Chapter 048：Still a sword

In a short while, one and a half hours had passed. After the elder announced the start of the third round of the battle, the crowd's enthusiasm immediately flared up. 

The remaining ten people included six at the Lingwu stage. Their prowess in eliminating opponents was extraordinary. Only three of them were not very well-known. Therefore, no matter how the battle unfolded, a showdown between strong opponents was inevitable. 

Ultimately, two battles stood out particularly. One was a clash between powerful individuals in the Lingwu Realm, where Qiu Lan faced off against Lin Hong. The other captivating battle was between Gu Yan and Dao Ming. 

As for the other three battles, they were of no significance. It is estimated that Nan Lanfeng, Lin Qian and Wen Jiang could directly advance to the next round. 

The facts are also quite consistent with what the crowd expected. Nalan Feng and Lin Qian's opponents conceded defeat outright. Wen Jiang's opponent was Feng Gan. Although he exerted all his strength, Feng Gan only managed to outlast Wen Jiang for three moves before being knocked off the stage. Moreover, Wen Jiang did not use all his strength. The gap between the Spirit Martial Realm and the Qi Martial Realm is too wide to be bridged. 

This time, on the main battlefield stage were Qiu Lan and Lin Hong. They were the main characters of this round of battle. 

On the battlefield of Beizhan, Gu Yan's cold gaze fell upon Lin Feng. The killing intent radiated from his body. It was truly a stroke of luck that he actually encountered Lin Feng. As long as Lin Feng dares to fight, he must make Lin Feng die to avenge the death of Gu Qing. 

"If you are not brave enough to fight, then just go down. Don't disgrace the reputation of a warrior." Gu Yan's face wore a mocking expression and his words were harsh. 

Lin Feng remained standing there calmly, and said indifferently, "You don't need to provoke me. Don't worry, I will give you the chance to take revenge." 

"Hey." Gu Yan gave a sinister smile upon hearing Lin Feng's words. He was indeed using words to provoke Lin Feng, to make him fight against him. He never expected that Lin Feng could figure it out, yet he still insisted on fighting. 

"Stupid fellow! I'll show you what the realm of 'Spiritual Might' is like. The gap between us is too vast to bridge. It's beyond repair!" Gu Yan sneered in his heart. He didn't even release his Spirit Soul. He was afraid that releasing it would scare Lin Feng and make him lose his concentration, thus preventing him from continuing the fight. 

As he lifted his foot, Gu Yan walked towards Lin Feng. When he was only ten steps away from Lin Feng, his foot suddenly trembled. A thunderous palm wind slashed out from nowhere, and a series of solid palm impressions attacked Lin Feng all over the place. At this moment, Lin Feng was completely covered by countless palm impressions. From this direction, Gu Yan couldn't even see Lin Feng's figure. 

"Whoever dares to lay a finger on my family members will be inviting their own doom. " Ancient Yan finally roared out in anger, with a huge palm print that could turn the world upside down, charging towards Lin Feng in front of him. Even if Lin Feng could withstand those palm prints, this fatal strike of his would still cost him his life. Since he had initiated the attack, he wouldn't allow Lin Feng to survive. Otherwise, where would he put his face as the first-born of the Ancient Yan family? 

The countless footprints were about to land on Lin Feng's body. Gu Yan's lips were even showing a cruel smile. 

However, at this very moment, that brilliant light still shone as before, flickering once more. The countless palm prints were once again torn apart directly, revealing numerous cracks, as if they might shatter at any moment. 

"Death." Gu Yan remained unmoved. With a thunderous shout, he delivered a powerful and domineering palm strike directly onto those cracked palm prints. The overwhelming force surged forward, and this blow was powerful enough to obliterate all those in the Air Martial Realm. 

"Not necessarily." 

"Boom, boom, boom." 

A calm and indifferent voice rang out. A torrential and overwhelming sword energy tore through everything. The palm print collapsed and shattered instantly, disintegrating into countless fragments that were blown away by the wind. With just a single sword light, it was ready to contend with the forces of heaven and earth. 

"Revered Realm." Gu Yan's face turned deathly pale. How could he have failed to anticipate that Lin Feng had concealed his true strength? 

The swordlight was cold and ruthless, the swordgust was fierce and carried the air of destruction, annihilating everything that stood in its way. 

A swordsman is invincible and unbreakable, and can destroy anything. 

"It's no good." Gu Qing was seized by a sudden panic and rose from his seat. However, it was already too late. Gu Yan had been planning to deliver a decisive blow to Lin Feng. This blow left him no room for evasion. At this moment, he was simply unable to counterattack, let alone fend off Lin Feng's fatal sword. 

A blood-colored arrow shot out from Gu Yan's throat. Gu Yan, who was at the level of Spirit Martial Realm, fell. 

This is also the only one among the current participants of the competition who has been eliminated from the Lingwu Realm. 

At this moment, all the Gu family members stood up, looking at the scene before them with shock and despair. They watched as the most outstanding member of the Gu family fell onto the fighting platform. 

"I want you to die," Gu Qing shouted loudly, causing the crowd to tremble with shock. 

Nalan Xiong frowned and said, "Grand Master Guo, you are being presumptuous. Don't forget that this is the martial arts competition in Yangzhou City." 

Gu Qing's expression froze for a moment. He glanced at Nalan Xiong and finally gave a cold snort with reluctance before sitting down. 

However, from Guo Qing's gaze fixed on Lin Feng, it could be seen that he was definitely not going to let Lin Feng off the hook. 

"Wait, Gu Yan was killed by a fatal blow, but still only by one sword strike?" Many people were originally watching the battle between Qiu Lan and Lin Hong. Suddenly, they were jolted awake by the loud shout of Nalan Xiong and saw Gu Yan's corpse on the ground. They couldn't help but stare blankly. 

"Damn it! How could I watch the battle of Qiu Lan? I missed this part. How did Zhaolin kill Gu Yan?" 

Many people began to regret deeply, sighing that they had missed out on such a spectacular battle. They obviously had no idea that such a shocking battle would occur here. The powerful ones in the Lingwu Realm were all wiped out, and it was by the mysterious and newly-rising strong man who killed them off. 

"We were all wrong in our assessment. He was a cultivator of the Spirit-Defying Realm and quite powerful. His strength was so great that he could have ranked among the top five, or even higher." 

Not only the crowd, even Narang was watching Lin Feng's retreating figure from behind the back of Zhan Tian. The martial realm of Qi Wu is one sword, the martial realm of Ling Wu is still one sword. How strong is this guy's power? Even he can't figure it out. 

At this point, another battle also had its winner and loser. Qiu Lan defeated Lin Hong. Thus, all five strong contenders who advanced to the next round had emerged. 

Nalan Feng, Lin Qian, Wen Jiang, Qiu Lan, Death-Dealing! 

Among the remaining non-family-affiliated cultivators, those from this side have the largest number. There are only two left: Qiu Lan and Dao Ming. The two most talented descendants of the Gu family have been wiped out. Even the two most outstanding descendants of the Lin family were killed by Lin Feng. 

After another half-hour of rest, the old man finally made his way to the main battle platform. 

"Round Four: Lin Qian was given a bye. Ran Lanfeng faced Wen Jiang while Qiu Lan competed against Dai Ming." 

The crowd was in high spirits as the ultimate showdown was finally upon them. Lanran Feng's strength was beyond question. Wenjiang was a martial cultivator at the level of the Second Stage of the Martial Realm, with a cultivation realm higher than both Lanran Feng and Lin Qian. The battle between the two was bound to be thrilling. 

There was another one. This one was extremely lethal and unstoppable. Three swords killed three people. It advanced to the fourth round. What kind of collision would occur between him and Qiu Lan in the fourth round? 

This time, the two battles were conducted one after another, not simultaneously, and they were both fought on the main combat platform. 

First of all, there are Nalan Feng and Wenjiang. 

"Wenjiang, you have decent fighting skills, but you still won't be able to defeat me. Admit defeat!" Nalan Feng was extremely haughty, like a princess, looking down upon everything. 

"Humph! My cultivation level is even higher than yours. You should have conceded defeat. It was you, Nalan Feng, who should have given in." Wen Jiang retorted with his words. 

"Stubborn and obstinate." Nalan Feng snapped coldly. Her spiritual aura was released, and immediately behind her, the Divine Arm Spiritual Spirit emerged. What was astonishing was that the Divine Arm Spiritual Spirit behind Nalan Feng was different from the one that Lin Feng had killed, Nalan Chen. Nalan Feng's Divine Arm Spiritual Spirit was actually golden in color, with an indestructible golden radiance. 

"God's Arm Spirit Ability. Only when it is a golden god's arm can it be regarded as a perfect god's arm spirit ability." Nalan Xiong's lips curved into a smile. Over the past hundred years, only Nalan Feng has awakened the purest god's arm spirit ability. 

"Surely this is the princess of Yangzhou City! The divine arm of the martial spirit is golden in color, and it is so imposing and domineering." 

The crowd's hearts trembled and their faces flushed with emotion. 

Wen Jiang was not willing to be outdone. He also released his martial spirit. Behind him, an illusionary river appeared, with ceaseless waves and flowing water gurgling. This was Wen Family's River Martial Spirit. 

"The world is indeed full of all kinds of wonders." Lin Feng sighed in his heart as he saw the two people's spiritual essences. "Spiritual Arm" can become a spiritual essence and it's golden in color. "River" is also a kind of spiritual essence. 

Spiritual powers are diverse and countless, beyond imagination. 

Looking at Lin Qian for a moment, if he didn't misjudge, Nalan Feng would win this battle and be directly out of the competition in the next round. That is to say, in the next round, it would be him who defeated Qiu Lan who would face Lin Qian.