Pioneer…Pioneer Sea Realm?"
"Hiss…"
Gui Tiancheng inhaled sharply, his head buzzing.
The other higher-ups of the Gui Family were equally shocked.
Pioneer Sea Realm!
To be honest, more than half of the people present had never seen a Pioneer Sea Realm expert before, including some elders of the Gui Family.
Pioneer Sea Realm experts were powerful enough to establish a sect. Any one of them was a big shot in Zhennan Province!
The Withered Tree Sect was strong, right?
However, even the Withered Wood Sect only had one Pioneer Sea Realm expert.
When they found out that Xuan Yi was an elder of the Profound Sword Sect, the Gui Family tried their best to overestimate Xuan Yi, but they still underestimated him.
The Pioneer Sea Realm was an absolute powerhouse in the entire Windy Kingdom!
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Time passed day by day.
The day of the Half Moon City competition was getting closer and closer.
Half Moon City was peaceful.
Wang Fei of the Wang Clan had yet to return, so the news of Gui Yiyi becoming a disciple of the Profound Sword Sect and even acknowledging an elder of the Profound Sword Sect as her master did not spread in Half Moon City.
On this day, in Xuan Yi's courtyard.
"Master! I broke through!"
Gui Yiyi slowly opened her beautiful eyes.
Gui Yiyi had been stuck at level-four of Qi-gathering for quite some time.
She looked up at Xuan Yi and found that he didn't look happy. Gui Yiyi's heart skipped a beat and she asked carefully,""Master…I…Did I disappoint you?”
These days, Xuan Yi had been trying his best to help her improve her cultivation. However, after so many days, she had only broken through one realm…
This made Gui Yiyi feel a little ashamed of Xuan Yi.
"No, how could that be? Although your cultivation hasn't increased very quickly these past few days, your progress in other aspects has exceeded my expectations.”
Mystic One wasn't trying to comfort Gui Yiyi.
Although Gui Yiyi's improvement in cultivation was limited, her improvement in martial arts was terrifying.
It could be said that although Gui Yiyi's realm had only increased by a small level over the past few days, her strength had increased by more than several times!
Originally, Gui Yiyi's strength was only invincible in the Gathering Qi State.
But now, Gui Yiyi, who was at level-five of Qi-gathering, could even fight a level-one True Element Realm expert.
"Let's go. The Half Moon City competition should be starting soon.”
Today was the day of the competition in Half Moon City. Earlier, the Second Elder of the Gui Family had come to inform Xuan Yi.
The Half Moon City Tournament was a grand event in Half Moon City and was held once a year.
Although it was a competition in Half Moon City, it was actually just a competition between the younger generation of the three major families in Half Moon City.
In recent years, because of Gui Lan's rise, the Gui Family had been the champion of the Half Moon City competition for two consecutive years.
When Mystic One and Gui Yiyi arrived at the arena in the center of Half Moon City, it was already crowded with people.
In the past, the Half Moon City competition was not as lively.
The reason why it was so popular this year was self-evident.
The news that Duan Li of the Duan Clan had joined the Withered Wood Sect and even acknowledged a Withered Wood Sect elder as his master had long spread throughout the entire Half Moon City.
It could be said that most of the people present today were not focused on this competition, but on the aftermath of the competition.
It was very likely that after today, there would only be two of the three great families left in Half Moon City.
"Sigh, the Gui family that was originally about to reach its peak will probably no longer exist after today.”
"Time is fate."
On the arena, the people from the three great clans had already arrived.
Most of the gazes of the people below the stage were fixed in the direction of the Duan family's camp. To be precise, they were fixed on a black-robed old man sitting beside the Duan family's Patriarch.
This old man was Duan Li's Master, an elder of the Withered Tree Sect, and an expert at the peak of the Eighth Level Spirit Severing Stage!
To many people in Half Moon City, the peak of the eighth level of Spirit Severing was the most powerful person they had ever seen in their entire lives.
The patriarch of the Wang Clan, who was known as the strongest expert in Half Moon City, was only at the early Sixth Level Spirit Severing Stage.
"Is this Duan Li's master?”
The patriarch of the Wang clan looked at the black-robed old man and mused.
The black-robed old man narrowed his eyes. Although he did not reveal his aura, the Wang family head could still feel a terrifying pressure from him.
Although the Sixth and Eighth Level Spirit Severing Realms seemed to be only two levels apart, the difference was enormous.
The Patriarch of the Wang Clan, who was at the Sixth Level Spirit Severing Stage, would probably find it difficult to withstand even a single blow from this black-robed elder!
When one reached the late Spirit Severing stage, the gap between each stage was enormous!
The rules of the Half Moon City competition were very simple.
The three families and three forces would each send five people. Whoever could stand on the stage until the end would be the winner.
In the last Grand Tournament, Gui Lan had defeated the geniuses of the Wang and Duan Families, including Wang Fei and Duan Li, in an invincible manner. He had won the championship for two consecutive years and completely established his name as the number one genius of Half Moon City.
"This year's competition is going to be interesting. Duan Li, who entered the Withered Tree Sect, is definitely much stronger than before. It's hard to say whether Gui Lan can defeat him and complete three consecutive championships.”
"Heh, to the current Gui Lan, three consecutive championships are long meaningless. Regardless of whether he can defeat Duan Li today, his Gui Clan can't escape the fate of being destroyed.”
"Duan Li is on stage!"
Just as everyone was discussing animatedly, a cry of surprise resounded throughout the entire arena!
Everyone looked over and saw Duan Li, who was supposed to be the finale of the battle, jump onto the fighting ring.
This scene was beyond everyone's expectations.
As the leader of the Duan Clan's younger generation, Duan Li, who was supposed to be the finale, was the first to stand on the stage!
"Come on, I'll sweep through all of you by myself!”
Boom!
Duan Li's words were like a clap of thunder, completely exploding in the surroundings of the martial arts arena!
Crazy!
It was simply crazy to the extreme!
One person had swept away all of them!
Where did Duan Li get the courage?
One must know that in the last competition, he couldn't even withstand three moves from Gui Lan. Now, only a short year had passed, yet he dared to claim that he could sweep away all the remaining competitors, including Gui Lan?
At this moment, some of the juniors in the Gui Clan and Wang Clan were already beginning to stir.
The juniors were young and impetuous. How could they tolerate such an arrogant person? Immediately, someone from the Wang family jumped out.
"It's Wang Yan!"
Wang Yan was the second most powerful person in the younger generation of the Wang Clan. His strength was not much weaker than Wang Fei's. Since Wang Fei had not returned from the Mysterious Sword Sect, he was undoubtedly the strongest person in the younger generation of the Wang Clan.
Moreover, Wang Yan had fought with Duan Li half a year ago. Duan Li did not gain any advantage in that battle, and both sides ended up in a draw.
"Duan Li, you're too arrogant. I want to see if the current you has the qualifications to be so arrogant!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Yan didn't waste any more words. His feet stomped on the ground fiercely, and his entire person transformed into a sharp sword that swept towards Duan Li!
"You overestimate yourself."
Glancing at Wang Yan who was attacking, a hint of contempt flashed in Duan Li's eyes. He snorted coldly and threw a punch as well!
"Bang!"
Fist to fist, they instantly collided, and a dull sound erupted.
"Ah…"
The expected evenly-matched match did not happen. There was only a scream, and blood splattered everywhere. Wang Yan's figure flew backward, leaving a long trail of blood on the ground.
After the scream, there was no more sound. Wang Yan, who was sent flying out of the arena, fainted.
Instant kill!
The people who witnessed this scene felt their hair stand on end.
"So strong!"
"What kind of strength is this?"
This scene was truly shocking to the surrounding people.
One had to know that half a year ago, the two of them were almost on par.
However, in just half a year, Duan Li had defeated Wang Yan, who was at level-five of Qi-gathering, with just one move!
This scene stunned countless people.
Wang Yan was no weakling. He was at level-five of Qi-gathering. Even Gui Lan would not dare to say that he could defeat him easily.
But Duan Li had insta-killed him in one move…
What kind of strength was this?
Perhaps even an ordinary level-six of Qi-gathering would find it difficult to do so?
In a short half a year, Duan Li's strength was actually formidable to such an extent?
"The Withered Wood Sect is truly terrifying.”
Duan Li's strength was terrifying, but the Withered Tree Sect behind him was even more terrifying!
The reason why Duan Li could improve so much in half a year was related to the master of the Withered Wood Sect elder and the Withered Wood Sect.
At this moment, many of the spectators outside the arena cast their gazes at Gui Lan, where the Gui Family was located.
Some of these gazes were filled with pity, while others were gloating.
The pity was that this Gui Lan was simply unlucky enough.
If it wasn't for Duan Li's god-knows-what dogsh * t luck that allowed him to be taken in as a disciple by the Withered Wood Sect's elder, then Duan Li would very likely never be a match for Gui Lan.
However, the heavens seemed to be playing a joke on him.
Fate played a trick on people.
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