"What!" Lin An was startled, and upon hearing Chu Nan's reminder, he quickly turned around, seeing Lu Qing revealing a vicious expression, taking out an elixir and swallowing it.
In an instant, Lu Qing's aura surged, returning to peak condition.
Immediately after, he threw another punch, causing the air to roar, aiming at Lin An's abdomen.
This strike was too sudden, and Lin An was hit in the abdomen before he could defend himself.
Poof!
Lin An spat out a mouthful of blood, his body flying backwards and falling below the stage.
"Hahaha, I didn't concede just now; you're still too naive to fight with me, kid!" Lu Qing laughed proudly.
At this moment, the sect steward responsible for judging victories and losses at platform three ruthlessly declared: "In this battle, Lu Qing wins!"
The crowd burst into an uproar, not expecting Lu Qing to be so shameless.
Chu Nan approached Lin An with a furrowed brow; Lin An's face was pale, his aura fluctuating, clearly gravely injured.
Lin An, with a faint breath, bitterly said, "To lose to such a scum, truly infuriating!"
Chu Nan was also filled with immense anger, looking at Lu Qing with a gaze as if wanting to devour him.
After defeating Lu Qing, Lin An had already stopped, yet Lu Qing launched a sneak attack, and the referee ignored it and even declared Lu Qing the victor.
Gu Nianxue appeared worried, offering an elixir, saying: "Junior brother, swallow this elixir quickly."
Seeing Gu Nianxue concerned about Lin An, Lu Qing angrily said: "Nianxue, my dear sister, he is my defeated enemy; you cannot care for him. I hope you keep your distance from this useless person!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Nianxue finally couldn't bear it any longer. She intended to step forward to challenge Lu Qing with a magical artifact on the stage.
However, Chu Nan stood up first, glaring at Lu Qing and scolding: "Lu Qing, you are not allowed to insult Lin An!"
Seeing Chu Nan angry, Lu Qing sneered instead, mocking: "Just a defeated opponent, did I say something wrong by calling him worthless?"
"Or are you, this worthless person, planning to avenge him?"
Chu Nan handed Lin An over to Gu Nianxue, and then slowly stood up saying, "Three moves."
"What did you say?" Lu Qing's eyes showed doubt.
Chu Nan raised three fingers, saying, "Within three moves, I will surely defeat you!"
These words shocked everyone, thinking Chu Nan was mad, daring to publicly claim he could defeat Lin An in three moves, not seeing that Lin An was severely injured!
Gu Nianxue worriedly said: "This junior brother, do not be impulsive, Lu Qing..."
Before Gu Nianxue could finish, Chu Nan spoke again: "If I can't beat you in three moves, I will willingly take my own life!"
Upon hearing about self-sacrifice, even Lin An, who was seriously injured, couldn't sit still: "Chu Nan, there's no need to go this far for me; we can fight another day!"
At this, Lu Qing became furiously embarrassed, saying: "Chu Nan, you speak so arrogantly to claim you can defeat me in three moves, indeed shameless."
"I accept your challenge; this time, I want to let everyone know the consequence of opposing me, Lu Qing!"
Lu Qing thought that even someone as worthless as Chu Nan dared to challenge him; he couldn't afford to back down without losing face.
Therefore, he must establish his might by defeating Chu Nan in the Cyan Mountain Sword Sect, ensuring that no one dares to provoke him from now on.
Gu Nianxue sighed seeing this scene, not persuading further.
But she decided to fight for some interest for Chu Nan, so she said to Lu Qing: "Lu Qing, junior brother Chu Nan is willing to gamble his life with you, can you offer anything?"
"You won't come empty-handed, will you?"
Hearing Gu Nianxue's questioning tone, Lu Qing's expression changed.
He could dismiss what others said, but not Gu Nianxue's words, so he coldly said: "Since my dear sister Nianxue mentioned it, I will add a wager."
"If I lose, I will give you five hundred contribution points!"
Everyone gasped; five hundred contribution points are significant, enough to exchange for an intermediate martial skill at the Scripture Pavilion.
It's known that the top of the Wind and Cloud Ranking only receives five thousand contribution points a month.
However, Gu Nianxue shook her head, saying: "Junior brother Chu Nan is betting his life, five hundred contribution points are not enough, you must offer a thousand!"
A thousand!
Those contribution points could exchange for two intermediate martial skills; all the disciples looked at Lu Qing.
Lu Qing's face changed dramatically, disdainfully saying: "Why is this worthless person's life worth a thousand contribution points? Promising five hundred is already a great kindness from me, Lu Qing."
"But since it's Nianxue's request, I agree."
"Worthless one, come to your death."
"Thank you." Chu Nan nodded in gratitude to Gu Nianxue; his challenge to Lu Qing was purely to vent for Lin An, not to demand contribution points.
Gu Nianxue helped him a lot.
Then Chu Nan said: "Senior sister, may I borrow your sword?"
Chu Nan sincerely said that although his Cyan Mountain Sword Technique had already reached minor achievement, he didn't have a sword suitable for a martial artist.
His previous status and strength were too low; he never had the opportunity to obtain a suitable combat martial.
Gu Nianxue nodded, retrieving her water-blue sword used in battle and handing it to Chu Nan: "Intermediate Mortal Martial Xiaoquan Sword, take it, junior brother."
Chu Nan accepted the Xiaoquan Sword, carefully examining it.
Mortal martial grade is not high and differs from spirit martial; it doesn't require ownership recognition and can be used once held.
"A good sword, I'll be back shortly." With that, Chu Nan turned and stepped onto the platform.
Lin An cautioned: "Chu Nan, you must be cautious, don't act rashly!"
Lu Qing stared at Chu Nan, a cold smile appearing on his lips: "Chu Nan, soon you won't need to take your own life; I, Lu Qing, will kill you right here on this platform!"
In Lu Qing's view, Chu Nan was walking into a trap, he had nothing to fear.
Although he heard that Chu Nan has an emperor-level martial vein, so what?
Your realm and strength fall short, even a divine-level martial vein is useless; he didn't believe a martial artist newly entering the sixth level of Martial Dao could defeat him.
Chu Nan coldly looked at Lu Qing, mercilessly saying: "Cut the crap, make your move."
With the referee's command, neither of them spoke further, instantly unleashing their full strength.
Lu Qing's entire spiritual power surged, the aura of the peak of the seventh level of Martial Dao was incredibly imposing.
Spiritual energy surged, a strong wind rampaged, Lu Qing's figure flickered, and a bird-patterned round jade pendant in his chest flashed with light.
Knowing that Chu Nan was weaker than himself, Lu Qing was extremely cautious, immediately using his top-grade mortal martial. He pushed his speed to the limit, constantly revolving around Chu Nan.
"Such speed, even the ninth level of Martial Dao might not match it."
"Look at Chu Nan standing motionless; I think he doesn't know how to make a move. To speak of defeating Lu Qing in three moves? To me, that's clearly a fool's dream."
"With an emperor-level martial vein but talking of self-sacrifice, he might become the biggest joke in our Cyan Mountain Sword Sect in the future."
Originally, there was a gap in cultivation between the two, and now seeing Chu Nan's performance, everyone felt he had no chance of winning.
Chu Nan stood with his sword, his face expressionless, only his eyes continuously scanning, as if trying to capture Lu Qing's figure.
Seeing Chu Nan motionless, Lu Qing thought he couldn't see his movements, relaxed, and secretly thought: "Manipulating this top-grade mortal martial greatly consumes my strength."
"Since Chu Nan has no strength to resist, I must end this battle swiftly."
Then Lu Qing's five fingers clenched, unleashing a powerful aura, a dark force blasting straight at Chu Nan's chest.
"Die!" Lu Qing coldly smiled, as if seeing the scene of Chu Nan being killed by his strike.
But just as his hand was about to hit the target, Chu Nan, who had not moved all this time, suddenly turned and met Lu Qing's eyes, coldly saying: "Lu Qing, I've caught you..."