Sensing the Godly Purification Domain enveloping him, he glared at Xiao Feng and growled, "Don't... think that using a domain means you can defeat me!"
"How could I possibly lose to you?!"
With a light swing of the Ice Soul Sword, thousands of ice spikes instantly condensed. Carrying bone-chilling sword force and a thousand ice spikes, the Ice Soul Sword shot forward!
"Icy Demise!!!"
Ximen Qing let out a low, furious roar. He had been secretly gathering power all along.
Now, under the cover of his own ice domain, the time needed to gather power had been drastically reduced. Combined with using his essence blood to break through to the seventh level of the Ice Soul Art, he completed the charge for Icy Demise in an instant!
As a single-target burst Mystic Skill, its imposing force and coldness were far inferior to those control-type Mystic Skills. Yet the power and frost contained within it were far beyond anything control-type Mystic Skills could rival...
But that bone-piercing chill could no longer pose much of a threat to Xiao Feng while he wielded the Vermilion Bird Plume.
He did not even bother defending against those soul-chilling ice spikes.
"Pfft..."
The ice spikes vanished the instant they touched Xiao Feng's flaming armor...
Yet Xiao Feng could not afford to underestimate the force they unleashed.
He stared seriously at the Ice Soul Sword hurtling toward him... He raised his right hand, and blazing firelight erupted from it!
Using his hand as a sword, he instantly dispersed the surrounding cold with fierce flames...
"Vermillion Bird Requiem, Fourth Realm—Sacred Flame Slash!"
Xiao Feng roared in a low voice and stomped down. Cracks spread across the arena... and the tiny fragments that had just split apart were burned away without a trace!
Flames blazed in his eyes as the fiery energy around his hand surged, and he slashed viciously at the Ice Soul Sword...
"Clang!"
"Sizzle..."
The sound of ice and fire intertwining rang in everyone's ears, accompanied by pairs of wide-eyed gazes!
As the sacred flame collided with the ice sword, vast waves of force spread from the point of impact. The arena, already riddled with holes, was gradually worn down by the terrifying aftermath...
White mist continuously billowed upward... One breath... two breaths... The terrifying shockwaves continued spreading outward, while the dense white fog produced by ice and fire gradually filled the arena...
"Ah, why does this happen every time? This is driving me crazy!" Qi Panjian complained beneath the stage as the arena became harder and harder to see clearly...
But the anxiety in his heart was a hundred times stronger than before!
Everyone's emotions surged as they awaited the final outcome. This match had truly been too full of twists and turns!
Boom!
At that moment... a figure was blasted away!
Seeing the figure sent flying, everyone looked over with a mixture of tension, excitement, and anticipation...
"Bang!"
It was Ximen Qing!
He was smashed brutally into the ground, then dragged across the arena by the terrifying impact like a plow, gouging deep furrows into the surface!
Only after he drove the Ice Soul Sword fiercely into the ground did he halt his momentum, and the sword in his hand had lost its former dazzling icy radiance.
"A match that had once left everyone in despair was now completely overturned by the ignition of Xiao Feng's Vermilion Bird Blaze. The scales of victory had tipped entirely!"
"Wah..."
A mouthful of blood sprayed from Ximen Qing's mouth. He had forcibly raised the Ice Soul Art to the seventh level at the cost of his essence blood, and now Xiao Feng had injured him as well. His body was already on the verge of collapse.
He raised his head, but the world that had just begun to brighten was instantly swallowed by darkness. Xiao Feng's white boot stomped Ximen Qing's head viciously into the ground!
Xiao Feng shook his head with a mocking smile. "Tsk, tsk, tsk... This time, it really is over... It's just probably not ending the way you imagined!"
"Ugh... ugh..." He wanted to speak, but he could not utter a word... Hearing Xiao Feng's words was even more unbearable than being killed!
"Didn't you want to kill me? So why are you lying on the ground now?" Xiao Feng would not be polite to someone who wanted him dead.
Thinking of how Xiao Feng was trampling him beneath his foot while countless people watched, Ximen Qing's heart was instantly filled with humiliation and fury!
"You..." Seizing a gap, Ximen Qing had just begun to berate him. But Xiao Feng instantly exerted force with his foot, crushing Ximen Qing's head into the arena and cutting off his words.
"Too noisy! Did I allow you to speak?" Xiao Feng's expression was calm, as though he were stepping on an ant.
"Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh..."
Ximen Qing felt the strange looks around him, the suddenly increased pressure atop his head, and the weakness caused by his loss of essence blood.
After letting out an unwilling groan of rage, his entire body began to convulse. As his muscles spasmed, he fainted outright.
Qi Yunlong hurriedly announced, as though granted amnesty, "Ximen Qing has lost consciousness. Xiao Feng wins this battle!"
Watching Qi Yunlong carry Ximen Qing away, Xiao Feng furrowed his brows, but he did not stop him...
Ximen Ding took Ximen Qing from Qi Yunlong. Seeing Ximen Qing in such a miserable state, his heart bled!
He did not want to remain here for even another moment. After receiving Ximen Qing, he immediately set off back to the Ximen Family...
"..."
"Clap clap clap clap..."
As Qi Yunlong took Ximen Qing away, the people present rose to their feet one after another, and thunderous applause immediately erupted.
"Divine Doctor Xiao is so amazing!"
"That's right! Divine Doctor Xiao truly deserves to be called a genius who reached the God Tribulation Realm at six!"
"Xiao Feng, you're incredible!" Qi Panjian shouted excitedly at the arena, where only Xiao Feng remained.
Qi Yunlong announced loudly, "Xiao Feng is now the arena champion. If no one challenges him within three minutes, he will be deemed to have successfully defended the arena!"
"..."
Just as everyone expected, no one dared to step onto the stage to challenge him. A God Tribulation Realm cultivator battling a peak God Spirit Realm cultivator! At this moment, Xiao Feng was the brightest rising star in Flowing Wind City!
"Time is up... I hereby announce that the first person to successfully defend the arena in this Mystic Dao Assembly is Xiao Feng!" Qi Yunlong loudly declared the final result!
Thunderous cheers once again swept through the entire Qi Family!
"..."
"Cough, cough." At that moment, Wang Tianba rose into the air from the Wang Family's seating area and landed beside Xiao Feng. Taking the Hurricane Sword from its sword case, he announced, "This sword was meant to be awarded to the most outstanding person in this assembly. Logically speaking, it should have been presented after the assembly concluded.
"But Divine Doctor Xiao has brought us a match that overturned everything we knew. I believe the most outstanding person in this assembly has already been decided beyond question. I can even feel that the Hurricane Sword in my hand is already 'eagerly awaiting' the chance to stand at its new master's side. What do you all think?"
"Hahaha, City Lord Wang is truly noble!"
"That's right. Only Divine Doctor Xiao is worthy of inheriting this sword."
"It seems everyone agrees." Wang Tianba smiled. "Then, Divine Doctor Xiao, I shall present this sword to you as the prize for this tournament. I also wish for you to break through the shackles of the God Tribulation Realm soon."
Xiao Feng accepted the Hurricane Sword handed to him by the City Lord with both hands and smiled. "Thank you for your kindness, City Lord. I'll accept it with gratitude."
"Hahaha, no need for such courtesy." Wang Tianba's face broke into a grin as he watched Xiao Feng accept the Hurricane Sword.
A God Tribulation Realm cultivator fighting a God Spirit Realm cultivator—it was truly unheard of. Even if Xiao Feng could not break through, what if he did? Exchanging one God Spirit Xuan Sword for an investment was simply an unbelievably profitable deal for the merchant Wang Family...
As Xiao Feng stepped down from the arena, a new round of arena-defense battles began. But after Xiao Feng's battle that defied all common sense, the following matches seemed to have lost much of their appeal.
"..."
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