Chapter 57

As Xiao Yun's palm moved, the primordial energy beside him surged like an angry dragon and collided with the Cold Abyss Profound Hand Seal of Fang Hao.

At that moment, the entire venue fell silent, and everyone held their breath.

"Xiao Yun will surely be frozen, right?" This thought popped up in everyone's mind.

Although they were far apart, the momentum and the terrifying coldness of Fang Hao's palm made even the cultivators at the peak of the Innate Realm feel wary. They would never dare to confront this young man head-on and would only avoid his sharp edge. However, Xiao Yun dared to take the blow head-on.

In everyone's view, this action was almost suicidal.

"Hehe, you're courting death!" Fang Hao sneered upon seeing this.

His palm was incredibly profound, and the coldness, transformed through a spell, was like the cold of the netherworld. Once it touched, it would be like a bone-deep sore, almost impossible to remove. Even cultivators at the peak of the Innate Realm would die from this palm. If he had reached the peak of the Innate Realm, he could have used this to challenge ordinary True Essence Realm cultivators. Yet, Xiao Yun, who was only at the middle stage of the Innate Realm, dared to take this blow.

What else could this be but courting death?

Almost everyone believed that Xiao Yun was doomed.

This time, Xiao Yun only used an ordinary Profound Rank martial technique, the Furious Sea Mad Dragon from the Dragon-Snake Dual Movement.

The moment the two forces collided, a powerful force shattered this technique, and the superiority of the martial techniques was immediately revealed.

Following that, a violent coldness surged towards Xiao Yun like a hurricane, as if trying to engulf him.

In that instant, the competition platform seemed to become a harsh place facing a winter ice storm.

From a distance, Xiao Yun was completely enveloped by the coldness released by the Cold Abyss Profound Hand Seal.

This was just the beginning; the giant hand seal had not even hit Xiao Yun yet!

What would happen once it did?

"Such a dense coldness, I hope it can strengthen my martial soul's branch a bit more." Facing the violent coldness, Xiao Yun's face was filled with excitement. The Swallow Heaven Art ran at full power, and a vortex appeared in front of him, though it was hard for outsiders to notice due to the coldness.

"Swallow Heaven Art, swallow it!" With a thought, the Swallow Heaven Art suddenly activated, like a deep tunnel, drawing all the coldness into his dantian. At the same time, the branch of his martial soul pierced into the dantian, absorbing all the coldness.

In just a moment, Xiao Yun could feel that the branch derived from the coldness had grown a bit more.

Under the swallowing of the Swallow Heaven Art, the momentum of Fang Hao's Cold Abyss Profound Hand Seal plummeted.

Bang!

Despite this, the hand seal still struck down fiercely.

The hand seal fell like a divine hand, sending Xiao Yun flying.

From a distance, the young man looked like a broken kite, flying backward and finally landing two zhang away.

"Hehe, I told you, Xiao Yun is no match for Young Master Fang Hao," Lin Xiaoman said with a raised eyebrow, looking at Yan Shiyi beside her. The two seemed to be in a competition, mocking each other.

Yan Shiyi coldly snorted, ignoring Lin Xiaoman, and stared at the young man on the competition platform with worry.

"Is Big Brother Xiao Yun hurt?" The little girl wrinkled her nose, looking worried.

"Haha, after being hit by Young Master Fang Hao, Xiao Yun's internal organs must be frozen, right?"

"That Cold Abyss Profound Hand Seal is probably a Earth Rank martial technique. How could Xiao Yun withstand it?" The young men of the Fang family all looked delighted. "With such abilities, how dare he challenge Young Master Fang Hao? A waste of talent, calling himself a genius is a joke!"

Seeing Xiao Yun being hit, mocking voices echoed throughout the venue, and the Fang family members secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Xiao Yun was crippled, what did it matter if he had strong talent?

A genius who hasn't grown up is nothing.

"Is Young Master Xiao Yun hurt?" The Xiao family members looked worried, their minds blank, and they seemed at a loss. If this young man was seriously injured and crippled by Fang Hao, who would support the Xiao family in the future?

For a moment, everyone's emotions were mixed, and their gazes converged on the competition platform.

However, at this moment, the young man who had fallen to the ground suddenly stood up.

"He actually stood up?" A surprised cry suddenly sounded.

Immediately, everyone's faces were filled with astonishment.

Shouldn't he be completely frozen after being hit by Fang Hao's Cold Abyss Profound Hand Seal?

How could this young man seem unharmed, with only a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth?

"You're actually fine?" Fang Hao looked at the young man in front of him with surprise, finding it hard to believe. From the other's aura, it seemed he wasn't seriously injured. How was this possible? He clearly took my Cold Abyss Profound Hand Seal!

This is a Earth Rank martial technique, incredibly powerful. Once the coldness enters the body, it can quickly freeze the other's primordial energy, then freeze the internal organs and limbs. Normally, Xiao Yun should be lying on the ground, turned into an ice stick!

But now, this young man was standing up alive.

This bizarre scene was shocking.

"Was there something wrong with my attack just now?" Fang Hao felt his thoughts were in chaos. "It shouldn't be. I clearly used my full strength, and the Cold Abyss Profound Hand Seal hit him, sending him flying!"

Fang Hao looked at the young man in front of him with shock and surprise.

"Your ice martial soul is not good enough!" Xiao Yun licked the blood at the corner of his mouth, shook his head, and smiled wickedly, taking a step forward. He raised an eyebrow, looking at the surprised Fang Hao with a playful expression.

"You're actually fine?" Fang Hao looked astonished. Xiao Yun didn't seem to be in any trouble at all!

"Of course, I'm fine." Xiao Yun walked to Fang Hao, his eyes half-closed, and said with a smile, "Do you have any other tricks?"

The young man's words were light, but they were filled with a domineering aura, as if he didn't take Fang Hao seriously at all.

This made the entire venue boil.

"What's going on?" They thought this young man would be frozen, but he was unharmed?

Judging from Xiao Yun's tone, it seemed he had the means to deal with Fang Hao.

"How did you resist my attack?" Fang Hao's eyes darkened. He found it hard to imagine how Xiao Yun had neutralized the coldness of his Cold Abyss Profound Hand Seal. This situation was too unbelievable and shouldn't have happened.

"I told you, your ice martial soul is not good enough." Xiao Yun's lips curved into a faint smile.

After that attack, Xiao Yun had a better understanding of Fang Hao's martial soul.

Fang Hao's ice martial soul was indeed strong, capable of dealing with cultivators at the peak of the Innate Realm.

But it was far too weak to deal with Xiao Yun.

The Swallow Heaven Art almost instantly absorbed a large amount of coldness, turning it into his own. With Xiao Yun's fusion of the Purple Flame martial soul, how could he be frozen by that coldness? With a thought, he resisted the coldness, which was then absorbed by his martial soul.

Under the Swallow Heaven Art, Fang Hao's attack was reduced to the level of an early-stage Innate Realm.

That attack was just like a normal one to Xiao Yun.

"What do you have?" Seeing Xiao Yun so confident, Fang Hao's eyes showed a hint of panic.

The ice martial soul was his biggest trump card. If it couldn't hurt Xiao Yun, what did it mean?

It meant he had no advantage at all!

"It seems you have no more tricks." Xiao Yun narrowed his eyes, shrugged, and then his gaze turned cold, looking at the young man in front of him. "Since you have no more tricks, let's see mine."

As the slightly cold words fell, Xiao Yun's eyes focused, and a purple light flashed.

Following that, a scorching aura spread from his body.

The scorching air swept over the entire competition platform, dispelling the coldness.

Then, the temperature of the surrounding air suddenly increased, becoming scorching.

"Such a scorching aura." Fang Hao's eyes twitched, feeling the coldness on his body gradually disappearing.

"What's going on?" The people in the audience looked surprised. "Why is a scorching aura spreading from Xiao Yun's body?" This situation was shocking.

"Watch my Fire Cloud Palm!" Xiao Yun's eyes focused, and he didn't say more, directly attacking.

His palms moved, and a purple flame surged from his palms.

The moment the flame appeared, the entire space seemed to distort, and the scorching aura made people's hearts race.

"Such a powerful flame, have you mastered a strange fire?" Fang Hao's eyes showed realization, as if he understood something. "No wonder you could resist my coldness. You have a strange fire, but how can you control it at the Innate Realm?"

"Enough talk, take this." Xiao Yun's eyes flashed, and purple light shone between his palms, like a cloud gathering.

Xiao Yun's hands moved, and the scorching flame condensed into a cloud of fire, surging forward.

The Fire Cloud Palm was only a middle-stage Profound Rank martial technique, not very profound, but the violent aura of the purple flame made even distant cultivators feel a chill. The flame seemed to have the power to burn everything, making people fear.

"How can this young man possess such a strange fire?" The elders of various clans showed shocked expressions.

Even the True Essence Realm cultivators like Old Master Fang were taken aback.

Purple light flashed, and the scorching aura surged, as if trying to engulf Fang Hao.

"How can this kid's flame be so powerful?" Fang Hao was terrified and quickly activated his ice martial soul to resist the scorching aura. A powerful coldness surged from his body, but the flame was almost unstoppable.

The Purple Flame martial soul was too powerful. Even though it wasn't as strong as before, it was far beyond Fang Hao's ice martial soul.

After all, this was the martial soul of a great alchemy master!

In a hurry, Fang Hao condensed a hand seal and struck towards the Fire Cloud Palm.

The Cold Abyss Profound Hand Seal was like a giant hand, striking the purple fire cloud.

Bang!

A loud sound echoed, and purple light flashed. Under the fierce impact of the Cold Abyss Profound Hand Seal, the purple fire cloud dispersed.

"Hehe." A young man from the Fang family laughed. "A low-level martial technique, how can it compete with a high-level one?"

Just as this person laughed, the scorching aura caused the Cold Abyss Profound Hand Seal to disintegrate. The coldness was almost instantly extinguished by the scorching flame, and then the purple flame surged towards Fang Hao like a flood.

Bang!

Under the impact of the flame, Fang Hao was sent flying.

The scorching flame surged into Fang Hao's body, and a mouthful of blood spurted from his lips.

"Ah!" Fang Hao landed with a loud thud, emitting a painful cry. A faint smell of burning could be detected on his body.

"Fang Hao lost?" Hearing the cry, the cultivators in the audience showed shocked expressions.

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