266: Nine Heavens of Ice and Fire!

A sharp glint of cold light suddenly shot out from Chu Xiangyu's eyes, like a solid ice pick. His aura instantly became violent and fierce.

His left side was faintly covered in white frost, and the air condensed, while his right side was steaming with scorching heat.

The ground beneath his feet was half ice and half fire, presenting a bizarre sight.

Do not hit someone's face, do not expose someone's shortcomings. This sentence struck him right in the heart.

"You're courting death!"

Before his words finished, Chu Xiangyu moved, closing in instantly!

His left hand's five fingers spread slightly, his palm instantly became crystal clear like jade, emitting an extremely cold Qi that could freeze the Soul, and he struck directly at Lu Jiuyuan's chest!

Ice Soul Cold Light Palm! Wherever the palm wind passed, frost followed, forming a white mist.

At the same time, his right hand was fiery red like a branding iron, and a scorching, violent wave of Qi swept out—Blazing Fire Red Flame Palm!

The fierce palm force, capable of incinerating everything, struck towards Lu Jiuyuan's face!

He once couldn't use ice and fire simultaneously, but now, under the pressure of Lu Jiuyuan's relentless pursuit, he had achieved it!

Ice and fire intertwined, Yin and Yang in chaos! His first Move was a deadly strike, showing no mercy!

Facing this deadly combination of ice and fire, Lu Jiuyuan's eyes narrowed slightly, but he laughed aloud:

"Excellent! Use your ice and fire to test my ice and fire."

His left hand unleashed the Profound Ice Fist, and his right hand, the Fire Cloud Palm.

The Profound Ice of his left palm was chilling, and where the fist wind passed, the air seemed to freeze, emitting faint "crackling" sounds and forming ice crystals and snowflakes.

Its intense coldness was in no way inferior to Chu Xiangyu's Ice Soul Cold Light Palm!

The Fire Cloud of his right palm was scorching and wild, its palm force surging like a volcanic eruption, the hot Qi waves distorting the light, instantly scorching and curling the reeds on the right side.

Its fierce power, capable of incinerating everything, was in no way inferior to the Blazing Fire Red Flame Palm!

Boom—!

Crack! Whoosh—!

The ultimate powers of ice and fire collided violently, erupting in a deafening roar!

Lu Jiuyuan, with his left fist of Profound Ice and right palm of Fire Cloud, actually used the same power of ice and fire to directly confront Chu Xiangyu's Ice Soul Cold Light Palm and Blazing Fire Red Flame Palm, which he had cultivated for many years!

Two forces of ice and fire, similar in nature but different in origin, like two evil Dragons, tore, collided, and annihilated each other in mid-air!

Centered on the point where their four palms met, a visible circular Qi wave suddenly exploded, sweeping violently in all directions!

The lake surface on the left, struck by the residual force of Lu Jiuyuan's Profound Ice Fist, instantly "crackled," forming solid ice a foot thick, and cold Qi permeated the air, as if winter had arrived in an instant;

Meanwhile, the reed marsh on the right was affected by the scorching Qi waves of the Fire Cloud Palm, and with a "boom," towering flames ignited, fire tongues dancing wildly, illuminating the sky in a fiery red!

Ice and fire intertwined, Yin and Yang in chaos; this area seemed to have transformed into a scene of an ice and fire Hell!

"What? You dare to confront me head-on?" Chu Xiangyu's pupils constricted.

His famous and formidable ice and fire unique skill, which he relied on to dominate the world, was now being met head-on by his opponent in an almost identical manner!

This was not merely a contest of cultivation depth, but a deeper comparison of their understanding of the Dao of ice and fire!

"Your ice and fire only possess the form, not the spirit! Today, I shall show you what true Ice and Fire of the Same Origin is!"

Lu Jiuyuan let out a long roar, his voice shaking the wilderness, and the True Qi in his body surged endlessly like a great river.

He suddenly shook his palms; the Profound Ice Fist energy and Fire Cloud Palm force were not simply parallel, but at the moment of collision, a wondrous cycle and transformation occurred!

A hint of scorching heat was born within the extreme cold, and a wisp of chilling cold was hidden within the ultimate Yang!

Ice was not pure ice, fire was not pure fire; Yin and Yang flowed, mutually generating and overcoming each other!

"Bang!"

Chu Xiangyu felt a strange force, completely different yet perfectly integrated, penetrate through his palms.

It both froze his bones and burned his Meridians, causing his blood and Qi to churn, making him so uncomfortable he almost vomited blood.

He grunted, his body involuntarily shaken backward several feet, his feet plowing two deep furrows in the muddy ground.

"Good! What a Lu Jiuyuan! What an Ice and Fire of the Same Origin!"

Chu Xiangyu steadied himself, the shock in his eyes replaced by a burning Battle Intent and madness.

He had been famous for decades; besides his defeat to Zhuge Zhengwo many years ago, when had he ever suffered such a setback?

"This King refuses to believe! Your trickery can't stand against my forty years of arduous cultivation!"

Amidst his furious roar, Chu Xiangyu moved again, pushing his ice and fire unique skill to its Peak!

His palms flew, sometimes left ice, right fire, sometimes both palms ice, then instantly switching to both palms blazing with flames!

Palm shadows filled the sky, cold Qi and hot waves swept alternately, at times freezing the earth, at times unleashing a sea of fire.

His Moves were unpredictable, unleashing the power of both extreme ice and fire to their fullest, striving to suppress Lu Jiuyuan with his exquisite changes and profound cultivation.

"Excellent!"

Divine light shone brightly in Lu Jiuyuan's eyes. His feet moved like the wind, his figure like an illusion, weaving through the ice and fire assault.

The same Profound Ice Fist and Fire Cloud Palm, in his hands, appeared even more fluid and natural, effortlessly executed.

His fists struck like an ice Dragon emerging from the sea, his palms descended like a fire Phoenix soaring through the sky!

He was no longer constrained by fixed Moves but acted as he pleased, the transition between ice and fire seamless.

Often, an extreme burst of heat would suddenly erupt within a supremely cold fist strike, or a hidden current of freezing Qi would be contained within a sky-burning palm force.

The two fought at high speed, their figures rapidly flickering and colliding between the ice and flames.

The sound of their fists and palms clashing was like dense thunderclaps, Qi energy overflowing, destroying swathes of reeds around them.

The solid ice on the lake surface constantly shattered and refroze, and the ground was scorched black in places, then covered with frost.

In the blink of an eye, they fought from east to west, from south to north. They had already exchanged over a hundred Moves!

It was truly a match of equals, a meeting of formidable talents!

This ultimate duel of ice and fire truly caused the wind and clouds to change color, the lake waves to surge, turbid waves to empty the sky, and reeds to burn for ten li.

Within a hundred zhang radius, it had become a forbidden zone where birds, beasts, insects, and fish could not approach!

The more Chu Xiangyu fought, the more his heart trembled.

He discovered that his ice and fire unique skill, which he had painstakingly cultivated for many years, was subtly being suppressed by his opponent's naturally integrated, Yin and Yang-balancing ice and fire power!

"Damn it! I, Chu Xiangyu, am a heaven-blessed genius, and now I have advanced further, reaching the realm of ice and fire Fusion! How can I lose to you!"

After a prolonged battle without a clear victor, becoming agitated, Chu Xiangyu roared, forcefully employing a Move that was still under creation.

He suddenly paused, his palms coming together in front of his chest. The icy blue cold Qi from his left palm and the fiery red flames from his right palm began to forcibly merge!

A destructive, extremely unstable, terrifying aura suddenly erupted!

"Ice and Fire... Nine Heavens!"

Chu Xiangyu's face flushed, his hair standing on end, clearly indicating that forcibly fusing ice and fire placed a huge burden on him.

He abruptly pushed his palms forward, and a half-ice, half-fire, twisting, spiraling pillar of light, emanating destructive aura, roared towards Lu Jiuyuan like a wicked Dragon emerging from its abyss!

Wherever it passed, the air itself seemed to twist slightly under the tearing forces of the ice and fire extremes, its power horrifying to hear!

Facing this earth-shattering strike, Lu Jiuyuan laughed again: "Too slow, too slow! I've already created this kind of Move long ago. Behold my Three-Part Yuan Qi!"