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Chapter&xA0;43: Victory and Defeat
Seeing that his snake had been crushed fro man in front of him, the Three-Star Warrior raised an eyebrow in surprise He was incredibly shocked but also excited A smile appeared on his face and he retreated backwards, ended up directly into yet another stance His body strung like a bowstring, and the sound of waves could be heard as Qi once athered in waves which swept over the stage, headed straight for Xu Min
Seeing the wave, Xu Min was not panicking as he oncehis Qi into the ar the sword in his hands against the tidal wave in front of him As soon as the tip touched the wave, Xu Min&x2019;s own energy attacked the wave and slow-y disappeared It opened a set through without being crushed
The wave clashed against an invisible barrier around the arena Buhe young man had no time to look at this barrier because he was focused fully on the battle in front of hih the Qi wave, Xu Min could feel that he had used quite a significant ah he was an external expert, someone who used far less Qi for each attack than the internal experts However, he was currently against a Three-Star Warrior, so ainst the opponent and twice he had gotten through the dangers which were opposing him The price had been expensive as his Qi was already low, but his physical body was still bursting with energy Xu Min launched himself towards the expert
The most vulnerable ti a stance and before they were capable of taking another one If the stance had been broken through, much like Xu Min just had done now, the internal expert was standing with one very big decision toto back off, he needed to forcefully stop the attack happening which was the hich he had casted out Forcefully exiting a stance would cause injury to oneselves The stronger the attack, the e it would do to oneself Another problem was that when someone forcefully cut the link to the Qi attack, one would lose all the Qi that ithin the attack This did not allow for any of the Qi to return to the body Instead, it would dissipate into the air,the expert end in a less favourable position The other option was to hope that the opponent was incapable of reaching him in time and let the attack die out on its own before he took on another stance
Looking at the young ritted his teeth as he forcefully cut the link between him and the Qi he had sent out of his body He allowed himself to juh this expert was in no way an external one, he still had soe just far enough to avoid a hit fro further back, the Three-Star Warrior was in a bad position as Xu Min had pushed him further back He was so close to the corner of the arena that he was uncertain whether or not he was going to fall down Currently finding a place to take a stance was in no way an easy feat
Being in the corner, Xu Min constantly got closer and closer to the older htly, drawn back, and ready to attack Before he could do this, the expert desperately took a stance causing even ale winds, forcing Xu Min backwards andup the sithin his hand, Xu Min ed to block so foras still hard, but falling further back was now stopped and the two experts were caught in a standstill Xu Min could nothis Qi He knew that as soon as he did, Xu Min could oncehis teeth, the opponent forced evenhow far back he needed the young o to be able to put out another stance
The entire surrounding area was quiet as no one said a word Everyone was deeply shocked by what they saw in front of them The majority had at first expected Xu Min to lose within one attack, especially as they saw the snake which had been slithering around the ground But as soon as it had appeared, the young man as clearly only a One-Star Warrior had decapitated it Next, the Qi waves had appeared and once h them without problems Finally, everyone within the rooant actually had the strength to back up his persona Even the opponent on top of the arena had understood that although he could look down on theman in front of him was clearly different fro man who still had traces of childness in his features was this strong He was clearly a younglike this, the tall expert are that he had no tiale wind of Qi and took another stance A s out fro his attacks had injured hih he was injured, his eyes were filled with deter up could be seen This was soently and happily as he stayed at a distance, waiting for the next attack
Although it was risky for Xu Min to take on each attack, he simply had no other choice To attack, he needed to force the opponent to cancel an attack and then use his own stance to force the opponent out of the arena
The tall and lanky warrior was fully aware of how Xu Min thought Although he hated the fact that he needed to follow the expectations of the young man, he had no other choice If he did notto directly attack him This left hi this, the older man lifted both his arms and took a stance A white cloud completely surrounded him that quickly rose in size until eventually the entire half stage was filled with this Qi flowing froritted his teeth and the sword in his hand started hu as it slowly shot towards the Qi in front of hi man to be astonished as the sword itself seemed to absorb the Qi that had filled half the arena
As soon as the sword had touched the Qi, se of the sword As soon as it touched it, the Qi snakes were being absorbed by the sword itself, alongside the Qi filling up the entire arena
Feeling this, Xu Min felt how the sword in his hands grew in strength More and y ripples were eh the handle and into Xu Min&x2019;s arn Qi This Qi which sloent through his body and through the e with his own Qi As this happened, the young man felt how the Qi which had been around the arena slowlyof a Two-Star Warrior After only one-third was left behind of the Qi that filled up the arena, Xu Min felt how his body started to tre sounds The dantian inside his body swelled, Qi billowed through his body filling hiue he had felt before had coh Xu Min had just broken into the ranks of a Two-Star Warrior, the sword seey froy entered both the sword and Xu Min
Everyone vieas happening were stiff in surprise They could not understand why the Qi that was meant to attack and protect slowly dissipated like this All of the this critical h No one apart fro Xu Min, strengthening hi on was the opponent as still hiding within thearound hi sucked away fro different He also felt hoas constantly being weakened Although he was not going lower in rank, the Qi he was losing was no s within his ability before the abnor up the Qi that had left his body
Finally, the Qi had gotten so transparent that the olderthe wall of the Qi The suction force ca which shocked the tallerabsorbed, the older man once more forced himself to break one of his stances Instantly after he took a new stance, the rest of his Qi flew above him where it took the shape of a bow and an arrow The arrow pointed straight at Xu Min who narrowed his eyes as he saw the weapon pointing his way
Not wanting to waste tih time to actually prepare for the attack, the older o of an arrow, the Qi arrow instantly followed suit The arrow rushed towards Xu Min who lifted the sword as a protective shield, hiding behind it He s into splinters before another arrow appeared Soon, arrows rained down upon Xu Min; however, he was now filled with energy on the inside His sword huhied to block every arrow As he reached the opponent, it was easy to finish the battle All he had to do was place the sword at the neck of the opponent who instantly nodded in forfeit
The opponent had already lost y to the abnor of his energy to execute the stance where he created a shower of Qi arrows This ended up draining his last bit of energy, causing hiy to , Xu Min went to the y He was far stronger than he had ever experienced before A smile was on his face as he knew that this had been the best luck he had ever experienced Although he should knohen to stop, Xu Min felt like he could afford to suck up Qi froo back hoies He wanted to continue to prepare for the upco tournament