Longevity starts from having a daughter in old age

Chapter 540: Chapter 490: Ten Great Geniuses_2

However, this strike had greatly depleted the spiritual power within him. Coupled with the spiritual power he had consumed in the previous battle, his spiritual power was now nearly exhausted.

Yet, Shang Luo’s attack had just begun.

He formed seals with both hands, muttering incantations under his breath, and then shouted: “Greenwood Divine Sword, arise!”

As his words fell, a massive green longsword appeared in the void. Shang Luo poured all of his remaining spiritual power into it, and the terrifying Sword Qi instantly enveloped the entire arena.

A hint of seriousness flashed in Xu Mu’s eyes. Shang Luo’s attack was so powerful that even Lin Qi Yue probably couldn’t block it.

But he wasn’t afraid. With a flick of his long spear, he poured all his remaining spiritual power into it. And then, he roared, “Break!”

A white spear of energy instantly cut through the void, colliding with the green longsword.

With a deafening explosion, the entire Martial Arts Field trembled.

When the dust and smoke cleared, the crowd saw Xu Mu standing in his original position, while Shang Luo was pale with his long sword shattered in his hand.

The crowd was taken aback; the combat was too intense.

“Xu Mu has actually defeated Shang Luo!”

“This fight was really thrilling.”

“This competition is truly fantastic.”

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“Senior Brother, thank you for letting me win!” Xu Mu once again cupped his fist in salute.

“I lost fair and square. Junior Brother, no need to be modest!”

Shang Luo did not show any signs of distress, and with a smile and a cupped fist, he took his leave.

With Xu Mu’s consecutive victories, especially those over superior opponents, his fame had skyrocketed overnight. Now, there was no one within Qingyun Gate who hadn’t heard of him.

Three days had passed before the next round of competition started.

The arena was now set atop the mountains, allowing for a wide range of abilities to be used. It was not like before where they were confined to a tiny area and sometimes forced into direct confrontation.

Each match now attracted a large audience.

Xu Mu, the most prominent figure of them all, had even more spectators than the arena could hold.

One third of them were Loose Cultivators from the outside world.

Once this competition was over, not only would his fame ring out within his sect, but it might even spread across the entire spiritual world.

This time, his opponent was Ye Mingkong, one of the top three ranking members of Qingyun Gate. His level of cultivation had already reached the peak of the Divinity Transformation phase, two small realms higher than Xu Mu, who was at the mid-stage of Divinity Transformation. His Lifebound weapon was a bronze bell covered with intricate, mysterious runes. It exuded a sense of ancientness and simply by looking at it, one could feel its formidable power.

“You’re no match for me, admit defeat!” Ye Mingkong coldly said.

“The fight hasn’t begun yet, Senior Brother. You’re jumping to conclusions too quickly.” Xu Mu said.

“Humph, then let’s begin.”

With a roar, Ye Mingkong raised the bronze bell above his head, bell-mouth downward. A dreadful golden light emanated from it, enveloping Xu Mu.

He did not hold back this attack at all. After all, as someone at the peak of Divinity Transformation, his power was more than double that of Xu Mu. With one strike, he could seriously injure Xu Mu.

However, Xu Mu did not evade. He thrust his long spear forward, and a flash of white spear light instantly met the incoming attack.

With a muffled bang, the two attacks collided, causing a terrifying wave of energy to spread outwards.

Ye Mingkong let out a cold laugh. He formed a seal with his hand and roared, “Ring, Nine Tones!”

The bronze bell overhead instantly grew several times larger. A terrifying golden energy beam shot out from its mouth towards Xu Mu.

The places crossed by the energy beam broke apart, causing the void to collapse. It was extremely dreadful.

Xu Mu’s heart was stern. The opponent’s attack was indeed terrifying, but his own was also not weak.

As his long spear whirled, beaming streaks of spear light continuously shot out to meet the energy column.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Each spear light exploded upon hitting the beam, triggering terrifying energy fluctuations.

Ye Mingkong did not take immediate action but coldly observed from the side.

Xu Mu, on the other hand, had exhausted all his tricks, but each of his tactics was effortlessly dissolved by the opponent.

This made him somewhat frustrated.

At this moment, Ye Mingkong made his move. With his hand forming a seal, he shouted, “Ring, Six Tones!”

With his words, the bronze bell instantly flew high into the sky. Then, a dreadful golden energy beam shot out from the bell’s mouth towards Xu Mu.

The pillar of light moved with incredible speed, arriving before Xu Mu in the blink of an eye.

Xu Mu flicked his long spear, a white spear light instantaneously meeting it head-on.

However, this pillar of light proved many times stronger than the previous one, its terrible energy wave instantly shattering the white spear light.

Just as the light pillar was about to strike Xu Mu, he flicked his spear again, another gleaming white spear light rising to meet the attack.

Yet this beam was far stronger than the last, an awful energy flux again instantly shattering the white spear light.

Xu Mu’s heart turned cold, knowing full well he couldn’t block this blow. His only option was to find a way to divert the attack.

In the meantime, he gave a loud command, “Break!”

As his voice faded, an illusionary black figure suddenly materialized before him, instantaneously stepping in the path of the light pillar.

With a tremendous boom, the black figure was instantly cleaved by the light pillar, exploding into pieces.

At the same moment, Xu Mu’s figure flickered, teleporting behind Ye Mingkong in an instant.

He thrusted his spear out, aimed straight at Ye Mingkong’s throat.

Ye Mingkong was taken by surprise, having not expected Xu Mu to escape his attack, much less with such speed.

In his haste, he spun around, muttered a seal and then shouted, “The three resounding chimes!”

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a large bronze bell flew up into the sky, its mouth then emitting a terrifying golden light pillar heading for Xu Mu.

Almost simultaneously, Ye Mingkong’s figure blinked out, reappearing instantaneously behind Xu Mu.

He lashed out with his palm, aiming straight for Xu Mu’s heart.

Just as the pillar of light was about to strike down on Xu Mu, he found himself focused on dealing with Ye Mingkong, leaving no time to respond.

The spectators below could only sigh regretfully upon witnessing this sight.

Ye Mingkong’s strike was a sure kill, an attack difficult for anyone to dodge.

Yet Xu Mu thought otherwise. He might not know what the black figure was, but he knew it was a powerful illusion created by the divine skills of the Kun Peng clan.

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In his eyes, he hadn’t been killed by the hand of his opponent, rather fallen to their divine skills.

Almost simultaneously, the dreadful golden light pillar cleaved into Xu Mu.

However, this didn’t deal a fatal blow to Xu Mu; it merely sent him flying backwards.

Xu Mu spat out blood, his internal organs injured, yet he displayed an extreme resilience, his healing ability incredibly strong, managing to stand up quickly once more.

Although he had been gravely wounded by Ye Mingkong, he was not dead.

This caused the crowd below to show expressions of fear.

They had never seen such a formidable person, someone who even at the peak of Divinity Transformation stage couldn’t match Xu Mu’s strength.

“Excellent! You didn’t die! Truly a miracle!” Ye Mingkong said.

“Not only did I not die, I will defeat you!” Xu Mu responded coldly.

He cultivated the True Body of Ten Thousand Disasters; this level of injury was as inconsequential to him as a tickle. It looked frightening to outsiders, but it didn’t pose much of an issue in reality.

Of course, outsiders wouldn’t know this.

“Let’s see if you can!”

Ye Mingkong roared again, once more forming a seal with his hand and shouting, “Nine resounding chimes!”

As his voice fell, the bronze bell rose into the sky again, and from its mouth came another dreadful golden energy pillar diving for Xu Mu.

Simultaneously, Ye Mingkong blinked and instantly reappeared behind Xu Mu.

He struck out with his palm, aiming straight for Xu Mu’s heart.

Xu Mu was prepared this time. He flicked his spear, his body surging with electric energy, and a white spear light once again rose to meet the attack head-on.

But again, this beam of light was even stronger than the last, the horrifying energy flux instantly breaking the white spear light apart.

Just as the light pillar was about to strike Xu Mu, he was focused on dealing with Ye Mingkong again, leaving no time to worry about anything else.

At that moment, an illusionary black figure suddenly appeared on Xu Mu’s forehead, blocking the light pillar in an instant.

This was a great and illusory figure of a Kun Peng, swallowing the light pillar whole.

With a thunderous boom, the black figure was hit by the light pillar and burst into pieces.

Seizing this opportunity, Xu Mu activated his Kun Peng wings and instantaneously arrived behind Ye Mingkong, thrusting his spear forward.