The tide of battle turned in an instant.
Previously, Li Qingxuan had been dominating Ling Fan. After this punch, the momentum of the fight completely shifted.
Ling Fan channeled the Five Elements True Qi within his body, circulating it to two hundred, then three hundred paces. Under this terrifying amplification of power, each punch unleashed a fearsome sonic boom.
Everyone watching was secretly astonished.
Li Qingxuan, relying on the might of his protective Qi, attempted to withstand a punch from Ling Fan. However, his face contorted in shock as Ling Fan's blow shattered his protective Qi, sending him flying back in disarray, nearly falling off the stage.
His killing intent grew stronger.
After all, Ling Fan was only at the peak of the Meridian Opening Realm, not even having entered the Qi Refining Realm, yet he was already this terrifying. If he were to enter the Qi Refining Realm, or even the Profound Qi Realm, would Li Qingxuan and the City Lord's Mansion still have a place in Jiangnan City?
He once again assumed that starting stance.
But there was a subtle difference.
It was as if it were an upgraded version of that martial skill.
The blood and Qi within his body seemed to ignite, boiling instantly. Every pore on his body spewed forth blazing blood and Qi, making him appear like a furnace of blood and Qi.
Under the amplification of such terrifying blood and Qi power, his blood-colored protective Qi surged. Li Qingxuan thrust his hands forward again with immense force, and a blood dragon of protective Qi, seven to eight meters long, roared forth.
Below the stage, the Profound Qi Realm commander from the City Lord's Mansion trembled, finding it hard to believe.
Blood Dragon's Roar!
This was an enhanced version of Water Dragon's Roar, practically a desperate killer move.
He hadn't expected the Young City Lord to be pushed to such a degree.
It wasn't just him; almost everyone was shaken. Even those veteran early-stage Profound Qi Realm experts felt a great threat from this blood-colored dragon of Qi.
Boom!
The blood-colored dragon of protective Qi, emitting a terrifying pressure, arrived almost instantaneously.
It was about to blast Ling Fan into smithereens.
At this moment, Ling Fan moved.
"A mere Yellow-tier martial skill dares to show off before me."
Ling Fan chuckled lightly, his eyes deep and serene, exuding an unparalleled arrogance.
In his past life, he had been the dignified Qingyun Emperor, one of the Ten Great Heavenly Realm Supremes. His life had been a continuous advance, without a single defeat, dominating the six directions and eight wastes. In the Ten Great Heavenly Realms, he was virtually unrivaled.
At his peak, he had integrated his life's learning to create a peerless Heavenly Human martial art that shook the ancient and modern worlds: the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gate Arts.
Each move possessed the power to overturn heavens and shatter the void, no less inferior to the foundational skills of Heavenly Sects and Sacred Lands.
Currently, his cultivation was only comparable to a martial artist who had just entered the Profound Qi Realm.
But this was merely his basic combat strength. If he were to unleash the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gate Arts, his combat power would instantly multiply.
The Thirty-Six Heavenly Gate Arts, the first move.
Cloud-Severing Wings!
Ling Fan spread his hands like bird wings, resembling a divine bird carrying the azure sky and tearing through the sea of clouds.
For a moment, an incredibly profound and mystical aura quietly circulated.
The Heavenly Realms had the divine beast Kun Peng, whose strength was comparable to Human Heavenly Venerates.
Ling Fan had once defeated an adult divine beast Kun Peng over the Northern Darkness Sea. That battle had nearly shattered the entire Northern Darkness Sea, splitting the vast and boundless Northern Darkness Sea in two.
It was precisely by capturing the essence of its clan that Ling Fan had created the first move of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gate Arts.
"The Kun, as a fish, dives in the azure sea, swimming the vast currents."
"The Peng, as a bird, preens its feathers, drinks and pecks freely, folding its wings between heaven and earth, arching its neck by the banks of rivers and seas. When it transforms and ascends to the heavens, it rides the wind for ninety thousand li, shakes its scales across the sea, and strikes the water for three thousand..."
As if an ancient ballad sounded, Ling Fan flapped his hands like wings, his speed instantly becoming a blur. The distance of over ten paces was covered in the blink of an eye.
The speed of the divine beast Kun Peng was already the fastest in the Heavenly Realms, riding the wind for ninety thousand li. How swift it was!
His hands slashed down, like two incredibly sharp divine wings, or like two heavenly blades that sliced through the world. The blood-colored dragon of protective Qi, eight to nine meters long, began to shatter rapidly from its head to its tail!
A blur passed through Li Qingxuan.
Immediately, a cross-shaped bloodstain appeared on Li Qingxuan's chest!
Blood instantly gushed out.
Li Qingxuan fell to his knees with a thud, his eyes filled with horror, gasping for breath.
Ling Fan frowned slightly.
He hadn't managed to kill Li Qingxuan directly...
It seemed that with his current strength, using the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gate Arts was still too strenuous, and he couldn't fully unleash the intended power of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gate Arts.
However, even though he hadn't killed Li Qingxuan, that strike had completely shattered Li Qingxuan's meridians, and they were almost destroyed by his Five Elements True Qi.
In other words, Li Qingxuan, the former number one prodigy of Jiangnan City, was crippled.
"I don't believe it. How could I lose? I am a martial master of the Profound Qi Realm, the youngest martial master in the history of Jiangnan City... What... what martial skill was that! Is it a Profound-tier skill!"
Li Qingxuan spoke with difficulty, his eyes filled with unwillingness. He could not accept the reality of being defeated by Ling Fan!
Ling Fan sneered dismissively.
His Thirty-Six Heavenly Gate Arts were a peerless Heavenly Human martial art, far superior to mere Profound-tier martial skills. How could they be equated?
"You previously treated Jun Jie as an ant, but you didn't realize that in my eyes, aren't you also an ant?"
Ling Fan said indifferently.
Upon hearing Ling Fan's indifferent words, Li Qingxuan's entire body trembled. He felt that all his pride, complacency, and honor of the past twenty years had been completely erased by Ling Fan's words at this moment!
He, Li Qingxuan...
Was merely an ant!
Pfft!
Li Qingxuan, enraged, spat out another mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground, losing consciousness.
The Profound Qi Realm commander from the City Lord's Mansion quickly stepped forward and helped Li Qingxuan up.
"Can the results of the martial competition and the ownership of that fire crystal vein be announced now?"
Ling Fan asked.
Upon hearing this, the commander from the City Lord's Mansion trembled, and after a long while, he spoke with great difficulty.
"The champion of this martial competition is... Ling Fan of the Lan family!"
"The fire crystal vein also belongs to the Lan family. No one shall interfere with its claim from now on."
After speaking, he left with a grim expression, carrying Li Qingxuan.
At that moment, the tens of thousands of spectators on the White Jade Plaza fell silent.
Li Qingxuan, who had successfully entered the Profound Qi Realm, had actually lost!
The fire crystal vein had ultimately returned to its rightful owner, falling into the Lan family's hands.
If they hadn't witnessed it with their own eyes, who could have believed such an outcome?
"My heavens! Am I dreaming? Li Qingxuan... he actually lost."
"Hiss, I still can't believe it. I must be dreaming. Defeating a Profound Qi Realm expert while in the Meridian Opening Realm, is there such a preposterous thing in the world!"
"Is this still that useless son-in-law of the Lan family! This is truly a case of 'it doesn't chirp until it flies, and when it flies, it soars to the heavens'."
"What martial skill did he use at the end? It was too powerful! I felt like I saw the phantom of an incredibly terrifying divine bird!"
"This Jiangnan City... is about to undergo a change..."
"The Lan family is truly incredibly lucky! The Lan family is going to prosper now."
After a brief moment of shock, all the spectators snapped back to reality, and countless discussions erupted. The White Jade Plaza in front of the City Lord's Mansion was in an uproar.
As for the powerful figures from the various families of Jiangnan City, their expressions were extremely grave.