Final Battle! Gu Ningxue Seals Her Divinity with One Sword, Ye Xuan's Battle Intent Soars to the Heavens!

At this moment, time seemed to have been pressed into slow motion.

The ice-blue phoenix and the golden dragon elephant.

Under the horrified-to-death gazes of the hundred thousand spectators, they collided fiercely in the most primitive, most savage manner!

There was no earth-shattering explosion.

The instant the two touched, all sound seemed to have been swallowed whole!

The entire world fell into an eerie dead silence!

Then, a dazzling radiance beyond description, bright enough to blind everyone.

Suddenly erupted from the center of the collision!

Half of that light was incomparably domineering gold, while the other half was cold and sacred blue!

Two utterly different yet equally terrifying powers madly eroded and annihilated each other!

The golden dragon elephant phantom roared, trying to use its mighty power, capable of suppressing mountains and rivers, to utterly crush the ice-blue phoenix!

Yet the Ice Phoenix let out an even sharper, clearer cry!

Endless extreme cold burst madly from within its body!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The air froze!

The light froze!

Even the violently surging torrent of golden energy began to solidify and freeze at a visible rate the instant it came into contact with that extreme cold!

The golden dragon elephant let out an unwilling wail.

Its massive body, formed of pure energy, was swiftly covered from head to toe in a layer of ice-blue crystal!

Finally, with a bang, it exploded amid the Ice Phoenix's piercing cry!

It turned into golden motes of light that filled the sky!

Pfft—!

The instant the dragon elephant phantom shattered, Qin Zhan suffered a heavy blow and violently spat out a mouthful of blood, his face turning pale as paper!

His proudest, strongest attack had been broken just like that?!

But before he could react at all.

The Ice Phoenix that had shattered the dragon elephant phantom, though its form had become far more illusory, still carried unstoppable momentum and endless cold capable of freezing the soul as it slammed into his chest!

Bang!

Qin Zhan's body flew backward like a baseball struck at high speed.

He traced an arc through the air before crashing heavily beyond the arena, smashing a huge crater into the hard ground.

On the arena.

Gu Ningxue was not faring much better either.

Her pretty face was pale, her breathing hurried, and the hand gripping her sword trembled slightly.

That strike, Ice Phoenix Descends to the World, had nearly drained all the spiritual power from her body.

But she still stood.

Like a snow pine standing tall and unyielding amid a blizzard!

The entire venue remained in dead silence.

Everyone had been so utterly shaken by that Gods Fighting spectacle that they had lost the ability to think.

Until the referee's trembling voice suddenly rang out!

"W-Winner! Capital Martial Arts Academy, Gu Ningxue!"

Boom—!!!

It was like dropping a nuclear bomb into a tranquil lake!

The entire Dragon's Nest was instantly drowned beneath unprecedented cheers and screams, loud enough to shatter eardrums!

"She won! Gu Ningxue won! She defeated Qin Zhan!"

"My god! The Ice Phoenix devoured the dragon elephant! This is absolutely the most spectacular duel I've ever seen in my life! No exceptions!"

"Too strong! Too beautiful! From Today Onwards, Goddess Gu is my one and only faith!"

"The finals! She made it to the finals! She'll fight that monster Ye Xuan for this league's overall championship!"

Qin Zhan struggled to his feet and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

He looked at the breathtaking figure on the arena, his eyes holding not the slightest resentment, only heartfelt admiration.

He cupped his fists toward Gu Ningxue from afar.

"I lost. I accept it wholeheartedly."

After saying that, he turned around and left Without Looking Back amid the applause filled with respect from the entire crowd.

Meanwhile, in the contestants' waiting area.

Ye Xuan looked at the woman on the arena, whose spiritual power had been exhausted but who still possessed peerless grace.

An unprecedented battle intent, scorching like flames, erupted from his scarlet eyes!

Good!

Very good!

You truly haven't disappointed me!

Only by defeating a powerful opponent like you will my championship carry greater weight!

Gu Ningxue!

You will be the final—and most magnificent—stepping stone for me, Ye Xuan, to seal my divinity in one battle and ascend to the pinnacle!

He could feel the blood in his body burning madly with excitement!

He could no longer wait to fight her!

Inside the VIP suite.

Lin Yuan's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

His gaze pierced the distance and locked tightly onto Ye Xuan, who was preparing to take the stage, battle intent boiling all over his body.

Unlike before, when he had watched as though enjoying a monkey show.

There was now a trace of contemplative chill in his eyes.

This fellow...

Was burning a little too fiercely.

Like a candle about to burn out, igniting its entire body without hesitation just to release its final light and heat.

Though dazzling, it also foretold destruction.

"Ladies and gentlemen!"

"The thrilling moment has finally arrived!"

The host's voice, already hoarse yet still brimming with boundless passion, echoed throughout the entire Dragon's Nest!

"The final battle of the National University Martial Arts League finals!"

"Now, let us welcome our final two kings with our most thunderous cheers—"

"Ye Xuan!!!"

"Gu Ningxue!!!"

Boom—!!!

The entire stadium boiled over completely!

The mountain-roaring, tsunami-like waves of sound nearly shook people's souls right out of their bodies!

Under the gaze of countless spectators, Ye Xuan and Gu Ningxue once more stepped onto that arena, already riddled with holes.

The final showdown was about to erupt at any moment!

"Fight!"

Without any unnecessary words, both moved at the instant the referee announced the start!

Gu Ningxue's sword became an ice-blue streak of light, swift to the extreme, carrying bone-piercing chill as it shot straight for Ye Xuan's throat!

Ye Xuan, meanwhile, let out a mad roar.

Without dodging or evading, his fist covered in blood-red dragon scales smashed viciously toward Gu Ningxue's head in a stance of mutual destruction!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Sword light and fist shadows frantically intertwined and collided at the center of the arena!

For a time, the entire arena was engulfed by a violent storm of energy!

One was a pure and flawless Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden, her swordsmanship ethereal and incomparably graceful!

The other was a Young Demon God born amid bloodshed, his fists domineering and fearless of death!

Their battle was fiercer and more perilous than any match before it!

Gradually, Gu Ningxue began to gain the upper hand with her deeper spiritual power and more exquisite techniques.

As for Ye Xuan, after successive high-intensity bursts, his breathing began to grow disordered, and the slightest sluggishness appeared in his movements.

Now!

A sharp gleam flashed through Gu Ningxue's beautiful eyes.

Seizing the opening where Ye Xuan's old strength had been exhausted and his new strength had yet to arise, she twirled her longsword into a dazzling Sword Flower!

"Ice Seal, Dust Severed!"

Yet just as she was about to press her advantage and establish victory in one stroke!

"Urgh—!"

Ye Xuan suddenly let out a pained groan, and his body abruptly stiffened!

A heart-rending agony suddenly surged from his Limbs and Bones, from deep within his Dantian!

That was...

Secret Technique Backlash!

Under that ceaseless burning, the meridians in his body had finally been pushed beyond their limit and showed signs of rupturing!

His breath instantly fell into Chaos!

This sudden development caused a fatal pause in his movements!

And Gu Ningxue's battle instincts were incredibly sharp!

Though she did not know what had happened, she would never let this heaven-sent opportunity pass!

"Bang!"

She changed moves with astonishing speed, driving a Palm Strike into Ye Xuan's chest!

Pfft!

Ye Xuan suffered a heavy blow and flew backward.

He spat a stream of blood through the air and crashed heavily against the edge of the arena.

Yet he forcibly braced himself against the ground with one hand, steadying his body without falling from the arena.

How could this be?!

He stared at his own body in disbelief, Surging Waves rising in his heart!

Why did it have to happen now?!

"Kid! Your body has reached its limit! Admit defeat, quickly!"

Within his Consciousness Sea, the Extreme Dao Ancestor's voice was filled with urgency. "If you keep fighting, you'll die!"

"No!"

Ye Xuan abruptly raised his head, his eyes blood-red, looking like a madman!

"I fought so hard to stand here! I'm only one step away! How can I give up!"

"Aaaaah—!"

He threw back his head and let out an inhuman roar, disregarding the agony of his meridians tearing apart as he frantically squeezed out the last trace of potential within his body!

Boom!

An energy more violent, more frenzied, and more filled with destruction and Death Aura than ever before surged from his body into the heavens!

"Not good!"

Alarm bells rang wildly in Gu Ningxue's heart as an unprecedented sense of danger instantly enveloped her entire body!

But it was already too late!

Ye Xuan's figure appeared before her as though he had teleported!

That handsome face had now become utterly twisted by pain and madness, making him look like an evil ghost crawling out of hell!

There was no reason left in his eyes.

Only the purest desire to tear everything before him into pieces...

Killing Intent!

"Die!!!"

He poured all his life, all his soul, and all his will into this final punch!

This punch was no longer a martial technique!

It was the purest kind of slaughter, meant to perish together with his enemy...

Slaughter!!!

Gu Ningxue's expression changed drastically!

She wanted to dodge, only to discover that her body had already been firmly locked down by that Killing Intent filled with Death Aura!

The entire audience rose to their feet in horror!

What was going on?

Had Ye Xuan gone mad?!

Was he trying to kill Gu Ningxue?!

This was no longer a match!

This was murder!

Yet just as that blood-red fist, powerful enough to destroy everything, was about to touch Gu Ningxue!

A calm sigh, seemingly carrying a trace of impatience, leisurely rang out over the entire stadium.

"Too noisy."

Immediately after.

A Golden Sword Qi, so fast that it could not be caught by the naked eye, not even locked onto by Divine Sense, shot out from nowhere!

It Ignored Space, Ignored Time, yet arrived after and struck first!

Boom—!!!

That Golden Sword Qi, with an unstoppable force that crushed all things, effortlessly shattered Ye Xuan's strongest punch, unleashed by burning away all his life!

Like splitting bamboo!

Without the slightest ability to resist!

Pfft!

The Sword Qi's remaining force did not diminish as it Heavily Smashed into Ye Xuan!

Ye Xuan did not even manage to let out a scream.

His entire body was like a nail hammered into the ground, forcibly smashed down from the air by that Sword Qi, crashing to his knees upon the hard alloy arena!

The entire arena collapsed with him at its center!