True Martial World - Chapter 225: With one Brick in Hand, To Rule the World

Flying swords!?

When Yi Yun saw all the small swords flying at him from all direction, he was stunned. He originally thought that the ‘Star Picking Hand' was some sort of finger technique, but it was unexpectedly a sword technique.

A sword technique, but it's called 'Star Picking Hand'?

One main sword and twelve small swords, a total of thirteen swords shot into the sky. A large number of them did not fly towards Yi Yun, but flew to the empty spaces around Yi Yun.

When the small swords flew somewhere close to Yi Yun's side, they abruptly changed directions in mid-air. The sword tips began pointing towards Yi Yun from all directions!

The flying swords can change directions!?

Upon seeing this scene, the warriors present were alarmed!

To control a weapon to change directions mid-air with Yuan Qi was a technique used by Yuan Foundation realm warriors. But on further thought, Liu Yuxing had previously used one move to send Yi Yun's token flying towards him at the arena hall. It was apparently one of Liu Yuxing's special abilities.

The thirteen swords came at Yi Yun from all directions. This was an attack with no room to dodge. Even with Minute Subtlety, it would be extremely difficult to dodge them!

Everyone stared wide-eyed at Yi Yun and the thirteen swords. They were afraid they would miss this wonderful scene that was filled with suspense!

As people's attention was being attracted by the flying swords, Liu Yuxing secretly did a finger seal. He had circulated his Yuan Qi to its maximum. All the energy was focused on his right hand's index and middle finger.

Both his fingers turned emerald-green in an instant!

Seeing the thirteen swords surrounding Yi Yun, who looked like he was struggling to handle them, Liu Yuxing flashed a savage look and thought "Die… It's impossible for you to figure out that the flying swords are just fake moves, this is the real 'Star Picking Hand'!"

"Picking Star – Deathblow!"

Liu Yuxing held out his fingers and an invisible Yuan Qi force merged with the empty air before shooting towards Yi Yun!

This Qi force was too well-hidden. It could not be seen. It was nearly indistinguishable from a regular, subtle fluctuation in the air. Like a ripple in space with incredible speed, it shot towards Yi Yun!

At the same time, the thirteen swords stabbed at Yi Yun from all directions!

The Picking Star Deathblow's whistling was hidden within the sonic booms of the flying swords.

Its killing intent was also masked by the blade beams! As such, Liu Yuxing's real killing blow was perfectly immersed within the thirteen flying swords. People believed the flying swords were the killing blow, but in reality, it was Liu Yuxing's secret force attack!

"Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!"

Yi Yun waved the Heaven Upheaval Seal, fending off the flying swords in the air!

The razor-sharp flying swords posed no threat under Yi Yun's counters. With a swipe of the Heaven Upheaval Seal, they were all shot down. They seemed impressive but lacked any substance.

Even the main sword was smashed down by the Heaven Upheaval Seal!

"What!?"

Seeing Yi Yun knock away the main sword, the audience stared with wide open eyes. The killing move, the 'Star Picking Hand' that everyone was looking forward to, which took Liu Yuxing so long to prepare for before shooting out, was blocked just like that?

As the audience was in shock, a grin formed on Liu Yuxing's face. All his Yuan Qi had been infused into that sure-kill attack, so the Yuan Qi within the flying swords was of course weak, but Yi Yun was already preoccupied with them.

That death blow had flown straight towards Yi Yun's heart and was no doubt on target!

Even if he had to experience jail time for killing Yi Yun, Liu Yuxing would not regret it.

Hit!

As Liu Yuxing shouted out in his heart, just as the strike was hitting Yi Yun's heart, Yi Yun grinned. He held his hands together, and due to the extreme speed, his arms formed a series of afterimages!

The Yuan Qi within his body exploded. The Heaven Upheaval Seal was placed across his chest!

"Boom!"

With a loud ring, Liu Yuxing's attack hit the brick surface of the Heaven Upheaval Seal!

A huge aftershock from the powerful impact caused a turbulent air flow. As such, Yi Yun's body was lifted high up in the air. The impact was so great that even for Yi Yun, he felt his arms go numb.

"Such a great force. The Liu family's secret technique, the 'Star Picking Hand' sure isn't bad!"

This thought flashed in Yi Yun's mind as he stabilized his body within the air.

Everyone who saw this scene was completely shocked!

What happened!?

All the flying swords had been fended off by Yi Yun, but where did that huge Yuan Qi explosion come from at the end?

And the person who was most shocked was Liu Yuxing. When he saw the final scene, he turned dumbfounded.

How did the victory that was almost in hand end in such a result!?

How was this possible? How could he be so fast as to block all thirteen swords and also block his Picking Star Deathblow!?

The Picking Star Deathblow hit at almost the same time as the other thirteen swords! He was actually fast enough to ward off all of them!?

Not only that, he actually discovered the force attack hidden within the blade beams!?

Liu Yuxing could not accept this!

All his energy had been in that one strike, yet it had been parried away by Yi Yun. He had not even forced Yi Yun to draw out his saber! To him, this was an extreme insult and setback!

And at that moment, he suddenly found that the Yi Yun he was looking at had disappeared...

Liu Yuxing felt like he had been struck by lightning. His limbs turned cold and slow to react. A strong sense of unease surged to his mind!

NOoooooo!

Liu Yuxing cried out in his heart. At the last moment, he struggled to leap forward!

But having used the 'Star Picking Hand', he had expended too much of his Yuan Qi. The instantaneous burst of speed had already slowed down...

It was too late! Yi Yun appeared behind Liu Yuxing like a ghost. His eyes were focused and his foot tip touched the ground. His body was still in the air when he stretched out his hand. And in his hand was the...

Shiny brick!

With his hands raised, the brick came crushing down!

"Dong!"

A crisp sound rang. Yi Yun's solid brick and smacked Liu Yuxing in the back of his head!

Liu Yuxing's body trembled. All he felt was an intense pain behind his head while his eyes saw stars! His whole body turned stiff. He was like someone suffering from Alzheimer's. With great difficulty, he turned his head slowly towards Yi Yun.

At that moment, Liu Yuxing's pupils had lost their focus. However, he still struggled to see Yi Yun clearly. He struggled to prevent his body from falling. He could not fall… at least… not due to a brick...

This was the only thought that was supporting Liu Yuxing's ability to stand!

He finally managed to focus his eyes with great difficulty. All he saw was Yi Yun's blurry figure.

At that moment, Yi Yun had already raised his hands again. That shiny brick flashed before Liu Yuxing's eyes.

I… F**k you...

Liu Yuxing's mouth moved, as he tried to curse. But just as he let out half a syllable, he saw an overwhelming gold beam slam down.

"Dong!"

Liu Yuxing's vision suddenly turned dark. He could no longer see anything.

His heart was filled with great anger and humiliation. But ultimately, he still could not take on that simple but brutal move. With that, he sprawled on the ground with his limbs spread out.

"Peng!"

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Except for that, there was complete silence!

Everyone in the audience was stunned. They felt like their hearts had been trampled by 10,000 near-horned beasts with mud-stained hoofs. It was as if that vibration had caused them to be in a daze.

Heavens!

This must be a joke!

Even Liu Yuxing had been taken down by Yi Yun with a brick!

Brick… Brick. A brick can be this ridiculous!?

This was really...

With one brick in hand, to rule the world!

It was really 'if God was in the way, I'll slaughter Him. If Buddha stops me, I'll slaughter him too"!

Everyone looked at Liu Yuxing, whose head had a huge blue-black bump, in the ring. Their eyes were full of pity. A son of a Duke had been taken down with a brick by a bumpkin from the Cloud Wilderness… One could imagine the effect if this piece of news was spread back to the capital.

Liu Yuxing was a well-known figure amongst the capital circles.

He was not only strong, but he was handsome and dignified. He gave people a feeling of a pretty boy.

Many girls from the capital were so infatuated with Liu Yuxing that they were willing to die for him. If Liu Yuxing gave them a glance, it was to die for.

In the hearts of many girls, Liu Yuxing was like a male god who came down from the heavens.

But now, this so-called male god had been smashed into such a state by Yi Yun with a brick.

Seeing his messy hair, and the spectacular bruise on his head...

Where was the slightest hint that he was a male god?

Many of the capital's young masters, who were jealous of Liu Yuxing, secretly used a disk array to take a picture of Liu Yuxing's current state. They planned to send these disk arrays back to the capital, to let the girls see how glorious Liu Yuxing was in the Tai Ah Divine City.

Just imagining the scene of these girls seeing the image in the disk array made these youths chuckle sinisterly. It had to be said that men, as masculine animals, had an innate nature of being jealous of those richer, stronger, more handsome and popular than them.

When these images were sent back to the capital, it would be a wonder how Liu Yuxing would ever be able to hang his face amongst the capital's circle again.

Once they thought of this, these people experienced gleeful joy.

At that moment, Yi Yun had returned to his own seat.

Zhou Kui looked as if he was looking at an ancient emperor when facing Yi Yun. He swallowed his saliva, and was tempted to say the words, "You are too… domineering..."

In the end, Zhou Kui finally muttered these undignified words, but Yi Yun just casually answered, "It was alright. It took me some effort to smash him unconscious. It wasn't that easy..."

To use the brick against Liu Yuxing, and without using the Radiant Sun Qi, Yi Yun found that his victory was indeed quite difficult.

But when these words fell into the spectators' ears, they nearly collapsed.

You used a brick to smash a Duke's son unconscious, and you even say it was not that easy!? Are you only satisfied if you could easily smash Liu Yuxing as if he was a dog?

Zhou Kui decided to simply shut his mouth. He felt that speaking another word with Yi Yun would incur another shock!

"By the way, Brother Yi Yun, what was the explosion at the end?" Song Zijun finally interjected. He was curious from earlier on.

He had looked carefully at Liu Yuxing's final Star Picking Hand. But still, he did not understand much. All he knew was that Liu Yuxing had a technique that seemed to be able to control flying swords.

True Martial World - Chapter 224: Extreme Speed

Liu Yuxing's sword was too fast. It was so fast that even the strong cultivators present had trouble seeing the trajectories of Liu Yuxing's sword. Even if one could see the moves of the other party, it did not mean that one could dodge the attacks. Now that the moves could not be seen, how was one to dodge them?

Even though Liu Yuxing's sword Qi was situated far away, many felt an infinite sense of killing intent. It was as if the intent reached as far as their own eyebrows!

Zhou Kui, Song Zijun and company all broke into cold sweat for Yi Yun.

"Cha! Cha! Cha! Cha!"

In that split moment, dozens of blade beams pierced through Yi Yun's body!

Before people could react in alarm, they saw Yi Yun's figure slowly dissipate before completely vanishing.

What was stabbed was an afterimage!

As Liu Yuxing's sword carried on moving downwards, Yi Yun's body had also disappeared along with his afterimage. He had merged within the wind and could no longer be seen.

Although he had disappeared, people could see Yi Yun's afterimage flash every now and then, before being destroyed by a blade beam!

Liu Yuxing's sword was everywhere. Without any blind spots available, it was stabbing at Yi Yun. This sword's speed was so fast that gave the people an impression that Yi Yun would be stabbed by the sword wind at the very next moment. However, what Liu Yuxing struck was always an afterimage!

In a field that was completely filled with swords, dodging was no doubt much more difficult than attacking!

"Terrifying. This Yi Yun dodges Liu Yuxing's sword by an extremely small amount every time!" "How can this be possible? There's no dodging space amongst such a dense amount of blade beams!"

Someone could not help but ask. In this net of sword beams, within the huge mesh, how was one to avoid them all without shrinking one's body?

Someone shook his head and said, "You're wrong. Liu Yuxing's blade beams might seem like a web, but it's just an illusion from its speed. He is still slashing each sword one by one. There is a first and there is a second, so Yi Yun can completely dodge it."

A sword was almost always faster than a human. For a person to dodge that many slashes, one had to reduce one's range of motion. And Yi Yun was no doubt doing just that.

From this, many became even more alarmed. As Yi Yun slowly unfolded his movement techniques in front of them, many finally understood Yi Yun's state.

This is… the large success stage of Minute Subtlety!

"This kid has reached the large success stage of Minute Subtlety!?"

People looked at each other. Large success stage of Minute Subtlety! This not only needed a strong foundation and a powerful body, it also needed extraordinary perceptivity to accomplish!

Chu Xiaoran gently squeezed her own hand. Her fingers hitting the back of her hand constantly. Back during the battles with the Four Bully Lords, Yi Yun had shown his outstanding talent in movement, but it was not this dramatic.

"It's hard to believe that he came from the Cloud Wilderness. This world is so big, with so many elites!"

Chu Xiaoran muttered. Beside her, Qiuniu also sighed, "We really can't look down on the heroes under the sky!"

...

In the ring, Liu Yuxing was attacking and Yi Yun was dodging. The battle had reached its climax. Yi Yun felt as if he had returned to the Frost Metal Blood Balls array back in the Divine Capital. He had previously used the Frost Metal Blood Balls to hone his movement skills.

But the Frost Metal Blood Balls were inanimate, so in terms of their adaptability in attacking, they were inferior to Liu Yuxing.

But Liu Yuxing's attack speed was not up to Yi Yun's satisfaction.

It's not fast enough!

"Your name is Liu Yuxing, right…? How many… attacks have you used?"

Just as Yi Yun flew past Liu Yuxing, a faint voice entered Liu Yuxing's ears, nearly making him vomit blood.

Liu Yuxing had previously said that he wanted to see if Yi Yun could force him to unsheathe his sword in ten moves.

"Locking On Mountains" could send out ten stabs in a flash, which could be considered one move. But even so, Liu Yuxing had long exceeded ten moves!

Yi Yun and Liu Yuxing had already been fighting for nearly a minute. How many slashes did Liu Yuxing make? It was simply uncountable!

After missing for so long and being ridiculed by Yi Yun, Liu Yuxing was greatly angered!

"You're courting death!"

"Clang!"

With a clear sound, the scabbard flew out from the sword in Liu Yuxing's hand. The shiny blade slashed at Yi Yun!

Liu Yuxing had finally unsheathed his sword! His previous arrogant words had now completely turned into an insult against him!

After Liu Yuxing unsheathed his sword, his attack speed greatly improved.

However, Yi Yun was still dodging.

Even though Liu Yuxing had unsheathed his sword, Yi Yun had still not drawn out his saber!

"Yi Yun, you!" Liu Yuxing's eyes were almost burning! He had always felt that as the son of Duke, it was an insult to his stature to fight Yi Yun, a bumpkin from the Cloud Wilderness. Hence, he did not want to unsheathe his sword or use 'Star Picking Hand' to prove that he and Yi Yun were of different levels.

But unexpectedly, the situation was reversed.

Liu Yuxing had unsheathed his sword, but Yi Yun was still holding onto a brick!

This was going too far!

Liu Yuxing was really mad. His attack speed was getting faster and faster, but he still couldn't even touch the sleeves of Yi Yun!

"This..."

Upon seeing this, the audience stood agape. It was unexpected that the battle would reach such a state!

"Liu Yuxing has already unsheathed his sword, yet he still can't hit Yi Yun!"

Many were in disbelief. Many had thought that Liu Yuxing had a greater chance of winning, but now, he was completely suppressed by Yi Yun!

...

"Your sword is also not very fast!" Yi Yun's voice came from behind. When Liu Yuxing heard this, he was incensed, but he could do nothing to Yi Yun.

At this point, Liu Yuxing suddenly felt a wind behind his head. A murderous intent came attacking.

With the brick in hand, Yi Yun had aimed at Liu Yuxing's head, fiercely slamming it down.

"Yi Yun, you!"

Liu Yuxing's handsome face was already completely distorted.

"Dang!"

With a twist of his blade, Liu Yuxing managed to block Yi Yun's brick in the nick of time.

But after Yi Yun absorbed the primordial herb's energy and had mastered the first level of the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', his physical strength had reached an extremely ridiculous level. No matter what weapon Yi Yun was holding, it could still manifest unparalleled strength!

Liu Yuxing only felt a surge of energy transmitted over. The shock caused his arm to go numb and pain in his palm! With nowhere for this force to dissipate, it made Liu Yuxing almost lose his balance. As a result, his fast moving body was sent flying by Yi Yun's brick strike.

"Deng! Deng! Deng!"

Liu Yuxing landed and took three steps backward. His blood was in turmoil! His movement technique had been broken by Yi Yun!

Liu Yuxing's face turned red. He had never been so ashamed in his entire life! A kid from the Cloud Wilderness actually knocked him with a brick!

And not only did he knock him, he had knocked him to the point where his blood was in turmoil and he had to retreat three steps!

Liu Yuxing felt that, as the son of a Duke and as a prominent figure amongst the imperial capital's younger generation, it was an insult to be hit by a brick!

Not only that, he did not even manage to parry it.

The surrounding warriors were at a loss for words. In their minds, Yi Yun had sprung up to a mystic realm.

Just a brick was uncrackable by others! Even Liu Yuxing had failed to make Yi Yun use his saber!

Terrifying!

"Yi Yun, you have really annoyed me!"

Liu Yuxing's eyes turned red. He swiped his interspatial ring and he circulated the Yuan Qi within his body. It was as if his whole person had transformed.

The feminine air that originally lingered on Liu Yuxing's body had greatly vanished. What replaced it felt deep and sharp. It was as if a desolate beast hid within Liu Yuxing's body!

Seeing Liu Yuxing in his current state, many were briefly stunned. But the next moment, they suddenly understood what Liu Yuxing was going to do.

"It's the 'Star Picking Hand'!"

Liu Yuxing was finally going to use 'Star Picking Hand'!

At this point, if Liu Yuxing did not use all of his abilities, he was destined to be defeated by Yi Yun.

Many of them had previously heard of the famous 'Star Picking Hand', but they did not know the effects of the 'Star Picking Hand'. Seeing Liu Yuxing about to finally use this secret technique from the Duke Liu family, they couldn't help but become excited.

Would the 'Star Picking Hand' be able to reverse the situation?

Yi Yun looked at Liu Yuxing with the Heaven Upheaval Seal in hand. He too wanted to know how this rumored to be famous cultivation technique would compare with the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'.

"Picking Star Deathblow!" With a growl, Liu Yuxing attacked!

With some tiny Yuan Qi fluctuations, Liu Yuxing's sword quickly whistled through the air towards Yi Yun. At the same time, more than ten small swords flew out from Liu Yuxing's interspatial ring. Each sword was about half a foot long.

These small swords were not thrown out by Liu Yuxing, but were flying towards Yi Yun by themselves. At that moment, it was as if these small swords were alive!

True Martial World - Chapter 223: Battling Liu Yuxing

Liu Yuxing?

Upon hearing Zhou Kui's words, Yi Yun became momentarily dazed. Clearly Zhou Kui's words meant that Liu Yuxing was very strong, or else he would not have rushed over just to tell him that.

Among the rookies, Yi Yun knew of Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu. As for the other strong rookies, he did not know anything about them. Yi Yun had no idea about any of the rookies after fourth place.

This was because Yi Yun had only been picking herbs or cultivating ever since he came here. He was not aware of almost any of the events that had happened, so he knew very little about the well-known figures.

"Is Liu Yuxing very strong?"

"Of course! He is the son of Duke Liu. He has already gone on the battlefield, he has even killed before. He's ranked sixth amongst the rookies!"

Ranked sixth amongst the rookies?

Upon hearing this ranking, what Yi Yun thought was simply "<a href="http://i.imgur.com/GqRTEkD.png">OK</a>".

But seeing Zhou Kui's expression, as if Liu Yuxing was a heaven defying force, Yi Yun did not want to shock him so he silently nodded. He echoed, "Then it must be someone whose strength is not bad..."

"It's not only ‘not bad’! Liu Yuxing's 'Star Picking Hand' has an uncanny attacking method. You must pay attention to it. It can kill a person from a hundred paces away in an intangible way!"

Zhou Kui knew some things about the 'Star Picking Hand', but his level of understanding was not very detailed.

"Star Picking Hand?"

Of course, Yi Yun had never heard of this cultivation technique. To kill someone from a hundred paces away in an intangible way sounded bizarre.

But bizarre did not equate being powerful. He knew that the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' was undoubtedly the number one cultivation technique in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. Just from the extreme difficulty in obtaining the opportunity to cultivate it, or its cultivation difficulty, illustrated this point.

Over the tens of millions of years, uncountable number of sages had learned the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', there were even those who had the capability to add their own understandings and enlightenment into the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'!

In fact, those who could add to the nomological truths in the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' were the greatest sage-level experts. Figures of such levels were not someone that appeared in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom every generation.

Yi Yun arrived at the arena. There were a lot more people in the arena today compared to the previous day.

Many of the second and third year cultivators in the Tai Ah Divine City had come to watch today's matches.

Yi Yun's outstanding performance the previous day had spread throughout the rookie circles in the Tai Ah Divine City.

Yi Yun's performance was still not something that attracted the attention of senior cultivators that had reached the Yuan Foundation realm, like Yang Qian and Yao Dao. But amongst the veterans who were ranked past 2000-3000, a person like Yi Yun was a potential threat to them.

In less than a year, Yi Yun would be coming for their spot. It was always good to pay attention to a future opponent.

"He's Yi Yun."

The moment Yi Yun appeared, he immediately attracted the attention of many. It could be said that Yi Yun barely counted as a prominent person in the Tai Ah Divine City.

"Liu Yuxing has appeared. That's Liu Yuxing."

With a slight commotion in the crowd, a youth in white strolled into the arena.

Liu Yuxing was like a delicate jade, and extremely refined. His spotless clothes and shoes were white and crisp.

Liu Yuxing only took a glance at Yi Yun, no longer looking at him after that. He sat down at his seat and began focusing. It was as if he was indifferent to everything around him, giving off an air of arrogance.

Yi Yun silently used his spiritual energy to interface with the Heaven's eyeball and secretly observed Liu Yuxing from a distance of over a hundred feet.

Having formed the Heaven's eyeball, Yi Yun could gain a rough understanding of the Yuan Qi fluctuation within a person's body, and from that, infer a person's cultivation level.

"He should be in the entry stages of the late-Purple Blood realm..."

Yi Yun felt that Liu Yuxing's cultivation level was just slightly higher than his own, so it was reasonable that he was in the entry stages of the late-Purple Blood realm.

...

The second day's competition for the rookie ranking matches officially began!

Yi Yun's first few opponents immediately gave up, until...

"Divine Wilderness Stage, 10,003, Yi Yun! 10,006, Liu Yuxing! Come on-stage for the match!"

The referee shouted loudly on the Divine Wilderness Stage.

"They're up!"

There were a lot of people who were not paying attention to the ongoings matches and just meditated or discussed privately amongst themselves. But now, they all began to pay attention, looking straight at the Divine Wilderness Stage.

Many amongst them had come to the arena just to see Yi Yun's and Liu Yuxing's match!

Now, it had finally begun!

Liu Yuxing's clothes fluttered in the wind. Like a graceful swan, he gently landed on the stage without kicking up any dust. Just this levitation art was an amazement to many.

Purple Blood warriors did not have the ability to fly, but Liu Yuxing's levitation art looked no different from flying.

Yi Yun walked up on stage. He stood a hundred feet away from Liu Yuxing and faced him.

Liu Yuxing's hands were held behind his back, with his head slightly tilted up.

He glanced at Yi Yun and calmly said, "Someone paid me 8000 dragon scale runes to get me to break your winning streak. So me standing on this stage today is not because I'm interested in challenging you..."

While saying this, a sword appeared in Liu Yuxing's hand.

This sword appeared like magic. Liu Yuxing casually swung the sword and pointed the blade at Yi Yun, but the sword was still within its scabbard.

Liu Yuxing did not unsheathe his sword and said, "Let's begin. If you can make me unsheathe my sword in ten moves, and if you’re able to survive three of my hits, then I'll let you see the Liu family's secret technique: 'Star Picking Hand'!"

The Liu family's ancestors had instructed that the 'Star Picking Hand' was not to be easily used, as they did not want people to see the effects of this cultivation technique.

So if it was possible, Liu Yuxing did not want to use the 'Star Picking Hand' to finish Yi Yun.

What he said was clearly heard by everyone present. Liu Yuxing was really arrogant!

He did not want to unsheathe his sword while facing Yi Yun!

Yi Yun was not a pushover. By previously defeating the Four Bully Lords, he had already proven his extraordinary strength.

But Liu Yuxing still said those words even after seeing his matches. That meant that the strength Yi Yun revealed did not pose a threat to him!

The result of this battle depended on how much hidden strength Yi Yun had!

If Yi Yun had nothing else hidden, then he was bound to lose!

Liu Yuxing was indeed terrifying!

Among the 2000 or so rookies that came to the Tai Ah Divine City, they were all said to be elites. But even amongst them, there were huge gaps! The experts amongst the rookies were not weaker than some of the senior cultivators that had been training in the Tai Ah Divine City for more than three years!

"Force you to unsheathe your sword within ten moves?" Yi Yun smiled. His right hand touched the interspatial ring on his left hand's ring finger. With a flip of his hand, he had taken out the Heaven Upheaval Seal.

Seeing Yi Yun's action, many stared for a while before recovering.

Heavens! Are we seeing right!?

Even at that moment, Yi Yun was still going to use the brick?

Was he planning to use the brick to settle the match with Liu Yuxing!?

Yi Yun planned to brick down Liu Yuxing, a person of great stature, like the Four Bully Lords!?

Was he mad!?

With the Heaven Upheaval Seal in hand, Yi Yun loosened up his wrist and said, "If you can make me unsheathe my saber in ten moves, and if you’re able to survive three of my hits, then I'll let you see a cultivation technique I recently learned."

Yi Yun returned Liu Yuxing's words back at him without much modification.

Liu Yuxing frozed.

"What did you say?"

Liu Yuxing's forehead popped a green vein, his face turning livid.

He was eccentric enough. He knew that Yi Yun was actually very strong, but Liu Yuxing's character was as such. But he never imagined that Yi Yun was even more eccentric than him.

He dared to speak to him in such a manner.

Liu Yuxing did not unsheathe his sword, but it did not mean he would not use his sword. Even a sword placed within its scabbard was much more powerful than a brick!

"Making you unsheathe your saber in ten moves and you'll show me your cultivation technique? Hehe..." Liu Yuxing laughed with anger. He was willing to demonstrate the Liu family's 'Star Picking Hand' to Yi Yun, yet Yi Yun used the same words back at him. But what cultivation technique could he have that could compare with the 'Star Picking Hand'?

Liu Yuxing felt that he and the 'Star Picking Hand' had been insulted by Yi Yun!

"Courting death!"

In his outrage, Liu Yuxing attacked. The calm Divine Wilderness Stage in the middle of the arena was immediately stirred up by a gust of violent wind!

Sword Qi soared up and shot out without restraint!

Liu Yuxing appeared in front of Yi Yun like a ghost!

This violent wind was a result of his movement skills. It was a terrifying speed!

"Whew!"

Liu Yuxing stabbed out straight at Yi Yun's neck. A sheathed sword would be missing out on its attack power, but with Liu Yuxing's Yuan Qi infused within it, this stab's strength was also extremely frightening!

"Cha! Cha! Cha!"

Before the blade arrived, the stirring sword Qi had already sliced the purple tungsten floor like a sharp sword, causing shocking sword marks to appear on it.

The purple tungsten was extremely hard, but the sword Qi still left a mark. It was obvious how strong Liu Yuxing's attack was!

Seeing this sword coming, Yi Yun retreated and used the Heaven Upheaval Seal in his hand to block.

"Ding!"

A metallic clang sounded out. Yi Yun felt the Heaven Upheaval Seal tremble. The unrestrained sword Qi had impacted the Heaven Upheaval Seal, hitting it directly!

It was blocked!

Many were greatly surprised! Yi Yun had used the Heaven Upheaval Seal to block Liu Yuxing's sword Qi. The first move was over!

"Huh!?"

A hideous look flashed within Liu Yuxing's eyes. A short and small weapon like the Heaven Upheaval Seal could barely be used to hit people, but to use it as a shield was almost impossible.

But Yi Yun actually managed to use it to block his attack!?

"Locking On Mountains!"

Liu Yuxing's move changed and a rain of blade beams poured down on Yi Yun!

The dazzling blade beams were immersed within the wind. Only the beams could be seen, not the sword itself! It was hard for people to imagine that an unsheathed sword would be able to send out so many blade beams!

These blade beams had covered a radius of nine meters. Within these nine meters, almost everything was under Liu Yuxing's absolute authority!

Yi Yun was surrounded inside this absolute territory. Being inside this region, he could be attacked by endless sword attacks, and in a blink of an eye, a hundred stabs could be sent out!

"Competing in speed?" Yi Yun smiled. He had never truly been afraid when it came to speed.

True Martial World - Chapter 222: Star Picking Hand

At night, in the arena hall, many rookies were gathered here. They were discussing the day's battles and their outcomes, while waiting for the next day's challenge tokens.

Except for some people as popular as Yi Yun, who were designated more than thirty matches even before the ranking matches began, the other cultivators did not have to fight that many matches. Usually they would decide on the following day's matches after considering the first day's results and rankings.

Hence, the challenge tokens were handed out again every day.

As for the twelve challenge tokens for challenging Yi Yun, they were all collected and then redistributed to those who had reserved a spot to fight Yi Yun.

Previously the challenge tokens for Yi Yun were easily snapped up. But today, it became a hot potato.

No one wanted it!

But… with the match reserved and the bet paid, one still had to collect the token, even if they did not want to!

"Where is Zhang Chang? Come collect your challenge token! Hurry!"

The person in charge of distributing the challenge token said impatiently. The challenge tokens for Yi Yun had been consecutively declined with all sorts of excuses by the people who had reserved them. It was as if they were being sent to the execution grounds.

Zhang Chang's face turned bitter upon hearing his name. It was as if his parents had died, he reluctantly squeezed out from the crowd.

Seeing the challenge token for Yi Yun on the administrator's desk, Zhang Chang wanted to slap his own face. Why did he have to be so cheap? Back when he had managed to grab it, he thought he had made a big sum. Now though, he knew that this token he snatched was like a piece of brick.

It was like he had nothing better to do but be bricked!

Just as Zhang Chang went up on stage, a youth in white walked calmly past Zhang Chang. He had a folded fan in hand and a mild smile on his face. It was as if he was a wandering tourist.

Upon seeing this youth, Zhang Chang was stunned for a moment. Just as he was wondering what the other party was going to do, he saw the youth wave his hand. His palm seemed magnetic as the token on the desk flew into the white-clothed youth’s hand with a "whoosh".

"If you don't want it, I'll take it for you!"

The youth in white smiled. He turned around, and with a "pop" of his fan, he slowly fluttered it.

This youth looked very handsome and was like a piece of jade. However, he looked feminine and lacked a certain air of masculinity.

Upon seeing this scene, the surrounding people were dumbfounded. How did he fetch things through the air?

With thoughts and Yuan Qi injected into a magic weapon, then controlling it to kill people through telekinesis. Wasn't this something only warriors in the Yuan Foundation realm could do?

This youth didn't look any older than 14 years old. He couldn't be at the Yuan Foundation realm or he would have been a national sensation.

"He's Liu Yuxing!"

Someone recognized the youth in white and said out loud.

"Oh? Liu Yuxing!?"

Many had never seen Liu Yuxing in person, but they had heard of his name.

Liu Yuxing may be ranked 10,006 on the Earth rankings, but everyone knew that those who went over the 10,000 place would charge up the rankings after the rookie placings were completed. It was normal for them to rush up a few thousand spots, and very common for them to end up being around the 4000-5000 spots on the Earth roll!

"So it's the son of Duke Liu. What he demonstrated earlier was the Liu family's secret technique, Star Picking Hand!"

Telekinesis was indeed something only Yuan Foundation realm warriors were capable of. Back when Yi Yun chose the Heaven Upheaval Seal as his weapon, the referee had told Yi Yun that only a Yuan Foundation realm warrior could control the Heaven Upheaval Seal and that Yi Yun's cultivation level was lacking. Later, Yi Yun really did not control the Heaven Upheaval Seal, but used it as a brick.

Of course, Liu Yuxing had not broken through into the Yuan Foundation realm. But the limitation that other Purple Blood realm warriors had was not applicable to Liu Yuxing.

No one knew what a cultivation technique the "Star Picking Hand" was. But just from being able to perform telekinesis, it was something shocking.

In the Tai Ah Divine City, there were indeed many hidden dragons. Even some Purple Blood realm warriors had the means to do something only Yuan Foundation realm warriors could do!

"Liu Yuxing wants to challenge Yi Yun!?" A bald youth exclaimed in surprise. Liu Yuxing's reason for taking Yi Yun's challenge token was obvious.

Liu Yuxing ranked sixth amongst the rookies due to his strength. This was completely different from Yi Yun.

This was going to be interesting now that Liu Yuxing challenged Yi Yun!

"Challenge?" When Liu Yuxing heard the bald youth's words, he found it harsh to the ear. Fighting Yi Yun with his stature was a lowering of his status, and he dared say the word "challenge"?

"Was it you who said it..."

Liu Yuxing said it softly, and without any apparent moves, the bald youth suddenly jerked. It was as if an invisible sword had been pointed at his eyebrows, causing him to have breathing difficulties and his heart stopped.

"Ah… Ah..."

The bald youth stretched his neck backward. He pressed against his chest with great effort as if he was in great pain.

"Brother Zhang, what happened?"

Seeing the bald youth's odd behavior, his surrounding friends were alarmed. They rushed to check on the bald youth's situation.

But at that moment, the bald youth felt the pressure on his forehead relieve. That invisible killing intent subsided.

The bald youth broke out into cold sweat. Till now, he still did not know what had happened.

His strength was weak, and he came from a small family clan in one of the remote states. He ranked around 2000 amongst the rookies and was one of the those at the bottom. However, he should not have been so weak as to nearly be killed by Liu Yuxing. He did not even know what means the other party had used!

"You… You..." The bald youth looked at Liu Yuxing in horror. What just… happened?

"You just can't say whatever is on your mind without consequences." Liu Yuxing played with the fan in his hand and said it with a feminine voice. "There's just someone who can't stand Yi Yun and paid me to finish him off."

"So… do you understand?"

Only then did people understand the reason why Liu Yuxing had punished the bald youth. He had found the word "challenge" insulting. He was to finish Yi Yun, not challenge Yi Yun. In most cases, the word "challenge" usually referred to someone inferior battling someone superior.

Liu Yuxing closed his fan and through a distance of nine meters, pressed on the bald youth's chest. He already felt that even if he won this match against Yi Yun, it would just add to Yi Yun's reputation. He wasn't pleased about this. Hence, when this bald youth said that, it made him more upset.

The bald youth felt as if Liu Yuxing's fan was pressing against his chest, retarding his heart beats.

He said with difficulty, "I… I understand."

Only then did Liu Yuxing give a satisfactory nod. He looked at Zhang Chang who had come to collect the challenge token for Yi Yun and said, "The token is mine. As for the battle with Yi Yun, just admit defeat."

Liu Yuxing said casually. Naturally, Zhang Chang had no way of disagreeing. He nodded like he was pounding garlic, "Yes, please take it."

Liu Yuxing chuckled and played with Yi Yun's token twice before turning to walk out of the hall.

The people inside the hall immediately gave way for Liu Yuxing to walk through. Who would dare to block Liu Yuxing's path!?

Only after seeing Liu Yuxing's back disappear into the night did people swallow a mouthful of saliva and whispered, "This guy… he is more arrogant than Yi Yun!"

Yi Yun had used a brick against the Four Bully Lords and never used a proper weapon from the beginning to the end. To many, this was an act of arrogance.

But compared to Liu Yuxing, Yi Yun would really be considered humble.

"He's arrogant. But he has the ability to be arrogant. To be ranked sixth amongst the rookies. If Yi Yun was excluded, Liu Yuxing is actually ranked fifth! And the Liu family's 'Star Picking Hand' has a great reputation. How it works is a mystery because many of those who have seen the 'Star Picking Hand' are already dead!"

Many family clans had secret cultivation techniques that they fiercely guarded. Even the powers and effects of these secret cultivation techniques were not known.

Of course, to completely keep the powers and effects a secret was impossible.

During competitions or fights, people would still see it.

But this would result in those uninformed people who had little insight not understanding the moves. As such, the moves become even more mysterious and fearsome.

"Liu Yuxing said someone paid him to beat Yi Yun. It has to be Li Hong. After all, Yi Yun had made a huge bet in the Hongdao Association's betting pool. Li Hong would not just wait helplessly. I thought tomorrow's matches would end with Yi Yun's landslide victory again, but this would be interesting. We can see the elegant appearance of the 'Star Picking Hand'!"

Many were looking forward to it, including the bald youth who had been abused by Liu Yuxing in public. He too wanted to know what Liu Yuxing's cultivation technique was.

And how was Yi Yun to deal with Liu Yuxing?

...

After a night without events, the Tai Ah Divine City's rookies surged to the arena upon daybreak.

After cultivating for a night, Yi Yun still did not know what sort of opponents he would be facing today.

Because Yi Yun had no challenge tokens to collect yesterday, he did not go to the hall.

While on the road, Yi Yun noticed that many were looking at him and privately discussing something.

As Yi Yun's strength was frightening, these people did not dare to point at Yi Yun. Their discussions were all through Yuan Qi transmissions.

Yi Yun gave an odd look and touched his nose. What's going on?

"Yi Yun! You became famous again!" From afar, Zhou Kui walked towards Yi Yun with a silly smile. He had bet that Yi Yun would win more than ten matches in a row yesterday. As such, he had won a large sum of dragon scale runes, so he was delighted.

Earlier on, he felt that if he knew Yi Yun was so strong, he would have bet 20 consecutive victories for Yi Yun. This would result in him earning more.

But today, he learned that Yi Yun had been eyed by Liu Yuxing!

When Zhou Kui was in the Xuanwu Army, he had heard a general mention the new generation of heroes in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. At that time, the general had mentioned Liu Yuxing. He was a person with terrifying strength and had previously gone on the battlefield, killing others.

Liu Yuxing was a proud person and even considered everyone beneath his notice. But this was built on the foundation of absolute strength!

Upon hearing that Yi Yun was going to fight Liu Yuxing, Zhou Kui was a bit delighted at his good luck. He was thankful that he did not bet on Yi Yun winning 20 matches. Whether Yi Yun was to win today's battle was still up in the air!

Seeing Yi Yun's confused expression, Zhou Kui said, "Brother Yi, do you not know? Today you will be fighting with Liu Yuxing!"

True Martial World - Chapter 221: Liu Yuxing

The first day of the rookie ranking competition ended.

Yi Yun had fought a total of five battles and easily won them all!

The other seven matches ended with his opponents taking the initiative to throw in the towel.

Those who were waiting to see Yi Yun turn into a joke were dumbfounded. The members of the Hongdao Association no longer had any temper. What else could they say after being bullied by Yi Yun in this way?

There were those who wanted to bite down on Yi Yun, thinking he was a fat lamb for the slaughter, but they had been stopped by the Hongdao Association. For this, they felt very fortunate.

They were extremely grateful towards the Hongdao Association for pulling them back in time, preventing them from falling into the fire pit. If not, that one brick would have taught them how to lead a proper life.

At the end of the first day’s competition, according to the rules, the losers had to pay the winners their dragon scale runes.

Ten Hongdao Association members including the Four Bully Lords lined up to hand over their dragon scale runes to Yi Yun.

Usually when they lined up, it was to collect resources or cultivation grounds or other various good stuff. Even the worst lines were for them to line up to buy fried dough or for the bathroom. But now, they were lining up to give their dragon scale runes to someone else.

These dragon scale runes were obtained from pawning all of their belongings.

It was obvious how they felt.

Yi Yun held his identity token and looked ecstatically at the stacks of dragon scale runes flying towards him.

He laughed happily saying, "Generous, you guys are so generous. Thank you everyone for your kind generosity. You know that me being a newcomer, things are not easy, and you all especially came to give me dragon scale runes to spend. I'm so grateful!"

Upon hearing Yi Yun's words, those Hongdao Association members, whose hearts and livers were hurting, nearly vomited blood.

Yi Yun actually said that it wasn't easy for him to be a newcomer?

His net worth was even higher than many second and third year cultivators in the Tai Ah Divine City, let alone the rookies!

Seeing Yi Yun's brilliant smile, they really wanted to punch him, but too bad… they could not beat him.

"And the interspatial ring, don't forget it..."

Yi Yun reminded Fatty from the Four Bully Lords. He had not collected Fatty's ring.

Fatty's mouth twitched twice. He looked at the green interspatial ring on his hand, and his fingers trembled as he took off his ring.

This ring was a gift given to him by his family clan for his twelfth birthday.

In the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, special attention was paid to the important birthdays for a boy, which were at 12 years old, 15 years old and 20 years old.

Twelve years old was the time a child abandoned their childishness which the elders blessed with a gift. Fifteen years old was when a child could consummate with a girl. Twenty years old was the official hallmark of being an adult.

Fatty's feeling of giving away this gift of blessing that he received at twelve was clear.

When he went back to his family clan, his elders would reprimand him if they found out.

But the Tai Ah Divine City operated this way. One had to pay the price of defeat according to the Tai Ah Divine City's rules.

"Are… Are you going to wear all four rings?"

The Four Bully Lords' Scrawny asked disgruntledly.

"Of course I can wear them. Who says I can't? I can wear eight on one hand easily. I can wear four rings using two fingers."

While saying this, Yi Yun placed the four rings on his left hand's middle and ring finger. Each finger wore two rings.

Yi Yun was pleased upon seeing this.

He finally had interspatial rings. It would be more convenient when he went into the Divine Wilderness to hunt desolate beasts.

As for the herb mountain #60, he reckoned he would not be going there as often anymore.

Seeing Yi Yun wear four rings on one hand, with the face of a nouveau riche, Scrawny swallowed his saliva and stared silently.

Yi Yun went back fully loaded with riches. Many looked at Yi Yun's back with burning eyes.

As for Zhou Kui, Song Zijun and the other youths who followed Baldy Qin, they were at a loss for words. Yi Yun's earnings in a day was more than what they made in a year.

They finally understood that their worry over Yi Yun in the past had been meaningless.

"Ah! If I knew earlier, I would have bet more! I only bet 50 dragon scale runes that Yi Yun would win more than ten rounds..."

Zhou Kui gave a look of regret. Fifty dragon scale runes was not a small sum to him. When he made the bet, he was extremely worried because he felt ten rounds were way too much.

But now, Yi Yun had not even used his saber to win ten rounds. It was a pity. If he knew this earlier, he would have thrown all his assets on it!

...

At night, in a bright and spacious house amongst the upper class residences in the Tai Ah Divine City.

A puppet beast was rolling on the floor while sweeping away the dust.

This puppet was used by some families in the capital to clean the floor. Of course, the Tai Ah Divine City did not provide such items. However, some sons from big family clans would bring such puppets to the Tai Ah Divine City to clean their houses.

"Oh? You want me to challenge Yi Yun tomorrow?"

In this room, a effeminate youth leaned on a bed while playing with a lancet flying dagger.

Sitting beside this effeminate youth was a slight chubby youth with a grim face. This person was none other than the Hongdao Association's President, Li Hong.

"That's right! Brother Liu is ranked sixth among the rookies. Your movement techniques are superb. In the capital city, only a few people do not know of your famous name, Liu Yuxing."

Li Hong's idea was simple. Since the Tai Ah Divine City's rules only allowed at most twelve matches a day for the rookie rankings competition. This prevented the contestants from being over-exhausted that would result in a decline in strength.

But for Yi Yun who won without battling, he could have additional matches.

Hence, Li Hong wanted Liu Yuxing to come out to defeat Yi Yun. This was the way to end Yi Yun's winning streak.

At least, he could save on the losses the Hongdao Association had incurred from opening up the betting pool. If not, he would have to give Yi Yun 50,000 dragon scale runes.

This would be equivalent to cutting off a piece of flesh from Li Hong.

"Haha, Brother Hong, does your Hongdao Association not have anyone that can stop Yi Yun?"

Li Hong shook his head, "Among the second year cultivators, there are many that can beat Yi Yun. But amongst the rookies, there really are none..."

The Hongdao Association was after all inferior to a large association like the Luohuo Association which had been established for 3-4 years. Its foundation was still not established, and many of the outstanding rookies did not join the Hongdao Association, but joined other larger associations. Those associations could give better benefits, while Li Hong's promised benefits only came into effect 2-3 years later.

As a result, Li Hong did not manage to recruit anyone in the top 20 of the rookie rankings. There were also lone wanderers like Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran, who did not join any association.

Liu Yuxing was ranked sixth. Li Hong wanted to him to go up against Yi Yun because they had known each other for some time and considered each other as friends.

As for Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran, Li Hong never came into contact with them. He might not be able to pull his weight with them. And even if he could, they were ranked ahead of Yi Yun. If they challenged Yi Yun, Yi Yun could also reject it.

"Brother Hong, friendship may be friendship, but we need to make things clear. That Yi Yun has not even used his weapon yet. And without a weapon, he could still defeat the Bully Lords with one move. This means he has skill!"

"Although the power he has displayed up to now is of no threat to me, but who knows, he might have plenty of hidden strength?"

"This time, I plan to rush up to the top 5000 of the Earth ranks. Yi Yun still hasn't gone up there yet. Even if I win against him, I would just replace his 10,003 spot. Besides that, there aren’t any benefits."

"Me being born in the Duke's residence, and Yi Yun being born from the Cloud Wilderness. He has nothing to lose. If I win over Yi Yun, people will say that is expected, and will even add to Yi Yun's reputation. Yi Yun would be said to be so strong that the Duke's residence's Liu Yuxing came to challenge him."

Liu Yuxing said slowly. As a really strong expert amongst the capital's sons, he was completely different from the gangsters like the Four Bully Lords. He also knew how to cherish himself. Under normal circumstances, why would he challenge a kid from the Cloud Wilderness?

It was equivalent to a noble disciple competing with a country bumpkin. This meant a lowering of Liu Yuxing's status.

"If you win against Yi Yun, I will give you 3000 dragon scale runes as a reward!'

Li Hong knew why Liu Yuxing was resisting it. He made Yi Yun sound strong only for some payment.

Hearing Li Hong's words, Liu Yuxing laughed, "Brother Hong sure is understanding. However, 3000 is too little. 8000 dragon scale runes, take it or leave it!"

Liu Yuxing made a ridiculous bargain making Li Hong stare, "8000!? You are just going to fight once! And you want 8000?"

Liu Yuxing was strong, but 8000 dragon scale runes was too much. Liu Yuxing also didn't earn dragon scale runes that easily during this period as a rookie.

"Heh! If Yi Yun were to win another 8 more rounds, you will need to pay 50,000. I only want 8000. It's not unreasonable."

Liu Yuxing hit Li Hong's sore spot and quoted an outrageous price.

Li Hong gritted his teeth and said, "Alright… 8000 it is, but only if you win."

"Rest assured!" Liu Yuxing laughed and stood up from the bed. "A kid from the Cloud Wilderness only beat up a bunch of goons. How could I lose to him?"

The Four Bully Lords and the other Hongdao Association members were ranked in the hundreds. The difference in strength between them and Liu Yuxing's sixth place was indeed large.

This was the reason why Liu Yuxing was so confident.

True Martial World - Chapter 220: Throwing in the Towel

The Hongdao Association's thirteen-year-old youths were all gathered together. They were analyzing Yi Yun's moves and weaknesses. Finally, they decided on a battle strategy.

When a swordsman reaches the point of being one with the sword, he had a weakness. Once he loses the sword in his hand, his battle power would be greatly reduced. According to this reasoning, these youths believed Yi Yun was the same. As long as he lost the brick in his hand, his battle power would drop!

As a result, their battle strategy was to first control the brick in Yi Yun's hand, then find an opportunity to hurt Yi Yun seriously. It was not impossible to win.

As the youths began to analyze with well-reasoned logic, a cold voice shouted out, "All of you shut up!"

When this voice shouted out, the group of youths jumped in shock. Who was so arrogant to get them to shut up?

But when they turned their heads to see who it was, they immediately turned silent.

The person who shouted at them was the Hongdao Association's President, Li Hong!

Li Hong had a very livid expression on his face. His eyes were fierce, as if he was a beast that was going to pounce and devour a person.

In the Hongdao Association, Li Hong had extreme authority. When faced with a furious Li Hong, the other youths kept quiet out of fear.

"A bunch of idiots. You still f**king dare to be stupid in front of me!?"

Li Hong ferociously said. The youths that were previously speaking were stunned. They were still oblivious to the situation.

Upon seeing the youths' expressions, Li Hong's lips twitched. He wished he could throw these bunch of retards down the Tai Ah Divine City's cliffs. He felt that, after he formed the Hongdao Association, he had gathered a bunch of idiots and that he had always been commanding a pile of trash.

These kids when compared to Yi Yun... It was like the difference between jade and shit!

But then again, most twelve to thirteen year old kids were usually immature in their thinking. They would occasionally make a naive mistake and say something childish. That was also very normal.

But Yi Yun was different!

His mind was not like a kid’s at all!

Yi Yun had been challenged by a great number of people over the past few days. Yet, he was nonchalant about it. He carried on eating and sleeping, not putting it at heart.

Instead, he even taunted many people. He ridiculed and challenged others. These behaviors made him seem to have adolescent delusions, but the result was that the youths, ridiculed by Yi Yun, turned hot-headed and raised the stakes higher.

This resulted in Yi Yun completely taking advantage of them.

That included the Four Bully Lords.

Initially, Li Hong felt something amiss. Yi Yun always looked like he was in an adolescent delusion, but if that was so, how did he pick a primordial herb?

It seemed far-fetched to explain it away with luck.

Originally, Li Hong was cautious, but he still got tricked by Yi Yun.

The main reason was that Yi Yun was too sinister. Under normal circumstances, a kid from the Cloud Wilderness should not have much worldly experiences, and would not have such great power.

And, it was because of this that Li Hong allowed his men to bet with Yi Yun, resulting in the bets being pushed even higher.

Now, even his Hongdao Association had opened a betting pool. And Yi Yun had brought 5000 dragon scale runes with him to bet on himself in this betting pool, betting that he could complete more than 20 battles!

Once he thought of this bet, Li Hong felt breathless. He really felt his heart, liver and balls ache. Even his intestines seemed to twist together!

5000 dragon scale runes, with a 1:10 payout meant that the Hongdao Association would lose 45,000 dragon scale runes!

This practically was sapping him of his life!

To hope that those recruits who lacked both strength and brains could flip the tables, he might as well hope for pigs to fly.

Li Hong was not naive enough to believe that Yi Yun had learned some "Brick mystic technique" that made him that strong.

Yi Yun still had not used his saber, which meant that the opponents he faced did not have the qualification to make him draw his saber!

To Yi Yun, a brick was more than enough to take care of these imbeciles.

None of the Hongdao Association's rookies were Yi Yun's match. They couldn't even exhaust him!

These 45,000 dragon scale runes were definitely lost!

Li Hong could feel his heart bleeding.

Earning dragon scale runes and resources, and supporting such a large association was not easy! Li Hong's strength and talent were not the best. Although Li Hong had managed to obtain brilliant results in one year, he still failed to enter the Heaven or Earth rolls of honor.

It was not easy for him to earn dragon scale runes!

Li Hong clenched his fists. Separated by the stages, he looked at the linen-clothed Yi Yun that was a few hundred feet away.

Yi Yun had already placed the brick on the table and begun meditating.

When he was watched by Li Hong, Yi Yun sensed it and opened his eyes and his gaze clashed with Li Hong's.

This clash in gazes made Li Hong feel a sense of fear!

Such keen perception!?

People with keen perception could feel it when they were being secretly watched. But with the large distance between them, Yi Yun still could feel it. This perception was too terrifying!

Even people who formed their Heaven's eyeball were not as good...

"This kid, you sure are good! I admit I've been set up by you!"

Li Hong felt like he had been hit by a heavy blow. He had matured in his thinking early, so although he was only fourteen, he already had the mind of an adult.

Whether it was the rich kids circle in the capital or in the Tai Ah Divine City, Li Hong had used his excellent emotional intelligence to thrive. Or else, he would not have been able to organize such a large organization as the Hongdao Association.

But today, he had been completely played by Yi Yun, a kid who was younger than him by almost two years.

"Wan Kai, if you think you can't beat Yi Yun, admit defeat!"

Li Hong said to the Four Bully Lords' Fatty who was standing beside him. Fatty's name was Wan Kai. He was from the Wan family in the capital, which was also a very famous family clan.

Wan Kai's strength was stronger than the other three from the Four Bully Lords, but he was at best 20-30% stronger. Li Hong did not think Wan Kai stood a chance at beating Yi Yun.

Yi Yun had not even used his weapon or moves to defeat three of the Four Bully Lords, yet he did it so easily.

It could be said to be a landslide victory.

Since he knew Wan Kai was going up to be knocked down by the brick, it was better not going on-stage.

"I..." Wan Kai's fat face flushed red.

To throw in the towel without a fight was embarrassing!

But if he fought, all of the Four Bully Lords would have been hit by Yi Yun with the brick, knocking all of them down. This degree of shame was not low.

It would be a shameful result, whether he chose to fight or not.

Wan Kai had never felt so aggrieved!

At that moment, Li Hong also turned to his men in the Hongdao Association and spoke without any enthusiasm, "And all of you too… If you think there's no point in fighting, admit defeat..."

Many of his men were dumbfounded upon hearing this.

"Brother Hong, you want us to just admit defeat like that? Then won't everything we bet be given to him?"

Having gambled all of their wealth, they were unwilling to resign themselves without battling!

But so what if they felt resigned, if they could get back something by taking some pain, Li Hong would have made them all go up on-stage.

However, the crux of the issue was, even if they all formed a bump on their heads due to the knock, it would not change the fact that they had been cheated.

"Brother Hong, the bad blood between the Hongdao Association and Yi Yun is known by the entire Tai Ah Divine City. This bet was also first instigated by our Hongdao Association. If we were to admit defeat, how are we to live on in the Tai Ah Divine City?"

Someone said in a depressed manner.

Li Hong rolled his eye at this person, "You think that if the bunch of you line up and get knocked down by Yi Yun's brick, you will still have the face to live on in the Tai Ah Divine City in the future?"

When Li Hong returned with this question, no one said a word.

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They could imagine that after this battle, when people mentioned the Hongdao Association, they would say, "Are you talking about the Hongdao Association, the one where the entire association went to bully one person, but ended up being knocked down by a brick? Of course I know about them! What? You are from that association? Nice to meet you! By the way, did you get knocked down by Yi Yun that time?"

Upon thinking of this, many of their faces turned livid.

"I'll admit defeat, hai..." Wan Kai shook his head. Since he was inferior, that was all he could do.

There were a significant number of Hongdao Association youths that wanted to follow Wan Kai's footsteps in admitting defeat. But many of them were still indignant, they felt that Yi Yun wasn't that strong.

As such, Yi Yun did not meet any significant resistance the rest of the day.

When the referee got Wan Kai to come on stage, Wan Kai immediately admitted defeat.

The surrounding audience were speechless when they saw this scene. Wan Kai's overall rank was around 10,500. He had even made a big bet with Yi Yun.

Under such circumstances, he decisively admitted defeat before even fighting!

It was clear that Wan Kai had lost all hope of winning.

Wan Kai left the stage in a dejected manner, allowing Yi Yun to win without fighting.

After Wan Kai, two Hongdao Association members who went on-stage also admitted defeat.

There were also others who did not believe in heresy, such as the youth who insisted that Yi Yun had learned a "Brick mystic technique". He still firmly carried out his own battle strategy, hoping to take the brick away from Yi Yun's hand and then “find an opportunity to hurt Yi Yun seriously".

The result was obvious. When the fight began, just as the youth was waiting to carry out his battle strategy, Yi Yun just disappeared from his vision.

Following that, he felt a pain in his head. He was instantly put down when his vision turned black!

The youths from the Hongdao Association were stunned. This gap was too great!

At that moment, this new batch of rookies in the Tai Ah Divine City looked at Yi Yun with fear.

Yi Yun's strength was too great! It was too far from them.

How far could Yi Yun go in the future? What would his Earth ranking be?

They did not dare to imagine it.

True Martial World - Chapter 219: Bro, you are too naive

"Big… Big Bro..."

The Four Bully Lords' Shorty spoke to Fatty without any confidence, "Next up… will be me, I don't… don't have any confidence."

Shorty's strength was pretty much the same as Sun Yuan.

Feng Hai's defeat by Yi Yun could be due to him underestimating Yi Yun. But Sun Yuan had done his best; yet, he too had been bricked down by Yi Yun. This was due to the absolute difference in strength.

No matter how reluctant Shorty was in accepting the situation, he had no choice but to admit this fact.

Yi Yun was stronger than him!

Fatty stayed silent. He had nothing more to say.

What do we do now?

All their assets had been bet. If they did not fight, were they just going to throw in the towel?

After the Four Bully Lords, there were still a lot of people from the Hongdao Association. They all had ugly expressions on their faces. Many of them had submitted their application to compete with Yi Yun. They had even handed in their bets, it could no longer be changed.

For this, they were regretting it to the point where their intestines turned green.

If they had known that Yi Yun was so formidable, they would have rather died than mess with him.

Even if Yi Yun's strength was immense, that was alright. But his weapon was a brick. Fighting with him meant one would be knocked out with a brick!

To warriors, it was alright to lose a match. As long as they did not lose their dignity, they would reluctantly accept it.

But to be bricked down by a brick, that would be too embarrassing!

Yi Yun carried the Heaven Upheaval Seal down from the stage.

He had twelve matches the first day. He had to fight a match almost every hour. In a day, he had to fight from dawn to dusk for a total of 12 hours.

After his second match, Yi Yun could feel that the gaze the surrounding people gave him was one of awe.

In the Tai Ah Divine City, as long as you were strong, you would be respected even if you came from a humble background.

Yi Yun meditated for some time before his third match began.

His opponent was Shorty from the Four Bully Lords.

When Yi Yun went up on stage again, Shorty lost a large portion of his morale when he saw Yi Yun holding the bloody brick in hand.

Before the match began, Shorty abruptly said, "Wait! I have something to say."

"Oh? "What is it?"

Yi Yun looked at Shorty with some surprise.

Shorty gulped down a mouthful of saliva and said, "That… Can… Can you change your weapon?"

"Change? Why?"

Yi Yun looked at Shorty with a puzzled glance.

Shorty stayed silent. What he meant was that he did not want to be defeated by a brick. It would be too embarrassing, yet he couldn’t say that.

After all, one wouldn't expect him to say, "I don't want to be knocked down by a brick. Please change to another weapon to knock me down with."

This would simply mean that he was conceding in advance, before the fight even started!

Now, if he returned to the capital, that would be equally shameful. Others would say Lofty and Scrawny of the Four Bully Lords got knocked down by a brick. But later, Shorty did not want to be knocked down by a brick so he pleaded for Yi Yun to change to another weapon to knock him down with. Eventually Yi Yun agreed and as a result, Shorty was also knocked down...

Upon thinking of this, Shorty felt extremely aggrieved.

But, Yi Yun shook his head, saying, "I'm not changing. This Heaven Upheaval Seal is very handy. Even if I were to change, I would change to a hammer or something. It would be almost the same."

When Yi Yun said that, Shorty felt his heart being trampled by 10,000 near-horned beasts with mud-stained hoofs. Could he not be so insulting?

He was addicted to knocking people!

Shorty became enraged!

"I'll fight it out with you!"

Shorty drew out his curved blade and charged towards Yi Yun!

As he rushed forward, Shorty's body blurred. With a touch of his interspatial ring and a shout.

"Split Body Technique!"

With this shout, Shorty split into two bodies!

What!?

Many people were shocked by this.

His single body became two in a split second?

Previously when Scrawny used his After Image Paces, his body turned into many bodies, but those were all afterimages. After images could not move, and could only be left in the irises of people, confusing a person's vision.

But now, Shorty's Split Body Technique had really divided his body into two. His doppelganger also rushed at Yi Yun and attacked!

Yi Yun was also slightly stunned, but soon he figured it out.

"Ha!"

Shorty and his doppelganger jumped and attacked Yi Yun from left and right. The two curved blades crossed

"Split Body Cross Slash!"

A gleaming blade beam shot out. But at that moment, Yi Yun's moved, appearing in front of Shorty and his doppelganger.

He raised the brick.

"Dong! Dong!"

Using a mysterious movement technique, Yi Yun sent out two solid hits with the brick. Shorty had no way of dodging them.

The two curved blades flew straight out, but Shorty and his doppelganger had been knocked down by Yi Yun's two brick blows.

"Boom!"

Shorty slammed to the ground heavily while his "doppelganger" lost its ability to move and twisted into a pile.

Only then did people realize that this was not really a split body.

In martial arts, those who reached a high cultivation level could have a doppelganger, but Shorty was far from that level.

His so-called doppelganger was actually a puppet. When Shorty threw out his puppet, he had injected the puppet with his Yuan Qi. Together with his own afterimage and fast speed, it created this doppelganger effect.

But this method was nothing to Yi Yun who had formed Heaven's eyeball. He saw through it with a single glance.

Shorty was defeated in the same way as the others, being knocked unconscious by Yi Yun.

Up to this point, no one had been able to escape the curse of Yi Yun's brick. That brick, in the hands of Yi Yun, was a terrifying weapon that would cause nightmares amongst the Hongdao Association’s members.

A brick on your head would result in a big bump, who wouldn't fear it!?

They could not imagine the feeling of watching helplessly as Yi Yun knocked them down with his brick when it came to their turn.

They could predict the result of the match. They had to stick out their heads, just to be knocked down by him. What was more painful than this?

At this point, all the members from the Hongdao Association who had declared war on Yi Yun felt like they were sitting on pins and needles!

A youth suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "This kid must have practiced some special cultivation technique! We have all been fooled by him. He may look aloof, making others think he's weak. Actually he is using a very domineering and powerful move! And that move's carrier is… the brick!"

This youth's words enlightened many!

Everyone looked at each other and suddenly felt that the youth's words made sense!

But there were others who were in doubt, "It can't be… His original weapon was a long saber… That long saber should be his weapon of choice, right?"

Upon facing this question, the youth from before denied it, "Bro, you are too naive. Don't be fooled by appearances. Has any of you seen Yi Yun fight with that long saber? Ever since he came to the Tai Ah Divine City, he has been picking herbs, all the time! Picking herbs! Picking more herbs! And still picking herbs! He had never fought with us. We don't even know what cultivation technique he practices!"

"I am 70% sure that Yi Yun has picked up a secret mystic technique, and this secret technique is related to bricks. In this world, there are sword skills, saber skills and spear skills. Why can't there be 'brick skills'? Don't find it ridiculous. Think about it carefully, there are all sorts of weird cultivation techniques in this world. Having one of these cultivation techniques use a brick as the main weapon would be normal!"

This youth began to firmly believe in his own hypothesis.

People began to feel enlightened. "Bro, you're right! No wonder this guy was leisurely walking to the arena in the morning when I saw him. He knew many were waiting to challenge him, yet he was not worried at all, it was as if he was not involved in it! His calmness was abnormal!"

"Right, when he went on-stage, he was peaceful as a dove, with no stress at all. Previously, he even provoked us to increase the stakes of the battles. Looks like he was confident early on. With his secret 'brick' technique, he was not afraid of us! This Yi Yun is too cunning!"

People became more and more convinced, as if they had seen through Yi Yun's secret.

At the same time, the Hongdao Association's youths grew furious at Yi Yun's provocation for them to raise the stakes. Now, they finally realized they had been cheated by Yi Yun into raising the stakes!

This bastard!

But the problem now was, even if they knew Yi Yun practiced a mystic technique and that his weapon was a brick, how were they going to crack it?

The difference in strength was too great. They would still be knocked down when they went on-stage!

"Brothers, we have to think of a way to control the brick in his hand. Do not be tricked by the brick's appearance. It might look comical, but in Yi Yun's hand, it's the most feared weapon in the world!"

Someone said the concluding remark.

The other youths echoed, "Right. We need to treat the brick as the sharpest saber, sword or spear! Speaking of swordsmen, some swordsmen can have such superb swordplay that they can "be one with the sword". The bodies of those swordsmen who can ‘be one with the sword’ are equivalent to a sword. And that sword is also their body!"

"This Yi Yun, he might even have reached the stage of 'being one with the brick'!"

"Oh? 'Being one with the brick'!? So powerful!? It can't be! The difficulty of 'being one with the brick' can't be any less than 'being one with the sword'. This realm can only reached by extremely gifted people with excellent perceptivity..."

Hearing that Yi Yun could reach the stage of "being one with the brick", the youths present turned livid. This nut was too tough to crack!

They too had their own weapons, but none of them could be one with their weapons!

"I'm not being an alarmist, but I've seen warriors who were able to 'be one with the sword'. Their moves looked simple. It was usually just one stab and they would defeat their opponent. On the surface, there was nothing fancy at all."

"Now Yi Yun is the same too. With the knock of a brick, it might look simple, yet he could defeat his opponents. It's very similar to 'being one with the sword'. It should be 'being one with the brick'."