At the central arena, Xia Fu Lan''s arm had gone numb from the force conducted through the Sword Shield. After being pushed over ten meters away by the Sword Shield, her expression, following a moment of shock, twisted into furious rage.


    Merely at the Peak of Azure Sky Realm! She had actually suffered a loss during their brief exchange!


    "This... This really is the Peak of Azure Sky Realm?"


    "Damn it! He even kicked Princess Fn''s Sword Shield back! There''s a difference of two minor realms here!"


    "Could it be that Princess Fn isn''t fighting seriously?"


    "Even if she isn''t serious, a strong practitioner from the Early Stage of Yingyue Realm isn''t someone an Azure Sky Realm cultivator can simply push over ten meters! Clearly, this red aura enveloping Young Master Fang is an incredibly powerful amplifying cultivation technique! It must allow for significant enhancement in all aspects!"


    The audience in the stands, although mostly Alchemy students from the medical college, were very clear about the matters of cultivation realms.


    "Peak of Azure Sky..."


    Clenching his teeth tightly, Fang Liqun''s gaze grew even more venomous as he stared at Fang Ren on the field, clearly having his worldview shattered by Fang Ren once again.


    Although Fang Liqun was only twenty-one this year, his realm had reached the Early Stage of Yingyue Realm. Compared to Xia Fu Lan, who was twenty-five and in the Midterm phase of Yingyue Realm, it was evident that Fang Liqun''s cultivational talent was higher!


    But he had never anticipated that this family outcast, who had always been defined ascking a Spiritual Root, could actually overpower Xia Fu Lan, who had a higher realm, by half a move! Didn''t that mean that Fang Ren was stronger than him, the youngest prodigy of the Fang Family, both in the art of alchemy and cultivation level?


    "Brother Fang, after many years of beingposed, after seeing this scene, I suddenly have the urge to curse," said the Wang Family Patriarch.


    "It''s not just you. I feel the same way," the Liu Family Patriarch interjected. "Brother Fang, you''ve really hidden an amazing grandson. Not only is he a genius in alchemy, but his cultivation level is also so formidable. Being able to best Xia Fu Lan, who is five years his senior, by half a move is simply astonishing."


    "The issue I''m most concerned about is the one Brother Bai mentioned just now. Did he really just develop his Spiritual Root two months ago? Are you sure ''born without a Spiritual Root'' isn''t just an excuse for Brother Fang to hide his potential?" inquired the Cao Family Patriarch with a frown.


    Bai Chaojin remained silent, his face showing intense focus on Fang Ren. He had initially only seen Fang Ren as Bai Qi''s cultivation furnace, butter, Fang Ren upended everyone''s understanding of alchemy, and to his further surprise, Fang Ren''s talent in cultivation smashed his worries about the human speed of cultivation progress.


    If everyone in the world could cultivate at the speed of Fang Ren, then breaking through the Void would surely be within reach soon.


    Such a person... He had viewed him merely as a furnace in front of Bai Qi and now, looking back, he found itughable.


    He suddenly regretted it a bit. The final test subject of the Indra Sky should not have been assigned to Bai Qi; it should have been Fang Ren. And Bai Qi, she should have been the furnace for Fang Ren.


    However, after more than twenty years of data collection in the Indra Sky, all tailored to Bai Qi''s personal attributes, to now change the final test subject to Fang Ren would take at least seven or eight years, a timeline that simply wasn''t feasible.


    ...


    p—


    "Peak of Azure Sky! Merely Peak of Azure Sky!"


    In the center of the arena, Xia Fu Lan smashed the Sword Shield in front of her with a p, her face twisted in extreme anger. The water attribute True Qi at her back surged violently, feeling that she had lost enough face in that instant.


    "Fang Ren! Don''t get too pleased with yourself too soon!"


    With a roar from Xia Fu Lan, her Jade Water Linglong Sword shone brilliantly. Below her feet, a burst of True Qi exploded, turning the broken stones on the ground to ash, and sheunched forward like a flood dragon.


    "Empty Ming Sword!"


    Seeing this, Fang Ren immediately used a cultivation technique he had acquired from his swordsmanship.


    Boom!


    Like thunderous roaring, the sky split with a resounding st as a streak of gray vital energy from Fang Ren pierced into the air above him, creating a transparent giant sword over fifty meters long that twisted the space a hundred meters above the arena.


    As Xia Fu Lan charged toward him, Fang Ren dragged the vital energy, pulling the immense transparent sword into his grip. His feet exploded with vital energy, dragging the giant sword across the ground and carving out a deep trench.


    "Merely Peak of Azure Sky! You dare to challenge me at merely Peak of Azure Sky!"


    Xia Fu Lan, her emotions whipped to a frenzy, swung out a vertical sh from mid-air. In an instant, her blue True Qi brilliance transformed into a massive cleaver, as if it would split the entire arena in half.


    "Ignorant!"


    Fang Ren instinctively raised the transparent huge de in his hands, violently colliding it with the blue radiance that Xia Fu Lan shed down.


    Boom!


    The ground within the venue suddenly sank, with the earth sted into the sky by the massive energy impact.


    Only to see Xia Fu Lan''s blue radiance sword de sparking against the Air Sharp de and directly creating a notch in it.


    ted at this, Xia Fu Lan''s struggle intensified, converging at the tip of the de, making the sword in her hand three times stronger in the next moment!


    Cackle cackle cackle——


    Fang Ren''s Air Sharp de in his hands began to be rapidly sliced open by Xia Fu Lan''s relentless attacks, making everyone watching believe even more that Xia Fu Lan had not used her full strength in their previous skirmish.


    "Fang Ren! Recognize the gap between us!"


    Xia Fu Lan roared, her entire being pressing down the sword de as she swiftly shed toward Fang Ren''s head. Now Fang Ren''s Air Sharp de was firmly clutched by her blue radiance; she aimed to chop at Fang Ren, and Fang Ren had no chance to dodge!


    "Indeed, the gap in our Realms has resulted in True Qi shing and being suppressed," Fang Ren thought to himself with some resignation.


    After all, Xia Fu Lan was genuinely at the Realm of Yingyue. How could she possibly lose to a Practitioner of the Azure Sky Realm in her burst state?


    However, her going all out didn''t mean Fang Ren had used all his strength.


    Watching his Air Sharp de being continuously split open, and his opponent''s sword de about to break through and hit his head, Fang Ren immediately summoned another strand of Gray vital energy behind his back out of the air.


    For a moment, the air behind him once again condensed, forming a brand-new giant Air de.


    Thud!


    Fang Ren''s Air Sharp de waspletely sliced apart, everyone''s eyes bulged in shock, feeling that Xia Fu Lan''s strike was going to cleave not only Fang Ren but the entire venue.


    "It looks like the oue is determined!"


    "Hey! This could lead to someone''s death, right?"


    Seeing her victory certain, Xia Fu Lan didn''t hold back her strength, but she changed the target of her sh to Fang Ren''s right arm, "Die!"


    Having key figures at risk, her father would certainly beat her to half-death if she actually killed someone, and her reputation would be damaged as well.


    Whirring——


    At that moment, Fang Ren suddenly pulled out another giant Air de from behind his back and, with extreme speed, shed it directly against Xia Fu Lan''s oing sword de.


    Thud!


    The scene shook violently once again!


    New Air Sharp de blocked Xia Fu Lan''s iing blue sword de.


    "You think this can stop me? Naive!"


    Xia Fu Lan suddenly gathered blue vital energy in her other hand, pping it onto the back of her sword de, infusing all of the blue energy from her arm into the sword de.


    Crack crack crack——


    Once again, Fang Ren''s giant Air de was pressured into exploding by her sword de.


    Seeing this, Fang Ren immediately stepped back, with the Gray vital energy behind him whirling fiercely.


    Whirring whirring whirring——


    A series of space consolidations urred, as one after another new Air Sharp des formed behind him!


    If his True Qi couldn''t overpower hers, then he''dpete with her on the frequency of attacks! He would continue to strike until her vital energy was depleted!