The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 1078 - 1076: Defeat the Enemy with One Punch!

Chapter 1078: Chapter 1076: Defeat the Enemy with One Punch!

Following Lin Bai’s defeat of Meng Yue, the top four contenders in the Spiritual Child Battle emerged.

Di Xia, Xu Jiangsheng, Shiyezhou, Lin Bai!

Kang Xiao raised his voice and said, "You all have two hours to rest now, and after two hours, the semi-final battles will begin. To give you ample preparation time, I will announce the matchups in advance!"

"Shiyezhou versus Xu Jiangsheng!"

"Di Xia versus Lin Bai!"

The voice of Kang Xiao echoed in the ears of the four contenders, and simultaneously in the ears of all the warriors in the venue.

Hearing the announcement of the matchups, Lin Bai had a calm expression on his face.

Meanwhile, Di Xia looked toward Lin Bai with a trace of a smile on his face, "Junior Brother Lin Bai, I hope you’ll show mercy later on."

Lin Bai laughed and said, "Haha, Senior Brother, why bother with such formalities?"

"Haha."

Di Xia and Lin Bai exchanged smiles and then immediately began to focus on restoring their spiritual power.

Because Lin Bai had a gentleman’s agreement with Meng Yue to settle the outcome with a single move, he had not exhausted much spiritual power, and it took him less than half an hour to fully recover.

Soon after, Lin Bai opened his eyes, seemingly lost in thought.

"Lin Bai!"

At this moment, from the spectator seats, someone yelled out Lin Bai’s name.

Lin Bai glanced over, seeing Kang Shiyun and Kang Yiyang.

He left his seat to approach the spectator seats.

Kang Yiyang cautioned, "Lin Bai, you need to be careful next. Di Xia is not so easy to deal with. What you’ve seen of Di Xia’s strength is only one-tenth of his real capability!"

Lin Bai nodded and smiled, "I understand."

Kang Yiyang continued, "If you can defeat Di Xia and get into the finals, it might well be a tough fight between you and Shiyezhou."

"Shiyezhou? Do you think Shiyezhou will lose to Xu Jiangsheng?" Lin Bai asked doubtfully.

"Unless there is an unexpected event, Xu Jiangsheng will lose," declared Kang Yiyang with certainty.

"I don’t believe that. I am sure that Xu Jiangsheng will win, and I will also defeat Di Xia."

"The finals should be a match between me and Xu Jiangsheng."

Lin Bai said matter-of-factly.

Kang Yiyang exclaimed, "How is that possible? Xu Jiangsheng certainly cannot match Shiyezhou!"

Seeing Kang Yiyang’s incredulous expression, Lin Bai chose not to argue with him anymore.

Lin Bai had already experienced firsthand how powerful Xu Jiangsheng was.

Even if Xu Jiangsheng could not use his Demonic Martial Soul in front of the public, his raw strength alone was enough to secure a victory over Shiyezhou!

"I know Xu Jiangsheng has a Demonic Martial Soul!"

"And he knows I have a Demonic Martial Soul too..."

"This man, cannot be left alive."

"If he remains, he will certainly become a major threat!"

Lin Bai’s eyes quickly narrowed.

Back at the Year-end Tail Sacrifice in Shenwu Kingdom, Lin Bai had used the Devouring Sword Spirit to defeat Xu Jiangsheng’s Demonic Martial Soul, displaying it in front of Xu Jiangsheng himself!

Unfortunately, Lin Bai had killed Xu Jiangsheng then, and now the man had come back to life!

If Xu Jiangsheng were to reveal the news of Lin Bai’s Demonic Martial Soul, Lin Bai might be in real trouble.

At the very least, it would become impossible for Lin Bai to remain on the Miracle Ridge.

"The two-hour period is over; let us begin the Martial Arts Competition."

At this time, Kang Xiao’s voice was heard once more.

Lin Bai then returned to his seat.

The first match was the one between Shiyezhou and Xu Jiangsheng!

Kang Yiyang, watching Xu Jiangsheng and Shiyezhou, said with a smile, "Lin Bai says that Xu Jiangsheng will certainly defeat Shiyezhou. He underestimates Shiyezhou’s strength; this man is even stronger than Di Xia!"

Kang Yiyang spoke with deep apprehension.

On the arena.

Shiyezhou and Xu Jiangsheng stood ready.

"Do you know how much your self-righteous smirk really annoys people?" Shiyezhou watched as Xu Jiangsheng stepped onto the stage and remained silent, eyes slightly closed, as if ignoring Shiyezhou altogether.

"Stop talking nonsense and make your move," Xu Jiangsheng said with a hard voice.

"Hmph, courting death! Letting me go first is the biggest mistake you’ll make in your life!"

A flash of icy colors passed through Shiyezhou’s eyes as he immediately charged toward Xu Jiangsheng with a ferocious attack.

A terrifying power began to converge around Shiyezhou.

Suddenly, Xu Jiangsheng opened his eyes, a sliver of cold light shooting from his pupils as he said coldly, "Do you know why I’m letting you go first? Because once I make a move, you won’t even have the chance to!"

As his words fell, Xu Jiangsheng took a step forward. His body was wrapped in crimson flames as he threw a punch.

The power of his punch exploded midair like the collapse of a mountain.

Under this punch, Shiyezhou’s face drastically changed, his body breaking out in a cold sweat. The terrifying power struck him directly in the chest. With a bang, Shiyezhou was sent flying backwards, crashing down outside the arena.

With one punch!

Shiyezhou was defeated with a single punch!

"How can Xu Jiangsheng be this strong?"

"That’s right, along his journey, Xu Jiangsheng has always won with a single punch!"

"Since the round of sixteen, Xu Jiangsheng hasn’t thrown a second punch!"

"Too strong. Every time he strikes, the scarlet flames that envelope Xu Jiangsheng are truly terrifying!"

Warriors in the spectator seats exclaimed in shock.

Even Shiyezhou, who had fallen outside the arena, had not yet come to his senses, had he?

What was going on?

How did he get defeated by a single punch from Xu Jiangsheng?

Shiyezhou looked at Xu Jiangsheng in disbelief.

At that moment, Xu Jiangsheng had already returned to his seat and began to rest with his eyes closed.

Ye Wuhuan chuckled lightly, "Really interesting, I didn’t expect two dark horses to suddenly emerge this year!"

Kang Xiao was also shocked by Xu Jiangsheng’s punch just now.

"How is this possible!" Kang Yiyang widened his eyes in disbelief, "Lin Bai really predicted it, Shiyezhou was indeed defeated by Xu Jiangsheng!"

Lin Bai, seeing Xu Jiangsheng’s victory, showed no surprise and chuckled to himself, "You all think Shiyezhou will win because you don’t understand the power of the Demonic Martial Soul!"

Xu Jiangsheng won, and the first match ended.

Kang Xiao announced, "Next, the second match, Lin Bai versus Di Xia!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Bai stood up from his seat.

Ye Wuhuan turned his attention to Lin Bai and Di Xia.

Especially since Di Xia was a disciple whom Ye Wuhuan valued greatly, he even believed that this year’s Spiritual Child would definitely be Di Xia’s.

Thus, Ye Wuhuan paid extra attention to this battle!

On the stage, Lin Bai and Di Xia took their positions!

"Brother Lin, please," Di Xia said with a light chuckle.

"Brother Di, please," Lin Bai replied, drawing the Purple Cloud Sword, smiling.

The two bowed to each other with clasped fists, and in the blink of an eye, Di Xia transformed into a gale sweeping toward Lin Bai.

Within the wind, a force of immense power gathered and struck towards Lin Bai.

At the moment Di Xia made his move, it was a lethal one, particularly ferocious.

Under the envelopment of this furious wind, Lin Bai’s eyes widened in shock, his complexion turning a shade paler.

Clang—

A clear ring of a sword chimed, and in Lin Bai’s left hand, a second sword appeared.

Meng Yue watched Lin Bai from below and said blandly, "He has drawn a second sword. Is this the time that Lin Bai mentioned for drawing a second sword?"

Confronted by Di Xia, Lin Bai instantly felt an enormous pressure.

This pressure was even greater than that from Meng Yue, Tang Jin, and the others!

If Lin Bai was not careful, he could very well be defeated by Di Xia.

Lin Bai immediately drew both swords to meet the onslaught.