Evan Chu’s Frostbane Sword slashed out in an instant, draining nearly a third of the Chaos Qi from his body. Countless wild sword-qi, forged from wind element and Chaos Qi, roared straight at the masked youth.
The strike made the surrounding space tremble faintly—everyone within dozens of meters could clearly sense it.
Any martial skill that could shake the space like that was obviously terrifyingly powerful; the crowd stared at Evan in shock, but the masked youth’s own technique was no less impressive.
Though his attack didn’t make the space tremble like Evan’s, it instantly dropped the temperature all around, making everyone feel as if they’d been thrown into an ice cellar.
The two experts’ attacks finally collided atop the massive arena. "Boom!" An unprecedentedly violent explosion rang out.
Sword-qi of wind and Chaos crashed head-on with sword-qi of water and Stellar Power, instantly collapsing the arena. A raging energy storm tore both Evan and the youth’s clothes to shreds.
Both attacks struck their targets, blasting the two of them several meters away. The arena’s building materials were swept up into the air by the energy storm, instantly ground to powder and scattered as dust on the winds above the stage.
At this moment, both fighters looked utterly battered. Evan’s body was covered in dozens of wounds, each one icy cold and bone-piercing—just like when he absorbed Ice Crystals before.
Even with the third-layer defense of his Starforge Body, he’d ended up this wounded—proof of how terrifying the opponent’s attack was. Blood streamed from his wounds, but they’d already begun to heal, and the pain was slowly fading.
The masked youth wasn’t in much better shape. His clothes had been shredded by the energy storm, revealing a black vest underneath—whatever material it was made of, it had been torn open in several places too.
Those gashes were deep enough to show bone, and though the youth’s bleeding wasn’t as heavy as Evan’s, his wounds were also slowly healing. Clearly, he cultivated some sort of body-tempering martial art as well.
This clash was absolutely earth-shattering—everyone watching was stunned. It was the first time they’d seen martial skills this powerful, and the sheer force left them holding their breath in total silence.
After a long moment, someone finally blurted out, "Amazing! What an incredible martial skill!" Only then did the crowd snap out of it, erupting in thunderous applause and cheers.
Jenny Sima looked at Evan Chu with deep worry—she hadn’t expected Sea Dragon Academy’s guy to be this strong. Judging by the fight, the two were evenly matched.
Flynn Yun’s eyes, though, showed a different emotion. Evan’s martial skill had actually made the space tremble just now.
That alone made Flynn truly take notice—causing spatial tremors like that meant at least eighth-layer Earth Martial Realm strength, and required near-perfect elemental comprehension.
But Evan’s elemental attribute was hard to pin down. It seemed like wind, but he couldn’t be certain. Wind was a rare element—almost no one could comprehend it, so Flynn doubted it was possible.
The real shock, though, was that this kid’s attack had actually cracked Leon Yun’s Black Nether Ghostmail. That armor was top-grade—without ninth-layer Earth Martial Realm power, it shouldn’t even be scratched.
But Evan had clearly damaged it. Flynn knew exactly what that meant: if Leon hadn’t been wearing Black Nether Ghostmail, he’d probably be dead already.
He hadn’t expected Heavenly Dragon Academy to have such a world-shaking genius. If he couldn’t recruit Evan, he’d have to eliminate him fast—otherwise, once Evan grew up, he’d ruin everything.
Flynn Yun was busily calculating in his mind, while Marcus Gongsun and Elder Xu were both deeply worried. With both fighters this powerful, whoever lost would shift the whole situation—it was entirely possible the two academies could end up in a real, all-out brawl.
With the arena destroyed, Evan Chu grinned at the youth and said, "So, how does that feel? I didn’t even go all out! If I did, I’d have finished you in one move. Sea Dragon Academy’s number one? What a joke. Listen up, I’m still just a common-class student. What’s there to be so smug about?"
Evan’s words instantly got the youth’s attention. He didn’t believe for a second Evan was just a common-class student, but still couldn’t help asking, "You’re a common-class student? You think I’m some three-year-old?"
"Heh, I’m a genius—surprised? Now, how do you want to die? You’ve got three seconds to decide!" Evan said arrogantly. By now his wounds had healed and his strength was back at full.
"Decide your sister! I’ll show you my real martial skill right now!" the youth snapped back, furious.
"Oh, I’m so scared! Good thing I’ve got a Heaven-tier martial skill—let’s see whose technique is stronger!" Evan shouted, making sure everyone heard him loud and clear.
In an instant, rumors about Evan having a Heaven-tier martial skill exploded everywhere, causing a huge stir.
The youth didn’t answer Evan. Instead, he pointed his longsword at the sky, rapidly channeling Stellar Power. Countless water element molecules began gathering on his blade.
Evan didn’t waste time either. After reviewing the newly comprehended ninth form, Wrathful Wind Annihilation Slash, in his mind, he started gathering wind element molecules.
"Evan, wind element means speed, but its attack power isn’t that strong. You need to keep that in mind and learn to use it. That youth’s armor is pretty tough—even your strongest move might not finish him off.
If he uses an even stronger technique than before, you could be seriously injured or even killed—unless you use the Timewheel Bracelet. But with all these eyes watching, any weird phenomenon will get out, and you’ll be in endless trouble," Luna warned.
"So, what do you suggest?" Evan asked. If Luna hadn’t spoken up, he really would’ve tried another head-on clash—and might have ended up seriously hurt.
"Fuse your wind element into your movement skill. When he attacks, dodge fast, then strike with your strongest move before he recovers. Do that a few times and he’ll burn through his Stellar Power—then you can do whatever you want," Luna advised.
Evan instantly understood Luna’s point—his fastest skill was Shifting Position, and fusing wind element into it would make it even stronger. He cleared his mind and focused on how to blend wind element into his movement.
Wind element kept gathering on Evan’s Frostbane Sword, but by then the youth had finished preparing his martial skill. Raising his longsword, he shouted, "Ice-Dragon Roar Slash!" A wave of icy dragon-qi, roaring like a dragon, surged straight at Evan.