Brain-Dead

He stepped onto the martial arena.

Their gazes met.

Jiang Xuan's eyes brimmed with affection and resolve.

A flicker of complicated emotion passed through Bai Ruoshuang's eyes.

But it was quickly concealed beneath her indifference.

Jiang Xuan looked at Bai Ruoshuang, his heart a jumble of emotions. He said softly:

"Ruoshuang, I don't believe you truly want to break off the engagement.

"I hope you will take this match seriously, and I also hope you can give me a chance to explain."

Bai Ruoshuang turned her head away and said coldly:

"Jiang Xuan, there is no need to say more about matters of the heart. Let today's match be the end of it."

With a command from the presiding elder, the match officially began.

Bai Ruoshuang struck first.

With a wave of her jade-like hand, the air around them instantly turned bitingly cold.

Countless ice swords condensed out of thin air and shot toward Jiang Xuan like a raging storm.

The ice swords glimmered with an eerie chill, carrying a piercing killing intent as though they would freeze Jiang Xuan solid in an instant.

Jiang Xuan did not dare let down his guard.

He swiftly circulated the Profound Heaven Nine-Yang Art.

A faint layer of golden flames ignited around him, forming a defensive barrier.

The ice swords crashed against the flaming barrier.

With sizzling sounds, they melted into pools of icy water.

However, Bai Ruoshuang's assault did not stop there.

Wave after wave of ice swords continued to strike.

Under the powerful barrage, Jiang Xuan's flaming barrier began to waver.

Jiang Xuan knew that blindly defending was no good strategy.

He seized the moment.

His figure flashed.

Like a golden meteor, he charged toward Bai Ruoshuang.

At the same time, his hands rapidly formed seals.

He unleashed the Nine Yang Sky-Splitting Fist.

Before their eyes,

His fist blazed with roaring flames.

As though it would tear space apart,

It thundered toward Bai Ruoshuang.

Bai Ruoshuang furrowed her delicate brows.

She had not expected Jiang Xuan to launch a counterattack even under such ferocious pressure.

She hurriedly sidestepped.

At the same time, she condensed a massive ice shield before herself.

Jiang Xuan's fist slammed into the ice shield, erupting in a burst of dazzling light.

Countless cracks instantly spread across the ice shield before it shattered with a thunderous crash.

Borrowing the force of the ice shield's explosion,

Bai Ruoshuang retreated several zhang, silently raising her guard.

She had originally thought victory in this match was already in the bag.

But now, it seemed

Jiang Xuan was far stronger than she had imagined.

She took a deep breath.

Her hands danced rapidly as she murmured an incantation.

At once, dark clouds blanketed the sky.

A powerful surge of ice spiritual energy swiftly gathered.

"Ice Soul Frost Blast!"

With a sharp cry from Bai Ruoshuang, countless enormous blocks of ice fell from the dark clouds.

At the same time, sharp ice spikes suddenly sprouted from the ground and stabbed toward Jiang Xuan.

For a moment, Jiang Xuan was caught in a pincer attack from above and below.

As Jiang Xuan watched the surging ice blocks and spikes closing in from all directions, he felt not the slightest fear.

He focused all his attention and sensed the flow of spiritual energy around him.

Just as the ice blocks and spikes were about to touch his body, Jiang Xuan suddenly unleashed the Nine Yang Illusory Step.

This was a movement martial skill from the Profound Heaven Nine-Yang Art, and it was incredibly fast.

Jiang Xuan's figure transformed into streaks of golden afterimages.

He weaved freely through the gaps between the ice blocks and ice spikes.

Skillfully evading Bai Ruoshuang's attack.

The disciples beneath the stage witnessed this scene.

They were all astonished.

They had not expected Jiang Xuan, even in such perilous circumstances,

To evade the attacks with such composure.

Some disciples who had originally favored Bai Ruoshuang

Could not help but view Jiang Xuan's strength in a new light.

Seeing that Jiang Xuan had actually evaded her full-force strike, Bai Ruoshuang felt a trace of anger.

She was just about to attack again.

But she discovered that Jiang Xuan had already stopped some distance away, his hands rapidly forming complex seals.

A powerful, blazing aura radiated from Jiang Xuan's body.

The surrounding air seemed to ignite, and the temperature rose sharply.

"Nine Yang Heaven-Burning Technique!"

Jiang Xuan shouted.

A massive golden sun appeared above his head.

Roaring Nine Yang True Flame burned within the sun.

The Nine Yang True Flame was like an enraged colossal beast of fire.

Roaring, it pounced toward Bai Ruoshuang.

Wherever it passed, space itself seemed to twist.

The rocks on the ground instantly turned to dust.