I Have A Divine Tree In My Heart

A sharp pang of panic gripped the team. They couldn’t figure out why the figure hadn’t dropped to the ground although it had been struck. Instead, one of their team members had collapsed.

The few team members in the arena were not the only ones feeling puzzled. The crowd of onlookers was also bewildered.

Nevertheless, the commentators in the arena and the powerhouses in the private room could tell what had happened.

However, there was no time for commentating. After the figure hit a person, it didn’t stop in the slightest before returning the sword to its sheath. Its entire body burst forth with thunder and lightning as it charged toward the archer in the back.

As soon as the archer had missed the target, he had already drawn and anchored the arrow again. In fact, he had nocked three arrows on the longbow this time.

Combat Skill—Chain Arrow!

He was going all out. However, Zhang Feng, who had seen hope of victory, was doing the same. He was unleashing his blood manipulation ability fully, disrupting the archer’s blood and aura fluctuation repeatedly and hindering the latter’s movements. He did so despite the fact that the archer had blown up three vital energy seeds at once to fill his entire body with spirit energy and forcefully suppress the blood and aura surging in his body.

However, even if he had been fully focused, he might not have been able to escape Lin Yao’s attack, let alone his current affected condition.

Unsurprisingly, at this flash of light, the archer, who had no means of retaliating, was sent flying in the air.

What was most terrifying was that when the archer was hit by the Sword-Drawing Technique, the figure covered in thunder and lightning was one meter away from him.

This scene caused a clamor in the stadium. Someone even stood up in surprise and stared at the arena with a bewildered expression.

“What’s happening? Am I seeing stars?”

“The unsheathed long sword is an entire meter away from the archer. How was he defeated?”

“Don’t tell me we just saw a ghost.”

Numerous discussions continued occurring at the venue. They couldn’t figure out what had happened. The same applied to the remaining trio of the team in the arena. However, they didn’t have the time to ponder this. Upon dashing past the archer, the horrifying figure halted after a skid. Simultaneously, he returned his long sword to its sheath and assumed a sword-drawing posture again.

Within a breath of time, the figure transformed into a beam of electric light and charged toward them.

This also made the team member holding the spear holler furiously.

“Damn! Triple Lighting Flash. Besides, these moves were executed continuously without a moment of rest. You’ve been hiding your strength!”

His holler didn’t receive a response. The figure, which was as fast as a thunderbolt, had already closed in on them.

Facing the approaching figure, the trio naturally unsheathed their knives, getting all geared up for a fight.

However, they hesitated slightly before they attacked. Their other two team members had suffered inexplicable defeats. Although they had many doubts in their hearts, at the very least, they were certain that the figure in front of them was not real. Thus, they had some reservations and were unsure how to attack the figure or whether they should attack it from the left or right side…

Hesitation would lead to failure!

While they were hesitating, the figure was still some distance away from them. Clang! All of a sudden, the figure in front of them drew a sword and lifted it in the air.

“Did he miscalculate the distance?”

This thought popped into their minds when they heard the sound of the sword. However, shock and terror were soon etched on their faces. Although the sword was unsheathed from a distance, the teammate with the long spear let out a loud wail at that very moment.

“What exactly is happening?”

The teammates had suffered consecutive, inexplicable defeats. The last person holding the knife was going crazy. On the other hand, the one holding a huge shield had a calm temperament and remembered something.

“The Clear Mirror Body Technique!”

“What is that?”

“This is a combat skill that can reverse light rays. He has not disappeared. The figure in front of us is his refraction.”

“?”

This was obviously not someone who was enthusiastic about learning. He didn’t understand the explanation of the guy with the shield. However, he didn’t have the time to think about it anymore. After three consecutive flashes of light, the figure that had just brushed past them hadn’t disappeared. Instead, it had turned around and made the gesture of drawing a sword.

The scalp of the guy with the shield turned numb, and he shouted hysterically, “Don’t believe what you’re seeing!”

Screech!

Amid the flashes of light, Lin Yao transformed into electric light for the fourth time while dashing toward them.

This time, he was charging toward the guy with the shield. However, the young man holding the long knife didn’t let his guard down. He had a hunch that his enemy’s motive was not that simple.

He had guessed right. The figure rushing toward the guy with the shield was indeed a refraction.

Although the young man holding the long knife was right to think that he was the monster’s target, he didn’t know which direction—front, left, or right—he would come from.

There were too many possible directions of attack. In the end, the young man with the long knife simply ignored the opponent and wielded the long knife all around to protect himself.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.

The gleam of the blade turned into a shadow, spinning continuously.

“Good idea, but your defensive combat skill is not perfect.”

The sword technique of the young man with the knife was very extraordinary in the eyes of ordinary people. There were no gaps in the recurrent shadow of the knife. However, Lin Yao was not ordinary. Due to the thinking speed acceleration, the movements of the young man with the knife looked intermittent to him. The shadow of the knife, which was impenetrable in the eyes of outsiders, was full of loopholes from Lin Yao’s perspective.

After a slight movement of his left hand and a casual twitch of his right hand, Lin Yao unsheathed a dazzling sword gleam and stabbed the spinning shadow of the young man’s knife. He had broken his defense effortlessly and slashed his body.

Boom!

“How is that possible? How can you possibly see through my defense…”

“There’s one more person left.”

Ignoring the unlucky guy who had collapsed on the ground and was groaning continuously, Lin Yao turned his gaze to the last man standing. The guy with the shield had a look of despair in his eyes when he saw that his four teammates had collapsed on the ground. However, he wouldn’t allow himself to be defeated by Lin Yao with one sword move. If the five of them were defeated with one strike each, that would be too humiliating.

Therefore, when Lin Yao turned his head, he happened to see the guy placing his huge shield on the ground and shrinking behind it. He was staring at Lin Yao warily.

In order to redeem his dignity, he was putting up a last struggle, and he was confident that he was doing it well.

‘I have a shield. I’ll be able to defend myself regardless of which direction you come from.

‘I just need to defend myself against one sword move. One sword move will do.’

With this thought in mind, he was on guard.

However, this did not pose any difficulty to Lin Yao. Only words of pity came from his mouth. “You are my last opponent for today.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean that… I can unleash all of my strength… Boom!”

Before he could finish his words, the booming noise of Lin Yao’s thunderbolt suddenly took effect.

Amid the crackling sounds of thunder, Lin Yao rolled his eyes and his hair stood on end. There was a terrifying burst of aura from Lin Yao’s body.

As he was looking at Lin Yao, who was wrapped in thunder and lightning like the god of thunder who had descended on the earth, the expression of the young man with the shield changed drastically. He had a bad premonition.

“Oh no!”

He immediately leaned on the shield and supported it, trying to resist Lin Yao’s attack.

He was doing his best… but a flash of thunderlight occurred and everything came to an end.

With everything unlocked, Lin Yao had entered the extreme state and already surpassed the level of a martial artist.

Boom!

That flash of thunderbolt resulted in many afterimages due to its lighting speed. This was the perfect combination of power and speed. When these two were combined, no one could stop it.

Relying on the power of his extreme state, Lin Yao drew his sword and shredded the opponent’s shield, beating him to a pulp with his strength.

This was a crushing defeat through the purest form of strength and speed. The irrepressible strength made the guy with the shield land in the greatest despair.

“He’s very powerful!”

While facing the team of five, Lin Yao had made five consecutive sword moves and won the team competition.

At that moment, there was a stretch of silence, and countless people stood up because of Lin Yao.

Five people and five sword moves. This dramatic scene had caused a stir at the venue.

‘He is very powerful.’

“What exactly happened? I’m a little confused this time.”

“His Excellency One Sword is so dashing.”

While everyone cheered, Lin Yao’s teammates were dumbfounded. They initially hadn’t harbored any hopes of winning, but when they looked at the team of defeated players from No. 1 High School, who were slumped on the ground, their faces were filled with disbelief.

“What the hell is this?”

“So, all four of us are dragging him down?”

Lin Yao had no time to pay attention to his confused teammates and the cheers of the audience. After the thunderbolt defeated the guy with the shield with one blow, Lin Yao’s body swayed twice, his legs wobbled, and he collapsed on the ground.

The last move, which involved cleaving the huge shield with a strong blow, was naturally handsome, but the pressure on the body was too great.

Upon discovering that Lin Yao had collapsed in the arena, the audience… didn’t have much of a reaction.

This was not the first time Lin Yao had collapsed on the ground after a battle. In the beginning, everyone had been shocked. Now, this had become Lin Yao’s modus operandi.

At the same time, everyone was aware of something. When it came to Lin Yao, a fatal injury would be reduced to a serious injury, and he would be able to recover speedily afterward.

Therefore, Zhang Feng and Tu Ying were not anxious.

On the contrary, Yan Yan, the Ice Snow Beauty, helped Lin Yao up for the first time and took him to the sick bay.

After Lin Yao left, numerous ordinary people looked at E Longsheng, and a bullet screen[1] appeared on the live stream. There were sarcastic comments, and some people wanted a response from him.

“Big-Mouth E, didn’t you say that five vs. three was a huge advantage? What is this?”

“You cursed No. 1 High School with your words!”

“What exactly happened just now?”

“Why did the enemy collapse when One Sword didn’t even touch him?”

“Is this the time to feel puzzled? Shouldn’t we be wondering why One Sword can unleash five flashes in one breath?”

Of course, E Longsheng saw the comments on the bullet screen. When he saw them, only one thought came to his mind.

‘You’ve been counter-killed even though you are fighting with five players against three. Do you guys know how to play?!’

[1] A bullet screen is a new feature on online video sites in China and Japan that allows real-time comments from viewers to fly across the screen like bullets