The time of an incense stick quickly passed, and as the old man announced the start of the third round of battles, the crowd's enthusiasm immediately ignited.
Of the remaining ten, six were in the Spirit Martial Realm, possessing extraordinary lethal abilities. Only three were not receiving much attention, so no matter how they fought, intense confrontations were inevitable.
In the end, two battles attracted particular attention. One was between the strong in the Spirit Martial Realm, Qiu Lan, against Lin Hong. The other was the captivating battle between Gu Yan and Duoming.
As for the other three battles, they held no significance. It was estimated that Nalan Feng, Lin Qian, and Wen Jiang would directly advance.
Indeed, reality was almost as expected by the crowd. Nalan Feng and Lin Qian's opponents conceded directly, while Wen Jiang's opponent, Feng Qian, although fighting with all his might, was only able to exchange three moves with Wen Jiang before being blasted off the platform. Wen Jiang hadn't even used his full strength; the gap between the Spirit Martial Realm and the Qi Martial Realm was insurmountable.
This time, the main stage featured Qiu Lan and Lin Hong, making them the protagonists of this round of battles.
On the Northern Stage, Gu Yan's icy gaze fell upon Lin Feng, his killing intent emanating outward. It was quite a coincidence that he had actually encountered Lin Feng. As long as Lin Feng dared to fight, he would make sure Lin Feng died to avenge the killing of Gu Qing.
"If you dare not fight, then leave, and do not disgrace the warriors," Gu Yan sneered, his tone mocking.
Lin Feng remained calm, standing there indifferently. "You don't need to provoke me. Rest assured, I will give you the opportunity for revenge."
"Hehe." Gu Yan chuckled sinisterly upon hearing Lin Feng's words. He was indeed trying to provoke Lin Feng with his words, hoping to goad Lin Feng into a fight. He didn't expect Lin Feng to see through it and still choose to fight.
"Ignorant fool, I will make you understand the difference between the Spirit Martial Realm and the Qi Martial Realm, a gap that cannot be bridged," Gu Yan sneered inwardly, not even releasing his martial soul. He was afraid that releasing it would scare Lin Feng into not daring to fight.
Stepping forward, Gu Yan approached Lin Feng. When he was only ten steps away from Lin Feng, his steps suddenly trembled. A thunderous palm wind slashed through the air, substantial palm prints attacking Lin Feng overwhelmingly. At that moment, Lin Feng was already covered by endless palm prints; from Gu Yan's direction, Lin Feng was nowhere to be seen.
"Daring to harm someone from my Gu family, you are seeking your own death," Gu Yan shouted loudly, unleashing a gigantic palm print that crashed toward Lin Feng. Even if Lin Feng could withstand those palm prints, this fatal blow would still claim Lin Feng's life. Since he had started, he would not allow Lin Feng to live. Otherwise, where would he, the top talent of the Gu family, put his face?
As the overwhelming palm prints were about to land on Lin Feng, a brilliant light, similar to before, flickered once again. The countless palm prints were directly torn apart, cracks appearing in the sky, as if they could shatter at any moment.
"Die!" Gu Yan remained unmoved, shouting loudly as a fierce and domineering palm print directly imprinted itself on those almost crumbling palm prints. A power like a landslide and tsunami surged forward; this blow was enough to annihilate anyone in the Qi Martial Realm.
"Not necessarily."
"Boom!"
A calm and indifferent voice sounded, and an extremely domineering sword energy tore through everything. The palm prints collapsed and shattered in an instant, turning into countless fragments that scattered in the wind. With just a sword light, challenging the heavens and earth.
"Spirit Martial Realm." Gu Yan's face turned deathly pale. How could he have not expected that Lin Feng had hidden his true strength?
The sword light was icy and murderous, with a sword aura that was chilling and destructive, annihilating everything in its path.
The swordsman was unstoppable and indestructible.
"Oh no!" Gu Qing was shocked and horrified. He stood up from his seat, but everything was already too late. Gu Yan had always planned to strike Lin Feng with a fatal blow, leaving no room for himself. At this moment, he was completely unable to counterattack, let alone resist Lin Feng's killing sword.
A jet of blood shot out from Gu Yan's throat, and Gu Yan, a Spirit Martial Realm expert, fell.
He was the only Spirit Martial Realm expert to be wiped out in the martial arts competition up to this point.
At this moment, everyone from the Gu family stood up, looking at the scene in shock and despair, watching the most outstanding disciples of the Gu family fall on the battle platform.
"I will kill you!" Gu Qing shouted loudly, shaking the eardrums of the crowd.
Nalan Xiong frowned and said, "Gu Family Master, you are being presumptuous. Don't forget that this is the Yangzhou City Martial Arts Competition."
Gu Qing's expression stagnated. He glanced at Nalan Xiong, then snorted disdainfully, and sat back down.
However, from Gu Qing's gaze at Lin Feng, it was clear that he would never let Lin Feng off.
"What? Gu Yan was killed by Duoming with just one sword?" Many people were still watching the battle between Qiu Lan and Lin Hong. Suddenly, they were awakened by Nalan Xiong's loud shout. When they saw Gu Yan's body on the ground, they couldn't help but stare blankly.
"Damn it, why did I go watch Qiu Lan's battle and miss this? How did Duoming kill Gu Yan?"
Many people began to regret deeply, sighing at having missed the exciting battle. They had never expected such a shocking battle to unfold. The experts in the Spirit Martial Realm had all been wiped out, and it was by the newly emerged mysterious expert, Duoming.
"We all underestimated him. Duoming is also a martial artist in the Spirit Martial Realm, extremely powerful, with the strength to enter the top five, or even higher."
Not only the crowd, but even Nalan Xiong was looking at Lin Feng's figure as he walked off the battlefield, his martial arts realm just a Qi Martial Realm, yet with one sword, he killed a martial artist in the Spirit Martial Realm. How strong was this guy? Even he couldn't see through him.
At this moment, another battle also ended, with Qiu Lan defeating Lin Hong. With this, the five strong fighters advancing to the next round had all emerged.
Nalan Feng, Lin Qian, Wen Jiang, Qiu Lan, Duoming!
Once again, the unaffiliated faction, the loose cultivators, had the most remaining people. With Qiu Lan and Duoming, the Gu family had no one left. The two most talented disciples had been killed by Lin Feng.
After another incense stick's worth of rest time, the old man walked up to the main stage.
"The fourth round, Lin Qian advances by default. Nalan Feng will battle Wen Jiang, while Qiu Lan will face Duoming."
The crowd was excited, finally reaching the ultimate showdown. Nalan Feng's strength was beyond doubt.
Nalan Feng's strength was beyond doubt. Wen Jiang, on the other hand, was a martial artist at the Qi Martial Realm Second Stage, a realm higher than Nalan Feng and Lin Qian. The battle between the two promised to be thrilling.
In another match, Duoming had been unstoppable, killing three opponents with three swords and advancing to the fourth round. His clash with Qiu Lan was highly anticipated.
This time, the two matches would be staggered, no longer simultaneous, and both would take place on the main stage.
First up were Nalan Feng and Wen Jiang.
"Wen Jiang, you're quite strong, but you're still no match for me. Surrender," Nalan Feng said arrogantly, towering over all like a princess.
"Hmph, my realm is higher than yours. The one who should surrender is you, Nalan Feng," Wen Jiang retorted.
"Stubborn fool," Nalan Feng coldly snorted, unleashing her martial soul. Suddenly, behind her, the Spirit Arm martial soul appeared. What was shocking was that Nalan Feng's Spirit Arm martial soul was different from Nalan Chen's, who had been killed by Lin Feng. Nalan Feng's Spirit Arm was golden, emitting an unbeatable golden aura.
"The Spirit Arm martial soul, only a golden Spirit Arm can be considered a perfect Spirit Arm martial soul," Nalan Xiong smiled slightly. For a hundred years, only Nalan Feng had awakened the purest golden Spirit Arm martial soul.
"It's worthy of being the princess of Yangzhou City. Her martial soul's Spirit Arm is actually golden, with a domineering and invincible aura."
The crowd trembled slightly, their faces moved.
Wen Jiang was not to be outdone. He also released his martial soul, and behind him, an illusory river appeared, with waves surging endlessly. This was the River martial soul of the Wen family.
"What a diverse world," Lin Feng sighed inwardly upon seeing the martial souls of the two. A Spirit Arm could become a martial soul, and it could even be golden. A river could also be a martial soul.
Martial souls were varied and unimaginable.
Glancing at Lin Qian, if he hadn't guessed wrong, Nalan Feng would win this battle, and in the next round, she would directly advance by default. In other words, in the next round, the one who had defeated Qiu Lan would face Lin Qian.