"I didn't expect to meet so soon."
Jiang Hao's expression was calm; compared to a hundred years ago, he seemed much more reserved.
"Indeed."
"Perhaps, it was destined for us to have a battle."
Su Ming's expression remained unchanged. He could tell that, at his core, the other party hadn't changed.
Facing that Yao Race Prodigy, he disdained using other methods, preferring to win through a head-on clash.
"I wonder who will win between the two?"
"This Su Ming is also a Prodigy of the Dan Meridian; I didn't expect a Disciple of the Dan Meridian to have such strong combat ability."
"Who told you that Alchemists have no combat power?"
Someone retorted.
"Which of those Alchemy Taiyi Golden Immortals, famous throughout the world, is an easy opponent?"
"That's true."
Everyone discussed animatedly.
On the stage, both men moved simultaneously.
Jiang Hao's Physical Body was powerful, but Su Ming's sword art was incomparably profound, further supplemented by exquisite and peerless movement techniques, avoiding a direct confrontation with Jiang Hao.
His Supreme Heaven Sword Dao's Sword Light Diversion Transcendent Realm allowed him to, with a single thought, transform sword light into a cascading river of stars, intertwining reality and illusion, enveloping all directions. Every ray of sword light contained terrifying killing intent.
Although Jiang Hao had also cultivated the Dao of the sword, he knew his comprehension of the Dao of the sword was inferior to Su Ming's, so he naturally wouldn't use his weakness against another's strength.
Over the past hundred years, he had cultivated numerous Body Refining secret techniques and had mastered fist arts. He was like a human Vicious Beast, his fist prints like mountains, each strike carrying terrifying power capable of shattering the sky, immortal light blazing, making it difficult for myriad sword lights to approach his Physical Body.
The arena immediately transformed into an ocean where immortal light and sword light collided, dazzling everyone's eyes.
"I can't let this continue."
A sharp glint flashed in Jiang Hao's eyes; he knew he couldn't continue to deplete his energy like this.
Su Ming's movement technique was incomparably profound, making it impossible for him to inflict effective damage, and no matter how strong his protective Divine Ability was, he couldn't consume it so unrestrainedly.
He abruptly stopped, and the Nirvana Immortal Bone in his chest suddenly erupted with an unprecedented brilliant radiance.
That light, unlike the vitality it had previously emitted, carried a terrifying aura that caused all things to return to stillness and all laws to wither.
Completely opposite attributes erupted from Jiang Hao's body.
"Return to Void Divine Light!"
Jiang Hao roared, and a grayish-white Divine Light, as if capable of devouring everything, burst forth from his Immortal Bone, silently sweeping towards Su Ming.
Wherever it passed, the dazzling sword light in the sky rapidly dimmed, returning to nothingness.
Even the space of the arena slightly twisted, as if about to be dissolved.
This strike annihilated all laws, its offensive power terrifying beyond measure, already far exceeding the normal power of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
Many people even felt that Su Ming was destined to lose.
This included Zhao Yuan, who had a grudge with Su Ming.
"With such a Divine Ability, it's not his fault if Su Ming loses."
His tone carried schadenfreude.
"Indeed, who would have thought there was such a Divine Ability?"
Compared to Zhao Yuan, Ji Tianxing and others were somewhat in a trance.
They had once lamented Jiang Hao's demise.
They never expected him to rise again, and even surpass his former self.
Anyone could see that Jiang Hao's potential was limitless, and he had even greater hope of reaching the Grand Dao than before.
"Is this the Divine Ability of the Nirvana Immortal Bone?"
Han Xuanji secretly nodded; this power was indeed good.
Simple and brutal, it was a killer move that could turn the tide in a desperate situation.
Thinking of this, Han Xuanji also recalled the Great Luo-level Divine Ability, Chaos Divine Light, from his Legacy.
Even at the Mystic Immortal Realm, he still couldn't use it.
This, in turn, made him somewhat anticipate how powerful that move would be when he could finally use it.
Han Xuanji wasn't worried about Su Ming.
How could someone with such great Luck not have a trump card up his sleeve?
Even if he lost, it wouldn't be so simple.
As he expected.
Facing this killing blow, Su Ming's eyes showed no panic; instead, a glint flashed within them.
He rapidly formed an ancient and complex hand seal, and the aura around him suddenly became profound.
Behind him, the Void Realm twisted, and a blurry yet infinitely majestic colossal phantom suddenly appeared.
That phantom was neither god nor demon, yet it seemed to possess both divinity and demon-nature, with Chaos Qi entanglement around its body. As its eyes opened and closed, there seemed to be images of suns and moons rising and falling, and stars collapsing.
"Divine Demon Contemplation, Suppress!"
Su Ming roared, and the Divine Demon phantom behind him extended a blurry large hand. It didn't grab at the Return to Void Divine Light, but rather pressed down from afar.
A terrifying force that suppressed everything instantly descended.
The Return to Void Divine Light, which annihilated all things, under this suppressive force, seemed to fall into an invisible quagmire, its speed drastically reduced, and its light rapidly dimmed.
"What kind of move is this?"
Most people didn't know what Divine Ability Su Ming was using.
Only a very few secretly nodded, recognizing the Origin of this move.
"Is it the Legacy of a Chaos Divine Demon?… This child's Physique has been concealed by someone, presumably by someone from Lingxu Heavenly Palace."
The Elder of the Golden Crow God Clan had sharp eyes and noticed some clues.
Beside him, Jin Zizai's eyes flickered, as if in thought.
Chaos Divine Demons were Innate beings nurtured in Chaos. They were naturally incomparably powerful; some Chaos Divine Demons were born as Great Luo, standing at the pinnacle of countless beings, with infinite Lifespan.
Even weak Chaos Divine Demons were generally Taiyi Golden Immortal-level powerhouses… On the stage, as the attack of the Return to Void Divine Light was blocked.
Su Ming naturally wouldn't miss such a good opportunity and whispered.
"Supreme Heaven One Sword, Break Laws!"
The sword light instantly condensed into a single point, transforming into a sword thread.
This sword thread disregarded spatial distance, and at the moment the Return to Void Divine Light was suppressed and slowed, it instantly pierced through, heading straight for Jiang Hao's chest.
Jiang Hao's pupils constricted, and he resisted with all his might.
Although the Return to Void Divine Light was powerful, its inability to defend while being cast was a major weakness.
If the enemy had a countermeasure, it would be difficult for him to parry.
As Jiang Hao's Return to Void Divine Light was also completely suppressed and dissipated by the Divine Demon phantom.
Jiang Hao's body trembled, his face turned pale, and he retreated several steps, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.
The scene was silent for a moment.
After a long while, Jiang Hao slowly exhaled a breath of turbid Qi, looked at Su Ming, whose face was also pale but whose eyes were bright, and said in a deep voice:
"I lost. If you hadn't held back at the end, that sword would have been enough to damage my Immortal Bone Origin."
That sword light, at the last moment, had restrained some of its power.
Su Ming wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and shook his head:
"The Nirvana Immortal Bone's defense is unparalleled; I don't have much power left either."
The chief referee Elder saw this and loudly announced:
"In this battle, Su Ming wins!"
Thunderous applause and cheers immediately erupted from below the stage.
Clearly, the dueling Divine Abilities of the two Prodigies had thrilled everyone.
"Not bad."
Han Xuanji nodded slightly.
He had originally thought it would be a draw, but he didn't expect Su Ming's trump card to be so powerful, perfectly capable of countering the opponent.
Han Xuanji didn't get too involved, after all, the cultivation gap was too large; he estimated he could block it with just a casual sword strike.
"Little friend, I see your destiny is unique…"
Suddenly, a gentle voice reached Han Xuanji's ear.