Rumble!
An earth-shattering roar resounded between the heavens and earth like a furious clap of thunder. Under the roar, the entire sky seemed to tremble.
Layers of black thunderclouds piled up in the nine heavens. Within the thunderclouds, gigantic black thunderbolts were like black dragons as they slowly wiggled, emitting destructive fluctuations.
Everyone was dumbfounded by this sudden scene. Even experts like Wu Ling, River Of Blood, and Liu Qingyun had shock written all over their faces. That's because they didn't sense any Spiritual Energy fluctuations before this.
"What a cunning move."
Liu Qingyun said in a deep voice. At this moment, he finally understood that Mu Chen's earth-shattering Divine Wheel attack wasn't a killing move. The true killing move was the thunderbolts hidden behind the Divine Wheel attack.
Mu Chen had used the Divine Wheel attack as a cover. When the Spiritual Energy between the heavens and earth surged, he had secretly executed the true killing move.
"What a deep scheme."
Wu Ling softly sighed. The previous Divine Wheel attack was already exceptionally frightening. However, Mu Chen didn't let his guard down. Instead, he had hidden another killing move behind his killing move...
Facing this double attack, even if someone was lucky enough to withstand the first attack, the second attack that was hidden in the dark would be unstoppable.
Rumble!
While countless people were shocked by the layers of thunderclouds in the nine heavens, Mu Chen's cold gaze had already locked onto Ji Xuan, whose face had also turned ugly.
"Lightning Controlling Art, descend!"
Without any superfluous words, his hand seals changed as his slender finger drew down from the sky.
Boom!
The black thunderclouds were suddenly torn apart as a loud roar resounded across the horizon. Everyone raised their heads at this moment as an incomparably huge black thunderbolt descended from the sky like a lightning punishment.
Sizzle.
As the black lightning pillar descended, it was so fast that it couldn't be dodged. Wherever the lightning light passed, space would distort like glass that was about to shatter.
The black pillar of lightning was extremely swift. In a flash, it had appeared above Ji Xuan. At this moment, the Spiritual Energy around him was a little quiet. It was because he had to defend against Mu Chen's Divine Wheel of the Heavenly Wood, causing the circulation of Spiritual Energy in his body to become sluggish.
The moment Mu Chen's attack arrived was the perfect time for Ji Xuan's powerful spiritual energy to reach its peak.
All of this could be said to be impeccable.
This strike was the sure-kill move that Mu Chen had been preparing for a long time!
In this region, everyone's expressions were stiff as they looked at this scene. They stared at Ji Xuan, who was enveloped by the black lightning pillar. Was the person that had dominated the Numero Uno Ranking for a long time and had never lost? Was he finally going to lose today?
Facing Mu Chen's attack that had grasped the perfect timing, even someone like Ji Xuan would have to suffer defeat, right?
Boom!
Under the countless gazes that were filled with various emotions, the black lightning pillar finally descended and completely enveloped Ji Xuan's body.
As the black lightning pillar descended from the sky, it was like a divine pillar that pierced through the heavens and earth. It was clearly visible within a hundred mile radius.
Liiii!
However, just when the black lightning pillar pierced through Ji Xuan's location, an ancient and sharp eagle cry suddenly resounded between the heavens and earth.
That eagle cry was exceptionally ancient. However, there was an indescribable ferocity contained within it, as if an ancient and peerless ferocious creature was awakening.
Boom!
Under the ancient eagle cry, the Spiritual Energy in this region covered the skies and earth as it exploded. Sound waves that could be seen with the naked eye swept out, causing the space within a hundred mile radius to show signs of distortion.
At this moment, Mu Chen's body violently jolted as he was instantly sent flying. His feet skidded a thousand meters in the sky before he forcefully stabilized himself.
By the time he stabilized his body, his expression had already become extremely grave. A pair of eyes stared intently at the spot where the black lightning pillar had descended. Clearly, the frightening ancient eagle cry from before had originated from within.
"What is that …" Mu Chen tightly knitted his brows as he gently rubbed the Mustard Seed Bracelet. When the ancient eagle cry rang out, he seemed to have felt the giant black egg that was formed from the Jiu You Bird faintly tremble for a moment.
Every single gaze in this region was directed at the black lightning pillar. Clearly, the strange change from before had attracted their attention.
Under the attention of everyone in this region, the black lightning pillar finally started to gradually dissipate. Strands of lightning scattered across the heavens and earth. As the lightning pillar slowly dissipated, a figure vaguely appeared.
Everyone abruptly widened their eyes at this moment. Even Mu Chen's eyes had abruptly narrowed.
As the lightning dissipated, Ji Xuan's figure appeared in everyone's sight once again. However, out of everyone's expectations, there weren't any injuries on his body.
His appearance was completely the same as before. It was so much so that even his skin wasn't charred by the lightning. Under the terrifying lightning pillar, he was actually unscathed!
"How is that possible?!" The faces of Xu Huang and the rest drastically changed as they involuntarily exclaimed in shock.
Facing Mu Chen's perfectly timed attack, even a Third Grade Spirit Disaster expert would have to pay a price. However, why was Ji Xuan completely fine?
Luo Li's curved brows gently knitted together as she pondered. Shortly after, she glanced at Wen Qingxuan and noticed a smear of bewilderment flashing across the latter's eyes.
"That ancient eagle cry from before …" Luo Li softly said.
"It's a little similar to the super Spiritual Beast that's ranked 8th on the Spiritual Beast Earth Ranking, the Primordial Skydragon Eagle …" Wen Qingxuan nodded her head. "However, I have no idea why Ji Xuan is able to emit such a sound wave. Is it because he possesses a treasure that's related to the Primordial Skydragon Eagle?"
Luo Li lightly shook her head. Ji Xuan was indeed hard to deal with. She originally thought that Mu Chen's attack was already perfect. However, who could have expected that it would still be countered at the most crucial moment?
Waves of astonished clamors rang out in the entire region. Everyone was shocked by the fact that Ji Xuan wasn't injured in the slightest. At the same time, reverence uncontrollably gushed out from their hearts. The Numero Uno of the Great Spiritual Academy Rankings was truly too ferocious. Even an attack of such a degree couldn't do anything to him. In the entire Great Spiritual Academy Tournament, who else could be his opponent?
As for those pinnacle experts like Wu Ling, Wen Busheng, River Of Blood, Liu Qingyun and Fang Yun, they had grave expressions on their faces as they stared at Ji Xuan's figure with flickering eyes.
Up in the sky, Mu Chen's gaze was tightly fixed on Ji Xuan, who was in the distance. There wasn't any expression on his face. The attack that he was confident in was unexpectedly blocked by Ji Xuan, causing the danger level of Ji Xuan to rise once again in his heart.
In the distance, Ji Xuan was also standing in the sky. Although he had blocked Mu Chen's terrifying attack, there wasn't any complacent expression on his face. On the contrary, his eyes were filled with darkness as he stared at Mu Chen with dense killing intent.
"Mu Chen, you've truly surprised me!" Ji Xuan's tone was cold, the killing intent contained in his words seemingly wanting to pierce through the clouds.
At this moment, he clearly wished that he could dismember Mu Chen's corpse into a thousand pieces.
In order to deal with Mu Chen this time, he had revealed too many of his trump cards. Earlier on, he had even nearly revealed a trump card that he had hidden deep within his heart.
Before the finals, revealing too many of his trump cards wasn't any good news for Ji Xuan. After all, aside from Mu Chen, the other pinnacle experts in the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament weren't easy to deal with.
Especially Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan … the danger level that those two girls gave him wasn't any weaker than Mu Chen.
If he revealed too many of his trump cards, then he would face even more risks in the finals.
Originally, he wanted to take advantage of the fact that Mu Chen's Spiritual Energy cultivation was still lacking to deal with him. But who could have expected that Mu Chen would fight to this extent …
Looking at Ji Xuan, whose eyes were filled with killing intent, Mu Chen smiled, "You've given me quite a few surprises. Looks like you still have some hidden cards. Why don't you try and see if you can deal with me?"
Ji Xuan's pupils contracted as his murderous intent grew stronger all of a sudden.
Sensing the berserk killing intent radiating from Ji Xuan's body, Luo Li tightly clenched her Luo God Sword, while chilling intent flowed within her beautiful eyes. Beside her, Wen Qingxuan's alluring figure had also slightly tensed up.
The entire region seemed to be enveloped by Ji Xuan's violent killing intent, causing everyone to be so intimidated that they didn't dare to utter a single word.
Mu Chen calmly looked at the somewhat frightening Ji Xuan. After a long while, he suddenly smiled and said, "Stop putting on an act. Since you don't dare to make another move, then stop."
The corner of Ji Xuan's mouth twitched as he slowly relaxed his tightly clenched fist.
He knew that it was impossible for this fight to continue, unless he planned to use all of his trump cards. However, if that was the case, it would not be good news for the upcoming finals.
Furthermore, after the previous exchange, he understood that Mu Chen wasn't someone that he could knead as he pleased. Although Mu Chen had many trump cards, he didn't dare to guarantee that Mu Chen had not used all of them. If Mu Chen had also hidden a trump card, it would truly be bad news for Ji Xuan.
Because he was certain that if he was seriously injured, no one would give him the chance to rise again, be it his opponents or his so-called allies.
Therefore, he could no longer continue this fight.
The terrifying killing intent around Ji Xuan began to recede at an astonishing speed as the pressure between the heavens and earth dissipated once again, causing several people to quietly sigh in relief.
Only the eyes of a few peak experts flickered with faint disappointment.
Ji Xuan took a deep look at Mu Chen, before he turned around and left without the slightest hesitation. At the same time, his chilling voice slowly resounded across the region.
"Mu Chen, I will let you taste the taste of defeat in the finals. Enjoy the last few moments you have."