Regarding Lan Aohan's bizarre words, Wang Ruoxie only felt they were extremely laughable.

However, he couldn't be bothered to waste words with someone like this, who thinks so highly of himself; it was enough just to defeat him in combat.

"Boom!"

An overwhelming sword aura surged out from Wang Ruoxie.

"If that's the case, I'm truly curious to see what your real strength is."

Wang Ruoxie looked at Lan Aohan with mocking eyes and slowly spoke indifferently.

"You'll see,"

Lan Aohan replied with a sneer.

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure suddenly trembled and vanished from the ground, only to reappear mid-air the next instant.

Then, he desperately channeled his True Essence, unleashing visible white energy from his body.

Instantly, everyone felt as if the entire world was filled with a terrifying cold aura.

Soon after, they noticed a large number of snowflakes seemed to be falling from the sky.

"Everyone be careful, these snowflakes are transformed from True Essence and contain powerful destructive energy."

Fu Tian, who was ranked second, warned the crowd.

Immediately, everyone, not daring to hesitate, channeled their True Essence to form shields, enveloping their entire bodies.

They could also feel that these seemingly ordinary snowflakes contained enough power to hurt them.

"Hiss, hiss…"

The crowd could hear a piercing sound coming to their ears, as they realized the snowflakes had arrived, viciously slicing through their True Essence Shields.

If not for the formidable strength of all those present, these snowflakes could have easily torn their True Essence Shields, even taking their lives.

"What terrifying strength."

"Lan Aohan's True Intent of Cold Ice is probably at least at the Eighth Layer level."

Everyone whispered, faces full of shock.

At this moment, Lan Aohan's aura exceeded that of a typical First Layer Qi Condensation; even a truly First Layer Qi Condensation cultivator might not withstand him.

"Wang Ruoxie, take another palm of mine."

With a loud shout, a massive Cold Ice Palm Seal descended from the sky, freezing everything in its path.

Even the surrounding space seemed frozen.

No one doubted that if this palm struck them, not one would survive, not even Fu Tian, ranked second, or Feng Yangyu, ranked third.

The power of this palm was enough to easily kill a standard Ninth Layer of Essence Pill Realm cultivator, and even a half-step Qi Condensation might not come out unscathed.

Could Wang Ruoxie survive this palm?

At this moment, all eyes were fixed on Wang Ruoxie, curiosity etched on their faces to see how he would respond to this palm.

In the air, Lan Aohan showed a cold smile, confident that Wang Ruoxie would definitely die under this palm.

This palm was nearly his peak strength, consuming a considerable amount of True Essence, guaranteeing the kill.

"Heaven-Shocking Technique."

Staring at the descending massive Palm Seal, Wang Ruoxie's eyes focused as he let out a soft shout. A longsword appeared in his hand without hesitation, slashing toward the Cold Ice Palm Seal.

He too could feel the power contained in this palm, far greater than before, so while channeling his True Essence, he also used the Blood Burning Secret Technique, instantly burning a tenth of his Qi and Blood.

This sword contained at least double his usual strength.

After all, with his current Cultivation and a physical body far surpassing others of his level, his Qi and Blood were incredibly abundant; even one-tenth equaled the entire Qi and Blood of an average Ninth Layer Essence Pill Realm cultivator.

"Buzz!"

Accompanied by an earth-shattering sword cry, a hundred-zhang-long blood-colored Sword Shadow instantly materialized.

Endless Sword Qi tore through the void, carrying annihilating power, meeting the Cold Ice Palm Seal.

The next moment, the blood-colored Sword Shadow collided with the Cold Ice Palm Seal.

"Boom, boom boom…"

The space trembled unceasingly, with violent Vigorous Qi engulfing the entire sky.

Under the horrified gazes of everyone, the blood-colored Sword Shadow instantaneously shredded through the Cold Ice Palm Seal.

The massive Palm Seal was sliced in half like tofu by the blood-colored Sword Shadow, before ultimately crumbling into pieces of ice.

Subsequently, the crowd watched as the blood-colored Sword Shadow continued its path toward Lan Aohan.

"How is this possible…"

The smile on Lan Aohan's face froze, never expecting his all-out attack to be effortlessly thwarted by Wang Ruoxie.

"Too strong, one sword completely shattered Lan Aohan's Cold Ice Palm Seal."

"This must have been Lan Aohan's full strength, yet he still lost."

"Barring any surprises, Wang Ruoxie should be the first in this trial tournament."

…

At this moment, almost everyone widened their eyes, staring unblinkingly at the two in the field, awaiting the final outcome.

Many even held their breath, fixating on the blood-colored Sword Shadow racing toward Lan Aohan, afraid of missing any moment.

"Not good…"

Feeling the terrifying power of the approaching blood-colored Sword Shadow, Lan Aohan's expression drastically changed, his eyes filled with fear.

Without any hesitation, Lan Aohan frantically retreated, trying to evade the blood-colored Sword Shadow.

However, in the moment he was stunned by the scene, the Sword Shadow had already arrived; though he pushed his speed to the limit, it was too late.

With no other choice, Lan Aohan could only fully channel his True Essence, frantically waving both palms.

Soon, multiple Cold Ice Palm Seals formed, attempting to block the attacking blood-colored Sword Shadow.

"Boom…"

Unfortunately, no number of Cold Ice Palm Seals could withstand Wang Ruoxie's powerful sword.

After the blood-colored Sword Shadow shattered all the Cold Ice Palm Seals, it struck Lan Aohan's body.

With a muffled grunt, Lan Aohan's body was launched into the air.

"Pfft"

A jet of blood spurted from Lan Aohan's mouth, staining the void red.

Then his body fell heavily to the ground.

"He won, Wang Ruoxie defeated Lan Aohan."

"Incredible, Wang Ruoxie really defeated Lan Aohan to become the first in this trial tournament."

"A monster, this is a true monster, forcefully defeating Lan Aohan with only Eighth Layer Essence Pill Realm Cultivation."

After a moment of silence, the crowd erupted in astonished cries.

Everyone knew that although Lan Aohan wasn't killed by the sword, he clearly lost the ability to fight; moreover, even if he continued fighting, ignoring his injuries, the outcome wouldn't change.

"Is this your true strength? Not much after all."

Wang Ruoxie looked indifferently at the extremely embarrassed Lan Aohan, spoke slowly, and then turned to walk back into the crowd.

"Pfft…"

Hearing Wang Ruoxie's words, Lan Aohan couldn't help but spew another mouthful of fresh blood.

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