The clash of weapons echoed across the mountaintop in the Jingyang Mountain Range.
Huo Yuhao panted heavily, adjusted his stance again, and attacked the Snow Empress with the Ice Spirit Spear in his hands.
The Ice Spirit Spear thrust toward the Snow Empress at tremendous speed, reaching her in an instant.
Then, with a clang, the Snow Empress blocked the Ice Spirit Spear with her ice sword. Taking advantage of the momentum, she swiftly closed in on Huo Yuhao and thrust her sword at his neck in a flash of lightning.
Huo Yuhao hurriedly retreated, bringing up the Ice Spirit Spear to block.
There was another clang. The Snow Empress's ice sword knocked the Ice Spirit Spear out of Huo Yuhao's hands, and he fell backward onto the ground.
"Not bad, Yuhao," the Snow Empress said. "You can already withstand a few moves from me without relying on Soul Power."
"After these past few days of sparring, I've gradually started finding my own feel for it." As Huo Yuhao spoke, he climbed to his feet, and the Ice Spirit Spear flew back into his hand.
Lately, Huo Yuhao had been asking everyone to practice with him to train with the Ice Spirit Spear. During these sessions, he used neither Spiritual Power nor Soul Power, relying solely on his body's reactions to practice with the spear.
At first, Huo Yuhao had not practiced this way. He had fought as before, using Soul Power and the Ice Spirit Spear's properties.
But fighting like that made Huo Yuhao realize that his attacks had become very strange.
Although the Ice Spirit Spear could absorb the surrounding Heaven and Earth Vital Energy to keep Huo Yuhao going, and even unleash a powerful attack with its accumulated energy,
Huo Yuhao discovered that he was not truly