The moves the two used in battle were dazzling and varied, with none repeated. Every strike was earth-shaking, possessed of tremendous power.
While Zhu Xiu was still pondering the mysteries of one move, the two had already exchanged dozens more, and every one of them was more profound than the move he had been contemplating.
"Impressive..."
He sighed inwardly, while a wave of doubt rose in his heart.
Elder Qiongya had lived for who knew how many tens of thousands of years, so her strength was one thing. But this youth was only seventeen or eighteen—how could his moves be so seasoned and vicious, even more formidable than those of an old monster?
Compared to his moves, the ultimate techniques he had once been so proud of were as laughable as a man from Handan trying to imitate another's gait.
Could such a freak truly exist in this world?
It was not only Zhu Xiu who was astonished. Even Elder Qiongya, who was fighting Nie Yun, felt as though she was about to go mad.
She had lived for who knew how many tens of thousands of years. Even within the Spirit Tamer Tower, she ranked among the old monsters. The sheer number and complexity of martial techniques she had learned made her the foremost person beneath the Spirit Tamer Tower's Immortal Lords!
Originally, she had only thought that the youth before her had experienced a tremendous increase in strength, while his true understanding of martial techniques remained shallow. As long as she used her full strength, she would surely defeat him. Yet now, she discovered just how childish and ridiculous that thought had been.
If his understanding of martial techniques was shallow, then she was practically a cicada!
She changed through several hundred martial techniques and cultivation arts in