Chapter 119: Frost Falls

Due to the presence of water spirits.

Almost all students can rapidly restore their Qi.

The preparation time for the third round is also only 300 seconds.

“These 300 seconds should be used to read the rules.”

Jiang Jian opened his identity device.

The rules for the third round were already clearly displayed.

“One thousand combat teams will be randomly assigned.”

“Winners continue to be matched; losers are eliminated!”

“Until the top ten are decided!”

“Intentionally delaying time results in immediate elimination!”

The rules for the third round are even more brutal than the second.

A war of attrition!

Under these circumstances,

the underlying strength of each combat team becomes critical.

Upon seeing the third-round rules,

many combat team members changed expression slightly.

“These water spirits are extremely useful.”

Jiang Jian lowered his gaze to the wooden box in his hand, deeply satisfied. In

this wooden box, placed on the stone steps

by staff members after the second round ended,

a specially crafted array was engraved.

It could specifically gather water spirits.

All 450 water spirits Jiang Jian obtained were stored inside the box, ready for immediate use.

“I just tested this great medicine—one can restore three-tenths of my Qi.”

“For someone else using it,

it might even restore them from complete depletion to full capacity.”

As he pondered,

the countdown ended.

“The third round is about to begin!”

“Enter the Xingti Array immediately!”

A cold voice rang out.

Jiang Jian tucked away the wooden box and stepped into the array.

A dozen seconds later,

the Xingti Array dissolved.

Jiang Jian realized this place resembled the first round.

Again, a cliff beside water, with a separation array dividing the combat arena.

But different this time:

the combat arena was enormous!

At a glance,

the cliff was steep, the sea surged violently.

Meanwhile,

the holographic giant screen showed only five hundred small screens!

Each screen displayed a completely different combat scene.

“Preparation countdown: 60 seconds.”

A countdown appeared in the center of the scene.

“Jiang Jian, it’s you?”

A familiar voice came.

Jiang Jian paused, looked up.

On the cliff above, several figures stood together, watching him.

Liu Tiezhu, Shan Ye.

Yin Yin, Lu Tingting, and another unfamiliar girl.

“Jiang Jian, I didn’t guess wrong—you really are alone.”

The wind picked up; Yin Yin stood at the cliff’s edge, her hair slightly disheveled, her skirt fluttering.

Lu Tingting still wore her black dress, gripping her blood sword.

Liu Tiezhu and the others

all bore varying degrees of injuries.

Shan Ye’s face was pale, his wounds not fully healed.

Clearly,

in the second round, the Shan Gui Team endured brutal, bloody combat.

They had also heard

that a solo combat team had individually eliminated over ten teams.

Based on eyewitness descriptions,

Liu Tiezhu and the others quickly deduced

that the solo combat team was Jiang Jian!

Real-time rankings could only be seen by spectators.

Students inside the combat scenes could only see the large map.

Even so,

Liu Tiezhu’s group had guessed this.

“Trouble.”

Shan Ye smiled, voice hoarse: “I bet one million Alliance coins on the Shan Gui Team.”

Lu Tingting said coldly: “We might not lose.”

The countdown was about to end.

Lu Tingting stood on the cliff, looking down at Jiang Jian.

She gripped her blood sword tightly; her black dress surged upward.

“Countdown ended!”

The instant the cold voice rang out,

Lu Tingting’s figure vanished!

Level 4 Talent: Body Swap!

Amid twisted black light,

the black-dressed girl appeared beside Jiang Jian, her skirt fluttering like butterflies, her blood sword slashing through the air!

Clang!

The clash of metal echoed deafeningly!

Sparks flew everywhere!

Jiang Jian stepped back slightly, his dark robe sleeve swirling as the Han Guang blade erupted in flame, slamming down hard on the blood sword!

The black-dressed girl’s face changed drastically: “Your cultivation has improved again!”

Blade met blade.

She was stunned, her palm numb, the blood sword nearly flying from her grip!

The blazing white flame engulfed her completely!

“Soul Bind!”

Liu Tiezhu’s voice rang out.

Jiang Jian’s soul suddenly blurred!

His body froze for an instant!

Liu Tiezhu’s talent technique directly targeted the soul!

And Jiang Jian’s soul, already fractured and damaged, was especially vulnerable.

In that instant,

Lu Tingting’s figure vanished again, barely escaping disaster, her face as pale as paper.

In the flash of an eye,

snowflakes and frost fell beside Jiang Jian.

A white-dressed girl appeared out of thin air, her skirt swirling, crimson light surging from her fingertips.

“Jiang Jian, I will give it my all.”

Yin Yin’s gaze was calm, her fingers moving smoothly.

A torrent of radiant light burst forth like a storm of starlight rain, violently slamming into Jiang Jian!

“Karma Fire!”

Just before the light rain struck him, Jiang Jian snapped back to awareness, his eyes icy.

Terrifying frost-white flames surged violently from before him!

BOOM!

Yin Yin’s innate killing technique was instantly swallowed by Karma Fire!

Karma Fire roared and burned fiercely, continuing its blaze toward Yin Yin!

Yin Yin swept her skirt and turned, frost petals scattering.

Her figure silently dissolved.

Karma Fire burned nothing but air, then vanished into nothingness.

“My soul defense is my greatest weakness—I’ve never had time to fix it.”

Jiang Jian looked at Liu Tiezhu, his gaze dim, thinking to himself, “After the Dao debate, I need to pay close attention to this.”

“Jiang Jian!”

Shan Ye rasped, “I’ve prepared a killing move!”

The words had barely fallen.

A terrifying curse force surged from nothingness, pouring entirely into Jiang Jian!

Lu Tingting, wielding the Blood Sword.

And another girl.

Seizing the opportunity, all three launched a coordinated assault on Jiang Jian!

“Enough playing. It’s over.”

Jiang Jian murmured softly.

Shan Ye’s curse energy enveloped his entire body.

Slowing his speed to an extreme degree.

But Jiang Jian—

From start to finish, had stood perfectly still, not moving an inch!

On the cliff, Shan Ye frowned.

Her curse technique directly targeted the soul, drastically reducing speed.

Yet Jiang Jian chose not to move at all.

This meant she had wasted half her Shen Que spiritual energy for nothing.

It had zero effect!

The scene she had imagined—Jiang Jian desperately dodging, his movements sluggish as a tortoise’s—never happened!

Turbulent thoughts churned within Shan Ye.

Suddenly—

A deafening roar shattered the air, echoing in all directions!

Shan Ye snapped back to reality, looking up.

Her gaze swept across the scene, her body trembling violently, her face turning pale with shock!

Lu Tingting’s life-protection light barrier had been shattered; she spat blood and flew backward, unconscious!

The Blood Sword flew from her grasp, landing dozens of meters away!

Yin Yin’s face was deathly pale, her eyes locked on Jiang Jian with unyielding intensity.

Beneath her usual calm expression lay profound, deep shock!

“Your innate talent is indeed powerful.”

Jiang Jian, holding Han Guang, moved with blinding speed, slashing again toward Yin Yin!

BOOM!

A brilliant white sword light surged upward, shredding everything in its path, cleaving toward Yin Yin!

“Flowing Wind, Returning Snow!”

Blood seeped from Yin Yin’s lips, yet she struggled and activated her innate talent.

Her figure dissolved into flying frost, reappearing dozens of meters away!

But the next instant—

Jiang Jian suddenly spun, wielding Han Guang, his black robe with golden thread sweeping through the air as he slashed again at the spot where Yin Yin had appeared!

BOOM!!!

Fierce sword light tore through the air, emitting a crushing explosion as it slammed into the white-dressed girl!

CRACK!

The life-protection light barrier shattered into fragments!

Yin Yin’s slender body was flung backward, caught by the Xing Ti array, and ejected from the arena.

“Soul Bind!”

Liu Tiezhu activated his innate killing technique once more!

But this time—

Jiang Jian’s moment of daze was more than half as long as before!

“Not enough.”

Jiang Jian murmured, flipping his palm.

The Azure Frost Sword Array roared to life!

An immense, terrifying conviction—

Had drastically increased Jiang Jian’s resistance to control techniques!

Previously, Liu Tiezhu’s “Soul Bind” could render him dazed for a moment.

Now—

It could only freeze him for an instant before he broke free!

(End of Chapter)