Clang! Clang! Clang!
On the arena, sword radiance spilled in all directions as ice and snow swirled through the air.
Ji Mingyu's offensive came like the tide, wave after wave without end, leaving no room to catch one's breath.
Wang Shouzhe, meanwhile, pushed his defense to the utmost. He sought no merit, only no mistakes; every move was defended with impeccable steadiness.
He did not even waste Profound Qi activating the Zhouxuan Sword's Sword Qi for attacks, instead pouring all his focus into defense.
Naturally, that made for a rather unimpressive fight.
The Mystic Ice Hall disciples were thrilled and shouted one after another, "Senior Brother Mingyu, put in more effort! Smash open that turtle shell! He can't hold on much longer!"
In contrast,
the Evergreen Valley disciples were slightly discouraged. Senior Brother Shouzhe had clearly been suppressed all along, and even now, he had no room to strike back.
Two of them even began discussing it in private.
"What do you know?" Senior Brother Jinshan rebuked them in a low voice. "Different opponents call for different tactics. That is only natural. Our Evergreen True Art excels most at endurance. As long as we keep consuming him, Ji Mingyu will eventually exhaust his Profound Qi and suffer defeat."
"But, Senior Brother Jinshan," a new disciple said timidly, "Senior Brother Ji Mingyu is already at the third level of the Spirit Platform Realm. His Profound Qi is incredibly abundant. How could it possibly be exhausted?"
"This..." Senior Brother Jinshan said with a hesitant expression. "Perhaps Senior Brother Shouzhe has other ideas." Even he lacked confidence in those words.
Whether below the arena or in the skies above, everyone was discussing this battle heatedly.
Yet Ji Mingyu and Wang Shouzhe were immersed in their own battle, ignoring every scrap of information from