Chapter Seventeen: Disguise Breakthrough

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  In the arena, Xu Ziyuan finally couldn't withstand Xu Hualing's fierce attack. Xu Hualing's advantage and momentum were accumulating bit by bit in the attack, which was exactly the layered wave technique of the Xu family, where each move added power to the previous one. In just a short while, Xu Hualing had already launched eight moves. The power of these eight moves accumulated and suddenly burst out from Xu Hualing's palms.

  Xu Ziyuan was affected by her own cultivation, and although she dodged with all her might, she ultimately couldn't dodge it. Helpless, she could only raise both palms to meet it head-on.

  A loud explosion, Xu Ziyuan's cultivation was there, but it was like that, although he didn't get hurt, he was still knocked flying out. His body was suddenly knocked into the air, rolling in mid-air, and when he landed, his body stumbled backward all the way.

  With a forceful kick of his right foot, he steadied himself. Looking up, he saw Xu Hualing's figure already streaking across the sky like a shooting star, hurtling towards him. A shadowy leg appeared in mid-air, resembling a small moving mountain that was pressing down on him.

  Xu Ziyuan knew that with her own sixth-level cultivation, she was fundamentally unable to defeat Xu Hualing. If she couldn't restrain Xu Hualing's offensive and let her fully exert her potential, then she would only have one outcome: defeat. However, Xu Ziyuan didn't want to lose, nor could she afford to lose.

  "Alright then, if the sixth layer of the heavenly realm doesn't work out, let's go for the seventh layer of the earthly realm!"

  Xu Ziyuan's feet kicked out, her body rapidly retreating backwards, dodging the opponent's wild kicks while suppressing her breath and turning her face bright red, then suddenly releasing the true energy inside her body, making it seem like she was breaking through in battle.

  "She's going to break through!" The first person to sense this was Xu Hualing, Xu Ziyuan's opponent. With a great shock in her heart, she accelerated the speed of her attack even more. Her figure in mid-air became even faster, leaving behind a trail of afterimages, her leg movements becoming even quicker and more urgent, like whipping through the air, producing a series of sonic booms.

  "She's going to break through!" The several teachers on the attic simultaneously looked stunned, then strangely at the Min Ge beside them, each thinking to themselves:

  "Is this the person you look down on?"

  "She's going to break through!" The old disciples who were watching from the outside simultaneously felt a shock in their hearts, and at the same time, a thought flashed across their minds:

  "This... this can't be! This is too fake, right? To be able to break through while being beaten?"

  "She's going to break through!" The new disciples' hearts shook, and then they were wildly excited. As long as Xu Ziyuan didn't lose today, they would be able to avoid the humiliation of the older disciples, and their fate was now closely tied to Xu Ziyuan's. One by one, they couldn't help but shout loudly:

  "Go, Sister Ziyan!"

  "Go, Purple Smoke!"

  Xu Qingxue looked at Xu Ziyuan, who was constantly flying and retreating in the arena, and a wave of emotions rose up in her heart, but she didn't know what it was. There was excitement, admiration, and also extreme complexity. A hundred flavors floated to the top of her head, and with a complex expression, she gazed at Xu Ziyuan in the arena.

  Xu Ziyuan saw that her imitation of the breakthrough was almost complete, and with a sudden flick of her arms, her retreating body suddenly arched backwards and let out a long, clear whistle, shooting straight up into the clouds. The aura around her surged violently, and Xu Ziyuan instantly raised her cultivation to the peak of the Seventh Layer of the Post-Heaven Realm, just like she had broken through.

  His body suddenly shot up from the ground, like a sharp arrow flying straight into the sky. His legs kicked fiercely towards Xu Hualing's leg shadow in the air. A series of "whooshing" sounds echoed through the air. The legs of Xu Ziyuan and Xu Hualing clashed together dozens of times in an instant. Then, the two figures suddenly flew backward and fell to the ground.

  After landing, neither of the two immediately re-entered combat, but instead glared at each other. From the facial expressions of the two people, it can be seen that the dozens of leg strikes between them earlier had left both people in extreme pain.

  "It's impossible!"

  This is Xu Hualing's inner voice. Breaking through in battle was already shocking, but Xu Ziyuan not only broke through from the sixth layer of the acquired stage to the seventh layer, but also directly broke through to the peak state of the seventh layer of the acquired stage, and may break through to the eighth layer at any time.

  "This is impossible!"

  The teachers on the attic were stunned, and a voice flashed through their minds at the same time. Is there really such a talented person in this world who can break through like this? If she can continue to cultivate like this, I don't know if she can surpass Zhou Hao and Yang Linglong after a few years. Such recognition cannot let her get hurt again. Several people looked at each other, suddenly speechless, and rushed down the stairs, running towards the square outside the main hall.

  "This is absolutely impossible!"

  This is the collective voice of those old disciples outside, each face not only shocked but also fearful, each heart fearing to think:

  "If this is true, will they still have their place in the outer hall afterwards?"

  They all knew in their hearts that even if Xu Ziyuan really broke through to the seventh layer of the Later Heaven and could defeat Xu Hualing, who was at the ninth layer of the Later Heaven, it wouldn't be a problem. Because the ones they brought this time were not the true masters of the outer sect. In these four factions, their leaders were all peak masters of the twelfth layer of the Later Heaven, and there were also masters of the eleventh and tenth layers of the Later Heaven. It wasn't impossible to deal with Xu Ziyuan, but rather very easy.

  However, Xu Ziyuan's cultivation had entered the outer hall on the sixth day of the new month. Originally, he was already one of the higher-cultivated newcomers, and now, just two days after entering the outer hall, he broke through to the seventh layer of the acquired stage, and what's more, it was during a battle that he broke through, and most importantly, he directly broke through to the peak of the seventh layer of the acquired stage.

  In this way, Xu Ziyuan will definitely become the focus of the family's cultivation. From now on, Xu Ziyuan is no longer someone who can be bullied by these outer disciples at will. So, in a few years, who else in the outer sect will be her opponent?

  "Am I dreaming? Is this real?"

  "This is what all the new junior brothers are thinking: 'She really broke through!'"

  Xu Ziyuan and Xu Hualing faced each other, with a hint of surprise flickering in Xu Hualing's eyes. She hadn't expected that Xu Ziyuan would be able to dodge her attack after reaching the sixth layer of the Heavenly Stage, and even counterattack with a powerful blow after withstanding her eight consecutive strikes. Moreover, after breaking through to the seventh layer of the Heavenly Stage, she immediately abandoned evasive maneuvers and chose to engage in a fierce battle, without any hesitation. And judging from Xu Ziyuan's expression, it seemed that he hadn't suffered any disadvantage. As a result, Xu Hualing's aura involuntarily dropped by two layers.

  On this side, Xu Ziyuan saw that her own cultivation in the Seventh Layer of the Post-Heaven could completely withstand the opponent's attack, and she couldn't help but feel a sense of relief. In fact, Xu Ziyuan was not aware of this. Although she controlled her cultivation within the Seventh Layer of the Post-Heaven, as a Second Layer Qi Refining cultivator, her physical abilities would also be enhanced with different realms. Even if she didn't circulate true energy, the physical body of a Second Layer Qi Refining cultivator was not something that a Ninth Layer Post-Heaven cultivator could harm. Otherwise, when Xu Hualing struck earlier while in the Sixth Layer of the Post-Heaven, it would have injured her.

  After calming down, Xu Ziyuan's eyes burned with a fierce determination, and her fighting spirit surged upwards. This surge of fighting spirit was the power of her soul, not the external release of true energy within her body, so it wasn't the realm of the seventh layer of acquired cultivation. Xu Ziyuan directly elevated her aura to the twelfth layer of acquired cultivation, a fierce battle intent that shot straight up into the clouds and pressed down on Xu Hualing like a mountain.

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