Chapter 113: Shearing Hair

Ye Yuan was not at all unwilling to play a supporting role.

He knew he was no match for Su Yishan, so he deliberately dragged Wu Luochen into the fray.

While Su Yishan and Wu Luochen were locked in fierce combat, he would occasionally stir things up from the side, immediately throwing Su Yishan into a fluster.

This made Su Yishan so frustrated he wanted to vomit blood.

Su Yishan was somewhat wary of Wu Luochen, but his tenth place on the Martial Ranking was not obtained through Su Yubai; his strength was indeed formidable.

Against Wu Luochen, he was confident he could defeat him within a hundred exchanges.

But with Ye Yuan causing trouble on the side, the pressure on him increased greatly.

Although Ye Yuan's attacks did not pose a great threat to him, his offensive power was indeed strong enough. Even for Su Yishan, taking a palm strike of Eightfold Waves or a Blazing Sun Finger was no easy matter.

However, this also indirectly confirmed Su Yishan's strength.

Fighting one against two, he showed no sign of weakness!

"The top twenty on the Martial Ranking are all freaks! Su Yishan and Wu Luochen have grown much stronger since the last Martial Ranking competition!"

"Indeed, the top twenty on the Martial Ranking is a watershed. The gap in strength between those before and after the twentieth is too great! The rankings of the top twenty students may change, but mostly they swap positions. For those after the twentieth to break in, the difficulty is too high."

"Hmm, it's been so long, and only a freak like Wu Luochen has managed to break into the top twenty. I feel he might become the next Senior Brother Long!"

"I have that feeling too. This guy is too freakish! Not only does his realm improve quickly, but his martial skills also improve at an incredible speed!"

"But no matter how freakish those two are, they are not as freakish as Ye Yuan. This guy is simply not human! If any other Ninth Layer Qi Refining cultivator were in this battle, they would be instantly killed. But Ye Yuan not only manages to protect himself but also constantly creates trouble for Su Yishan."

"Don't even mention him. This guy is destined not to be from our world. It probably won't be long before he becomes a core disciple of the Nethercloud Sect, right? Even Senior Brother Long doesn't have that qualification!"

A battle among the top twenty on the Martial Ranking was not something one could see often. Many Heaven-grade students were commenting, but in the end, the focus always returned to Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan's strength completely exceeded their expectations. Many students tried to put themselves in the battle, only to find, to their dismay, that they could not do as well as Ye Yuan.

In other words, Ye Yuan was already stronger than most of them!

The Danwu Academy had about four to five hundred Heaven-grade students, and only the top hundred could enter the Martial Ranking and become Martial Ranking experts!

These hundred were the elite among elites!

Most people, like Lin Tiancheng, had exhausted their potential and become mediocre among the Heaven-grade students.

Clearly, Ye Yuan was far stronger than them.

Even students ranked lower on the Martial Ranking felt inferior to Ye Yuan.

Just as everyone was marveling, the battle suddenly took a turn!

Ye Yuan had somehow acquired a Green Spike Sword in his hand, and his entire aura underwent a tremendous change!

At that moment, Ye Yuan was like an unsheathed sharp sword, exceptionally fierce!

Su Yishan and Wu Luochen were in the heat of battle, and sensing this aura, they were both startled.

However, Ye Yuan did not give him much time to react. A sword qi sliced toward his head!

The timing of this strike was exquisitely precise. Su Yishan and Wu Luochen were in the middle of executing their moves, and their bodies' inertia could not be changed.

He was entangled by Wu Luochen; how could he easily break free?

This strike made Su Yishan feel a palpitation. That terrifying sword intent could definitely pierce his protective Yuan force and directly shear off his head!

In the moment of crisis, Su Yishan no longer cared about dealing with Wu Luochen. He forcibly retracted his move mid-stroke and executed a Gravity Drop to lower his body!

The sword qi barely grazed the top of his head and flew past!

One had to admit Su Yishan's quick reaction. His Gravity Drop not only dodged Ye Yuan's lethal strike but also evaded Wu Luochen's move!

Even so, Su Yishan was extremely disheveled.

Although he dodged Ye Yuan's lethal strike, the sword qi still shattered his crown. Now, with disheveled hair like a beggar, where was the demeanor of an expert?

"A spirit artifact! That is definitely a spirit artifact!" Many students recognized the sword in Ye Yuan's hand and exclaimed.

"Heavens, how does Ye Yuan have a spirit artifact?"

"In the entire Danwu Academy, aside from the Illusionary Spirit Tower, only the dean has a spirit artifact! Where did Ye Yuan get his spirit artifact?"

The moment Ye Yuan's Canghua Sword appeared, it immediately caused a sensation!

In a mortal kingdom, the scarcity of spirit artifacts was despairing!

In the entire Qin State, the number of spirit artifacts would not exceed the fingers on one hand.

And in Ye Yuan's hand, there was actually a spirit artifact!

Beyond surprise, almost all students' eyes turned red.

This was truly enviable and hateful!

One must know, if a martial artist had a spirit artifact in hand, it could double their combat power, especially offensive spirit artifacts like the Canghua Sword.

And the power Ye Yuan could unleash from the spirit artifact was less than ten percent!

Only a Condensation Realm martial artist could unleash the true power of a spirit artifact.

If a Condensation Realm martial artist possessed a spirit artifact, they could definitely sweep through their peers!

And now, a spirit artifact was in the hands of a Ninth Layer Qi Refining cultivator—what a waste of heaven's gift!

Ye Yuan ignored the astonishment of others and said calmly, "Now, can I take her away?"

Hearing Ye Yuan's words, Liu Ruoshui trembled all over. She had not expected that Ye Yuan could even defeat Su Yishan!

Su Yishan was the tenth on the Martial Ranking!

If even Su Yishan could not protect her, was she doomed?

"Ah! Ye Yuan, you forced me to do this!" Su Yishan was thoroughly enraged. He would kill Ye Yuan at all costs!

The next moment, a terrifying aura surged from Su Yishan's body.

He slightly raised his arms, palms facing the sky, and earthy yellow Yuan force gathered in his palms. The terrifying pressure was suffocating!

"This... this aura is... a second-grade upper-rank martial skill, Heaven-Overturning Palm! Ye Yuan, be careful!" Wu Luochen said with a grave expression.

Ye Yuan also looked serious. He had not expected Su Yishan to have such a trump card.

Just this terrifying aura alone already far surpassed the strength of a Third Layer Liquid Gathering cultivator! A second-grade upper-rank martial skill was no ordinary power!

Ye Yuan stood with his sword horizontal, his face bearing unprecedented gravity.

"Ye Yuan! I will make you know the price of provoking me, Su Yishan! Die!"

At this moment, Su Yishan had completely lost his reason. There was only one thing on his mind: kill Ye Yuan!

He brought his palms together, and a earthy yellow light rippled outward.

Next came the terrifying strike!

"Yishan, that's enough..." At that moment, a faint voice sounded in Su Yishan's ear.