The two looked at each other and could see the battle intent burning in each other's eyes.
Boom!
As soon as the match started, Long Ding closed the distance between them in a few steps and chose direct confrontation. The girl had a delicate figure and didn't look like she could handle physical confrontation.
Upon seeing his actions, the girl revealed a mocking smile. In the next moment, the translucent ribbon in her hand fluttered and transformed into a water stream that wrapped around the incoming halberd.
Long Ding who had wanted to finish the girl in just one single exchange, was gobsmacked when he found that his halberd had suddenly lost all momentum when it came in contact with the thin stream.
Instantly rotating the halberd, he tried to regain the momentum but felt that all of his strength was vanishing as soon as it went in the halberd.
His eyes squinted as he looked at the translucent silk band.
"What kind of treasure is that?"
Along with their individual cultivation base, the two things cultivators valued the most were divine abilities and treasures. These three things formed the foundation of every cultivator.
Hence, the competition didn't stop people from using their treasures.
"It's not that my Cloud Silk band is powerful, but that your way of using strength is wrong!" The girl named answered Long Ding's question in an unhurried manner.
Long Ding didn't buy what she said. With a cold harrumph, he gathered fire in his palm and released a palm strike again. It wasn't as if he had no way to tackle the water.
"Fire Cloud Palm!"
The gathered fire turned into a fiery palmprint and rushed towards the girl.
Seeing the incoming attack, the girl revealed a sneer. She withdrew the silk band with her left hand while drawing a circle in mid-air with her right hand.
A transparent water screen appeared in front of her that looked like a soap bubble. It looked incredibly fragile in front of the incoming palmprint.
However, as soon as the palm strike touched the water screen, it dissipated along with the bubble while releasing a pop sound.
"This girl excels in defence!"
From her different moves, he immediately deduced her speciality.
It wasn't only him but everyone in the audience too had the same thought in their mind.
Shen Mo sucked in a breath of cold air. He no longer looked at the sisters in the same way as before.
"Damn! This little girl is so strong!" when he looked at the older sister beside him, he slightly shifted from his position.
The other sister who was sitting beside him shook her head and let out a sigh. She had a helpless expression on her face.
Long Ding's face was dark when he saw his attack being dissipated so casually. he
"Hmph! I want to see how long you can keep up that water-screen!"
Throwing back his head, Long Ding let out a roar. Crimson flames surrounded his body as he once more charged out towards the girl.
For every step he took, a bright flame would erupt in the ground. The crimson flames gathered on his halberd and took the form of a flaming serpent.
"Fallen Dragon Halberd!"
As his halberd rushed out, the flaming dragon coiled around the halberd let out a roar along with Long Ding.
Everyone in the audience looked at the scene with exasperated gazes. In Long Ding's hands, the halberd seemed to have transformed into a fire dragon.
"That's a fire dragon! They aren't surnamed Long for no reason after all!"
Not only the audience, but even the other youths who had participated in the competition looked at him with bright gazes.
Most of them were envious of his performance while some of them had scorn on their faces thinking that Long Ding was using such a move against a simple cultivator who hasn't attacked him even once. They thought he was being a show-off.
As for the elders who were overseeing the matches, they nodded in approval when seeing their performance.
Long Fang rubbed his beard and remarked, "Looks like this Long Ding has worked hard in the past few years. This halberd technique is almost a peak Qi Condensation technique!"
However, the old woman beside him had a different opinion than him. "Too bad that his opponent excels at defence and has a mastery in the element of water. This Long Ding …he's bound to lose!"
The other elders remained quiet and didn't refute her claim. When they looked at the girl, their eyes became extremely sharp.
Back in the arena, even the girl narrowed her eyes after seeing the flame dragon. "That's impressive indeed. But as I said before, you are using too much energy in your attacks."
Hearing the girl's words, Long Ding frowned but didn't stop his attack.
The girl smiled and clasped the translucent band. It melted and turned into a fog that took the form of a snake similar to the fire dragon. Except, it was made completely made up of water.
Like a slithering snake, it charged towards the incoming flaming halberd and clashed with it.
Long Ding felt as if his entire body was washed by cold water. The roaring flame dragon around his halberd wrapped around the water serpent and was immediately doused like a common fire with a sizzling sound.
Long Ding's face was filled with horror. He quickly backed up and looked at the female with an incredulous expression.
He knew that at the moment his fire dragon had diffused, he was defenceless. If the girl had attacked him at that moment, he would've had no way to retaliate.
"This girl's defence is too weird, but it looks like she has very few attacking moves… Fine! Let's go all out!"
Long Ding spat out a mouthful of Qi. The Qi shone with bright red colour and transformed into an incomplete dragon's head.
"I don't believe your water screen can handle this too!"
The cultivators from the Long Clan cheered for Long Ding.
Seeing how he was using his blood to attack the girl, all of them understood that he was in a very tough situation.
Even the competitors who were thinking that Long Ding was using flashy moves understood that his opponent wasn't as simple as they thought.
"Defeat her brother Ding!"
"Brother Ding I believe in you!"
The audience was dominated by Long Clan's members. They naturally didn't want to see an outsider defeating their prodigy.
Listening to their cheers, Long Ding was even more motivated. "Except for Yun Tianlong, no one in the clan is my opponent!"
Responding to the calls of his clansmen, he hurled the golden halberd in his hand towards the girl. The dragon's head superimposed with the halberd and charged out with a deafening roar.
The Yin Yang Cleansing elder who was overseeing the match became extremely serious. He didn't want Long Ding's attack to accidentally kill the girl.
Just as he was about to take action, the girl harrumphed. "Hmph, you are still fighting like a brute! Dragon Subduing claw!"
The silk band which had transformed into a fog dragon twisted until the only thing left was a gigantic dragon claw.
As the dragon halberd collided with the claw, the massive palm opened up and grasped the dragon head.
Surprisingly, the halberd easily pierced through the palm. However, its entry caused ripples to spread across its surface just like when a stone is thrown into a pond of still water.
"Viscous!" The girl made a hand sign and softly called out. In response to it, the palm shrunk and turned gelatinous which caused the halberd to slow down and eventually come to a halt.
Long Ding's eyes were filled with horror as he saw his attack being so casually stopped by his opponent. From the beginning to the end, the girl hadn't moved even once.
"My turn…" The girl softly spoke and made delivered a punch. The watery palm similarly clenched into a fist and rushed towards Long Ding.
Seeing the incoming fist, Long Ding hurriedly moved backwards and created a fire shield around himself. However, the hand of water reached him in an instant grabbed his figure.
Splash!
The palm slammed into the arena outside with a bang leaving an astounded Long Ding covered in a pool of water.