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Chapter 309 - 298: A Master Does Not Reveal His True Face
Ge Mang shattered the Double Arc Sword Qi, but instead of pressing his advantage, he pounded his chest fiercely and pointed at Wang Meng with his left hand. "I, Ge Mang, want to see what you’re really made of!"
Wang Meng was a little surprised that his Double Arc Sword Qi had been shattered. But seeing the fervent, battle-hungry look in Ge Mang’s eyes, Wang Meng suddenly smiled.
He remembered Zhang Xiaojiang once asking him why he loved fighting so much.
Back then, Wang Meng had simply felt that life was too boring. Only in battle could he truly feel alive.
Some people are born to fight.
On the Dueling Platform, the Master seemed to smile. The ordinary Long Sword in his hand pointed diagonally toward the ground, and then the blade flashed.
Two streams of Sword Qi shot out, one to the left and one to the right.
...Two streams of Double Arc Sword Qi!
...A third... and a fourth...
’Damn, is that even possible?’
’Is this guy going to spam curved attacks until one of them dies?’
Anticipating one stream of Double Arc Sword Qi was something some people could manage, but two?
Ge Mang’s Tiger Fang trembled, not from fear, but from excitement. ’This is it! No limits, no end!’
The Tiger Fang roared as it met the first stream, then the second... then the third...
All the streams of Double Arc Sword Qi were shattered. This was a true read, not a fluke. This was the power of Ge Mang of the Tiger Fang Sword, one of the Five-Star Monarchs.
This was the gap in their strength!
The Double Arc Sword Qi was like a watershed moment, but for Ge Mang, it was not the limit.
With the sky full of Sword Qi completely neutralized, Ge Mang let out a heaven-shaking roar. He was going to crush his opponent.
The Tiger Fang Sword radiated a bone-chilling killing intent.
—Thunder Fang!
Like a bolt from the blue, Ge Mang hammered out a flash of sword light with the Tiger Fang in his hand, as if it were Mjolnir itself.
This was not an attack that could be blocked by anyone below the Thirtieth Layer.
BOOM...
A loud explosion rocked the Dueling Platform. Just as everyone thought the battle was over, Ge Mang’s body was sent flying by a kick.
The Master had not only dodged the Thunder Fang but had actually launched a counterattack.
In that split second, almost no one saw what happened.
"Voi...d Step... Fuck!"
Moo WuZheng cursed. His date with Mingyue had been going perfectly a second ago, but now it was ruined.
A few others in the crowd also figured it out, and they were all dumbfounded.
’Can you believe it? Can you even believe it?’
’Someone actually fucking used Void Step with only Twenty Layers of Elemental Power!’
SHING SHING...
Two flashes of sword light tore across Ge Mang’s chest, sending blood flying. Ge Mang staggered backward.
Ge Mang laughed, a happy laugh. Surprises were always so wonderful. Ge Mang swiped a hand over his wound, bringing the blood to his lips. It tasted like fire, and his eyes turned an even deeper shade of red.
BOOM...
His Elemental Power erupted. At this moment, Ge Mang had gone completely berserk. When he still had his wits about him, he could control his Elemental Power level. But now, his power was rising, heading straight for the Thirtieth Layer. It was only because Ge Mang’s subconscious was still intact that it stopped there; otherwise, there was no telling how high it would have surged.
But the fight was no longer on equal footing.
With different levels of Elemental Power, the might behind their attacks was no longer the same.
"Sev-en—Star—Thun-der—Fang—Flash!"
Ge Mang spoke one word at a time, each syllable like a clap of thunder. The Thunder Fang Sword in his hand shone with a blinding light. His ultimate killing move was here.
BOOM...
Unpredictable flashes of sword light blasted out one after another. Void Step could dodge a single Thunder Fang, but what about a Seven-Strike Combo?
Void Step was truly powerful; the first strike missed.
The second strike arrived. Void Step alone was no longer enough. The Master drew his sword and cleaved the second strike apart.
The third strike arrived. The Master was now completely on the defensive. The Thunder Fang slammed into the Master’s sword, sending him flying backward.
But there was no time to breathe. The fourth strike came.
It was another Thunder Fang, moving like a charging bolt of lightning. BOOM...
The Master’s body shuddered violently, and he lost his balance. This showed that his defense had reached its limit. The Master, with his Twenty Layers of Elemental Power, was stretched thin against Ge Mang, who was approaching the Thirtieth Layer.
The fifth strike was a Thunder Strike. CRACK...
The Soldier-level Sword provided by the Battle Space shattered in the Master’s hand. An attack of this magnitude was impossible to block.
’He couldn’t even protect the sword in his hand. What does that tell you?’
In the Empress Faction’s camp, everyone simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief. That was terrifying.
At this moment, surprisingly, no one seemed to realize that Ge Mang’s Elemental Power had far surpassed the Master’s.
The un-dodgeable sixth strike arrived. The eyes of the experts present burned with a fiery light. ’Is this the Seven-Star Thunder Light in action?’
No one had ever seen Ge Mang use it before. The ferocious Thunder Fang, combined with Ge Mang’s unrivaled charging momentum, was simply unstoppable.
The Ge Mang of this moment exuded an overbearing aura capable of holding off ten thousand men, a true frenzied demon.
The Thunder Strike had arrived. The Master was at the end of his rope, with no way to block it.
It was a hopeless situation. This was what everyone felt. Unless you possessed Elemental Power far greater than Ge Mang’s, anyone forced into this position would face certain death!
But just then, in the nick of time, the Master’s body floated into the air, leaving a dreamlike afterimage behind.
The sixth strike missed...
Shan Lin’s jaw dropped. ’Aerial Skill plus Void Step? That works? He actually dares to use that combo???’
’He actually fucking dodged it.’
But Ge Mang was Ge Mang. The most terrifying seventh strike was here!
’Why do I fight?’
’Why did I come here? It’s because I, Ge Mang, have been waiting for an opponent who could force me to use my seventh strike!’
’I will use my greatest strength!’
At that moment, the trajectories of the first six strikes finally appeared. The final piece of the Beidou Seven-Star Formation was precisely this seventh strike. Even if you had the power to ascend to the heavens or descend into the earth, this final strike was a ticket to the Ghost Gate.
All the Life Gates were sealed shut.
This was the true essence of the Seven-Star Thunder Flash!
The most vicious strike was already crashing down. This was a nearly perfect Sword Technique, a battle that could elevate Ge Mang to a whole new level.
Without a doubt, this stage belonged to Ge Mang.
The Master had only a broken sword in his hand. There was nothing he could do.
RUMBLE...
Everyone was waiting for the moment this strike would end it all. At this point, there was a kind of beauty to it.
Then, a scene that left everyone dumbfounded occurred. Whether they were watching in secret or in the open, regardless of their level, everyone...
The Master was completely unharmed!
That sixth strike, the one the Master had dodged, had carved an arc through the air and shattered Ge Mang’s seventh strike.
The perfect Seven-Star Thunder Flash had been broken!
Can you believe it?
At the same time, Ge Mang, who had just unleashed his strongest Sword Technique, was frozen in place. A new "decoration" had appeared on his neck: the shards of the broken sword.
Ge Mang pulled the sword fragments from his neck. Blood spurted out. He found it difficult to accept what was happening before his very eyes.
In the Battle Space, at the academy plaza, and everywhere else people could watch this fight, there was dead silence.
Ge Mang had anticipated the process, but he had gotten the outcome wrong.
The blood-red color in his eyes receded. His body struggled, but it faded uncontrollably until it vanished.
The Master... won?!
Even now, those who had witnessed it couldn’t accept it. ’Is it really possible to win like that?’
From start to finish, he used only Twenty Layers of Elemental Power. Godlike control of the battle, unparalleled strength... Who was this person???
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