Chapter 120: Xiao Family Secret Art

Xiao Xuan felt slightly embarrassed.

But he took a deep breath and said, “He Pingsheng, you got lucky just now—your cultivation just happens to counter my element!”

“If you’d faced an ordinary cultivator, you might have already secured an unbeatable position!” Xiao Xuan’s expression remained disdainful: “But your luck ran out again—you’ve met me!”

“Do you know what a Void Spirit Root is?”

“A Void Spirit Root is something you can never suppress!”

“A Void Spirit Root has no form, no shape—yet it can take any form, any shape!”

“You thought you could use earth to control water against me!”

“You’re utterly wrong…”

“Let me show you what true suppression really is!”

As he spoke, Xiao Xuan lightly pressed his foot and shot into the void.

Then his aura abruptly shifted.

His ice attribute instantly transformed into a wood attribute.

“Gather…”

He roared, and seven long arrows coalesced before him.

But these were not ice arrows—they were seven emerald-green bamboo slips!

More accurately, they weren’t bamboo slips at all, merely invisible arrows formed from wood-element spiritual power.

“My god…”

The spectators on the viewing platform erupted again.

“It’s still the Seven Arrows Fall from Tian Shan technique!”

“The Void Spirit Root is truly monstrous—it can manifest this technique using wood-element spiritual power!”

“No form, no shape—yet all forms, all shapes—truly extraordinary!”

“The Void Spirit Root is monstrous!”

“Wood controls earth!” Xiao Xuan roared: “Break it—!”

This time he didn’t hesitate—he launched all seven arrows at once.

Seven green streaks shot toward He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng wasn’t afraid!

He took a deep breath and shifted his magic power.

His earth-element dantian ceased its operation; spiritual power surged forth from his gold-element dantian.

Hummm… hummm… hummm…

Outside He Pingsheng’s body, the Earth Armor spell vanished, replaced by a circular shield of light.

Spell: Golden Shield!

Ding! Ding! Ding!

The seven bamboo arrows struck the shield again.

The dazzling gold of the Golden Shield dimmed slightly—but it did not break.

It held again.

“Damn it…” someone on the stands swore: “This… this… this guy actually cultivated gold-element spiritual power?”

“Gold and earth dual cultivation?”

“My god… gold controls wood—again, suppression!”

“This is getting interesting!”

“Now this match is worth watching!”

Qiao Hui Zhu on the stands also swallowed a calming pill.

He Pingsheng’s performance had far exceeded her expectations.

Behind them, higher up, two figures sat.

One was the red-robed Elder of the Ice Extreme Sect; the other was the Chongyang Patriarch of the Grand Void Gate.

Patriarch Chongyang chuckled as he stroked his beard.

This situation was beyond his expectations.

After these two exchanges, the Grand Void Gate had already held its ground.

Even if they lost later, it wouldn’t be shameful.

“Hehehe…” Patriarch Chongyang couldn’t help laughing.

But the red-robed Elder’s face darkened.

He had a bad feeling.

“Patriarch Chongyang!” the red-robed Elder said: “Your Grand Void Gate’s tactics are a bit cheap, aren’t they?”

“Huh?” Patriarch Chongyang was surprised: “Your disciple attacks, our disciple defends—it’s a fair exchange. How is that cheap?”

“I don’t understand why Elder Bingxuan says this!”

The red-robed Bingxuan said: “This is a contest—how can you only defend and never attack?”

Patriarch Chongyang replied: “Elder Bingxuan, you’re mistaken. In combat, one must first secure an unbeatable position before counterattacking—isn’t that the right approach?”

…

On the arena!

Xiao Xuan trembled with rage: “Again!”

Boom…

Seven more arrows coalesced.

This time, they were fire-element flaming arrows.

The power of the Void Spirit Root was unmistakable—it could mimic any element, instantly converting its spiritual power into any attribute.

And without any loss in potency.

Seven fire-element flaming arrows flew toward He Pingsheng again.

Fire controls gold!

This time, Xiao Xuan was suppressing He Pingsheng.

Yet He Pingsheng’s magic power shifted once more—back to earth element.

Spell: Earth Armor!

There was no choice—he had no water-element armor, or he could have continued suppressing.

But it didn’t matter.

I don’t have water-element armor, but I still have earth.

Earth and fire don’t suppress each other!

It comes down to raw power.

“Boom… boom… boom…”

This time, with no suppression, the opposing flaming arrows grew terrifyingly strong.

The Earth Armor He Pingsheng summoned dimmed almost to nothing.

Yet!

He still held.

It didn’t break.

“Open…” He Pingsheng took a deep breath; his earth-element magic power surged again, instantly reigniting the dimmed Earth Armor.

Boom…

Xiao Xuan, hovering in the void, landed back on the ground.

He stared at He Pingsheng, speechless.

If his previous attacks had been blocked, he could still blame it on the Five Elements’ suppression.

But just now—he used fire-element attacks, while the opponent defended with earth.

Fire and earth have no suppression relationship.

The opponent simply blocked it with pure, solid spiritual shielding.

Then… this guy’s magic power must be incredibly deep.

More importantly, this shield wasn’t ordinary.

To defend against the Ice Extreme Sect’s secret technique with nothing but a spiritual shield—this shield’s rank must be extremely high.

Xiao Xuan was stumped.

Because his last three attacks had drained a massive amount of his magic power.

A full three-tenths.

Meaning he could still unleash this attack seven more times.

If he couldn’t defeat the enemy within seven strikes, he’d be in danger.

No.

He couldn’t fight like this!

He had to force the opponent to drop his defense, then strike with a single, fatal blow.

Otherwise, he had no hope of victory.

"Hey..." Xiao Xuan pointed at He Pingsheng; "You're fighting like a turtle—this isn't fair!"

He Pingsheng unfolded a brilliant golden shield and asked, "What's unfair about it?"

"Isn't it normal for one to attack and the other to defend?"

"Are you saying I can't defend when you're attacking?"

"If you can't break my shield, you might as well admit defeat!"

He Pingsheng spoke calmly, but to Xiao Xuan’s ears, the words rang especially harsh.

I can't break your shield?

I admit defeat?

"Fine, fine, fine..."

"He Pingsheng..."

"You're asking for it... then don't blame me..."

"Open!" Xiao Xuan roared in furious shame, his face instantly flushing crimson.

From his third eye, a drop of blood seeped through his skin.

"Don't!" The red-robed Elder, watching from outside, leapt to his feet in alarm. "Xiao Xuan, don't—"

What Xiao Xuan was now performing was the Ice Extreme Sect’s forbidden technique: Refining Essence into Qi.

This technique could temporarily boost a cultivator’s combat power by thirty percent, but at the cost of consuming vast amounts of essence and primordial blood.

Though not fatal, the cost required at least three years to recover.

Xiao Xuan had waited three years for this duel against He Pingsheng.

Was he now to spend another three years restoring his essence and blood?

That would be far too impractical.