Qi Dian went peacefully.
"Both contestants, take your positions. Begin!"
At the referee's announcement, both contestants got into gear once more. Unlike Yue Wen and Xing'er in the previous match, who had bared their teeth and fought with their blood pounding from the outset, these two were much calmer.
As usual, Qi Dian opened by raising his astral qi shield. Heavenly Net Nine-Turn Astral Qi enveloped him as he first adopted a defensive stance.
Liu Yuanjun held his sword and briefly gathered his power.
After analyzing Qi Dian's previous matches, he had also reached a conclusion: any plan to lure Qi Dian into attacking simply would not work, and wasting time with him was no good strategy either.
The only way to beat him was to break through his shield completely.
Ultimately, the previous contestants had lost to Qi Dian because they simply lacked the raw strength. They had all wanted to lure the tortoise's head out without breaking its shell, but Qi Dian kept his tortoise's head deeply tucked away. Either he never stuck it out, or he struck hard when he did.
Liu Yuanjun did not want to match wits with him.
Or rather, after thinking it through, he felt that a contest of strength would be more reliable.
Thus, Liu Yuanjun unleashed his strongest offensive right from the start. He circulated his cultivation method and revealed his cultivation in full, his aura climbing to its peak in an instant.
The pressure Qi Dian felt immediately intensified, because he discovered that Liu Yuanjun had actually broken through to the Middle Astral Realm as well.
Liu Yuanjun's cultivation had never advanced particularly quickly. Throughout his previous victories, he had remained in the Early Astral Realm. Although he had defeated Middle Astral Realm opponents, he had relied on the