novelraw Chapter 347: The Water-Breaking Knife
Chapter 347: The Water-Breaking Knife
Under the focus of countless gazes.
Su Zhan and Meng Qianyu simultaneously stepped onto the central, most expansive final arena.
Meng Qianyu wore a battle robe patterned with azure dragons, his expression cold and stern. The spiritual energy around him was perfectly harmonious and surging, his aura at the peak of the Tide Realm was unleashed without reservation. The look he directed at Su Zhan was filled with fighting spirit.
"Chen Qing, your luck ends here. I will personally end your path, making everyone understand that the gap between orthodox and wild methods is an insurmountable chasm!"
Meng Qianyu's voice was icy.
Su Zhan's face was expressionless, offering no words. Within him, the Flame of Destruction surged like an undercurrent.
The referee solemnly announced, "The final match, begin!"
"Boom—!"
Meng Qianyu moved first.
SSS-grade Life Soul, Water-Severing Blade.A phantom manifested abruptly behind him. Azure-blue spiritual energy surged like a tide, water vapor spreading everywhere.
"Thousand Waves Slash!"
Hundreds upon thousands of sharp blade auras, like layer upon layer of turbulent, surging waves, swept towards Su Zhan, blotting out the sky and covering the earth.
Su Zhan's black scales instantly covered his entire body. A ferocious long tail pierced through the air, weaving at extreme speed through the tide of blade auras. Using both fists and tail, he shattered unavoidable attacks, forcibly closing the distance.
"Clang! Clang! Thud—!"
Su Zhan advanced against the current, his posture savage.
Meng Qianyu's blade technique shifted instantly. "Trap! Water-Severing Prison!"
The remaining blade auras interwove and spiraled, transforming into an azure-blue water prison.
"Roar!"
Su Zhan let out a low roar, the Flame of Destruction erupting violently.
Dark red flames coiled around both arms as his fists smashed ferociously against the water prison.
"Boom—!!"
Dark red and azure-blue energies clashed madly.
The water prison trembled violently, ultimately exploding with a thunderous crash.
Shards of blade aura and water mist sprayed in all directions.
The energy recoil caused Meng Qianyu's body to sway slightly.
Su Zhan had already broken through the chaotic currents, killing his way to the front.
His right fist, covered in the Flame of Destruction, aimed directly for Meng Qianyu's face.
Meng Qianyu condensed a solid blade radiance at his fingertip, meeting the fiery heavy fist head-on.
"Bang—!!"
Fist and blade clashed hard, red and blue shockwaves running rampant.
Su Zhan's figure stood firm as a rock, a few scales on his fist shattering.
Meng Qianyu was shaken back, sliding several meters. The blade radiance at his fingertip dimmed, his face turning pale.
In terms of pure power, he was actually suppressed!
"Your strength…"
Meng Qianyu was inwardly horrified. The opponent's strength far exceeded the scope of the Tide Realm.
A terrifying thought surfaced. He stared fixedly at Su Zhan, sensing his true realm.
Previously, Su Zhan had deliberately restrained himself, coupled with the unique aura of the Flame of Destruction, making it difficult to perceive.
Now, in this full-force clash, the faintly discernible pressure he exuded could no longer be completely concealed.
"You… you're not High-risk!"
Meng Qianyu exclaimed in disbelief, his voice trembling with incredulity. "Special-risk? You're actually Special-risk level!? A Special-risk under twenty-five? How is that possible!?"
"What? Special-risk!"
"Chen Qing is Special-risk level? Are you joking!"
"A twenty-five-year-old Special-risk? A genius among geniuses!"
"No wonder… no wonder he could crush Shi Lie and scare off Tu Gang! So he had already crossed that insurmountable chasm!"
The entire arena erupted in an uproar.
All the spectators were shaken to their core by this information.
A twenty-five-year-old Special-risk, this talent was simply terrifying.
The pride in Meng Qianyu's heart cracked for the first time.
The opponent completely overpowered him in terms of realm.
"Only realizing it now? Too late."
Su Zhan's voice was icy cold. His offensive, like a violent storm, completely enveloped Meng Qianyu.
"Bam! Thud—!"
Meng Qianyu desperately swung his Water-Severing Blade aura to defend, but retreated step by step. The wounds on his body continuously increased, blood staining his blue robe crimson.
Although the SSS-grade Life Soul was powerful, the huge gap in realm was not something easily bridged.
Humiliation, unwillingness, anger… all sorts of emotions intertwined in Meng Qianyu's heart.
He was the genius of the Azure Dragon Academy, the pride of his entire family. How could he lose to an Aberrant?
How could he stop here?
"I don't believe it!"
He let out a roar of defiance. The spiritual energy within his body began to run wild.
"Boom!!!"
An aura far more vast and majestic than before suddenly erupted from Meng Qianyu's body.
The azure-blue spiritual energy around him underwent a qualitative change, becoming deeper, faintly resonating with the surrounding heaven and earth.
The phantom of the Water-Severing Blade behind him not only solidified anew, its sword intent soared to the sky.
Abyss Realm!
He had broken through in the midst of battle, stepping into the first stage of the Abyss Realm!
"He… he broke through! Meng Qianyu broke through to the Abyss Realm!"
"My heavens! Breaking through mid-battle! Is this what a genius is?"
"The battle situation is reversed! Abyss Realm versus Special-risk, the advantage is ours!"
"Excellent! Kill him!"
The entire arena boiled over once again.
From the direction of the Ghost Fiend Sect, ecstatic cheers erupted.
This shocking reversal made all the spectators' hearts leap into their throats.
Su Zhan's golden vertical pupils contracted slightly.
Abyss Realm.
He had actually broken through under such immense pressure, right in the thick of battle.
Setting aside their opposing stances, this person Meng Qianyu truly lived up to his reputation as an Azure Dragon Academy genius.
To be able to break through barriers and take that crucial step under the immense pressure of a life-and-death struggle—his talent, mental fortitude, even that indomitable fighting spirit—were all top-notch.
A decent opponent.
Su Zhan gave his internal assessment.
Compared to those worthless individuals who didn't even have the courage to fight him before, Meng Qianyu at least displayed the bearing a true powerhouse should have.
But… so what?
The first stage of the Abyss Realm was indeed a qualitative transformation. Strength, spiritual energy, perception and utilization of heaven and earth energy would all far surpass the Tide Realm.
This would indeed grant Meng Qianyu a huge advantage, enough to reverse the earlier situation where he was suppressed by Su Zhan's absolute power.
But this did not mean Su Zhan would lose.
His Special-risk level was forged through struggling for survival in the hell of the Mist, teetering on the edge of life and death countless times.
His foundation was far more solid, and far more brutally tempered, than these geniuses raised in greenhouses!
Meng Qianyu's breakthrough merely turned him from an insect that could be casually crushed into an opponent that needed to be taken seriously.
But that was all.
Meng Qianyu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. Blazing fighting spirit reignited in his eyes as he locked onto Su Zhan. "Chen Qing, I should even thank you. Without your pressure, I wouldn't have been able to take this step. Now, Sever the Flowing Sea!"
He brought his palms together, then slashed down violently.
A massive blue blade force, spanning the entire arena, materialized once more.
As if it could truly sever the flowing sea with one slash, cleaving heaven and earth!
"Rip—!"
A pair of enormous fleshy wings abruptly unfurled from Su Zhan's back.
His ferocious aura climbed once again.
But, this wasn't enough!
"ROAR—!!!"
Su Zhan completely released his suppression over the Flame of Destruction.
"BOOM!!!"
Dark red flames violently surged out from every single pore of his body.
Completely engulfing his entire person.
Su Zhan transformed into a human-shaped torch of dark red flame.
"What… what kind of flame is that?"
"Such a terrifying aura! I feel like my soul is about to be incinerated!"
"What kind of monster is he?"
Su Zhan's twin wings gave a powerful flap. Instead of retreating, he charged forward, crashing directly into that heaven-shaking, sea-severing blade force.
"BOOM!!!!!!!!"
Light instantly swallowed everything.
The incredibly sturdy final arena shattered inch by inch at this moment. The protective barrier couldn't hold for even a second, shattering with a thunderous crash.
A terrifying energy storm surged towards the spectator stands on all sides.