Crushing

"Are you with that person?"

Ye Xinglan looked coldly at Lin Jin.

When they had met yesterday, Lin Jin had barely spoken.

Ye Xinglan's attention had also remained on Tang Wulin.

But she still had some impression of Lin Jin.

And clearly.

Even after a day had passed, Ye Xinglan still harbored resentment over what Tang Wulin had done.

But what did that have to do with Lin Jin?

Thus, Lin Jin did not answer and merely observed carefully.

Ye Xinglan was not weak.

"Forget it. I can't be bothered to say more to you. Birds of a feather—what good could you possibly be!"

"It won't hurt to teach you a lesson first!"

Ye Xinglan spoke coldly.

The referee watched the two people in the arena, their tension ready to erupt, and curiosity appeared in his eyes.

Seeing that neither of them spoke any further, he immediately announced,

"The match begins."

Buzz!

A sword hum rang out.

The Stargod Sword appeared in Ye Xinglan's hand the next moment.

A wondrous rhythm seemed to emerge around her.

"Unity of Man and Sword!"

Someone cried out in alarm.

Yet the two in the arena were unaffected.

Ye Xinglan stepped diagonally forward, landing precisely in just the right spot.

Then she raised her sword and charged fiercely forward.

Facing Ye Xinglan's attack, Lin Jin also felt an awkward sense of discomfort.

His vigilance rose slightly.

But his Spiritual Power was powerful, after all.

And his control over his body was now exceptionally precise.

Even with that discomfort, he adjusted in an instant.

He shifted slightly to the side and took a step as well.

Dark golden light surged from his right hand as the Dark Gold Dreadclaw emerged.

Clang!

The Stargod Sword had originally been aimed at Lin Jin's armpit.

But the Dark Gold Dreadclaw caught the Stargod Sword perfectly between its claw gaps and gave it a casual twist.

"Hmm?!"

Ye Xinglan only felt a terrifying force strike her, sending her body flying along with the Stargod Sword.

How could his strength be this terrifying?!

Outside the arena.

Xu Lizhi, who had originally looked anxious and feared that Ye Xinglan might truly injure Tang Wulin's senior brother, stared blankly.

Shen Yi, standing beside Wu Zhangkong, was also stunned.

Xie Xie chuckled and raised his brows at Xu Xiaoyan and the others, saying smugly,

"See? I told you so!"

In the arena.

Ye Xinglan had merely been flung away, with only a faint trace of blood spreading from the web of her sword hand.

It could not be called an injury.

She swiftly adjusted her posture in midair.

Her first yellow Spirit Ring lit up at the same time.

A mass of starlight immediately shot from her sword toward Lin Jin.

Lin Jin raised his hand.

The Lotus Flower Flame finally bloomed.

Two purple Spirit Rings rose.

Everyone in the audience was shocked.

"Two purple Millennial Spirit Rings?!"

Ye Xinglan was slightly startled as well.

Before Lin Jin's left hand, a red-orange Dual-Colored Lotus nearly condensed into solid form.

Without using any soul skill.

He simply pressed one hand forward.

The Dual-Colored Lotus met the starlight and wrapped around it directly.

Pfft!

The Dual-Colored Lotus was pierced through.

But Lin Jin's expression did not change in the slightest.

The Lotus Flower Flame was an energy construct, not a physical object.

Even if it exploded, it did not matter.

And he had already achieved his goal.

Although the starlight had pierced through the Dual-Colored Lotus, the aura it emitted had weakened considerably.

Moreover.

Everyone could see that dual-colored flames now coiled around the starlight.

At the same time, dual-colored flames also wound around Ye Xinglan in the distance, tracing their source back to her.

The starlight...

Had actually been ignited!

Boom!

Lin Jin used the Dark Gold Dreadclaw as a weapon and swung it casually.

The incoming starlight finally scattered like smoke.

How was that possible?!

Ye Xinglan stared blankly at everything.

Star God Power could actually be ignited?

"No!"

"I come from the Shrek Inner Court. How can I give up so easily!"

The next moment, Ye Xinglan's mind shook, and her gaze became sharp once more.

"I admit that I underestimated you earlier."

"But I am not limited to this!"

Ye Xinglan once again stepped diagonally forward with her left foot, landing in a position that made Lin Jin feel extremely uncomfortable.

Then she attacked again.

The aura around her was clearly several degrees stronger.

At the same time, Lin Jin noticed.

Ye Xinglan's eyes had become somewhat dazzling, with specks of starlight seeming to swirl within them.

In this state.

With a single step, Ye Xinglan's speed abruptly doubled.

The Stargod Sword in her hand seemed to transform into countless rays of starlight, engulfing Lin Jin.

Sword after sword thrust out, turning into fierce sword qi aimed directly at Lin Jin's vital points.

However.

Faced with such dense attacks, Lin Jin remained completely at ease.

The Lotus Flower Flame had already ignited Ye Xinglan.

Although the Samadhi Fire Domain had not been unleashed.

After obtaining his second Spirit Ring.

Samadhi itself had already become an innate ability of the Lotus Flower Flame.

Under Samadhi.

Everything about Ye Xinglan was becoming clearer and clearer to him.

With Lotus Flower Flame coiling around her.

The path of every sword qi was incomparably clear in his eyes.

And he also had the support of Spirit Sea Realm Spiritual Power.

Soul Power flowed into the Dark Gold Dreadclaw, and dark golden light flourished.

He moved through the dense sword qi, and with every swing of his claw, sword qi was extinguished.

Like a roaming dragon.

Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi outside the arena were even more shocked.

They exchanged a glance and spoke in unison,

"Spirit Sea Realm!"

For Lin Jin to handle Ye Xinglan's dense attacks so effortlessly, the release of his Spiritual Power could no longer be concealed.

"Spirit Sea Realm!"

Ye Xinglan finally noticed this as well.

Her gaze trembled slightly.

At the same time, she already felt defeated inside.

Lin Jin was in the same class as Tang Wulin, which meant he was only around nine years old.

Yet at that age, his Spiritual Power had already reached the Spirit Sea Realm!

As a favored genius of the Shrek Inner Court, and older than him besides.

She was only at the high rank of the Spirit Connection Realm.

"No!"

"I cannot lose!"

"My participation in the individual competition was already a decision I made on my own."

"How can I disgrace Shrek because of my personal impulsiveness?!"

Ye Xinglan roared inwardly.

The next moment.

The two yellow rings around her both lit up.

An even more powerful aura instantly burst from her body.

Starlight formed a shield.

Then it emitted fierce sword qi, erupting like a net of swords.

Lin Jin froze.

He had still been immersed in sensing Star God Power.

He truly had not expected her to suddenly "self-destruct."

Was her mentality really this poor?

He grumbled inwardly.

But he did not panic.

He raised his hand and pressed down.

His first purple Spirit Ring lit up.

Nine Dual-Colored Lotuses instantly bloomed before him, unleashing Extreme Flame Beams.

"Not good!"

Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi's expressions changed at the same time.

The former was slightly faster.

He took one step forward, his figure becoming a phantom as he rushed toward the arena.

But he was still too late.

Ye Xinglan's eruption had been too sudden.

Crimson Lotus Flame Fury was also an instant-cast soul skill.

Almost the instant Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi moved.

Boom!

The explosion had already erupted.

Crack!

The sword net around Ye Xinglan instantly filled with fine cracks like spiderwebs.

Then, with a bang, it shattered.

Even though Lin Jin withdrew his attack in time.

The aftermath of Flame Wrath still struck Ye Xinglan.

In an instant, her body flew backward, blood spilling from her mouth as her skin was scorched black.

The entire arena fell silent.

Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi arrived the next moment, coldness spreading around them!