Chapter 358 Battle for the Top Spot 3
Wu Shaogan and Chao Hanxiao were still locked in fierce combat.
When fighting against other cultivators of the same level, Wu Shaogan could always keep his mind on Zhong Cai off the field. Every time he passed his opponent, he would meet Zhong Cai's eyes and reveal a tender smile.
But this time is different.
In his battle with Chao Hanxiao, Wu Shaogan couldn't discern even a trace of his thoughts.
So let alone exchanging glances with Zhong Cai, Wu Shaogan didn't even notice when Weng Yuxian went to see Zhong Cai and talked with him for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, let alone hear their conversation.
The area around them had collapsed beyond recognition. They fought their way from the ground into the air, and gradually, they rarely landed—mainly because there was nowhere left to land.
The area was not only filled with signs of destruction, but the land itself had been shattered.
After the ground sank and became several huge depressions, the two finally managed to pull themselves away at the same time and bounced quickly backward.
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Chao Hanxiao still held the purple spear, which was filled with extremely powerful energy and emitted wisps of ice mist that seemed to condense into a tangible substance. With each tremor of the spear, it transformed into a flower of ice flames, appearing and disappearing intermittently.
This is because, at every moment, Chao Hanxiao's energy is constantly fluctuating, like a snake's tongue extending and contracting, ready to erupt at any time.
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The so-called ice flame is a kind of extremely cold flame.
It burns fiercely every moment, but it carries an incredibly terrifying chill, and at the center of that terrifying chill is an incredibly scorching flame.
Two completely opposite forces intertwine and can freely change their attributes according to the manipulator's will, instantly transforming from icy cold to extremely hot or vice versa, or even changing one after another in a very short time, so that a person is constantly in a state of alternating hot and cold... Naturally, it is difficult to adapt to such a situation, and it is easy to suffer great damage in the changes of energy, or even die directly.
At this moment, what is being displayed is precisely the chilling intent.
Countless streams of ice and flame power spread out, freezing everything around them, even turning Chao Hanxiao's hair a pure white.
Even in that huge valley, a layer of frost had formed, which then condensed into ice.
At this moment, it was as if countless mirrors appeared from all directions, reflecting the ice flames, making it seem as if Wu Shaogan was completely surrounded by the ice flames.
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Wu Shaogan remained suspended in mid-air, still holding the hard bow, facing Chao Hanxiao directly.
Beside him, the sky on the left turned into a brilliant gold, and the sky on the right turned into a dazzling silver. Sometimes they merged with each other, sometimes they separated, and sometimes they overlapped to form an enormous millstone.
This is the Yin-Yang Millstone.
The millstone slowly rotates and grinds.
With each rotation of the two millstones, countless energies burst forth, seemingly transforming into surging tides that spread in all directions.
Each energy stream contains a blend of gold and silver, sometimes intensely hot like the blazing sun, sometimes bitterly cold like the pale moonlight.
Wherever this energy permeates and impacts, there is a sense of yin and yang shifting, ethereal and indistinct, seemingly real yet illusory, as if it could vanish into nothingness at any moment due to this power. Yet, it also seems as if nothing has changed, but as soon as the great yin-yang millstone begins to turn again, the force it unleashes will erode everything…
This power initially seems very similar to Chao Hanxiao's Ice Flame Power, both being hot and cold, but in reality, they are completely different.
Their energy nature is completely different.
Ice and flame are absolute fire and ice attributes, while the power of yin and yang points even more directly to the essence—all things in the world are divided into yin and yang.
Logically, the power of Yin and Yang should be able to crush the power of Ice and Flame.
However, Chao Hanxiao's tempering of the ice and flame power was extremely refined, making it incomparably pure. The power of both ice and fire was nurtured to an extremely terrifying level—any power, when tempered to its extreme, is terrifying.
However, Wu Shaogan's Yin-Yang power is also very pure, without any impurities, and even contains a faint vitality.
Its quality still surpasses Chao Hanxiao's ice and flame power.
Although the battle between Wu Shaogan and Chao Hanxiao is currently evenly matched, the power of the secret technique displayed by the Yin-Yang Millstone will surely surpass that of the Ice Flame Power!
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Chao Hanxiao's eyes flickered slightly when he saw the Yin-Yang millstone.
Wu Shaogan looked at the power of ice flames with a very natural expression.
Outside the stadium, many spectators also witnessed this scene and couldn't help but whisper among themselves:
"Now they're finally getting serious..."
"Look at Wu Douwang's millstone-like power; it's quite bizarre!"
"There's no need to keep calling it strange. I don't believe you all can't recognize it. Isn't that the power of Yin and Yang?"
"Haha! That may be true, but I never expected that Wu Douwang, whose archery skills are as dazzling as the sun, actually cultivated both Yin and Yang attributes at the same time. He's truly amazing!"
"Now that we see it, the power of Yin and Yang has overwhelmed the power of Ice and Flame, which may not be so pleasant for King Chao. But it's easier to understand why King Wu has made such rapid progress."
"What's so easy to understand! There are many cultivators in this world who practice Yin-Yang power, but how many have I seen who have refined Yin-Yang power to such vast and powerful extent as Wu Douwang?"
"This secret technique... I've vaguely seen something similar before. Its power always depends on the crushing ability of the millstone. The power of Yin and Yang surpasses most other energies. Unless the five elements are gathered together and endlessly generated, it might be able to resist. Otherwise, once this millstone is unleashed, it can absorb all other energies and crush them all!"
"Wu Douwang, what terrifying comprehension!"
"Look! King Chao Dou hasn't admitted defeat; he's already charged forward!"
"That power of ice and flame is quite formidable..."
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In the arena, Chao Hanxiao did indeed make a move.
In fact, before he even made that gesture, Wu Shaogan's millstone had already begun grinding against his ice and flame power.
As the millstone continuously spewed out Yin and Yang power, it also quietly absorbed the surrounding ice and flame power, crushing it at the fastest speed, producing a creaking, chilling sound.
After each "creak," the ice flames that created the strange phenomena around them were weakened by a little.
Chao Hanxiao certainly wouldn't sit idly by and watch Wu Shaogan crush all the power of ice and flame, so he suddenly slapped the purple spear!
In an instant, terrifying icy flames surged forth from the tip of the spear like a torrent.
Pointing straight at that enormous millstone!
At the same time, the millstone also started spinning faster.
It seemed to instantly break free from Wu Shaogan's control, suddenly flying over his head and colliding directly with the surging power of ice and flame.
The two secret techniques clashed directly at this moment.
The power of ice and flames attempted to burn and freeze the millstone, but the millstone opened a crack in the middle, continuously absorbing the power of ice and flames, trying to crush it all.
Both the Ice Flame and the Yin-Yang Millstone were drawing large amounts of profound energy from the cultivators on both sides.
The terrifying pressure caused by this impact brought about irreversible changes to the surrounding environment.
The alternating cycles of heat and cold are the bare minimum; what's even more terrifying is that the areas permeated by scorching heat have turned into scorched earth, cracked and barren. Meanwhile, the lands shrouded in extreme cold have not only frozen solid but have also been impacted by even colder forces, turning into dust.
The land below, which was already riddled with depressions and collapsed, now... seems to be turning into an abyss, swallowing everything around it and filled with all sorts of turbulent forces.
While the ice flames and the millstone were locked in a stalemate, Wu Shaogan and Chao Hanxiao moved with incredible speed, appearing like ghosts on a more distant, unaffected open area.
At the same time, Wu Shaogan drew back the bowstring and unleashed a full thirty-six arrows!
In a mere instant, they all fired simultaneously!
Chao Hanxiao seemed to have anticipated this. As he swung his purple spear, the terrifying spear shadow seemed to form a huge shield, deflecting all the arrows and preventing even one from getting close to him.
But at this moment, he should have used the purple spear to unleash a secret technique and harness a large amount of secret technique power, so how could he possibly defend against the arrows?
At this moment, many cultivators discovered that, without anyone noticing, a second Chao Hanxiao had suddenly appeared in the arena.
Chao Hanxiao's physical form was stirring up ice and flames with his spear.
The other person seemed illusory, yet he was constantly displaying his spear skills and deflecting arrows.
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