Soul And Martial Emperor

In front of the stone wall, a white-robed youth was wielding a crimson sword.    

This young man in a white robe was Meng Hao. He was trying to comprehend a killing move, but he had yet to succeed. He could only be considered a semi-finished product.    

This move contained the fierceness of fire and the dominance of lightning. Therefore, Meng Hao named it 'Thunderfire Annihilation'. It was another killing move after the 'Waning Moon'.    

Meng Hao put these two moves together and named them 'Vast Heaven Sword Spell'. Hao was the last word that came out of his own name. The sky was his vast consciousness.    

"The 'Waning Moon' could be considered the first style of the 'Vast Heaven Sword Spell'. The 'Thunderfire Annihilation "was the second style. In the future, there would be a third, a fourth, and even a fifth style.    

Counting the time, there were still seven days left until the core disciple rated battle, so Meng Hao was ready to comprehend the sword force.    

Now that he had comprehended 40% of the sword force, if he could comprehend 50% of the sword force, his combat strength would increase exponentially.    

Boom! Boom!    

A sharp aura was emitted from Meng Hao's body. This was the sword force at the peak of 40%.    

The sword aura was the grandfather of the sword intent. If one wanted to comprehend the sword intent, one had to comprehend the sword aura to the peak. The sword intent, on the other hand, surpassed the master. The sword intent was much stronger than the sword aura.    

Seven days had passed. Today was the day of the ranking of the core disciples. On the ninth day of the sixth month, all the influential figures in Beiling City would come to participate in the important competition of Purple Sun Hall.    

Beiling City was considered a medium-sized city, and there was no lack of seventh-grade powers in it. However, there were only three seventh-grade powers, the Thunder Platform Sect, Ashoka Valley, and the Raging Blade Sect.    

In order to become a seventh grade power, one must have an expert above the seventh level of the Saint Martial, and four experts above the third level of the Saint Martial.    

The Purple Sun Hall was the strongest amongst the grade eight sects, and it was also because they had a master at the fifth level of the Saint Martial.    

The people from the other seven families would also be here. Meng Hao's father, mother, grandfather, and the others would be here as well.    

Early in the morning, Meng Hao withdrew from his cultivation state and changed into a brand new white robe. There was a sun on his sleeve, which was the symbol of the Purple Sun Hall.    

After that, he rushed towards the peak of the mountain. Along the way, he saw many inner and outer sect disciples, and all of them had excited expressions on their faces.    

"I heard that this competition is the grandest event in the Purple Sun Hall. Let's hurry over and try to get a better seat. Perhaps we can get some from our senior brothers and sisters' competition."    

"That's right. This is our chance. Perhaps, we'll be able to comprehend some things. That way, we'll have a chance to enter the ranks of core disciples in the future.    

Meng Hao shook his head helplessly and passed by these people. However, none of these people knew about Meng Hao, so no one recognized him.    

When they arrived at the peak of Mount Indigo, Meng Hao was somewhat shocked because there were people everywhere. There were people from various powers sitting on the high platform next to him. Meng Hao even saw his grandfather, father, and mother.    

Due to there being too many people, they didn't notice Meng Hao. Meng Hao raised his head and saw his senior brothers and sisters on the high platform in front of him. So, he pushed them away and walked forward.    

"Who are you? Why are you pushing me?" An inner circle disciple turned around and shouted at Meng Hao. Meng Hao smiled when he saw this. "Swimming Dragon Movement Technique," he used it to shuttle through the crowd and disappeared into the crowd in the blink of an eye.    

"Huhuhu!" Meng Hao came to the high platform and let out a breath. If it wasn't for the "Swimming Dragon Movement Technique," he wouldn't have walked up so quickly.    

"Junior Brother Meng Hao, you're here!" Qin Yulian greeted Meng Hao with a smile. Meng Hao smiled kindly at her, and the other senior brothers and sisters greeted him as well.    

Although they were rivals, they were all disciples of the Purple Sun Hall, so they naturally had to be united.    

"That's senior brother Cheng Tian from the Phantom Blade. He's so handsome, and he has such an imposing manner!"    

Many people looked at the black shadow that had rushed over from afar, and in a flash, he had already landed on the fighting stage.    

Cheng Tian ignored the crowd and came to Meng Hao's side. He said in a low voice, "Junior Brother Meng Hao, I hope that you can continue to fight. I really hope that I can fight you."    

Cheng Tian's voice was neither loud nor soft. All the core disciples heard it and couldn't help but be shocked. There weren't many opponents that could attract the Illusion Swordmaster's attention.    

"Haha, Cheng Tian, I didn't expect you to be one step faster than me." A young man in a white robe laughed and rushed over.    

"Ah, that's senior disciple Sun Yifei from the Silver Spear! Senior disciple Sun is so handsome!" Many disciples recognized the newcomer.    

"Both of them are not simple. It seems like we will have to reveal our trump cards this time!" Meng Hao was somewhat shocked. These two senior disciples were very strong, and they were very formidable opponents.    

"This must be Junior Brother Meng Hao. I also hope to fight you. Don't disappoint me," Sun Yifei said with a smile when he saw Meng Hao.    

Meng Hao smiled at the two of them and said, "Two senior brothers, we will meet at that time."    

The two of them involuntarily nodded their heads when they heard this. They did not say anything. They had also heard about Meng Hao's strength, so they were a little curious.    

Not long after, some other core disciples also came.    

Bai Yue, who was ranked fourth, Zhang Jin Ming, who was ranked fifth, Xu Heng, who was ranked sixth, and Hai Lang, who was ranked seventh.    

These four people were not to be underestimated. Each of them was not weak, but Meng Hao felt that they were no match for Bi Xuan. It was just that Bi Xuan was not ruthless.    

Last time, if Bi Xuan was more ruthless and fought Meng Hao with her ultimate move, it might not have been so easy for Meng Hao to win the competition.    

Bi Xuan also came and greeted Meng Hao with a smile. Meng Hao felt that Bi Xuan's strength had improved a step. It should not be a problem for her to fight for the top three.    

At this time, the Great Elder rushed onto the fighting stage and said with a smile, "First of all, I want to thank all the major powers of Purple Sun Hall for coming here to participate in the competition between Purple Sun Hall and the rated battle."    

After a pause, he said, "I won't talk anymore. Let the competition begin now. Let's draw lots and divide them into groups first."    

"There are four groups in total. Each group has six people, and the first four will be the first one. These four will fight in the final battle. Each winner will get one point, and the one with the highest score will be the first one, and so on and so forth."    

Meng Hao nodded secretly. This was quite fair. It was very suitable for this kind of selection of people.    

Meng Hao and the others then started drawing lots. They opened the paper they drew, and on it, there were four groups and two numbers.    

The Great Elder waved his hand, and the original fighting stage instantly turned into four fighting stages. There were three hidden fighting stages inside.    

"Follow the group you have drawn, and go to the fighting stage!" The Great Elder shouted out loudly. The twenty-four people quickly separated and arrived at their own fighting stage.    

The remaining five people in Meng Hao's group were Zhang Jinming, Lu Bo, Wei Tong, Qiao Kun and Guan Jinsheng, who were ranked twenty-third.    

Among them, Meng Hao knew Wei Tong, but he didn't know the others. However, Meng Hao didn't care about that. Zhang Jinming was the one who was more difficult to deal with.    

After that, they started fighting. Each group had to fight with the other five people, so Meng Hao's first opponent was Lu Bo.    

Meng Hao looked at the other fighting stages and found that Cheng Tian and Sun Yifei were in the same group, one in the second group, while Bi Xuan was in the fourth group. It seemed like the palace master and the others were doing this on purpose.    

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