Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin: I Set Taboos in the Heavens

Fang Qing crippled Xie Feng with a single sword strike, his power already awe-inspiring the entire audience.

In the following rounds of competition, he became the focus of everyone's both anticipation and fear. The draw results continued to roll under the watchful eyes of the crowd.

In the round of 20 to 10, Fang Qing's opponent was a woman from the Sea God Academy.

This woman's name was Ao Yiyue. She wore a long, deep blue dress, the hem of which seemed to ripple with the undercurrents of waves. Her hair was styled in a high bun, and her face was exquisitely beautiful, yet her brows carried an aura of unapproachable majesty and vastness.

She stood quietly on the arena, with the sound of invisible tides echoing around her, as if she were in a boundless ocean. Every move she made was in harmony with the great water forces of heaven and earth. Her aura was deep and powerful, and she was clearly a peak expert who had taken nine lives, only one step away from the legendary realm!
Upon seeing this person, Fang Qing couldn't help but recall Wan Lianshan, a true disciple of Wan Gui Immortal Island whom he had met in the Eternal Realm. Wan Lianshan had a similar aura back then.

"Poseidon Academy, Ao Yiyue."

Her voice was clear and melodious, like pearls falling onto a jade plate, yet it carried the depth of the ocean. "Fellow Daoist Fang Qing, please enlighten me."

Before she finished speaking, she had already made her move. There were no complicated movements; she simply raised her right hand and pressed it forward lightly.

"The Great Handprint of Suppressing the Sea!"

In an instant, the entire arena seemed to be dragged to the bottom of the deep sea, with endless water pressure surging in from all directions, the air becoming thick and heavy, and an invisible storm brewing and roaring within it.

A gigantic hand formed from pure aquamarine true energy, its palm pattern resembling an ancient nautical chart, carrying the supreme majesty to suppress the four seas and quell storms, slammed down towards Fang Qing's head.

Before the palm strike even arrived, the immense pressure caused the arena's barrier to fluctuate violently.

Those in the audience who knew its value exclaimed in surprise: "The Great Handprint of Sea Suppression! One of the Sea God Academy's signature techniques! It requires rigorous training in ocean storms to master, and its power is boundless!"

A hint of interest flashed in Fang Qing's eyes.

Above his head, the Five Emperors Canopy appeared, with rays of light flowing around it, and the Seal of the Sea could no longer suppress it.

"The Sea-Stabilizing Finger!"

Seeing that her palm strike had failed, Ao Yiyue flicked her slender fingers, unleashing several highly refined azure finger strikes. Wherever these finger strikes passed, even the violent water pressure and undercurrents were "frozen," as if time had slowed down at that moment, directly attacking Fang Qing's major acupoints.

Fang Qing remained calm, pointing his fingers like a sword, using the "wood element" to transform the "water element," generating a continuous vitality. His fingertips shone with azure light, and with a gentle touch, he deflected and dissolved the several Dinghai Finger Forces.

"Seven Forms of the Sea God—Sea-Suppressing Form! Sea-Calming Form! Sea-Pacifying Form! Sea-Tranquilizing Form! Sea-Stirring Form! Sea-Dividing Form! Sea-Free Form!"

Ao Yiyue shouted repeatedly, her figure as graceful as a startled swan, using palms, fingers, fists, and legs to fully display the renowned martial arts of the Sea God Academy.

For a time, the arena was turbulent, sometimes suppressed to calm, sometimes stirred up to the point of chaos, and sometimes divided into countless independent water realms. Finally, there was a move called "Sealess Style", which seemed to return all the power of the ocean to nothingness, and from nothingness a more violent attack was born.

The seven consecutive moves are infinitely varied, fully demonstrating the vastness, variability, and terrifying power of the ocean.

Fang Qing continued to use the Five Elements True Qi to correspond with the opponent's moves, carefully experiencing the profound mystery of the moves, especially the way the moves communicated with the laws of heaven and earth and the subtle changes in the flow of power.

This greatly benefited his understanding of the Five Elements, especially the "Water Element."

After all, having come to this world, one should also witness the power of the Five Elements in this realm, and not just rely on the Great Five Elements Technique.

"almost."

After dozens of moves, Fang Qing had figured out seven or eight parts of his opponent's moves. He stopped defending and faced Ao Yiyue's final and strongest "Sealess Style" attack. He clenched his right fist, the five-colored light was contained, and he threw a punch.

This punch, though seemingly slow, seemed to contain the profound truth of the five elements' rotation and the birth and death of the world.

Wherever the fist passed, the violent ocean power, which had returned to nothingness and then reborn, seemed to have encountered its natural nemesis, disintegrating and dissipating, and transforming back into gentle water elemental energy.

"The five elements revolve, and all laws return to their origin." Fang Qing's voice rang out calmly, and his fist force pierced through layers of sea waves, gently imprinting on the protective true qi in front of Ao Yiyue.

"Oh!"

Ao Yiyue's delicate body trembled, and she took seven steps back, each step leaving deep wet marks on the hard arena floor.

The surging ocean aura around her suddenly subsided, her face turned slightly pale, but there was little frustration in her eyes; instead, a hint of understanding and admiration appeared.

She steadied herself, took a deep breath, and bowed respectfully to Fang Qing: "Fellow Daoist Fang's cultivation is profound, and your understanding of the essence of power far surpasses mine. Yi Yue... concedes defeat."

"Concession."

Fang Qing returned the gift.

"Fang Qing from the Heavenly Academy wins!"

The elder referee announced loudly.

Ao Yiyue's defeat was both reasonable and unexpected.

If it weren't for Fang Qing, she might have achieved a better ranking, but meeting Fang Qing brought that down the line.

Fang Qing, however, continued with the next round of fighting.

In the round of 10 to 5, Fang Qing encountered a formidable opponent from the True Dragon Academy. This opponent was also a nine-times-death cultivator who practiced the "True Dragon Overlord Body," possessing a powerful physique, protected by dragon energy, and unparalleled domineering attacks.

This time, Fang Qing didn't have much of a "playful" attitude. He used the element of "fire" to overcome "metal" and evolved "Nanming Li Fire". With the support of the heavy "earth", he broke through the opponent's dragon energy defense within three moves, knocked him off the stage, and cleanly advanced to the top four.

On the other side, Yang Qi's performance was equally dazzling. Relying on the powerful physique and immense strength of the "Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force," he overcame numerous obstacles and defeated several formidable opponents, including an eight-times-death-reaping core disciple from the Sun Moon Academy, successfully making it into the top five.

The two brothers both rose to the top ranks, and the name of the Holy King Sect once again resounded throughout the heavens.

The top five have been determined.

Fang Qing, Yang Qi, and Yun Hailan from Tianwei Academy.

Sun Moon Academy has Hua Piaomiao, and Sea God Academy has Yunhe.

Yun Hailan, a core member of the Crown Prince's faction, is also Yang Qi's nemesis. This woman is cunning and unpredictable, and she deceived Yang Qi badly back then.

Hua Piaomiao, the top genius of this year's Sun Moon Academy, and Hua Fengfeng's older sister, has unfathomable cultivation. It is said that she has already touched the threshold of legend, but she deliberately suppresses it in order to achieve a perfect breakthrough.

Her temperament was as aloof as the moon, and her beauty was unparalleled, yet she gave people a sense of being unapproachable and ethereal.

As for Yunhe, he is said to possess the bloodline of the Primordial Whale God, and he can defeat elite students even at the Qi Sect Realm. He is hailed as a genius that appears only once in a thousand years at the Sea God Academy.

Five people, if they're going to fight, of course they need to draw lots.

It's worth mentioning that Yunhe actually drew none in this draw, meaning he can advance without having to fight against anyone.

Fang Qing and Yang Qi each drew their opponents.

Fang Qing versus Hua Piaomiao, Yang Qi versus Yun Hailan! (End of Chapter)