[Illustration] Clear Sky Hammer Exposed! Divine Artifact Star Sword vs. Eight Spider Lances! Utter Defeat! Ten Consecutive Victories!

But in Tang San's eyes, it was not like that at all!

He felt as if it wasn't just sword qi slashing toward him—

It was the entire world crashing down upon him!

Tang San's heart was struck with terror.

This move was no longer a simple attack of soul power or soul skills;

It was infused with a mental assault akin to divine consciousness!

He dared not meet it head-on.

He threw hidden weapons incessantly, but as they struck the sword qi, They passed through as if hitting thin air, failing to have the slightest effect.

Tang San was forced to retreat again and again, And just as he was about to step off the arena—

A fierce look crossed his face, and a purple hue erupted from his eyes.

Purple Demon Eye—

A mental attack; this move had indeed proven effective!

The sword qi faltered for an instant, and Qian Renxue's mind went completely blank.

A sudden flash of killing intent appeared in Tang San's eyes.

A small black hammer suddenly appeared in his hand, Whistling through the air at a bizarre angle, Carrying the force of a thunderbolt, It smashed toward Qian Renxue's head at a speed far exceeding any hidden weapon!

Countless spectators saw Qian Renxue fall into a daze, and as that small hammer was about to crush her skull, Their hearts leaped into their throats.

Judging by that momentum, if this strike landed, it would surely be fatal.

Was this legendary genius about to fall here?

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo also furrowed their brows, Ready to intervene and save her at any moment.

The Shrek team was tense to the extreme—

They saw that to dodge that lethal sword qi, Tang San had been forced off the arena and was leaping through mid-air.

If this strike failed to kill or defeat Qian Renxue before he landed, Then the one who would lose, or even die, would be him!

"Quick, quick, quick! You must smash that pretty boy to death!"

Xiao Wu, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong all widened their eyes, locked onto the arena, forgetting even to breathe.

The Clear Sky Hammer was less than two meters from Qian Renxue—

She suddenly opened her eyes!

Watching the hammer descend like a meteorite, her muscles tensed instinctively.

By a hair's breadth—she dodged it!

A chorus of gasps erupted from beneath the arena.

Many wiped away cold sweat, And then began to cheer in relief—

Fei Xue was going to win!

Tang San, who had forced him to reveal countless trump cards, had ultimately failed at the final hurdle, missing by just a fraction!

As Qian Renxue dodged the Clear Sky Hammer, Tang San's situation was no better.

Although the sword qi had faltered due to the brief control of the Purple Demon Eye, It had not dissipated.

Tang San summoned his shattered Eight Spider Lances to block it with his life, but the residual sword qi instantly pierced his chest—

His entire lung was run through.

The External Soul Bone, the Eight Spider Lances, shattered completely, and the backlash surged through him.

Severely wounded in body and mind, he plummeted straight toward the ground outside the arena like a discarded sack.

Yet, he endured the agonizing pain, Looking at Qian Renxue, who had also narrowly escaped death, a cold sneer appeared on his face.

Tang Sect hidden weapons—were they really so easy to block?

Qian Renxue let out a sigh of relief.

That was close! If not for the high-intensity training from my teacher and the Great One Soul Art that greatly increased my spiritual power!

I fear I wouldn't have even been able to withstand that terrifying spiritual attack!

Let alone the killing blow that followed immediately after!

Qian Renxue was still rejoicing over her narrow escape when she suddenly felt a subtle vibration in the air.

A sense of crisis, the strongest she had ever felt in her life, suddenly rose from the depths of her heart!

At this life-or-death moment, her body instinctively concentrated all her spiritual power to the limit—

Finally, she saw it!

A nearly transparent fragment, the size of a fingernail, shimmering with an eerie purple light, was whistling toward her head!

The fragment was strange and swift, possessing the effect of masking soul power and spiritual power detection.

What was even more fatal, was that she had twisted her waist to the limit just moments ago to dodge the Clear Sky Hammer.

Her old strength was spent, and her new strength had yet to arise.

Furthermore, that previous sword strike

had drained all her soul power—

She had neither the time nor the strength to react!

This hidden weapon... when was it launched?

Could it be... that she was going to die just like this?

Outside the arena.

Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo had just let out a sigh of relief upon seeing that although the two were heavily injured, their lives were at least not in danger—

The next second, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo stood up simultaneously!

They had also sensed that eerie fragment, aimed directly at Qian Renxue's fatal point!

"What is going on? Where did that hidden weapon come from? When was it fired?"

Sword Douluo exclaimed; even with his cultivation, he had failed to detect the origin of that fragment at the first instance.

"It was the Clear Sky Hammer!"

Bone Douluo possessed spatial-attribute soul skills and had an extremely keen sense of space. After deducing the trajectory of the fragment, he quickly calculated the cause.

"When the Clear Sky Hammer flew out, it struck a fragment that was about to fall, causing it to fly toward Qian Renxue at an incredibly bizarre angle!"

After he muttered the result of his deduction, he couldn't help but gasp.

"Was this an accident... or was it meticulously designed by that brat?"

But regardless of the answer, it was already too late to intervene.

Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, having the highest cultivation, were the first to react.

Immediately following them, Salas, Yu Luomian, Titan, Flender, and the others also noticed it.

Everyone saw the destination of that fragment.

Regret, excitement, and various other gazes intertwined.

No one had time to stop it.

It was as if everyone could already see the scene of this legendary genius bleeding out on the arena floor!

At the most critical moment!

A flash of white light streaked across!

Immediately following it, was a crisp clashing sound that echoed throughout the entire Soul Fighting Arena.

That Eight Spider Lances fragment

had actually struck a sword that was entirely snow-white and shimmering with starlight!

It then instantly shattered into even finer purple powder, which, under the illumination of the arena lights, looked like a purple crown—

Crown the newly emerged ten-win legend, Qian Renxue!

"Teacher... was it you who intervened?"

Qian Renxue steadied her stance, staring at the Star Sword hovering before her, stunned for a moment.

But in an instant, she attributed it all to Ling Xiao.

Only he

could have saved her at such a critical moment!

"I said I would not interfere in your matches, and I meant it!"

"Besides, you underestimate your teacher's forging skills, and you underestimate a divine artifact."

Ling Xiao's voice echoed in her mind, carrying a hint of arrogance.

"Ordinary divine artifacts possess spirituality, and this one, forged from a Star Core, is far superior to them!"

"It usually refuses to respond to you simply because your cultivation is too low; it couldn't be bothered."

As if to echo Ling Xiao's words, the Star Sword gave a slight tremble, as if to say:

That's right, this master only saved you just now because it was a last resort.

You are still too weak and unworthy of being my master!

Hearing Ling Xiao's words, under normal circumstances, Qian Renxue would have found them grating.

But at this moment, her heart felt warm.

Regardless of anything else, this was all thanks to her teacher.

If not for him, she would have died today under that bizarre hidden weapon.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a lingering fear!

But as she turned her head, that fear was drowned out by another emotion.

Ten consecutive wins!

She had done it.

She could finally restore her Soul Ancestor cultivation!

And...

She had defeated Tang San!

Did this count as earning her teacher's approval?