Chapter 548: The Swift Sword of the Emperor

Ugh!
“Is this considered an accident?”
Not long after making that cheerful judgment, Haotian, who was having a pleasant conversation with the Lingxiao Palace master “Qin Qing,” finally couldn’t hold back and took the lead in starting the second round of challenges.
Perhaps stimulated by the Mu Family’s consecutive four victories in three matches, he suddenly felt that three straight wins weren’t so guaranteed either, so he decided to break the silence of the Dragon and Tiger Arena.
In the fourth match, players could choose their own arena and opponent, so it was basically a walkover!
Haotian selected an elder from the Yihua Palace whose cultivation wasn’t particularly impressive—someone at the Wuwei realm who used the Six Veins Divine Sword—and quickly won, becoming the first player to score four points.
Standing atop the arena…
Haotian looked around proudly.
His gaze swept over the people from Lingxiao Palace, the Yipin Hall, and many other martial arts masters, before finally stopping on the Mu Family side. His eyelids twitched slightly.
“Someone can’t wait anymore.”
“Good. It gives us a chance to see clearly the difficulty of the second round.” No one took Haotian’s fourth match seriously; only the fifth match, with opponents assigned by the system, would truly represent an increase in difficulty.
But just as everyone was waiting for the system to assign an opponent, a familiar figure silently appeared on the arena where Haotian was.
The viewing seats fell dead silent!
Noticing the silence around him, Haotian slowly turned his head. His gaze met the cold, indifferent face of “The Emperor,” and his pupils constricted instantly…
“It’s you!”
“It is me.”
“What does this mean?” Haotian’s expression changed slightly, looking not good at all.
“The Emperor” was already a legendary master, as famous as Kai Xin. If anyone in the Dragon and Tiger Arena posed the greatest threat to him, it was either Kai Xin or “The Emperor”—both of them the only ones qualified to compete with him for the top three spots.
But he never expected “The Emperor” to appear just as he prepared to enter the second round of challenges, becoming his opponent ahead of time!!
“There’s no reason. You use a sword, I use a sword. Let’s see who’s stronger.” “The Emperor” didn’t give a direct explanation, but to everyone else, it seemed to make sense.
Haotian’s Six Veins Divine Sword was a rare martial art…
Although the origin of “The Emperor”of swordsmanship was unclear, it certainly wasn’t created by an unknown person. Given his personality, it was quite normal for him to desire to prove his superiority.
But only Kai Xin knew…
“This time, ‘The Emperor’ is likely not just trying to prove who’s stronger, but to crush this kid.” In his past life…

The successor of “Six Veins Divine Sword” is no match for “The Emperor” in a single move. Though highly aggressive, he is as fragile as paper, especially now—there’s no comparison between the two at all.
Nevertheless, “Six Veins Divine Sword” is indeed a divine technique, with a sharp sword energy that ordinary people cannot withstand. It’s very easy to shine brightly at the martial arts tournament.
If judged by a points system, it might even let Haotian win first place in this tournament.
“The Emperor” might be thinking this way—he wants to reserve the first place in the tournament for the final battle they agreed upon.
From before, when “The Emperor” deliberately delayed the duel until the last moment, Kai Xin had already realized he had such intentions—leaving just the two of them to decide, in front of all the top martial artists in the world, who truly deserves to be called “the best in the world”!
One as the number one on the Dragon List!
One as the best of the renowned families!
That’s why “The Emperor” didn’t make a move once he entered the Dragon and Tiger Arena. He was waiting to eliminate any unexpected factors… And now, Haotian was exactly such an unexpected factor in his eyes.
Thinking of this…
Kai Xin took a deep breath, his gaze toward the stage becoming much more serious.
“Haotian” seemed to realize too that his chances of winning ended here. “The Emperor” chose him as his first opponent, surely because he was fully confident!
At this thought, Haotian’s face showed both self-mockery and deep resentment!
“Come on.”
As soon as the words left his mouth, Haotian thrust all six fingers of both hands out at once…
Yet!
There was only a sharp “click” sound.
The people below the stage didn’t even realize what had happened. “The Emperor” had already sheathed his sword in an instant, his expression calm. Without looking back, he turned resolutely toward the crowd: “Next.”
It was only then that the audience realized Haotian’s six fingers, ready to unleash sword energy, were stiff and couldn’t move another inch. When “The Emperor” spoke, a barely visible thin red line appeared between his brows. All life force had vanished from his body, as if “The Emperor” had completely cut off his vitality in an instant.
Huh!
Below the stage, including many top martial artists, quickly realized the situation was critical. Several martial arts masters rushed onto the arena, looking anxious: “Quick! There’s still a glimmer of life—Life and Dream Elixir!” With such a disaster happening at the Hero’s Villa, the villa owner naturally took responsibility. Without hesitation, he took out the elixir and put it in Haotian’s mouth.
The others glared at “The Emperor”: “Where did you learn your swordsmanship?” It was too fast—so fast that they didn’t even have time to rescue him. Such a young disciple was terrifying!

Especially Hao Tian’s master, Duan Yu, seeing that his disciple didn’t even get a chance to fight and was instantly killed by a sword strike, nearly losing his life, also stared at Yi Di for a long time. Eventually, he calmed down under the comfort of the Hero Villa’s master: “Prince Duan, don’t worry. It’s fine. With the Life and Death Dream Pill, as long as there’s a breath left, he can recover.”
“Thank you, master of the villa!”
“Ah, I’m ashamed. It was my failure to protect him properly.”
Turning around, the master of the Hero Villa smiled at Yi Di: “This young man truly has excellent sword skills. Even we old folks didn’t have time to intervene. Thankfully, no major mistake was made.”
Yi Di remained cold and silent:
“Since he’s not dead, announce the result of the battle.”
“In this fight, Hao Tian had no chance to resist. Naturally, you won… In that case, let’s leave. We shouldn’t disrupt the normal order. The martial arts conference should continue.” At the master of the Hero Villa’s urging, everyone left the stage. Duan Yu immediately carried Hao Tian off to rest.
As for Hao Tian, after experiencing a life-and-death ordeal, Yi Di’s sword strike was deeply etched in his mind. Even though he recovered and his body was unharmed, his face remained pale, and the image of Yi Di’s sword, dark as lightning, kept swirling in his mind—leaving no room for evasion.
It was precisely this sword strike that completely shattered his hopes of becoming the number one in the world!
The gap!!
There was an insurmountable chasm between them!!
Hao Tian’s gaze toward Yi Di revealed unmistakable awe!
From start to finish, the players below held their breath, unable to believe that what should have been an intense battle filled with sword energy ended so quickly, as if it had never even begun…
Only Happy, Silver Fox, Zhou Yu, Blood Cloak, and others who had fought against Yi Di before wore solemn expressions—unprecedented solemnity!
Yi Di’s sword strike just now! It seemed to still be his first move, but… it seemed faster than before!