On the enormous limestone plaza, two deep scars were torn apart. At the end of the scars, two figures slowly pulled their feet out from the ground.
Around the plaza, countless gazes were fixed on the confrontation in the plaza and the ridiculing voices had already disappeared. Evidently, the scene of Mu Chen resisting Qin Xuan with his physical body had left many Jiu You Sparrow Clan's clansmen shocked.
Under the many shocked gazes, Qin Xuan, who had pulled his feet out from the ground, deeply looked at Mu Chen. This time, there was a solemn expression in his eyes for the first time.
From the previous confrontation, he had already understood how powerful the faint-looking youth before him was. He possessed the physique of a Divine Beast and his strength was stronger than Mu Chen's. But even with so many advantages, he still couldn't gain the upper hand in the previous confrontation.
All of this had clearly indicated that Mu Chen was worthy of him paying full attention to him.
"Looks like I have misjudged you." Qin Xuan took a deep breath and slowly said.
"You're too courteous."
Mu Chen lightly smiled, but he did not become complacent because of this. Qin Xuan was indeed powerful. In the previous confrontation, he had already pushed the Dragon-Phoenix Physique to the limits. But even so, he still couldn't gain any advantage in the physical confrontation with Qin Xuan.
In the past, when he clashed with the Netherworld Prince and the rest, Mu Chen would always gain the upper hand in a physical confrontation. But this time …
There wasn't such an obvious effect.
Evidently, these experts with the physique of Divine Beasts were indeed troublesome.
They were indeed troublesome.
"To express my apologies … I will be going all-out."
Qin Xuan stared at Mu Chen with a sharp expression in his eyes.
Once again, a fierce expression surged out. Soon after, his foot suddenly stomped on the ground. Immediately, an ice storm erupted from within his body. Within the snowflakes that blotted the sky, one could faintly see an incomparably gigantic ice sparrow appear behind him.
Screech!
As soon as the Giant Ice Sparrow appeared, it flapped its wings. Wind and snow swept across the world, and a sharp cry that contained a chill rang out.
It resounded throughout the world.
A powerful Spiritual Energy pressure started to spread out.
"Qin Xuan has actually summoned his Divine Beast form … Looks like he doesn't intend to hold back anymore."
"This Mu Chen is quite capable to be able to force Qin Xuan to such an extent."
"However, at this point, I'm afraid there will be no more suspense in this battle."
"…"
Along with the appearance of the Ice Sparrow, whispers resounded in the surroundings once again and the clansmen of the Nine Netherbird Clan recovered their confidence. That's because they knew how powerful Qin Xuan would be if he got serious.
"Jiu You, Cold Sparrow?"
Mu Chen had also raised his head to look at the massive ice sparrow behind Qin Xuan and squinted his eyes.
That should be Qin Xuan's main body, a completely different evolution path from the Jiu You Dark Sparrow. Although it wasn't as rare as the Jiu You Dark Sparrow, it possessed the power of extreme cold.
Thus, it was extremely troublesome.
Qin Xuan was indeed not going to hold back anymore.
Mu Chen's expression turned a little grave as he slowly clenched his fists.
A Spiritual Energy lustre quietly blossomed on his fingertips.
Whoosh!
Qin Xuan's body.
Leaping onto the Jiu You Dark Sparrow's massive body, his gaze had turned much colder at this moment.
He clenched his fist and snowflakes swiftly gathered on his palm. In the next instant, it had formed into a massive ice bow with ancient snowflake runes on it.
When the ice bow appeared in Qin Xuan's hand, his aura had turned sharp and cold. Compared to before, it was completely different.
Qin Xuan's gaze was like an eagle as he locked onto Mu Chen. Thereafter, he did not speak a single word and swiftly pulled the bowstring. Instantly, snowflakes swept over and formed into a snow arrow that was roughly ten-odd feet long.
The tip of the snow arrow flickered with a sharp aura that could pierce through space being emitted. Sizzle!
Sizzle!
The bowstring was instantly pulled to a full moon and the snow arrow had directly locked onto Mu Chen. Qin Xuan did not wait for Mu Chen to react and had abruptly released the bowstring.
Boom!
It was as if the snowflakes in the sky had exploded at this moment. Everyone could only see a white streak of light streaking across the sky, before it shot towards the centre of Mu Chen's brows. The speed was as swift as lightning.
In that instant when the snow arrow shot out, Mu Chen's hair stood on end as a chill circulated on his skin. A golden lustre circulated in his eyes and in the next instant, he abruptly stomped his feet on the ground and his silhouette moved a few feet to the left.
Boom!
When Mu Chen's silhouette moved, a white streak of light had shot towards the place where he was previously standing. Instantly, the ground crumbled and a massive crater appeared. The crater was filled with ice.
Ten-odd feet away from the crater, Mu Chen's silhouette appeared. He looked at the crater and his heart trembled. That's because he could sense that the rocks in the crater were being corroded by a terrifying chill. The slightest touch would turn them into dust.
The power of the snow arrow was extremely powerful. Most importantly, it was too swift. Even if Mu Chen had dodged with all his might, he could only barely avoid it.
Creak!
Just when Mu Chen was startled by the power of Qin Xuan's snow arrow, he heard a fine noise from not far away. He abruptly raised his head and his eyes narrowed. He saw Qin Xuan drawing his bow once again. At this moment, there were three massive snow arrows on the bowstring with ancient runes formed from snowflakes at the tip of the arrows.
Creak!
The sound of arrows piercing through the air resounded as three white beams streaked across the sky.
Mu Chen's silhouette burst in retreat as he pushed the Dragon-Phoenix Physique to the limits.
A golden lustre spread out as several afterimages appeared.
But the instant the afterimages appeared, they were shattered by the snow arrows.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Three loud noises resounded on the bluestone plaza.
Another crater appeared and Mu Chen's silhouette appeared in the distance in a somewhat miserable state.
Qin Xuan glanced at Mu Chen without any expression on his face. He did not speak a single word, but when he pulled his bow once again, five ice arrows were formed.
When Mu Chen saw this scene, he tightly knitted his brows. If Qin Xuan was allowed to exhaust his energy with the snow arrows, then he would ultimately lose.
At that time, as long as he was hit by an arrow, what followed would be a torrential rain of arrows until he was completely defeated.
"This person's long-range combat is actually more powerful than his close-range combat."
A light flickered in Mu Chen's eyes as his silhouette burst forth towards Qin Xuan. Clearly, he intended to get close to the latter so that he wouldn't be able to use the endless snow arrows.
However, when Qin Xuan saw Mu Chen's action, he merely smiled faintly.
Then, he stomped his feet and the huge winter sparrow flapped its wings. Within a radius of a thousand feet, a snowstorm swept out.
The winter sparrow flapped its wings and appeared in the distance at an extremely fast speed. At the same time …
Several white beams shot out from Qin Xuan's hands once again.
Boom!
A frost arrow fiercely pierced into the ground in front of Mu Chen.
The ice spread rapidly, forcing Mu Chen to stomp his feet on the ground.
His silhouette paused and he forcefully changed his direction.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
In the next few minutes, Mu Chen was forced into a sorry state by Qin Xuan's snow arrows. Every time he was within a thousand feet of Qin Xuan, he would be forced to a stop by a strange snow arrow. Thus, he could only turn his silhouette and dodge the other snow arrows.
Seeing this scene, the countless clansmen of the Nine Netherbird Clan felt heavily relieved. In the past few years, who knew how many people in the clan had suffered under Qin Xuan's tactic. Not only did they lose, they were even forced to jump up and down in a pathetic state.
At this point, everyone knew that Qin Xuan was in an undefeatable position.
When the elders of the Jiu You Sparrow Clansmen saw this scene, they nodded their heads. Although Qin Xuan's tactics were a little shameless, no matter what, only results mattered in this world. After all, if one encountered an enemy in the Divine Beast Origin, there wouldn't be any fairness.
"Looks like there's already an outcome to this battle."
The azure-robed elder faintly smiled. "Jiang Ya has yet to make a move, and Qin Xuan alone has already forced him into such a sorry state … Looks like Mu Chen won't be able to take the quota away."
Jiu You clenched her fists as she looked at the frail silhouette that was constantly dodging attacks and couldn't help clenching her teeth.
She also knew how disadvantageous the current situation was for Mu Chen.
"That fool, why isn't he using the Great Solar Undying Body …" Jiu You felt anxious in her heart. If Mu Chen had brought out his Sovereign Celestial Body, even if he couldn't defeat Qin Xuan, he wouldn't be forced into such a sorry state.
While Jiu You was feeling anxious in her heart, Patriarch Tian Huang, who stood beside her, calmly looked at the plaza. Looking at Mu Chen's constantly dodging silhouette, his eyes suddenly narrowed.
"That brat …"
Patriarch Tian Huang closely looked at Mu Chen's dodging silhouette. With his terrifying control over Spiritual Energy as a Greater Earth Sovereign, he could vaguely sense that every time Mu Chen's silhouette changed, his feet would touch the ground, and in that instant, there seemed to be a surge of Spiritual Energy pouring into the ground from his feet.
Patriarch Tian Huang's gaze gradually turned deep like the starry sky, and the heavens and earth started to turn transparent in his eyes. Thereafter, he abruptly narrowed his eyes.
That was because at this moment, he suddenly saw that there seemed to be an extremely huge light array faintly appearing beneath the ground of the plaza. However, this light array was hidden beneath the ground, and it was impossible for others to detect it.
"That's … a Spiritual Array?!"
"He's actually a Spiritual Array Master?!"
Patriarch Tian Huang's heart trembled. So it turned out that Mu Chen wasn't forced into a pathetic state by Qin Xuan, which was the reason why he was leaping up and down. He had actually made use of this opportunity to quietly set up a massive Spiritual Array around Qin Xuan!
While Patriarch Tian Huang's heart trembled, Mu Chen, who was miserably dodging in the plaza, suddenly froze before he gently stomped his feet on the ground and poured the last strand of Spiritual Energy into it.
"You can't run anymore?"
Qin Xuan faintly said, "Since that's the case, then let's end this."
As he spoke, he pulled the bowstring to the fullest. This time, there were dozens of snowflake arrows on the bowstring, along with a terrifying chill that swept out.
Mu Chen had also raised his head at this moment and looked at Qin Xuan, who had pulled the bowstring, with a smear of a smile on his face. Shortly after, he said in a soft voice, "I've played with you for so long, it's time to end it."
When he finished his last word, Mu Chen's feet fiercely stomped down.
Boom!
The ground beneath his feet seemed to have crumbled at this moment and the entire plaza burst out with a myriad foot long lustre. A shocking Spiritual Energy fluctuation suddenly burst out from the ground.
Skynet Array, activate!
(To be continued …)