Invincible Beyond Heavens: Cultivating With A Broken EXP System

“Then let me see, Young Master Ye, how you intend to defeat me in three moves without using a sword.”

Han Lingxue shouted as her slender body trembled. A surge of ice blue qi infused with terrifying cold burst forth as she circulated her top grade mortal rank cultivation art Ice Dragon Canon at the 7th layer, instantly pouring into the ribbon in her hand.

With a sharp flick of her wrist, the ribbon seemed to transform into an Ice Dragon. It tore through the air, leaving behind a brilliant ice blue trail as it whistled violently toward Ye Beichen.

Below the arena, Li Yun frowned slightly as a sharp light flashed through his eyes.

“Ye Beichen actually dares to claim that he will defeat Han Lingxue within three moves without drawing his sword. Has his strength truly reached such an astonishing level?”

If Ye Beichen had made such a declaration while wielding his sword, there would have been nothing strange about it. The words might have sounded arrogant, but Ye Beichen possessed the strength to back them up. However, declaring victory within three moves without using his sword was a completely different matter.

There were only two possible explanations.

Either Ye Beichen was blindly arrogant, or his power had already reached an extremely high realm.

Based on Li Yun’s understanding of Ye Beichen, the first possibility was clearly impossible. That left only one conclusion.

Ye Beichen’s strength had advanced to a terrifying level, enough for him to look down upon all the new disciples present.

As Li Yun’s thoughts raced, the ice blue ribbon, now resembling an Ice Dragon, had already arrived before Ye Beichen. It trembled violently, releasing a raging wave of extreme cold that swept outward like a furious storm, instantly engulfing Ye Beichen’s surroundings.

In an instant, ice crystals condensed beneath Ye Beichen’s feet and spread upward at a shocking speed. In the blink of an eye, his entire body was frozen solid, transformed into a lifelike ice sculpture standing in the center of the arena.

“Shatter!”

Han Lingxue shouted. The ice blue ribbon struck the frozen figure with savage force.

Boom.

A deafening explosion echoed across the arena as a torrent of ice blue qi surged outward like a raging tide, completely swallowing the ice sculpture. Countless shards of ice burst forth from within, shooting in all directions like flying blades, accompanied by sharp whistling sounds.

It was clear to everyone watching that the ice sculpture had been shattered by Han Lingxue’s attack.

“Han Lingxue succeeded.”

“Did Ye Beichen lose?”

“Sigh. Ye Beichen was too overconfident. His strength is formidable, but Han Lingxue is not weak either. Even a lion uses its full strength when hunting a rabbit. By underestimating her like this, he was bound to suffer.”

Seeing such a terrifying scene unfold, waves of heated discussion immediately erupted throughout the arena.

“It can’t be that simple.”

Li Yun’s left eye flickered in purple hue as if they could pierce through the curtain of ice blue qi and see the truth hidden within. His expression grew noticeably heavier as he murmured those words under his breath.

“First move.”

Almost at the same moment Li Yun finished speaking, an indifferent voice echoed out from within the surging ice blue qi.

Han Lingxue’s expression shifted, and she immediately tried to change her technique.

Boom.

She was a step too late. Just as she moved, a violent storm of sword qi suddenly erupted from within the ice blue torrent.

It was like a peerless divine sword being drawn from its sheath, overflowing with an incomparably sharp aura as it swept outward in all directions. The ice blue qi that filled the area was instantly torn apart and shattered.

A tall and slender figure emerged clearly in everyone’s sight.

It was Ye Beichen.

Not a single injury marked his body.

“Damn it. The power of that attack just now would have seriously injured even a Xiantian Realm Sixth Level martial artist, yet Ye Beichen came out completely unharmed. How is this possible? Has his strength really grown to such a terrifying extent?”

Han Lingxue stared at him in disbelief, shock flooding her expression as that thought rang loudly in her mind.

“Fall back!”

The moment Han Lingxue sensed the terrifying depth of Ye Beichen’s strength, her expression shifted. She did not hesitate for even an instant. Her jade-like feet tapped lightly against the air in rapid succession as she activated a movement martial skill.

Her figure became graceful and elusive, like a butterfly weaving through the wind, as she retreated at full speed.

“Trying to run? Do you really think you can escape?”

A trace of mockery curved across Ye Beichen’s cold face as he took a single step forward.

In the next instant, Ye Beichen’s body seemed to turn into a flying sword as he shot straight toward Han Lingxue at a terrifying speed. The distance of more than a hundred meters between them vanished in the blink of an eye, as if he had crossed it in a single breath. His movement was so fast that it resembled instantaneous teleportation.

The moment he appeared in front of her, a vast and razor-sharp qi burst violently from Ye Beichen’s body.

He unleashed his top grade mortal rank cultivation art Frozen Ice Limitless Art at the eighth layer, and the surrounding air and ground were immediately shredded under the pressure of that sharp qi, cracks spreading visibly through the space around him.

“This is bad!”

Han Lingxue’s pupils shrank sharply, danger flashing through her eyes. She cried out in alarm as her slender wrist trembled, and the ice-blue ribbon in her pale jade hand began to whip violently through the air.

As waves of ice-blue light rippled outward, the ribbon condensed and transformed into an ice-blue flower bud that hovered in front of her.

“Ice Flower, bloom!”

Han Lingxue pushed her qi to its absolute limit and let out a clear, urgent shout.

In the next moment, she rapidly formed a hand seal. A dazzling ice-blue radiance burst forth from the flower bud, and beneath that radiant glow, six crystalline petals slowly unfurled. The result was an exquisitely beautiful ice-blue flower, as if it had been sculpted entirely from pure ice crystals.

Whoosh, whoosh.

Under Han Lingxue’s control, the six crystalline petals spun violently, and a frightening surge of ice-blue energy rapidly condensed within the flower’s pistil.

As the fluctuation climbed higher and higher, it reached a critical point, and a thunderous boom echoed through the arena.

An ice-blue beam of light erupted from the pistil like a raging celestial river, sweeping forward with overwhelming force.

The power contained within that beam was terrifying. The moment it burst forth, the air trembled violently, as though the world itself were shaking. Even a Martial Artist at the Xiantian Realm Sixth Level would likely suffer grievous injuries, or even lose their life, if struck head-on by such an attack.

“Trivial tricks.”

Ye Beichen sneered, a cold and arrogant smile curling at the corners of his lips. “Daring to wield ice before me? Then take my third move, Ice Sword Finger!”

Ye Beichen was known as the Extreme Ice Sword, a title that reflected not only his profound mastery of the Sword Dao but also his deep attainments in the Dao of Ice.

Compared to him, Han Lingxue was inferior in both aptitude and cultivation, yet she dared to display ice techniques before him. It was only natural that he responded with disdain.

As his cold laughter faded, Ye Beichen brought two fingers together and thrust them forward, his motion sharp and decisive, like a sword leaving its sheath.

In an instant, vast qi surged from his fingertips and condensed in the air, forming an ice crystal longsword. Countless intricate frost patterns covered its surface, making it dazzling and exquisitely beautiful, as though it were a masterpiece carved from pure ice.

The ice crystal sword sliced through the air in a vicious arc and collided head-on with the roaring ice-blue beam.

Incredibly, the seemingly unstoppable ice-blue beam was torn apart the moment it met the sword. It split cleanly into two halves, then shattered into countless fragments of icy light that scattered through the air before fading completely. From start to finish, it offered no resistance at all.

The instant her attack was destroyed, Han Lingxue suffered a fierce backlash. A mouthful of fresh blood spilled from her lips as her slender body was hurled backward, tumbling helplessly off the arena.

Han Lingxue was defeated.