However, with Li Yiyuan's vision, he simply couldn't see through it.

When Li Yiyuan saw Wang Ye admit it, his face immediately turned extremely ugly.

Lin Shuang coming to challenge him had already made Li Yiyuan very angry, let alone hearing that someone less versed than Lin Shuang was Wang Ye.

"Do you feel inferior to Lady Lin in the Ice Sect, so now you seek death by coming to the Diamond Sect?"

Li Yiyuan spoke, his voice squeezed out from between his teeth, and it was already quite commendable for him to speak rationally to Wang Ye.

He thought earlier, before arriving, that he was to engage in a fight with Shi Heng, having already asked the disciples to notify others in the Diamond Sect.

"Leave now."

Li Yiyuan said this in a deep voice to Wang Ye, intending to leave.

"Leave?"

Wang Ye stepped forward, blocking Li Yiyuan's way back into the Diamond Sect, and smiled as he told Li Yiyuan, "Why should I leave? I came to the Diamond Sect to duel with you."

"And now you want to dismiss me without a word. Do you think I'll just do as you say?"

At this point, Wang Ye and Li Yiyuan looked into each other's eyes.

Li Yiyuan's eyes, which had just calmed, now showed impatience, his voice became more subdued, carrying a threatening tone:

"You're now nothing more than the Saint Heir of the Ice Sect. Even with a Saintess, do you believe that, even if I eliminated you here, the people of the Ice Sect would do nothing to the Diamond Sect?"

"Really? Perhaps not."

Facing Li Yiyuan's threat, Wang Ye seemed unfazed, continuing to smile.

"Courting death!"

Li Yiyuan lost his patience entirely, grabbed Wang Ye's clothes, and tried to pull him aside.

Wang Ye's hand, however, intertwined with Li Yiyuan's pulling hand.

"Hm?"

Wang Ye's move took Li Yiyuan by surprise.

His speed was neither extremely fast nor slow.

Definitely not something a Second Grade Cultivator could easily fend off.

Li Yiyuan glowed with a burst of golden light.

A power of diamond surged through Li Yiyuan's body, concentrating in his hand, exerting strength on the hand holding Wang Ye.

Wang Ye, too, roared like a giant bear—a white bear.

Emerging from the remnants of Guo Yi's great dao, though lacking the essence of the Snow Bear Body Tempering Art, Wang Ye had found ways to refine it through the Fleshly Body Path.

Now, Wang Ye had further improved the Snow Bear Body Tempering Art based on his previous understanding.

One could say, even if Bai Mei'er stood by Wang Ye's side, using the same Snow Bear Body Tempering Art and with the same strength, Wang Ye was confident his technique could surpass Bai Mei'er's.

Buzz!

Hands with bear-like strength clashed with hands engulfed in golden light.

For a moment, neither Wang Ye nor Li Yiyuan could overpower the other.

Li Yiyuan looked at Wang Ye in surprise and willingly let go of his hand.

Seeing Li Yiyuan release his hand, Wang Ye also loosened his grip, smiling as he asked, "Can we duel now?"

Wang Ye understood that Li Yiyuan's earlier contact was merely a test.

To see if he was qualified to face Li Yiyuan in combat.

The brief skirmish, although not defeating Li Yiyuan, had piqued his interest and desire to fight.

Li Yiyuan looked deeply at Wang Ye and then said, "Rumors outside claim that your strength and talent fall short compared to Lin Shuang. Now, seeing you, I realize those rumors are false."

"Outside? What do they say about me outside?"

Wang Ye was slightly surprised.

While people outside discussed him, he was still cultivating. Once out, Wang Ye remained exceedingly low key and did not reveal his identity.

Nor had he heard any rumors about himself.

Hence, Wang Ye truly had no idea about the outside perception of him.

"It is said outside that when you absorbed Ice Sect's rewards, Lady Lin had already finished, while you absorbed only a tenth; in terms of strength and insight, you were less than her."

Li Yiyuan, being straightforward, did not hold back and directly conveyed to Wang Ye.

"Oh."

Wang Ye nodded slightly: "At that time, my insight was admittedly slower, only because as I perceived the earlier stages, I was inspired by the Power of the Ice Path to gain further insights, so I absorbed not just the Power of the Great Dao from the Frost Spear."

"But also received other Great Dao powers from various aspects."

Wang Ye spoke with calmness.

But he didn't reveal the full truth.

After all, he couldn't simply tell Li Yiyuan that his slowness was due to absorbing the remnants of Guo Yi's great dao?

Such fortuity, let alone people believing, Wang Ye couldn't guarantee that after hearing these things, Li Yiyuan wouldn't develop other thoughts.

Some things that need to be hidden, Wang Ye naturally kept hidden.

Wang Ye's words further intensified the favorable impression in Li Yiyuan's eyes.

"Hahaha."

With a now noticeably different attitude, Li Yiyuan laughed, patted Wang Ye on the shoulder, and said:

"Just now, in my failure to distinguish right from wrong, I tried to turn you away. I misunderstood you."

"In the future, I will no longer easily believe those outside rumors."

"I used to think the words from the outsiders were reliable, yet couldn't expect sometimes even those words from great warriors are nothing but nonsense."

"No worries, as long as Brother Li goes all out during the duel, that would be the greatest respect to me."

"Yes!"

Li Yiyuan spoke heartily:

"Since it's a duel, using full strength is the utmost respect for one's opponent. Winning or losing, what we seek is thrill. Without effort, how to achieve thrill? That's mere child's play!"

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