Chapter 686: Battle Against Ouyang Lin

Time Still!

The move appeared once again. Ouyang Lin, on the other side, had no time to react before his mind went blank.

Song Wanning acted decisively, sending a vicious flash of sword light straight for Ouyang Lin’s neck.

But Ouyang Lin’s Cultivation was higher and his Divine Soul was stronger, after all. He only paused for a single breath before quickly recovering.

The moment he regained his senses, he saw the sword light slashing at his neck. His pupils shrank in terror, and he hastily dodged to the side.

Even so, the sword light still grazed his neck, instantly leaving behind a bloody gash.

Blood seeped from the wound. Ouyang Lin’s expression trembled.

‘What in the world is going on?’

‘I just zoned out for a moment!!’

‘But I didn’t sense any other Divine Soul Power. How strange!’

The crowd below the stage, however, understood exactly what had happened.

Song Wanning hadn’t frozen Ouyang Lin at all; she had frozen time itself.

“Gasp… Junior Sister Song is actually proficient in the Time Attribute?”

“That’s right! And I don’t think her movement technique comes from any Cultivation Technique. She’s using the spatial attribute!”

“No way! Those two attributes are notoriously difficult to comprehend. Aside from the life and death attributes, are there any others harder to grasp?”

“Tsk, tsk. This junior sister is no ordinary person. Ouyang Lin is two minor realms above her, yet he’s being completely suppressed. At this rate, it won’t be long before Ouyang Lin has to admit defeat!”

“It makes sense when you think about it. All those big shots were fighting to take her as their disciple. She must have something extraordinary about her!”

“I heard that even Mo Yang Immortal Venerable wanted to take her as his disciple back then, but she refused him!”

“GASP—”

The disciples below the stage began to murmur amongst themselves. Upon hearing this news, they all gasped, their eyes instantly filling with boundless envy.

A disciple of Mo Yang Immortal Venerable!

And Song Wanning actually refused.

“Looks like Ouyang Lin really picked a fight with the wrong person this time!”

“He’s an Alchemy Cultivator. He must’ve had a screw loose to go looking for trouble with her…”

Unlike their initial optimism, everyone could now see that Ouyang Lin was no match for Song Wanning.

If it weren’t for Song Wanning’s lower Cultivation, Ouyang Lin would have been knocked to the ground the moment he stepped onto the stage.

In the crowd, Feng San’s face cycled through red, blue, and green—a truly spectacular sight.

He never would have imagined that Song Wanning possessed the Time Attribute!

A move like that was impossible to defend against. Ouyang Lin couldn’t handle it at all!

The situation had become dire.

He didn’t dare to imagine how their Master would treat them if Ouyang Lin really lost.

Just the thought of it made Feng San shudder.

Meanwhile, the battle on the stage continued.

The heavy long spear, devoid of any flourishes, transformed into a golden bolt of lightning that tore through the air, stabbing straight for Song Wanning’s chest!

Before the spear even arrived, the terrifying piercing power and restrictive pressure from its metal-attribute Spiritual Gang descended like an invisible cage.

Faced with a thrust powerful enough to pierce through anything, there wasn’t a trace of panic in Song Wanning’s eyes.

Just as the tip of the spear was about to strike her—

An intricate, silver-gray array of Space Runes lit up almost imperceptibly beneath her feet.

The next moment, her figure blurred and shattered abruptly, like a reflection in water disturbed by a thrown stone!

Space Folding!!

This was a new move that Song Wanning had recently developed.

If her initial use of the spatial attribute was for escaping and evading, her current use was to dismantle her opponent’s attacks.

And this was merely scratching the surface of the spatial attribute’s potential.

‘If I could comprehend it to the Great Achievement Realm…’

A cold glint flashed in Song Wanning’s eyes.

PFFT—

Ouyang Lin’s sure-kill thrust had hit nothing but air!

The spear’s gang energy completely obliterated the afterimage Song Wanning had left behind, its remaining force slamming into the ground and blasting open a deep crater.

And Song Wanning’s real body had already reappeared thirty feet away.

After a slight spatial fluctuation, her form solidified from illusion into reality.

Without a moment’s pause, Song Wanning’s Longsword was already slashing upward, its tip also lighting up with a rune.

A strand of Sword Dao Realm, condensed as fine as silk, silently slashed toward Ouyang Lin.

Ouyang Lin gritted his teeth, seething with hatred.

His eyes were bloodshot, and his insides churned.

He now realized just how formidable Song Wanning was. If he had known, he never would have gone along with Feng San’s nonsense.

But it was too late!

He had to find a way to win this match, or there would be no way to explain himself when he returned!

Ouyang Lin flicked his long spear. Before the momentum of his thrust had faded, he forcibly reversed its direction. The heavy, golden spear moved like an extension of his own arm as he spun it around to block.

“CLANG!”

Metal met metal, sending sparks flying!

The Sword Dao Realm slashed against the spear’s shaft, erupting in a blinding flash of light.

A vicious glint flashed in Ouyang Lin’s eyes as he swept his long spear out again, creating a fan-shaped golden screen of spear light that sealed off all of Song Wanning’s escape routes while a terrifying gale of gang energy cut through the air like countless sharp blades!

But Song Wanning’s expression remained indifferent. She formed a sword-finger with her left hand and jabbed at the air. Several even more complex Time Runes, tinged with the flow of time, instantly took shape and pressed toward the lingering golden screen of spear light.

The rampaging golden screen of spear light suddenly slowed, as if it had been plunged into thick glue. Its speed visibly lagged for an instant!

It was only for a single breath, but for Song Wanning, that was more than enough!

A Space Rune appeared again. Her movements were as graceful as Jing Hong, and in the next instant, she materialized behind Ouyang Lin.

She had pushed the function of her runes to their absolute limit. Combined with the interference from the Time Runes, she had forcefully carved out a path to survival despite being suppressed by his higher realm!

Her fist smashed viciously toward Ouyang Lin’s head. Song Wanning wasn’t holding back at all.

Unfortunately, now that she was in the Immortal Realm, her physical strength was no longer her advantage.

A blow that would have been strong enough to crush a skull in the Lower World merely made Ouyang Lin see stars, his body freezing for a moment.

A ringing echoed in his head.

Ouyang Lin let out a muffled grunt and quickly created distance between them again before charging at Song Wanning once more.

For a time, the entire Martial Arts Arena was filled with the sounds of their battle.

The expressions of the disciples below turned serious. All traces of their earlier casual, spectating amusement were gone.

Everyone was now earnestly analyzing the situation between the two fighters. Someone in the crowd was even providing a running commentary.

Whenever a brilliant move was executed, bursts of loud cheers would erupt from time to time.

If, at the beginning, everyone had been a little jealous of Song Wanning, feeling she didn’t deserve to be a True Disciple and had gotten in through connections…

…then now, they were all thoroughly convinced of her merit.

A genius like her would be highly sought after, even by other Sects!

And if the Wuji Sect could produce more geniuses, they would also benefit, so naturally, they wouldn’t reject her.

At this point, everyone found themselves unconsciously hoping for Song Wanning to win.

Luo Xingyao was also completely shocked, his eyes growing brighter and brighter as he watched Song Wanning.

He had thought his little junior sister’s immense talent was limited to Arrays, but he never expected her combat power to be so formidable.

It was just that…

These Cultivation Techniques were all from the Lower World. They were a bit lacking in the Immortal Realm. Otherwise, Little Junior Sister would have won long ago!