Chapter 567: Elemental Domain! Who Says I Have No Elemental Weapon?

"Xu Jingming of Great Xia, SS-rank. I didn't expect my first opponent to be you."

Great Xia's tongue rang out, tinged with a hint of a Bear Country accent, as Andre stood up from his seat.

He walked to Xu Jingming's seat and looked down at him, the arrogance in his eyes undisguised:

"If it were one of the other two, I might have felt some pressure.

"But you — I only need three minutes to end the fight."

Andre's build could hardly be called tall, yet the icy aura radiating from his entire body made people dare not approach.

He was a full six years older than Xu Jingming, and had broken through to the sixth tier a year ago, so naturally he considered himself the sure winner.

"Oh?"

Xu Jingming lifted an eyelid and looked back at Andre.

In terms of posture, Andre stood while Xu Jingming sat.

Andre held the advantage in presence, but the instant Xu Jingming looked up at him—

Andre seemed to see a great dragon awaken; in Xu Jingming's gaze was a coldness and savagery like that of a dragon-type fierce beast.

Such a look instantly startled Andre.

Just how many fierce beasts has this guy killed? His killing aura is actually this heavy.

"The same words returned to you — only I don't need three minutes. One minute will do."

Dropping the line lightly, Xu Jingming rose from his seat and walked toward the entrance passage to the arena.

"This guy..." Andre's face darkened.

He had tried to use words to shake Xu Jingming's presence, but hadn't expected the other man to show not even a ripple of emotion.

"Since that's the case, then let's settle it on the arena."

Pulling back his gaze, Andre likewise walked toward the entrance passage on the other side.

"Now let us welcome Xu Jingming from Great Xia, and Andre from Bear Country, to the stage!"

The announcer was a special sound-wave-type ability user; in his high-pitched, ringing voice—

Xu Jingming, long spear on his back, and Andre, gripping a one-meter-long 'popsicle,' stepped onto the stage from the left and right sides of the arena respectively.

"Lei Di! Lei Di!"

"Ice Emperor! Ice Emperor!"

"..."

The entire stadium was packed to the rafters; over 110 million viewers were screaming wildly, utterly thrilled.

In such an atmosphere, some of the more delicately built young women even screamed themselves short of breath and fainted.

And Lei Di and Ice Emperor were precisely the nicknames for Xu Jingming and Andre.

The entire arena was a circle roughly four-plus kilometers in diameter.

Xu Jingming and Andre stood on the left and right sides of the arena respectively, about two thousand meters apart.

"This is the first match of the semifinals. The winner advances to the finals!

The loser will fight the loser of the second match for third place!

Five minutes after the match begins, the entire arena will shrink inward at a speed of five meters per second."

The announcer stood at the very center of the arena; seeing neither side objected to the rules, he immediately started the final countdown:

"Both competitors, ready yourselves. Three... two... one... Begin!"

The countdown began, and the once-roaring stadium instantly fell utterly silent.

All the hundred-million-plus viewers held their breath at once, watching the holographic projection of the two men's images in mid-air above the stadium.

The countdown ended; the instant 'Begin' rang out, Xu Jingming and Andre on the arena erupted their abilities simultaneously!

"Doushen Shenlei!"

"Polar Ice Soul!"

Crackle-crackle—

Blazing golden thunder erupted violently with Xu Jingming at its center!

Seen from the sky, it was like a golden shockwave!

The entire left half of the arena was almost transformed into a sea of golden lightning.

Endless thunder seemed to cheer and leap about around Xu Jingming like subjects in the presence of their sovereign.

Boom!!

Andre on the other side was not to be outdone.

Bone-piercing cold ice spread outward, even condensing the moisture in the air into ice crystals that fell.

Some spectators seated closer to the right side of the arena even shivered involuntarily from the cold.

Rumble rumble rumble!!

Thunder and ice collided like waves at the very center of the arena.

They devoured and consumed each other, emitting tremendous sounds.

This was a clash of elemental domains!

Prolonged bombardment by thunder would numb the body and slow reaction speed.

And under the invasion of ice, the body would likewise stiffen and movements warp!

On a stage like this, the slightest misstep could become a breakthrough and decide the final victory.

Therefore, both Xu Jingming and Andre wanted to overwhelm the other in the elemental domain, to gain the upper hand for the fight to come.

"So this is an SS-rank ice-element ability?"

In Xu Jingming's resolute eyes, a burning battle intent blazed.

To this day, he had finally found a peer-level ability user who could stand against his Dou Tian Shen Lei!

"Fight! Fight! Lei Jitai!!"

His eyes were filled with golden lightning, and the violent updrafts swirling around his body whipped every strand of Xu Jingming's hair upright!

The color of the lightning swirling through the arena grew deeper.

The ice domain, once evenly matched with the lightning, was suddenly swallowed back in large portions!

"Lei Di! Lei Di!"

The previously silent spectator seats erupted in waves of cheers.

"Don't think only you can boost your state! Ji Han Bing Yu!"

Andre let out a cold snort, his aura surging sharply—the ice domain, once at a disadvantage, began to push back!

At the same time, the ice pop he had been holding in his hand floated automatically behind him.

A deep blue glow blossomed, continuously amplifying his ice-element ability.

Ice Staff, a high-level elemental weapon exclusive to ice!

It can amplify ability strength by around 35%!

In previous battles, Andre had never drawn it out—and never needed to!

But facing an opponent as powerful as Xu Jingming, he had to give it everything!

"Xu Jingming! Without an elemental weapon, you can't overpower me in the elemental domain!"

Under the amplification of the elemental weapon, the ice domain firmly suppressed the lightning domain.

Andre's unrestrained laughter echoed across the entire arena.

"Who said I don't have an elemental weapon?" Xu Jingming's cold voice rang out.

The next moment,

A brilliant golden halo slowly rose from behind him!

Hum—

The halo spun, unleashing endless lightning in a furious surge.

As if injecting a powerful stimulant into the lightning, the violent golden thunder crushed through the ice domain like a storm tearing through dry grass!

The biting ice ability could only retreat into a hundred-meter radius around Andre, unable to advance another inch!

"An elemental weapon exclusive to lightning?!" Andre's pupils shrank sharply. "You're not a martial artist?"

Xu Jingming had advanced through the preliminary rounds using, besides his ability, nothing but that long spear.

And Xu Jingming's Master-level proficiency in spear techniques had led Andre to conclude Xu Jingming was a martial artist-type ability user.

The elemental path was merely a side interest—not something he mastered.

This battle was supposed to be him, the elementalist, defeating Xu Jingming, the martial artist.

Yet he never expected the opponent would suddenly pull out such a powerful elemental weapon!