Starting From The Blood Lineage Genealogy To Build An Eternal Immortal Clan Chapter 397: The Exceptionally Talented and Brilliant Xu Cho

Seeing this, Ye Fan said no more.

His figure slowly ascended higher into the air as he announced loudly, "Since there are no further questions, I declare that the Xu clan competition officially begins now!"

After a wave of clamoring subsided, Ye Fan continued.

"Participants of the Sexagenary Cycle Competition, please wait a mont. Now, all Foundation Establishnt cultivators participating in the Youthful Excellence Competition, choose a bamboo slip.

Those who draw a slip with the word 'Exempt' will directly beco one of the two hundred and fifty-six.

The remaining slips are numbered from one to seven, representing the order of the subsequent battle royales."

As he spoke, he flung his sleeve robe, sending nurous bamboo slips flying out to hover above the crowd.

Each bamboo slip was coated with a wisp of magical power to prevent others from probing them with their divine sense.

In the blink of an eye.

The sixty-five Foundation Establishnt cultivators finished making their selections, with forty-six of them successfully advancing.

Xu Chongfei, Xu Jingwu, and Xu Wenjing were among the forty-six, while Xu Chongjian had to participate in the battle royale.

Next, it was ti for the Qi Condensation cultivators to choose.

Once everyone had finished.

Ye Fan declared, "In half a quarter-hour, those who drew the number one slip will step onto the arena. Everyone may attack with full force. If anyone is in life-threatening danger, I will intervene to protect them and escort them off the arena."

Discussions imdiately broke out all around the plaza.

Everyone was asking each other what number they had drawn.

Xu Chongfei looked at Xu Chongjian and asked, "What is your number?"

"Number one," Xu Chongjian replied calmly.

Xu Chongfei's eyes lit up. "I heard you have been cultivating the Sword Dao bitterly these past few days, seemingly comprehending Sword Dao True Intent. Have you managed to grasp a sliver of it?"

"If you run into , brother, I will naturally let you experience it," Xu Chongjian said.

Xu Chongfei said no more.

Half a quarter-hour later.

A clear, resonant sword chi rang out as Xu Chongjian's figure streaked onto the azure arena like a flash of sword light, landing steadily in the center.

Holding an ancient sword in his arms, he kept his eyes slightly closed. Within ten ters of his body, the air seed to solidify, with a dense, sharp energy faintly circulating around him.

The remaining ninety-nine participants also stepped onto the stage one after another. Looking nervous, excited, or composed, they quickly spread out.

The Foundation Establishnt cultivators subconsciously distanced themselves from one another, not wanting to clash prematurely.

anwhile, the Qi Condensation cultivators mostly huddled together or scattered toward the edges.

The arena, asuring a hundred ters in both length and width, was more than spacious enough to accommodate a hundred people.

The composition of the participants on stage was complex. There were core disciples of the Xu family, outer-surna disciples, and outstanding talents from various vassal families.

In terms of cultivation realms, apart from Xu Chongjian, there were three Early Foundation Establishnt cultivators, one of whom was a young Earth Spiritual Root cultivator from the Lei family.

The rest ranged from Late-Stage Qi Condensation to Peak Qi Condensation.

"The match—begins!"

As Ye Fan's voice fell, a pale golden light screen suddenly lit up around the arena, forming an enclosed space.

"Attack!"

Soone shouted, instantly shattering the tranquility!

Across the arena, spiritual light exploded and shouts rang out.

The vast majority of Qi Condensation cultivators chose to strike at the people nearest to them right from the start!

The clashing of Dharma tools, the booming of magical arts, and the muffled groans of pain wove into a chaotic symphony.

Fireballs howled, ice spikes shot through the air, vines coiled, and golden blades flew about... The light of low-level spell arts and Dharma tools flooded the edges and corners of the arena.

The battles between Qi Condensation cultivators were the most direct and brutal. Often, within just a few exchanges, soone's protective spiritual light would shatter. They would then be struck by a follow-up attack, vomiting blood as they were sent flying backward.

If Ye Fan saw that they were no longer capable of fighting, he would shield them and transport them off the stage.

At first, no one attacked the Foundation Establishnt cultivators.

But gradually, so people began to set their sights on them.

Over twenty Peak Qi Condensation cultivators, relying on their individual strength or tacit teamwork, split into three groups and used various thods to besiege them!

So bombarded from afar using talismans, while others ford simple battle arrays to entangle them in close combat. They attempted to use their nurical advantage to eliminate these three clearly superior opponents first.

A Foundation Establishnt cultivator from a vassal family roared repeatedly, summoning a shield magic treasure to block left and right. Simultaneously, he unleashed a large-scale fire-elent arcane art to counterattack, instantly defeating several challengers.

However, more Qi Condensation cultivators pounced on him, fierce and unafraid of death. Various restrictive spell arts—like mud swamps, coiling vines, and ice seals—rained down endlessly, severely restricting his movents.

For a mont, all three Foundation Establishnt cultivators appeared sowhat battered.

Of course, eliminating them was no easy task.

Relying on agility far surpassing that of Qi Condensation, they maneuvered around the arena, quickly breaking out of the encirclent and picking off their attackers one by one.

On the arena.

The most peculiar area was the very center.

Xu Chongjian remained standing with his eyes closed, as if the fierce battles around him had nothing to do with him.

The ten-ter radius around his body had already transford into an invisible Sword Qi Domain!

Countless pale azure streaks of sword energy, as thin as gossar yet incomparably sharp, automatically swirled around him, slicing the air and producing faint hissing sounds.

Any magical light that flew into this range—whether fireballs, ice spikes, or golden beams—was instantly shredded to pieces the mont it touched the Sword Qi Domain, dissipating into specks of spiritual dust.

Furthermore, a sword intent as chilling as the biting winds of a harsh winter perated the area, causing anyone who approached to feel a bone-deep cold and a stinging pain in their divine sense.

So mbers of the Zhao family, the Lin family, and the Jiang clan were unconvinced by Xu Chongjian's title as the number one genius of Dongxi and wanted to test his level.

Several of them grouped up and launched a simultaneous assault!

One threw out several explosive fla talismans that transford into a descending net of fire, another drove a flying shuttle Dharma tool straight toward Xu Chongjian's back, and a third cast an earth spike spell art for a sneak attack from below!

Faced with a pincer attack from three sides, Xu Chongjian finally moved.

However, he did not even unsheathe his sword; he rely lifted his eyelids slightly.

"Thrum!"

The pale azure sword energy lingering around his body suddenly surged, radiating outward like cascading ripples.

The descending net of fire touched the ripples of sword energy and was annihilated in an instant.

The incoming flying shuttle Dharma tool let out a mournful whine. Its surface light flickered erratically before it was sent flying by an invisible, massive force, spinning through the air and embedding itself into the far edge of the arena, its glow entirely dimd.

As for the sharp earth spike thrusting up from below, before it could even breach the surface, it was reduced to dust by the sword energy piercing into the ground!

Before the three attackers could even see what had happened, they felt an irresistible, razor-sharp force strike their bodies.

Their protective spiritual light shattered like wet paper. Feeling as though their chests had been struck by heavy hamrs, they scread and spewed mouthfuls of fresh blood.

Their bodies flew backward uncontrollably, slamming heavily against the light screen at the arena's boundary before crumpling to the floor.

The entire sequence took no more than a single breath.

A sudden hush fell over the arena.

Many combatants subconsciously slowed their movents, looking in horror at the figure in the cyan robe standing with his sword in his arms at the center.

The combined strike of three Peak Qi Condensation cultivators could not even force him to take half a step backward, let alone force him to draw his sword!

"Not bad!" Xu Mingwei praised with a faint smile.

"Truly worthy of being a sword cultivator seed. I cannot compare," Xu Mingxian added with a laugh.

In his youth, he had also considered walking the Sword Dao, but he eventually ended up studying the Array Dao instead.

Now, witnessing Xu Chongjian's elegant deanor, he realized that even if he had pursued the Sword Dao, he would have only been an ordinary swordsman, never exceptionally talented and brilliant like Xu Chongjian.

"Father, with your discernnt, what do you think of Chongjian's current strength?" Xu Chonghui asked, looking at Xu Dezhao.

"How could my judgnt possibly compare to your grandfather's?" Xu Dezhao stroked his beard with a soft smile.

"Chongjian's sword energy is exceptionally pure, and he has even created his own Sword Qi Domain. Such natural talent for the Sword Dao is exceedingly rare. Although he is only at the Second-Layer Foundation Establishnt, few even in the Late Foundation Establishnt could defeat him,"

Xu Deyue noted.

"Deyue is right," Xu Mingwei nodded. "However, whether he can make it into the top three this ti is still hard to say."

High up on the viewing platform, Xu Mingwei and the others offered their comntary from ti to ti.

anwhile, on the arena.

No one dared to launch an attack on Xu Chongjian anymore.

That ten-ter sword domain had beco an absolute forbidden zone on the stage.

"So strong!" Lei Xiaoyun exclaid. "Is that the rumored number one person of the younger generation in Dongxi? Although he is only at the Second-Layer Foundation Establishnt, I'm afraid even the three of us would struggle to defeat him."

"Indeed. Even though he hasn't launched a real attack, his strength is already evident," Lin Qianfeng sighed in admiration. "Even a Heavenly Spirit Root Aptitude only gives an advantage in cultivation speed.

In combat power at the sa realm, they might not be able to match him."

Lin Wusheng asked, "Brother Lei, do you think the hidden genius of your Lei family can win?"

Rumor had it that the Lei family had produced soone with a lightning-elent root bone, but even the Jiang clan and Lin family did not know who this person was.

The only certainty was that he must be among the ten individuals selected by the Lei family for this event.

Lei Xiaoyun naturally knew who that person was; after all, it was his own grandson.

Furthermore, his grandson had reached the Foundation Establishnt Stage in his twenties, yet compared to Xu Chongjian, there was still a clear gap.

Perhaps if he had received the Xu family's full support in cultivation, he might have been able to compete with him.

Xu Chongfei's eyes burned with intensity as he stared at Xu Chongjian in the center of the arena, the corners of his mouth curving slightly. "Chongjian, you really gave a pleasant surprise.

I eagerly anticipate a full-power battle with you."

He could sense that Xu Chongjian had completely transford compared to just a few months ago.

That fleeting sword intent, held back but ready to strike, indicated that he had been constantly building up his montum, waiting for an opponent worthy of battle before letting it erupt.

As ti ticked by, the battle royale gradually drew to a close.

Although the three Foundation Establishnt cultivators had fought bitter battles, relying on their realm advantages and personal trump cards, they eventually crushed or forced back the besieging Qi Condensation cultivators, firmly securing their positions.

Finally, when Ye Fan announced, "The battle royale has ended," only thirty people remained on the arena.

The pale golden light screen slowly lowered.

The dust settled on the first hundred-person battle royale.

Xu Chongjian drifted off the stage with an indifferent expression. Wherever he went, the crowd automatically parted to make a path, their awestruck gazes following him.

As for the other cultivators who survived the arena, most were injured and panting heavily.

"The second hundred-person battle royale will now begin."

In the other six matches, the Foundation Establishnt cultivators similarly made it to the end.

However, no one as uniquely brilliant as Xu Chongjian appeared again.

After all, a figure like Xu Chongjian was destined to be a peerless prodigy of his generation, even in the entire Heavenly South.

"In half an incense stick of ti, participants of the Youthful Excellence Competition and the Sexagenary Cycle Competition will draw lots to begin paired combat. Those who draw sequential numbers will form a pair, starting with numbers one and two."

Upon hearing this.

Those whose magical power had been depleted imdiately began consuming pills to recover.

Half an incense stick of ti passed in a flash.

After everyone drew their bamboo slips, they gathered around the arena, waiting for the first pair to step up.

Very quickly.

Combatants stepped onto the stages for both the Youthful Excellence Competition and the Sexagenary Cycle Competition.

The first match of the Youthful Excellence Competition was actually a duel between a Perfected Qi Condensation Cultivator and a peak Mortal-Shedding Realm martial artist. Moreover, both of them were mbers of the Xu clan.

This imdiately attracted a significant amount of attention.

On the other hand, the Sexagenary Cycle Competition featured an Early Foundation Establishnt cultivator against a Peak Qi Condensation cultivator.

The outco was already incredibly obvious.

"Eldest Brother, who do you think will win between the two in the Youthful Excellence Competition?" Xu Mingyuan looked over and smiled faintly.

"Both are mbers of our Xu clan, aning their grooming and heritage are top-tier. It's hard to say. The immortal cultivator has the advantage of exquisite magical arts and can fly on swords.

The martial artist, however, excels in explosive power, physical strength, speed, and the like.

If they get tangled in close combat, the martial artist's chances of winning will increase significantly. Conversely, the martial artist could be worn down to exhaustion by the immortal cultivator."

Hearing this, Xu Mingyuan chuckled. "Eldest Brother, you're avoiding the main point."

"Since you insist, I favor Jingyang."

Xu Mingyuan replied, "Since Eldest Brother picked the martial artist, I will choose Jingxing."

"Father, Third Brother, Fourth Sister, why don't you join in as well?"

"You all make your choices. I won't participate," Xu Chuan chuckled softly.

"I'm with Second Brother. I bet Jingxing will win," Xu Mingxuan flashed a wide grin.

"I favor Jingyang," Xu Mingshu said. Then she looked toward Xu Mingxian and Xu Mingqing, asking, "What about you two?"

"I'm with Father. I won't participate."

"Since Fifth Brother put it that way, I won't participate either."

"You two are so slick, taking every opportunity to flatter Father." Xu Mingshu let out a soft sigh. "Eldest Brother, I spoke too soon. Can I pick again?"

The others chuckled lightly upon hearing this.

The match in the Sexagenary Cycle Competition was decided in just over a dozen breaths of ti, and then the next match began.

anwhile, the Youthful Excellence Competition match was still fiercely raging on even after half a quarter-hour. Xu Jingxing seed to be intentionally dodging, wearing down Xu Jingyang's stamina.

Although martial artists possessed ranged attack thods as well.

That was only after reaching the Origin Martial Realm. At the Mortal-Shedding Realm, combat was still primarily lee-focused, and the True Qi released had a limited attack range.

If a martial artist wanted to strike from a far distance, they would have to drastically increase the output of their True Qi.

Xu Jingxing recognized Xu Jingyang's desperation to win. He deliberately dragged out the fight, baiting him while keeping the distance between them perfectly controlled.

He allowed Xu Jingyang to see a glimr of hope, prompting him to attack vigorously.

Yet Xu Jingxing managed to narrowly escape every single ti.

Even if Xu Jingyang was normally a rational person, repeatedly facing such near misses made it easy for the blood to rush to his head, blinding him with the desire for victory.

Bai Jing curiously sent a voice transmission, asking, "Husband, who do you think will win between these two children?"

"I can only say that Mingyuan has the sharpest eye for judging people."

"So you favor Jingxing more."

Xu Chuan smiled but did not answer.

There was no such thing as an invincible Dao in this world, only invincible people!

Even if the two had swapped cultivation systems, there was a high probability that Xu Jingxing would still win.

Just like Xu Chuan himself—was the fact that he had remained undefeated until now because he was truly invincible?

No, it was because he only fought battles he was prepared for.

If he could not win, he would simply avoid the fight. Worst cos to worst, he could always run.

As long as he never lost, he would always be an ever-victorious general!

As expected, Xu Jingxing erged victorious in the first match of the Youthful Excellence Competition.

Xu Mingwei sighed softly. "Second Brother, your judgnt is still sharper. I am not your equal. We should spar soti.

It seems that over the past century, we have only occasionally exchanged moves when we were children."

"Eldest Brother, I admit my wrong." Xu Mingyuan begged for rcy. "No matter what, it shouldn't be our turn to fight."

Just as his voice fell, the corners of Xu Chuan's lips curled up slightly. "Rest assured, there will be opportunities. In the future, the Golden Core Stage will also be included in the clan competition."

"Father, you're going a little too far."

Xu Mingyuan said speechlessly, "In terms of combat power, who among us could possibly beat Eldest Brother?"

"Exactly, Father," Xu Mingxuan agreed. "Why don't we just forget about this Golden Core Stage clan competition?"

"I think it sounds very interesting." Xu Mingshu smiled beamingly. "Father, we'll be allowed to use spirit insects and spirit beasts when the ti cos, right?"

"Pills, Artifacts, Formations, Talismans, Beast Taming—any thod is permissible. After all, if you encounter other Golden Core Stage experts in the future, it would be dangerous if you lack experience in magical battles between Golden Core Stage cultivators.

Even if your actual strength surpasses the opponent's, you might still suffer defeat.

And in a life-or-death struggle in the wild, once you are defeated and have no trump cards left to escape, there is only death!"

"Father's considerations are thorough. I will definitely participate," Xu Mingxian declared.