light. The ominous Qi grew to the extreme and swept out like a blood river.
Boom!
The two attacks crashed together with great force, but the blood river was defeated almost immediately as it got crushed directly by the wind dragon. As for Mu Chen, he was also so shaken that he staggered back a few hundred meters.
Wow!
There was immediately an uproar outside the field. Apparently, no one had expected that Mu Chen, who was ranked first, would be suppressed by Liu Qingyun in just the first round.
"Is Liu Qingyun that strong?" Countless students of the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy looked at each other in awe. Ye Qingling, Su Ling'Er and Yu Xi also stared in astonishment.
"Mu Chen's weapon is too weak," Ling Xi said lightly.
With her sight, it was natural for her to be able to tell that Liu Qingyun's hurricane-summoning halberd was a Quasi-Divine Artifact, whereas Mu Chen's Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear was just a peerless Spiritual Artifact.
In such a level of confrontation, a Quasi-Divine Artifact's effect was highly beneficial to increasing one's power.
"Then what's he going to do?" Sun'Er asked worriedly.
Ling Xi smiled and lightly patted little Sun'Er's head. "Don't worry, the show's just about to start." Her beautiful eyes stayed on the slender figure on the stage.
On the golden platform, Mu Chen looked down at his Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear, which had dimmed quite a bit. Even its ominous Qi had weakened significantly. It was apparent that the weapon had suffered some damage in combat just now.
He looked up to see Liu Qingyun, who had his halberd in his hands, smiling at him lightly. "Seems that the advantage is mine this time."
Liu Qingyun had just finished speaking when he leapt into the air, vast Spiritual Energy sweeping out from his body, pouring into the Divine Wind Halberd in his hands.
Moan.
Hundred foot tall hurricanes came to life around Liu Qingyun. They roared as if they were wind dragons and threatened to tear the sky apart.
"Divine Wind Halberd, Wind Dragon Swallows the Day!"
Liu Qingyun's eyes looked as cold as ice. The Divine Wind Halberd flew out of his hands and was enveloped in green light. It absorbed all the hurricanes and with that, a huge wind dragon a few hundred feet long formed into existence.
The wind dragon looked almost real with its body covered with cyan scales and gusts of wind whistling around its huge body. Its hideous appearance made countless people turn pale with shock.
And the most amazing thing was that the wind dragon had really emitted the sense of dignity of a real dragon and rightly so, because of the Divine Wind Halberd. In the process of making the halberd, real dragon blood was surely used.
"Go!"
Liu Qingyun stood in the wind and pointed his finger in the air, his eyes full of indifference.
Roar!
The blue wind dragon growled at the sky and its huge body suddenly dashed forward. Its speed was incredibly fast so in just a flash, its huge shadow had already shrouded Mu Chen.
The raging hurricane seemed to rip the sky apart and even the space on the platform became distorted.
Everyone's heart shook with shock at Liu Qingyun's awe-striking attack. So this was what finals were like? It was definitely not something that a normal person could be qualified to participate in...
Could Mu Chen tackle that attack?
All eyes were on the tiny figure which was shrouded in the shadows of the humongous wind dragon.
Watched by countless eyes, Mu Chen raised his head to look at the approaching wind dragon. He took a deep breath and bit by bit, his eyes became cold.
"So, a Quasi-Divine Artifact?"
He muttered and suddenly performed a hand Mudra. Scarlet light swept out from the depths of his black eyes.
Buzz!
At the next moment, everyone could see a black light shooting out from Mu Chen's head straight up into the sky, as if an ancient demon's roaring voice echoed through time and space.
Within the black light was a huge demonic column, and Mu Chen stepped out. His arms, covered in veins writhing like dragons, were stretched out as if to embrace heaven and earth. Above them, lightning flashed.
"If a demonic spear can't defeat you, then come and try my demonic pillar and see if it can suppress you!"
The ominous demonic pillar swept down with great force, its power many times more than that of the Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear.
Everyone's eyes widened.
The black demonic column fell and crashed with the wind dragon, which came roaring forward.
