Chapter 782: Li Yun’s True Strength!

Li Yun’s sword lightly struck the Fourth Knight’s chest.

The Fourth Knight’s body flew backward.

He crossed the entire arena and fell outside the boundary.

The battle ended.

For a moment, the surroundings were silent.

Everyone stared at Li Yun in shock.

They had expected an intense battle.

They had expected both sides to use their strongest methods.

They had expected the Fourth Knight to force Li Yun into a difficult fight.

But the result was completely different from what they had imagined.

From beginning to end, Li Yun had been calm and effortless. He had used only Slow Sword, Five Elements Wind and Thunder Sword, and finally the upgraded Slow Sword. He had not used his sword formation, had not used soul attacks, had not revealed his deeper trump cards, and had not even appeared pressured.

The Fourth Knight, who had been regarded as the strongest opponent in Group Seven, had been defeated just like that.

Effortlessly.

On the ground outside the arena, the Fourth Knight slowly stood up. His face was pale, and his expression was filled with disbelief.

But after a few breaths, he let out a bitter smile.

"I lost."

He looked at Li Yun with complicated eyes. "And you did not even use your full strength."

Li Yun lowered his sword and calmly replied, "Your strength is not bad."

Those simple words made the Fourth Knight smile even more bitterly.

For him, this had been a full-power battle.

For Li Yun, it had only been a casual test of three sword techniques.

At this moment, everyone finally understood one thing.

Li Yun’s true strength was far deeper than what he had shown.

In this battle, the Fourth Knight had not forced him to reveal much at all.

Li Yun had entered the Ranking Matches with an undefeated record.

However, after Li Yun defeated the Fourth Knight, no sound came from the spectator stands. The spectators were still immersed in the sword strike from just now, their faces filled with shock.

"Did you see that clearly? What exactly happened with that sword strike? Why did the Fourth Knight suddenly lose the ability to resist?"

"I do not know. Could it be that Li Yun also used soul attack methods in that strike?"

"That should not be right. If there had been soul attack methods mixed in, there should have been soul fluctuations. But just now, there were none at all."

"Then what happened? The grand Fourth Knight, a subordinate of Huang Tianlin, could not have lost to Li Yun on purpose, right?"

Many spectators looked bewildered.

Clearly, they completely failed to understand why the Fourth Knight had been defeated so easily by Li Yun.

"That sword strike just now. Could it be..."

Unlike these ordinary spectators, the seniors and famous figures with deeper strength revealed traces of shock in their eyes. After exchanging glances, they all saw the shock in one another’s expressions.

With their experience, they could naturally see that Li Yun’s strike had contained a trace of the rules of the Dao.

Although it was still very shallow and weak, it was still the true rules of the Dao.

Even for most of them, they had only just begun to touch this field. From the perspective of the Dao’s rules alone, what they had mastered might not be much stronger than Li Yun.

But they were basically powerhouses above the 7th level of Spirit Manifestation Realm.

Li Yun, meanwhile, was only at the 2nd level of Heavenly Core Realm.

"It seems the Profound Origin Immortal Sect has produced another incredible genius this time."

Someone sighed emotionally, while the gazes of others flickered with inexplicable meaning.

To be able to master a trace of the Dao’s rules at the 2nd level of Heavenly Core Realm meant that, as long as nothing unexpected happened, Li Yun could at least become a powerhouse at the 9th level of Spirit Manifestation Realm in the future. He even had a great possibility of being promoted to king-level.

Not everyone was happy to see such a genius rise.

"A little interesting."

Not only those seniors and famous figures, but many first-tier geniuses also looked over. Among them was Xie Wushang, the leader of the Four Devil Princes.

However, after only glancing at Li Yun, he looked away with an indifferent expression.

Mastering a trace of the Dao’s rules at the 2nd level of Heavenly Core Realm was indeed extraordinary. But in the end, Li Yun was still only a cultivator at the 2nd level of Heavenly Core Realm.

Xie Wushang did not take someone of that realm to heart.

Unless Li Yun reached the 9th level of Heavenly Core Realm, he might develop some interest.

He was not the only one who thought this way.

Most of the other first-tier geniuses had similar thoughts.

To them, Li Yun could indeed be considered a genius. However, if one said he could threaten them, he was still far from that level.

For now, their opponents were only each other.

"Li Yun, you really did not disappoint me."

Among them, only the Wine Monk had a faint smile on his face.

Back in the Azure Void Region, he already knew that Li Yun was a true genius. Not only in the Azure Void Region, but even in the entire Northern Territory and the entire Central Continent, Li Yun was a true genius.

However, knowing was one thing, and appreciation was another.

If he truly met Li Yun on the arena, he would absolutely not hold back.

After Li Yun defeated the Fourth Knight, the matches in Group Seven were basically over. Only a few scattered matches remained, and they would not affect the final results.

Finally, the last few matches ended.

Li Yun and the Fourth Knight both obtained the qualification to advance to the Ranking Matches.

At the same time, the matches for the other groups had also concluded, and the candidates for advancement were determined one after another.

The result of the first group was somewhat unexpected.

Before the tournament, the Mo Kuang Twins had been highly favored and listed among the first-tier experts. Yet he was actually eliminated.

The ones who defeated him, besides Luo Zhenting, were Monk Yiming of the Golden Lotus Buddhist Kingdom.

In that battle, Monk Yiming revealed extremely terrifying strength. From beginning to end, the Mo Kuang Twins were completely suppressed by him, and he defeated the Mo Kuang Twins in only ten moves.

This level of strength could definitely be placed in the first tier. Even within the first tier, Monk Yiming could be ranked at least in the middle.

The Third Knight’s strength was also very powerful, enough to fight a 1st level Spirit Manifestation Realm powerhouse.

Unfortunately, his luck was ultimately rather poor. He had been placed in this Group of Death, so he was finally eliminated.