A dull thud echoed through the air.
Xiao Haijie instantly lunged toward Qi Dao.
To prevent the same accident from happening again, he had even activated his first soul skill.
His first soul skill was called Hunting Claw.
It allowed him to greatly increase his speed in an instant before using his claws to inflict multiple attacks on his target.
He didn’t believe Qi Dao could withstand even his soul skill.
Unfortunately for him, Qi Dao had been watching his every movement.
The moment Xiao Haijie’s soul ring lit up, Qi Dao had already entered the Sword Heart State!
In an instant, Qi Dao once again entered his overloaded state.
The world before his eyes became incredibly clear.
Xiao Haijie’s attack trajectory was completely exposed before him.
Qi Dao bent his waist and held Wushuang horizontally before his brows.
A cold gleam flowed along the blade, reflecting in his calm eyes.
His rear leg was already exerting force, the tip of his foot digging into the ground as though he were compressing a spring.
As Xiao Haijie lunged forward, that spring had already been compressed to its limit.
Then it exploded.
The force traveled from the tip of Qi Dao’s foot into his waist and hips.
Borrowing the power generated there, he suddenly thrust himself forward.
His waist and legs moved as one, and the power that had been accumulating within his curved back for so long poured out like a flash flood.
His body shot forward like an arrow released from a bow.
The tip of Wushuang transformed into a streak of cold light that flashed past in an instant.
The fastest wins!
Swordsmanship didn’t need so many flashy tricks.
Find the right opportunity and finish your opponent with a single strike!
Although Xiao Haijie had been prepared for this and managed to catch Qi Dao’s movement the moment he exploded forward, his reaction speed simply couldn’t keep up.
That was precisely what made Qi Dao’s Sword Heart State so terrifying.
His thoughts and reactions could keep up with the speed of his body.
So, when Xiao Haijie’s vicious claws swept toward him, Qi Dao shifted to the side and swung his sword.
The reflected light from the blade flashed across Xiao Haijie’s eyes.
Once again, the two figures crossed paths.
Qi Dao stopped and sheathed Wushuang.
His face instantly turned deathly pale, but compared to last time, when he could barely remain standing, his condition was clearly much better.
His breakthrough and the training he had undergone during this period had evidently not been without effect.
On the other side, Xiao Haijie’s attack had missed.
Yet he hadn’t collapsed to the ground like last time.
The sixth-year students immediately erupted into cheers.
“Great!
That kid is already finished, but Boss Xiao is still standing!”
“I knew Boss Xiao only lost last time because he was careless!
Once Boss Xiao activates his martial soul, there’s no way that first-year kid can hurt him!”
Among the first-years, someone anxiously asked,
“Brother Xiao, Boss seems to have lost.
What do we do?”
Seeing Xiao Haijie still standing in the arena, Xiao Chenyu couldn’t help swallowing nervously.
But then he looked toward Qi Dao.
Qi Dao’s face was slightly pale, but his expression remained completely calm.
He didn’t look like someone who had lost.
Xiao Chenyu shook his head.
“It’s not over yet!”
“Boss hasn’t necessarily lost!”
“But Xiao Haijie is still standing, while Boss can only use that one sword strike!”
“Just keep watching!”
Meanwhile, the three people at the back of the crowd wore shocked expressions.
“This child really is good at creating miracles!”
“He won again!”
Director Su said,
“And this time, he won even more cleanly than before.
If he hadn’t controlled himself just now, that sword strike could have taken Xiao Haijie’s head clean off.”
“We absolutely can’t let him spar with the other students anymore.”
“The swordsmanship this child uses…
is meant to kill.”
As he spoke, Director Su felt a genuine sense of lingering fear.
If Qi Dao hadn’t controlled the strength of his strike, this could have become a major disaster.
The city lord would never have let the matter rest.
Dean Hans immediately understood as well and nodded in agreement.
“That’s right.
We can’t let this child use that move in the academy again.”
“That technique is far too dangerous!”
Hearing their conversation, Yu Xiaogang stood to one side with an extremely ugly expression.
He had confidently declared that Xiao Haijie was certain to win, only to have Qi Dao immediately slap him in the face with his actions.
Still, seeing Qi Dao use the sword strike that had defeated Xiao Haijie was not a wasted trip.
With his supposedly extraordinary wisdom, Yu Xiaogang had immediately understood the principle behind Qi Dao’s technique.
“Could it be that he happened to create an amplification-type self-created soul skill during his previous match with Xiao Haijie?”
“So his martial soul really is nothing more than a useless, malignantly mutated martial soul.”
“He simply relies on this self-created soul skill to possess such unreasonable combat power.”
“But…”
“No matter how powerful a self-created soul skill is, soul power is still the foundation of a soul master.”
Yu Xiaogang secretly felt fortunate once again.
Fortunately, he hadn’t accepted Qi Dao as his disciple.
Otherwise, with Qi Dao’s talent, he might not even be able to cultivate to Yu Xiaogang’s current level.
At that point, Yu Xiaogang himself would have been dragged into the ridicule.
…
At the same time.
Xiao Haijie recalled the cold light that had flashed past his eyes and the strange sensation around his neck.
A chill ran through him.
Once again, he felt just how close death had been.
When he felt something wet trickling down his neck, he reached up and touched it.
He looked at his fingers.
Blood!
His heart shook violently, and his legs went weak.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly.
The wound wasn’t deep.
A little treatment would be enough.
Others soon noticed what had happened as well.
“Boss Xiao’s neck is bleeding!”
“He’s injured!”
The first-year students saw it too, and their excitement immediately surged.
There was a reversal!
Their boss hadn’t lost!
They looked toward Qi Dao.
Qi Dao slowly turned around.
“You lost.”
Xiao Haijie also turned around, a lingering fear evident on his face as he roared,
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Qi Dao calmly replied,
“But you’re not dead, are you?”
“You…”
Xiao Haijie was rendered speechless.
“You’re a complete lunatic!”
“If something had happened to me, you’d be finished too!”
Qi Dao replied,
“I have absolute confidence in my swordsmanship.”
Don’t ask why.
If you have to ask, the answer is instinct!
“Take it.
This is your spoils of war.”
“This time, I lost.”
Xiao Haijie snorted coldly.
The pain in his neck made him unwilling to say another word to a lunatic like Qi Dao.
He simply flicked a gold card toward him.
Qi Dao caught the card and smiled faintly.
Seeing this, the first-year students immediately surrounded him.
“We won!
The boss won again!”
“So Xiao Haijie really was injured.
The boss was just holding back!”
Compared to the lively first-year students, the sixth-years were completely dejected.
Their Boss Xiao had lost again!
At that moment, three figures emerged from the crowd.
“Dean!
Director Su!”
Seeing the three of them, the surrounding students quickly bowed in greeting.
As for Yu Xiaogang…
He wasn’t a teacher at Nuoding Academy!
The three of them walked over to Qi Dao.
“Dean, Director Su, what brought the two of you here?” Qi Dao asked with a smile.
As for Yu Xiaogang, he naturally ignored him.
This made Yu Xiaogang extremely displeased, and he gave a faint, cold snort.
Hans smiled.
“You caused such a commotion that it would’ve been difficult for us not to notice.”
Director Su also said,
“We saw the entire match.
You did very well.
You’ve created another miracle, but…”
At this point, Director Su’s tone suddenly changed, and his expression became more serious.
“That move of yours is too dangerous.
If you fail to control it properly, it could easily result in a tragedy.”
“So from now on, when you spar with your fellow students, you cannot use that move again.
And you need to avoid vital areas as much as possible.”
“After all, this is an academy!”
After listening, Qi Dao nodded.
“Don’t worry, Director Su.
I know my limits!”
Only then did Director Su and Hans leave with Yu Xiaogang, satisfied.
End of Chapter