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"Mystic Ice Sword Technique - Ice Soul Sword".

Centered on the location of the valley peak, the surrounding lake water quickly froze, and soon the entire lake surface, spanning several hundred feet around the valley peak, was frozen solid.

Immediately afterwards, longswords formed from ice blocks pierced towards Wei Xiao from all directions, their power completely different from before.

Although Li Youan and his two companions were some distance from the center of the battle, the temperature around them had already dropped below zero, not to mention the temperature at the center of the battlefield.

Even in this situation, Wei Xiao did not move an inch. He simply tensed all his muscles, stretched his clothes, gripped the knife handle with both hands, and swung the knife.

"The Broken Peak Blade Manual: The Mountain-Suppressing Blade".

Even on the ice far from the lake, countless clods of earth rapidly appeared around Wei Xiao. The moment they appeared, they compressed and condensed into the shape of blades, and the number of blades was at least twice that of the ice sword.

This shows that Wei Xiao surpasses Gu Feng in both total energy and the application of his techniques.

The ice sword began to disintegrate the moment it collided with the blade, and the resulting ice shards and clods of earth flew in all directions like a rainstorm. Within a radius of several hundred feet around the two people, only white and yellow colors were visible.

Fu Ming further enlarged and thickened the barrier in front of the three of them. Only the grass under their feet remained green, while the previously prepared area was now covered with ice.

After all the ice swords were dismembered, the remaining blades rushed straight towards Gu Feng. Gu Feng swung his sword several times in succession, and the sword light only dispersed half of the blades that rushed in front of him. The rest tightly surrounded him and slashed down.

A series of explosions rang out at the valley peak, and the ice shards and clods of earth produced this time were more than twice as fast as those produced by the previous collision.

The ice on the surrounding lake was cleaved into deep pits by the blade, and the trees around the lake were plowed up, leaving not a single one standing.

By this time, many passing squads had been drawn over by the explosions and were watching the battle from the sky or the treetops in the distance.

When the smoke completely dissipated, Gu Feng was no longer the dashing figure he had been before. His long sword was stuck in the ice in front of him, his hands were resting on the hilt, his clothes were torn in many places, and there was a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth.

puff.

"Ha, hoarse."

After spitting out a mouthful of blood, Gu Feng let out a long breath, the cold wind carrying the metallic smell of blood filling his mouth and lungs.

Gu Feng squinted at Wei Xiao. After being beaten so badly, reason finally prevailed. Looking at the crowd of onlookers, Gu Feng began to think about his current situation.

Once everything returned to calm, Li Youan looked at the impact of the battle on the surrounding environment, and his lips twitched.

Is this only the power of the ninth level of the Opening Origin Realm?!

Unlike Li Youan's surprise, Dongfang Jinghong and Fu Ming, who were well-informed, showed no unusual expression, clearly having seen too much of this before.

"How's this scene?"

Fu Ming looked at the two people beside him, but more importantly, he looked at Li Youan.

"If you two weren't array masters and treasure refiners, and didn't have good backgrounds and mentors, no normal team would be willing to accept you at Outpost No. 1."

"Potential and talent are useless at Outpost No. 1. What's needed here is immediate combat capability, because it's really dangerous here."

"No one would joke with their own life. You two must cherish this opportunity to join our team. There isn't much time left for you to grow. Everyone has their own background and mission."

"Yes, senior."

Li Youan and Dongfang Jinghong replied respectfully, looking at the senior who didn't say much but whose words were always to the point.

"So what kind of background and mission does he carry?"

Li Youan and Dongfang Jinghong had the same thought at the same time.

At this moment, the situation in the center of the battlefield changed. Gu Feng's teammates came to his side and took out their weapons to aim at Wei Xiao.

Despite being pointed at by so many weapons, Wei Xiao's expression remained unchanged. He slung the machete over his shoulder. Only then did Li Youan truly believe that his senior was not as simple as he appeared.

"That's true. After all, he's a cultivator at the ninth level of the Opening Origin Realm. How could he be so simple-minded? He's just kind-hearted."

"Senior, aren't you going over there?"

Looking at the situation on the ice, Dongfang Jinghong asked Fu Ming beside her, since the two of them were largely responsible for the current situation.

Li Youan also looked at Fu Ming, clearly with the same intention.

Seeing that the two of them did not back down even in the face of this situation, Fu Ming acknowledged their abilities and then shook his head.

"No need, there won't be a fight, and we won't be of much help anyway."

"This place is very close to the outpost, and there are so many spectators. In such a public setting, the extent of the fighting just now was already the limit."

"If this continues, we can't use sparring as an excuse anymore. Nobody will dare to go all out from now on. Just watch. Wei Xiao is more than he seems on the surface."

"What? You can't beat one by one, so you want to attack together?"

Wei Xiao looked at Gu Feng's teammates and finally casually asked a question, seemingly unconcerned about the other side's numerical advantage and potential attack.

Upon hearing Wei Xiao's words, several of them pushed forward the weapons they were pointing at him.

"Take it back. Nonsense! Are you trying to gang up on him in public?"

One of the men, who clearly had a different air about him, started yelling at the people around him.

"What's wrong, Wei Xiao? You don't even greet your superior."

Those who can serve as captains at outposts are generally either teachers from the Northern Frontier War Academy or officers from the Imperial Army.

Hearing the man's words, Wei Xiao didn't care much. He simply stuck the machete he was carrying on his shoulder into the ice.

"I'm sorry, sir, but there are no seniority distinctions in sparring, and now is not the time to bow to you."

Upon hearing Wei Xiao's words, the captain's face darkened, preparing to use this as a reason to take action and teach Wei Xiao what respect and hierarchy meant.

Just as the atmosphere became tense, a long knife suddenly appeared between the two groups, and the ice shards it kicked up all flew towards Gu Feng's team.

Whoosh.

Bang.

Before the sound arrived, the knife was already there.

"What? Diao Cheng, you dare to touch my team members, Luo Jingshan's men?"

At this moment, Luo Jingshan was already standing on the hilt of the knife in the middle of the arena, with his hands behind his back. A gentle breeze suddenly appeared in the arena, blowing his clothes, while the ice shards that had been scattered earlier formed the background of his figure.

"Diao Cheng, you want to spar with me again? Although I'm about to go on patrol, dealing with you then won't take much time, and I won't need to take any special care."

Luo Jingshan's words caused a great deal of emotion to appear on Diao Cheng's face, but he was also worried about the fact that he couldn't beat Luo Jingshan and there were so many people watching.

Fearing he would embarrass himself, Diao Cheng had no choice but to suppress his anger. Without even uttering a few harsh words, he turned and walked towards the outpost.

The team members watched as their captain left, glanced at Gu Feng beside him, and then followed their captain away.

Only Gu Feng remained standing on the ice, without making any move.

Gu Feng wanted to speak, but he held back. He simply glanced at everyone in the 13th squad present and followed at the back of the squad toward the outpost.

Li Youan noticed Gu Feng's gaze and pondered silently.