Chapter 35

### Round 8 to 4, Match 3.

Chao Qingting stood by the door of the classroom, sword slanted, head tilted back, looking up at the sky, proud and cold.

He stood there, and the air grew several degrees colder, even causing snowflakes to fall.

Xu Xiaoshou plunged into the barrier, shivering suddenly. The temperature inside the arena was several times lower than outside.

"Is this the power of innate attributes?"

He marveled inwardly. He had already known that Chao Qingting had ice abilities, but only now, in actual combat, did he truly feel the terror of innate power.

The ability to influence nature with one's own power was truly terrifying!

After entering the arena, there was a time for adjusting one's breath. Xiao Qixiu also took care of Xu Xiaoshou, giving him the necessary preparation time despite his constant dawdling.

Xu Xiaoshou extended his hand, and the snowflakes in the air landed in his palm, appearing serene and elegant.

The audience was captivated, the small snowfall on the Outcloud Platform, with the three men, was a beautiful sight.

"Referee, he's cheating!"

Before the audience could recover from the scene, Xu Xiaoshou pointed at Chao Qingting and angrily said, "The match hasn't even started, and he's already influencing the environment. This is unfair!"

The snowflakes in the air paused slightly, and Chao Qingting finally looked at Xu Xiaoshou.

"Received ridicule, passive value, +1."

Oh ho!

You're mocking me?

Xu Xiaoshou glared back, not backing down. Who was afraid of whom?

Xiao Qixiu frowned. Logically, what Xu Xiaoshou said was true, but in a real match, who would care about a few snowflakes?

"What do you want?"

Xu Xiaoshou chuckled, "I'm a bit cold. Make him take the snow back!"

On the surface, he acted carefree, but in his heart, he took this match very seriously.

Who knew what these snowflakes could do? Maybe they could sense his position, or maybe they were building up for a big move...

Xu Xiaoshou wouldn't be careless enough to face an innate expert and give up the advantage of time and place. That would be like losing half the battle before it even started.

The audience was a bit annoyed. Some might think Xu Xiaoshou was being cautious and agreed, but most people thought he was being too nitpicky.

Just a few snowflakes, was it really that big of a deal?

"Can't take it back," Chao Qingting said, his voice tinged with coldness.

"Then it's a problem..." Xu Xiaoshou shrugged, "You're good at long-range spells, I'm good at close combat, and you're cheating. How are we supposed to fight?"

Even Chao Qingting, with his proud and intimidating demeanor, couldn't help but twitch his lips at the repeated accusation of "cheating." "What do you want?"

"How about opening the barrier and letting the sun shine in?" Xu Xiaoshou suggested.

Xiao Qixiu stumbled. Let the sun shine in? With a thousand people in the audience watching you bask in the sun?

"Shining in the sun is impossible. Since you said it's close combat, how about we get a bit closer?" Xiao Qixiu looked at Chao Qingting, his gaze questioning.

Chao Qingting nodded, and Xu Xiaoshou immediately grinned. He had taken the bait!

"How close is 'a bit closer'?" he continued.

Xiao Qixiu was about to lose his patience with this guy. Was he pushing his luck?

"Any distance is fine," Chao Qingting's eyes turned cold, and he said heavily, "I'm waiting outside. Let's start soon!"

"Any distance?" Xu Xiaoshou raised an eyebrow.

With a whoosh, he was right in front of Chao Qingting, their noses almost touching.

Xu Xiaoshou "breathed like a flower": "Is this close enough?"

Chao Qingting was startled by the sudden heat, his pale face turning slightly red. He took a few steps back, feeling his heart race, hesitating for a long time...

"Fine!"

The audience was almost driven mad. Some female disciples shouted "No."

Chao Qingting's strength and cold attitude made him the epitome of "high and cold," the prince charming in the hearts of almost all female disciples in the outer court.

If it were a previous match, there would be more support for Xu Xiaoshou, but facing Chao Qingting, the scene was overwhelmingly one-sided.

"Move away, who allowed you to get close to my Qingting brother?"

"Don't agree to it, wailing, Senior Brother Chao, quickly increase the distance."

"Wow, so this is possible, I've learned! I need to practice hard, I want to get this close to Qingting brother too..."

The two in the arena were just a step apart, deeply staring into each other's eyes.

Xiao Qixiu waved his hand in time: "The match begins!"

As soon as the words were spoken, Xu Xiaoshou's playful expression instantly turned serious.

Amidst the flying snowflakes, he landed a heavy punch on Chao Qingting.

Pang!

Ice shards exploded, hitting something solid, but Xu Xiaoshou could feel that he hadn't hit Chao Qingting.

"What is this..."

A clone, teleportation, substitution technique?

Numerous thoughts flashed through Xu Xiaoshou's mind. Under his "perception," the snowflakes behind him moved, and Chao Qingting appeared behind him.

After appearing, Chao Qingting didn't attack immediately but chose to increase the distance.

He raised a finger, not sure what it meant, and said indifferently, "Not bad."

"Received praise, passive value, +1."

Xu Xiaoshou felt mocked. He had no idea how Chao Qingting had left, and the "fake Chao Qingting" he had hit turned into an ice sculpture and shattered in the snow.

It was bizarre...

Xu Xiaoshou pretended to be nonchalant, "You dodged well. I guess it has nothing to do with the snow, otherwise, it would be blatant cheating."

Chao Qingting's expression was unchanged. Xu Xiaoshou inwardly sighed, this cold-faced man was indeed hard to read.

He stared at Chao Qingting as if it didn't matter, but his "perception" was at its maximum, every snowflake's formation and fall clearly appearing in his mind.

His intuition told him that this snowfall couldn't be ignored.

Because this snow only appeared when facing him, Xu Xiaoshou. Before this, he had never seen Chao Qingting use this move.

The blue Ice River Sword, with an unusually wide blade, was slowly raised by Chao Qingting. The snowflakes in the air seemed to tremble slightly.

Xu Xiaoshou took out "Zangku." He knew that as long as he didn't break Chao Qingting's technique, close combat was impossible.

At the innate Primordial Court realm, spiritual energy had evolved into spiritual essence. Chao Qingting infused his spiritual essence into the Ice River Sword, and the blade crackled, forming ice crystals.

Whoosh!

A sword strike swept by, a wave of icy coldness rushed toward Xu Xiaoshou, and he chose to dodge to the side.

However, the coldness didn't touch his body but released terrifying coldness as it approached, severely affecting his movements.

Xu Xiaoshou finally understood why no one could dodge Chao Qingting's "Ice River Sword."

"Whoa~"

He shivered, almost losing his grip on his sword. Facing the second wave of sword energy, he was powerless to resist and could only barely raise "Zangku."

No collision, no explosion...

Under the audience's shocked gaze, Xu Xiaoshou was frozen into an ice sculpture with a crack!

"Damn, even Xu Xiaoshou is like this, frozen with two strikes?"

"Chao Qingting is too strong. He uses 'Ice River Sword' against everyone. Xu Xiaoshou has an innate physical body, so... 'Two Ice River Swords'?"

"Is the gap between the tenth realm of spirit refinement and the innate realm really that big? I'm speechless..."

Chao Qingting's expression remained indifferent. His sword strike was like facing other minor opponents, except that Xu Xiaoshou was equivalent to two.

However, since the opponent had an innate physical body, perhaps his "Ice River Spiritual Essence," which could freeze the flesh and blood of a tenth-realm spirit refinement to the point of necrosis, might not be enough to kill him...

Chao Qingting glanced at Xiao Qixiu, seeing that he had no intention of helping, confirming his thoughts.

Continue attacking!