Chapter 121 – Selenic Descend


    Ye Wei kept his abilities hidden, and still one could not sense any Qi from his body. No one really knew how strong he was until just now when he formed the light armor over his body. Now, Ye Wei’s teammates finally got a rough idea about his monstrous level of cultivation.


    “Peak ten-star Warrior?! This youngster from South Star is not ordinary at all! No wonder Qi Xiu is taking this so seriously, he must have fought him at South Star before!” On the sides of the tform students from Gxy Academy were surprised that they actually had to swallow their words regarding South Star Academy, but on the other hand they couldn’t help but admire the shiny Qi armor on Ye Wei’s body.


    Ordinary ten-star Warriors could not bepared to their peak-level counterparts, not physically and certainly not mentally. Young cultivators of that level were a rare sight even in top schools like Gxy Academy.


    “Hey everyone! This match is heating up.” The Mo Patriarch notified the others as the shing of two young elite cultivators was by no means a normal sight this early in the tournament. Nearly everyone on the cloud tform nced over to tform ten, and upon seeing what was happening they were astonished. It even caught the City Lord’s interest while the cultivators from the Green Army pointed their scared faces towards Ye Wei and Qi Xiu watching how the match would unfold.


    The big names were refreshed and interested. “I can’t believe South Star has a peak ten-star Warriors in their team!” The fights between less powerful cultivators were too nd to keep their attention.


    “Well I still think Qi Xiu has the edge!” The Mo Patriarch replied in a yful tone while observing. He became increasingly biased without even noticing.


    “Humph!” Feeling the intensity of Qi in Ye Wei’s light armor, a slightly concerned looked shed through Qi Xiu’s face. He then grunted and held his sword even tighter.


    “Zoom! Zoom! Zoom!”


    They heavy sword gently rattled, as the whirlwind around it turned green causing a windde to appear around the sword’s sharp edge. This de left an uneven cut on the amethyst stage.


    Both Ye Wei and Qi Xiu’s presence was expanding and stirring up a wind that quickly grewrger than the tform. The contestants from both schools and the audience near by all had to take a few steps back. They were surprised to see how much stronger Ye and Qi were than they expected and imagined.


    “You’re dead!” Qi Xiu broke the heavy silence as he stomped the ground and turned into a shadow. He tilted his sword forward to minimize drag and under the watchful eyes of everyone present he pounced towards Ye Wei with the posture of a bloodthirsty wild beast.


    The dense, sharp windde left a green trail of light in the air, and it carved a deep groove on the amethyst ground as Qi Xiu approached his opponent at an incredible speed.


    Ye Wei watched the approaching threat with an intense gaze, and with a gentle tap of his toes he shifted to the left effortlessly dodging the falling sword as he let Qi Xiu pass to his side.


    The two bumped shoulders and exchanged an aggressive look. Ye Wei didn’t miss the chance to impose a counterattack as his silver fist flew towards Qi Xiu’s right side. ‘I didn’t train for three years to be beaten by someone like you!’ His eyes shone with a determined glow.


    Qi Xiu’s remained calm as he swung his sword horizontally towards Ye Wei’s neck. The windde left the sword and flew to the target before the sword itself was even close to Ye Wei.


    Qi Xiu’s killing intent was clear to all present as he followed through with his aggression. He recognized Ye Wei as a real threat. Ye Wei grunted, and the light armor tes slid and rearranged themselves with a couple extrayers stacked around his neck.


    Ye Wei feltfortable enough to just put his neck to the oing strike, and keep up the aggression with his heavy punches.


    Sensing an intense pressure approaching as Ye Wei’s fist got closer and closer, Qi Xiu’s face changed. He didn’t expect Ye Wei to react in such controversial manner as if being cut on the neck was not a big deal at all. Qi Xiu quickly moved his sword to defend himself. Just before Ye Wei’s fist was about tond on his ribcage, he managed to ce the sword between the fist and his body.


    “Bang!”


    Qi Xiu’s windde was the first tond, and a shower of blinding sparks burst forth from Ye Wei’s neck as Qi Xiu dragged his de against the light armor making a shrill grinding sound.


    The windde could not prate the strengthened armor, and it only left behind a scratch before it dispersed from the impact. Within a second his punchnded on Qi Xiu’s sword.


    The Qi sword in Qi Xiu’s hand vibrated from the force behind Ye Wei’s punch, and it was showing signs of copsing.


    Qi Xiu felt a numbing pain between his thumb and index finger immediately after he loosened his grip he felt the prating force of Ye Wei’s fist was not stopping. He therefore twisted and spun his body to avoid the overwhelming force. He couldn’t help but lost his footing, and he was forced to take three steps back before regaining his bnce.


    “You can’t get away!” Ye Wei did not leave Qi Xiu any breathing space. His fist was as determined as its owner. It struck once again at the same target, and the pressure wave created a strong wind that forced Qi Xiu’s loose ck robe to his skin.


    Ye Wei figured out that when facing opponents like Qi Xiu it was important to keep applying pressure, or else, he would never find any openings or weaknesses he could take advantage of.


    Qi Xiu’s pupils dted. He could not believe Ye Wei remained unharmed after taking the heavy sword blow on the neck, and even more so that Ye Wei could deliver such a powerful counter strike. He channeled his Qi and quickly pulled the sword back leaving a green trail in the air.


    Ye Wei’s fist cut through the heavy atmosphere again with a shrill noise. The second punch alsonded on Qi Xiu’s sword. As it did it bent the sturdy-looking sword to an unnatural curve threatening its integrity.


    “Bang!”


    ‘His strength is incredible!’ Qi Xiu’s face turned pale as he took one step after another backwards, and finally he managed to stabilize ten meters away from where he was hit. He started panting and ring at Ye Wei with unprecedented concern in his eyes.


    The Pris team remembered seeing this extremely stressful expression on Qi Xiu’s face when he faced the third strongest of the God’s Seven Xuan Yu. ‘Ye Wei gave him a pressure that was no less intense than Xuan Yu’s. Maybe Ye Wei’s strength was simr to Xuan Yu? Qi Xiu is not looking like his normal self at all...’


    “It is not looking good for Qi Xiu!”


    The Pris Academy cultivators stood at the back with dropped jaws. Although they knew Qi Xiu has yet to show his full strength, seeing him in a disadvantaged position brewed storms in their hearts.


    “Astonishing!” Further away from the tform, the specting Gxy Academy students were shocked. They could feel with their faces the brisky wind generated by Ye Wei’s fist. The pain on their skin told them the dark horse of this year’s tournament came from Green Moon City, and there shouldn’t be a problem for South Star to get into top ten.


    The angle Qi Xiu’s sword was bent told a simr story. The audience on the cloud tform were stunned to see how the fight unraveled. The men in golden armor nodded satisfyingly, and although judging from the level of cultivation neither Ye Wei or Qi Xiu was strong enough to be recruited by the Green Army, they were aware neither of the fighters were not giving it their all.


    “The battle has only just begun!” Qi Xiu’s face turned ashen, “Your confidence will cost you!”


    ‘Myst stance – Thousand Shadow Windde!’ Qi Xiu grunted and a surge of will-force and Qi burst out of his body. Using his sword instead of fingers, he drew a sequence of few hundred runes in a second.


    The light on Qi Xiu’s sword intensified as breezes with a green colored glow appeared in the air as Qi Xiu’s body began to float. Concentrating greatly, he quickly flicked his arm and the sword vibrated activating the rune sequence which started circting in the air.


    “Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!”


    With each flick, the sword left a blurry after image in the air. These after images then attracted and merged with the runes in the air forming multiple runic swords.


    “Whoosh! Whoosh!”


    Qi Xiu flicked the sword nine times, and the Qi within each runic sword was not weaker than the sword in his hand.


    “It’s Thousand Shadow Windde! Brother Qi Xiu must be feeling pretty angry!” The Pris students realised Qi Xiu just used the seventh strongest stance out of the academy’s collection of one hundred and seventy-two high-level Spirit stances, and for many of these students it was the first time seeing this stance used.


    “But... Nine winddes? I thought it was suppose to be three?”


    “Yea! Brother Qi refined it into a Myst stance. It’s still so early in the fight to use something this powerful... He must be really eager to end the fight! I guess it’s about time to stop them dreaming!”


    The Pris students were excited to see one of the Myst stances that made Qi Xiu famous.


    “This will be the end! Three peak ten-star Warriors fell to this peak low-level Myst stance and that’s only counting the fights that I heard about!” The Mo Patriarch said and the audience up on the cloud tform nodded.


    “The fight has just started.” City Lord Chen Yuan said while taking a sip from his wine ss and smiled. He remembered Ye Wei’s face when he was testing the mental strength of this year’s contestants.


    “Eh?” The City Lord’sment intrigued many as more and more of the giants seated on the cloud tform were drawn to watch the South Star – Pris matchup.


    “Another Myst stance? You have seven of those right? Let’s see how strong each of them are. If you have enough will-force and Qi to use them that is!” Ye Wei channeled his energy, cautiously assessing every since stroke of the runes Qi Xiu drew.


    “I will y with you!” Ye Wei mumbled to himself and drew a small half circle on the ground with his foot; he then stomped,unching himself towards Qi Xiu. While he was in the air, his fingertips twinkled and injected an intense surge of Qi into the rune sequence next to him.


    The sequence intertwined and transformed into a three headed scaled beast that resembled the statue in Bloodmist Valley, and the green fire on its body distorted the air around.


    ‘Selenic Descend’ Ye Wei grunted and the green globe of fire elerated towards Qi Xiu.