326: The lone city suffered a narrow defeat.

He announced his name once more, the Thousand Tribulations Sword pointing diagonally forward.

This time, his aura was no longer completely restrained; a deeper, more vast Sword Qi began to rise!

It was as if a slumbering ancient Dragon had opened its eyes! Facing the Law Realm, he needed to exert more of his strength!

Leng Qianhan's gaze sharpened. "Watch out! Extreme Frozen Cold Hell!"

He no longer probed; his first move was a killing strike driven by the power of Law!

The deep blue thin sword in his hand instantly transformed into thousands of ice crystal sword shadows!

Every sword shadow contained a terrifying chill capable of freezing blood and solidifying the Divine Soul, weaving into an icy sword net that covered the entire arena!

The air froze, emitting faint cracking sounds; wherever the sword net passed, space itself seemed to solidify!

Di Qianjie moved!

Facing the pressure of the power of Law, his movements became even faster!

The Thousand Tribulations Sword seemed to come alive in his hand, its sword momentum becoming incredibly violent and overbearing!

Upon the sword blade, grey Tribulation Clouds instantly gathered, lightning flashing wildly!

Jie Tian Three Forms: Tribulation Lightning!

It was still the same sword technique.

This time, the grey Tribulation Lightning was thicker and more condensed than before!

Deep grey lightning tore through the air, carrying a destructive will that could shatter ten thousand Laws and cleanse the universe, resolutely striking toward the descending icy sword net!

Boom-crack—!

It was a loud crash, like Nine Heavens profound ice being shattered by divine lightning!

The grey Tribulation Lightning and the deep blue sword net collided violently!

Piercing cold and the power of annihilation from the Tribulation clashed in a frenzied struggle!

Large swaths of the ice crystal sword shadows shattered under the bombardment of the Tribulation Lightning!

But that extreme chill also continuously eroded and froze the energy of the Tribulation Lightning!

Zzzt, zzzt, zzzt!

The ear-piercing sound of energy grinding away was incessant!

Upon the arena, one half was a deep blue world of ice crystals, while the other half was a domain of rolling grey Tribulation Clouds and lightning!

The power of Law and the terrifying Sword Qi, which approached the level of Law, clashed fiercely. The dissipated energy shockwaves caused the defensive light screens around the arena to flicker violently, emitting groans of being overwhelmed!

Leng Qianhan's expression changed slightly; he hadn't expected the opponent's Sword Intent to be so overbearing that it could head-on resist his Law of Ice!

He gave a low shout, the thin sword in his hand glowing intensely as more power of Law poured into the sword net: "Ice Sealed for Ten Thousand Miles!"

The deep blue light flared, the sword net contracted, and the chill increased several-fold, attempting to completely freeze and crush that grey Tribulation Lightning!

Di Qianjie's gaze narrowed. The Profound Truth of the "Jie Tian Three Forms" circulated wildly, and spiritual power surged into the Thousand Tribulations Sword like a bursting flood!

He took a step forward, the Thousand Tribulations Sword carrying the churning Tribulation Clouds as it suddenly slashed upward!

Jie Tian Three Forms: Tribulation Cloud! And Jie Tian Three Forms: Tribulation Lightning! Fusion!

Tribulation Clouds churned, and Tribulation Lightning roared!

The grey clouds and lightning were no longer distinct, but instead transformed into a boiling, churning Chaos thundercloud containing endless power of destruction!

Like a Heavenly Tribulation descending, carrying the prestige of judging all things, it crashed into the contracting icy sword net!

Rumble—!!!

This collision was earth-shaking!

The entire Martial Arts Arena shook violently!

A violent energy storm exploded outward with the arena as its center!

Deep blue ice crystal fragments and grey lightning of annihilation scattered and splashed in all directions!

A layer of the sturdy Scarlet Flame Fire Copper arena surface was actually scraped away!

Pfft!

Leng Qianhan groaned, his face turning as pale as paper. A streak of blood leaked from the corner of his mouth, and he staggered back several steps, each step cracking the ground!

The deep blue thin sword in his hand grew dim, and a tiny crack even appeared on the blade!

He looked at Di Qianjie in absolute horror, his eyes filled with disbelief!

The opponent, at the Tongtian Realm Fifth Level, had actually head-on resisted and faintly suppressed his power of Law at the Law Realm First Level?!

Di Qianjie stood with his sword, his robes fluttering in the violent energy aftermath. Although his aura was slightly disturbed, his gaze remained as sharp as ever.

The Thousand Tribulations Sword pointed diagonally at the ground; at the tip of the blade, a wisp of grey lightning of annihilation flickered.

"Good match." It was still those two plain words, yet they carried the weight of a thousand catties!

Below the stage, there was a deathly silence.

Then, an even more frenzied outcry erupted!

Countless gazes were fixed on the green-robed figure on the arena, filled with awe and fervor!

"The Law Realm! He actually head-on resisted the Law Realm without being defeated!"

"Looking at him, it seems he hasn't even used his full strength yet."

"The Godfall Di Clan... how terrifying! This Di Qianjie is definitely a strong contender for the top spot in this sword discussion!"

"Tongtian Realm Fifth Level defeating the Law Realm... how many years has it been since the Eastern Region produced such a Prodigy!"

The name of the Di Clan and the prestige of Di Qianjie, at this moment, accompanied by his earth-shaking record of resisting the Law Realm, resounded throughout the Tiangong Continent and was deeply etched into the heart of every Cultivator present!

Atop the high platform, Ye Qingtian slowly withdrew his gaze, a very subtle ripple flashing in the depths of his profound eyes.

His slender fingers unconsciously and gently stroked the hilt of the ancient longsword in his arms.

His gaze did not rest entirely on Di Qianjie's earth-shaking collision but shifted silently between Di Qianjie's arena and the one where Yu Qingchen was.

On Di Qianjie's arena, he saw the Void Origin contained within the grey Tribulation Clouds and lightning; it was a terrifying Concept that stripped away everything, overbearing and pure.

This Sword Intent was completely different from the ultimate sharpness pursued by the Nine Revolutions Sword Body.

And on Yu Qingchen's arena, that Sword Intent which devoured everything caused a slight tremor to resonate from deep within his Nine Revolutions Sword Body.

"Di Qianjie... Yu Qingchen..." Ye Qingtian silently repeated these two names in his heart.

One had Sword Qi that was void and empty, crushing ten thousand Laws; the other had Sword Qi of destruction, severing everything.

Two completely different paths, yet both had reached heights unattainable by ordinary people.

The clamor of the Sword Discussion Assembly had entered its intense middle stage. Sword light crisscrossed, and Qi surged like Dragons; on every arena, life-and-death battles and struggles for glory between Sword Cultivators were unfolding.

Those true experts who had previously remained still were now like long-dormant Vicious Beasts, finally revealing their sharp fangs.

Ye Gucheng's figure was like a proud, solitary cold star as he suddenly landed on the seventh arena.

He face was cold and stern, and the longsword in his hand swept up a patch of chilling, clear radiance.

His opponent, a Loose Cultivator at the Heaven-Reaching Realm Eighth Level, felt his blood stagnate and his movements become sluggish under that bone-chilling Sword Intent. After barely resisting three moves, he was pierced through the shoulder blade by a sword light as tricky as a venomous snake's flickering tongue, falling off the arena with a scream.

"Ye Gucheng of the Heavenly Sword Pavilion really lives up to his reputation!" someone below the stage whispered.

However, before the lingering charm of this victory could dissipate, a heavier pressure, carrying the unique rhythm of Law, pressed down on the seventh arena like an invisible mountain.

A man dressed in grey robes with a sinister face slowly stepped onto the arena. The snake-shaped soft sword in his hand flickered with a ghostly green cold light, and his Law Realm First Level aura was released without reservation.

"Your sword is cold enough, but you're still too green!" the grey-robed man said in a raspy voice. The snake-shaped soft sword in his hand suddenly straightened, turning into a green light that tore through the air, with the power of Law entwined around it as it pierced toward Ye Gucheng's heart!

Ye Gucheng's pupils constricted. His entire body's Sword Qi erupted without reservation, and his cold Sword Intent condensed into a thick sword wall barrier in front of him.

Chila! The green light and the sword wall barrier collided violently. The power of Law invaded with destructive force; the sturdy sword wall emitted a piercing cracking sound and was instantly covered in spiderweb-like cracks.

Ye Gucheng groaned, the webbing between his thumb and index finger splitting open. Blood stained his sword hilt, and he was sent flying back by the shock, landing heavily at the edge of the arena with a streak of bright red leaking from his mouth.

"The Law Realm... truly an insurmountable chasm."

He struggled to stand, his eyes full of unwillingness, but the churning blood and Qi within his body told him that fighting further would be futile.

He took a deep look at the grey-robed man, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and turned to leap off the arena. His back was still straight, yet it carried a hint of loneliness.

The grey-robed man gave a sinister laugh, his snake-shaped soft sword pointing below the stage with the arrogance unique to a Law Realm Cultivator:

"Who else dares to come and try my Jade Phosphorus Poison Fang?"

Before his arrogant aura could fully spread, a voice so calm it lacked any ripple rang out, clearly drowning out all the noise in the field: "I will."