Chapter 28: Demonic Genius

"This Luo Xiu actually defeated Zhao Qishuang with the second-grade martial arts?"

"You are blind. When did the second-grade martial arts become so powerful? Isn't Zhao Qishuang's Seven Star Swordsmanship already a minor success? Even if the second-grade martial arts is a major success, it is not so awesome."

"What do you know? I just heard a teacher say that Luo Xiu's Dragon Tiger Fist and Inch Step have surpassed the major success and reached the state of perfection!"

Amidst the exclamations and the attention of the crowd, Luo Xiu suddenly became the focus of the top three.

"It is indeed rare to cultivate the second-grade martial arts to the perfect state, but if you meet those people in the advanced elite class, I am afraid you will be defeated miserably. The second-grade martial arts is only the second-grade after all."

After the excitement just now, Elder Li quickly calmed down and said with reasoning and analysis.

"Elder Li is right. The second-grade martial arts has limitations. The third-grade martial arts can easily suppress the perfect second-grade martial arts when they are cultivated to the major success." An elder next to him also agreed.

"It's just that he has practiced the second-grade martial arts to perfection. If he meets me, I will make him realize that there are always people who are better than you!"

A young man in brocade clothes showed disdain on his face and spoke loudly. Many people nearby heard it clearly.

One after another looked at him, wanting to see who he was, and he actually spoke so arrogantly.

But when everyone saw him, their eyes suddenly became stern.

"It's Feng Xuanzhu, the third-ranked master in the advanced elite class. It is said that he has practiced the third-grade swordsmanship to the great success realm!"

"It turned out to be him. The third-grade swordsmanship at the great success realm is indeed qualified to overlook the second-grade martial arts at the perfect level."

The competition continued, and soon there were only a dozen people left, and the final decisive battle was about to begin.

Luo Xiu also paid attention to some of the other people's competitions and found that many people were not weaker than himself.

After all, Qingyun City has a population of hundreds of thousands, and with the towns and villages around the city, a large number of new students enter the martial arts hall every year, from ten to eighteen years old. Among the eight classes of students, there are also many geniuses with extremely high martial arts talents.

Compared to those geniuses who showed extremely high talent from the beginning and made rapid progress, Luo Xiu knew very well that his real rise was too short. It was not easy to catch up with these people in less than half a year.

Among them was a person who also practiced the Thunder Sword Technique, named Feng Xuanzhu. Like him, he had reached the state of great success in swordsmanship.

There was also Xu Qiusheng, who was said to be ranked first. His spear skills were superb and he had practiced the third-grade spear skills to perfection!

There was also Han Shan, who ranked second. He was born with supernatural power. The power of his casual attack was comparable to that of a third-grade martial art. In addition, he practiced a third-grade defensive martial art, hard qigong, which filled his body with internal energy, and ordinary attacks could be completely ignored.

After another round of elimination, the final result was not surprising. Xu Qiusheng, Han Shan, and Feng Xuanzhu all won easily and were almost the top three.

After all, the most important reward for the entire martial arts competition was mainly the top three.

Compared with these three people, Luo Xiu, who also advanced, was outstanding, but not many people were optimistic about him. However, he made it to this point at the age of fourteen, which was enough to become a highlight of this year's martial arts competition.

Four people competed for the top three. According to the rules, each person had to compete with each other, and the ranking was determined according to the number of wins.

At this moment, Feng Xuanzhu suddenly walked in front of Luo Xiu and sneered: "Boy, you are in the limelight. When you meet me, I will make you lose miserably!"

Luo Xiu frowned. He had never offended Feng Xuanzhu. Why was this guy so hostile to him?

However, Luo Xiu also knew that some people always thought that the whole world revolved around themselves, and they were unhappy when they saw others in the limelight. Feng Xuanzhu was probably such a person.

"Is it great to have achieved great success in swordsmanship? Who will lose miserably? It is still unknown!" Luo Xiu was eager to fight, and he couldn't wait to compete with the top masters of the advanced elite class.

The first battle was between Xu Qiusheng and Han Shan. One of them was a master of spearmanship, and the other was born with divine power, and was good at both attack and defense.

Han Shan's weapon was a machete, and his moves were open and closed, with whistling wind and dust flying.

Although his attack was strong, he could not touch Xu Qiusheng at all. The silver spear was like a dragon, covering Han Shan's vital points.

Han Shan could only use hard Qigong to resist, but the same position was hit by the silver spear several times in a row. He couldn't recognize it after all. He spit out a mouthful of blood, retreated quickly, and took the initiative to admit defeat.

Then, the two went off the stage to rest and recover from the losses and injuries of the fight.

Feng Xuanzhu jumped onto the arena, with one hand behind his back and one hand pointing at Luo Xiu below the stage. He looked down at him and said arrogantly: "I will definitely defeat you within three moves!"

Seeing Feng Xuanzhu's provocation against Luo Xiu, many people in the audience looked at Luo Xiu with gloating eyes.

Feng Xuanzhu is a master who is in the top three in terms of strength. He is not at the same level as the opponents Luo Xiu had met before.

"He defeated me in three moves. What a big mouth! Does he think he is a Qi Hai warrior?" Luo Xiu jumped onto the arena and sneered, "I want to see how you can defeat me in three moves."

"Open your dog eyes and see clearly!" Feng Xuanzhu's eyes flashed with a cold light.

"Swoosh!"

As the voice fell, his figure flashed and he instantly appeared in front of Luo Xiu, as fast as a ghost, causing the audience to exclaim.

"What a fast speed!"

"The third-grade body movement is so fast that it can move and change shapes. This is much better than Luo Xiu's second-grade inch-step movement!" Obviously, Feng Xuanzhu's body movement speed made many people amazed and admire him. Speed? Is speed useful? Luo Xiu sneered disdainfully. In Yaqi Mountain, he once encountered a second-level demon beast, a spotted shadow cat. Its speed was almost invisible to the naked eye. Compared with it, the speed shown by Feng Xuanzhu was completely rubbish. It was the fight with the spotted shadow cat. Under the pressure of life and death, Luo Xiu comprehended the skills of the millimeter, and his inch-step body movement surpassed the great success and reached the perfect state. And he integrated the body movement and swordsmanship into one, and then he successfully killed the spotted shadow cat. Feng Xuanzhu was very conceited. He did not draw his sword, but used the scabbard to chop directly at Luo Xiu's head. But Luo Xiu still moved his feet slightly sideways like facing other people, and easily avoided it without any injury. "Swish! Swish! Swish!..."

Feng Xuanzhu used his body skills to the extreme, attacking continuously, but he couldn't touch even a corner of Luo Xiu's clothes.

"Damn! Is this really the second-grade inch step? Why does it feel better than the third-grade body skills?"

There was a cry of surprise from the audience, and everyone stared at the calm and composed Luo Xiu in black, stunned, their jaws almost dropped to the ground.

In fact, Luo Xiu's body skills have long jumped out of the original second-grade inch step. After the deduction of the life vein diagram and improvement, it can be completely comparable to the third-grade martial arts.

This means that Luo Xiu's boxing and martial arts are actually the perfect realm of the third-grade martial arts!

This scene moved the master of the martial arts hall on the attic. The smile on his face disappeared, his eyes narrowed, and he stared at Luo Xiu in the field.

He is a strong man who has stepped half a foot into the realm of martial arts grandmaster. Naturally, his vision and knowledge are not comparable to other elders.

At first, he couldn't see anything because Luo Xiu's opponents were relatively weak, but Feng Xuanzhu had cultivated the third-grade body skills to a high level. In comparison, he finally found something strange.

"What a Luo Xiu, he cultivated the second-grade martial arts to be comparable to the third-grade martial arts. He is not a genius, but a demon!"

He couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion. As the master of the Martial Hall, he seemed to be in a high position in Qingyun City, but in the entire Yunlong County, he was nothing.

If Qingyun City could produce a top talent to join Xiaoyao Sect, then he would have the merit of recommendation, and maybe he could get the reward from the mountain gate, giving him the opportunity to break through to the realm of refining the spirit!

In fact, the situation of the masters of the Martial Halls in every city was similar to his. Their cultivation reached half a step to refining the spirit, and their potential was basically exhausted, so it was difficult to go further.

So Xiaoyao Sect gave them a chance to be sent to various cities to manage the Martial Halls. If they could recommend top talents to join the sect, they would be rewarded with the Refining Spirit Pill, so as to go further and reach the realm of refining the spirit.

From the innate to the soul-refining realm, there is a huge threshold. Once you break through, you can have a lifespan of 800 years and have more time to pursue a higher realm.

If you cannot break through to the soul-refining realm, you can only live for more than 100 years at most. As your body gradually ages, your blood and qi weaken, and your strength will become weaker and weaker, and it will be more difficult to break through.

"Clang! Clang!"

Two sounds rang out in succession, and Luo Xiu and Feng Xuanzhu in the field almost drew their swords at the same time.

"Dacheng swordsmanship?"

The master of the martial arts hall was surprised again, but he was relieved soon. A monster who can practice second-grade martial arts to the effect of third-grade martial arts, practicing swordsmanship to the great perfection in two months, made him feel reasonable.

Feng Xuanzhu in the field saw that the arrogance on his face was gone. Although they were both in the great perfection realm of the Thunder Swordsmanship, Luo Xiu's swordsmanship was stronger than his, and he drew his sword faster, completely suppressing him.

In terms of body skills, he was not as good as Luo Xiu, and in terms of swordsmanship, he was not as good as Luo Xiu!

Thinking of what he said before that he could defeat him in three moves, Feng Xuanzhu felt his face burning hot. This matter would definitely become a huge laughing stock.

"Buzz!"

The sword light came in an instant, and Feng Xuanzhu's body suddenly stopped, because the tip of the black sword in Luo Xiu's hand was just a millimeter away from his throat!

"I... I admit defeat!"

Feng Xuanzhu almost bit his teeth and wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

He knew very well that he was defeated, not only in the competition, but also in his face and mentality.

In the attic, the master of the martial arts hall took a deep breath and tapped his fingers on the armrest of the chair.

He practiced the top three pure yang skills, broke through from the second level of body refining to the ninth level of body refining in five months, and practiced the thunder sword technique to perfection in two months, and integrated it with the body technique. He can be said to have no rivals under the Qi Hai realm!

Any of these deeds can be called a genius, and all of these deeds happened to the same person...

Then, the third match continued. Xu Qiusheng and Luo Xiu won one match each and tied for first place, so it was the turn of Han Shan and Feng Xuanzhu to compete. Whoever wins will be ranked higher temporarily.

"Haha, Xiaozhuzi, you look like a bitter gourd. Are you crying because you lost a match?" Han Shan walked onto the competition stage and laughed in a heavy voice.

"Silly guy, I'm no match for Luo Xiu, but you can only be my target!" Feng Xuanzhu snorted angrily and drew his sword.

"Haha, come on, be careful not to be flattened by my brother's machete!"

The two men confronted each other, both of them had reached the peak of the ninth level of body refinement, and the light of internal energy flickered from their bodies.