Chapter 185

Chapter 185: Li Jing Rang’s Good Days Are Over
The other Peak Masters and elders of the Five Elements Dao Sect were all smiling with joy. Only Master Qing Yan’s eyes and brows stayed calm, and the sharp lines of his face did not move at all.

Everyone could not help complaining in their hearts.

Just what heaven-defying mistake had Yu Zhao made to make Master Qing Yan dislike her so much?

If their sect had a disciple like Yu Zhao, they would want to hold her in their palms every day, afraid she might get even a little bump.

After the sixth round ended, the top twenty in the individual competition were decided. Yu Zhao, Yao Wuji, Si Tu Xuan and the other popular contestants were all among them.

They all gained a chance to enter the Floating Island. Next would be the fight for the top three.

At the same time, the sect competition was about to finish the last round to decide the top sixteen.

Yu Zhao looked toward the dueling platform to her right front, the corners of her lips lifting in a small smile.

Li Jing Rang’s good days were over.

On the dueling platform.

Li Jing Rang looked at Liu Zheng, Ji Han Zhou, and the others across from him, their fighting spirit soaring. His expression grew stiff, and sweat started to form in his palms.

If he lost this time, the chance to enter the Floating Island would slip past him, and his face would be completely lost.

How could it be such bad luck that he met people from the Heavenly Sword Sect right when fighting for the top sixteen? Even if it had been delayed one more round, it would have been better!

The disciples of Tai Bai Academy shared his thoughts and secretly sighed at their bad luck.

But they still held a bit of weak hope in their hearts. Senior Sister Liu of the Heavenly Sword Sect was engaged to their First Senior Brother. Surely when they started to fight, she would show mercy and not go all out.

The disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect, however, were cracking their knuckles and full of energy, only waiting for the order so they could go straight for the dogs’ heads across from them.

An elder from Wen Ding Pavilion announced: “The match begins.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the buzzing sound of swords rang out, and a sky-high Sword Intent rose from the ground.

“Liu…”

Li Jing Rang was about to say something when a howling sword light cut him off.

His expression changed. He pulled a brush from his sleeve and slashed it down hard.

The spiritual light that burst from the brush collided with the sword light, making a huge crash. An invisible shock wave swept out in all directions.

After that, several more sword beams howled over, breaking apart the shock of the clash and continuing to shoot toward the Tai Bai Academy disciples.

Li Jing Rang shouted: “Form the formation!”

The four disciples behind him immediately took their places, and a golden pillar of light rose over each of their heads.

The pillars of light linked together, then finally poured into Li Jing Rang’s body.

Li Jing Rang’s aura surged in an instant. He lifted the brush high and shouted with a twisted face: “Brush Falls, Wind and Rain Tremble!”

Boom!

The brush tip fell.

A huge black talisman character dropped from the sky.

Heaven and earth seemed to dim.

The huge commotion made everyone turn to look.

Someone exclaimed: “Is this Tai Bai Academy’s true strength? It is too strong. I am afraid only a Nascent Soul cultivator could block that strike!”

Another voice said: “You are speaking too soon. The people of the Heavenly Sword Sect are not that easy to deal with.”

“Look quickly! The Heavenly Sword Sect is fighting back!”

Under the sky-covering talisman seal, the five people from the Heavenly Sword Sect did not have any fear on their faces.

“Junior Brothers, Junior Sisters, lend me your strength!”

“Yes!”

The five of them quickly formed a sword formation array. Then the flying swords in their hands flew out, forming a five-pointed star.

Sharp sounds of cutting through the air rang through the sky.

Li Jing Rang stared hard at the sky. His heart pounded like a drum in his ears.

[ I have to win! I must win! ]

However, heaven was not on his side.

The Sword Qi of the five flying swords sliced the black talisman seal into pieces. Light returned to the world.

Liu Zheng raised two fingers and pointed straight at Li Jing Rang: “Go!”

The five flying swords in the sky circled once, then dove straight toward Li Jing Rang.

Li Jing Rang was shocked. He swung his brush and wrote several talisman seals in a row.

Bang, bang, bang!

The newly formed talisman seals shattered at once, and in the blink of an eye, the swords were right at Li Jing Rang’s face.

“Retreat!”

At the critical moment, Li Jing Rang bit the tip of his tongue. A mouthful of blood sprayed onto the brush tip as he quickly wrote the character for “retreat.”

The five flying swords halted in midair, giving off a constant humming sound as they struggled.

The other Tai Bai Academy disciples were overjoyed to see this and at once launched an attack at Liu Zheng and her group.

Lights of all colors flashed, their power pressing down.

On the high platform.

The Dean of Tai Bai Academy’s eyes sank.

With his strength, he did not need to see the end to know the outcome.

In this round, Tai Bai Academy had no power left to turn the tide.

Li Jing Rang and the others had already shown all the strength they should have, but their opponents were too strong. It was hard to change the situation.

Dean Mo Xin thought of the rumors that had been stirring up trouble lately, and his mood grew even more heavy.

Clang!

A snow-white sword light flashed by.

Li Jing Rang only felt stinging pain on his cheek.

In the next instant, a white hair tie flew past his eyes.

Then a large mass of black hair spun through the air.

“Ah! Liu Zheng! I am going to kill you!”

Li Jing Rang shook all over with rage.

Liu Zheng had actually cut off his hair with one sword stroke!

Unheard-of humiliation! Unheard-of humiliation!

He shouted and was about to charge forward to fight Liu Zheng with his life.

But he did not take more than a few steps before he calmed down again.

Because Liu Zheng was now pointing her sword at him.

The sharp tip of the sword gleamed with cold light.

His angry heart slowly cooled.

He… had lost.

Liu Zheng said coldly: “Li Jing Rang, today I will formally inform you in front of all the Seniors and fellow disciples of the Cultivation World: the marriage between the two of us is ended here!”

“From now on, whoever you recite poems with will have nothing to do with me. I, Liu Zheng, will never marry a loser who was defeated by me!”

Everyone was still stunned by Liu Zheng breaking off the engagement in public when they saw her take out a jade ornament shaped like a green flying sword and slam it down hard.

The jade shattered.

Li Jing Rang felt like his heart shattered along with it.

He did not love Liu Zheng, but he could not accept her calling off the engagement in public and saying such words.

A loser under her hand?

“Pff!”

Driven by anger, Li Jing Rang spat blood again and again. Before he could say anything, his eyes rolled back and he fell backward.

“First Senior Brother!”

The Tai Bai Academy disciples hurried to catch him and cried hoarsely at Liu Zheng in grief: “It is you! You are the one who drove First Senior Brother to his death!”

Liu Zheng twirled the sword in a small flourish, then sheathed her flying sword with no expression on her face.

“First, he is not dead yet. Second, even if he really dies of anger, it will not be because of my words but because of his own uselessness.”

She had given Li Jing Rang a chance.

Li Jing Rang was the one who did not cherish it.

Besides, it was only breaking off a marriage. It was not some world-shaking matter. If he really died of anger over that, he could only blame his own narrow heart and weak spirit.

A Heavenly Sword Sect disciple muttered: “He does not even have a scratch on his body, and they still want to blame our First Senior Sister. That is really ridiculous.”

Another added: “Exactly. Instead of wasting time, they should hurry up and take him down to treat him.”

“You are not just sore losers looking for excuses, are you?”

The disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect had been holding in their anger for a long time and finally had a chance to let it out.

The Tai Bai Academy disciples could not win in a fight, and they could not win in an argument either. In the end, they could only carry their First Senior Brother away with their tails between their legs, while happy cheers from the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples sounded behind them.

Their heads were low, their cheeks burning red, and they even started to feel resentment toward the unconscious Li Jing Rang.

If First Senior Brother had not flirted around outside, their relationship with the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples would not have become so tense.

First Senior Brother was really too muddle-headed!