Chapter Thirty-Two: Yuan Qi's Wooden Arrival

  At the beginning of the battle, Gu Chao was indeed at a disadvantage.

  This was the first time Gu Chao had faced a completely unfamiliar high-level knife technique, and it was a two-in-one experience. One set was the Second-Rank Martial Skill "Rapid Wind Knife Technique", and the other was the Second-Rank Martial Skill "Nan Shan Knife Technique".

  At first, Gu Chao only felt extremely pressured, so he could only keep guarding, relying on his own knife skills to guard.

  From the first move to the sixty-fifth, he defended all the way using the 72 Road Knife Method. Gu Chao used it in a completely dismantled manner, with his hands moving freely, without any fixed moves or forms. So, although he was clearly using the 72 Road Knife Method, Li Tong and Zhao Fan only caught a glimpse of it. This allowed him to successfully defend until the sixty-fifth move.

  At the time of just guarding, Gu Chao also gradually became familiar with the other party's knife moves. Li Tong's Dī Fēng Knife Method and Zhao Fan's Nan Shan Knife Method were both second-rate martial arts techniques that were formidable, but no matter how formidable a technique was, it still needed someone to wield it effectively. Without a doubt, neither of these two individuals had mastered their respective knife methods; their knife moves were stiff and awkward, not even reaching the level of a small success.

  The current situation is that they are very familiar with their own sword moves, but they are not familiar with Gu Chao's swordsmanship.

  After withstanding sixty-five moves, the counterattack begins from here, Gu Chao thought to himself.

  Gǔ Chāo's sword light changed again, originally it was just a moment of defense, but now it has become non-stop offense.

  One attack was a direct take on Li Tong and Zhao Fan's weaknesses, with one knife taking aim at Li Tong, this knife took aim at the weak point of Li Tong's knife move. At the same time, another knife was taken out, reversing towards Zhao Fan's Nanshan knife method weakness. Gu Chao's knife method was unpredictable, only taking half a move and half a style as needed, completely reaching the realm of no moves, without any fixed moves, but every move took aim at the opponent's weaknesses. Both Zhao Fan and Li Tong felt eerie, they couldn't grasp Gu Chao's weaknesses but were constantly grasped by Gu Chao's weaknesses, this feeling was extremely uncomfortable.

  Wow!

  Li Tong was the first to be injured, he was cut by Gu Chao on his left shoulder with one knife, and after three moves, Zhao Fan's right leg was also cut, bleeding profusely.

  The battle is still going on, but it has become a one-sided fight.

  Gu Chao's sword light was extremely agile, moving between Li Tong and Zhao Fan's sword lights. In comparison, Li Tong and Zhao Fan's sword lights were too clumsy, too inferior, with too little variation, and too many openings, making Gu Chao's sword light much more formidable.

  Gu Chao made another move, this one with the flavor of a strong gust of wind and grass, as well as the flavor of a crazy storm passing through. In just one move, countless changes were born, and Li Tong and Zhao Fan, who were familiar with the 72 roads of knife law, didn't know how to block it. Gu Chao's sword cut into Li Tong's right shoulder, rendering his hands useless for a period of time and losing his combat effectiveness.

  A moment later, Gu Chao's long knife was already pointing at Zhao Fan's throat, just one foot away. If he pushed forward another foot, Zhao Fan would undoubtedly die.

  Zhao Fan's movements were instantly frozen, although he knew that the Taishan Sect's fellow disciples would not kill each other, but he was still frightened out of a cold sweat. Gu Chao's knife back counterattacked and struck Zhao Fan's chest with a knife-back slash. Zhao Fan only felt a severe pain in his chest and almost fainted from the pain. He basically lost his combat effectiveness.

  Li Tong's shoulders were disabled and lost combat effectiveness, Zhao Fan was seriously injured and not much different, the battle ended here.

  Gu Chao put away the red copper long knife and slung its scabbard over his shoulder, saying indifferently: "The two masters of Can Xue Mountain Villa, you kept saying that Xin Xue Mountain Villa is a novice. Now it seems that your own strength isn't anything to brag about either. With such strength, it's not very good for you to call others novices."

  Indeed, Li Tong and Zhao Fan were just saying that Gu Chao is a rookie.

  Li Tong and Zhao Fan wanted to compete, wanting to see who could solve Gu Chao the fastest. They both said they would do it in fifteen moves, thirteen moves, but in the end, the two of them joined forces and were knocked down by Gu Chao alone.

  Zanxue Manor's senior apprentice who entered two years earlier was defeated by Xinxue Manor's junior apprentice who entered two years later in a 2v1 match, it's really unbelievable if you tell this to others.

  It's not just Li Tong and Zhao Fan, even the three girls from Xin Xue Mountain Villa, Liu Ya, Zhu Dan, and Ye Qian, were stunned. They had always thought that Gu Chao was ranked 59th, with a significantly inferior strength. But recently on the challenge stage, Gu Chao unexpectedly defeated Feng Pinghuo, who was in the fourth layer of the Later Heaven Realm.

  But now, Gu Chao is even more extraordinary, with a one-to-two victory over two post-heaven fifth-layer masters from the Canxia Mountain Villa.

  When did Gu Chao, originally ranked fifty-ninth, become so powerful!

  Liu Ya had known Gu Chao the earliest in Muren Lane, and now she was even more curious about him, a pair of clever eyes sizing up Gu Chao.

  "In this world, the strong are revered, and of course, the good things go to the strong. I somewhat agree with this statement, so I'll take the Yuanqi Wood." Gu Chao said, carrying his long knife on his shoulder, and with a flick of his hand, he had already collected the lower-grade Yuanqi Wood into his arms. As soon as the lower-grade Yuanqi Wood was in his arms, he felt it release a stream of yuanqi, which he could absorb to increase his strength. This stream of yuanqi wasn't very dense, but the Yuanqi Wood constantly released this heavenly yuanqi, which would greatly accelerate his cultivation speed. Gu Chao thought to himself that at his current Fourth Layer of the Acquired Realm, increasing his cultivation speed by two or three times was almost effortless."

  This is the great effect of Yuanqi's wood.

  If it weren't for this, the yuanqi wood wouldn't be fried to a priceless price.

  Gu Chao obtained the Yuanqi Wood and returned to Zhongxi Peak's Xue Shan Villa. With only over 20 days left until the end of the year exams, his knife skills had already made great progress and he didn't need to cultivate anymore. Since that was the case, he would use the remaining 20 plus days to cultivate with the Yuanqi Wood and see how far he could push his internal energy.

  Everything is for the sake of the year-end college entrance examination.

  。。。。。。

  At the same time that Gu Chaohui returned to Xin Xue Mountain Villa, in Zhongxi Peak's Canshan Villa, a dormitory, Li Tong and Zhao Fan were both lying on their beds, both had applied golden wound medicine, and wore bandages, looking utterly disheveled.

  Li Tong said: "This time it's really capsized in a ditch, and was actually won by the rookie of Xue Shan Villa."

  "That blue-clothed rookie's knife skills are really formidable. Although it seems he hasn't reached the 72nd route of knife skills yet, he's not far off." Zhao Fan said in a low voice.

  "I heard that this time, the new Snow Mountain Villa only has one so-called little genius named Murong Ying who is particularly powerful. Could it be that this blue-clothed youngster is Murong Ying?" Li Tong said, Murong Ying was the most famous person in the New Snow Mountain Villa, even the Broken Snow Mountain Villa had heard of his name.

  "How is that possible? I heard that Murong Ying's internal power has reached the seventh layer of the Post-Heavenly realm now. If he really makes a move, we can't even withstand five moves." Zhao Fan said.

  "This time the New Snow Manor has really produced a talented person, Murong Ying is so capable, and this blue-clothed youngster is also quite good." Li Tong said: "It's going to be very difficult for us to take revenge now."

  Zhao Fan said: "However, these younger generations of Xin Xue Mountain Villa may be powerful, but they can't compare to our Can Xue Mountain Villa's Master Brother Zhuang Wu Fan."

  Li Tong said, "Needless to say, our Snowy Mountain Villa's Big Brother Zhuang Bufan is a figure whose strength is close to that of the top ten masters of Zhongxi Peak. He can easily defeat so-called little geniuses like Murong Ying." Among the top ten masters of Zhongxi Peak, the first place was held by Mo Xuanfeng, 26 years old, and the tenth place was held by Wei Qingqing, 19 years old. The strength of these ten people was extremely terrifying, surpassing all others, far above that of other outer sect disciples. And yet, Snowy Mountain Villa's Big Brother Zhuang Bufan, who was at most 14 years old, had a strength that could approach that of the top ten masters, which was also an extremely rare occurrence.

  "Hey, weren't we talking about how to find that kid in blue to get revenge?" Li Tong said as he realized they had strayed from the topic.

  Zhao Fan had a very solemn look: "I'm still thinking."

  Li Tong helplessly rubbed his forehead, he found that it was extremely difficult for Zhao Fan to come up with a reliable plan.

  Li Tong and Zhao Fan were actually ranked quite low in the Xuanxue Mountain Villa, basically at the bottom. If they were mid-ranking outer disciples of the Xuanxue Mountain Villa, their strength could surpass Gu Chao's, after all, their two years of hard work weren't for nothing, and entering the sect two years earlier wasn't just for show. The average standard of the Xuanxue Mountain Villa was much higher than that of the XinXue Mountain Villa.

  And the masters of the other eight mansions are even more numerous and powerful!

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