Hearing the announcement from Ancient Tyrant Pill Sovereign, everyone present snapped out of their daze, their faces filled with astonishment.
If Northwood lost due to carelessness earlier, then why did Windsor lose this battle?
Among those most disappointed were Rose, Winter, and Luna. They couldn’t understand how the powerful Windsor could lose so easily. If another prodigy had defeated Windsor, they might have accepted it, but the woman who won wasn’t even a prodigy.
“Seraphina, that beautiful girl, is truly hiding her strength,” Leo muttered to himself as he looked at Seraphina.
Upon hearing the announcement, Seraphina retracted her Skywater Blade, and the water-like sword light disappeared. Windsor’s face was grim, but she wasn’t an ordinary woman; she could afford to lose. After giving Seraphina a deep look, she flashed back to the stone platform.
Seraphina glanced at Leo and then appeared beside him in a flash. Leo noticed that Seraphina’s delicate face under the thin veil was somewhat pale, indicating that the previous battle had taken a toll on her.
Leo poured a cup of spirit wine and handed it to Seraphina. “Thank you,” Seraphina said as she took the jade cup and drank the wine in one gulp to restore her spiritual energy.
“Two prodigies have lost; I didn’t expect this outcome.”
“Could it be that the prodigies of Crescent Dynasty are all overrated?”
The cultivators watching by the small lake began to discuss.
The prodigies of the four great dynasties held high status in the hearts of all cultivators, yet now they had lost two battles in a row.
“Haha, my Martial Dynasty has won again; this is getting more interesting,” Cyrus couldn’t help but laugh.
“Don’t think you can trample on my Crescent Dynasty so easily!” Southwood’s face was icy as he glanced at Cyrus and others from Martial Dynasty. In a flash, he stirred up a black snowstorm and landed on the battle platform.
Southwood’s cold gaze swept over Leo and Seraphina before settling on Ethan. “You are from Martial Dynasty too, right? Come up and fight; let me see if you can win again!”
Hearing Southwood’s challenge, Ethan clenched his fists and stepped onto the battle platform. The previous battles had surprised Ethan-Leo’s victory over Northwood and Seraphina’s victory over Windsor had both shocked him greatly. He never imagined the woman he admired could defeat a prodigy.
Ethan believed that if he wanted to win Seraphina’s heart, he must defeat a prodigy himself!
On the battle platform, Southwood and Ethan faced each other. Southwood resembled Northwood in appearance, but his expression was colder and more domineering.
“You make the first move; otherwise, you won’t have a chance,” Southwood said arrogantly, staring coldly at Ethan.
Ethan snorted, his face darkening. He wouldn’t be polite. His spiritual energy surged violently as he activated the Yates family’s ancestral technique. Golden patterns appeared on his hands and skin. Summoning a golden knife covered in golden patterns into his hand, Ethan seemed to be coated in a layer of gold, giving an impression of invincibility. He then launched himself at Southwood.
As he neared, Ethan shouted and swung his glowing golden knife down at Southwood. Southwood’s black pupils stared coldly at the descending golden blade. Suddenly, black snowflakes swirled around him. Just as the golden blade was about to strike Southwood, he extended his right hand. The black snowflakes formed a giant black hand that grasped the golden blade.
Ethan’s expression changed drastically as he poured all his spiritual energy into the golden knife, but it couldn’t advance any further. He could feel the black hand corroding the spiritual energy within the golden blade.
In the next moment, Southwood’s eyes flashed with a strange black light. With a squeeze of his right hand, the golden blade shattered into countless golden fragments.
Southwood looked coldly at Ethan and said loudly, “If this is all you have, then it’s over!”
With that, Southwood’s spiritual energy surged violently, and black snowflakes filled the battle platform. The black snowflakes carried a corrosive power, creating small pits on the platform.
Although both Southwood and Ethan were at the peak of upper-level Spirit Saint, it was clear that Southwood’s aura was stronger.
As Southwood’s chilling sword aura burst forth, the swirling black snowflakes transformed into hundreds of black snow swords. Each sword emanated a chilling sword aura.
The black snow swords formed and shot towards Ethan like black streaks of light. Ethan’s expression changed drastically as he swung his glowing golden knife repeatedly. The black streaks were too fast; despite Ethan’s best efforts, he was soon overwhelmed and started to struggle.
Soon, Ethan’s arms and clothes were slashed with numerous cuts. The wounds were corroded, turning his blood black. His defensive movements became stiff.
“Ethan!”
Seeing this, Brody, Aliza, and Elder Quincy all turned pale.
At that moment, a giant black fist struck Ethan’s chest on the battle platform. Under everyone’s gaze, Ethan was sent flying off the platform.
“Ugh!”
Ethan crashed heavily onto the central stone platform, spitting out a mouthful of blood. The golden light around him and the golden patterns on his skin dissipated instantly.
“The Yates family’s genius has lost.”
“I thought he might be the third dark horse.”
“The gap is too wide; Southwood didn’t even use his Snow Demon Sword.”
The surrounding cultivators began to comment.
After catching his breath for a moment, Ethan stood up with difficulty, wiped the blood from his mouth, and looked at Southwood with deep resentment.
“This gentleman wins,” Ancient Tyrant Pill Sovereign’s soul fragment pointed at Southwood.
Southwood respectfully cupped his fists towards Ancient Tyrant Pill Sovereign’s soul fragment.
To everyone’s surprise, Southwood didn’t drink any spirit wine but instead looked towards Leo and said coldly, “Boy, don’t think you’re invincible just because you defeated a prodigy. Come up and fight!”
“Southwood actually chose to continue fighting.”
“It seems he wants to regain his honor by defeating all Martial Dynasty members!”
The watching cultivators were surprised and turned their attention to Leo.