Chapter 261: Purple Yang Clear Cry!

Although Zeng Cheng and Qiu Peng usually made a lot of noise, the top seat of the Earth Battalion had always been firmly held by Zhang Jing.

Zhang Jing was the disciple who had arranged Ye Yuan's accommodation in the Earth Battalion on the day he entered the sect.

When Ye Yuan saw Zhang Jing on the arena, he was startled. Zhang Jing was equally startled when he saw Ye Yuan.

The two stared at each other with wide eyes.

After a long while, Zhang Jing looked at Ye Yuan and said with a wry smile, "I really didn't expect that the mysterious No. 52 would be you!"

"Huh? What do you mean? How did I become the mysterious No. 52?" Hearing Zhang Jing's words, Ye Yuan was utterly confused.

Zhang Jing was taken aback and said, "After two rounds, you've become the center of everyone's attention. Don't you know? Look at the fellow disciples under the arena."

"Uh, I thought they were here for you, Brother Zhang," Ye Yuan said helplessly.

"How could that be? In previous competitions, Arena No. 1 usually finished first, but you won almost instantly in the first two rounds. It's impossible for everyone not to notice you!" Zhang Jing exclaimed.

Zhang Jing never imagined that the mysterious No. 52 would actually be Ye Yuan.

Moreover, Ye Yuan was only at the fourth layer of Spirit Liquid, yet he had easily won the first two rounds. Just how strong was he?

Although he was five minor realms higher than Ye Yuan, Zhang Jing somehow felt a bit uneasy.

Thinking back to how he had felt so good about himself in front of Ye Yuan, it now seemed utterly ridiculous.

But Zhang Jing was also an open-minded person and soon let it go.

Now, recalling Senior Brother Mo's actions back then, he began to notice something unusual.

Perhaps even then, Senior Brother Mo knew that Ye Yuan's strength might have already reached the level of the Heaven Battalion? Otherwise, why would he hesitate about where to place Ye Yuan?

But wouldn't that mean that when Ye Yuan was at the second layer of Spirit Liquid, he was already no match for him?

This... was truly a sad thing!

Hearing Zhang Jing's words, Ye Yuan suddenly understood: "So that's how it is! I thought you were popular, Brother Zhang, and they all came to see you."

"Haha, you flatter me, Junior Brother Ye. I don't have that kind of ability. Actually, in previous competitions, the largest crowd gathered around Senior Sister Tang Yuer's arena, but this time, the number of people under our arena might surpass hers," Zhang Jing said with a smile.

In the sect, those who attained mastery were respected as teachers. Although Zhang Jing was older than Tang Yuer, he was inferior in strength, so he respectfully called her senior sister.

Ye Yuan laughed heartily and said, "I hope Senior Sister Tang Yuer won't blame me for stealing her thunder."

As they spoke, the third round officially began.

After exchanging greetings, Zhang Jing said, "When I first met you, Junior Brother Ye, I really misjudged you. I never expected your strength to be so formidable! However, I will go all out later. Please enlighten me, Junior Brother Ye!"

Ye Yuan naturally welcomed this and smiled, "I dare not accept that. I will also go all out!"

"Please!"

"Please!"

Both made a gesture of invitation, and their momentum surged instantly!

"Purple Yang Clear Cry!"

The sword in Zhang Jing's hand trembled violently, emitting a series of soft hums. Countless cyan sword qi burst forth, heading straight for Ye Yuan!

As soon as he made his move, it was an extremely fierce technique!

"No way? Brother Zhang started with 'Purple Yang Clear Cry' right off the bat? Isn't that too exaggerated?"

"Such fierce sword qi! Brother Zhang must have cultivated 'Purple Yang Clear Cry' to the Great Perfection stage, right? 'Purple Yang Clear Cry' is an extremely powerful technique in the second layer of the 'Azure Firmament Purple Yang Sword Art.' Brother Zhang has quietly trained it to Great Perfection. Truly worthy of being the top seat of the Earth Battalion!"

"With this move alone, Brother Zhang might be able to break into the top ten this time and become a Heaven Battalion disciple!"

"Heh, that's hard to say. Those freaks in the Heaven Battalion can't be judged by common sense. While Brother Zhang improves, they won't stand still either."

"You have a point! But can No. 52 withstand 'Purple Yang Clear Cry'?"

"This... probably difficult, right? No. 52 is strong, but we all know the power of 'Purple Yang Clear Cry' at Great Perfection. Even those freaks in the top ten would find it tough to handle!"

This was the first time Ye Yuan had faced a sword technique from the 'Azure Firmament Purple Yang Sword Art' head-on!

He had directly comprehended the sword intent in the Nine Heavens Path, thus fully grasping this sword art. There was no need for him to exchange for the technique in the sect.

In fact, the 'Azure Firmament Purple Yang Sword Art' was a complete set of techniques, which also included numerous martial skills!

The 'Azure Firmament Purple Yang Sword Art' preserved in the Youyun Sect had four layers, each corresponding to a major realm!

And each layer of the technique contained several sets of sword martial skills.

'Purple Yang Clear Cry' was an extremely powerful martial skill in the second layer, difficult to cultivate but with immense power!

Being able to cultivate this martial skill to Great Perfection showed Zhang Jing's formidable strength.

However, using this move against Ye Yuan was still somewhat insufficient.

Although Ye Yuan's realm was far inferior to Zhang Jing's, when it came to understanding the Azure Firmament Purple Yang Sword Intent, Zhang Jing couldn't catch up to Ye Yuan even on horseback!

The final sword in the Nine Heavens Path was You Wuya's complete understanding of the Azure Firmament Purple Yang Sword Intent!

Having fully comprehended that sword, Ye Yuan's understanding of this sword intent stood at the same height as You Wuya's!

Zhang Jing's 'Purple Yang Clear Cry' was at most at the level of the first tenth of the steps after the 333rd step, far too distant from the final sword.

Of course, Zhang Jing's advantage was his realm!

Using the strength of the ninth layer peak of Spirit Liquid to drive the sword technique, even a mediocre move would deal too much damage to someone at the fourth layer of Spirit Liquid, let alone the fact that the 'Azure Firmament Purple Yang Sword Art' itself was extremely powerful!

Ye Yuan spun around and struck out horizontally with his sword!

What he sent out was not a single sword flower but countless streams of sword qi!

In the air, streaks of cyan sword qi collided with streaks of pale yellow sword qi. Each collision turned both into nothingness!

After a few breaths, not a single one of the countless sword qi streams Zhang Jing had sent out managed to penetrate Ye Yuan's sword qi and reach him!

The狂暴 attack of 'Purple Yang Clear Cry' was thus annihilated, completely ineffective!

"Heavens... Heavens! How... how did he do it? No. 52 only struck once! 'Purple Yang Clear Cry' was broken just like that?"

"Incredible! Did you see that? No. 52's sword wasn't any technique at all; it was just a simple sword strike! But how could a single strike produce so much sword qi?"

"Ah! I can't take it! I can't take it! This No. 52 is too monstrous! 'Purple Yang Clear Cry' ranks third among all techniques in the second layer, and he broke it so easily!"