"White Ice Shattering Thorns!"
The instant their voices fell, ten baby-sized rhomboid ice thorns condensed in the air and flew towards Xu Tianyang.
Seeing this, Xu Tianyang lightly tapped his feet, his figure shifting, and he rapidly approached Xu Nianshuang.
In the blink of an eye, Xu Tianyang arrived in front of Xu Nianshuang, sweeping his left arm horizontally, aiming to strike her body.
Xu Nianshuang's expression was icy and calm; frost condensed on her arm, and in an instant, numerous blue ice crystals, forming dragon scales, appeared on her slender arm.
The dragon scales were thick and large, transparent and sharply angled; in a flash, Xu Nianshuang's right arm had transformed into a blue ice crystal dragon claw.
The dragon claw swung, striking towards the fist Xu Tianyang brought down.
"Bang!"
A hard sensation came, and Xu Tianyang only felt as if his fist had hit a hundred-refined adamantine, causing him sharp pain.
On the other hand, Xu Nianshuang, due to Xu Tianyang's terrifying immense strength, stumbled back several meters uncontrollably, and the tingling sensation from her arm frantically stimulated her nerves.
A strange red glow appeared in her icy eyes; she seemed to become exhilarated.
"Freeze!"
She stomped her foot, and an ice path on the arena swiftly shot towards Xu Tianyang; ice crystals climbed onto his feet, along his legs, restricting his movement.
Xu Nianshuang stomped her right foot on the ground, bent her knees, and leaped into the air, flying towards him with a kick.
Within the ice, a golden-red flame rose from Xu Tianyang's body; the flame's temperature was extremely high, quickly melting the ice encasing him. His figure flickered, and his powerful physical constitution granted him a reaction speed far exceeding his peers.
The innate ability of his Sun Pupil Spirit, dynamic vision, was pushed to its limit, making Xu Nianshuang's movements appear slowed down in his eyes.
Twisting his body, he continuously dodged her sharp attacks.
"Hmph!"
After consecutive failed attacks, Xu Nianshuang's gaze changed; a sharp aura burst forth from her, piercing through Xu Tianyang and reaching the spectators in the distance, causing everyone's hearts to tremble instantly.
At this moment, Xu Tianyang felt as if he saw a familiar shadow in her.
The next moment, a Zhanblue longsword appeared in Xu Nianshuang's hand, its tip pointing directly at Xu Tianyang. Xu Tianyang clearly perceived that with the appearance of the longsword, the chill she emitted became even colder.
"Close-combat spirit tool!" Xu Tianyang frowned slightly. Although the longsword emitted fluctuations of a first-grade spirit tool, it gave Xu Tianyang a very unusual feeling.
"Round two!"
Xu Nianshuang stared at Xu Tianyang with an icy expression and said, adjusting the brim of her hat with her left hand. Her figure seemed to transform into a flash of lightning, charging towards Xu Tianyang.
Gripping the hilt with both hands, she thrust the sword straight, and the sharp sword qi seemed to cleave space itself, an extremely keen aura raging wildly.
An ice-blue halo flickered on the longsword, vaguely forming a giant dragon.
"Damn it!"
"Sword Intent!"
Xu Tianyang didn't care that his face was stinging from the sharp sword qi; his heart was filled with shock. Xu Nianshuang had actually comprehended Sword Intent!
He had once felt Sword Intent from Feng Tianxiang. Although Xu Nianshuang's Sword Intent was still nascent, it was undeniable that she had already surpassed ninety percent of swordsmen.
How old was she?
"Clang, clang, clang!"
Intense metallic clashing sounds echoed throughout the arena. At this moment, Xu Tianyang also had a Soul Guidance longsword in his hand, and in the blink of an eye, the two had already collided hundreds of times.
"Mental Field!"
Xu Tianyang calmly wielded the longsword in his hand, and as his first spirit ring lit up, a terrifying mental power enveloped both of them.
At this moment, in Xu Nianshuang's eyes, Xu Tianyang's entire being became blurred, turning into an elusive afterimage.
Accompanying this were strong dizziness, weakness, and other negative statuses.
Knowing that she was affected by Xu Tianyang's Spirit Ability, Xu Nianshuang fiercely bit the tip of her tongue. The intense pain gave her a moment of clarity, and she saw Xu Tianyang, still gripping his longsword, already slashing at her horizontally.
"Ice Displacement!"
Just as she was about to be defeated, Xu Nianshuang instantly lit up her first spirit ring.
"Bang!!!"
A loud sound came, and an ice figure appeared in Xu Nianshuang's previous position, which was then cleaved by Xu Tianyang's sword. The ice shattered, and due to the fire attribute of Xu Tianyang's Sun Pupil, the broken ice quickly turned into water, then rapidly boiled and evaporated into steam.
In the mist, Xu Tianyang's pupils suddenly contracted. A strong sense of danger came, and he sharply dodged sideways. An ice-blue sword qi grazed his body and streaked across the sky, striking the arena.
Xu Nianshuang, who had just been in danger, now appeared ten meters behind Xu Tianyang, nobody knew when.
At this moment, her forehead was covered in sweat, and she was panting heavily, looking somewhat shaky. Clearly, Xu Tianyang's attack had left her in a poor state.
"Ding!"
A crisp explosion sounded as blue and red longswords collided. Xu Tianyang, nobody knew when, had swiftly rushed to Xu Nianshuang and unleashed another sword strike.
Her spirit power was already depleted, and she was hit by Xu Tianyang's Mental Field. Xu Nianshuang's own condition had reached its limit.
"Bang!" Unable to dodge, Xu Nianshuang took a punch to the abdomen, her face pale as she was sent flying by Xu Tianyang, landing on the arena.
"Whoosh!"
"Old Huang, the boss won!"
"It's normal for the boss to win, and also, you fatso, can you stop slapping your own thigh!!!"
"Xu Tianyang! Xu Nianshuang!"
As the results of their battle were announced, the students of Class One were instantly captivated. The powerful and handsome, cute Xu Tianyang and Xu Nianshuang immediately became the male and female idols of many young children.
"What a tough opponent!" After defeating her, Xu Tianyang said with some emotion, feeling the thirty percent of spirit power remaining in his body.
Xu Nianshuang's performance had indeed exceeded his expectations. To have such combat experience at her age, and that nascent Sword Intent, his victory could be said to be largely due to the overwhelming advantage of his previously established foundation.
Strength, speed, mental power – he completely enveloped her. Relying on his stronger physical constitution, Xu Nianshuang was constantly on the defensive in their fight.
This was a victory of a stats monster over a technique monster.
If the difference in their physical constitutions hadn't been so great, then the outcome of this match would have been uncertain.
What surprised Xu Tianyang the most was her willpower. After being hit by his Mental Field, she decisively bit her lip, using the intense pain to maintain a moment of clarity and quickly counterattack. This ruthlessness was astonishing.
Xu Nianshuang's various displays constantly reminded Xu Tianyang not to underestimate the geniuses of this world.
Just as Xu Tianyang was secretly reminding himself, Xu Nianshuang, who had received treatment from the teacher immediately after the battle, stared unblinkingly at Xu Tianyang with her icy blue eyes, a faint blush appearing on her cold little face...