Crack!
Biting cold erupted beneath Xia Qingran's feet, spreading rapidly in all directions and surging straight toward Zhou Fan!
Zhou Fan's pupils contracted. He reacted instantly, retreating just in time to avoid being frozen solid by the cold.
"Senior, attacking without a word? Isn't that a little unsporting?"
"Your enemies won't care about sportsmanship. You let your guard down."
As she spoke, Xia Qingran lightly pushed off the ground and appeared before Zhou Fan in a few swift movements.
Outside, her speed wouldn't have been particularly impressive. Zhou Fan could have tracked her movements clearly without even activating his Sharingan.
But they were in the Gravity Space now.
And Xia Qingran was under nine times normal gravity.
In other words, under normal conditions, she would have been nine times faster!
"Ice Spirit: Pillar!"
Xia Qingran raised her hand, forming several angular ice spikes and firing them toward Zhou Fan.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Zhou Fan rapidly formed hand seals and spat out a massive fireball, engulfing every ice spike.
However...
Those seemingly fragile ice spikes pierced straight through the fireball and kept flying toward Zhou Fan!
Startled, Zhou Fan formed another set of hand seals.
"Wind Release: Gale Palm!"
A fierce gust blasted forward, completely destroying the ice spikes.
It had taken him two techniques to counter just one of Xia Qingran's.
Her reputation as "the undisputed strongest of Xia Country's younger generation" was clearly well earned.
But that only stoked Zhou Fan's fighting spirit.
This was the first time he had faced someone his own age who was this strong.
Before this, his strongest opponent had been Lin Qianqian.
But he had won every time they sparred.
Lin Qianqian rarely even made him feel genuinely threatened.
Sparring with Lin Qianqian had mostly meant helping her practice.
Only Xia