"Today's battle is between the disciples of Hidden Sword Court and Hidden Brocade Court. Both sides are the future pillars of Spiritual Mountain and the future hope of the Heavenly Court. During the battle, remember the following rules: First, do not …"
There were six referees in this battle. There were two referees in the front and back of the arena, one was the main referee and the other was the assistant referee. Outside the arena, there were six referees. First, they were in charge of deciding if a fight had gone out of bounds. Second, they were in charge of controlling the scale of the battle and protecting the disciples outside the arena.
The huge Martial Arts Practice Field had already been remodeled. Spectator stands and spectator stands had been built around it. A row of Martial Uncles and Martial Uncles sat on the north side, while the disciples of the other four Heavenly Pavilions were placed in the East, West, and South directions, surrounding the huge Martial Arts Practice Field.
In the arena, the referee loudly read out the rules of the duel. Everyone was very impatient when they heard this. Many people whispered to each other, but no one paid any attention to these rules, because they knew that it was all nonsense. On the surface, it was a warning and exhortation not to fight to the death, but if they really fought and wanted to fight for first place, how could they control themselves?
Li Chengfeng stared straight at Huangfu Song, just like how Huangfu Song stared straight back at him. Both of them did not hear what the referee had said.
Huangfu Song held his Sacred Heaven Fire Sword with both hands, like a statue. He did not move and the air around him seemed to freeze. As the referee announced the rules, the Sacred Heaven Fire Sword in his hand was constantly accumulating power.
Everyone could clearly see the runes on the Skyfire Sacred Sword light up bit by bit. The air around the Skyfire Sacred Sword began to heat up and distort. Following that, the heatwave continued to spread outwards. By the time the referee finished his announcement, the heatwave had enveloped the entire arena.
Han Tianxing, Xiaobao, and the rest could not help but shout, "Foul, foul!"
When the referee announced the rules, spells were not allowed. However, Huangfu Song had crossed the line. He did not use any spells, but only activated his magical weapon. He did not launch any physical attacks, but was warming it up.
Thus, no matter how loudly they shouted, no one paid any attention to them. Ouyang Nan also pulled them back and said in a low voice, "This is not against the rules. As long as there is no formal use of spells, mobilizing magic power and True Essence in advance, and preparing magic tools in advance, these are allowed by the rules …"
Li Chengfeng knew this very well. To him, this was just like a car race. Before the start signal was given, the car had already heated up and roared to life. Huangfu Song was doing exactly that!
One could imagine that when the referee announced the start of the duel, Huangfu Song would immediately launch an extremely terrifying attack!
This was to instantly enter the rhythm of the battle as soon as the game started!
Everyone stopped talking and stared at the battlefield nervously. They didn't even dare to blink because they knew that a huge battle could break out at any moment.
The referee groaned inwardly. He could not help but speed up his speech. He read the rules faster and faster as he walked out step by step.
Although he was a Martial Uncle's disciple, that did not mean his cultivation was higher than Huangfu Song and the rest. Or that he could definitely defeat Li Chengfeng.
After all, he was not a golden body cultivator!
If a fight broke out in the arena, as one of the referees, he would be a huge embarrassment if he was sent flying!
When the referee retreated to the side of the arena and said the last word, there was a loud bang in the arena. The entire arena instantly turned into a sea of fire!
What was even more terrifying was that the entire surface of the arena was floating. Every piece of the limestone floor was rolling with raging flames. Every crack in the floor was spewing hot flames. It was as if the arena Li Chengfeng was standing on was no longer an arena, but a volcano that was about to erupt!
Li Chengfeng's expression changed drastically. He realized that his opponent had finally found his biggest weakness!
The power of Li Chengfeng's flowers and trees all had a prerequisite to rely on: the ground beneath his feet!
If there was no ground, even if Li Chengfeng could use his immortal energy to activate the plants, they would not be able to borrow strength from the air. Without that, the plants would just be a pile of targets in mid-air. There was no threat to them at all.
Huangfu Song obviously did not waste his time these few days. He had studied Li Chengfeng thoroughly and cut off his' roots' from the very beginning!
The ground beneath the arena instantly turned into boiling lava. Under such circumstances, not just the flowers and trees, even the centipedes would be instantly burned to ashes.
However, when Huangfu Song stabbed the Heavenly Fire Sacred Sword into the arena floor, Li Chengfeng's sharp senses sensed his actions. The entire arena could turn into lava in an instant. This required a sufficient preheating process. Li Chengfeng stood on the arena, so it was impossible for him not to notice that the ground beneath his feet had become boiling hot.
Hence, when Huangfu Song made his move, Li Chengfeng quickly gathered the power of the trees to wrap himself in layers before the ground had turned into boiling lava.
Immediately following that, the crowd saw the trees grow rapidly, rapidly climbing up, forming a huge tower that spiraled upwards. The bottom of the tower began to burn rapidly, but as they were made of lush green branches and vines, they could not be completely burned in a short period of time. However, the bottom of the tower rapidly turned red, and the flames extended upwards.
However, the flames summoned by the Heavenly Fire Sacred Sword were extremely powerful. The flames of the tower quickly climbed upwards, and soon, the entire tower was ignited. The vines and branches on the outside were quickly burned to ashes, scattering everywhere. Immediately following that, the tower suddenly collapsed, and a black figure rapidly pounced at Huangfu Song from the top.
Huangfu Song seemed to have expected Li Chengfeng's reaction. He raised the Heavenly Fire Sacred Sword in his hand, and everyone saw the Heavenly Fire Sacred Sword burn fiercely like a pillar of fire. Immediately following that, he waved the sword, and a fan-shaped sea of fire appeared in mid-air around Huangfu Song!
The sea of fire was extremely large, at least twenty to thirty meters wide in mid-air, and three meters thick. Like a raging wave, it swallowed the black figure in an instant.
Everyone cried out in alarm. Even though they were separated by the barrier, they could still feel the terrifying heatwave hitting their faces. The moment they were close, they felt a sharp pain on their faces. They immediately closed their eyes and tears flowed down their cheeks. Their eyeballs were stinging.
Experienced cultivators like them were already in pain from the heatwave from afar, so how would Li Chengfeng, who was engulfed in the middle of the fire, feel it?
This level of raging fire could even melt a diamond forged from iron into liquid, let alone a mortal's body.
Xiaobao and Han Tianxing looked at the sea of fire in mid-air with pale faces, hoping that Li Chengfeng would come out of it. However, after waiting for two to three seconds, they only saw ashes falling from the sky. Li Chengfeng was nowhere to be seen. Their faces were ashen.
"Tsk tsk, looks like this is the end for Li Chengfeng!"
Some disciples were gloating over Li Chengfeng's misfortune, but there were also those who had bet heavily on Li Chengfeng cursing, "What kind of bullsh * t is this? There's no hope?"
"He's not really dead, is he?"
"That can't be right?
Didn't you say if he killed … "
"Are you an idiot? How could you hold back in a fight of this level?"
While they were talking, a figure suddenly rushed out from beneath the burning tree vines. This figure was wrapped in thick and burning tree vines, and he pounced at Huangfu Song like a cannonball!
"Senior Brother!" "Young Master!" Xiaobao and Han Tianxing cried out in joy.
Huangfu Song saw the figure appear in front of him in the blink of an eye but he was not the least bit surprised, as if he expected Li Chengfeng's counterattack. He stabbed the Heavenly Fire Sacred Sword into the ground!
Then, a pillar of fire shot into the sky, engulfing the figure in front of him!
Everyone saw that the pillar of fire was two to three metres wide, shooting straight into the sky. Even the clouds in the sky were dyed red from the heat!