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"Twenty… twenty eight Energy Balls! Moreover, the energy contained in each of them isn't weak at all!"

A Sprite Trainer trembled.

Every energy ball in front of Yama Ghost King drew a different trajectory, showing its extremely terrifying elemental control and unique skill control!

It shot straight, spun, circled back… and instantly surrounded the youth.

The young man's eyes were like sharp swords as he drew a circle with his sword. Golden halos swept across and the Shadow Energy Balls exploded.

Smoke and dust filled the air as countless traces of ghostly energy dissipated, interweaving into wisps of black smoke. In an instant, the entire arena was filled with black fog and ghostly figures.

Ah Yan's first attack relied on a very conventional ghost tactic.

Starting with the Shadow Energy Ball, it used the exploding Shadow Energy to cast Ghost Shadow Layer, setting up an environment suitable for ghost type sprites in the shortest time possible.

Many Sprite Trainers in the waiting area exclaimed, "Finally, there's a more conventional battle method, although… the number of energy balls it emits is still not quite normal."

But…

Where did this conventional tactic come from?

Ah Yan had learned it itself when it was hiding in the shadows.

Ah Yan had a phone.

Su Hao had equipped each sprite with a phone so that he could easily contact them on Planet Aquamarine.

Butterfly :"!!!"

At this moment, the conventional tactic was being used, and black fog filled the air.

Suddenly, a figure rushed out of the dust.

A faint shadow enveloped his body, and the sword in his hand emitted a golden glow.

With a few steps, he arrived in front of the Yama Ghost Lord. The golden longsword slashed down with a strong sword momentum.

"The Sword God's sword is extremely terrifying. Sometimes, you know that he's about to slash down, but because of the shock of the sword intent, you can't dodge!"

The others thought back to the first round. Sword God's sword sliced through things as though they were butter. He was one with his sword.

No one could withstand it!

It could only dodge, but that wasn't easy to do…

The golden sword light slashed down, bringing with it a piece of cloth that quickly dissipated in the air.

The audience could see that there was a faint golden scratch on the Yama Ghost Lord's black robe dozens of meters away.

It was almost cut open.

"Elemental Escape can avoid most attacks, but…" The knowledgeable Bai Xiaoming said, "Sword God's sword slash is no ordinary energy attack. It's a sword intent attack."

To put it bluntly, it was a profound meaning.

If the profound meaning was subdivided into levels, ordinary sprites could only cultivate the profound meaning to LV1 or LV2. Whale Island University's special training camp had a treasure like the profound meaning stone tablet, which could often raise the profound meaning level to LV3, LV4, LV5, or even LV6.

The profound meaning of the Dazed Crow's slash was LV6. It was the only one that could gather the ultimate attacks into a single streak, allowing it to kill its enemy instantaneously.

However, that meant that the level of the Sword God had to be… at least above level 10!

It was an indescribable and mysterious concept.

During the second stage of [Gan Kun in the Shadow], Ah Yan could absorb golden flames, but now in the third stage, it couldn't. When the sword aura shrouded over Ah Yan when it had slashed down.

It was too fast.

Too strong!

"However, it's not his sprite that has Level 10 profound meaning. Instead, the two are superimposed and the human and spirit become one."

Su Hao pondered.

He had heard that the Sword God had been practicing the sword since he was young. If it weren't for the fact that he was limited by the weakness of his human physique, he might not even need to use the 'Sword Master' to fight against powerful sprites with his sword.

In the venue…

The golden sword light shone brightly. After the attack, Sword God immediately swung his sword to the right and back. It was not until the golden sword light slashed out that the figure of the Yama Ghost Lord appeared dozens of meters away.

His prediction…

No, he used his sword intent intuition to lock onto the Yama Ghost Lord's position.

At the same time that the golden sword light slashed out, the three sword lights hanging upside down behind the figure had already flown out at some point in time and hung in the sky and pointed at the black figure.

The surrounding aura was locked down.

The sword light pierced through the black fog.

Anyone who were to be in the position of the Yama Ghost Lord would definitely feel despair.

"He must be cheating!"

What was Su Hao supposed to do when the enemy had a weapon with 999+ attack power, a perception hack, and a lock-on hack?

He could only…

…out-cheat the enemy!

Buzz--

The golden sword projection sliced through the black figure before crashing into the crystal wall at the very end.

The dazzling golden light was absorbed by the wall.

But…

The severed black figure had already faded and disappeared.

It was just an afterimage.

"Where did it go?"

"That's impossible! It's impossible to dodge the sword light while traveling in the shadows!"

"Wait, does this mean Sword God hasn't found the location of Yama Ghost Lord?"

Their eyes widened.

On the battlefield, the young man with the sword swept his gaze through the surroundings before finally stopping at the spot where the Yama Ghost Monarch had vanished.

The black-robed figure suddenly appeared and its shadow extended. The black shadow behind the Sword God instantly bared its fangs and brandished its claws.

Shadow Bind!

The young man's figure stopped imperceptibly for an instant before he flipped his wrist and slashed with his sword.

The tentacles extending from the shadow were all cut off, but he kept swinging his sword.

The golden sword projection became even more dazzling.

The light sword hanging in the sky finally showed its power. It cast down light and shadow, like a barrier, locking down all directions.

But…

The sword light missed again.

The black-robed sprite with a crown on its head seemed to sway for a moment when the sword light slashed past it before it melted into his shadow.

In the next moment…

It appeared dozens of meters away.

The sword light couldn't hit it!

Even the barrier-like light couldn't lock it down!

Ah Yan was actually using two sets of techniques.

It used [Gan Kun in the Shadow] to dodge the sword slash.

On the other hand, the secret technique [Shadow Jump] extended from Shadow Jump allowed Ah Yan to escape from the light barrier.

However, these could not be seen in the Sprite Trainers' widened eyes in the waiting area. They could only remain puzzled.

Among the audience,

Heavenly King Lie Long was also sweating.

He could not help but look at Heavenly King Chi Mei, who was knowledgeable when it came to ghost element sprites. Seeing that the other party's pale face was still calm, he calmed down a little.

Well, it shouldn't be a big problem.

…

At this moment…

They clashed several times.

No matter what, the young man could not hit the black-robed figure.

Ah Yan's attack couldn't threaten Sword God either.

The two figures fell into a confrontation, and the scene became silent for a short while.

In the silence…

Whoosh ~

One after another, black shadows suddenly appeared behind the Yama Ghost King.

They were all black spirits with a pixelated appearance that was difficult to describe with words.

At the same time, the Yama Ghost King raised its hand and a Shadow Energy Ball appeared on its fingertip. It expanded rapidly.

The black mosaic shadows flew around the energy ball as if they were providing nutrients.

Swish.

The golden sword light tore through the air. The black sphere with terrifying energy and the surrounding pixelated shadows suddenly disappeared and reappeared.

"Did they just disappear?!"

"Teleportation?"

Some people guessed, but they could only guess.

With the pixelated Ghost Shadow Incarnation, Ah Yan was able to get the enormous Shadow Energy Ball to a diameter of two to three meters in a short time.

It did not continue to accumulate the energy ball and instead threw it out.

The massive black ball containing terrifying energy smashed forward, and wherever it passed, space seemed to distort. Countless arcs of black lightning crackled as the golden sword light slashed down, fiercely smashing into the massive black ball.

But it did not detonate.

The huge Shadow Energy Ball shook and destroyed the entire golden sword light. Then, it slowly… actually continued to push forward at an extremely fast speed.

Rumble~!

Everything in its path was obliterated.

The Sword God remained calm facing the terrifying energy ball. The light swords in the sky returned to the back of the shadow, and another illusionary sword appeared.

The tip of the sword was pointed at the huge energy ball. It was as if ten thousand swords had risen.

One illusory sword after another fused into the body of the sword in the young man's hand, and the dazzling golden light became even more dazzling.

In the end, when the three sword lights merged, the sharpness of the sword reached its peak!

He swung his sword!

The dazzling sword light was more than ten meters long. With a whoosh, it cut the huge shadow energy ball into two. It flew forward without losing momentum and bombarded the barrier.

Buzz--

Buzz--

The crescent-shaped sword glow did not disappear. It was as if the sword had struck on the barrier itself, causing the entire barrier's glow to flicker. Two to three seconds later, the sword glow's energy dissipated, and the barrier trembled violently before returning to normal.

In the waiting area, many Sprite Trainers outside the barrier broke out in cold sweat.

If the sword light had broken the barrier, it was likely that their sprites might not have been strong enough to block it!

"What's this move of Sword God? It's too terrifying! I think it can tear through space!"

Someone gulped and said.

From the start, both sides were doing well.

When the huge Shadow Energy Ball was shot out, some people felt that Sword God might lose.

But now…

They looked at the Sword God, who was shrouded in golden sword energy and whose sword was humming non-stop. With a light wave of his sword, he could unleash a terrifying sword slash. They only wondered who among the two were going to win…

"What is that?!"

Someone cried out in alarm. At the place where the black mist lingered, six pixelated shadows stood in six positions. In the middle was a black ring with a diameter of two to three meters.

Unlike the Shadow Energy Ball, the black ring slowly rotated and collapsed inward, as if endless darkness was devouring everything.

As the six pixelated shadows moved forward, the black ring followed.

Step by step…

The ten-meter-long golden sword beam slashed over again. It was clearly aimed at the Yama Ghost Lord at lightning speed. And yet, in the next moment, the sword light turned and slashed at the black ring. The ten-meter-long golden light was devoured by the two to three-meter-wide ring and vanished.

Many people were stunned.

"No, I don't think the Sword God was controlling the sword light. It seems to have been forcefully sucked in!"

Indeed.

Sword God kept slashing. The golden light was dazzling, and dozens of sword lights gathered into a golden river that slashed forward.

But…

When they got close to the black ring, they all turned around and seemed as if they were forcefully absorbed into the ring that seemed as deep as an abyss.

The sword light had completely disappeared!

As for the black ring, it was still slowly spinning like a sea of stars.

The six pixelated shadows that maintained the ring were still intact.

It was as terrifying as…

"Hiss~!"

The audience were shocked.

Heavenly King Lie Kong wanted to stand up, but he sat back down.

The corner of his mouth twitched. He was not as calm as he looked.

Meanwhile, on the stage.

Yama Ghost King's black robe swayed slightly.

Behind it, the black ring hung slightly higher, pulled by six pixelated shadows, slowly moving forward.

It was not fast, but it was steady.

This move, combined with the secret technique created by Ah Yan's two different talents, was still unnamed as Su Hao hadn't thought of a name for the time being.

It could be called "Fierce Ghost Coffin Carrying" or "Six Ghosts Pulling Ring", but neither was important.

What was important was…

Su Hao looked at the young man with the sword.

"I admit defeat."

The young man suddenly dispersed his sword aura and said.

Many people were stunned.

Su Hao was also stunned. Wait, I haven't started showing off yet!

However, the young man admitted defeat gracefully. The sword momentum dissipated, and the golden light disappeared… Su Hao couldn't say much… He could only let him go!

How infuriating!

"In terms of showing off, he is an enemy!"

…

As usual.

The Yama Ghost Lord had done enough. Su Hao also didn't dare to let it continue fighting.

He had a feeling that the Heavenly King Lie Kong was looking at him with an unfriendly gaze.

It was probably just Su Hao's imagination…

The Heavenly Kings were all big bosses, while Su Hao was just a newbie.

Sword God left with his sword and returned to the waiting area. He sat there as if nothing had happened.

The moment Ah Yan flew back, it hid in its shadow.

Butterfly, who had been lying on Su Hao's head with its antennae hanging down, had been a useless butterfly. It finally fluttered its butterfly wings and floated onto the field.

It was still the size of a palm, and there was a phone hanging in front of it.

Hmm… phone?

"Gurgle~"

It covered its face awkwardly.

Controlling the phone with his telekinesis, it steadily flew the phone back to the Sprite Commandeering platform.

Su Hao caught it and threw it into his pocket.

He then looked at the Sprite Trainers in the waiting area.

In just a short while, more warriors stepped out.

It was a young man whose name Su Hao couldn't remember, but he remembered that he was one of the first-tier eight.

There was confidence on his face, especially when his gaze landed on Butterfly.

Could it be that… he was under the impression that Butterfly was cute and weak?

But that shouldn't be the case. The first eight people also had many trump cards that they hadn't used in the previous battles.

He should be someone with a powerful killing move.

Su Hao thought.

An ordinary-looking young man stepped onto the Sprite Commandeering platform.

With a wave of his hand, a yellowish-brown figure darted out of the waiting area and jumped onto the field.

It was a thin sprite with fine scales.

Swordthorn Assassin.

It held two swords and had a sharp gaze.

It was good at speed and single-target attacks. It probably thought it was very easy to kill a 'small' sprite like Butterfly in one blow.

But…

Su Hao glanced at the interface. "The attributes don't seem to be outstanding. Maybe there's something, a trump card that the interface hasn't analyzed."

Su Hao thought.

A barrier of light appeared, and the Heavenly King Lie Kong shouted for the battle to begin.

In an instant, the figure of the Swordthorn Assassin suddenly scuttled… scuttled…

Splat!

The Swordthorn Assassin, who had just taken a step forward, immediately fell to the ground and did not get up again.

The audience: "???"

There was also someone who had a solemn expression, "It's an illusion technique, an extremely high level illusion technique. With just a glance, it caused the Swordthorn Assassin to fall!"

However, weren't illusions only capable of suppressing low-level opponents?

It was not extraordinary-level!

The ordinary young man was a little flustered.

After hesitating for a moment, he called out the second sprite.

A Nightmare Tapir.

It flapped its wings and rushed towards Butterfly with a "gugugu" sound.

It was as if it knew that it could not win and wanted to use a suicide attack to accumulate some advantages.

Indeed.

This sprite's resistance to illusion was much stronger. It flew… 200 meters.

Then, it fell with a thud. Its small body rolled a few times on the ground and stopped in front of Butterfly.

Butterfly stretched out its hand to poke it, but it didn't wake up, so it pulled on the sprite's face.

The ordinary-looking young man's face turned even darker. He quickly summoned the Nightmare Tapir back.

In less than a minute.

Instantly, before the young man could do anything, the two sprites were defeated just like that.

It was a clean defeat.

It was a miserable defeat.

He could only, could only…

"I lost."

Even though he still had a trump card under his sleeve, his final sprite's resistance to illusion was not necessarily stronger than the Night Dream Tapir. There was no way for him to deal with the Butterfly Fairy.

The power of the illusion was simply too exaggerated!

The sprites he sent on stage didn't even have a chance to perform. He reckoned that they would have a chance to continue fighting later.

Forget it.

An ordinary young man, who was indeed in the first tier, was defeated so quickly. The others in the second tier had no intention of going on stage.

They just looked at the people in the first tier.

Sword God and Xia had already challenged Su Hao.

Lan Qing… shook her head, indicating that she had no intention of participating.

The others were also silent.

Why are you all so cowardly!

In the audience, the Heavenly King Lie Kong's lips twitched.

However, he could also understand why they acted that way.

Without any means to resist the illusion, anyone would be defeated in one move.

The team competition could not be interrupted like this.

At the thought of this, the Heavenly King Lie Kong stood up and walked to the front of the audience.

"My sprite will participate in this match."

As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand.

In an instant, spatial ripples appeared.