Bonus Chapter. Enjoy!
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In this day and age, those who have mastered the so-called Sword Intent or Fist Intent are, after all, a minority.
How to cultivate them and how to comprehend them are secrets circulated only within a few major powers. Ordinary Spirit Masters have no way of coming into contact with them at all.
But Ten Thousand Years later, this information is no longer considered a secret.
To put it plainly, the so-called 'Intent' is simply the Fusion of Spirit Power and mental force, used to 'materialize' one's own will. When your will is strong enough and your conviction is firm enough, that invisible force can turn into substance and influence reality.
[A/N: Sounds kinda lika Haki to me]
Huo Yuhao's Sword Intent was actually very simple: it was to suppress others with pure momentum! With a cultivation that far exceeded a Spirit King and absolute confidence in his own strength, what he condensed was an intent of 'Invincibility'!
Once that will manifested, it would be like an invisible mountain pressing down on the heart of every opponent.
Huo Yuhao knew that in the original history, he had taken Elder Mu as his teacher and learned the 'Sovereign's Descent' Fist Intent.
That Fist Intent was matchlessly domineering and magnificent in its aura, like the arrival of a sovereign.
Now, he hadn't taken a master, but this Sword Intent also had a bit of that 'I alone am supreme' meaning.
So, Huo Yuhao named his Sword Intent—'Dominate the World'!
At this moment, as soon as the Sword Intent came out, all of Ye Wuqing's attacks missed their mark. Under the pressure of the Sword Intent, those countless Golden Leaves scattered and drifted away, unable to get even an inch close to Huo Yuhao.
And Ye Wuqing himself, even from a distance of dozens of meters, felt a heart-pounding sense of being unmatched while looking at Huo Yuhao.
In his eyes, that young figure seemed to transform into a towering mountain, a drawn sharp sword, becoming an invincible existence.
Ye Wuqing had reached Rank 58 before the age of twenty; he was also a Genius of his time and had his own pride.
Now, watching Huo Yuhao's slowly approaching figure, Ye Wuqing forcibly suppressed the thought of being unmatched in his heart and suddenly let out a loud shout!
"Ah!!!"
That shout was filled with unwillingness and anger! Unwilling to be beneath another, and angry that he actually felt a sense of cowardice! Then, a faint light flashed beneath Ye Wuqing's feet!
That fifth pitch-black spirit ring suddenly lit up!
This was his strongest fifth Spirit Ability!
Countless golden specks of light actually flashed upon that black spirit ring.
Those specks were densely packed like stars in the night sky, flickering with brilliant light.
Immediately, these light specks floated out from his spirit ring and permeated the air around Ye Wuqing.
The next second...
Those light specks seemed to instantly enlarge, turning into individual Golden Leaves! These Golden Leaves were slightly smaller than the ones he had used before, but in terms of quantity, there were hundreds and thousands of times more!
Countless Golden Leaves began to rotate rapidly around Ye Wuqing!
They spun faster and faster, more and more urgently, finally forming a golden storm!
That storm enveloped Ye Wuqing's entire person, airtight and indestructible!
This was a Spirit Ability that combined both offense and defense. To attack Ye Wuqing, one would have to break through this golden barrier.
And at this moment, Huo Yuhao had already walked right in front of Ye Wuqing. He stopped his pace and then did something that no one could understand. He actually put away the soul tool longsword, End, in his hand! He just stood there empty-handed in front of that golden storm, looking like he wasn't planning to make a move.
Everyone was stunned.
What was he doing?
A flash of disappointment crossed Huo Yuhao's eyes.
He looked at Ye Wuqing inside the storm and slowly spoke: "I originally thought you would be a decent opponent."
"But now it seems you're just this much; it's not enough to let me enjoy myself!"
With Huo Yuhao's current strength, even without using any Spirit Abilities, it wasn't difficult to defeat a Spirit King.
After speaking, he reached out his right hand. His index and middle fingers pointed forward. Then, he gave a gentle downward flick.
As Huo Yuhao's fingers fell, those Golden Leaves surrounding Ye Wuqing seemed to instantly lose all their power!
They no longer rotated, no longer flew; they just crashed down from mid-air with a clatter! Piece by piece, leaf by leaf, like autumn leaves falling in a flurry, they covered the entire arena! It was as if a golden rain had fallen, beautiful enough to intoxicate the heart.
But at this moment, no one was in the mood to appreciate this 'beautiful scenery'. In everyone's heart, they were thinking about the same question.
How on earth did Huo Yuhao do it?
After fusing with the Life Guardian Blade, Huo Yuhao's mental force had surged once again. Now, his mental force had already reached the Late Stage of the Spirit Abyss Realm. That move just now was merely a simple application of his mental force. He used his powerful mental force to forcibly sever the connection between Ye Wuqing and those Golden Leaves.
Nothing more!
Ye Wuqing watched this scene, dumbfounded. He also couldn't understand how his Ten Thousand Years Spirit Ability had been broken. But in that moment just now, he suddenly felt that he had lost control over those Golden Leaves.
Huo Yuhao turned his head to look at the referee in mid-air. On that handsome face, his expression was as calm as water.
"Referee, it's time to announce the result."
Only then did the referee snap out of it; he looked down at the arena. Ye Wuqing stood there, and although he had no injuries and looked perfectly fine, at this moment, a Golden Leaf was suspended right in front of his throat. That Golden Leaf was barely an inch away from his windpipe.
Clearly, this couldn't be Ye Wuqing's own control; this was obviously Huo Yuhao's handiwork.
There was no doubt that now, with just a thought from Huo Yuhao, this Golden Leaf could instantly pierce Ye Wuqing's throat and take his life.
The referee froze for a moment. Then, he announced loudly: "The match is over! Huo Yuhao wins!"
As the words fell, the entire spectator stand was silent.
Ye Wuqing's fists were tightly clenched; his expressionless face now seemed to have lost all color, turning pale.
He opened his mouth, and a slightly raspy voice slowly came out: "This match... Zhengtian Academy concedes!"
He, their strongest captain, had been defeated so easily.
If the others went up, it wouldn't change the result; it was better to just concede now.
Losing to Shrek Academy wasn't considered shameful.
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Ling Luochen, who had the lightest injuries, was the first to recover and was able to participate in the upcoming matches.
Her Ice element Spirit had played a significant role in these few battles. Although she had been suppressed by Huo Yuhao's Ultimate Ice before, her strength was still at a crushing level when facing other opponents.
With Ling Luochen's addition and Huo Yuhao overseeing things, Shrek Academy maintained an undefeated record in the next few battles.
They advanced triumphantly, sweeping all before them.
In the end, the Shrek Team finished the round-robin tournament as the top of their group. A total of sixteen teams advanced from the round-robin tournament, after which they would enter the new knockout stage.
Shrek Academy's next opponent was Douling Royal Academy, one of the final top four from the previous tournament, which could not be underestimated.
However, after ten or so days of rest, Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao had also recovered one after another and could play in the upcoming matches.
With two more Spirit Emperors, Shrek Academy was not worried about this next match.
And just before the final knockout matches began, the Starlight Auction House held another top-tier auction.
All the teams that had advanced from the round-robin tournament received invitations.
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A/N:
5 Power Stones = 1 Extra Chapter
2 Reviews = 1 Extra Chapter
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