Evolving Mid-Battle

Grand Martial Arts Plaza Inside the Inner Sect was packed with people.

Hearing that Shen Yuan and Xiao Wuji had initiated a tie-breaker match, almost the entire Inner Sect had turned out, and the spectator stands were jammed solid. Even quite a few core disciples had made a special trip over to watch the battle.

On the high platform, all the elders were seated, with Elder Zhang sitting right in the middle. Gu Changfeng was also at one side of the high platform, dressed in a white robe with an indifferent expression as he looked toward the arena. Su Qingxuan had likewise arrived, dressed in a plain-colored dress and sitting quietly in a corner.

In the waiting area.

Shen Yuan wore a cyan martial uniform, with that middle-grade Azure-Steel Longsword hanging at his waist. His Late Meridian Opening Realm aura was restrained, revealing not too much edge. Only deep within his eyes settled the calmness honed from thousands of simulated life-and-death combat sessions.

"Shen Yuan, be extremely careful!" Wang Dong squeezed in close to his side, lowering his voice. "I just found out that this month Xiao Wuji not only polished Mountain-Splitting Palm to perfection, but he also cultivated a brand-new killing move named Sea-The-Splitting Collapse, specifically used to smash through an opponent's weapon defense!"

"Sea-The-Splitting Collapse." Shen Yuan silently noted the name.

Inside the Martial Arts Simulation Space, he had previously deduced the possibility of Xiao Wuji developing a new killing move, only he didn't know the exact routing of the technique. Today, upon the arena stage, they would see the true mettle.

On the other side, Xiao Wuji wore a moon-white martial uniform, and Profound Communion Realm profound qi slowly circulated around his entire body. Through a month of bitter secluded cultivation, he had completely mended all the