The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 1077 - 1075: Heavenly-grade Martial Soul! Eight-legged Blade Demon Beast!

Chapter 1077: Chapter 1075: Heavenly-grade Martial Soul! Eight-legged Blade Demon Beast!

With Sun Zhihao admitting defeat and taking his seat among the spectators, three of the top four spots had emerged: Di Xia, Shiyezhou, and Xu Jiangsheng.

The only group left was Lin Bai and Meng Yue.

"Let’s go, Brother Lin, it’s our turn." Meng Yue said to Lin Bai with a light smile, then leapt into the air and landed steadily on the Martial Arts Stage.

Lin Bai suppressed the myriad thoughts in his heart, "No matter what, I cannot give up this lead. After the Spiritual Child Battle is over, I will pay a visit to Elder Sun."

Lin Bai gathered his thoughts and stepped into the arena.

Meng Yue was not a stranger to Lin Bai. They had met before in the Seven Stars ruins, where Meng Yue had once saved Lin Bai.

This man was a blade cultivator, whose blade techniques were in no way inferior to Tang Jin’s, and might even be stronger!

"Meng Yue and Lin Bai have taken the stage!"

"Meng Yue has been considered the most likely to become a Spiritual Child since last year. Unfortunately, he suppressed his ambition back then, but this year with accumulated strength, it seems he is truly aiming for the Spiritual Child."

"Lin Bai is a dark horse; I wonder who will win this time?"

"Meng Yue is a blade cultivator, Lin Bai is a sword cultivator, and here we have another battle between blade and sword!"

Many warriors were looking forward to the upcoming martial confrontation.

Meng Yue, looking at Lin Bai clad in a white robe like snow, said with a smile as he walked onto the stage, "Thinking back, this should be the third time I’ve seen you, but you keep bringing more and more surprises."

"The third time?" Lin Bai looked puzzled at Meng Yue.

In Lin Bai’s memory, he had only met Meng Yue once, which was in the plaza in front of the Seven Stars ruins. At that time, Meng Yue had advised Lin Bai to leave, as the place was too dangerous. However, Lin Bai sneaked into the Direct Disciple Palace when Meng Yue was not paying attention.

Meng Yue laughed, "Yes, the third time."

"The first time was in the Seven Stars ruins, where I advised you not to enter the Direct Disciple Palace because it was too dangerous!"

"The second time was at the Teleportation Point. I was informed by the surrounding warriors that you had taken all the Elixir Pills and Treasures from the Direct Disciple Palace!"

"The third time was at Black Mountain, where I witnessed your epic battle against the seven Spiritual Children atop Black Mountain!"

Meng Yue said, laughing lightly.

Lin Bai gave a bitter smile, "In my memory, there was only one time, which was in the plaza in front of the Seven Stars ruins. At that time, Senior Brother Meng Yue advised me to leave."

"If I had known you were so strong, I wouldn’t have come to persuade you!" Meng Yue said with a wry smile.

"Hahaha."

Lin Bai laughed freely, without expressing agreement or disagreement.

"What!"

"The warrior who has been the talk of the town for the past half month, the one who fought a great battle against seven Spiritual Children at Black Mountain, is actually Lin Bai?"

"He’s the White-robed Swordsman who fought Su Cang, Liu Baoshen, Wei Tianyi, and other seven Spiritual Children at Black Mountain?"

Hearing Meng Yue’s words, all the warriors looked at Lin Bai as if they couldn’t believe their eyes.

"Damn, when I saw Lin Bai fighting for the Token before, I told you guys that he had fought against seven Spiritual Children and you called it bragging and didn’t believe me; now do you believe it?"

"I personally witnessed this guy’s epic battle against the seven Spiritual Children at Black Mountain!"

One of the warriors cried out in frustration, but his face was filled with pride because he had witnessed Lin Bai’s fierce fight against people like Su Cang on Black Mountain!

"Brother, please tell us quickly, what exactly happened at Black Mountain?"

"Yeah, do tell, we always thought you were bluffing!"

The surrounding warriors quickly gathered around, and the disciple began to recount the events, spitting as he spoke.

Meanwhile, Su Cang sitting in the seats reserved for Spiritual Children, his expression grew darker and darker.

...

"Lin Bai, let’s cut the small talk. Since we both stand here, it’s undoubtedly to compete for the last Spiritual Child seat," Meng Yue said to Lin Bai with a light smile.

"For the upcoming battle, we needn’t use all of our power!"

"Let’s only contest with one move; after one move, the outcome will be decided!"

"How about it?"

Meng Yue suggested to Lin Bai with a smile.

"Sure," Lin Bai nodded and replied with a smile.

"Good, then let’s begin," Meng Yue said smilingly.

Lin Bai nodded and drew out the Purple Cloud Sword.

Meng Yue saw Lin Bai’s Purple Cloud Sword and chuckled, "Aren’t you using your dual swords?"

Meng Yue had seen with his own eyes how Lin Bai had fought seven Spiritual Children on Black Mountain with dual swords in hand, yet now Lin Bai had only brought out one sword.

"Dual swords?"

"Lin Bai can fight with dual swords?"

"Could it be that he has yet to display all of his strength?"

A chorus of surprised exclamations came from the many warriors present.

Lin Bai chuckled and said, "Senior Brother Meng Yue, rest assured, when the time comes to draw my sword, Lin Mou will surely not be vague! However, whether you possess the skill to force that remains to be seen."

"Hahaha, very well, let’s see then," Meng Yue roared with laughter.

"Martial Soul!"

Meng Yue bellowed, and power surged throughout his body, as a mist of black haze appeared above his head.

Within the haze, a faint figure of an insect beast emerged.

This insect beast, with blood-red eyes, appeared unremarkable at a glance, but upon closer inspection, Lin Bai noticed that it had eight long legs, all of which were made of blades.

"A Heavenly-grade Martial Soul! Eight-legged Blade Demon Beast!"

Upon seeing Meng Yue’s Martial Soul, the crowd gasped in astonishment once more.

"Lin Bai, watch closely, this move is called... Eight Worlds Reincarnation!"

Meng Yue’s expression was ferocious, and an overwhelming aura spread out from him.

Immediately afterward, Meng Yue slashed down with his sword!

A Heaven-reaching, earth-piercing blade glow roared through the air, and as the sword light flashed, the single slash transformed into eight slashes, each with the power to destroy both heaven and earth!

"So powerful!"

"It’s over, it’s over, under that slash Lin Bai is surely powerless to fight back!"

The terrifying power of Meng Yue’s slash shook the very Void as it fell.

Even Kang Xiao and Ye Wuhuan turned their gazes towards the action at this moment, with Kang Xiao having already primed his power in his hands. Should Lin Bai prove no match, he would immediately step in to save him.

As the host of this Martial Arts Competition, Kang Xiao had set the rule that no death matches were allowed. However, in martial arts competitions, it was inevitable that some might lose control of their martial techniques and secret skills, and it was at those moments that Kang Xiao would have to save the warriors in the nick of time.

"Interesting!"

"Flying Swords!"

Seeing Meng Yue’s single slash turn into eight, Lin Bai’s eyes immediately sparkled with a sharp glint.

Instantly, a flying sword shot out from the palm of Lin Bai’s hand, revolving around him and soaring up and down.

"Swords Skill! One Sword Becomes a Thousand!"

Lin Bai activated the sword technique, and the flying sword pierced through the air.

In the sky, the flying sword instantly became thousands of Sword Shadows, striking fiercely towards the eight blade glows ahead.

Boom Boom Boom—

The blade glows and Sword Shadows collided fiercely.

Like raindrops, the dense Sword Shadows instantly shattered the eight blade glows and then hundreds of Sword Shadows assailed Meng Yue’s figure.

A thunderous, earth-shattering noise spread far and wide.

Dust swirled in all directions.

As the dust settled, a figure covered in blood and looking extremely disheveled appeared.

This person was none other than Meng Yue!

At the moment, Meng Yue, enduring his injuries and with reluctance in his heart, said, "I have lost! Thank you, Brother Lin, for your mercy."

"You are gracious!" Lin Bai sheathed his flying sword and smiled faintly.

As Meng Yue looked up to Lin Bai, he saw the flying sword and his eyes were filled with shock.

Meng Yue understood very well that if Lin Bai had not shown mercy just then, he might have been torn to pieces by those Sword Shadows, rather than merely being lightly injured!

"Brother Lin, you are qualified to compete for this year’s Spiritual Child!"

Having said that, Meng Yue jumped off the arena, retreating to the Spectator Seats to begin healing his wounds.

Meanwhile, Lin Bai returned to his seat.