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Otogirusu's palm trembled slightly, and he gently touched the wound on his chest, his fingertips stained with blood.

He looked at his bloodstained fingers and smeared them across his thin lips.

His lips turned as red as the flowers on the other shore, exuding a dangerous and enchanting allure.

This scene was excessively beautiful, like a crystal that remained dazzling even after being shattered. The camera gave him a close-up and displayed it on the big screen above the arena, causing countless female spectators to scream.

Xue Jing stood at the center of the arena, not pursuing further. He held his long sword tilted, the tip pointing to the ground, and black thunder still radiated around the blade, making it seem like the void had cracked.

Yuhua·Divine Avoidance.

This move was a new application of Yuhua he had developed, transforming the 'Conqueror's Haki' generated by the spiritual aura attached to the Shadow Flame through Yuhua.

In this way, he could freely manipulate the aura, which was originally only emitted outwardly, concentrate it, and wrap it around his weapon.

This move turned out to be unexpectedly effective, not only enhancing the attack power but mainly adding two effects.

One was 'Penetration'; just now, although Otogirusu blocked Xue Jing's slash with his sword, 'Divine Avoidance' still leaped over the block and struck Otogirusu, injuring him.

Although the strike that hit him only concentrated the spiritual aura on the blade edge, which caused much less damage than the blade directly hitting the body, it was nearly unstoppable.

The other effect was 'Intimidation'.

Though, because it was attached to the Shadow Flame, which caused some physical damage, its primary function was still the mental oppression and intimidation.

After being hit by 'Divine Avoidance', aside from physical damage, the victim also suffered significant mental intimidation damage.

This was the essence of the move.

As for whether this move counts as 'martial arts', it indeed does.

The use of consciousness and spirit is also a part of martial arts dueling, and many schools focus specifically on this aspect.

Naturally, as 'The Chosen One', Xue Jing's spiritual power was slightly different from ordinary people, and his usage differed; this makes sense.

Some practitioners from unique martial arts schools also experience certain changes in their consciousness, gaining special abilities; this is quite normal.

Xue Jing looked at Otogirusu, who seemed to be severely injured, and narrowed his silver vertical pupils, feeling a bit puzzled.

His move, Yuhua·Divine Avoidance, had already been trialed many times in Consciousness Simulation against many targets, like Wei Junwu and others. On impact, it could directly cause their spirits to collapse and faint.

That's still a better case; for martial artists with even lower spiritual levels, this strike could cause their consciousness to die, turning them into vegetarians.

But for someone of Zhou Yinglin's caliber, though it wouldn't make him faint on the spot, it would cause his limbs to go weak, his mind to blur, needing a good while to recover, greatly reducing his combat effectiveness.

But Otogirusu... in his perception, his consciousness seemed to barely waver, still as fiery and vigorously burning as ever.

"Too agitated, has he fallen into some kind of 'Inverse Scale' like mental outburst state, ignoring the intimidation of 'Divine Avoidance'?"

Xue Jing murmured.

"Xue Jun..."

Otogirusu spoke softly, his eyes burning with an increasingly fierce fervor.

"This is it, this is what I want..."

With his bloodied fingers, he caressed his ancient longsword, drawing a vivid red line of blood on the blade, then sheathed it back, assuming an Iaido stance.

"Su Zao Style·Red Dye."

A streak of blood light flashed, and with a "clang", Otogirusu appeared instantly in front of Xue Jing, clashing with his dagger.

The longsword, now dyed crimson red, demonstrated unparalleled power under some sort of enhancement, and a segment of the blade, spinning, flew into the sky; Xue Jing's longsword finally could not withstand the burden and got severed.

The Red Blade cut through the weapon and, without any pause, continued toward Xue Jing's chest.

Then... it was caught by Xue Jing.

The Army Master's enhanced palm was extremely tough. Xue Jing grasped the Red Blade in his hand, was pushed back two steps by the blade's impact, and then exclaimed to Otogirusu, who looked surprised and delighted:

"Lu Sang, you are really strong."

As he spoke, he twisted his wrist sharply while holding the blade.

Under the Whirlwind Thunder Force, spiral indentations began to appear on the surface of his arm.

This technique, which grew stronger with practice and was touted as the Hidden Dragon School's deadly move that could compress strength indefinitely as long as the body could bear it, was far superior in his hands today than ever.

Especially after the enhancement by the Army Master, his physical endurance had increased another notch. At this moment, running Whirlwind Thunder at full power, he could unleash more than five times his usual output. Continue your adventure with empire

Otogirusu felt an unstoppable spiral force coming from the longsword in his hand, which made his wrist twist sharply, and the sleeves covering his arm twisted into nothing, beginning from the wrist and spreading to the shoulder.

The spiral force quickly spread throughout Otogirusu's body, and his whole person uncontrollably lifted off the ground, harshly spinning in the air, head downward and feet upward.

"Snap—"

Xue Jing grabbed Otogirusu's right foot as he flipped over.

"Whoosh—"

Like swinging a giant spear, Xue Jing turned around, holding Otogirusu in his grip, and with a motion like cleaving a mountain, he swung in a large circle forward, producing a crescent strike, violently smashing onto the arena floor.

"Bang—!!"

A huge explosion sound, debris flew, and dust filled the air. The whole venue seemed to shake a few times, a massive hole appeared in the arena, and Otogirusu was deeply embedded in the center of the hole.