A Chaotic World

Chapter 135: Fourth Prince Mosha

He actually won?" Beimu Fei was shocked by the scene before her.

"How is this possible?" even the swordsman from Flaming Shadow Sect was stunned.

The swordsman might have made more than just a single line of derogratory comments towards Beiqian Ming, but he was still well aware that the latter's strength was real. Otherwise, the swordsman would never have so easily agreed to team up with him against Beimu Fei and Lu Tianzi.

But now, Beiqian Ming actually lost to his Intermediate Essence Condensation realm opponent?

What kind of logic was this?

"Now it is your turn!" Beimu Fei slashed out towards the swordsman.

"Dream on!" the swordsman reacted quickly, blocking the incoming attack with his sword.

With that, the two of them broke out into a fight once again.

But just as Beimu Fei told Lu Tianzi earlier, she had already seen through the combat patterns of the swordsman.

Right now, she held the absolute advantage in the fight, and defeating her opponent was only a matter of time.

Seeing that the situation was not looking too favourable, the swordsman decided to pull away and create distance between them yet again.

Even if it looked cowardly on his part, there was no reason to hold on to worthless pride if it meant certain defeat!

On the contrary, stubbornly pushing on despite knowing that it will end in failure was just pure stupidity!

But just as the swordsman was about to pull away, he suddenly slammed his foot down to stop himself in his tracks.

Behind him, Lu Tianzi had positioned himself perfectly to block the swordsman's retreat!

"There is nowhere to run now, so just accept your defeat!" Beimu Fei charged in from the front.

"I have not lost yet!" the swordsman slashed out with his sword as well.

Black flames burst out on the blade of the sword, creating a grim scene that made the swordsman seem just like a user of the dark arts.

With the appearance of these raging flames, Lu Tianzi could immediately feel that the temperature on the platform had increased by a notch.

He had no doubt that if these black flames were placed in direct contact with raw flesh, instead of being cooked, the flesh would be instantly incinerated!

This was the first time in this fight that the swordsman had used his sword for attacking. But from the looks of it, its offensive capability might even be stronger than its defensive one.

But Beimu Fei was well prepared for it.

The Flaming Shadow Sect was a top influence within Scarlet Moon City.

If even an outsider like Lu Tianzi was able to realise that the swordsman was from the Flaming Shadow Sect, how could Beimu Fei who hailed from the capital not know that by now?

After realising the origin of the swordsman, she naturally started to guard against possible moves that members of the Flaming Shadow Sect were capable of.

Beimu Fei pulled back her sword. Instead of clashing head on, she lowered her body in an attempt to dodge.

Still under the momentum from charging forward, Beimu Fei slid across the floor to the other side of the swordsman, passing right under her opponent's flaming sword.

Immediately after passing underneat the sword slash, Beimu Fei stood back up and slashed out towards the swordsman's back.

As for the swordsman, instead of turning around to face her, he had decided to run for his freedom!

After all, now that he had effectively switched positions with Beimu Fei, Lu Tianzi was no longer behind him.

That means he was now free to escape!

But right at this moment, multiple bamboo plants shot out from the ground, immediately growing to such heights that they formed a blockade in front of the swordsman.

Boom-!

A black fireball smashed into the middle of the bamboo plants. But as the explosive cloud cleared up, all it did was to reveal black embers burning weakly on the bamboo plants.

The blockade made out of seemingly weak bamboo plants actually stood firm against the explosive impact!

Trapped within the blockade of bamboo plants, the swordsman had no choice but to turn around and face the sword strike from Beimu Fei.

The swordsman's weapon once again burst into black flames as he prepared to swing it down towards Beimu Fei.

However, his sword arm actually refused to move!

Branches had sprouted out from the bamboo blockade behind him, winding around his arm like ropes and holding it firmly in place.

Shit!

The swordsman struggled to escape, but it was too late. Bamboo branches continued to sprout out from the blockade, trapping the swordsman limb by limb.

And at this moment, Beimu Fei's sword arrived.

No longer having any ways of defending himself, the swordsman could only watch as the sword slashed across his neck, decapitating him in an instant.

With that, the swordsman from the Flaming Shadow Sect had finally been eliminated.

At the same time, the fight that had been going on at the other side of the platform ended as well.

Relying on his overwhelming speed and dominant power, Fourth Prince Mosha had single handedly eliminated ten different participants despite simultaneously facing them all!

Thanks to his efforts, there were only three participants left on the platform now Lu Tianzi, Beimu Fei, and Fourth Prince Mosha.

Every other participant in the battle royal had already been eliminated!

The spectators watched on with bated breaths.

Even though this was officially a battle royal, everyone was clear that the upcoming fight would definitely be a two on one against Fourth Prince Mosha.

But even so, they had no idea who would emerge victorious!

In their eyes, Fourth Prince Mosha had already reached the very limits of the Essence Condensation realm in terms of strength.

He was simply unmatched under the Origin Core realm.

Even though his two opponents were relatively strong, did they really have what it took to defeat him?

Nobody could say for certain.

Facing this monster, Lu Tianzi could feel an invisible pressure bearing down on him.

It was much weaker than the pressure emanated from Origin Core realm martial artists, but the existence of this pressure was a terrifying fact in and of itself.

This showed just how close Fourth Prince Mosha currently was to breaking through into the Origin Core realm!

"Calm down, we can do this!" Beimu Fei assured him.

"I'm not nervous at all," Lu Tianzi answered. "If anything, I am more excited!"

"Sure," Beimu Fei gave a doubting reply. "Well, here he comes!"

Indeed, even with two opponents remaining, Fourth Prince Mosha did not hesitate to charge right into them.

As expected, he had intended to take on both of them simultaneously.

After all, what were two opponents when he had just faced ten at the same time?

As though they had planned it out earlier, Lu Tianzi and Beimu Fei immediately split up, wanting to trap their opponent in a pincer attack.

This way, they intended to overwhelm Fourth Prince Mosha with attacks from both sides, forcing him into submission!

But they had far underestimated Fourth Prince Mosha's speed.

With his beastial bloodline still active, his speed was no slower than Lu Tianzi's Flowing River Silent Strides!

Fourth Prince Mosha easily stepped out of the centre, appearing again at Beimu Fei's side.

Just as he was about to slash down with his sabre, Fourth Prince Mosha suddenly felt the light around him disappear, turning into a world of complete darkness.

So this is what stopped Beiqian Ming and Beihua Wanlei earlier?

Fourth Prince Mosha finally understood as he calmly watched the ghastly apparition bite down towards him.

Beimu Fei did not miss this small opening created by Lu Tianzi either.

Both of them slashed out at the same time, seeking to draw blood!

Bang-!

Lu Tianzi's eyes widened in shock.

The next moment, both of them found themselves locking their weapons against Fourth Prince Mosha's, neither able to win out in the contest of strength.

But that was not the main problem here.

What shocked Lu Tianzi the most was that despite his eyes being still glazed over from the illusory aspect of the Howling Wraith Sword, Fourth Prince Mosha had managed to raise his twin sabres, blocking both attacks that were aimed at him!

How was that possible?

The heavy collision of weapons immediately shook Fourth Prince Mosha awake as his eyes regained their original light.

"Hahaha! Interesting! So this is your trump card? Looks like you are pretty unlucky to have me as your opponent!" Fourth Prince Mosha laughed as he pushed out with his twin sabres, easily throwing off Lu Tianzi and Beimu Fei. "Against the primal instincts that had risen within me due to the activation of my bloodline, all your illusory tricks will no longer have too much of an impact on me!"

Lu Tianzi frowned.

There is actually such a thing?

Primal instincts when he activated his bloodline?

Is that because he gained the instincts of a beast along with the activation of his bloodline?

But his Howling Wraith Sword definitely worked on beasts. The manner in which he took out the Bronzehorn Rhino during the Beast Hunt was a perfect example of that!

In that case, the most likely explanation would be that the Emerald Sabretooth either had a natural resistance to illusory attacks. Or that it was simply an existence that was on a completely different level from the current Lu Tianzi, such that even the tiniest presence of its blood essence in his blood had allowed Fourth Prince Mosha to overcome Lu Tianzi's technique.

On top of that, Fourth Prince Mosha being of a higher cultivation level as compared to Lu Tianzi probably contributed as well.

No matter what the reason was, it was a fact that Fourth Prince Mosha could overcome his Howling Wraith Sword!

Lu Tianzi could not help but curse in his heart. How unlucky!

"My turn again!" Fourth Prince Mosha slashed out with his sabre, aiming once again for Beimu Fei.

He had realised that despite her higher cultivation level, Beimu Fei was actually the slower of his two opponents. Thus, he made a quick decision to take her out before focusing on the speedy Lu Tianzi.

Bamboo plants shot out from the ground in an attempt to guard Beimu Fei, but Fourth Prince Mosha cared not for it.

He drove the Slaughter Essence within him to the limit, and an overpowering bloodlust exploded from him in that instant.

Slash-!

Earlier, the bamboo blockade had stood firm despite an explosion of the swordsman's black fireball.

But facing the sabre light from Fourth Prince Mosha, it was barely able to stall for a single second before being completely torn down!

"Damn it!" Beimu Fei cursed as she now came face to face with a rampaging Fourth Prince Mosha.

Howling Wraith Sword!

Lu Tianzi struck out from the side, but Fourth Prince Mosha only paused for a short moment before swiftly evading Lu Tianzi's sword strike, moving behind Beimu Fei in an instant.

It seemed that after experiencing the technique once, he was now able to almost completely ignore the illusory effects of the Howling Wraith Sword!

Lu Tianzi sighed helplessly.

Apart from what he had shown thus far, Lu Tianzi still had the spatial ability of the Limitless Mirror Eye in his skills arsenal.

As for the Astral World Slash, it required Lu Tianzi to tap on his Spiritual Essence, and he was not nearly brave enough to do so before the eyes of a million demons.

But ultimately, this was just a tournament.

He had already managed to enter the top three, and that was a good enough result in his opinion.

While gaining the favour of the Scarlet Moon Overlord was likely to result in a much easier cultivation road ahead, Lu Tianzi was still unwilling to reveal all of his moves in a bid to emerge as the overall victor.

If possible, he would prefer to keep his strongest trump cards hidden until it truly mattered.

Unfortunately, as he was right now, Lu Tianzi was hard pressed to think of a way to defeat this monster of an opponent!

At this point, Fourth Prince Mosha was slashing out towards Beimu Fei once more.

"Dream on!" Beimu Fei slashed out with her sword in an attempt to block Fourth Prince Mosha's sabre.

Bang-!

Beimu Fei was sent tumbling to the ground from the impact, rolling in an unsightly manner before getting up once again.

But despite the unsightly manner, those with keener observations would have noticed that while Beimu Fei was rolling on the ground, she had taken that opportunity to plant yet another formation flag!

Lu Tianzi's eyes lit up expectantly upon seeing this.

That's right!

There's still that way of winning!

If they managed to complete the formation, then there was a good chance that the tables would immediately be turned on Fourth Prince Mosha!