At the critical moment, Dan Bingli could only hold the heavy sword horizontally in front of her, bracing it tightly with both hands. Under the infusion of her spiritual power, the heavy sword emitted a strong hum and shone with a brilliant cold light.
Qin Luo's fist slammed down on the heavy sword.
clang!
A deafening roar, like a great bell resounding between heaven and earth, shook the very soul.
Then, centered on the two, a visible energy ripple spread outwards, tearing up the ground and sending rocks and soil flying everywhere it went.
Dan Bingli felt a tremendous force coming from the sword, and the tiger's mouth of her hands was instantly cracked, blood splattering out and staining the sword hilt red.
She was thrown backward with such force that it created a sharp whistling sound as she flew through the air.
In mid-air, Dan Bingli stabilized her injuries, her spiritual energy surged, and her figure paused during the high-speed backward flight before gently landing with the help of her spiritual energy.
The moment her feet touched the ground, they created a deep crack in the earth, kicking up a cloud of dust. The powerful impact caused her blood to surge, and she couldn't help but feel a mouthful of blood rise to her throat, but she forced it back down and looked at Qin Luo not far away in a disheveled state.
Qin Luo's gaze was indifferent as he looked at Dan Bingli not far away. To further shatter her pride, he said calmly:
"I originally thought that Miss Dan's strength would make me wary, but now it seems that I overestimated you. Based on your current performance, I can't help but wonder if cooperating with you is a wise move."
Though the voice was soft, it struck Dan Bingli's heart like a heavy hammer, one blow after another, the contempt in the words relentlessly eroding Dan Bingli's self-esteem.
Upon hearing this, a complex expression flashed in Dan Bingli's eyes, a mixture of confusion, resentment, and a barely perceptible anger.
She gripped the blood-stained heavy sword tightly, her knuckles turning white from the force. Her delicate body trembled slightly, both from her injuries and from Qin Luo's piercing words.
Dan Bingli never expected that a moment of carelessness would put her at a complete disadvantage. At this moment, she couldn't help but overestimate herself and underestimate Qin Luo.
A bitter feeling welled up in her heart, and her long-held pride seemed to have developed a tiny crack at this moment.
But this crack was quickly filled by her strong sense of self-respect. Her unwavering commitment would not allow her to fail here, neither now nor in the future!
With a resolute glint in her eyes, Nian Zhi gripped the blood-stained heavy sword tightly with both hands and then plunged it fiercely into the ground.
Dan Bingli gritted her teeth and formed an ancient and profound hand seal. Immediately afterward, the heavy sword stuck in the ground erupted with ripples of spiritual energy, which rapidly spread outwards.
As the hand seals changed continuously, the sky and clouds instantly transformed.
The sky changed from a pale white to a deep azure. In this transition, countless spiritual energies rushed in from all directions, transforming into wisps of ice crystal power. These ice crystal powers continuously gathered, intertwined, and merged, gradually forming the prototype of the sword.
As more spiritual energy was drawn in, the power of the ice crystals grew increasingly concentrated, and the sword's form became clearer. A massive ice crystal sword, hundreds of feet in size, slowly condensed in the sky.
Once this hundred-foot-long ice crystal heavy sword was completed, it became the core of this world. The icy aura it emitted swept outwards in all directions like a surging cold tide.
Everywhere, there was only ice and cold.
"Heavy Sword Technique, Wrath of the Frosty Sky!"
As Dan Bingli's voice rang out, the ice crystal heavy sword suddenly fell towards Qin Luo.
Before the sword even reached him, the biting cold had already torn a deep trench in the ground, with frost spreading through it like countless white pythons winding their way toward Qin Luo.
Looking up at the massive sword falling like a doomsday judgment, Qin Luo's expression was no longer so indifferent, but he immediately followed with a contemptuous smile:
“Miss Dan, if this is the strongest attack you can unleash, then I apologize, it seems that what I said before was indeed inappropriate.”
"I can defeat you in just two moves!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Luo made a hand seal. As the hand seal changed, a bright blue light seal began to appear, with ancient runes faintly visible on it.
"Ice Dome Illusionary Prison Seal, First Seal, Frozen World of the Glacier".
When the light seal was fully formed, Qin Luo clapped his hands, and the light seal immediately merged into the void. In an instant, the void within a hundred miles around him cracked rapidly like a fragile mirror, and countless azure and transparent ice rivers surged out from the huge cracks.
These glaciers, like silver dragons emerging from the sea, surge and roar, their roar shaking the heavens and earth; their momentum can be described as swallowing the sky and nourishing the sun.
Reflected in the glacier, Qin Luo's robes fluttered, making him appear like the ruler of ice, coldly watching the heavy ice crystal sword falling towards him.
Then, with a casual gesture, the glacier behind him transformed into a vast army, sweeping towards the falling heavy sword.
The glacier's waters surge and churn, each wave composed of sharp ice blades.
Splash! Puff! Puff!
When the glacier collided with the ice crystal greatsword, the sounds of ice colliding and rubbing against each other were deafening, and ripples spread through the surrounding space.
Under the immense power of the glacier, the icy power contained in the heavy sword, though strong, gradually became no match for the vast, ocean-like glacier.
Under the continuous scouring of the glacier, countless tiny cracks began to appear on the hundred-foot-long ice crystal heavy sword. These cracks spread rapidly, covering the entire sword like a spider web.
Click
Immediately afterwards, accompanied by a crisp shattering sound, the Ice Crystal Greatsword turned into countless tiny ice crystals, which fluttered down from the sky.
As the Ice Crystal Heavy Sword shattered, Dan Bingli's face turned pale, and she suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. The blood was frozen into blood-red ice crystals in mid-air by the surrounding icy air and scattered on the ground.
At the same time, the glacier's momentum did not stop; like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey, it had already surrounded her.
Dan Bingli's eyes were filled with a daze, and her body trembled slightly.
She stared blankly at the icy river radiating endless cold, her heart churning with turmoil.
She couldn't believe she had really lost, and so completely, without even lasting three moves.
Her former pride shattered like a bubble, and the belief that had always sustained her seemed to have been ripped from her soul at this moment.
She recalled her brimming confidence after activating her bloodline, and her certainty of victory in this battle. However, reality struck her like a resounding slap across the face.
The glacier surrounding her seemed like a merciless mockery; the roar of each icy wave echoed in her ears, as if telling her of her overestimation of her abilities.
"I...lost? How could this be...how could this happen..."
Dan Bingli murmured to herself, her voice filled with disbelief. She had never imagined that she would be defeated so quickly and so miserably.
Moreover, being defeated by adversity was an unacceptable fact for her, causing her to fall into self-doubt for a time.
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