Chapter 72

Xiao Ran gathered his focus and stepped onto the stage with his sword.

Sikong Yuehua stood opposite him. She was wearing a light green samurai outfit today, and her long hair was tied up in a samurai bun, all neatly gathered at the back, revealing her perfect face and slender neck!

She was indeed very beautiful, but Xiao Ran's attention was not on her face, but on her hands and sword!

Sikong Yuehua's fingers were long and fair, like a pianist's, suitable for playing the piano and even more so for wielding a sword. The long sword she chose was not an ordinary standard sword!

The sword was nearly a third longer and almost half as thin as a standard long sword, clearly designed for agile and intricate movements!

Sikong Yuehua looked at Xiao Ran and said with a hint of disdain, "Last time you said your sword skills were ten times stronger than your palm techniques. Show me what you've got!

But I don't want to see any short blade thrusts!

What kind of swordsman can't even keep his sword?"

Xiao Ran, however, smiled and said, "In a match, victory is the ultimate goal. I'll do whatever works best.

I've heard that the Sikong family's sword skills are unparalleled in Jin Guang City. I'm eager to see them for myself!"

The Sikong family was one of the four major clans in Jin Guang City, established since the city's founding and standing strong for hundreds of years, with astonishing skills!

Their family-secret Frost True Qi was extremely cold, and it was said that they had once produced a great expert at the eighth level of Qi cultivation. Even now, they had elders at the sixth and seventh levels of Qi cultivation.

They were far stronger than any martial arts school in the city.

Sikong Yuehua's sword was like a cold frost, and as she activated her technique, the temperature on the stage plummeted, making Xiao Ran feel as if he had dropped from the height of summer into the depths of winter.

Her long sword trembled, creating a fierce sword howl. The blade disappeared, transforming into a white mist that enveloped her entire body. All that could be heard was the sword howl, but she was nowhere to be seen!

Xiao Ran's expression turned serious. An expert's move revealed their true skill!

Sikong Yuehua was undoubtedly the most skilled swordsman he had ever faced!

Xiao Ran thrust his long sword with a seemingly clumsy but actually clever technique. The tip of the sword trembled, splitting into two, then four, instantly creating a sky full of sword shadows!

Before their swords even clashed, Xiao Ran felt countless tiny, invisible cold True Qi threads hidden in the white mist, like a frosty winter day, with bits of frost mixed in the mist. Though invisible, they were everywhere, extremely cold!

"This is the Sikong family's Frost True Qi? Indeed remarkable!"

Xiao Ran immediately activated the Unempty Yin-Yang Seal, and the tiny Frost True Qi threads in the sword howl were absorbed into his sword like swallows returning to their nests.

Then, Xiao Ran's long sword, which had created a sky full of shadows, returned to a single, straightforward thrust into the white mist!

Faced with Xiao Ran's technique that simplified and then complicated, and then simplified again, Sikong Yuehua was startled. The sky full of white mist condensed into a white ribbon, which clashed with Xiao Ran's long sword in a flash!

The sound of the swords colliding was continuous, like a long, explosive roar!

This clearly showed how fast their swords were. Xiao Ran, having obtained the complete *Manual of the Sunflower*, had never met an opponent who could match his speed in movement and swordplay. But Sikong Yuehua's sword was just as fast!

Clang...

Like the lingering sound of a tuning fork, the sword clash echoed, and the two of them returned to their original positions!

Sikong Yuehua, as if savoring the previous battle, looked at Xiao Ran and said, "This is your Unempty Yin-Yang Seal, indeed mysterious and unpredictable!

You can use your sword as a medium to absorb and reflect my sword qi!"

Xiao Ran, however, seemed not to hear Sikong Yuehua's words and looked at a certain spot in the audience!

Sikong Yuehua was furious. Xiao Ran dared to be distracted during their intense battle, but then she heard him whisper, "Be careful... something's not right!"

The person who had attacked Xiao Ran earlier had appeared briefly in the arena, so Xiao Ran had been looking for him. Just now, he saw that person on the main stage, talking to Doutu Xie's sister!

If these people's secret plans involved the city lord, it would be a big problem!

He had a premonition that something might go wrong during this match today!

Seeing Xiao Ran's strange expression and his mind clearly not on the battle, Sikong Yuehua immediately became furious. She intensified her True Qi, her thirteen spirit orifices running wildly, making her Frost True Qi even colder, turning the white mist inside her body to a icy blue!

The most precious thing in the Sikong family, besides the Frost True Qi technique, was a complete set of Blue-Eyed Ice Pole Eagle spirit orifice diagrams.

The Blue-Eyed Ice Pole Eagle is born with True Qi, which is extremely cold. At the fourth level, it turns from white to blue, and the cold can kill. If it can condense the true form of the Blue-Eyed Ice Pole Eagle, the True Qi turns from blue to black, freezing all living things!

Sikong Yuehua, though the same age as Xiao Ran, had already condensed thirteen Blue-Eyed Ice Pole Eagle spirit orifices. These orifices greatly improved the quality of her True Qi, reaching the power of a fourth-level Qi cultivator.

Not only could she attack opponents, but she could also freeze their flesh and even their True Qi. Compared to Zuo Lengshan's Ice Finger, this was like a gentle winter breeze, insignificant!

Xiao Ran felt a wave of coldness hit him, even freezing the air!

"Why is this girl suddenly so angry?"

Xiao Ran focused and fought with Sikong Yuehua, but he still kept part of his attention on the arena!

Xiao Ran and Sikong Yuehua exchanged nearly a hundred sword strikes. This time, using only his long sword to perform the Unempty Yin-Yang Seal was not enough to completely neutralize Sikong Yuehua's cold True Qi. He had to use part of his True Qi to neutralize it internally!

This made him quite uncomfortable, feeling as if he were in an ice cave!

His long sword would occasionally form a layer of frost, which he would then shatter, and his hair and face would also form a layer of white frost!

The head of the Sikong family stroked his beard and smiled, "My daughter is taking the upper hand! She will surely win within three hundred moves!"

The head of the Lu Martial Hall, however, frowned, "That Xiao Ran seems distracted. That's strange!

He has rich combat experience and strong fighting spirit. How could he be like this?"

On the other side, Doutu Xie also smiled, "The Sikong family has a set of Blue-Eyed Ice Pole Eagle spirit orifice diagrams. It's said that when fully cultivated, it can condense the true form of the Blue-Eyed Ice Pole Eagle!

Although the true form of the Blue-Eyed Ice Pole Eagle is not as powerful as Feng Wanjun's Heavenly Phoenix true form, it is still formidable!"

The Blue-Eyed Ice Pole Eagle spirit orifice diagrams were only slightly better than the Six-Winged Flowing Light Swallow spirit orifice diagrams. For Feng Wanjun, it was something she could easily give away. Why would she care?

She was invited by Doutu Xie to be a judge at this Golden Sword Competition. At first, she was reluctant. What was the point of watching a bunch of second and third-level Qi cultivators fight?

In the end, she decided to come, hoping to find some promising talents at the competition!

But she didn't expect to actually find some good talents, like Luo Xiaoyi and Xiao Ran!

Although Sikong Yuehua was strong, it wasn't too surprising given her good conditions from a young age!

But the last time she saw Xiao Ran, he was only at the first level of Qi cultivation. In just a few months, he had reached the second level, and his sword skills were extremely high, capable of challenging higher levels!

Even a fourth-level Qi cultivator might not be able to defeat him steadily!

But why was he distracted during the battle, constantly looking this way?

Feng Wanjun casually replied, "They're not bad, but Xiao Ran stands out even more!

But why is he distracted, always looking this way?"

Beside her, Doutu Tian smiled, "He seems to have noticed something. Not bad, he has a good eye.

Did he recognize Xiao Wu!?"

Feng Wanjun was surprised, "What did he notice?"

Doutu Tian smiled, "He noticed that we want to borrow your Heavenly Phoenix true form..."

As she spoke, she suddenly struck Feng Wanjun's back, and Doutu Xie also elbowed her chest from behind!

Feng Wanjun was shocked, only then realizing the overwhelming killing intent from the siblings.

She immediately tried to use her Burning Heaven Flame martial body!

But it was useless. Her martial body was completely immobile, as if restrained by some invisible force! (I will change the term for the seventh-level Qi cultivation form to "martial body" to avoid confusion with the fifth-level True Form. I made a mistake with the date; it was yesterday's weekly meeting. After the meeting, the boss asked us to have a meal together, which delayed me, so I didn't update last night. I got up at 5:30 AM to write, please bear with me! I apologize and don't dare to ask for votes!)

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