"How can it be…" Ling Yun's face turned ashen. He couldn't believe what he had heard.
Xia Qingyue was Yun Che's wife? This sentence hit him like the heaviest hammer, making his chest so heavy that it made it hard for him to breathe.
In his fight against Qingyue, at the last moment, he saw her face. Instantly, he felt like the world had lost its color for him.
He had fallen in love with her!
He had thought that, with his talent and strength, only he was worthy of her within the youth of the empire.
But this… His mind went blank, and he didn't know what to think anymore.
Yuefeng gritted his teeth.
Not only had Yun Che made him wear a green hat, but he had also broken his son's heart!
He had never hated anyone as much as he hated Yun Che right now!
If not for him, everything would have been normal! But no! The moment he appeared, everything went haywire, and nothing looked normal any longer!
His son lost, he lost his love and wife, and now his son looked so broken that it made him sad to see him.
He looked at Yun Che, and killing intent couldn't help but burst out of his gaze.
He must kill him!
"This Yun Che is really something else." Fen Moli said with a dangerous glint in his eyes. "Not only did he make Princess Cang Yue strong and provide her with a Tyrant Realm Weapon, but he is also the husband of the strongest disciple of Asgard. He must also have some relationship with Asgard. Just… What is his background?"
Fen Moli didn't believe Asgard would bend its rules so easily.
He thought there must be a strong reason for it!
At the side, Juecheng frowned: "Even so, he must die!"
"Of course," Fen Moli replied. "Now that there is a feud between you and him, he should be killed before he fully grows his wings! We cannot allow someone like him to live!"
In Fen Moli's perspective, Yun Che was a threat that could endanger their status as one of the four major sects!
As such, he thought he should be killed as soon as possible, especially when there was bad blood between him and the young master of their sect!
"Elder sister…" Yueli frowned, seeing everyone pointing at them and gossiping.
She was afraid of this the most!
"It's alright," at the side, Yuechan had the same cold expression. With an indifferent gaze, she replied. "This matter would have become public sooner or later. Since the beans have already been spilled, there is no point in trying to hide them. Let people talk whatever they want, it won't affect us."
"I understand," Yueli nodded and didn't say anything further.
On the stage, Cang Yue's gaze condensed as she stated: "When Cang Yue heard that Sister Qingyue would be participating in the tournament, I agreed to it right away! Today, I will prove that I am better than you! Also, only by staying by Brother Yun's side can you or I have a better future! Not in Asgard or any other sect!"
The voice fell.
Qingyue closed her eyes.
Time ticked by, and only after some seconds of deep breathing did she open her eyes once again.
All the turbulent emotions had vanished, and only calmness and indifference could be seen in those eyes.
Yet, Cang Yue could feel anger and determination in her eyes.
This made her smile.
She was glad that Qingyue was taking this seriously!
"Are both contestants ready?" Ling Wugou asked above. Seeing both of them nodding, he also nodded and announced, "Then the final match of this year's tournament shall commence!"
A simple sword suddenly appeared in Cang Yue's hand, making Qingyue's delicate brows frown.
She stared at the simple one-handed sword in Cang Yue's hand and asked with slight displeasure in her tone, "Are you mocking me?"
As if reading her mind, Cang Yue shook her head. "I am not."
"Then why are you not using the claymore from before? Or do you think I am not worthy of you to use it?"
"You are misunderstanding, Sister Qingyue," Cang Yue calmly replied. "Just, the claymore would make this match unfair. As a Tyrant Profound Realm Weapon, it is many times stronger than Sister Qingyue's Sky Profound Realm Weapon. If I used it, Sister Qingyue would never be able to beat me! As such, I decided not to use it. I want to defeat Sister Qingyue with my strength alone; no external items are needed!"
"This Cang Yue has a really commendable spirit. It's sad that she rejected this old man's request," Ling Kun suddenly laughed.
He still thought that if Cang Yue decided to join his Sacred Ground, her future would be limitless.
He thought that the reason for her sudden strength should be Yun Che feeding her pills. After all, for someone who can open all profound entrances of someone with only a lift of his finger, creating pills to push Cang Yue's strength shouldn't be hard for him.
As such, he thought Cang Yue was naive if she thought she could stay by Yun Che's side normally.
Once he informed his master about him, Yun Che was bound to join the Sacred Ground!
And if Yun Che joined Sacred Ground, Cang Yue would willingly follow too!
Thinking this, he couldn't help but smile happily! Coming here was really his best decision!
"I see…"
On the side, Qingyue stared at Cang Yue for some time before nodding.
Instead of bringing out her ribbon, she made a sword of ice in her hand!
She looked at Cang Yue and declared, "Then I shall not use any weapons too."
Hearing her, Cang Yue only smiled.
A pause of a second appeared when Cang Yue's wrist suddenly flickered, slashing the sword and releasing a dense wing blade!
It easily cut through the ground as if cutting butter and reached Qingyue instantly!
In front of such an attack, Qingyue simply tapped her foot on the ground.
Her crystal black eyes gave a deep azure glow, and the coming wind blade froze midway!
Just a few inches away from her, the wind blade was frozen in ice before shattering into fine dust!
"Good!" Cang Yue's smile widened before her hand blurred, and hundreds of the same wind blades flew in Qingyue's direction!
Not only that, but if one looked closely, they would find out that these wind blades held dense sword intent within them!
It was so dense that anyone coming even close to them would be cut into pieces!
Seeing this, Qingyue took a step back and waved her hand.
Ice dust flew in the air and filled her surroundings with it; little ice lotuses bloomed everywhere!
Ground, air, clothes, even the wind blades that were coming to cut her, everything was suddenly covered in an ice lotus!
And just like before, before the blades could reach her, they were frozen solid before turning into fine dust and vanishing.
Cang Yue's eyes narrowed.
Her expression suddenly changed, and she jumped!
The moment her feet left the ground, ice spikes formed and shot towards her!
Seeing this, Cang Yue gracefully somersaulted in the air and slashed at the coming spikes, effortlessly slicing them apart.
"If it's this much—!?" Her expression suddenly condensed.
She felt her movement restricted, and before she could do anything, two blocks of ice appeared around her, like a coffin, and sealed her inside!
Frozen Heavenly Coffin—This was Asgard's strongest sealing technique!
Everyone's breath stagnated as they stared at the coffin in the air, falling back at the ground.
"Not enough?" Qingyue blinked in surprise when suddenly white lines appeared all around the coffin before it suddenly exploded!
Her eyes widened, and she used Frozen Snow Dance Steps to vanish from her place and appear distant from it.
She saw that with Cang Yue as the center, everything around her was reduced to pieces due to the dense sword intent that was being released from her body!
And the worst part was, Qingyue couldn't see it!
She felt as if Cang Yue's sword intent was like the gentle caresses of a mother.
Even though one knew it was dangerous, they couldn't help but embrace it.
This honestly scared her!
If she is not active, she might die before even understanding how!
"You are good." Cang Yue suddenly said, standing between the dense sword intent.
Her face had a big smirk on it, and her eyes were as sharp as a sword.
She declared loudly: "But I will still win this fight!"
The moment her voice fell, Qingyue's eyes widened. Before she could understand anything, a large cut appeared on her shoulder, shedding blood!
"Qingyue!"
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