Martial Saint with Passives

A flicker of surprise flashed through Xiao Qingge’s eyes.

She hadn’t expected that Jiang Che could meet her attack head-on with his physical body alone!

He was clearly much stronger than he had been during their last bout at the Chen Mansion!

”Again!”

A savage glint ignited in her eyes, and the melody shifted once more!

The notes of the Suona grew ever higher, ever more ferocious, as if a thousand armies were stampeding and roaring within the music!

It was the same Ten-sided Ambush Su Linfeng had once performed, but when unleashed by her, it was more than ten times as powerful!

In an instant, boundless illusions of carnage and war enveloped the entire arena!

A horrifying vision materialized before Jiang Che’s eyes: a Corpse Mountain and Blood Sea, a chaotic battlefield of armored steeds and clashing steel!

However, just as his mind was about to be overwhelmed by the illusion,

His True: All-Seeing Eye activated at full force!

All the illusions before him shattered in an instant!

”Break!”

Jiang Che seized the fleeting opportunity and unleashed his Eighteenfold Strike!

A silver phantom fist, like a meteor streaking through the night sky, pierced through the layers of obstructing sound waves. With unstoppable, domineering force, it shot straight for Xiao Qingge herself!

Xiao Qingge’s expression shifted. She had never expected Jiang Che to break free from Ten-sided Ambush so quickly and launch a counter-attack!

From the power of this strike, she could even smell the scent of death!

”A fine strike!”

However, in the face of this life-or-death crisis, her eyes held not a shred of fear. Instead, they blazed with a frenzied, flame-like battle intent that was even more intense than before!

She abruptly pulled back her Suona, took a deep breath, and frantically poured every last drop of her remaining Strength into it, holding nothing back!

”Phoenix’s Cry—in the Nine Heavens!!!”

A note from the Suona—higher, more savage, and seemingly powerful enough to tear the heavens asunder—suddenly echoed to the clouds!

A lifelike phoenix of flame, condensed entirely from crimson sound waves, erupted from the bell of her Suona. It let out a cry that could pierce metal and shatter stone, spreading its sun-blotting wings. Carrying the power to scorch the heavens and boil the seas, it fearlessly met Jiang Che’s earth-shattering strike head-on!

RUMBLE—!!!

The silver phantom fist and the crimson fire phoenix slammed into each other in the center of the arena!

For an instant, it was as if the entire world had fallen silent.

Immediately after, an indescribable storm of destructive energy erupted from the two of them, blasting outward!

On the arena stage, the hard Basalt paving was swept up in the energy storm, cracking inch by inch and flying into the air as if the ground itself were being tilled!

The spectators closest to the stage were sent tumbling by the violent blast wave!

As the light and dust began to settle, everyone scrambled to look at the arena.

They saw Xiao Qingge stagger back seven or eight steps before she managed to regain her footing. The arm with which she held her Suona was trembling slightly.

Jiang Che, on the other hand, was also slightly flushed,

but he hadn’t retreated a single step!

Evenly matched?!

No!

Jiang Che had the slight upper hand!

”He... he actually... he withstood Xiao Qingge’s ultimate move, Phoenix’s Cry in the Nine Heavens?!”

”He did more than just withstand it! Look! Xiao Qingge was forced back! Jiang Che... actually overpowered her!”

The entire crowd erupted!

However, before the crowd could even recover from the shock of that cataclysmic collision,

on the stage, Jiang Che, having just steadied himself, looked at the equally stunned Xiao Qingge across from him and grinned, revealing a set of stark white teeth.

”Senior Sister Xiao, that’s an impressive ultimate move you have.”

”So...”

”Now it’s my turn!”

The moment the words left his mouth, he took another step forward!

The same aura!

The same technique!

Another...

Eighteenfold Strike!

”What?!!”

In that instant, Xiao Qingge’s pupils shrank to the size of pinpricks!

Her mind went completely blank!

’How is this possible?!’

’An explosive ultimate move of that caliber... how could he possibly... unleash it a second time in a row?!’