The purple robed young man that had stood up had extremely enchanting eyes which had a strange dark purple hue. His silky black hair reached all the way down half his back and contained ornaments fit for a prince. Just by his posture you could feel the confidence he had in himself which was the most charming part of it all. Although he was overbearing at times he would still always be followed by a group of fangirls around the sect halls.
When Hei fengjue entered the arena, Zhou Xinqiu could feel his strength and the danger in the situation right away. so much so that she even had the urge to leave the arena. However, she had come so far and would only look like a fool if she backed down now. After all, it wouldn't be the truth to say she didn't want to defeat her father's biggest rival's son.
Zhou Feng and Zhou He began to feel a little nervous and worried at the sight of Zhou Xinqiu having to face Hei Fengjue.
With all things considered, it wasn't really an advantageous position at all for Zhou Xinqiu.
As much as he would rather want to end it right here and right now, Zhou feng knew that this would be an experience for Zhou xinqiu and even if she lost she had already achieved her goal to enter the bronze circulation pool. Hence, he extended his hand forth and activated the arena shield before declaring the start of the battle.
"Xinqiu, You must already know the danger involved in this battle and I highly suggest that you don't hold back any longer unless you want to be killed by him" Qin gong's wary voice appeared in her mind.
Zhou Xinqiu took a step forward and officially initiated the start of the final battle.
Zhou xinqiu opened her palm before a wisp of soul essence appeared in her left hand and hardened in the shape of a needle before fusing it with 7 soul imprints. She raised her hand up towards her hair as if she was tying it and placed the needle inside her hair like a hairpin. In the tense moment, two figures dashed towards each other in the middle of the arena , one dressed in red and one dressed in purple. Zhou xinqiu brought out soul imprints up to her fists to amplify her strength as she dodged the attacks from Hei fengjue. He sent a punch to her abdomen but stopped right before touching it and quickly changed it into an uppercut which was sent to her unprotected throat. Blood started running down her lips as she bit it in pain and stepped back before running right back into the battle ambushing him with more and more soul imprint punches. In the middle of the constant punches, Hei fengjue caught Zhou xinqiu's left arm and stared straight into her eyes before throwing her right behind him. She collapsed onto the floor.
"Zhou xinqiu, you are really disappointing. I honestly though that you would hold out for lo— gahhhhh" Hei fengjue suddenly turned around to find a soul needle stabbed right into his back. A small yet noticiable crack had appeared on his soul.
"You.. You little bitxh" he picked her body off the ground and sent a punch into her which sent her flying to the border of the arena.
"Yin dragon fist!" A purple illusory dragon head came flying towards Zhou Xinqiu's wounded body however she stood up in time.
"Eight soul imprints merge! Blood enhancement!"
The imprint collided head on with the dragon fist and both corroded each other for a few seconds before a boom sounded out and both attacks dissipated.
"If I wouldn't have prepared for the slight slight possibility that someone might have the power to anger me today, then you might have defeated me. However, your insignificant struggle to be important ends now!" Wisps of Qi entered into his embryonic pathways before they started to move inside his body in a circular motion and in a slow but continuous fashion.
"Qi circulation…" Zhou xinqiu opened her mouth in shock along with many others in the audience.
"No, quasi qi circulation. He forced the qi to circulate which raised his power above the body tempering stage but it still hasn't reached true qi circulation. If it continues for too long he will rupture his pathways." Qin gong commented.
Hei fengjue's power began to get stronger and his aura became Increasingly dangerous. "You, at the 8th stage were able to defeat those at the peak of the 9th stage of body tempering. However, Unfortunately for you.. I am no longer in the body tempering stage!"
"Primal yin fist! Quasi earth stage"
Zhou xinqiu's eyes closed and she gathered her thoughts before placing her hands in front of her. "9 soul imprints merge! Blood enhancement!" The imprints fused together and started to have a tint of bronze light radiating out from it.
"Zhou xinqiu! You dealt with Huo mingliang's quasi earth technique before. But, I must remind you, he was still in the body tempering stage!" The two forces collided once more but this time the primal yin fist began to show signs of gaining an small advantage. Along with this, Zhou Xinqiu was starting to get very exhausted from the constant battles which was no help either.
"Aiya, the imprint won't last for much longer I need to find another way.." Zhou Xinqiu's head started to ache as she was slowly beginning to be trapped in a corner. The imprint shattered not long after and the primal yin fist started approaching her body.
"Nine sword dance art" her body began performing the dance of the sword and twisting to the images of the sword goddess before a sharp glare sliced out from her eyes. Every part of her body released a sword aura and it had felt like she herself had turned into a sword. There was no lotus. There was no illusory images of herself. There was only her and her sword. "Ninth stance void severing" she grabbed the hilt of the sword and swung it directly at the primal yin fist. Almost as clean as butter, the fist was sliced in half and immediately dissipated into the qi of the world.
"Ehh? She mastered the nine sword dance art past the 8th form bottleneck which no one in our sect was able to do??" Zhou Ye was in utter shock and couldn't believe what he saw.
"A worthy opponent hahaha" Hei Fengjue starting to laugh like he was turning insane. "You really surpassed my imagination, but now it really ends here! Gods of the heavens I ask you to bestow upon me your blessings." A loud cracking sound rang out from his body. Boundless energy leaked out from his pores and Qi within himself spun as fast as a hurricane and as smooth as water in a pipe. He had truly reached the Qi circulation stage.