The instant the saber and sword clashed, a powerful shockwave spread outward from the Duel Platform.
Among the spectators in the front rows, everyone below the Third-Order Qi Accumulation Realm suffered from reversed True Qi and churning blood and qi under that powerful shockwave.
Although Gongsun Huaying's sword was an Earth-Grade Spirit Treasure, she was not strong enough to unleash the power an Earth-Grade Spirit Treasure should possess.
Meanwhile, Chen Lie's Blood Dragon Emerges from the Sea was a high-grade Earth-rank technique, possessing immense power.
Moreover, high-grade Earth-rank martial techniques collected by the Taia Star Province Martial Arts Academy usually displayed power comparable to ordinary Heaven-rank martial techniques.
Chen Lie's True Qi flowed endlessly into the saber. Having reached the Second-Order Roaming Qi Realm, the rate at which True Qi regenerated in his three dantians, like a celestial river pouring down from the heavens, far surpassed that of ordinary Fourth-Order Qi Gathering Realm Martial Artists.
As Chen Lie continued exerting force, the saber qi and sword qi contended for only a brief moment before Gongsun Huaying's sword qi began to collapse.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
As the saber qi crushed the sword qi, Gongsun Huaying, the wielder of the sword, was instantly blasted backward by the tremendous impact.
Seizing the opportunity, Chen Lie held the Blood River Saber horizontally and closed in like lightning, unleashing Sweeping Thousand Armies.
"Boom!"
A massive five-element saber formed from saber qi swept across one corner of the Duel Platform, cleaving the air in two.
Under that immense force, Gongsun Huaying was swept straight off the Duel Platform. She landed outside it with a "bang," her former ethereal grace utterly gone as she lay there in a thoroughly undignified state.
At that moment, Gongsun Huaying's mind was completely blank.
She was a royal noble of Changxia