novelraw Chapter 306 - 305: Turning the Tables
Chapter 306 - 305: Turning the Tables
Zhang Zhiqing took a punch, feeling some pain, but she also knew that with Xin Lin’s level of skill, this punch would definitely not be fatal.
Her ordinary face now twisted with a ferocious expression, she stepped into the void with her left leg, gathering energy in her right leg, her body like a knife blade plummeting down, her knees slamming hard into Xin Lin’s frail form.
This slam used up to seventy or eighty percent of Zhang Zhiqing’s True Qi.
Like a force breaking bamboo, even Golden Stone would shatter upon impact.
But at that moment, a subtle sound came from within Zhang Zhiqing’s body.
The sound was very faint, like something piercing through cloth.
Zhang Zhiqing’s gaze shifted as from her shoulder blade, with a hissing sound, a sharp edge of ice protruded out of her body.
Blood spurted out.
Zhang Zhiqing’s expression drastically changed, and she took several more punches.
Each punch was not heavy, seemingly casual, but each one landed on the joints and acupoints, exactly where Murong Ziyue’s Ice Formation Finger had struck before.
It was too late for Zhang Zhiqing to realize something was wrong.
Pffft, pffft, pffft—
Zhang Zhiqing took multiple punches, with multiple ice edges piercing through her body, blood spurting out like arrows.
Her inner True Qi, like floodgates opened, crazily drained away.
"How is this possible, I... you..."
Zhang Zhiqing’s body swayed, her eyes filled with shock and fear, even more astonished than when she had first seen the giant dragon.
The Five Meridians within her body had been severed into pieces by Xin Lin’s punches and those ice blades, completely breaking apart.
The source of Zhang Zhiqing’s strength was her Five Meridians.
With the Five Meridians blocked, her True Qi also dissipated.
Her Five Meridians were ruined!
The last ice edge broke from her body, piercing directly through Zhang Zhiqing’s Heart Meridian.
On her face, the look of astonishment was suddenly frozen as her body slumped to the ground.
Below the arena, gasps of shock rippled through the crowd.
Empress Feng’s face turned pale.
Emperor Longteng signaled Chu Tianyi to step forward.
Chu Tianyi quickly ascended to the platform, noticing the bloodstained ground and then glancing at Xin Lin, he snorted coldly.
He examined Zhang Zhiqing’s injuries and shook his head.
"I report to the Emperor, Zhang Zhiqing’s Five Meridians have been ruined, she will be unable to practice martial arts from now on."
Unable to practice martial arts!
Everyone inhaled sharply at the news.
"Xin Lin, you’ve got some nerve; the Imperial Examination was over, and yet you dealt such a heavy hand!"
Empress Feng stood up abruptly, her face full of anger.
Defeated, Zhang Zhiqing had actually lost.
But how could she lose?
How could a Xuanwu Eighth Layer practitioner lose to someone...
"Empress, as you said, this is the Imperial Examination; victory and defeat are inseparable. Moreover, Zhang Zhiqing’s injuries are not entirely because of Xin Lin."
General Zuo came forward one step, examining Zhang Zhiqing’s injuries.
"What happened?"
Emperor Longteng also realized that Xin Lin did not possess enough True Qi to cripple someone’s Five Meridians, which was what puzzled everyone else.
"I report to the Emperor, that was my True Qi. Xin Lin simply triggered my True Qi that was previously infused into Zhang Zhiqing’s body. If Your Majesty wishes to punish someone, please punish me as well."
Murong Ziyue stepped forward, kneeling to the ground.
To deal with Zhang Zhiqing, she had resorted to using Ice Formation Finger, but her cultivation was insufficient, and before she could fully unleash the true power of Ice Formation Finger, she was already exhausted.
Having Xin Lin help trigger the real power of Ice Formation Finger was merely Murong Ziyue’s plan; she hadn’t expected that Xin Lin would really succeed.
Xin Lin also hurriedly knelt beside Murong Ziyue.
The two glanced at each other and burst into laughter.