Evenly Matched!

"Hiss~, is this what a battle between Dou Zun experts is like? It's terrifying!"

"That mysterious Dou Venerable actually went up against Venerable Yun Shan?"

"Could this be the challenge that a dominant power must face before it can rise to power?"

Who do you think will win?

"Who knows!"

"Speaking of Yun Shan, he's a newly promoted Dou Venerable, so he's probably at a disadvantage."

"It seems that the Dou Venerable who calls himself Qing Hai is here to slap the Misty Cloud Sect in the face!"

"It's good that they're fighting!"

"The old sect leader will definitely win!"

"That's right! That guy will definitely pay the price for his ignorance!"

"Yun Shan, this battle concerns not only your Misty Cloud Sect, but also the entire Jia Ma Empire. You mustn't lose!"

The great battle between Yun Shan and Qing Hai is clearly affecting the hearts of everyone below!

For the people of the Jia Ma Empire, they naturally hoped that Yun Shan would win, so as to solidify the Jia Ma Empire's future dominance in the Northwest Continent.

However, the people of the other empires clearly did not want the Jia Ma Empire to continue its rise.

After all, the rise of a dominant power in the Northwest Continent has a tremendous impact on the surrounding areas!

Just like before, the Jia Ma Empire and the surrounding Cloud Empire, Falling Goose Empire, and Mulan Empire were actually about the same size.

But now, with the rise of the Jia Ma Empire, even if the other Great Emperor join forces, they are no match for the Jia Ma Empire.

Moreover, over the past few centuries, countless conflicts have arisen between the Four Great Empires.

They were absolutely sworn enemies!

In this situation, do you think the other Great Emperor would want to see the rise of the Jia Ma Empire?

The answer is clearly no!

Therefore, although the people of the other empires did not show it on their faces, they were secretly cheering for Qing Hai.

This is something that can be guessed without even having to think about it.

Regardless of what the people below Misty Cloud Plaza thought, in mid-air, Yun Shan and Venerable Qing Hai had already begun their great battle!

Since the two were only one star apart in strength, and Yun Shan, being Sword Cultivator, possessed the ability to fight beyond his level, the two could be considered to have fought evenly.

"Dark Soul Lightning Sea!"

"The Wind's Extremity - Annihilation!"

The sky Dark Shadow and shadowy, interspersed with eerie green arcs of electricity, which sent chills down one's spine.

This is clearly Dou Technique unleashed by Venerable Qing Hai!

However, Yun Shan is not to be underestimated.

When he swept his sword out horizontally, the Void itself cracked inch by inch!

The Dark Shadows and eerie green arcs of electricity were crushed into ownerless energy and dissipated into the air as soon as they came into contact with the sword light.

Although many Dark Shadow passed through the sword light and approached Yun Shan.

But in the battle, Yun Shan seemed to transform into a sharp sword, his entire body radiating overwhelming Sword Qi!

The weakened Dark Shadow couldn't get even a fraction closer to Yun Shan!

Conversely, even if Venerable Qing Hai transformed himself into black mist, he could not be completely immune to Yun Shan's sword light, which could even shatter space itself.

Because this black mist is ultimately a part of the body of the Venerable Qing Hai.

If he were to be swallowed by the Spatial Power, it would mean that he himself would also suffer some damage.

Therefore, when faced with Yun Shan's sword light, Venerable Qing Hai's choice was to dodge if possible, and only defend if dodge was not possible.

"As expected of Sword Cultivator! Despite being weaker than me, he's still incredibly troublesome!"

After dodging the incoming sword light, Venerable Qing Hai couldn't help but mutter to himself.

He had anticipated that he would not be able to quickly defeat Yun Shan.

However, the fact that Yun Shan, with his cultivation level of One-Star Dou Venerable, could go toe-to-toe with him was still quite surprising to Venerable Qing Hai.

Yes, in the battle between the two sides, Qing Hai did not have an absolute advantage.

The odds are roughly 5.5 to 4.5 between the two sides.

The Venerable Qing Hai is the former.

The main reason is that Yun Shan's constant Sword Qi drains more of his energy than that of Venerable Qing Hai!

If this drags on, Yun Shan will most likely suffer a prolonged defeat.

However, it's unclear how long that will take.

This is not what the Venerable Qing Hai wanted to see.

"Boom"

Just as the Venerable Qing Hai was pondering, the two clashed again.

"Click," "Click"

As they were retreating from each other, Yun Shan and Venerable Qing Hai both focused their gazes, then reached out and emptied their hands into the Void.

The next second, the signature ability of Dou Zun expert, Space Strangulation, was activated simultaneously.

"Buzz~"

Inch by inch, the Void cracked open. Looking up from the Misty Cloud Plaza below, one could see that the sky was covered with countless cracks, resembling a spider web.

It's no exaggeration to say that if you threw the people in Misty Cloud Plaza into this Void right now, they would probably be instantly turned into a bloody mist!

Why is there a gap in the power levels of Dou Zun experts compared to Dou Zong experts?

Its most important feature is its Space Strangulation power!

Aside from a few exceptional geniuses, 99.999% of people below the Dou Venerable would be killed without a doubt when faced with Space Strangulation.

Therefore, the fierce battle between Yun Shan and Venerable Qing Hai made the people in Misty Cloud Plaza below both terrified and incredibly envious.

This is especially true for those Dou Zong.

Why wouldn't they want to master this method?

However, regardless of their thoughts, the battle between Yun Shan and Venerable Qing Hai continued.

Because they were only one star apart, even though Venerable Qing Hai had a slight advantage in this Space Strangulation, he couldn't inflict any damage on Yun Shan.

"Sing~"

After smoothing out the Void rifts that appeared around him due to the Space Strangulation created by Venerable Qing Hai, Yun Shan held his sword horizontally in front of his chest.

A terrifying Dou Qi began to gather on the sword in his hand.

Seeing this, Venerable Qing Hai, who was originally about to rush over, immediately stopped in his tracks.

He could sense that the attack Yun Shan was about to unleash was enough to threaten his life!

Therefore, the Venerable Qing Hai naturally dared not be negligent.

"Boom"

The shadows gathered once again behind the Venerable Qing Hai.

I wonder if it was just a tacit understanding?

At one moment, Venerable Yun Shan and Venerable Qing Hai made their moves simultaneously!

"The Heaven-Raising Nine Swords - Seventh Sword: Severing the Star River!"

"Buzz~"

With a single slash, Yun Shan seemed to split even the Starry Sky in two!

However, the Venerable Qing Hai was not someone to be trifled with.

Unbeknownst to him, the shadowy figures had somehow coalesced into a gigantic humanoid shadow, about ten meters tall, behind him.

The enormous black figure was also holding a scythe.

As Venerable Qing Hai's right hand formed a blade and slashed down diagonally, the Human Form shadow behind him also made the same movement, raising a scythe!

"Soul-Severing Slash!"

"Sizzle"

The dark, scythe-like shadow also pierced the sky!

At an almost imperceptible speed, a silver-white and a pitch-black light collided.

"Buzz~"

The surrounding space began to collapse.

When it forms a black dot, it expands again!