Chapter 551: Chapter 45: Deciding the Outcome_2

“It’s over; Lu Qingshan, the Nascent Soul Late Stage Cultivator, has won!” Even though the cultivators observing the battle were either of exceptional cultivation or high status, a slight commotion arose among them at this moment, and the noise level surged.

The sight of Luo Yi forcing himself to stand, his left palm a bloody mess and his Vital Essence severely depleted, was all too clear.

“I can’t accept this.” Luo Yi’s heart was filled with desolation and resentment.

Resenting why Lu Qingshan had to be so strong?

He was clearly just a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Why could these genius cultivators do whatever they wished, while those with ordinary talents like themselves could only struggle and strive bitterly?

Luo Yi thought of his contemporaries, the most talented batch of cultivators, who were now Great Cultivators of the Sixth Realm, high above the rest.

Yet there he was, now in such a pitiful state after a duel with a Fourth Realm Cultivator.

He couldn’t help but feel a sorrowful emotion welling up inside.

Little did he know that in comparison with most people, he also belonged to the ranks of genius cultivators and even had an enviable background.

Luo Yi was filled with even more resentment towards his own choices, and his heart was full of pain.

The main reason he lost was that he had made the wrong judgment.

Facing Lu Qingshan’s Heaven Suppressing Secret Sword, he chose not to dodge its sharp edge but to clash head-on with the most reckless approach, which led him to taste the bitter fruit of defeat.

Though he wasn’t as skilled in offense and attack as a Sword Cultivator, how could he, a Void Refining Late Stage Cultivator who was a full realm higher than Lu Qingshan, and who had even played his strongest card–the Dharma Aspect Metamorphosis–not handle it in a confrontation with Lu Qingshan? Who could have imagined such an outcome?

But could this really be blamed on him?

Luo Yi’s heart was bitter; according to his father’s intelligence, the power of Lu Qingshan’s Heaven Suppressing Secret Sword had barely reached the Void Refining Late Stage.

An attack of the Void Refining Late Stage level, how could he, as a Body Cultivator of the same realm, possibly not withstand it?

My father has led me to my doom!

“You’ve lost,” Lu Qingshan said, looking at the blood-soaked Luo Yi.

These words, reaching Luo Yi’s ears, made him feel an immense sense of humiliation.

No matter what, he had to resist.

Luo Yi, filled with anger and unwillingness, let out a loud shout, and his body once again burst forth with a silver glow.

“I, Luo Yi, will not accept defeat!”

His left hand was still bleeding, so this time, he could only lead with his right hand, struggling to kill his way towards Lu Qingshan.

“Let it end,” Lu Qingshan said softly, watching Luo Yi, who was at his last gasp but still charging towards him.

By now, his meridians were somewhat overheated.

Lu Qingshan himself wasn’t feeling particularly comfortable after Luo Yi had endured the Heaven Suppressing Secret Sword wielded with fifteen times its power.

Although he had only unleashed one strike, the violent Spiritual Power surged within his meridians.

Had it not been for his reforging of the Flawless Dao Foundation, which significantly toughened his meridians, he might have suffered internal injuries as well.

One sword strike was enough; if he were to unleash the second Heaven Suppressing strike now, with his current condition, it would likely result in damaging the enemy at the cost of injuring himself substantially.

His loss of two hundred for Luo Yi’s thousand.

That would not be worthwhile.

A thought arose in Lu Qingshan’s mind, and he swung out his sword.

In the moment of drawing his sword, it was as if thunder roared.

Out of the blue, thunder struck.

The power was much less than the Heaven Suppressing strike, but it was sufficient to deal with Luo Yi, who was in a weakened state and only kept going by sheer willpower.

An immense pressure emerged.

With a snap, Luo Yi, unable to withstand such a force, was sent flying like a broken kite.

But this time, he no longer had the strength to get up again.

The Void Refining Body Cultivator was defeated by the sword of Lu Qingshan.

And to add to that, it was a loss in a head-to-head clash of trump cards.

The crowd fell into brief silence, stunned and overwhelmed as if turned to wood.

What does it mean to be unparalleled both internally and externally?

That’s not something you can claim just by cultivating both Internal and External Swords.

Only someone like Lu Qingshan, who was close to achieving Sword Birth Thunder-Fire in the Flying Sword Realm, with close-combat external sword skills powerful enough to dominate a Body Cultivator known as the ‘King of Close Combat’, truly deserved the title ‘unparalleled’.

Soon, the voices began to swell like a tide.

“This Lu Qingshan is too fierce, almost matching his master in his youth…” Many incredulous gazes inevitably converged on Lu Qingshan, who stood above the arena.

“A peerless talent, backed by the Sword Sect, with a master who is the legendary Xia Daoyun of the previous generation.

Lu Qingshan might have the chance to reach the seemingly unattainable Sword Immortal Realm,” someone murmured.

They seemed to already foresee Lu Qingshan’s rise; however, this was still too remote for the current Lu Qingshan, and their words were just a passing sentiment.

After all, even for Xia Daoyun, an Eighth Realm Cultivator, the Sword Immortal Realm still remained a distant dream.

Otherwise, in the two thousand years of Chang’an, out of the countless sword cultivators, there wouldn’t have been only three Sword Immortals.

As for how many Sword Immortals would appear in this Tianyuan Year, and who would be the first one, they were very curious.

The news of Lu Qingshan’s victory spread rapidly through the hands of the observing cultivators.

Not all who were interested in the battle could be present at the Heavenly Sin Martial Hall to witness it personally.

Now that the outcome was determined, they swiftly received the news.

“A Void Refining Body Cultivator, Luo Yi, lost to a Nascent Soul Sword Cultivator in a close combat fight?” Some powers were shaken.

“This generation of the Sword Sect is incredible, Ji Chuan and Lu Qingshan, two prodigies from the same sect,” remarked some powers with bitterness and envy.

The strongest powers occasionally have gaps in their lineage.

Like the Heavenly Secret Pavillion, despite being a grand Taoist Sect, the death of the previous Pavilion Master was too sudden, and their successor hadn’t fully matured yet to take on the heavy responsibilities of the sect leader. They had no choice but to hastily appoint someone unprepared.

Vote