Chapter 1257: Domain Exposed! The Eternal Deity Stunned!

"The match begins!"

As the voice of the AI referee echoed across the entire arena.

The circular arena, over a thousand kilometers in diameter, instantly fell silent.

Tens of millions of spectators held their breath, while the viewership on the virtual universe live stream channel surged past a quadrillion.

Elena's slender figure hovered in midair, her ice-blue hair stirring without wind.

She stood three hundred kilometers away from Xu Jingming.

Her ice-blue eyes resembled two cold stars, gazing coldly at her opponent across from her.

"Xu Jingming, I admit you are exceptional."

Elena's voice spread throughout the arena via primal energy.

She spoke the truth: in half a year, rising from Starlight Stage Two to this level.

Wherever you place her, she is an astonishing prodigy.

Yet the next instant, her tone shifted, cold and authoritative beyond dispute:

"After the match, perhaps we can become friends.

But for the glory of the Spirit Pivot Sacred Ground, you must lose now.

Frost Domain, unfold!"

In an instant, the temperature of the entire arena plummeted.

Moisture in the air instantly condensed into countless tiny ice crystals.

These ice crystals were not still—they moved along an arcane trajectory.

The entire thousand-kilometer-diameter circular arena instantly transformed into a world of ice and snow!

This was the perfected Frost Domain of Starlight Stage Nine, capable of directly altering regional climate!

Yet this was not all—a strange ripple erupted violently outward!

Time Domain, synchronize!

Shhh—

Elena surged toward him, and when she closed within fifty kilometers,

Xu Jingming felt everything around him slow down.

Every movement, every breath.

Even the speed of his thoughts was forcibly reduced.

"This is the Time Domain?"

Xu Jingming silently marveled within his mind.

He clearly sensed that even the simple act of raising his arm took three times longer than usual.

Even his spiritual force moved with sluggish resistance.

At the same time, the biting cold also affected his physical body.

This was the terrifying suppression brought by Elena's dual domains!

"It's over! Lei Di is completely suppressed!"

"Time Domain is an upper-tier domain—once controlled, even domain expansion is hindered; there's no way to break free!"

"The Spirit Pivot Sacred Ground's depth is truly unmatched by a primitive civilization!"

"Tsk, looks like Lei Di was too impulsive—the level gap is too great."

A wave of gasps erupted from the spectator seats.

In the Noah Sacred Ground's competitor zone, Lu Yunji's beautiful eyes locked onto the arena, her fists clenched unconsciously.

Ye Lan's violet eyes flickered with concern, but quickly returned to calm.

Knowing Xu Jingming as she did, if he hadn't prepared beforehand, he would never have chosen to challenge Elena.

In the arena, Elena had closed to within thirty kilometers of Xu Jingming.

She flicked her slender fingers lightly.

Countless ice crystals instantly coalesced into hundreds of sharp ice spears, shooting toward Xu Jingming!

T7-class technique—Frost Storm Thrust!

"It's over."

Elena murmured, her ice-blue eyes devoid of any emotion whatsoever.

Under the influence of the Time Domain, Xu Jingming's blood qi, spiritual force, even the expansion of his Lightning Domain and the release of his techniques, would all be hindered.

She did not believe he could dodge at such close range.

Xu Jingming would be pierced through, just like all her previous opponents, and forced to surrender.

This was the technique she had taken pride in for decades.

Yet just then—

Boom—boom—boom!!!

Muffled thunder exploded violently as pitch-black lightning surged wildly from Xu Jingming's body.

Instantly forming a Lightning Domain over ten kilometers in diameter!

More astonishingly, within this Lightning Domain, threads of terrifying destruction energy mingled!

"Boom—!!!"

Two utterly distinct domain forces erupted around Xu Jingming, crashing violently into Elena's dual domains!

An outcome no one anticipated appeared.

Elena's Frost Domain, like ice before the sun, shattered on contact and instantly melted!

"Impossible?!"

For the first time, a look of shock appeared on Elina's breathtakingly beautiful face.

Her domain's layer count completely overwhelmed Xu Jingming's — how could her deployed domain collapse instead?!

"No, that's not right! Your domain has broken through?!"

Sensing more carefully, Elina's expression changed drastically.

Lightning Domain, eighteenth layer, perfect!

Destruction Domain, twelfth layer!

Both base domains were at perfection, yet Xu Jingming's higher-tier domains were even stronger than hers!

"Huh, Xu Jingming's domain...?"

"Good lord! He was hiding the true layer count of his domain all along!"

"Hiss, what kind of monster is this? In just half a year he reached this level?"

"..."

In the VIP hall, the usually unflappable Eternal Gods could not stop exclaiming in shock.

Through countless ages, they had no idea how many geniuses they had seen.

But such a monstrous genius — this was the first time they had witnessed one in reality!

"This guy, his domain isn't the same as what was reported before...?"

Nikki, who had been lounging lazily on her floating seat, instantly sat bolt upright.

Her taut gown instantly traced out her slender, voluptuous curves.

At this moment, her beautiful eyes likewise held an expression of disbelief.

"Tsk tsk, Nikki, this time you people of Noah Sanctuary hid it deep enough.

Only now are you willing to let Xu Jingming reveal his full strength."

An Eternal God beside her spoke up enviously.

"It was always a trump card — naturally it couldn't be revealed lightly."

Nikki pretended to have known all along, leaned back onto her floating seat, and lazily crossed her long, jade-like legs.

What she was actually thinking was that once the match ended, she would have a good talk with Xu Jingming about how he had dared to deceive her.

'Lightning Domain at perfection! Destruction Domain twelfth layer! Excellent, excellent, excellent!'

Mike, seated at the very front, likewise had his eyes shining.

Originally he had planned to wait until the Sanctuary Exchange Tournament ended before recruiting Xu Jingming.

Now he could hardly wait.

"Your eye is decent enough, but unfortunately, you're about to lose."

On the arena, facing the shocked Elina.

Xu Jingming rolled his neck; pitch-black lightning danced merrily around him, utterly shattering the remnants of the Ice Domain.

In the next instant, his spear-wielding figure had already vanished from the spot!

"Not good!"

Elina's expression changed drastically.

She was an Elementalist — if Xu Jingming got close, she would be in trouble!

Whoosh—

Ice and snow swirled around her as her graceful figure abruptly retreated at high speed.

At the same time, a dazzling ice-blue radiance erupted from her body!

A phoenix Dharma Form of ice crystal, with a wingspan exceeding a thousand meters, soared into the sky!

Every feather of the phoenix was formed from the purest ice crystal, refracting dreamlike radiance under the arena's artificial light.

T7-grade Dharma Form — Extreme Cold Ice Phoenix Form!

Even more astonishing was the faint layer of temporal ripples swirling around this Dharma Form.

Making its movements appear alternately fast and slow, bizarre and unfathomable.