Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 2229: Chapter 2226: Fire Within the Blade

Guardian Bing, with a sinister and cold smile on his face.

Xia Yifeng, still just smiled faintly.

From beginning to end, there wasn’t a trace of difference in Xia Yifeng’s expression.

On the Ice Crystal Martial Arts Arena.

Crack, crack, crack... Bam...

Crack, crack, crack... Bam...

Time, having already passed twenty breaths, reached several minutes.

For several minutes, the scene on the martial arts stage, the sound of combat, was almost endlessly repeating.

Nangong Ming’s saber, every swing was bizarre, completely without a trace to follow.

Every slash was tremendously powerful.

Every slash almost perfectly unleashed all of Nangong Ming’s cultivation battle power.

Every slash was absolutely not inferior to Nangong Ming’s full force explosion after using a Martial Technique.

Xiao Yi blocked with his sword; he found himself unable to keep up with Nangong Ming’s Saber Dao trajectory.

Besides instinctively raising his sword to block, he had no other way.

The result was his sword being shattered repeatedly by the saber.

"Mingluo Saber Technique?" Xiao Yi frowned, pondering secretly in his heart.

With his current Sword Dao, he had no way to handle this Saber Dao.

Of course, if he burst with power and forcibly crushed it with raw strength, he could do so.

But that was meaningless.

The current battle represented that Xiao Yi, without using any trump cards, couldn’t match Nangong Ming relying solely on his Sword Dao’s real strength.

No, saying he wasn’t a match would be too much.

It’s just that he couldn’t do anything about it at present, being completely on the defensive, which was surprising enough to him.

The problem lies with this bizarre Mingluo Saber Technique.

Ancient Martial Arts?

Xiao Yi hadn’t heard of such Martial Arts; with thousands in the world, no one could master all, nor could anyone know them all.

However, Xiao Yi seemed to have forgotten one thing.

He was merely near nineteen thousand lines of cultivation, capable of facing off against Nangong Ming, a martial artist with twenty-three thousand lines, which was quite monstrous.

Not to mention Nangong Ming had the advantage of the icy terrain here, plus this immensely powerful Ancient Saber Technique.

In other words, it should actually be Nangong Ming who was more astonished at this moment.

Since his bold claim of ’defeating Xiao Yi within twenty breaths’, several minutes have already passed.

Yet aside from superficially suppressing Xiao Yi, he hasn’t been able to harm him at all.

This was something that even made Nangong Ming incredulous.

"Damn it, is this guy a monster?" Nangong Ming’s saber strikes were ruthless, secretly shocked in his heart.

Xiao Yi’s sword, shattered and re-condensed again and again.

He was still waiting.

Of course, it could also be said that with his own Sword Dao strength, he couldn’t handle Nangong Ming at the moment, and he also couldn’t conclude the battle for the time being.

Time passed slowly.

The battle on the Ice Crystal Martial Arts Arena gradually extended from several minutes to a whole hour.

The combat was almost always repetitive.

The saber struck, and the sword shattered.

Xiao Yi dodged.

Nangong Ming pursued, yet each time couldn’t do anything to Xiao Yi.

But around, no one felt the slightest boredom or weariness; instead, their hearts continuously tightened.

The battle between the two on stage, every move, every style, was a perfect explosion of power, a perfect addition of Martial Arts.

Seemingly mundane, yet it was a hard confrontation of full power from both.

Thus, each time the blade and sword clashed, it tugged at everyone’s heartstrings.

Every engagement could potentially conclude this grueling battle and determine victory.

Everyone around was waiting for that heart-stopping moment, so they were on edge for an entire hour.

Those slightly weaker even had cold sweat on their foreheads.

On the Chief’s stage, Guardian Nangong’s brows furrowed deeper.

"Ming’er seemed to be completely suppressing this Xiao Yi, yet Xiao Yi could drag it out until now?"

Guardian Bing also showed a look of surprise and doubt.

"The sword he condenses in his hand, to be so solid must be full force; the power of that sword is equivalent to his current explosive power."

"Which means, his every sword condensing is no less than a full force strike of the peak Saint Sovereign Second Layer."

"For a whole hour, consuming primordial power hundreds of times, anyone else would have long exhausted their primordial power."

"This kid seems totally composed, not breathless or flushed."

"The density of the Small World and primordial power within him, it must be quite terrifying."

Guardian Nangong lightly cursed, "Is this kid a monster?"

On the Ice Crystal Martial Arts Arena.

The battle had lasted for two hours.

On the vast Martial Arts Arena, there wasn’t a trace of sword qi; rather, it was full of saber marks.

Which means, for these two hours, Nangong Ming had been in complete suppression, with saber energy rampant.

And observing Xiao Yi, there was only the action of raising his sword to block.

Until this moment, on Xiao Yi’s always calm and light face, from that confident, composed look, a precise flash of light burst forth.

"So that’s how it is, I understand."

"This is the so-called Mingluo Saber Technique."

"There’s fire within the saber."

A grin appeared at the corner of Xiao Yi’s mouth.

Clang...

Xiao Yi’s figure moved.

The battle that had been repetitively ongoing for two hours changed for the first time.

"Xiao Yi, still trying to fight back?" Nangong Ming laughed coldly.

Seeing Xiao Yi finally change his movements, his heart finally relaxed a bit.

"You’ve been blocking with your sword all this time; your primordial power can’t sustain it, can it."

"You want to take a quick victory with a tricky move? I tell you, you don’t have that chance anymore."

Whoosh... Bam...

Nangong Ming’s saber attacked strangely again, without a trace to follow.

Yet Xiao Yi’s sword was horizontally beside him, miraculously and precisely blocking what should have been a dodge-worthy blow.

"Hmm? How is that possible? A coincidence?" Nangong Ming frowned.

Whoosh... Bam...

Nangong Ming’s figure vanished eerily, then the saber reappeared cunningly.

Xiao Yi retreated three steps, and with a sword thrust, the tip of the sword precisely landed against the blade.

This time, it wasn’t just a block; it was an anticipated move where the sword tip avoided the attack ahead and instead struck the side of the blade.

Xiao Yi’s sword no longer shattered.

He could already trace the Saber Dao path, no longer needing to clash head-on as before, unable to respond.

His sword was faster, not only blocking the saber but also redirecting most of the Giant Force from it.

Xiao Yi’s Sword Dao was not mediocre to begin with.

Having seen through the Mingluo Saber Technique, he was now relaxed; in his eyes, the saber moved slowly and naturally could no longer forcibly shatter his sword.

"So this is the Mingluo Swordsmanship." Xiao Yi’s heart suddenly understood.

There’s fire within the saber.

The reason the saber was traceless was that the instant it was swung, the fire within the saber erupted.

The explosion of flames and impact forcibly altered the saber’s trajectory.

Simply put, every time Nangong Ming swung his saber, an explosive burst of flame occurred within the blade.

The impact of the explosion makes it impossible to predict which direction the saber would be driven towards.

And due to the erupting fire within the saber, its power surged, each slash overwhelmingly powerful.

Xiao Yi’s heart smiled.

Nangong Ming, as a martial artist of the Ice Emperor Palace, had elemental power of ice attribute.

Using ice attribute elemental power to control the fire within the saber?

This was already the preliminary fusion of ice and fire.

Based on this alone, Xiao Yi could conclude that his trip to the Ice Emperor Palace was indeed worthwhile.

Within the four layers of the Ice Emperor Palace, there must be things he needs, even opportunities.

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