407: Lin Qingyan: Kneel down!

"I've really been underestimated."

Lin Qingyan murmured to herself, raising her hand to grasp the air as an ice saber condensed into existence.

With a light tap of her foot, she shot forward like a projectile, causing the ice mountain to collapse.

"Bring it on!"

Phil laughed loudly.

He swung the giant scythe in his hand, which was laced with a purple aura; his blood surged as he unleashed a terrifying offensive.

Bang!

The attacks of both sides collided.

The ground beneath their feet instantly exploded.

Phil's expression changed as he felt a terrifying force transmit through the scythe.

Impossible!

How could the slender girl before him possess such immense strength?

To think she could actually stand on equal footing with him, who had already stepped into the Seventh-Rank Grandmaster Realm.

No, that's not right!

Feeling the force from the point of impact continuously stacking and erupting, Phil's face underwent a massive change.

This is...?!

"Star Shatter. Nine-Fold Strength."

A divine light shot from Lin Qingyan's eyes. Under the Advanced force-exertion technique that had already reached the level of Perfection, her physical strength stacked layer upon layer, instantly surpassing Phil's erupting combat power.

Clang!

The giant scythe in Phil's hand was sent flying.

Lin Qingyan spun her slender body, throwing out a leg like a whip.

Whoosh!

Phil was kicked directly away with great force, smashing through several small hills in succession accompanied by the shrill sound of a sonic boom.

A single strike was enough to heavily injure this favored child of Northern Europe.

Lin Qingyan didn't give him a moment's respite. With a thought, she instantly condensed three giant Ice Spikes to pursue him, completely shattering that area of land.

This strike triggered a rare defensive armament on Phil's body. Accompanied by a pillar of green-purple light shooting into the sky, Phil reappeared in the audience's view with his upper garments shredded, revealing lean muscles. He was covered in blood, and his face was riddled with wounds.

A powerful aura erupted around him. His eyes were cold, resentful, and solemn as he stared fixedly at Lin Qingyan in the distance.

"Good! Very good!"

"This is the first time a woman has been able to inflict such serious injuries on me in close combat."

Lin Qingyan said indifferently, "The attack power you take such pride in seems to be nothing more than this."

The two engaged in a fierce battle once more, two streaks of light—one blue and one purple—constantly colliding in the air.

The global audience was stunned. No one expected a battle that was thought to have no suspense would be so intense and difficult to determine a victor.

That Chinese woman was merely a Sixth-Rank Martial Artist, yet she could actually fight to such a degree against Phil, a Seventh-Rank Grandmaster.

It was simply unbelievable.

The people in the Great Xia who knew Lin Qingyan also widened their eyes.

Back when she entered the Shenwu Academy, although she was the top freshman, she was only a third or fourth-rank Martial Artist. Now, she had already become a Sixth-Rank Martial Artist and could go toe-to-toe with a Grandmaster.

This speed of cultivation progress was practically no different from riding a rocket.

"Underworld Summoning—come forth, my Undead Servants!"

Phil chanted loudly, activating his summoning skill.

In an instant, an anomaly appeared in the sky as giant sarcophagi fell from the heavens and slammed into the ground. Giant skeleton soldiers with eerie ghost fires flickering in their eyes stepped out; each one was as large as a small hill.

Hundreds and thousands of them were lined up densely, occupying the entire battlefield.

“Hahahahahaha.”

Phil laughed arrogantly.

"Woman, can you eliminate such a massive undead army with your strength alone?"

"The day your strength is exhausted will be the moment of your defeat. Just surrender obediently!"

Facing his mockery, Lin Qingyan's response was quite simple.

It consisted of only two words.

"Kneel."

The terrifying skill of the Divine Speaker was activated—the Law of Speech!

An invisible Domain instantly spread from Lin Qingyan to the entire battlefield. A materialized Martial Dao Pressure, interspersed with countless bolts of blue lightning, exploded across the field.

In a flash, the hundreds and thousands of giant skeleton soldiers, each as large as a hill, were all struck by an indescribable, terrifying pressure and forced to the ground. Some of the weaker skeletal frames even collapsed on the spot.

Phil's expression changed drastically.

"Impossible! You haven't even entered the Grandmaster Realm, so how can you have such terrifying Martial Dao Pressure?"

He clutched his forehead and cried out in horror.

Before this Martial Dao Pressure, his Martial Will was as tiny as a firefly. It was shattered into pieces after just one collision. His mental Domain suffered a heavy blow, leaving him with a splitting headache and a pale face. He looked at the woman in the distance, who was as cold and aloof as an immortal, with utter disbelief, as if he were looking at a monster.

"Let it end."

Lin Qingyan said softly.

With the enhancement of the Martial Dao Pressure and the suppression the Divine Speaker exerted on Phil, one side flourished while the other withered.

At the same Realm, Lin Qingyan's attainments in martial techniques and her combat experience surpassed Phil's by an unknown margin; there was simply no suspense.

Accompanied by an ice blade slash imbued with the Nine-Fold Star Shatter strength, Phil's body was completely severed, turning into ice shards that withered and shattered.

[Ding! Lin Qingyan of China wins. China's national fortune +1%. Lin Qingyan receives an additional reward: Divine Comprehension Grass *1]

Divine Comprehension Grass?

Lin Qingyan was somewhat surprised and also quite delighted.

This was a good item that could improve one's Comprehension Ability; she hadn't seen it often even in her past life.

After she finished her battle and returned to the preparation area,

The battle between Sikong and Chen Xi was also nearing its end.

"Ten Thousand Thunders World Destruction!"

Throughout the entire battle, Sikong had relied only on his weapon and his powerful physique to fight his opponent. At the final, decisive moment of the battle, he finally revealed his terrifying SSS-grade talent.

In an instant, infinite lightning fell like a rainstorm, covering the entire battlefield and completely ending the enemy.

[Ding! Sikong of China wins. China's national fortune +1%. Sikong receives an additional reward: Thunder Heart Marrow *1]

Chen Xi was not to be outdone. His talent was originally forged through slaughter in a sea of blood; he grew stronger as he faced stronger foes.

The higher the opponent's combat power, the more it could force out his potential.

Various assassination skills that were impossible to guard against were utilized with mastery in his hands, and his own combat techniques were increasingly approaching Perfection.

But just as he was about to completely finish his opponent and end this battle,

An unexpected anomaly occurred.