He was resurrected indefinitely and handed over to the state by the headmistress.

"Hmph! Do you really think I don't exist...?"

Hua Xiyu snorted coldly, a hint of anger flashing across her gentle eyes.

She quickly formed hand seals, and a lotus-shaped field around her shone brightly.

"Lotus Leaf Flying!!"

With a clear shout from her, the flower buds suddenly burst into bloom!

Immediately afterwards, countless red and white lotus petals fell off, transforming into streaks of shimmering, colorful flying blades!

"Bang bang bang!!!"

"Hiss hiss hiss—!!!"

The sword shadows and lotus leaves collided wildly in mid-air!

A series of energy explosions resounded, blinding light burst forth, and violent energy shockwaves swept all around!

"BOOM—!!"

The already dilapidated plaza surface suffered further damage, with a large area sinking down around the center of the battle between the two.

"Wow...what an incredible pressure...this is what battles between top-tier experts are like..."

Hua Zhanyue, who was closest to the center of the battlefield, felt as heavy as if he were carrying a mountain, and even raising his head was difficult.

He gained a more intuitive understanding of his grandmother's strength, and at the same time felt deeply insignificant.

Hua Xiyu caught a glimpse of Hua Zhanyue's embarrassed state out of the corner of her eye, and her eyebrows furrowed slightly.

She waved her hand again, and a force enveloped Hua Zhanyue.

"call out--!"

Hua Zhanyue felt a sudden lightness in his body, and then he was thrown out like a cannonball.

"Damn it! You swordsman, stay away!!"

As Canglong craned his neck to watch the spectacle, he suddenly saw Hua Zhanyue transform into a "humanoid meteor" and hurtle towards him.

Startled, the chubby face trembled, and with a strange cry, it instinctively retreated to the side, afraid of being hit.

"Bang--!!!"

A muffled thud.

Because Hua Zhanyue was already exhausted, and Hua Xiyu's strength was indeed considerable.

He didn't have time to use his sword to deflect the force.

It then slammed solidly onto the ground.

It smashed a shallow, human-shaped crater, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Hey, you swordsman, are you still alive?"

Miao Tiao Jun leaned over and carefully poked the motionless Hua Zhan Yue in the pit with a small twig he had picked up from somewhere.

"Thump!"

The next second, Hua Zhanyue suddenly sat up, his face pale and his breath weak.

Most noticeably, two streams of blood were gushing down from his nose, making him look both pathetic and comical.

"Hidden Dragon...!"

Hua Zhanyue wiped the blood from his nose, his icy gaze instantly locking onto Canglong, his eyes practically spitting fire.

This guy could have easily caught me with just a slight movement, but he just ran away?!

"You're no good either. You're supposed to be wielding a sword? You can't even fly on a sword..."

Canglong completely ignored Hua Zhanyue's murderous gaze, instead picking his nose and chuckling.

"That group of people... why do they seem so distant? Are they sabotaging each other?"

The soldiers around them whispered among themselves upon seeing this.

However, their attention was quickly drawn back to the present.

"BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!"

High in the sky, Hua Xiyu and Dugu Qiubai were already facing each other in mid-air.

Their robes fluttered and rustled even though there was no wind.

On one side, ten thousand swords crisscrossed, their sword energy tearing through the sky;

The sword shadows collided with the lotus leaves repeatedly, unleashing a continuous roar, and the turbulent energy currents stirred up the wind and clouds.

"Little girl, it seems you're quite capable..."

In the midst of the continuous exchange of blows, Dugu Qiubai regained his composure and was greatly surprised.

He could sense that the opponent's moves were profound and she handled them with ease, which was completely unlike what a woman in her early twenties should be like.

This made him put away his contempt.

"However, you're far from being able to stop me with just this!"

"Heavy Sword Style!!"

Dugu Qiubai, his beard and hair bristling, suddenly clasped his hands together, raised them high above his head, and slashed fiercely down towards Hua Xiyu!

"Buzz—!"

A semi-transparent giant sword phantom, over twenty meters long, suddenly appeared above Hua Xiyu's head!

Before the giant sword had even fully fallen, the terrifying pressure, heavy as a mountain, had already descended, freezing the space itself!

"Old man, you're too weak..."

Faced with this terrifying attack, Hua Xiyu chuckled lightly.

Her red lips parted slightly, and she softly uttered a single word:

"break."

The next moment, something astonishing happened!

On the blade of that terrifyingly powerful, transparent giant sword, lotus flower phantoms appeared out of thin air!

"Snap! Snap!"

As the lotus blossomed, spiderweb-like cracks instantly covered the sword's surface.

Then, with a loud "boom," it exploded and dissipated into countless points of light!

"What?!"

This shocked Dugu Qiubai.

The opponent's attack method was too strange; he didn't even notice it.

If that move had been used on me...

Dugu Qiubai felt a chill run down his spine, and his gaze toward Hua Xiyu finally became completely serious.

This woman definitely has the ability to threaten his life!

"My goodness... Could this beauty be even stronger than Senior Dugu?"

"At this age, with this strength... could he be a young leader cultivated by some reclusive ancient clan?"

"Probably not. If it were someone like that, we should have at least heard of them..."

The soldiers were buzzing with discussion, their eyes filled with curiosity as they looked at Hua Xiyu.

In order to avoid being caught in the aftermath of the battle, the onlookers had already consciously retreated several kilometers away to watch from a distance.

"Old Ghost Dugu, you're no good either! After all these years, your strength hasn't improved at all. You were so easily suppressed by a 'little girl'? Haha!"

Yan Yun, Qin Bugui, and a group of veterans who had regained their youthful appearance were eager to watch the drama unfold.

Seeing Dugu Qiubai suffer a setback, he made sarcastic remarks, adding fuel to the fire.

"Shut up!!!"

Dugu Qiubai was furious, his face flushed red.

"Little girl, you forced me to do this!"

Dugu Qiubai's eyes were sharp as swords, and his aura surged wildly once again. He spread his arms, and an even more magnificent sword intent domain began to expand rapidly!

"Domain Expansion - A Thousand Swords Devour the Heart!!"

Om-! ! !

A giant, open sword formation suddenly took shape!

Within the domain, countless longswords of various shapes floated in the air, slowly rotating and humming continuously.

The entire area was filled with a terrifying sword intent that could annihilate everything.

"Admit defeat! Bow your head now, and I might spare your life!"

At the core of his own sword formation, Dugu Qiubai's momentum reached its peak, and he issued his final ultimatum.

"Tch, that's all?"

At the heart of the attack, where countless swords were aimed, Hua Xiyu merely curled her lip in disdain.

"It seems you won't stop until you fully realize the gap between us."

She sighed softly, then her eyes narrowed, and lotus blossoms radiated from her body!

"Domain Expansion - Immortal Lotus Crosses the World!!"

"boom--!!!"

A pair of red and white lotus flowers, almost obscuring half the sky, bloomed, their hearts radiating a terrifying suction force.

What happened next shocked everyone.

Within the Dugu Qiubai Sword Formation domain, the countless floating longswords began to tremble.

Immediately afterwards, these longswords turned around and aimed at Dugu Qiubai!

"What?! This is impossible!!"

Dugu Qiubai's pupils suddenly contracted.

He desperately tried to channel his sword intent, attempting to regain control of the longswords, but to no avail!

How could the other party actually control his power from within his own domain?

This completely overturned his understanding!

"Old man, try out your own moves!"

Hua Xiyu smiled sweetly.

With a gentle gesture, the enormous lotus flower in the void tilted slightly.

"All swords return to their origin—go!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!!!"

Countless longswords, "tamed" by the power of the lotus, shot towards Dugu Qiubai!

It truly lives up to the saying "an eye for an eye!"

"Bang bang bang! Clang clang clang!!"

Dugu Qiubai was filled with shock and rage. He frantically waved his hands, condensing thick barriers of sword intent to desperately block the attacks. Each strike produced a deafening roar.

His aura fluctuated violently, and his body staggered backward in the air, looking utterly disheveled.

His most prized sword formation had become a weapon used against him, a feeling of utter frustration that nearly made him vomit blood.