Seeing Wang Ruoxie directly confront Yang Hongwu, Bing Ling couldn't help but frown slightly.

She really didn't understand where Wang Ruoxie's confidence came from, facing Yang Hongwu in a life-and-death duel so quickly. Was it because of his nine-star swordsmanship talent and his newly achieved Seventh Layer of the Energy-Introducing Realm?

If that's the case, Wang Ruoxie was truly unwise. If it were her, she would at least wait for her cultivation to stabilize before making a move.

After all, Wang Ruoxie's cultivation had just broken through, his realm was unstable, and he couldn't perfectly exert the power of his current level.

Most importantly, Yang Hongwu possessed a profound level seventh-grade bloodline power, his battle strength far exceeding those of the same level.

In her view, Wang Ruoxie was doomed to lose, and the outcome of losing was nothing less than a path to death.

She was even considering whether she should intervene to save Wang Ruoxie if he couldn't hold on.

"Red Flame Sword Technique, Red Flame Burning Sky."

At this moment, with a loud shout, Yang Hongwu slashed directly with his sword.

Instantly, blazing flames spewed from the sword, engulfing the surrounding space, then rushed toward Wang Ruoxie.

Wang Ruoxie only felt the temperature of the surrounding space suddenly rise dramatically, with waves of scorching heat sweeping over.

"Buzz!"

Accompanied by the sound of a sword hum, the long sword in Wang Ruoxie's hand transformed into a brilliant sword light, meeting the incoming red flames.

"Swish..."

The sword light shone, and in an instant, utterly annihilated the red flames.

"This is... Swordsmanship at the Perfection of Following the Heart level."

Seeing this scene, Bing Ling's eyes filled with a hint of shock. She seemed to now understand why Wang Ruoxie was so confident.

Swordsmanship at the Perfection of Following the Heart level is something that even many elders in the Element Transformation Realm might not grasp. The nine-star swordsmanship talent is indeed impressive.

At this moment, Yang Hongwu also wore a look of astonishment. He never expected that Wang Ruoxie, not only had raised his cultivation to the Seventh Layer of the Energy-Introducing Realm in just half a day but also mastered swordsmanship at the Perfection of Following the Heart level.

"With this kind of strength, you think you can kill me?"

Wang Ruoxie's eyes showed a hint of mockery as he spoke.

For him, whether it was cultivation or swordsmanship level improvement, there would be no difficulty before returning to the level of his past life.

After all, in his past life, he had not only reached the Celestial Monarch Realm but also mastered swordsmanship at the Sword Heart Clarity level. Although he was reincarnated and had to start over, his understanding of realms remained. As long as he had sufficient cultivation, he could easily elevate his swordsmanship through simple practice.

This was the reason why his cultivation rose to the Seventh Layer of the Energy-Introducing Realm, and by hunting those demon beasts, he elevated his swordsmanship from Great Success of Following the Heart to its Perfection.

"So what if you've mastered swordsmanship at the Perfection of Following the Heart level? You still have to die."

With a cold sneer, Yang Hongwu declared, confident that his mastery of swordsmanship at only the Minor Achievement level could be offset by the profound level seventh-grade bloodline power and the top-grade treasure longsword in his hand, allowing him to crush Wang Ruoxie.

Not to mention, he had reached the Seventh Layer of the Energy-Introducing Realm long ago, with True Qi far surpassing Wang Ruoxie's recent breakthrough.

Wang Ruoxie, on the other hand, had developed a Sea of Qi at least five times the size of an average person, containing True Qi five times that of anyone at the same level.

Most importantly, Wang Ruoxie's cultivation technique is the Supreme Secret Scripture of Nine Transformations of the Primordial, producing exceptionally pure True Qi, even more substantial than that of the Ninth Layer of the Energy-Introducing Realm.

"Red Flame Burning Heaven."

Yang Hongwu channeled all the True Qi within him into the top-grade treasure longsword, activating the fire inscriptions engraved on its blade to their fullest extent.

Combining it with his profound-level lower-grade martial skill, Red Flame Sword Technique, doubled the power instantly.

In an instant, the sky filled with red flames, with waves of intense heat sweeping toward Wang Ruoxie.

The temperature in the space reached an unthinkable level. Had Wang Ruoxie's physical body not been so strong, the terrifying heat alone would have gruesomely injured him.

"Profound-level lower-grade swordsmanship."

Bing Ling's heart noted silently, clearly recognizing Yang Hongwu's swordsmanship as profound-level lower-grade martial skill, and from the power it exhibited, it hardly fell short of ordinary profound-level middle-grade martial skills.

On top of that, Yang Hongwu's weapon was a precious top-grade treasure inscribed with fire runes, complementing his martial skills and enhancing his combat strength by manifold.

This made Bing Ling worry quietly for Wang Ruoxie. Although Wang Ruoxie controlled swordsmanship at the Perfection of Following the Heart level, his combat strength might not compare to Yang Hongwu's, likely leading to defeat in just a few rounds.

"Killing a genius like you with nine-star swordsmanship talent will make my name, Yang Hongwu, known throughout the entire East Victory Kingdom."

Yang Hongwu sported a cold smile.

"Unfortunately, it will be you who dies."

Wang Ruoxie responded with an indifferent smile and swung his sword again.

Immediately, rays of lightning flashed out from the upper-grade treasured longsword in his hand.

This sword, taken from the young man of the Zhou family, was inscribed with thunder rune, and although its grade was inferior to Yang Hongwu's top-grade treasure longsword, its destructive power matched it completely.

While Wang Ruoxie hadn't cultivated thunder techniques, and his True Qi wasn't thunder-attributed, the Nine Transformation Primordial Scripture he practiced belonged to at least a divine level, and the True Qi it condensed was incomparable to ordinary True Qi.

Primordial True Qi is all-encompassing, containing all inherent attributes.

One could say his True Qi was devoid of any particular attribute, yet possessed all attributes, enhancing weapons and martial skills far more than ordinary attributed True Qi.

If it were to be given a name, it could be called Primordial True Qi.

Activating the thunder rune on the longsword with Primordial True Qi was equally, if not more, powerful compared to using Thunder True Qi.

The sword light flashed, and the sound of thunder rumbled.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a deafening roar, the red flames and lightning collided fiercely, erupting with terrifying power.

The violent wave of vigorous Qi shattered the ground beneath them into a large pit, with cracks spreading in all directions.

Even the surrounding grass and trees instantly turned to ashes.

At this moment, Yang Hongwu let out a muffled grunt, stumbling back ten steps before barely stabilizing himself, with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

However, Wang Ruoxie stood firmly in place, seemingly unaffected.

"Yang Hongwu actually lost."

Watching the rather embarrassed Yang Hongwu, Bing Ling exclaimed in shock.

Clearly, Yang Hongwu had been defeated in this strike.

Despite feeling disbelief, the scene before her eyes was undeniable.

"Impossible... I must kill you."

With a shout of rage, filled with madness, Yang Hongwu rushed toward Wang Ruoxie, sword in both hands.

"Sword Burns Through Eight Desolations."

In an instant, Yang Hongwu was right in front of Wang Ruoxie, slashing down fiercely with his sword.

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