Dao Qi Sect, as one of the Upper Three Sects.

Its disciples are overall much stronger than those of the Lower Four Sects.

Take Lin Xiang behind Zheng Yiqi, for example; he is one of the standouts among the Dao Qi Sect’s Inner Sect Disciples.

Among Half-step Grandmasters, his strength definitely ranks at the very top.

He is only one final step away from the Grandmaster Realm!

Lin Xiang strode out arrogantly, drawing his sword as he walked toward Tang Hengdao.

"Your strength is decent, but compared to me, you’re still far too lacking," Lin Xiang shook his head. "Our cultivation environments are different, the resources I have are a hundred times better than yours. In the same realm, crushing you is child’s play."

With that, he charged in with his sword.

The sword seemed to come lightly, yet it was filled with murderous intent, and in an instant it was already in front of Tang Hengdao!

"Clang clang clang!"

Tang Hengdao drew his blade to block, and the two sides immediately erupted into a fierce battle.

Very quickly, Lin Xiang’s expression turned grave.

Because he discovered that Tang Hengdao was far stronger than he had imagined.

Taking the opponent down would not be easy!

Looks like he still had to go all out!

Thinking this, the sword in his hand grew even more ferocious, exuding a chilling killing intent.

And Tang Hengdao’s expression was more serious than ever.

The Martial Skills the other party was using were obviously far more advanced than his own.

Although his Inner Strength and combat experience were no worse than the opponent’s,

when it came to Martial Skills, he was being completely suppressed, with no power to fight back.

It seemed that now, he could only stake everything in one desperate gamble!

Breaking Army Nine Forms!!!

A few more shades of grim killing aura suddenly appeared around Tang Hengdao, his whole body radiating a terrifying bloody murderous air as he suddenly swung out the Tang Sword in his hand!

"Clang!" Lin Xiang was shocked back a step.

His face immediately showed a look of shock—this guy actually had such a powerful Blade Technique?

Before his shock could even end,

Tang Hengdao’s second slash had already come crashing down!

Then came the third slash!

The Breaking Army Nine Forms was a set of military Blade Techniques—wide and forceful, each slash more savage than the last. By the ninth slash, it would explode with a power twice as strong as normal!

If someone with deep cultivation used this Blade Technique in a fierce battle against an opponent, he could carve through thousands of troops, utterly unstoppable.

But the only weakness was that this move consumed too much of a Martial Artist’s strength. If he unleashed the Breaking Army Nine Forms and still failed to subdue the enemy, he himself would enter a period of weakness.

"Clang clang clang!" Lin Xiang was forced to retreat again and again, able only to parry.

Tang Hengdao’s offensive grew fiercer and more brutal, making Lin Xiang’s face turn extremely ugly. He clenched his teeth tightly, his eyes filled with anger.

If he really lost to this guy today, what face would he have left?!

Looks like he had no choice but to go all out as well!

He retreated, pulling open the distance slightly, then the longsword in his hand suddenly flared with a golden light, and then, like a ghost, slashed out fiercely!

This streak of sword light was immensely powerful, hacking down viciously onto Tang Hengdao’s Tang Sword. The tremendous force nearly knocked Tang Hengdao’s Tang Sword from his hand, and his body staggered as blood seeped out.

The Breaking Army Nine Forms was forcibly broken and interrupted, and the aura around him instantly withered.

"Die!" Lin Xiang did not stop, instead wanting to seize this chance to kill Tang Hengdao and pay him back for having just forced him into such a sorry state.

However, at this moment...

A teacup suddenly flew over and, without the slightest deviation, smashed directly against his sword, knocking the sword’s edge askew. The force made his tiger’s mouth go numb, and he involuntarily stepped back a few paces.

The one who had struck was Chen Xiao.

Everyone turned their gaze to Chen Xiao in unison.

They hadn’t expected his strength to be so great, forcing Lin Xiang back with such ease!

"He admitted defeat. We stop at first blood," Chen Xiao’s voice was flat yet carried a domineering tone that brooked no argument.

"You say stop at first blood, and that makes it stop at first blood?" Lin Xiang’s face was furious, even more displeased.

"Or what?" Chen Xiao said coldly. "Do you want a life-and-death duel?"

Elder Mo said coldly, "If it’s a life-and-death duel, then there’s no need to talk anymore. I’ll just have someone drop a few warheads down. At worst, we all die together."

His words made the faces of people from the several Major Sects turn ugly.

In the end, they all looked toward Zheng Yiqi.

Now they all took Zheng Yiqi as their leader, so naturally they would listen to his opinion.

Although Zheng Yiqi was arrogant, he also knew there was no benefit in pushing the other side to desperation, so he could only say blandly, "Stop at first blood. If we can avoid fighting to the death, we should avoid it as much as possible."

Hearing his senior brother say so, no matter how unhappy Lin Xiang was inside, he could only let it go.

Tang Hengdao withdrew, giving Chen Xiao a grateful look.

Just now, Lin Xiang had pressed his advantage to pursue and kill. If Chen Xiao hadn’t intervened in time, even if he didn’t die, he would have been severely injured.

Lin Xiang stared coldly at Chen Xiao. "Since you like stealing the limelight so much, I challenge you in this bout. Do you dare accept?!"

Chen Xiao had just started to rise when Leng Baiyu at his side pressed him down, saying softly, "A little ant like this doesn’t deserve you taking action. Save some strength for the two Great Grandmaster Level opponents later."

With that, Leng Baiyu vaulted into the arena, looking indifferently at Lin Xiang. "Come."

Lin Xiang looked at Chen Xiao with a cold smile. "So, just another piece of trash who only knows how to hide behind a woman."

"Dealing with you, I’m enough. There’s no need for my little junior brother to take the field." As Leng Baiyu spoke, her fair palm was already lifting and striking toward Lin Xiang.

Though she didn’t use a weapon, an Ultimate chill spread from her body. Every palm strike contained terrifying destructive force in its palm force, cold qi overflowing, as if it could freeze both a person’s flesh and soul!

Now that Leng Baiyu had cultivated the Supreme Lady Scripture, she found herself even more adept at controlling this cold qi, and its destructive power had become even more frightening.

Even bare-handed, she had no fear of Lin Xiang.

"Pa! Pa! Pa!—"

After seven or eight palms, Lin Xiang’s sword edge was struck aside by one palm, and in the instant the blade deviated, Leng Baiyu’s other hand, covered in ice, had already landed on his chest!

"Pu—" Lin Xiang was sent flying more than ten meters, spitting out a mouthful of ice shards.

A layer of frost rapidly spread over his skin, and his whole body shivered with cold.

Zheng Yiqi and the others’ eyes were filled with astonishment; they hadn’t expected Leng Baiyu’s strength to be this great.

Although Lin Xiang had indeed expended some energy in his earlier fight with Tang Hengdao, the impact wasn’t huge. Leng Baiyu’s ability to defeat him was also because her own strength was sufficiently powerful!

Moreover, the Ice Power on Leng Baiyu’s body was extremely pure and tyrannical. Without a high-grade Cultivation Technique, it would be impossible to cultivate such pure attribute power.

By rights, in the mundane world there shouldn’t be such high-grade Cultivation Techniques, should there?

At this moment, the score was already two to one.

On the Kunlun Realm’s side, they had two losses and one win, falling behind.

This made Zheng Yiqi, who had just been boasting about taking on five alone, feel he had lost all face.

Thinking of this, he spoke in a deep voice, "Enough, this exchange is meaningless. Just send out a Great Grandmaster to play with them and settle it cleanly! You—who’s willing to take the field?"