First Arrival at the Abyss (3), Jiang Yuan vs. Lin Qingyan, Battle in the Abyss!

Across the vast, dark earth, the boy and girl stood thirty meters apart, facing each other. A raging gale howled like ghosts, whipping up waves of black dust and sand.

"Your name is Jiang Yuan, right?"

"For the sake of being classmates, I can give you one more chance. It's not too late to concede now."

Lin Qingyan's tone was calm. Her long, dark hair danced wildly behind her, and her slender frame radiated an impressive aura.

"That won't be necessary."

Jiang Yuan clenched his fists, his smile composed, his pale golden eyes glowing like flames in the cold night.

"Because..."

"I truly can't imagine a scenario where I lose."

"That's because you haven't witnessed true power."

Lin Qingyan said indifferently, "I admit you have some strength, but in front of me..."

"It's not enough."

The moment her voice fell, she kicked off the ground and arrived before Jiang Yuan, her right fist enveloped in a white mass of energy.

Jiang Yuan raised his hand to intercept, but in the next second, Lin Qingyan's body dissipated like a cloud of mist, reappearing behind him.

Three-star martial skill, Phantom Cloud Step!

Her fist, wrapped in white energy, frictioned against the air, weaving threads of black lightning as it crashed down toward the back of Jiang Yuan's head!

Five-star martial skill, Black Thunder Flash!

"BOOM!"

A dull, thunderous roar erupted, and a violent shockwave spread from beneath their feet, instantly surging a hundred meters outward.

As the dust settled, Lin Qingyan looked at Jiang Yuan, who had blocked her punch with his arm, her clear eyes flickering.

Such strong combat instincts, such a tough physique.

"Using two high-level martial skills so casually—as expected of someone wealthy."

Jiang Yuan looked up and smiled, though he was inwardly surprised; he hadn't expected her to have cultivated her martial skills to such a degree.

However...

A rainbow light flashed deep within his pale golden eyes.

Jiang Yuan raised his hand to grab at Lin Qingyan.

She retracted her fist, used the momentum to pivot her slender waist, and dodged the grab with a nimble movement, bringing a heavy, powerful axe-kick down toward Jiang Yuan's head!

But in the next second, the attack missed.

Jiang Yuan's body dissipated like a cloud of mist.

"Is this how it's used?"

Jiang Yuan's figure appeared at Lin Qingyan's side, his right fist—wrapped in crimson ripples and laced with threads of black lightning—striking toward her chest.

"What?!"

Lin Qingyan's heart shook violently.

He learned my martial skill just by watching it once?!

What kind of monstrous learning ability is this?!

At the critical moment, a dreamy, ice-blue light flashed in Lin Qingyan's eyes, and a thin, hexagonal snowflake-shaped ice mirror appeared before her.

Innate skill—Hexagonal Ice God Mirror!

Jiang Yuan's punch slammed heavily into the Hexagonal Ice God Mirror, and a terrifying pressure exploded, sounding like a thunderclap across the heavens!

"BANG!"

The massive shockwave formed a two-meter-high wall of air, sweeping away all the rubble within dozens of meters of them!

"Crack."

A fissure appeared on the ice mirror, but it did not shatter.

Under Jiang Yuan's somewhat stunned gaze, the force of the punch was reflected entirely back onto him!

The terrifying power sent him flying uncontrollably, launching him like a cannonball into a hillside, where he smashed out a large crater!

"Thunder Strike."

The Divine Speaker skill activated.

A bolt of purple lightning as thick as an arm struck into the cave, exploding with a roar!

Looking at the ruins, Lin Qingyan said with a proud expression, "To be able to force me to use my innate skill, you can be proud enough of yourself."

She looked at the pile of rubble in the distance with clear eyes and said proudly:

"With your talent and aptitude, you barely qualify for the ranks of the top prodigies in the Great Xia Kingdom. But you are not yet qualified to be mentioned in the same breath as me."

"If you are willing to submit to me now, I can give you a chance to follow me and reach the pinnacle of the starry sky."

"BOOM!"

The pile of rubble exploded.

"Do you think you've won?"

Jiang Yuan, his upper garment partially shredded, walked out from the rain of debris. His entire body was shrouded in a crimson, ripple-like aura, and the falling stones were pulverized into dust the moment they struck him.

He stomped his foot.

The ground caved in.

Jiang Yuan's figure shot toward Lin Qingyan like a red streak of light, his speed as fast as a phantom.

"It's useless, Slow."

Lin Qingyan said coldly.

Jiang Yuan instantly felt as if he had fallen into a quagmire, his speed reduced by 90%.

"Your speed is indeed fast, and your damage is high, but it's all melee. As long as you can't hit your target, it's meaningless."

"Light Rain."

In an instant, countless dazzling light arrows descended from the sky, shooting toward Jiang Yuan.

"Interesting." Jiang Yuan laughed. His blood energy erupted, and his boiling aura transformed into layers of ripple-like barriers, blocking all the light arrow attacks.

He took another deep breath and stomped his right foot heavily forward!

"BANG!"

The ground shook violently and caved in, with cracks spreading in all directions.

His figure vanished instantly.

"God Speed."

Catching a glimpse of Jiang Yuan, who had teleported behind her, Lin Qingyan's expression shifted.

This move again—a teleportation that ignored the Slow control. Was it his talent? Or a skill?

Seeing Jiang Yuan throw a punch, she realized it was too fast to use a skill.

Lin Qingyan could only raise her hand and use her second talent.

"Freeze."

Pale cold air was released, instantly forming a massive ice wall in front of her.

It only held for a second.

Before it was shattered by Jiang Yuan's punch!

The powerful shockwave forced Lin Qingyan to retreat thirty meters before she could stop. The baseball cap on her head was blown away, revealing her snow-white, exquisite, and beautiful face, which was now as cold as frost.

"You have completely angered me."

On the other side of the valley in the Level 1 Abyss.

Several Tier 1 class-changed warriors from a small guild watched the distance in terror as a cone-shaped iceberg suddenly appeared in the valley, only to suddenly shatter and collapse.

"What's wrong?"

A middle-aged warrior walked over and asked.

"I told you to lure the fierce beasts over; why has it taken so long?"

"Captain, I think we should head back quickly today," a young man with a great shield said, his face full of terror.

"What exactly is going on?"

The young man swallowed hard: "We've checked, there are no fierce beasts in this area at all. And ever since a moment ago, terrifying noises have been coming from over there."

"That's right," another female class-changed warrior said: "Not only are there huge sounds, but there are earthquakes, and from time to time there are Thunder Strikes. Just now, an iceberg even appeared out of nowhere..."

"An iceberg? Where?" The captain looked up.

"It shattered."

"Shat, shattered? You guys didn't get hit by a beast's poison mist and start hallucinating, did you?" The captain was skeptical.

The two hurriedly said: "We are telling the truth."

"BOOM--!!"

A loud noise came from that direction, startling everyone.

Then, a violent gale swept over from that side, and the ground shook once more.

The great shield youth spread his hands and said: "Captain, look, we weren't lying. Something is really wrong here."

"It feels like two Tier 3 vicious beasts are locked in a life-or-death struggle," the woman said.

"Tier 3 vicious beasts... could something like that really exist in a Level 1 Abyss?"

Cold sweat beaded on the captain's forehead; he couldn't believe it.

But immediately after.

"Crack!"

Several sudden bolts of lightning struck in that direction, giving them a massive fright.

"Go, go! Get out of here now!" the captain urged frantically.

The group scrambled away in a panic, not daring to take another look.