Although both Duanmu Yun's Ice Blood Soul and Wu Chengde's Thunder Blood Soul are Profound Level Ninth Grade Blood Souls, the Thunder Blood Soul imbues Wu Chengde's attacks with the power of thunder, capable of momentarily paralyzing Duanmu Yun.

Even if it's just a momentary advantage, it provides him with considerable leverage.

After a bout of combat, Wu Chengde ultimately defeated Duanmu Yun, successfully advancing.

Next, the match is between the sixth-ranked Nalan Ke and the fifth-ranked Xiao Ningyue.

As expected, Xiao Ningyue easily defeated Nalan Ke.

However, since her ranking was already above Nalan Ke's, their rankings didn't change.

Following that, it was the fourth-ranked Qin Heng against the third-ranked Qiu Yao, where Qiu Yao narrowly defeated Qin Heng, leaving their rankings unchanged.

The next match is between the second-ranked Ruan Junhao and the first-ranked Tang Liren.

The outcome of this fight was also not surprising to the crowd, as it took only one move for Tang Liren to defeat Ruan Junhao.

This confirmed his previous statement that no one could withstand even one move from him, or else he would willingly surrender his first place position.

The subsequent battles started back with the tenth-ranked Zong Yuzhe.

Naturally, since he had previously lost to Wang Ruoxie, he had to bypass the ninth-ranked Wang Ruoxie and directly face the eighth-ranked Duanmu Yun.

Perhaps due to Wang Ruoxie's previous words, Zong Yuzhe became much more composed, and his swordsmanship grew fiercer.

After only a few rounds of engagement, Zong Yuzhe defeated Duanmu Yun with a single sword strike, advancing his ranking to eighth.

Thus, it was Wang Ruoxie's turn again.

His opponent for this battle is the seventh-ranked Wu Chengde.

On the battle platform, Wang Ruoxie and Wu Chengde faced each other.

"I know I'm not as strong as you, but I still want to give it a try."

Wu Chengde said to Wang Ruoxie.

"Please."

Wang Ruoxie smiled slightly and replied.

"Careful."

Wu Chengde nodded, then his figure flickered, charging directly towards Wang Ruoxie.

At the same time, he swung out his palm, and immediately, a giant purple palm seal coalesced in the void, descending upon Wang Ruoxie.

The purple palm seal was surrounded by strands of thunder light, containing immensely powerful power of thunder.

"Extinguish!"

Wang Ruoxie softly commanded, then suddenly thrust out his longsword, meeting the palm seal head-on.

The sword light was dazzling, and sword Qi surged forth.

"Sizzle..."

With a soft sound, the purple palm seal was instantly shredded by the sword Qi.

Immediately afterward, Wang Ruoxie's figure trembled slightly, and in an instant, he arrived in front of Wu Chengde, striking out with his sword again.

The speed of this sword was to the extreme; Wu Chengde only felt a slash of sword light pass through the void and appear before him, carrying an incredibly sharp sword aura.

"Not good."

Wu Chengde's face changed dramatically; the opponent's sword was too fast for him to evade.

Without any hesitation, he hurriedly raised his palms and quickly swung them out.

Suddenly, a layer of Thunder Shield congealed in front of him.

The next moment, Wang Ruoxie's sword slashed onto the Thunder Shield.

"Bang!"

Under Wang Ruoxie's sword, the Thunder Shield shattered and collapsed like dead wood.

The sword Qi surged forth, continuing to thrust towards Wu Chengde.

With an expression of fright, Wu Chengde retreated violently backward, yet Wang Ruoxie's sword relentlessly followed him like a shadow, no matter how he tried to evade.

In the end, Wu Chengde was forced to the edge of the battle platform, leaving no room to retreat.

"You've lost."

Wang Ruoxie's sword pointed straight at Wu Chengde as he spoke.

"Your strength is indeed very strong; I've been defeated."

Wu Chengde smiled bitterly; he thought that while his strength was not as good as Wang Ruoxie's, he should still be able to hold his ground for a while. Yet, he did not expect to lose so quickly.

He even felt that Wang Ruoxie hadn't exerted much strength.

Clearly, the gap between him and the opponent was too great.

After defeating Wu Chengde, Wang Ruoxie advanced again, climbing to the seventh rank.

Wang Ruoxie advancing once more left many people sighing, feeling that this guy's strength might only be second to Tang Liren and Xiao Ningyue, with a strong possibility of breaking into the top three.

At best, he could probably only make it to third place, but being ranked third on the Hidden Dragon List with a Seventh Layer of Element Transformation Realm cultivation was still immensely honorable.

The battles continued; Nalan Ke was defeated by Qin Heng, with both rankings remaining unchanged.

Xiao Ningyue defeated the third-ranked Qiu Yao, taking his position.

As round after round of battles concluded, the rankings were constantly shifting.

Among them, Xiao Ningyue and Wang Ruoxie's performances were the most outstanding, winning each of their battles and smoothly advancing.

In the end, Xiao Ningyue defeated Ruan Junhao but lost to Tang Liren, placing second.

Meanwhile, Wang Ruoxie, after defeating Nalan Ke, was temporarily ranked sixth.

Although Nalan Ke belonged to the Beast Taming Sect, he seemed to know he was no match for Wang Ruoxie and didn't display any murderous intent toward him like Zhang Chong and Hu Zhe did.

After exchanging a few moves, he directly conceded, evidently fearing that Wang Ruoxie might kill him.

Quickly, it was Wang Ruoxie's turn again.

This time, his opponent was Qin Heng.

"I didn't expect us to stand on the same battle platform,"

Qin Heng smiled at Wang Ruoxie and said.

"I'm not surprised."

Wang Ruoxie replied indifferently.

He felt no fondness toward Qin Heng; even though they had once teamed up in the Underground Blood Cave to slay a Blood Demon General, it didn't mean their relationship was good.

It's not that he held a grudge, but that sneak attack arrow nearly took his life. Who could remain calm towards someone who attempted to kill them?

"I must admit, your speed of improvement truly amazes me. In just a few months, you've reached such a level."

Qin Heng continued, still smiling, "However, in our battle, the one who will lose is you."

"Is that so? I'm a bit curious to see how you'll defeat me."

Wang Ruoxie replied with a faint smile.

"You'll find out."

Qin Heng's face still wore a smile, but a slight coldness gleamed in his eyes.

As his words fell, a bow and arrow appeared in his hand as he swiftly nocked an arrow, firmly targeting Wang Ruoxie.

"Whoosh, whoosh..."

Accompanied by the sound of piercing the air, one feathered arrow after another turned into streaks of light, slicing through the void, assaulting towards Wang Ruoxie.

Each feathered arrow carried a fearsome power, incredibly swift, and reached its target in an instant.

Faced with the swift and fierce feathered arrows, Wang Ruoxie's expression remained unchanged as he swiftly slashed out with his sword, the sword Qi blossoming, sword light flashing.

"Clang, clang..."

In an instant, Wang Ruoxie's sword struck all the feathered arrows, sending them flying away.

And at that moment, Qin Heng had already reached before him.

The shimmering longsword aimed directly at Wang Ruoxie's chest.

The sword light pierced through the air; though it didn't actually touch Wang Ruoxie's body, it still tore a hole in his clothing.

Just when Qin Heng thought this sword strike would surely pierce through Wang Ruoxie's body, the cold smile in his eyes suddenly froze.

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