Xu Nianshuang's Surprising Strength!

White Ice Shards!

The instant their words fell, ten diamond-shaped ice spikes the size of infants condensed in the air and flew toward Xu Tianyang.

Seeing this, Xu Tianyang lightly tapped his feet, his figure shifting as he closed in on Xu Nianshuang at tremendous speed.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Tianyang had arrived before Xu Nianshuang. His left arm swept out, lashing directly toward her body.

Xu Nianshuang remained cold and composed. Frost condensed over her arm, and in an instant, Dragon Scales formed from blue Ice Crystals appeared along her slender arm.

The Dragon Scales were thick and massive, transparent and sharply angular. In the blink of an eye, Xu Nianshuang's right arm had transformed into a blue Ice Crystal dragon claw.

The dragon claw swung down, smashing toward Xu Tianyang's incoming fist.

Bang!

A hard sensation traveled through his fist. Xu Tianyang felt as though he had struck a piece of Hundred Refined Vajra, the impact jolting his hand with pain.

As for Xu Nianshuang, Xu Tianyang's terrifying strength sent her staggering back several meters. The numbness spreading through her arm wildly stimulated her nerves.

An eerie red glow appeared in her icy eyes, and her entire body seemed to grow exhilarated.

Freeze!

With a stomp of her foot, an Ice Path swiftly shot across the arena toward Xu Tianyang. Ice Crystals crawled over his feet and up his legs, restricting his movements.

Xu Nianshuang heavily stomped her right foot against the ground, bent her knees, and leaped into the air, flying toward him with a kick.

Within the ice, a golden-red flame rose from Xu Tianyang's body. The flames were scorching hot and rapidly melted the ice encasing him. His figure flickered, his powerful physique granting him reaction speed far beyond those of the same rank.

The martial soul instinct of the Sun Pupil drove his dynamic vision to its limit. In his eyes, Xu Nianshuang's movements seemed to have slowed down.

Twisting his body, he continuously evaded her fierce attacks.

Hmph!

After her successive attacks failed, Xu Nianshuang's gaze changed. A sharp aura erupted from her body, passing through Xu Tianyang and sweeping toward the spectators in the distance, making everyone's hearts tremble.

At that moment, Xu Tianyang seemed to see a familiar shadow in her.

The next instant, an azure longsword appeared in Xu Nianshuang's hand. Its tip pointed directly at Xu Tianyang, and he could clearly sense that with the sword's appearance, the chill radiating from her had grown even colder.

Melee Soul Tool! Xu Tianyang frowned slightly. Although the longsword gave off the fluctuations of a Level One Soul Tool, it felt far from ordinary to him.

"Second round!"

Xu Nianshuang fixed Xu Tianyang with a serious stare as she spoke coldly. With her left hand, she adjusted the brim of her hat, then shot toward him like a bolt of lightning.

Gripping the hilt with both hands, she thrust straight ahead. The fierce sword qi seemed to tear apart space itself, as an extremely sharp aura raged wildly through the air.

An icy-blue glow flickered along the blade, faintly forming the shape of a massive dragon.

Damn!

Sword Intent!

Xu Tianyang ignored the stinging pain of the sharp sword qi scraping his skin. His heart was filled with shock. Xu Nianshuang had actually comprehended Sword Intent!

He had once sensed Sword Intent from Feng Tianxiang. Although Xu Nianshuang's Sword Intent was still immature, it could not be denied that she had already surpassed ninety percent of swordsmen.

How old was she?

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The intense sounds of metal clashing rang across the arena. At some point, a Soul Tool Longsword had also appeared in Xu Tianyang's hand. In the blink of an eye, the two had exchanged over a hundred blows.

Mental Field!

Xu Tianyang calmly swung his longsword. As his First Soul Ring lit up, terrifying Spiritual Power enveloped the two of them.

At that moment, in Xu Nianshuang's eyes, Xu Tianyang's entire body became blurred, turning into an elusive afterimage.

At the same time, powerful negative effects such as dizziness and weakness descended upon her.

Knowing that Xu Tianyang's soul skill had affected her, Xu Nianshuang fiercely bit the tip of her tongue. The intense pain brought her mind a brief moment of clarity, and she saw Xu Tianyang, longsword in hand, already slashing toward her.

Ice Displacement!

Just as she was about to lose, Xu Nianshuang instantly lit up her First Soul Ring.

Bang!!!

A tremendous explosion sounded. An ice figure appeared where Xu Nianshuang had just been, only to be split apart by Xu Tianyang's sword. The ice shattered, and because of the fire attribute of Xu Tianyang's Sun Pupil, the fragments rapidly melted into water before quickly boiling away into vapor.

Within the mist, Xu Tianyang's pupils suddenly contracted. A powerful sense of danger struck him, and he sharply twisted aside. An icy-blue sword qi grazed past him, streaked through the air, and struck the arena.

Xu Nianshuang, who had been in danger only moments ago, had somehow appeared ten meters behind Xu Tianyang.

Her forehead was covered in sweat, and she panted heavily, swaying slightly on her feet. Clearly, Xu Tianyang's strike had left her in poor condition.

Clang!

A crisp explosive ring sounded as blue and red longswords collided. At some point, Xu Tianyang had once again rapidly closed in before Xu Nianshuang and slashed out.

The Soul Power within Xu Nianshuang's body had already run dry, and she had also been hit by Xu Tianyang's Mental Power Field. Her condition had reached its limit.

Bang! Unable to dodge, Xu Nianshuang took a punch to the abdomen. Her face pale, she was sent flying by Xu Tianyang and fell onto the arena.

Whoa!

"Old Huang, Boss won!"

"Isn't it normal for Boss to win? And you, fatso, can you slap your own thigh instead?!"

"Xu Tianyang! Xu Nianshuang!"

As the outcome of their battle was decided, the two instantly won over everyone in Class One. Powerful, handsome, cute Xu Tianyang and Xu Nianshuang immediately became the male and female idols of the many little children.

"What a troublesome opponent!" After defeating her, Xu Tianyang felt the thirty percent of Soul Power remaining within his body and spoke with some emotion.

Xu Nianshuang's performance had truly exceeded his expectations. At such a young age, she possessed this level of combat experience, as well as that immature Sword Intent. The reason he had been able to win was essentially because of the foundation he had built beforehand, allowing him to overwhelm her.

In strength, speed, and Spiritual Power, he had completely surpassed her. With his more formidable physique, Xu Nianshuang had been forced into a passive position throughout their battle.

It was a victory of a stat monster over a technique monster.

If the gap in their physical abilities had not been so great, then the outcome of this battle would have been difficult to determine.

What surprised Xu Tianyang most was her willpower. After being hit by his Mental Power Field, she decisively bit through her lip, using the intense pain to stay lucid for a moment and swiftly launch a counterattack. That ruthlessness was astonishing.

Every aspect of Xu Nianshuang's performance reminded Xu Tianyang not to underestimate the geniuses of this world.

Just as Xu Tianyang silently reminded himself of this, Xu Nianshuang, who had received treatment from the teacher immediately after the battle ended, stared unblinkingly at him with her ice-blue eyes. A faint blush appeared on her cold little face...