Chapter 1024: A Sword from Heaven

"Dry Learning first, array path leader chief." This title, also echoing in the hearts of the vast majority of cultivators watching the battle outside the field, weighed heavily on them. Even though this was a sword discussion assembly, the characters "leader chief," even when applied to the array law, were fundamentally not to be underestimated.

On the Shangguan family's high platform, upon seeing Mo Hua draw the array law and withstand the Heavenly Sword Sect's fearful sword qi, Yu’er was completely invigorated, her eyes sparkling brightly. Wenren Wan, Zhang Lan, and others were successively shaken with excitement. The disciples of Tai Xu Gate were also all visibly thrilled. The Tai A, Chong Xu, and Tai Xu three mountain elders watching the battle also slowly straightened their bodies, staring intently at the Fang Tian Painting Shadow.

Could there be a turnaround? The Earth Character sword discussion was too difficult, and Tai Xu Gate had accumulated defeats. The sect, from top to bottom, longed intensely for a victory. Now that a turnaround seemed to be appearing, the hearts of all Tai Xu Gate cultivators leaped, filled with both anticipation and apprehension.

But some people were clear in their hearts that winning would not be so easy. After all, the opponent was the Heavenly Sword Sect. Even though the situation was unfavorable, the Heavenly Sword Sect would absolutely not sit back and wait to die. Otherwise, the Heavenly Sword Sect would not deserve to be called one of the four great sects. This point was understood by many cultivators in the spectator seats.

And as expected, on the Fang Tian Painting Shadow, a prodigy from the Heavenly Sword Sect stepped out. This person was tall and slender, with cold and stern eyebrows and an extraordinary bearing. Many people in their hearts then recited his name: "Xiao Ruo Han."

The top figure of the Heavenly Sword Sect was Xiao Wu Chen. Xiao Wu Chen's talent was too astonishing, and his sword path was also extremely clear and profound, even within the Heavenly Sword Sect, he was in a class of his own. But the Heavenly Sword Sect had deep foundations, and it wasn't just Xiao Wu Chen. Below Xiao Wu Chen, there were still numerous sword path prodigies. And Xiao Ruo Han was one of the strongest prodigies in the Heavenly Sword Sect, second only to Xiao Wu Chen.

Xiao Ruo Han could not compare to Xiao Wu Chen, but compared to the geniuses of the other four sects and eight gates, he was still outstanding. He was not at all inferior to Ling Hu Xiao's level of prodigy. This sword discussion team was also led by Xiao Ruo Han. Since he was outstanding and a prodigy, facing an absolute crisis, he wanted to shoulder great responsibility and pull the situation back from the brink. Only then could he bear the name "prodigy" and receive the worship of ten thousand people.

Moreover, his true goal was Xiao Wu Chen. This Tai Xu Gate team in front of him had been effortlessly defeated by Xiao Wu Chen; they were defeated generals under Xiao Wu Chen's hand. And now, he himself was about to be defeated by a "defeated general under Xiao Wu Chen's hand." This point was unacceptable to Xiao Ruo Han. He wanted to win. Not only did he want to win, he also wanted to win beautifully, and, he wanted to chop and kill Mo Hua! He absolutely could not lose to the team that Xiao Wu Chen had defeated! At the same time, the person Xiao Wu Chen could not kill, he wanted to be able to kill!

Only in this way could he catch up to Xiao Wu Chen's footsteps, could he let the sect elders recognize him, and could he let the ten thousand cultivators who came to watch the ritual acclaim him. This Mo Hua, who was the "array path leader chief," was both his stumbling block in the sword discussion and a "stepping stone" for him to gradually surpass Xiao Wu Chen in fame. Therefore, the city gate in front of him must be broken. Even if there was a trace of opportunity, he could not give up.

In a sword discussion assembly, when geniuses confront each other, victory and defeat are often just in that one line; if you strive, there is a possibility of winning. If you do not strive, you will undoubtedly lose! Moreover, Xiao Ruo Han also gradually calmed down. He realized that in his anxious state, he might have been "bluffed" by Mo Hua. This Mo Hua's array law was indeed strong, but he should not be overestimated too much. It was already unbelievable that he could draw two high-grade array laws in such a short time.

High-grade array laws consume a lot of divine sense and take a long time to draw. Even if he was the array path leader chief, it was impossible for him to be so strong that he could continuously draw three high-grade array laws of the second product, nineteen patterns, in a short time. He only needed to attack forcefully, break the array law once more, then he could rush in, chop Mo Hua in one go, and destroy the city image. Under the chaotic sword, if Mo Hua had been a moment slower or shattered the Dao Discussion Jade a moment later, he would undoubtedly have died.

"Regardless of everything, kill!" Xiao Ruo Han's gaze was icy cold. Subsequently, without the slightest hesitation, he crushed a golden body talisman and raised the sword in his hand high towards the sky. The golden body talisman protected his body. His entire body's spiritual power galloped like a river, and his sword qi raged like a furious wind and giant waves. All his spiritual power gathered in one body. All his sword qi gathered in one sword. His sword emitted a dazzling light, as if the starlight wanted to fall, dazzling and condensing heart-palpitating killing intent.

The cultivators outside the field were in an uproar, exclaiming successively: "One sword comes from heaven!" "One of the most superior killing moves in the Heavenly Sword Art..." "This Xiao Ruo Han has actually also learned one of the Heavenly Sword Nine Styles... truly extraordinary..." The crowd successively shook their heads and exclaimed, "Heavenly Sword Sect is indeed the Heavenly Sword Sect, not a disgrace to be the first sword path sect in the Qianli realm." "Its disciples, besides Xiao Wu Chen, actually still have such a sword path prodigy." "Xiao Ruo Han is only slightly inferior to Xiao Wu Chen, but that doesn't mean he is not strong, this is also a top prodigy..." "He hasn't used this move, One Sword Comes From Heaven, up until now." "That's right, before this sword discussion, there was no opponent who could force him to use this killing move." "There's a good show to watch..." "This round of sword discussion for Tai Xu Gate is hard to say again..."

And upon seeing Xiao Ruo Han's shocking one sword, everyone in Tai Xu Gate, including Yu’er, Wenren Wan, Zhang Lan, and the others, felt their hearts tremble. Their hearts, which had originally settled down, couldn't help but lift up again. Inside the sword discussion field, the moment Xiao Ruo Han raised his sword to gather power, Mo Hua immediately shouted: "Break his killing move!"

Ling Hu Xiao's sword qi was the first to chop past. Then came Si Tu Jian's Lihuo Sword. Cheng Mo then raised his big axe, let out a loud roar, and regardless of everything, chopped towards Xiao Ruo Han's body. Ouyang Xuan also urged his body technique, and the Tai A Sword flashed a cold light, rushing directly towards Xiao Ruo Han's vital point. Mo Hua also acted quickly and threw several fireballs past. But his fireballs were resisted by the golden body talisman and were unable to break Xiao Ruo Han's sword move, only inflicting a bit of burn damage. Ling Hu Xiao and Si Tu Jian's sword qi were blocked by two Heavenly Sword Sect disciples, one person with one sword. Cheng Mo and Ouyang Xuan were also entangled by another two Heavenly Sword Sect disciples and were unable to approach Xiao Ruo Han.

Mo Hua then said: "Xiao Xiao, chop him quickly!" Ling Hu Xiao understood in his heart, immediately also crushed a golden body talisman, raised the Chong Xu Sword high, urged all his spiritual power, condensed it into the sad, beautiful, and sharp Shu Yue colored Chong Xu Sword True Qi, and confronted Xiao Ruo Han with the same frightening momentum. It was the same superior sword art. It was the same sword path prodigy. The two people faced each other, their momentum equally matched for a time.

And the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples also realized the situation was not good and immediately turned their attacks towards Ling Hu Xiao. Si Tu Jian drove the Lihuo Sword to meet them. Swords intersected in several rounds of exchange, but the inheritance of the Lihuo Sword was ultimately not as good as the Heavenly Sword Art. Si Tu Jian struggled to support himself and could not hold on. Cheng Mo and Ouyang Xuan could only turn back to support Ling Hu Xiao. The scene was chaotic to the extreme for a time. Sword qi and magical techniques intersected. Disciples from both sides also fought together.

While they were desperately fighting, Xiao Ruo Han's sword move had already finished gathering power. Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately chopped down with his sword edge. The vast sword light, like a comet falling from the sky, the One Sword Comes From Heaven, chopped towards the city gate. Ouyang Xuan was protecting Ling Hu Xiao and was unable to free himself. Cheng Mo and Si Tu Jian saw the situation and could only grit their teeth and rush towards the sword light, using their lives to block it. But this heavenly sword killing move, one of the Heavenly Sword Nine Styles, was truly powerful. The sword light moved forward mightily, directly erasing Cheng Mo and Si Tu Jian, then continued forward, chopping firmly towards the city gate that was protected by a high-grade gold and stone array law.

At the same time, seeing Cheng Mo and Si Tu Jian sacrificing their "lives," Ling Hu Xiao's heart was angry and his gaze was icy cold. Subsequently, he no longer held back and chopped the Chong Xu sword qi, which was as sad, cold, and sharp as moonlight, towards Xiao Ruo Han. Xiao Ruo Han's sword move was not yet exhausted and he also had nowhere to avoid. The other two disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect flashed forward, urged their sword qi, and forcefully blocked Ling Hu Xiao's Chong Xu killing move. But Ling Hu Xiao's sword was equally powerful and not to be underestimated. One person from the Heavenly Sword Sect was killed by the sword qi. The other person suffered heavy injuries. The residual sword qi chopped towards Xiao Ruo Han.

The two sword path prodigies, each driving their superior sword art killing moves, after heavy blocking, both struck their targets. Then the sword qi exploded violently. Two "boom" sounds rang out, accompanied by the world spinning, the earth and stone cracking, and thick smoke rolling. Amidst the smoke and dust, shocking sword light intertwined, dazzlingly. Above the Fang Tian Painting Shadow, thick smoke filled the air for a time, and the light flickered as earth and stone and sword qi fought each other. Everyone held their breath, their hearts nervous. They eagerly wanted to know exactly what the result was. Was the city gate broken? Was Xiao Ruo Han dead? Between the Heavenly Sword Sect and Tai Xu Gate, who was the winner?

Amidst the expectations of ten thousand people, the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, and the sword light also dissipated one by one. Above the Fang Tian Painting Shadow, the result of the confrontation between the superior Dao Laws was clearly presented. The city gate was broken. Xiao Ruo Han was not dead. Xiao Ruo Han had forcefully endured a blow from Ling Hu Xiao's Chong Xu sword qi killing move. But this surge of Chong Xu sword qi had been offset by more than half by the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples. The residual sword qi was like the end of a strong enemy, fundamentally unable to kill him. While Xiao Ruo Han's Heavenly Sword Nine Styles, after erasing Cheng Mo and Si Tu Jian, had chopped firmly onto the city gate. Cheng Mo and Si Tu Jian's cultivation were ultimately inferior to the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples. Therefore, even with their utmost effort, they could only block a part of Xiao Ruo Han's sword qi. This was one reason.

Another reason was that the city gate was too big and could not move, so it was like a "target," completely bearing Xiao Ruo Han's extremely powerful sword. Not a single bit of sword qi was wasted. This was also the disadvantage of the defending side in a siege. In a general sword discussion battle, you could escape if you couldn't win. But in a siege, that large city gate was just placed there. There was no way to escape or avoid it. And after enduring such a powerful sword from Xiao Ruo Han, even with the addition of a high-grade array law, the city gate was still broken. The gold and stone array law cracked. A large gap was cracked above the inner city gate.

"The city gate is broken!" The cultivators outside the field exclaimed successively: "One person, one sword, one sword comes from heaven!" "Just this one sword, one sword killed two people, one sword broke the array law, one sword opened the city gate!" "The power of this one sword is so powerful, not a disgrace to be a sword path genius of the four great sects!" "In an adverse situation, relying on one's own power to pull the situation back from the brink, this is a sword discussion prodigy!" "Xiao Ruo Han, after this battle, his fame will spread far and wide. The crowd will know that besides Xiao Wu Chen, the Heavenly Sword Sect still has a Xiao Ruo Han..." "The four great sects are indeed cradles of prodigies, truly making sects like ours envious..."

The cultivators outside the field were not stingy with their words of praise, discussing endlessly. Inside the field, Mo Hua sighed. He looked at the huge sword qi gap on the city wall, feeling a little helpless: "As expected of the Qianli sword discussion, these prodigies are one more fierce than the last. I can't be careless at all..." "I can't steal even a bit of laziness." "It's really difficult to win a round..." If he had really only drawn two array laws, then he might have truly finished.

Mo Hua, as before, reached out and patted the city wall. The light on the city wall flashed again. Xiao Ruo Han and the other Heavenly Sword Sect disciples had just adjusted their breathing, looked at the broken city gate, and before they could be happy, they saw a beam of light slowly rising. This beam of light was no longer gold, but earth-stone colored. Gen Mountain Earth Stone Array. This was a high-grade array law of the second product, nineteen patterns, that combined the Eight Trigrams Gen Mountain and the Five Elements Earth Wood. It was somewhat different from the gold and stone array. The gold and stone array only emphasized defense and could make the city "as firm as a golden soup." While this Gen Mountain Earth Stone Array was slightly weaker in defense, it could also handle "city wall repair."

Mo Hua had guessed that at this point, the city wall would definitely be damaged, so he had prepared in advance and used the array law to repair the city gate. Thus, amidst the spreading light, streams of earth-gray array patterns quickly covered the entire gate. The array patterns transformed the spiritual power into the power of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams earth and stone, quickly repairing the city wall. The sword qi gap that Xiao Ruo Han had created with all his might and the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples had risked their lives to chop out was repaired in the blink of an eye. The city gate was instantly complete again without damage.

Everything around fell silent instantly. The earth and stone of the Gen Mountain array blocked the gap in the city gate. It also seemed to have blocked the mouths of the watching cultivators. More so, it seemed to have blocked the hearts of the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples. At this point, what they felt was true "despair." Not only them, but the spectator seats were also completely silent. The watching cultivators also felt despair for the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples. Five people attacking a city, and you use a high-grade array law to guard it. One set, you can still fight. Two sets, it's also not impossible. But this is your third set, which is a bit too shameless. How is anyone supposed to play like this? How can this be played? Even counting back several eight hundred years, adding up many sessions of the sword discussion assembly, there was no team that could win by attacking a city without continuously breaking three sets of high-grade array laws of the second product, nineteen patterns.

"This is just cheating!" "This is just shameless!" "This is sword discussion! Not array discussion! Tai Xu Gate did not win honorably!" But no matter how they said it, the situation was already almost uncontroversial. The Heavenly Sword Sect still had four people left. Tai Xu Gate still had three people left. The Heavenly Sword Sect had the advantage. But facing this city gate in front of them, which had been repaired, was nearly "complete without damage," and was still reinforced by a high-grade array law, even if Tai Xu Gate had no one left, they would still be unable to break the city gate again. There was no opportunity. Moreover, time was also running out.

The Heavenly Sword Sect disciples felt deeply disheartened and powerless. Finally, they only symbolically chopped several swords. The sword qi chopped onto the city gate, as if mud had sunk into the vast sea, faintly without a trace. They felt a burst of chest tightness and shortness of breath. Just like this, a quarter of an hour later, the sound of the Dao Discussion Bell rang out. The sword discussion ended. The Heavenly Sword Sect lost, and Tai Xu Gate won.

"We won!" Outside the sword discussion field, Yu’er was truly ecstatic, smiling with squinted eyes and clapping her hands, cheering: "Mo Gege won!" Wenren Wan smiled at Yu’er and said gently: "We won!" The hearts of everyone in Tai Xu Gate, which had been hanging, also finally settled down. Whether it was disciples or elders, smiles appeared on everyone's faces. Tai Xu Gate's disciples successively shouted loudly: "Little senior brother is wise and divine!" This was the first victory for Tai Xu Gate in the Earth Character sword discussion. It was almost purely won by Mo Hua drawing "array laws."

Some elders from Tai A Mountain and Chong Xu Mountain who had originally held some prejudice against Mo Hua began to reflect on themselves at this time. Had they not been friendly enough to Mo Hua before? Was their smile not gentle enough? Should their voice be more amiable?

And on the Feng family's viewing platform, Zhang Lan also slowly breathed a sigh of relief, sighing in her heart. This child, Mo Hua, was still so unexpected. In a situation where he almost had no chance of winning, he could actually manage to win by tinkering... "As expected of Mo Hua ah..."

The Great Elder Zhang, who was sitting in front of Zhang Lan, at this time, had his pupils slightly constricted, even somewhat unbelievable. "He is just in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and in such a short time, he actually drew three sets of high-grade array laws of the second product, nineteen patterns?" "This is just... the array path leader chief of Qianli?" "Moreover, this array path leader chief is still proficient in concealment and body technique..." "A... an array master who cannot be killed?" "This child will... definitely achieve extraordinary things in the future." "I have to find an opportunity to recognize him." Great Elder Zhang frowned: "I'm just afraid that his aptitude is too good and his identity is too high, and he is unwilling to see me, a Great Elder of a Fourth-Grade family from an outer region..." "I don't know if there is someone with a wide network and high status who can help introduce me..."

And outside the sword discussion field, the majority of cultivators were still somewhat silent at this time. Then sighs sounded one after another: "Tai Xu Gate actually... won?" The development of the matter was beyond everyone's expectations. A sword discussion event that was originally almost a sure thing, with no one feeling there would be an exception, took a dramatic turn after twists and turns. Tai Xu Gate, which should have undoubtedly lost, actually... won? It was truly a bit inconceivable.

"Mainly that array law, it's really too foul." "Continuously three sets of high-grade array laws of the second product, nineteen patterns... I have never seen such a shameless 'sword discussion' before." "Relying on the power of array law, can this still be considered 'sword discussion'?" "Regardless of whether it counts or not, whoever wins is powerful." "If you have the ability, you also draw a high-grade array law on the spot?" "Making excuses..." "How can this be called making excuses?" "This year, we're just talking about comprehensive development. An array master who doesn't know how to discuss swords is not a good spirit cultivator..." "But no matter what, this kid's skills, whether it's magical techniques, concealment, body technique, or array law, are all quite disgusting..." "They often say that character is like a person, perhaps magical techniques and array law are also the same." "Heavenly Sword Sect lost this round too unjustly..." "Seeing the array laws float out of that city gate three or twice, I feel blocked for Xiao Ruo Han."

Xiao Ruo Han did indeed feel blocked in his heart. This was the first time he had encountered a high-grade array law in a sword discussion assembly, and three sets continuously. If it hadn't been for this, he absolutely wouldn't have lost. From this perspective, he was also considered the first "victim" of Mo Hua's array law sword discussion. At this time, his heart was like that blocked, forever uncut city gate. And when he saw Mo Hua in the aftermath, his eyes stared fixedly at Mo Hua, as if he wanted to remember Mo Hua's appearance forever. But he was a prodigy of the Heavenly Sword Sect, naturally proud, and didn't say any threatening words, just looked at Mo Hua like this, and then left.

Mo Hua was a little doubtful, muttering: "Why do they all like to stare at me?" "Do I look very good?" Si Tu Jian saw Mo Hua's appearance of being completely unaware and couldn't help but sigh helplessly. He had a premonition that after this battle, little senior brother's "sword discussion enemies" were perhaps about to start spreading towards the "four great sects." Generally speaking, disciples of the four great sects were all more proud, and they disdained to mix with the disciples of the eight great gates. But obviously, hatred towards a certain person broke this barrier.

Night fell, in the Tu Mo Order. An anonymous cultivator quietly and silently entered the Tu Mo Alliance. His name was "High Place Not Win Cold." But because more and more cultivators entered the alliance, no one paid attention for a while. In the Tu Mo Order, the crowd was hotly discussing Mo Hua's "crimes": "Insidious magical techniques, so be it, insidious concealment, that's fine, insidious body technique, I don't care either..." "But he actually exploited a loophole and drew array laws himself in the sword discussion assembly!" "And high-grade array laws!" "Despicable and shameless!" "Moreover, the array laws were used even more insidiously. It was clearly just to tease others, putting them out one by one, just to let people experience despair, then strive to find hope, and then through erasing hope, bring deeper despair..." "Just thinking about it, my brain is bleeding..." "Too evil..." "Even demonic path actions are not over this." "Too dark..." "Makes people despise him..."

"High place not win cold," who had been lurking on the screen for a long time, at this time silently sent a sentence: "That's right." Anonymous person: "I still say that, whoever can publicly chop and kill Mo Hua in the sword discussion assembly, I will immediately recognize him as my elder brother!" Big Fool: "Okay." Zi Yun First Fairy: "If you lack spirit stones, tell me." I and Fireball Technique Don't Share the Sky: "Mo Hua must die!" A group of people followed by typing: "Mo Hua must die!" High Place Not Win Cold was silent for a moment, then also followed the crowd and typed a sentence: "Mo Hua must die..."