Harmony!

"What?!"

As Tang Yao's figure was blasted away.

The Qingshan City students in the spectator stands stared at the scene on the field with utter disbelief.

"Senior Tang was sent flying?!"

"That Ye Li guy used some kind of cheat? How could he break Senior Tang's defense?!"

"Holy shit..."

They all cried out in alarm, their eyes filled with disbelief.

Under normal circumstances, Tang Yao could end a fight in an instant when facing an opponent below her tier.

Yet that sword strike had not only been effortlessly neutralized by her opponent, but he had even struck back with a spear, blasted apart Senior Tang's defense, and sent her flying!

How in the world had he done that?!

On the Combat Stage.

Watching the Boy in Black grow farther and farther away, Tang Yao's heart churned like stormy seas.

To this day, this was the first time her [Giant Sword Phantom Cauldron] had been forcibly smashed apart like this!

[Giant Sword Phantom Cauldron] was a Premium Martial Skill among Second-Tier martial skills. She had spent an entire year cultivating it to the level of mastery.

Forget resisting a martial artist who had only just entered the Second-Tier—even that old martial arts instructor at the Second-Tier Peak had failed to break through this giant sword phantom!

It was not that Ye Li's strength was impossibly overwhelming. Rather, the white light shining from his spear tip possessed an extremely powerful armor-piercing effect.

It was most likely another Premium Martial Skill, and one cultivated to an extremely high level...

After a brief moment of shock, Tang Yao swiftly calmed down in midair.

It was merely a martial skill with an armor-piercing effect. She had yet to take it seriously!

On the elevated platform.

The teachers, who had originally thought there was little suspense in this match, saw Tang Yao get blasted away.

They instantly perked up.

"This kid named Ye Li is rather interesting."

Yu Weng looked at the high-spirited Boy in Black on the stage and said in surprise, "The white mist around him has a miraculous effect. It weakened the Sword Qi that landed on him by fifty percent... no, at least seventy percent."

In his memory, there were fewer than five low-tier martial skills capable of such an effect, and every single one was Premium.

Premium often meant difficult to cultivate.

To use a low-tier Premium Martial Skill to such an extent required at least mastery-level proficiency.

Furthermore, the spear technique the Boy in Black had displayed just now also carried an air of perfection... That made two Premium Martial Skills that were suspected to have reached perfection.

In three years, he had cultivated two Premium Martial Skills to perfection. His talent in martial skills was simply terrifying.

At that thought, the surprise in Yu Weng's heart deepened.

"Even if he can reduce damage and possesses a martial skill with armor-piercing effects, he still cannot pose much of a threat to the Young Pavilion Master."

"With the Young Pavilion Master's attainments in the sword, she can definitely tear through his defense by force."

An elder of the Qingshan Sword Pavilion said solemnly as he stared at the Combat Stage.

He was not putting on a brave face.

Among everyone present, no one understood the power of the martial skills in Tang Yao's hands better than he did.

They absolutely possessed attack power capable of threatening even Third-Tier martial artists!

On the Combat Stage.

Tang Yao steadied herself in midair. Her legs scraped across the ground, carving a trail of more than ten zhang as she barely dispersed the force on her body.

She then raised her sharp, beautiful eyes and coldly looked at the handsome youth shrouded in white mist, looking utterly extraordinary.

"Is that all you've got?" the youth asked with a faintly mocking smile, spear in hand.

"What arrogance!"

There was a faint but clearly detectable refusal to yield in Tang Yao's cold voice.

The pride in her heart remained as unshakable as a rock!

So what if you can reduce damage?

I'll still defeat you in a moment!

Boom!!—

A resounding thunderclap rang out again as Tang Yao transformed into a dazzling streak of white light and charged at Ye Li at extreme speed!

"..."

Ye Li remained calm and extended his palm toward the streak of white light rushing at him.

Just as everyone wondered what he intended to do—

A dazzling ring on that distinct-knuckled hand quietly lit up.

Buzz!

The next moment.

The dazzling streak of white light rushing at him came to an abrupt halt in midair. Amid Tang Yao's utterly bewildered expression, her body directly lost control and knelt in the air!

Bang!

Her fair knees slammed heavily onto the Combat Stage, the humiliating sound echoing throughout the arena.

Before everyone's eyes, this proud daughter of heaven from Qingshan City knelt on the ground and, propelled by inertia, scraped across the floor all the way to Ye Li's feet.

At the sight of this.

The thousands of people in the spectator stands were all dumbstruck.

For a moment, suffocating silence swept through the entire venue. The originally fervent atmosphere nearly froze solid.

It was as quiet as the eve of a blizzard.

[Publicly humiliating the proud Young Pavilion Master of the Qingshan Sword Pavilion. Malice Points +1500!]

Tang Yao on the Combat Stage was even more bewildered. She lowered her head in disbelief and looked at the knees pressed against the ground.

What am I doing?

I actually knelt before some ordinary nobody who dared to spout such wild nonsense, in a place like this?!

In an instant, boundless fury surged through Tang Yao's heart. Her usually composed and elegant eyes seemed ready to spew fire.

She raised her head and looked at the youth right before her, her silver teeth nearly shattering from how hard she clenched them.

"You're finish—"

Ye Li's hands shot out like lightning and clamped around her delicate face.

Then his knee smashed out like a fierce tiger descending the mountain, carrying a sharp blast of wind pressure as it exploded against that proud, confident face!

Bang!!

With a dull thud, that delicate face instantly twisted in pain!

Intense pain surged from her face. Tang Yao saw stars and felt the world spin, her words forcibly cut off as her body uncontrollably tilted backward.

"At a time like this, you still want to chat?"

Ye Li sneered and charged forward. In the blink of an eye, he arrived before Tang Yao once more.

The effect of the [Harmony Ring] was even stronger than he had imagined. In the future, he could use it as a one-time immobilization technique.

This is how immobilization techniques work in our High Martial World. Do you have immobilization techniques like this?

Ye Li chuckled inwardly and reached out, gripping Tang Yao by the face!

If he had used the spear tip for that blow, I would already be dead...

This thought subconsciously surfaced in Tang Yao's dizzy mind, only to be swallowed by overwhelming fury the next moment.

A mere mediocrity had actually used his knee to smash her face!

And at such a perfect opportunity, instead of pressing his advantage with the spear technique from before, he had chosen not to do so. Such behavior... was simply proof that he had never taken her seriously!

Kneeling, getting struck in the face... From the day she was born until now, this was the first time anyone had dared humiliate her so!

At that moment, Tang Yao felt someone grip her face with five fingers.

"You're courting death!"

She shouted furiously, true qi surging upward as she forcibly shook herself awake from her dizziness.

Boom!—

A terrifying sword aura erupted from her body. Visibility on the Combat Stage instantly dropped, and Sword Qi filled the sky like countless sharp blades leaving their sheaths, sweeping across heaven and earth!

Ye Li was instantly caught within it.

Pfft! Pfft!—

The sounds of flesh being pierced rang out in succession. Tang Yao used the chance to break free from his restraint and rapidly retreated.

Looking at the slender figure wrapped within countless streams of Sword Qi yet still standing tall, Cold Glint surged in her eyes.

"Earlier, that was your only chance to defeat me."

"Since you failed to seize it, don't blame me!"

Tang Yao