Chapter 995 - Neck and Neck?!

Boom!

The next moment, there was a loud boom!

The two figures collided with each other violently with an overwhelming aura, like two meteors that were flying at a high speed.

Powerful energy Qi burst out of their bodies and swept in all directions.

Under the impact of the horrible energy Qi, the fifty wooden tables, and the dishes, bowls, and chopsticks on the table were turned into powder in an instant as if they had been crushed by a meat grinder.

Time seemed to have frozen at the peak of the Zhongnan Mountain.

All the onlookers widened their eyes in shock after seeing this.

“It’s so terrifying.”

“Is… is this the power of the guru?”

“They are so powerful!”

The people present were deeply shocked by the scene just now.

The fifty tables placed in front of them were turned into ashes in just one second under the waves of energy Qi. Those yellow ashes didn’t disperse but were floating in the air like thick clouds covering the place.

Those clouds of dust were at their waist level, making it look like they were fighting in the clouds.

The scene was so impressive and unforgettable.

Whoosh!

Just as everyone was shocked by the scene, strong winds rose in the place.

They were caused by the internal Qi that burst out of Lin Rusheng’s and John Doe’s bodies.

The winds blew up the yellow ashes and enveloped Lin Rusheng and John Doe.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Intense collision sounds could be heard from the clouds of the ashes.

All the people present were staring at the two figures in the yellow ashes fixedly. However, the clouds of ashes were so thick that they could only see what was happening vaguely.

But even so, they were still shocked by what they saw.

The two fighting men were moving so fast that the yellow ashes all over the sky started flowing around them as if they were brought to life.

“Be careful!”

All of a sudden, a scream was heard.

Everyone was startled by the voice.

Boom!

They heard another loud boom.

The two fighting figures collided with each other again violently, and a gush of energy Qi as sharp as a blade spread around from where the two figures collided.

The onlookers were so scared that they stepped back one after another.

Fortunately, some experts were standing at the most front among the crowd, serving as a buffer against the energy Qi. As a result, although the energy Qi was very strong, those who stood behind the experts could withstand it.

“I’d better stand further. If those experts and seniors hadn’t blocked the energy Qi in the front, we wouldn’t have been able to stand it.”

“Step back a bit.”

“Quickly! Here is another blow!”

Boom!

Another loud boom resounded in the surroundings.

As soon as the last gush of energy Qi dissipated, another gush of even sharper energy Qi rushed over.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

One after another, gushes of energy Qi spread from the yellow dust fog.

The battle between Lin Rusheng and John Doe became increasingly intenser.

“What? It seems like they are fighting neck and neck?”

“Although I can’t tell them apart, I can see that none of them has gained the upper hand judging by their fighting moves.”

“I don’t understand. Lin Rusheng is a Half-step Guru, and has become much stronger than when he last fought John Doe. Thus, he should have gained the upper hand. Why are they fighting neck and neck?”

“Why hasn’t the dust dispersed yet? What’s going on inside?”

The voices of discussion could be heard everywhere.

Whoosh!

As if God had heard their plea, suddenly, a strong wind blew over. The wind was so strong that the onlookers had to close their eyes.

The wind soon blew away the dust.

After the dust was blown away, the place, which had been filled with tables and chairs before, now looked quite empty. The onlookers finally could see Lin Rusheng and John Doe clearly.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The fierce battle was still going on.

When the onlookers, including Yun Yangzi and Diwu Qian, had a closer look at the fight, they were petrified.

“It’s really neck and neck!”

“John Doe didn’t lose any ground during battle?”

“I thought Lin Rusheng would defeat John Doe with just a few moves. However, it’s not like what I’ve thought.”

“Damn, when did John Doe become so powerful?”

“No wonder John Doe dared to challenge Lin Rusheng.”

“John Doe must have made another breakthrough.”

“How could he make another breakthrough in such a short time?”

Not only those ordinary onlookers but also Diwu Qian and Yun Yangzi were shocked.

“John Doe has become stronger again!”

Yun Yangzi shook his head and sighed. “I can’t catch up with him. I can’t!”

“There’s no way to catch up with him!”

Diwu Qian also smiled bitterly in shock.

They had witnessed John Doe’s improvement and thought that it was already very outstanding for him to have become the strongest person below the Guru Realm. They didn’t expect that he could be so strong as to fight evenly with a Half-step Guru.

In Wulin, there had never been anyone below the Guru Realm who could be compared with a guru.

However, John Doe showed everyone in Wulin that he could!

As a result, everyone was shocked.

“Humph!”

Watching the fight and hearing what Yun Yangzi and Diwu Qian said, He Gaoming, who had been mocked by the former two people, immediately said proudly, “My master is the strongest! Lin Rusheng is a shameless bastard and is definitely no match for my master.”

Lin Rusheng’s face grew grimmer as the fight continued.

As a Half-step Guru, he couldn’t believe that John Doe, who had just reached the ninth-class, could fight neck and neck against him.

Although John Doe was very strong, he couldn’t be that strong, could he?

After this fight, people would only think that he was too weak instead of thinking that John Doe was too strong.

After all, he was a Half-step Guru while John Doe was just of the ninth-class of the Martial Superior realm.

Thus, Lin Rusheng felt very, very ashamed.

Among the crowd, a young man was holding a plate of chicken meat and eating it with his hands. When he saw that John Doe was actually fighting neck and neck against Lin Rusheng, a trace of surprise flashed across his eyes.

“How strange.”

“Why every time John Doe fights someone, he appears to be stronger than the last time he fought someone.”

The young man was confused and began to think with a frown.

After thinking for a long while, he came to his senses. When he looked at Fang Qiu again, his eyes lit up.

Lin Rusheng was furious for he failed to defeat John Doe even after so many attacks. “You’re courting death!” he shouted in his heart and activated all his internal Qi, going all out.

His aura became much more powerful. He charged at Fang Qiu like a black cloud pressing down on a city.

Swish!

Fang Qiu waved his right hand and a cold light flashed on the broken guru sword.

“Three-point Shadowless!”

Fang Qiu shouted in a deep voice through his throat.

When Fang Qiu saw that Lin Rusheng rushed towards him with a suppressing aura, strong energy suddenly appeared around his sword, and as he waved his arm, three gushes of bright sword Qi suddenly burst out along the blade.

Each gush of sword Qi was faster than the previous one.

Almost in an instant, the three gushes of blinding silver-white sword Qi merged into one and blasted towards Lin Rusheng with terrifying power.

“Hmph!”

Lin Rusheng grunted coldly.

Last time, he had successfully taken this move from Fang Qiu. So this time, he was not afraid at all.

Unlike last time, Lin Rusheng didn’t have even the slightest intention of defending himself nor did he slow down. He clenched his right fist while he swung it, and it carried enormous power as it directly smashed forcefully towards the sword Qi that aimed at him.

Bang!

An earth-shattering sound was heard.

The moment the fist met the sword Qi, the former left a huge crack on the latter as if the latter was glass.

As Lin Rusheng exerted his full strength, the crack stretched in all directions like a spider web.

In the end, those three gushes of material sword Qi were shattered just like that before the eyes of everyone.

The battle was not over yet.

“Driving Thunder and Slashing Demons!”

Just when Lin Rusheng crushed this blow, John Doe’s loud voice was heard again on the top of the Zhongnan Mountain.

Before the crowd could react, they saw colorful thunderbolts in the sky.

Looking from a distance, they saw that John Doe’s broken sword was densely covered with thunderbolts. As John Doe waved the sword, the thunderbolts immediately started soaring and left the sword. In no time, they transformed into a huge thunderbolt sword.

Like a meteor falling from the sky, the thunderbolt sword smashed towards Lin Rusheng with destructive power.

“Hmph, it’s the same move from last time!”

Lin Rusheng sneered.

He stretched his hands forward in a Taiji posture. Then, he pushed his hands up fiercely. The internal Qi in his body immediately burst out from his palms like a flood, quickly forming a huge Taiji diagram in front of him.

Unlike the last time, this time, with the appearance of the Taiji diagram, a black and white energy shield appeared around Lin Rusheng, completely covering him.

Obviously, with the breakthrough of his strength, Lin Rusheng’s moves and the power behind them had changed greatly as well.

Sure enough, after the thunderbolt sword slashed down at the Taiji diagram and caused countless cracks on it, the sword disappeared, but the energy shield around Lin Rusheng was still there protecting him.

“Next, you will perform your third move?”

After cracking down the blow, Lin Rusheng immediately turned his eyes and stared at Fang Qiu coldly before saying, “I lost to you last time because of your third move. This time, I’ll defeat you with the move I used the last time.”

“Heaven Sword Strike!”

Facing John Doe, Lin Rusheng smiled coldly and waved the dagger that suddenly appeared in his hand out of nowhere.

“Tiangang Kills Demons!”

Fang Qiu’s roar resounded through the place at the same time.