Chapter 526 Facing Wen Lichu

“This Su Yu is truly no ordinary person. Although he’s from the Outer City, looking at his talent and strength, he’s outstanding even among his peers in the Inner City.”

“He already defeated Lu Xu, so how could he be weak? But it depends on who he’s up against. That’s Fairy Wen, a genius with a special bloodline!”

“Moreover, Fairy Wen’s Profound Frost Bloodline perfectly counters a master of Saber Techniques like Su Yu!”

Wen Lichu wore her signature blue dress, which couldn’t hide her graceful figure beneath it. Coupled with her aloof and stunningly beautiful temperament, just standing there made many spectating eyes burn with passion and excitement. However, at this moment, her expression was solemn, her hands tightly gripping an ice-blue sword. The sword shimmered with blue light. It was clearly an extraordinary Profound Tier sword that seemed perfectly suited to her bloodline talent, emitting a faint, excited hum.

“Su Yu, on the arena today, strength will determine the victor. As for those rumors and gossip, it is time for them to be put to rest,” she said, pointing her sword at Su Yu as her Martial Force erupted and a visible cold qi began to fill the air.

“My thoughts exactly,” Su Yu replied calmly, Mo Yuan already in hand as he prepared himself.

“Let the battle begin!”

With the referee’s command, the battle between the two finally commenced.

Wen Lichu clearly had a countermeasure in mind and took the initiative to attack. The sword in her hand streaked across the air like a blue meteor, with a faint white cold qi flowing along its edge as she thrust straight toward Su Yu’s chest.

CLANG!

Mo Yuan was swift as black lightning in Su Yu’s hand, raising to block with precision. A crisp metallic clash rang out as the two weapons collided.

Wen Lichu had long expected her first strike to be blocked. Su Yu’s head-on strength was absolutely not weaker than hers, otherwise, he wouldn’t have defeated Lu Xu. But so what? Her tactics were flawless, and she would undoubtedly be the winner.

Using the rebound from the clash, she spun her body, ethereal like a Sword Immortal soaring through the air. The sword light in her hand slashed down continuously like a blizzard.

The two instantly exchanged another seven or eight moves. Clear sword chimes and saber howls continuously echoed across the arena.

Dressed in white with his black saber, Su Yu’s expression was composed. He stood unyielding, like a towering mountain. His cultivation progress of the Little Dragon Tendon had now reached the halfway mark, and his Qi and Blood were much stronger than before. Yesterday, he had successfully cultivated the Hundred Stances Returning to Storage Technique, storing the Demon-Suppressing Stance into his sea of consciousness. It could be said that his strength had reached an unprecedented peak.

Had he not needed to conceal his strength at this moment, he could have unleashed both stances along with his Demon Ape Evil Qi, defeating Wen Lichu with crushing ease. However, his composed and confident aura placed tremendous pressure on his opponent.

CLANG CLANG CLANG…

Wen Lichu’s blue dress fluttered, and the sword light in her hand shone brilliantly. Like an ascending immortal, she launched relentless attacks at Su Yu from all directions. With every collision of saber and sword, dazzling ice crystals shattered across the arena, filling the stage with a white, icy mist.

However, noticing Su Yu’s absolute calmness and confidence, her delicate brows furrowed.

She wondered if his battle with Lu Xu had still not forced out all his trump cards. Seemingly sensing this possibility, Wen Lichu’s attacks grew even fiercer as she accelerated the circulation of the Profound Frost Bloodline within her body. She possessed a trace of the Ancient Ice Glaze Bloodline, making her one Favored by Heaven! This was also the source of her confidence. As time went on, her bloodline would awaken further, and her Martial Arts Talent would only grow stronger. Her future limits would absolutely not be confined to Black Stone City, and at this moment, Su Yu was nothing more than a minor stumbling block!

As her attacks quickened, the chill on the arena deepened, and Su Yu began to feel the terrifying nature of this cold qi. A faint layer of white frost began to appear on the skin of his forearms, and the flow of Qi and Blood within his body surprisingly showed signs of slowing down. He knew that if this continued, his movements would soon fail to keep up with hers.

“Haha, it’s the Profound Frost Cold Qi! Fairy Wen’s terrifying Martial Force is starting to take effect!”

There was no shortage of experts among the spectating crowd, and they naturally noticed the shift on the arena.

“What a pity. Su Yu didn’t go all out from the start to finish it quickly. By giving Fairy Wen a chance, he’s going to lose!”

“What a fool. To think Su Yu would be so arrogant, exchanging moves with Fairy Wen one by one, giving her the opportunity to unleash her Martial Force and affect him!”

“Heh, arrogant and ignorant, that’s just how these brats from the Outer City are. With his limited perspective, he’s probably never seen such techniques before.”

Seeing Su Yu fall into a disadvantage, some of the Inner City spectators immediately began to sneer. Most of them had bet on Wen Lichu to win. Coupled with her popularity, they naturally didn’t want Su Yu to emerge victorious.

Below the stage, Yang Ai immediately pouted upon hearing these words, her cheeks puffing up in anger. “These jerks, what do they know! Brother Su will absolutely not lose!”

Yang Zhen gently squeezed his sister’s small hand, signaling her to quietly watch the match. Although his sister couldn’t understand the full depth of Brother Su’s strength, how could he not know?

“I originally thought this Su Yu had some strength, but looking at it now, it seems I misjudged him,” Zhao Qingyue, who had already advanced, commented condescendingly from his seat on the high platform. As the True Dragon Seed of the Zhao family, he hardly needed to care about anyone’s opinion, so he didn’t lower his voice in the slightest.

Sitting nearby, Wang Jifan smiled upon hearing this. “He is from the Outer City after all, so he lacks a bit of worldly experience. In my opinion, this person still has a trump card. It’s highly likely to be a devastatingly powerful strike capable of reaching the standard of a True Dragon Tendon. It’s just that Wen Lichu won’t give him the chance to use it.”

Upon hearing their conversation, Li Lishu’s face remained completely expressionless. He merely set down the military book in his hands and turned his gaze toward the match.

“Is a victor about to be decided?” he wondered. “This Su Yu is good friends with Gu Changfeng and my cousin. I thought he’d also be an astonishing genius. I didn’t expect him to lose this quickly.”

On the arena, Su Yu blocked another dozen or so of Wen Lichu’s strikes in the blink of an eye. However, the frost accumulating on his body continued to thicken, and his movements were growing increasingly sluggish.

“So this is Wen Lichu’s Profound Frost Bloodline?” Su Yu thought. “What a miraculous technique. Manifesting Martial Force into physical power and imbuing it with a special attribute—even an ordinary Profound Bone Realm expert wouldn’t be able to pull this off.”

However, Su Yu had actually anticipated this kind of method long ago. He had already noticed something during Yang Zhen’s battle with Wen Lichu. Coupled with the intelligence provided by Li Jingfeng, how could he remain truly ignorant of it? He had more than enough ways to deal with such a trick.

In the next instant, the sphere of Evil Qi hovering above his Dantian began to spin rapidly, as if answering a summon.

ROAR!

A split second later, the roar of an Ancient Demon Ape seemed to echo from within Su Yu’s body. Blood-red Evil Qi surged madly outward, like floodwaters bursting through a dam. The sheer magnitude of this commotion even took Su Yu by surprise. Having previously slain formidable foes like the Black Lotus Sect’s Hall Master and the Tier Four Demon Tiger, his Demon Ape Evil Qi had long since evolved to a new level. However, since he hadn’t unleashed its full power in a while, he hadn’t expected it to possess such might. Knowing that this was not the time to reveal everything, he hastily suppressed the Demon Ape Evil Qi within him, unleashing only about half of it. Yet, even this half alone was enough to create an astonishing spectacle.

The dark red Evil Qi erupted continuously from Su Yu’s body like a dormant volcano finally blowing its top. In the blink of an eye, the white frost covering his skin evaporated into dissipating wisps of steam, as if it had encountered boiling water.

Sensing the familiar Demon Ape Evil Qi, Mo Yuan’s Sword Spirit let out an excited hum. Like a dragon inhaling water, it sucked the boundless, blood-colored Evil Qi into its blade, transforming into a long saber that seemed to burn with bloody flames.