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As time passed, the second, third, and fourth round's first place was already decided, and among them were three people: Ling Hong, Ling Jie, and Ling Song. Although the first place was still not determined, it was not too far off from the first stage, because at this moment, Ling Fan and Ling Xuan, who were on the stage, were the last two people to fight.

As long as he could win first place, he would be able to obtain the richest reward in the Family Competition.

"Let's begin!" Seeing Ling Xuan and Ling Yunfan's preparations had already been completed, Ling Tianba, who was at the top, immediately announced the start of the battle.

Although Ling Tianba had said that they could begin as judges, the two of them did not make any moves. They only silently looked at each other as if they were considering something.

"That's weird, why hasn't Big Bro beat him up yet?" At this moment, Ling Jie, who was watching from the sidelines had a face of confusion as he spoke to the motionless Ling Xuan.

That's because when a person encounters an opponent with strength equal or whose upper limit is unclear, he will not act rashly, because that might expose his own weakness, allowing the opponent to take advantage of the opportunity. This would cause the originally evenly matched opponent to end up suppressed or even defeated in battle, so choosing to observe the opponent, before making a move, is currently the best choice for the time being. To the ignorant Ling Jie, Ling Hong, who was watching from the side, also began to explain.

After hearing Ling Hong's words, Ling Jie, however, had a face of disbelief as he said: "Big sister Ling Hong, even though I know that your relationship with Ling Yun is good, you don't need to praise him like this. Even though he and my big brother are both at the ninth level of the Body Refinement Realm, no matter if it's actual combat experience or combat strength, Big Brother Ling Xuan is definitely stronger.

Hearing this, Ling Hong did not continue to pay attention to the other. Instead, she focused on watching Ling Yun Fan and Ling Xuan on the stage.

"It's finally our fight. Let's fight!" Seeing that his opponent was not in a hurry to attack like him, Ling Yunfan also laughed.

"Then I won't be polite."

Hearing this, Ling Xuan did not directly attack Ling Yun Fan with a long blade in hand.

Seeing Ling Xuan continuously use his long blade to slash at him, Ling Yunfan did not let his guard down. He immediately unsheathed his Shuihan Sword and focused all of his energy into his hands to strengthen the Shuihan Sword.

Clang …

Bang Bang... Bang bang …

In that instant, the battle between the two began to grow more intense. As the battle progressed, the sounds of swords clashing against blades could be heard. During the battle, not only weapons were used, even fists and legs were being used.

"Haa!"

Following Ling Xuan's shout, the long blade in his hand quickly slashed towards Ling Yun Fan's neck who had just landed on the ground.

Clang!

Seeing this, Lingyun naturally would not foolishly let himself be cut down, so he immediately used his ice sword to block.

"What!"

Seeing that Ling Yunfan had actually blocked his all-out attack, Ling Xuan immediately cried out in surprise.

"It's my turn."

After blocking Ling Xuan's attack, Ling Yun did not pay any attention to him. Instead, he immediately infused the Spiritual Energy within his body into the Cold Water Sword, pulling out the cold energy that was not very cold earlier. Not only did it make it even colder, it also made it even colder.

Seeing this, Ling Xuan also used the long blade in his hands to block the attack, but even though he thought this, a cold chill invaded his hands the moment he came into contact with the Cold Water Sword. In just a short period of time, his hands were injured by the cold.

Due to the frostbite on his hands, wanting to defend against an attack of five thousand kilograms from Lingyun Fan was not practical, so he could only be sent flying by the powerful force.

Putong.

"Wuuwaa."

Ling Xuan, who had just fallen to the ground, immediately clutched his chest and spat out a bit of blood.

"What!"

"Ling Yun Fan can actually injure Ling Xuan, how is this possible!"

"It must be Ling Xuan. I don't believe it."

"Big Bro actually lost in a probing battle, this kind of thing shouldn't happen!"

When everyone saw this scene, they immediately let out an incomparably loud and clear cry of surprise, and that originally complacent Ling Jie immediately shouted out with a face full of disbelief.

At this moment, not only were the spectators shocked, even the three elders and Ling Tianba were incomparably shocked.

The only ones who could clearly see what happened between Ling Yun and Ling Xuan were the four of them. The four of them could clearly see that Ling Yun could use his spirit energy freely in that sword strike to inject it into his weapon, causing the power of the Cold Water Sword to increase by a lot.

However, the current Ling Yun was only at the ninth level of the Refinement Realm, and this also meant that someone else could accomplish this in the next realm. It was very possible that he could do it when he was close to the next realm, and only a peerless genius would be able to accomplish it in the first place.

This meant that he might have already become a peerless genius.

"Alright, you've warmed up enough. It's time for me to see your full strength!" Looking at Ling Xuan who stood up with a slight frown, Ling Yunfan also spoke somewhat impatiently.

Although Ling Yunfan's voice was not loud, almost everyone could hear him. However, Ling Xuan did not pay attention to him. Instead, he slowly put away the longblade in his hand, and both of his hands released two clumps of spirit energy that were constantly rotating.

Not long after, the spiritual energy in his hands actually turned into two fist-sized wind balls in a short amount of time. After fusing the two wind balls together in front of him, their shape immediately became even larger, until they were several times larger than before. The cutting power emitted from them directly cut out many sword-like marks from the countless boulders on the stage.

"High Rank Mortal Realm Skill, Profound Wind Break." After seeing the martial skill Ling Xuan was executing, Ling Jie, who was watching the battle, shouted with an excited expression.

"Since that's the case, then I won't be polite."

After seeing his opponent use a martial skill, Ling Yunfan did not say anything else. With both hands on the sword, he released the spiritual energy in his body and absorbed it into the sword, fusing it with his spiritual energy.

Immediately, the powerful might of the Whirlwind Slash surpassed Ling Xuan's before the martial skill was formed, and the strong wind howled like a tornado.

"Make your move!"

"Receive my attack!"

Just when everyone's hearts were raised to their throats, the two of them simultaneously let out an explosive shout. They used all the strength in their bodies to launch the attack in their hands.

Suddenly, a white sword beam, less than a meter long, collided with a ball of wind the size of an adult male. The ball was caught in a deadlock.

Bang!

Following a loud and clear sound, Ling Xuan's martial skill, Profound Wind Break, was cut into half by Ling Yun's half-formed Qi tornado. Not only that, the white colored Sword Qi still had half of its might left as it continuously attacked Ling Xuan, who no longer had the ability to continue fighting.

"Shua!"

Seeing this scene, everyone thought that Ling Xuan might have suffered a serious injury, and the Second Elder who was watching from above also stood up and prepared to attack. However, just before he attacked, another identical pure white sword qi rushed over at an even faster speed, and collided with the sword qi that was about to hit Ling Xuan, causing the two of them to cancel each other out.