<strong>Chapter 1290: Chapter 1281: Gently Falling</strong>


    All these actions seem simple, but they took ce in just one second. Even Zhang Po off the stage didn’t see the actions of the y figure captain clearly. If he hadn’t been able to clearly sense the Qi of the y figure captain, he would have thought that the y figure captain had been taken down by Li Huoke in one hit.


    “Hmph, petty tricks.” Li Huoke snorted coldly, discarded the protection on his body, and swung his sword single-handedly. The great sword, taller than a man, was wielded as if it were an extension of his arm, with a whistling gale, rushing toward the y figure captain again.


    The y figure captain, who almost suffered a setback, saw Li Huokeunch another attack and naturally dared not be negligent. He suddenly sprang up, lightly tapping the air a few times, each time creating a clump of y under his heel to gain momentum. After a few tries, the y figure captain reached the same height as Li Huoke, aiming to dodge this top-down strike.


    Li Huoke swung his sword into the air, immediately turned around, and pursued the airborne y figure captain, using Qi to lock onto him firmly, determined not to miss this time.


    Then, the y figure captain seemed unwilling to continue this cat-and-mouse chase. His fingers gently opened, and the strange y he had been clutching fell lightly in the direction Li Huoke was charging from.


    “Taste this, y C4!” the y figure captain said softly.


    This time, the situationpletely reversed. The y figure captain firmly locked in on Li Huoke’s aura. The seemingly light-falling y bomb gave Li Huoke a very strong sense of crisis. He wanted to dodge, but since he was already airborne and his aura was locked in by the opponent, he could only brace himself for this explosive encounter.


    A strong sense of crisis surged in his heart. Li Huoke struggled to remain calm, positioning his great sword horizontally in front of his own chest, while enveloping himself in a thick purple glow. It seemed he indeed intended to take this explosion head-on.


    Watching Li Huoke’s stance, the y figure captain in the sky leisurely said, “Think carefully. The power of this explosion is not the same as before.”


    Li Huokepletely ignored the y figure captain’s words above, fearing his focus would be diverted, putting all his strength into resisting this explosion.


    Three meters, two meters, one meter.


    The distance between the two gradually reduced bit by bit. At this moment, time seemed to freeze. Everyone in the audience clenched their fists, eagerly anticipating this sh.


    Finally, in thest second, the two quietly collided. Instantly, a blinding white light emanated from their point of contact, quickly enveloping the entire Martial Arts Arena. The light was so blinding that the audience couldn’t keep their eyes open and had to rely on Qi to sense the situation on the stage.


    The four Elders on the stage, as the four strongest presences, naturally felt the power of this collision. They let out a loud shout, engulfed in intense red light, and the protective shield on the stage became more intense, ready to withstand the ensuing might of this collision.


    The white light flickered for a moment before retreating, followed by a piercing explosive sound. The protective barrier on the stage, although able to withstand certain physical attacks, found it hard to defend against this type of sonic attack. In an instant, many in the audience had their eardrums pierced by the shrill sound, covering their ears with very pained expressions.


    Zhang Po and the others were in a somewhat better position. Although they sensed the power early and protected themselves, they still suffered some damage and couldn’t help but marvel at the powerful might of this explosion.


    Li Huoke, at the center of the explosion, naturally couldn’t escape the impact of this sonic wave. His eardrums were directly shattered, with bright red blood sttering from his ears. Yet, he dared not rx, unable to divert his protection to his ears. Otherwise, the ensuing explosion could tear him apart, so he endured the pain, letting out a roar of rage.


    The brief explosive sound ended, and the real show finally arrived. A towering wave of energy expanded from Li Huoke’s center, instantly filling the entire Martial Arts Arena. Upon touching the edge of the protection shield, it almost shattered it. Fortunately, the four Elders exerted all their strength to maintain it, or else the remaining force would have destroyed the ce.


    In the instant Li Huoke came into contact with the explosion, the protective shield around him shattered with a bang. He never anticipated the explosion’s power to be so immense and decisively tried to recalibrate his Qi, but it was already toote. The massive impact sent him crashing toward the Martial Arts tform.


    Under the enormous impact, Li Huoke plummeted toward the Martial Arts tform, the sky filled with dust obscuring everyone’s view, leaving only heart-wrenching sounds echoing.


    “It’s over. This is the result of underestimating your opponent.” The y figure captain in the sky summoned hisrge y bird fromst time, riding on its back to a higher altitude, looking at Li Huoke lying in the dust below, seemingly alive or dead, he said.


    “Is that so? Even so, my thoughts remain unchanged from the beginning. Even if your entire squades at me together, I wouldn’t hesitate to cut them down.”


    Li Huoke’s cold voice came from within the smoke, causing the y figure captain’s eyes to widen in disbelief as he looked at the smoke-shrouded arena below, “How is this possible?”


    Before the words fully left his mouth, a majestic Sword Qi dispersed the smoke on the stage. The audience could finally see the situation clearly: the entire Martial Arts tform had been devastated by the explosion, with hard rock turned to dust. At the center was a bottomless pit.


    And in this pit stood a tattered man, his face covered in bloodstains, carrying his great sword proudly, with sharp eyes coldly looking at therge bird in the sky, and that person was surprisingly Li Huoke.


    “How could this be? Even after taking my st Ultimate Technique head-on, he only received slight injuries?” The y figure captain looked at the man in the pit incredulously. He simply couldn’t believe his eyes. This technique was the most destructive one in their tribe’s cultivation techniques, requiring all the spellcaster’s Qi just to create this bomb. Yet Li Huoke, who took this blow head-on, was not as damaged as he expected.


    No one knows what Li Huoke did at that blinding moment, nor did they hear his roar at the instant the explosive sound rang out. Even Zhang Po, who had been watching the battle closely, didn’t see.


    The battle’s oue was now determined. The y figure captain, exhausted from the technique, couldn’t withstand Li Huoke’s uing storm-like counterattack, while Li Huoke merely stood there, observing coldly.


    “I lost.” The y figure captain dejectedly lowered his head, speaking softly.


    As an experienced warrior, the y figure squad captain naturally had the ability to gauge power. Now, neither he nor Li Huoke had any reason to continue the match. After using his killer move, he waspletely spent, while Li Huoke, though looking a bit worse for wear, still had the strength for another fight.


    The match’s oue was decided, and the first round of the finals concluded with the y figure captain’s concession.