A night for a cultivator like Eli Shan slipped away in the blink of an eye. He closed his eyes, and when he opened them, the morning sun greeted him.

As the time arrived for everyone to line up in their respective passageways, Eli Shan emerged from his room. There he looked around and saw that two schools had already formed their lines- the holy school and the five-element school. He glanced at them and casually walked towards his 25th-ranked position.

Observing this, the headmaster of the five-element school cast a puzzled glance towards the headmaster of the holy school, remarking, "Since when did he become so tolerant?"

Without sparing a glance in response, the headmaster of the holy school took the lead and walked out of the passageway.

Amidst the chaotic audience, Eli Shan searched around and spotted his parents, their cheers resonating with warmth and love.

Eli Shan couldn't help but smile after looking at them.

He wanted to meet his parents yesterday after the match, but it was against the rule to leave the place where he was living, and his parents were not allowed to enter, so he couldn't meet them.

Gradually, each school settled in their resting place, preparing for the fight. Now only fifty schools remained, and in terms of ranking, the top 50 held no significant changes compared to the last ranking—except for one notable change. The 50th school had been obliterated by Lin Feng single-handedly!

Lin Feng hailed from the Earth Dragon School, a school in decline for the past three centuries due to the absence of someone capable of mastering its secret technique. But just when there was no hope left for them, a genius kid suddenly appeared out of nowhere and joined the Earth Dragon school, finally resurrecting and giving hope to them.

In the resting place of Earth Dragon School, Lin Feng stood alone alongside his headmaster because every single student of Earth Dragon School had been already defeated by others.

After a brief interlude, the host graced the stage, announcing, "Congratulations to all who have reached this juncture. Let the battles continue. Any school wishing to challenge another is welcome to do so."

As the host concluded, a resounding voice echoed through the arena, "I, Gu Xuan, representative of the Five Element School, challenge the Holy School to a duel."

The announcement didn't surprise anyone, because they knew these two schools were always at odds.

With that, Five Element School sent Luo Yue to the stage. He Dressed in dignified attire, and stood elegantly, declaring, "I am a second-ranked student of my school. Holy school, send your king to fight me!"

Everybody knew that he was trying to humiliate the holy school by calling the king to fight even though he was just a second-ranked student in his school.

To everyone's shock, the headmaster of the Holy School nodded in agreement with a smile, saying, "We will do as you say!"

This unexpected response left onlookers bewildered. They had anticipated the Holy School to react with anger and would never send their king, the strongest fighter to fight against someone who was not strongest in his school!

Subsequently, a vision of ethereal beauty graced the stage—a girl dressed in pristine white, radiating an angelic aura. She gracefully ascended the stairs and stepped onto the fighting stage.

Luo Yue momentarily lost himself in her beauty and whispered, "Beautiful!" However, the stern voice of Gu Xuan snapped him back to reality, "Luo Yue, don't you dare to lose the fight! Remember she is just the appetizer; our main course is Eli Shan, the one who disrespected us!"

Luo Yue nodded solemnly, assuring his senior brother, "I will win."

While the students of Five Element School were giving advice to their fighter, oppositely, something else was going on with the holy school's students.

"Haha, 'Miss Queen', beat him to a pulp!"

"Hahaha, our 'queen' is the strongest! She is going to annihilate him!"

A wave of confusion rippled through the spectators. Why did it seem like, instead of mocking Luo Yue, the Holy School was making fun of their 'queen'?

Luo Yue, with a smirk, gazed at Feng Qiang."You are exceptionally beautiful, but it appears you lack the dignity expected of a queen. Join me, and I will ensure you receive the recognition you deserve."

Feng Qiang shook her head, her response firm. "I am sorry, but I am not interested in you." With that, she casually waved her hand.

Luo Yue suddenly took a step back, a wary expression crossing his face. He sensed she might be attempting to attack, but to his bewilderment, nothing happened. Did she merely wave her hand casually?

But soon he realized something as his expression changed. Though he hadn't noticed when it occurred, he now found himself unable to move. "What's happening? Why can't I move my body?"

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As he realized his situation, panic took hold of his mind. "I've been frozen? I didn't even sense when or how it happened?" He turned his horrified gaze towards Feng Qiang, who stood nonchalantly on the stage.

Luo Yue used his cultivation in an attempt to break free, only to discover that even his cultivation had been frozen within this ice cube. "What kind of ice is this?" Horror filled his mind, and his pupils shrank. Gradually, his thoughts succumbed to the freezing effect, and his once lively eyes turned blank.

Unperturbed, Feng Qiang strolled back to her resting place, treating the entire incident as if it were a trifling matter.

Eli Shan met with her eyes and nodded in acknowledgment.

She returned the nod with a smile, standing next to him. "How was my fight?"

Eli Shan affectionately patted her head. "It was a good fight. You have grown a lot."

Feng Qiang nodded slightly, her face turning red as she didn't dare to look above.

As the crowd witnessed this, shock rippled through the onlookers.

"What is this? A 25th-ranked student patting the beautiful queen? How dare he?" exclaimed a guy from the crowd.

"Hey, weakling, step away from our princess! How dare you touch her?" shouted another guy.

"But why does it seem like she doesn't mind at all? Don't tell me she is in love with that weakling?" another man questioned.

"That's impossible! Even the second-ranked guy is not good enough for her!" added someone else.

"Hey, hey, but that 25th-ranked guy is the most handsome man I have ever seen. Despite his weak cultivation, he is really worth it for Feng Qiang!" intervened a girl.

"Yes, she is right! I have traveled to many places, but I have never seen a guy more handsome than him! I will make sure to make him mine after the tournament!" declared another girl with excitement.

Amid the crowd, Eli Shan's parents tightly held each other's hands, their expression changing from shock to disbelief and then to unbridled happiness.

"Honey, did you see that just now? Our son just patted the strongest and most beautiful girl!"

"Yeah, isn't it? Our son is ranked 25th among the geniuses and has a close friendship with the queen of the school!"

Both of them held hands and chatted loudly with happiness.

The King of the empire, typically indifferent to everything except Lin Feng's battles, cast a shocked expression at Feng Qiang and muttered to himself, "This technique... don't tell me she is his daughter."

Toward the Five Element school, Gu Xuan stood in the arena, booming with anger, "Hmph, you sent your queen to fight our second strongest fighter; what's there to be proud of? If you dare, then come and fight against me!"

Eli Shan, standing next to Feng Qiang, locked eyes with Gu Xuan and mocked, "It was you guys who wanted to fight against our queen; now, why are you crying?"

"You... If you dare, then come here. I will teach you a good lesson today so that you never open your mouth in front of me again!"

Hearing him, Eli Shan took a step forward. "Why not?" Then, he glanced toward the headmaster, who shook his head slightly with pleading eyes, silently urging, "You are our trump card; please don't go now."

Looking into his eyes, Eli Shan couldn't help but sigh. He took a step back and smiled by showing all of his teeth. "First, ask permission from my queen. If you get through her, then I will personally teach you a lesson!" He then turned toward Feng Qiang and smiled innocently, "Don't forget to break his teeth."

Feng Qiang knew this smile of Eli Shan. She also smiled back and nodded, "I will!"

The crowd overheard their conversation and looked at them with bewilderment. The thing they couldn't understand was how a 25th-ranked individual could confidently challenge the king of the Five Element School. Moreover, the queen of the Holy School, an apparently unreachable figure, seemed to hang on every word he uttered.

As the audience pondered, Feng Qiang again walked toward the stage like a fairy, landing there gracefully.

Even though Gu Xuan was angry, he was still cautious against her. He knew that she was dangerous so he didn't want to give her any time. The rule of this arena was that when two people stood on the stage, that meant the fight had already started.

Using the benefit of this rule, just as Feng Qiang steadied herself on the stage, Gu Xuan closed the distance instantly and hurled his fist toward her.

Feeling the pressure emanating from his fist, the faces of the holy school's students changed exponentially, "Tian peak realm!"

Feng Qiang's expression mirrored the gravity of the situation, but she swiftly used her ice technique to slow him down, evading his attack by a narrow margin and creating distance.

Gu Xuan, resembling an enraged beast, relentlessly threw punches at Feng Qiang. However, she narrowly evaded each and every punch, making Gu Xuan even more angry.

After failing to land a single hit on Feng Qiang, Gu Xuan finally ceased his onslaught. He stood in silence, closed his eyes, and began to compress a mysterious power within his clenched fist.

Observing his posture, the students of the Five Element School couldn't help but exclaim, "Five-Colored Element Technique!"

Feeling the formidable power of this technique, Feng Qiang's expression turned solemn. She maintained her position, thinking, "Shall I use that technique too?"

Suddenly, Gu Xuan opened his eyes, extending his hand towards Feng Qiang and releasing a rapid five-colored beam. Its speed was so immense that it appeared nearly invisible to the naked eye.

But just as those five lights were about to pierce through her abdomen, they abruptly slowed down and began to freeze.

In an instant, the whole arena began to freeze, shrouded in white mist. Feng Qiang looked toward Gu Xuan with an indifferent expression and asked, "You genuinely intended to kill me just now, didn't you?"

Gu Xuan also replied with a straight face, "Yeah, so what? What could you possibly do with your little cultivation of the 7th stage of the Tian realm?"

Without delay, he again unleashed his five-colored beam to its fullest, shattering Feng Qiang's ice and piercing through her abdomen.

"Hahaha, just a big mouth. You're nothing but a frog in a well, Hahaha..."

Before, he could say anymore, he felt something was wrong...

The body of the beautiful girl, which he had pierced, was fading away little by little. Then he realized that even his thoughts seemed to be getting stopped. He attempted to look around, but everything became indiscernible. "What's happening?"

The last thing he saw was a girl retracting her fist from his mouth, accompanied by a searing pain in his teeth.

Gu Xuan didn't even know what had happened to him but grasped a sense of understanding. "Before my five-element light pierced through her, she chanted something, and afterward... what happened? My light didn't penetrate her skin? What was that technique? My light penetrating her abdomen was a dream after my body had frozen?"

In the midst of his confusion, all he knew was that he had become an ice seal, and one of his teeth had been broken.

Nangong approached and lifted the ice-sealed Gu Xuan, sighing, "You did your best; don't worry about the rest.