"How... how was this possible?!"
A sword cultivator prodigy turned deathly pale and muttered, "What Senior Brother Gu used was Elder Jian Changkong's famed ultimate art of the Barren Domain—the Sword Drawing Technique!"
"Back then, Elder Jian killed countless formidable enemies with a single sword strike using this art. Those who could force him to draw a second sword were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns. How could it lose to Chu Jiang's finger technique?"
His question voiced the thoughts of many. Jian Changkong, Heavenly God Academy's foremost Sword God, had long made the might of his Sword Drawing Technique deeply ingrained in everyone's hearts. It was one of the realms countless sword cultivators yearned for.
At that moment, a cool, clear voice rang out. Its rational analysis suppressed the surrounding clamor.
It was Xiao Lengyin.
The strange glimmer in her beautiful eyes had yet to fade as she looked toward the arena and said softly, "It is not that the Sword Drawing Technique is weak. Elder Jian's ultimate art is unquestionably powerful. The issue is that Gu Jianyi has not truly mastered it. He has only grasped three parts of its form and one part of its intent."
After a slight pause, her gaze swept over the crowd listening with pricked ears, and she continued, "By contrast, Chu Jiang's comprehension of the Law of Ice has reached an unfathomable realm. That final finger just now contained not merely extreme cold, but the intents of confinement, reincarnation, and annihilation."
"The gap in law comprehension was immediately apparent. Suppression on the level of the Dao cannot be compensated for by the strength or weakness of the move itself."
Mao Shan, who stood nearby with his burly frame and arms folded, echoed her words. "Senior Sister Xiao is right. A