Hearing the Godsbane Dynasty Cultivator’s shout, Salvador felt even more furious.
However, no matter how angry and unwilling he was, he was ultimately no match for Maverick at this moment.
Salvador could only return silently to the Martial Dynasty’s ranks.
With Salvador’s defeat, only one match remained to determine the five slots.
In mid-air, Maverick’s fierce gaze shifted to one person.
“The last match, boy, it’s your turn. Get up here and die!” Maverick’s voice was domineering and filled with a strong killing intent, echoing throughout the arena.
Everyone’s eyes focused on Leo.
Most Cultivators looked at Leo with sympathy.
To them, Leo was doomed to lose. No, perhaps not just lose, but die in battle!
Under everyone’s gaze, Leo slowly stood up.
Maverick’s eyes blazed with fire as he looked down at Leo and said indifferently, “You can also choose to surrender and beg for mercy. Kneel and kowtow a hundred times, and I might spare your life for Pill Sovereign’s sake.”
Hearing Maverick’s terms, many Cultivators sighed inwardly. If Leo did that, he would undoubtedly plant the seed of a heart demon, which would be a disaster for his future cultivation.
Leo slowly raised his head, a mocking smile on his lips. “Heh, who do you think you are?”
This statement shocked the watching Cultivators, who looked at Leo in astonishment.
Anyone who dared to speak to Maverick like that was either incredibly powerful or a fool.
The next moment, Leo’s figure flashed and he stood in mid-air, level with Maverick.
All eyes moved to the sky above the battle platform.
In the sky above the platform, one figure was wrapped in purple-gold flames, while the other was dressed in white, standing opposite each other.
Maverick stared at Leo with murderous intent in his eyes and shouted in a rough voice, “Ignorant fool! I hope you won’t beg for mercy later!”
“Enough talk. Bring it on!” Leo said coldly and impatiently.
“Haha… You are indeed arrogant!” Maverick’s face turned icy cold as purple-gold flames surged around him, raising the temperature instantly.
Without any fancy techniques, Maverick punched towards Leo from a distance.
A massive torrent of purple-gold flames roared through the air towards Leo.
Within the torrent of flames, beastly roars echoed through the sky.
Leo remained calm as he watched the torrent of flames approach.
Leo clenched his right fist, instantly covering it with a layer of extreme cold ice crystals.
Like Maverick, Leo also punched out.
A massive torrent of ice crystals shot from Leo’s right fist.
As the ice crystal torrent appeared, snowflakes began to condense and fall in the sky around Leo.
Half ice, half fire-two extremes!
In everyone’s wide-eyed gaze, the ice crystal torrent collided with the purple-gold flame torrent in mid-air.
To everyone’s surprise, the ice crystal torrent was not overwhelmed by the purple-gold flame torrent. Instead, they clashed and began to erode each other fiercely.
The purple-gold flames roared with beastly cries and terrifying heat.
The ice crystal torrent showed no signs of weakening, emitting a terrifying cold force that refused to yield.
This mutual erosion lasted for five or six seconds.
The energy within the purple-gold flame torrent was exhausted first, dissipating into purple-gold smoke.
The ice crystal torrent turned into a cold mist and advanced a short distance before dissipating as well.
This outcome made everyone watching focus intently.
“He actually withstood the Lava Beast Fire head-on!” Cyrus and Salvador below the platform were shocked.
Having faced the Lava Beast Fire directly before, they knew its power well.
Above the alchemy furnace, Ancient Tyrant Pill Sovereign’s remnant soul watched Leo intently, his eyes flickering.
Among everyone present, Maverick was the most shocked.
His punch had been unstoppable by both Cyrus and Salvador, yet this boy had blocked it head-on.
“You can withstand my Lava Beast Fire!?” Maverick’s rough voice carried disbelief.
“Just Lava Beast Fire. What can it do to me?” Leo sneered.
“Good! Very good! No wonder you’re so arrogant.” Maverick’s voice was filled with icy killing intent. “Let’s see how many punches you can take!”
As he finished speaking, purple-gold flames surged violently around Maverick, raising the temperature again as if they were in a furnace.
Maverick turned into a streak of purple-gold flame light, charging at Leo like a meteor crossing the sky.
That speed and force could probably crush a mountain.
A glint of icy white flashed in Leo’s eyes as his Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus activated within him.
An ice-crystal armor formed on Leo’s body. The armor bore lotus and Spirit Fish patterns.
With the armor formed, the scorching temperature dropped sharply.
Leo also turned into an icy white stream of cold air, charging towards the purple-gold flame light.
Without any fancy moves, they clashed head-on again.
In mid-air, the purple-gold flame light and icy white stream collided fiercely.
The entire space seemed to tremble from the collision, with visible energy waves spreading out instantly.
The watching Cultivators felt their blood surge within them.
After colliding, the two engaged in fierce close combat-punches, kicks, elbows, and knees all carrying mountain-crushing force as they attacked each other ruthlessly.
Above the battle platform, only dull thudding sounds could be heard.
Those sounds made lower-level Cultivators’ hearts race with fear.
The intense close combat lasted over ten seconds before pausing.
In those ten seconds, they exchanged hundreds of blows at least.
After another fierce punch-to-punch collision, both figures retreated a hundred feet each.
At this point, the watching Cultivators could finally see the figures wrapped in purple-gold flames and covered in icy armor clearly.
More eyes focused on Leo.
Leo remained calm-faced with icy white eyes. His icy armor was intact without any scorch marks.
By now, everyone knew that Leo was not afraid of Maverick’s Lava Beast Fire at all.
This fact was undeniably shocking.
In the Martial Dynasty’s ranks, Cyrus looked serious and said gravely, “In that close combat just now, they fought evenly matched!”