"Ding!" The tip of the battle blade was held tightly by two knives, and the powerful force directly bent the body of Yan Xiangtian's knife, displaying an astonishing curve as if it would break in the next second.

"Roar!" Yan Xiangtian shouted loudly, his face turning red from the exertion of strength. He quickly moved sideways and stepped back five or six meters with his right foot, avoiding Bexia's sweeping counterattack.

"Huff, huff, huff!" Yan Xiangtian took a few breaths, his expression solemn as he looked at Bexia. Taking advantage of the moment they locked eyes, he adjusted his own state. Seeing that Bexia still had a calm expression, he knew that continuing like this would not be beneficial for him. It seemed like the opponent's stamina hadn't been greatly depleted, even though the battle between the two had been intense. Especially since Bexia was still in a defensive position, his energy consumption was even greater than Yan Xiangtian's.

Is he a monster? Yan Xiangtian thought to himself. And he knew that the opponent was a mage-warrior dual cultivator who hadn't even used any magic yet? And they had already come to this stage of a fight?! He must be aware that he was a higher level than him?!

The more Yan Xiangtian thought about it, the more surprised he became. He knew that he was at a disadvantage and that the opponent was incredibly powerful. He needed to use his ultimate move.

As for Bexia, although his gaze was fixed on Yan Xiangtian, he was thinking about how his weapon, which he had just bought a few days ago, would be scrapped after this fight. Just now, he glanced at the battle blade in his hand and saw many damaged notches caused by Yan Xiangtian's attacks.

Indeed, a good weapon was crucial. Speaking of which, he should be almost done with the war blade crafted by Ju Hua Master. The new weapon should be much stronger!

"You're strong, far beyond my expectations!" Yan Xiangtian said calmly.

"You're impressive too!" Bexia smiled. Yan Xiangtian was the only opponent he had encountered, besides Ophia and Long Momo, who could be considered a top expert among people of the same age group. If it weren't for the divine punishment recasting, Bexia wouldn't stand a chance against him.

"The next move is my strongest. If you can withstand it, I'll surrender immediately. How about that?"

"Good! Let's decide the outcome with that move!" Bexia nodded and agreed.

"Then watch closely. This is the ultimate technique of my Yan family, called 'Wild Goose Strike!"

Yan Xiangtian's muscles tensed as he gripped the blades. The blades on his hands buzzed as they were infused with magic power, emitting a sharp aura.

"Yan Fei Yan Luo Yan Xuan Kong!"

Yan Xiangtian swung the dual blades, drawing beautiful arcs in the air. The blades, empowered by magic, rotated rapidly, resembling a pair of flying geese. However, these geese exuded a fierce killing intent!

"Ding, ding, ding!" The battle blade collided with the dual blades. Each strike of the dual blades represented a collision in selective state. Although the individual force was not significant, the series of attacks combined made Bexia's complexion change, as his arms were numbed by the continuous impacts.

It was not wise to directly confront it!

"Yah!" Suddenly increasing his strength, Bexia's eyes flashed with a blue light as a huge ice pillar abruptly rose from beneath the dual blades, sending them flying into the air.

Just as Bexia was about to relax, thinking that the dual blades should have lost their force, they unexpectedly changed direction in mid-air and flew towards him from both left and right.

Bexia didn't anticipate this situation and hastily defended against one direction's attack. The battle blade collided once again with the flying blades, creating sparks that gave a sense of scorching heat.

"Snap!"

Suddenly, a faint sound was heard. Bexia's battle blade had broken on its own, and the selected blade narrowly flew past him on one side, but another blade flew toward him from the other side, which Bexia couldn't dodge.

However, at that moment, Bexia's body twisted mysteriously, and he suddenly appeared over ten meters away. This stunned even the referee, who had intended to intervene, because even he couldn't guarantee that he could dodge that attack unscathed. Bexia had somehow reacted in such a short amount of time! This was truly amazing.

Bexia had just come back to his senses. He knew that his fighting instinct had saved him. Fighting instinct was instinctive, a perception of danger and autonomous evasion that he couldn't control. As for why he appeared over ten meters away, it was because he had used "Step by Step Lotus."

And why hadn't Bexia used "Step by Step Lotus" from the beginning? It was because it consumed a massive amount of magic power. Previously, he had continuously used it for practice, but now there was no need for that, and such a powerful martial technique would only disrupt the fairness of the competition.

"The Flying Geese Descend and Soar in the Empty Sky" did not end because of Bexia's dodge. It continued to target him, its fierce blade aura cutting through the air with a high-speed "whoosh" sound.

"This martial technique is quite troublesome!" Bexia's brow furrowed. This was the first time he had encountered such a peculiar skill.

"Since that's the case, then let's confront it head-on!" Bexia's weapon had already been destroyed, so now he had to use magic, and a very powerful one at that.

"Ice Mirror!"

"Earth Wall!"

"Ice Shield!"

In one breath, Bexia released three spells around him to counter the attack of the Hell Twin Blades. At the same time, his expression changed as he raised his hand!

"Explosion Spell: Heavenly Fire Descent!"

A huge, multi-layered magic formation appeared above Bexia's head. It consisted of a total of eight layers, representing an advanced intermediate-level magic. The destructive power of the explosion magic could be imagined. The immense pressure made everyone break out in a cold sweat, and a sense of death loomed in their hearts.

Because this spell consumed a considerable amount of magic power, Bexia chose not to release it quickly. The condition for quick release was that almost all of the magic power needed to be paid by the caster. The consequence of doing so would be for Bexia to completely drain all of his current magic power.

However, Bexia didn't choose to do that. Instead, he slowed down the speed, transforming it from a rapid release to a short chant, which would save him some magic power.

With a wave of his hand, the huge compressed fireball descended with Bexia. All the magic formations cracked, and the fireball, with a diameter of over three meters, fell towards the two twin blades. A loud explosion was heard, and the dazzling flames made people involuntarily close their eyes. When everyone reopened their eyes, a five-meter-wide, half-meter-deep crater had appeared on the sturdy arena.

As for the two twin blades, they had already turned pitch black and lay weakly in the crater. However, Bexia could sense that these two blades were only blackened on the surface and hadn't suffered any damage. It was evident that their quality was very high and far beyond what the Sunstrike could destroy.

"You win!" Yan Xiangtian retrieved his twin blades, firmly admitting defeat. That move had almost completely depleted his magic power, and he had no chance of winning if the fight continued.