Chapter 774: Chapter 773: The True Wuji
"Snow Falling Long River!"
In addition to suppressing the opponent’s strength, the Ice and Snow Domain can also augment the user’s strength. The sword in Ding Xuefu’s hand seemed to cut through the void, unleashing a vast snowy ice river that rolled forward.
The air couldn’t withstand the low temperature and made a hissing freezing sound. Even the luminous screen around the Earth-level stage had ice flowers on it, as if it would shatter in the next moment.
"I can only use seventy percent of my power? "
Before him was a raging avalanche, but Shi Xiaole remained expressionless, if anything, there existed only a sliver of faint praise in his expression.
He had heard of the mighty Ice and Snow Domain long ago. It is an elite martial art of true intent, and it is not too much to say that it is a unique path.
Shi Xiaole could indeed forcibly break it. After all, the perfected Dragon Gate Divine Skill was not so easy to suppress, at least not with Ding Xuefu’s current achievement.
But that would be pointless. Only by confronting with equal strength could Shi Xiaole deepen his understanding and perhaps even learn something from it.
Keeping Vigorous Air at a certain level, Shi Xiaole unleashed Sword Wave Rampage.
Clang.
The ice crystals in the sky shattered violently, and some still shot towards Shi Xiaole. However, what was faster than these was a beam of white Sword Qi.
"Earth Freezing and Sky Chilling!"
Visible to the naked eye, the space solidified where the white Sword Qi passed by. The entire Earth-level stage of three hundred meters, up and down, was frozen by frost. Inside the frost, countless Sword Qi roamed, and once involved, one would suffer the pain of thousands of swords piercing the heart.
"This is the cost of your contempt."
Ding Xuefu was very clear about the power of this move, especially with the assistance of the Ice and Snow Domain. Even those who are more powerful than her would have no chance to stop it.
Just as this thought crossed her mind, she suddenly noticed that Shi Xiaole on the opposite side was advancing rather than retreating. What was more terrifying was his style of attack. His body was like a sword, and the Red Left Sword was just an extension of his body.
Swish!
Boom!
First there was the sound of Sword Qi breaking through the sky, followed by the huge blast after the two swords’ tips collided.
After putting pressure on her arm, Ding Xuefu bit her silver teeth tightly, forcibly holding Blue Snow Sword and performing Floating Snow Steps to retreat directly to the right.
She had never seen this method before, mainly because the opponent was too fast, so fast that her sword was hit before it had reached its highest point, which made her suffer a small loss.
Ding Xuefu was planning to seize the opportunity, but Shi Xiaole obviously didn’t give her that chance. As he charged forward, using his body as a sword, rows of sword lights crisscrossed, weaving a net.
From the nodes of the net sprung numerous sparks. People vaguely saw Ding Xuefu occasionally draw her sword to strike back, sometimes dodge left and right. Out of ten collisions, at least seven were unfavorable, and she could only continuously retreat in a very awkward situation.
"Sister Ding..."
A few Heavenly Snow Mountain girls, who thought they had the winning ticket in their hands, stared in surprise with their mouths wide open.
Even the Ice and Snow Domain was used. Why was Sister Ding still suppressed?
"Don’t worry, the Ice and Snow Domain’s effect is gradual. As long as Sister Ding can withstand this wave, victory will eventually be hers."
The eldest sister among the girls forcibly calmed down.
Invading the opponent with coldness was a slow process. Didn’t you see that in the initial collision, the Kirin was at a disadvantage? No matter how brave the opponent is, it will only be temporary.
Ding Xuefu herself also harbored this kind of thought.
Seeing the repeated hits, she simply switched from offense to defense. The long sword in her hand drew a circle three meters wide in front of her, encasing herself within it.
Wall of Ice and Snow, the unique defensive technique of Heavenly Snow Mountain. As long as one had sufficient strength, it could resist an attack of a higher level. There was no way Shi Xiaole with his current strength could break it.
Honestly, Ding Xuefu was reluctant. Being beaten to this extent by using the Ice and Snow Domain was indeed a disgrace, but compared to face, she valued victory more.
Besides, she did not use despicable means. Those who did not understand how to use strategies were the biggest losers.
"Wanting to exhaust me, waiting at ease for an exhausted enemy?"
Shi Xiaole chuckled, and suddenly made a move that puzzled many people in the field. He did not attack Ding Xuefu but attacked the Ice and Snow Domain instead.
Clang!
The circular barrier composed of countless snowflakes suddenly swayed violently.
"What, did he see it?!"
Ding Xuefu’s complexion changed several times before she could remain calm.
Few knew that maintaining the Ice and Snow Domain required two types of strength: Vigorous Air and mental strength, with the latter coming from the coagulated Ice and Snow Heart and taking the dominant position.
Under normal circumstances, the Ice and Snow Domain will disappear only when the mental strength or Vigorous Air is exhausted.
But there was another situation, which was artificial destruction.
Unfortunately, if one wanted to break the Ice and Snow Domain, the absolute strength had to exceed the caster by two levels. Ding Xuefu did not believe that Shi Xiaole could do this. But just now, the position where the opponent attacked indeed gave her a great shock.
"The mystery of the Ice and Snow Domain is indeed profound, but if one wants to destroy it, brute force is not the only way."
To defeat Ding Xuefu by using Body-Sword Integration was a bit far-fetched, and Shi Xiaole never intended to do so. His real purpose was to observe the relationship between Ding Xuefu and Ice and Snow Domain.
Under the induction of Sword Heart Enlightenment, Shi Xiaole vaguely found that every now and then, there was a subtle balance between the opponent’s Qi and the operation of the Ice and Snow Domain.
As long as this balance is broken, Ice and Snow Domain will break without attack.
This balance should have been revealed because Ding Xuefu’s skills were not fully mastered.
According to the rumors in the Martial World, the Sect Master of the Heavenly Snow Mountain had already merged with the Ice and Snow Domain. If it was cast by the Sect Master, with Shi Xiaole’s current abilities, there was absolutely no way to break it.
Before a blink of an eye, Shi Xiaole had launched twenty-five swords accurately toward different parts of the Ice and Snow Domain.
"Ice and Snow Heart, open!"
Ding Xuefu’s energy was slightly disordered. No longer daring to solely focus on defense, she took the initiative to attack.
She controlled the Ice and Snow Domain, and inversely, the Ice and Snow Domain also had an effect on her. Under Shi Xiaole’s relentless attack, the Ice and Snow Domain had begun to show signs of weakness, leaving Ding Xuefu no choice but to accelerate its rotation and cover the weak point.
The result of this was that her mental strength and the consumption of Vigorous Air was increasingly faster.
However, how could a weak point detected by Shi Xiaole be so easily patched up?
"Chaotic Wind Cloud!"
Shi Xiaole slashed his sword forward and, simultaneously, with his left hand, his index and middle fingers shot out, which was the Wind of Lingxi from the Wind Extreme Sword Technique.
Boom... Boom... Boom...
The Ice and Snow Domain repeatedly took the impact, bulging outwards before rebounding. Many people found that the cold it released was increasingly intense, and its power was becoming stronger.
Yet, the faces of the two elders of Heavenly Snow Mountain became more and more grave.
"Damn it, Xuefu fell into that kid’s trick!"
The Ice and Snow Domain was originally a tool to contain opponents, but under the manipulation of Shi Xiaole, it actually became Ding Xuefu’s restraint. This moment, the elders deeply felt the difference between Ding Xuefu and Shi Xiaole.
Not the gap in strength, but the difference in response and strategy.
How could there be such a genius in this world who could even find a solution to the Ice and Snow Domain of the Sect Master in the midst of battle?
"Floral Movement!"
Ding Xuefu knew better than anyone the urgency of the situation. Continuing like this, she would end up conceding defeat. With determination, Ding Xuefu pushed her mental strength to the limit and slashed her sword downward.
An ice flower suddenly appeared in mid-air, connected tightly to the Ice and Snow Domain by mental strength. In an instant, it unfolded its petals and countless sword strands surged out, filling every inch of the Earth-level stage with a constant crackling.
The power of this sword made Gong Thirteen’s expression intensify. Unless he used his hidden move, he had no confidence in defeating Ding Xuefu, so he diverted his attention to how Shi Xiaole would block.
The protective Vigorous Air was pierced like Swiss cheese and was about to crack open. Shi Xiaole remained unperturbed and still brandished his sword towards the sky. With a flick of his fingers, he hit the ice flower.
Crack!
Unexpectedly, the ice flower shattered.
"Impossible, he found the connection point between the sword move and the boundary’s mental power?"
Her breath hitched, the sword Qi that filled the stage automatically dispersed due to Ding Xuefu’s major disturbance. What awaited her was Shi Xiaole’s long-accumulated real attack.
Divine Wind Sword Technique’s First Move, Surging Tide.
Boom!
With body flying and shattered ice crystals accompanying, Ding Xuefu’s face paled. But before launching another attack, Shi Xiaole had already appeared in front of her, like a shadow, and launched another Surging Tide.
Although it was not as powerful as before, it was more than enough to deal with the present Ding Xuefu.
Staggering and retreating, Ding Xuefu barely held her footing, desperately seeking an escape from the chains of sword attacks.
She had never seen such a person. In any contest within her generation, she had never been so pressured. Even with all her cards laid on the table, she couldn’t gain any advantage.
What made Ding Xuefu even more exasperated was that from the beginning to the end, Shi Xiaole’s strength had shown no growth, but it left her helpless.
In the occasional eye contact, she even saw an extreme indifference in Shi Xiaole’s eyes, the depth of his inner world must be unfathomable!
But if they think she would easily admit defeat, they were mistaken.
As the Ice and Snow Domain operated to its limit, numerous hexagonal snowflakes fused into one. At Ding Xuefu’s forehead suddenly appeared a blue icicle flower.
"Shi Xiaole, take my move, Heavenly Snow!"
All her mental power and Vigorous Air were transformed into a surge of energy that coursed through her body. Ding Xuefu’s state had reached its lifetime peak, holding the Blue Snow Sword in both of her hands, she took a sweeping strike towards Shi Xiaole.
No thrilling Sword Qi, no earth-shaking momentum. All people saw was that Ice and Snow Domain collapsed dramatically, with countless small snowflakes madly surging towards Shi Xiaole.
The snowflakes scraped the air, leaving pure white traces. Within those traces was a chilly Sword Qi that made even the Dragon Gate Realm Lord shudder.
As for Ding Xuefu, who was blessed with exceptional talent, in addition to mastering the Ice and Snow Domain, she further comprehended a fatal killer technique based on it.
This was her peak sword strike in her life and adamantly pushed the extreme lethality of Dragon Gate Realm martial artist to a new level.
Gong Thirteen’s pupils constricted.
He had to admit that this strike was enough to contend with his trump card or even outperform it.
"Wuji!"
Just as everyone’s gaze was fixed on the ring, Shi Xiaole stood under the falling snowflakes, his sword power multiplied, and Red Left was drawn out as slow as a snail but fast as quicksilver.
A blue and red sword glow spun at high speed, exceededing anything before. All approaching snowflakes melted into the sword light, becoming a part of it, and forcibly blasted a corridor through the white void. Dominative, arrogant, absorbing all power itself.
This was the genuine Wuji, the highest comprehension Shi Xiaole had of Wind Sword Way and Divine Wind Movement.
Zip!
Snow fog dispersed.
The Blue Snow Sword flew out, as did Ding Xuefu’s body and confidence.
