Fang Qing crippled Xie Feng with a single sword strike, his might already having intimidated the entire arena.
Over the next several rounds, he nearly became the focus everyone both anticipated and feared. Under countless watchful eyes, the drawing results continued to roll out.
In the round of twenty to ten, Fang Qing's opponent was a woman from Sea God Academy.
Her name was Ao Yiyue. She wore a deep-blue gown like the abyssal sea, its hem seeming to carry hidden surging waves as it swayed. Her hair was piled high, and her features were exquisitely beautiful, yet her brows carried an inviolable majesty and an immense bearing.
As she stood quietly upon the arena, the faint sound of invisible tides echoed around her, as though she stood amid a boundless ocean. Her every movement subtly aligned with the grand tide of the Water Element between heaven and earth. Her aura was deep and vast. She was clearly a peak Ninth Life Seizing expert, only a hair away from the Legendary Realm!
At the sight of her, Fang Qing could not help recalling Wan Lianshan, the True Disciple of Myriad Return Immortal Island he had met in the Eternal Life Realm years ago. Wan Lianshan had possessed a similar temperament.
"Sea God Academy, Ao Yiyue."
Her voice was crisp and clear, like pearls falling upon a jade plate, yet it carried the profundity of the sea. "Fellow Daoist Fang Qing, please enlighten me."
Before her words had faded, she attacked. There was no elaborate movement; she merely raised her right hand and pressed forward through the air.
"Sea Quelling Great Hand Seal!"
In an instant, the entire arena seemed to be dragged into the depths of the sea. Endless water pressure surged in from every direction. The air became thick