Hardly anyone in the entire venue had clearly seen the splashing Dragon Blood or the sword that had already been withdrawn.
But they clearly saw the Azure Dragon soaring with its wings spread split straight into two halves through the middle, like a long serpent cut apart!
The surging wind and thunder elements burst chaotically for an instant, then vanished into nothing!
The terrifying assault from moments ago was reduced to flying ash beneath that single sword strike!
What had happened?
Clearly, no one had understood what they saw.
Even Su Ping was momentarily stunned.
He had never imagined that Qianyi could kill this Azure Dragon instantly with a single strike right now.
In his estimation, with the Five Elements circulating to this point, Qianyi could not only block the Azure Dragon but even suppress it.
Then Qianyi would only need to stall a little longer, until the Five Elements Cycle reached its fourth rotation, or simply entered the peak state of its fifth rotation, before ending the battle cleanly.
But a single strike?
How could Qianyi possibly do that to an Azure Dragon that had formed wings of wind and thunder?
The reason was not actually difficult to discern.
The instant that sword struck, the five-colored radiance around Qianyi had withdrawn inward. Clearly, in that brief span, Qianyi's Five Elements Cycle had already reached its peak.
It had not simply attacked while the cycle was still running.
So there was only one answer.
Su Ping's Spirit Eye instantly locked onto Qianyi, whose body had actually undergone two changes.
The first change was one Su Ping had expected.
Naturally, Qianyi had gained a skill.
A swordsmanship skill.
On the few occasions Qianyi had fought recently, it had always used that pure Sword of Gold. Qianyi already had swordsmanship for many