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Chapter 4160: You're a Decent Lad

The little stoic saw this person, without a word, summon a long saber and slash at her, and immediately her mood brightened.

What a good man! When fighting, it should be like this: straightforward and no nonsense.

Looking at Qiu Ming from Shadow Academy, his face was square, and his moves were swift and precise.

The spiritual weapon he held was a seven-foot-long broadsword. Wielded in his hand, it whistled with the sound of wind, stirring up fierce gale winds that rushed towards her.

Qiao Mu suddenly flickered, instantly appearing close to Qiu Ming. The Startling Rainbow Dagger abruptly leaped out of her consciousness, shooting towards the broadsword with lightning speed.

"Clang, clang, clang!" A broadsword and a short, nimble dagger clashed several times, causing the surrounding air to ripple continuously.

"Whoosh," a beam of fire shot towards her, which Qiao Mu deflected with a handful of snow-colored silver needles made from tree roots.

Those silver needles, each crafted from ice and snow, were naturally a manifestation of the young girl's control over water spirit power.

The Sacred Wood, Sacred Water, and Sacred Earth had long been integrated with her. Now, she could use them effortlessly and as she pleased.

She didn't need to painstakingly think about what form to make them take; she just needed to raise her palm.

Then came several soft "whoosh" sounds. The snow-white silver needles, lightly flicked by Qiao Mu's delicate hand, suddenly darted towards Qiu Ming's face.

Qiu Ming's expression remained unchanged. With a wave of his hand, he conjured a localized defensive fire helmet in front of himself.

It blocked several silver needle attacks.

However, in a flash, hundreds of snow-white silver needles flew out again in unison. This time, they split into three paths—upper, middle, and lower—rushing towards Qiu Ming.

Qiu Ming immediately activated his defensive spiritual artifact, just managing to erect a defensive barrier in front of him.

Then came a series of soft "thudding" sounds.

Countless snow-white silver needles directly penetrated through the defensive barrier, shooting towards his limbs and bones.

Qiu Ming didn't panic. He immediately gathered his energy and leaped, flipping his body back and forth in mid-air, continuously unleashing bursts of flames from his hands.

With a series of clanging and hissing sounds, countless snow-white silver needles were swiftly knocked away by him.

By the end, the shock in his heart, it must be said, spread even further.

Is this little stoic completely expending no divine power, just casually unleashing moves?

Although their exchange hadn't been long, the intensity was immense.

They were basically fighting non-stop, back and forth, constantly competing with their own divine power.

His fire spirit simply couldn't suppress the opponent's water spirit.

Even before this, everyone knew that the little stoic actually possessed two sources of spiritual power.

Both water spirit and wood spirit seemed incredibly powerful, so strong that their exact rank was indistinguishable.

Qiu Ming took a deep breath, thinking to himself that it must be above the eighth layer. Could it be... ninth-layer spiritual water?

"Hiss!" After a soft sound, Qiu Ming suddenly felt a sharp pain in his shoulder.

He looked down and saw a snow-white silver needle, made of water spirit, had pierced through his shoulder.

The subtle yet itchy sensation of the needle instantly numbed half of his arm.

"Hiss—" Qiu Ming gasped, thinking to himself: This girl's methods are indeed terrifying. She can actually integrate some inexplicable toxins into her water spirit?

If it were merely hit by water spirit, it would at most be painful. How could it produce such a strange numbing and itching sensation?

Soon, one of Qiu Ming's arms drooped.

But his speed was not diminished in the slightest. With just a few leaps, he soared into the sky and struck down with a powerful punch.

Qiao Mu's expression remained unchanged. With a wave of her hand, a cloud of earthy yellow fine sand billowed up, covering the sky and earth.

The vast yellow sand quickly transformed into a giant rock, solidly blocking Qiu Ming's punch.

Qiu Ming struck the giant rock but couldn't even make a dent in it.

His pupils constricted. A powerful force instantly sent him flying back half a meter.

His feet dragged two white streaks on the ground as he barely managed to steady himself.

He felt a sweet, metallic taste welling up in his throat, and no matter how many times he tried, he couldn't suppress it. A trickle of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Clearly, his internal meridians were already injured.

Inside and outside the arena, there was complete silence.

Everyone looked at the young girl with gazes as if she were some kind of little monster.

Earth spirit?

Hmm! So, this stoic-faced girl isn't just someone who controls two elemental origins.

This one... Earth spirit, water spirit, wood spirit—she actually controls three out of the five elements?

Qiu Ming took a deep breath, slightly cupped his hands, and stepped back, saying, "Your Excellency's skills are formidable. I concede wholeheartedly."

Qiao Mu blinked, looked at Qiu Ming from Shadow Academy, nodded, and made a gesture for him to proceed.

This lad was a straightforward person. He admitted defeat readily, which made the little stoic feel that he was a decent individual.

The little girl disliked those who were pretentious the most. Those who, after losing, acted as if the whole world owed them something, constantly nagging and complaining—they were simply annoying.

Meanwhile, the atmosphere on Shadow Academy's side was quite subdued.

Zhao Yi, sitting next to Mu Xiaoxue, scoffed with a cold face, "Look, how powerful are the disciples taught by the Second City Lord. They haven't even done anything substantial and they've already conceded and submitted."

Mu Xiaoxue was staring intently at the arena. After a long moment, she let out a long sigh, her voice very gentle, "This Crown Princess is truly formidable."

"No wonder Senior Brother Gu suffered such a great loss at her hands in the Phoenix Wood Forest last time."

A hint of sarcasm flashed in Zhao Yi's eyes. He turned and glanced with disgust at Gu Yixuan, who was sitting beside Junior Sister Xiaoxue, looking like a human in appearance but a dog in character.

This Gu Yixuan had come to Shadow City with ill intentions to apprentice.

Because of Junior Sister Xiaoxue's help, he was actually accepted as a disciple by their master.

During this time, as a newcomer, he had surprisingly risen to prominence in Shadow City, enjoying great success.

Moreover, their master had even specially requested external injury medicine from Medicine King Island for this person.

Thinking of this, a shadow again crossed Zhao Yi's eyes, his expression extremely sinister.

How could Junior Sister Xiaoxue be attracted to such a useless person!

Level 10 Spiritual Masters, they had plenty of those in Shadow City.

Why did Junior Sister single him out?

The Gu family, in Dragon Flame City, wasn't even a top-tier noble family; at best, they were only considered second-rate.

Their influence before Shadow City was like that of ants.

Mu Xiaoxue held a faint, shallow smile on her lips, her eyes seemingly sparkling with multicolored light, filled with longing, "Senior Brother Zhao, that Crown Princess is truly amazing. Even Senior Brother Qiu is not her match."

"Why does Xiaoxue need to admire such a rude woman?" Zhao Yi said with a sneer, "A woman should be elegant and gentle like Junior Sister Xiaoxue. What kind of way is it to be fighting and killing all day?"

Lin Zhen'er, sitting beside Zhao Yi, couldn't help but stiffen slightly.

Mu Xiaoxue quickly tugged at Zhao Yi's sleeve and whispered, "Senior Brother Zhao, don't say that."