The Prince of the World Chapter 64: Qin Shuang

But after perusing it for a while, Yan Li found it basically useless.

However, that was before he accidentally pulled off the move Shadow Spear with the Blood Monster vigor and found it much more powerful than the Heavenly Sword Skill; and ever since then, he started to really work on practicing these moves and managed to pull all three off right before the contest.

All three moves were unique: Shadow Spear, the first move, featured its speed, where it perplexed the enemy with multiple shadowy swords; the second one, Space Spear, could exceed the limitation of space and helped Yan Li breach Shentu Hanxiang's shield just now; the last move, Soul Spear, was rather whacky, because it could directly attack your enemy's soul.

Yet, with that being said, Yan Li was far away from mastering them; and he had a feeling that, once he reached the completion stage of this sword skill, he would be even more amazed by it.

“What was that move?” Shentu Hanxiang asked, eyes momentarily blurred by a trace of bewilderment, for before she could even react, Yan Li's sword was already close against her neck.

“Tianhuang Sword!” Yan Li replied as he put his sword away from her.

He had nothing to hide, since that book was stored in the Classic Pavilion and everybody could read and get a copy of it.

“What?” She frowned at Yan Li' s words, “You mean…that incomplete guide?”

Yan Li nodded.

Hearing their conversation, the crowd gasped unanimously, “That guide is this dope? But isn't it that few had successfully performed it? How did he do it?”

In the meantime, quite a lot of people decided at the scene that they too would get this Tianhuang Sword transcribed and see if they could somehow pull it off as well.

“Thanks for telling me!” Shentu Hanxiang said before flying off the stage.

Up until now, Yan Li had won eight rounds in a row, meaning that if he could take down Qi Shuang in the next one, he would be the champion for this year's contest then.

Thinking about this, Yan Li could not help but direct his gaze toward Qi Shuang, whose real capacity still remained a mystery to most people, including Yan Li himself.

“Next up, Yan Li and Qin Shuang!” Yuan Chuanfeng announced.

Seeing Qin Shuang walking up the stage, everyone snorted silently, “Ha, this is a no-brainer! Shixiong Yan is the champion now! That Qin Shuang dude is no match for him!”

“Take it easy, eh, Shidi Yan!” Qin Shuang greeted him with a smile.

“Hey, why don't you just leave now? So that you don't embarrass yourself,” someone said jokingly, “You know Shixiong Yan will beat the crap out of you!”

“Yeah! Just get down already!” Another guy echoed.

Yan Li, ignoring their belittling chirps, replied in a serious tone, “Now you can show me what you really got, Shixiong Qin!”

Qin Shuang's eyes twitched as he cast a suspicious glance at Yan Li, wondering how he found out that he was hiding his skills.

But then, he looked straight into Yan Li's eyes, slightly rolling his shoulders back while puffing out his chest, as if an ancient sword being released from its sheathe, shattering the previous rustiness into pieces and revealing the true glow!

Yan Li acknowledged with a minute nod before pointing the Bladeless Sword at Qin Shuang and summoning the Mixed Yuan vigor to launch his attack.

Qin Shuang did not seem to flinch an iota, when all of a sudden, the sword on his back let out a roar, ejecting from the sheathe and landing in his hand.

If Yan Li's strike was like thunder, aggressive and violent, then Qin Shuang's was like moonlight, pliant on the surface, but was ever so penetrative and permeating, shackling each and every of Yan Li's fierce chop.

“Man, this Qin Shuang dude is crazy! When did he get so powerful?”

The crowd was staring with wide eyes, for they could not believe the “loser” Qi Shuang could actually play with the big boys and take on, up until this moment, unbeatable Yan Li.

“So he has been pretending to be to a clown all this time?”

Nangong Yong and others, though already aware of the fact, were still rendered speechless now, because this Qin Shuang was way powerful than they had expected.

After performing the Heavenly Sword Skill for almost a dozen times, Yan Li realized that he stood no chance of beating Qin Shuang with this move.

So…

Shadow Spear!

Switching to the Blood Monster vigor, Yan Li thrusted the Bladeless Sword out, which then generated multiple shadowy swords, entrapping Qin Shuang.

The sound of metal colliding was ringing like a symphony in the air, but surprisingly enough, Qin Shuang, shrouded in a golden hue, warded off Yan Li's attack.

In the meantime, after countering off the Shadow Spear, Qin Shuang, retracting his sword, let out a thunderous roar before chopping it at Yan Li in a bone-crushing manner.

It was nowhere near a fancy move, but the aggressiveness it exuded could even make a god shiver.

Yan Li, on the other hand, had to scramble to hold out his sword to stave off the strike, which, harboring immense momentum, pushed him several steps back and almost caused him to lose his grip on the Bladeless Sword.

“Holy crap! This guy is like King Kong!” Yan Li thought, pupils shrinking out of shock.

But before he could recover from the last attack, another one from Qin Shuang ensued, carrying with it much more force and momentum.

Na Xu!

Knowing that it was not a wise move to go head-on against him, Yan Li, summoning the Mixed Yuan vigor, pulled of his signature move.

Suddenly, Qin Shuang's movements stalled as he felt the air getting sticky and let slip a faint trace of astonishment; but he was quick to gather himself when the golden hue covering his body exploded off into a dazzling halo.

“The All Mighty King Kong?” Exclaimed Yuan Chuangfeng who was perching at the edge of the stage.

Breaking free of Na Xu's shackle, Qin Shuang approached Yan Li at an even faster pace, swinging the sword fiercely toward the latter.

Even before the sword came any nearer to him, Yan Li had already felt an insurmountable surge of pressure closing in, choking and stiffening him.

Space Spear!

Out of the blue, Yan Li vanished without a warning before driving the Bladeless Sword toward Qin Shuang's chest.

However, what threw him off guard was that his sword, instead of impaling the skin, gave off a clanking sound, as if hitting on a stone.

Then came Qin Shuang's sword storming down at him in full throttle.

“Shit!”

Yan Li's expression altered gravely as he hastily drew back while swinging his sword upward, draining all his Mixed Yuan vigor.

Two swords collided with a loud “Bang”, making Yan Li tremble uncontrollably.

Tasting blood, Yan Li opened his mouth and spitted in the direction of Qin Shuang's face, who instinctively sidestepped, allowing Yan Li to get out of dodge in time.

Struggling to his feet, Yan Li let out a hearty laughter while wiping off the blood smeared at the corner of his mouth, “Slap me silly, Shixiong Qin! You're really good, I'll give you that!”

The crowd underneath, on the other hand, was completely stupefied, for the invincible Yan Li was pushed to the brink of defeat by that presumed loser Qin Shuang, “This is insane!”

Chapter end