Must be said, Su Qinghe used the most direct way to vent Yun Yi's frustration.
"Hisss—"
The surrounding crowd was already dumbfounded, frozen like statues.
Su Qinghe had fought thirteen prodigies single-handedly, first defeating Lin Hai with the force of thunder, and then defeating twelve prodigies with a single move. Among them, he had severely injured Zhou Qing and broken his arm.
Such a battle record truly filled his peers with a sense of helplessness. Perhaps living in the same era as Su Qinghe meant that these so-called prodigies were merely there to be outshone.
"Ah! Su Qinghe, I want you to die!" Disheveled and wild-haired, Zhou Qing was incomparably ferocious at this moment, retaining not a shred of the bearing of a youthful prodigy.
"Qinger! Quickly take the Young City Lord to get treated," Zhou Xing ordered with a gloomy expression.
"This brat is simply too monstrous! With Su Qinghe around, the future Yangzhou City will likely belong to the Yun family," Xie Wuiji muttered, watching Su Qinghe before him with sharp glints flashing in his eyes.
"To be able to defeat twelve people simultaneously with a single strike using his own strength—this Su Qinghe is truly unexpected," Xiao Se remarked, a rare trace of surprise showing in his eyes.
"Senior Brother Xiao, there is another point: Su Qinghe's control over his power is also exceptionally terrifying. Yun Nantian and Yun Che among the twelve were completely unharmed, the rest suffered only minor injuries, and only Zhou Qing was heavily battered. This level of control is what can truly be called terrifying," Murong Mingxi said, her red lips parting slightly as she offered this analysis.
"Indeed, Su Qinghe is already worthy of our serious attention," Xiao Se nodded inwardly.
"I announce that in the Battle of Heaven-Seizure, Su Qinghe wins!" On the arena, the black-robed elder looked at Su Qinghe with a complex expression, his thoughts unreadable.
"Brother Su is invincible!"
"Young Master Su is invincible!"
"Qinghe really has given us a huge surprise!"
The Yun family erupted into cheers; conversely, the Lin family and the City Lord's Mansion were shrouded in gloom, with Lin Dongtian and Zhou Xing wearing unsightly expressions.
"Su Qinghe, you are indeed extraordinary. Now you have the qualification to fight me."
At that moment, a youth stepped forward, looking arrogantly at Su Qinghe. It was none other than Ouyang Qingqing, the Bright Moon Academy prodigy who had previously had a brief clash with Su Qinghe.
Su Qinghe looked calmly at Ouyang Qingqing.
"If you want to fight, get down here. I'm in a hurry."
This Su Qinghe sure was wildly arrogant! Facing a prodigy from Bright Moon Academy as if he were nothing at all—who knew where he got his confidence from?
The onlookers sighed inwardly. Despite the immense shock Su Qinghe had brought, the gap in their realms was like a chasm, difficult to bridge.
"Arrogant and ignorant!"
Ouyang Qingqing's aura turned icy cold, and with a flash, he arrived right in front of Su Qinghe.
"Late-stage Eighth Layer of Life Palace Realm!"
Good heavens, Ouyang Qingqing looked to be only around eighteen. As expected, the heaven-chosen prodigies of Bright Moon Academy were beyond ordinary understanding.
Feeling this powerful aura, the crowd burst into an uproar!
"Today I will let you know what a gap truly is."
"Three Feet of Frost!"
The temperature in the center of the arena plummeted instantly, causing even those around the stands to shiver.
A piercing chill rushed toward them as if freezing time itself, and a layer of ice rapidly spread from the ground right in front of Su Qinghe.
"First form of the Great Heaven Creation Palm—Wind God Palm!" Su Qinghe's figure met the attack head-on.
*Clack clack clack clack!* Thirty-two palms were struck out in an instant, and that despair-inducing icy aura was instantly dismantled layer by layer by his palm force.
"Is that it?"
Su Qinghe raised an eyebrow, looking at Ouyang Qingqing.
He blocked it!
Su Qinghe had easily blocked Ouyang Qingqing's attack, forcing the crowd to reevaluate Su Qinghe's strength.
"You've got some tricks, but it ends here."
Ouyang Qingqing charged forward, closing the distance in a flash as waves of ice devoured the space around them once more. This time, the offensive was even more formidable.
"Piercing Cold, Seal!"
"Ouyang Qingqing has actually cultivated the Ouyang family's Ice Profound Qi to the second layer. That's equivalent to unleashing an Earth-grade primary martial skill," Xiao Ling'er couldn't help speaking out as she watched the clash on the arena.
Overwhelming cold swept across the stage, forcing Su Qinghe's figure back step by step. Potent frost coiled around his body as if attempting to seal him away.
"Oh no! If Qinghe keeps this up, he'll lose sooner or later," the members of the Yun family tightened with anxiety.
"Brother Su won't lose!" Yun Nantian muttered to himself.
"Su Qinghe is being suppressed. As expected, his realm is still too low; even if he is dazzling, it's just a flash in the pan."
The spectators on the stands shook their heads one after another.
"Ouyang Qingqing, I'm afraid your cultivation technique hasn't been fully mastered yet," Su Qinghe said, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth as he let out a wild laugh.
"Hmm? He still isn't sealed? Let's see how long you can last!" With that, Ouyang Qingqing continued to channel his spiritual qi to ramp up the offensive.
True, if this had been replaced by any ordinary Pill Opening cultivator—even someone below the eighth layer of Life Palace Realm—they would have had no choice but to be sealed.
However, Su Qinghe simply did not fall into that category!
"Three Profound Transformations of Creation! Radiance of the Flowing Sun!"
*Boom!*
A brilliant sun shone around Su Qinghe, and his aura surged violently upward from the peak of the Second Layer of Pill Opening Realm.
"Initial, middle, late, and peak stages of the Third Layer of Pill Opening Realm!"
How is that possible?!
He had forcefully elevated his own cultivation by an entire realm.
"Again with this technique? Yun Che used it earlier in the match. What is going on here?" Beigong Han grew interested as well.
"Ouyang Qingqing, let's end this! I'll defeat you in a single move!"
Though he had only raised his realm by one level, for Su Qinghe, his combat power had directly doubled.
Ouyang Qingqing naturally sensed the changes in Su Qinghe right away. Suppressing the shock in his heart, a fierce look flashed in his eyes as his hand seals shifted.
"Shameless boast!"
"Piercing Cold! Die!"
"Second form of the Great Heaven Creation Palm—Cloud-Expelling Palm!"
Su Qinghe let out a mighty shout, crossing his hands, stomping his right foot into the ground, and twisting his body as he unleashed a palm strike. It was like mountains collapsing and seas churning; palm prints rolled forth endlessly with earth-shattering momentum.
*Bang!*
The vast, lingering palm prints and the bone-chilling frost collided violently in the center of the arena with an explosive shock. Ouyang Qingqing's figure failed to withstand the tyrannical palm print and was sent flying straight backward, spitting a mouthful of blood mid-air. When he hit the ground and tried to get back up, he stumbled and dropped to one knee, clearly having lost any further ability to fight.
A deathly silence!
Over at Bright Moon Academy, Beigong Han's eyes flashed with profound shock; Xiao Se, Xiao Ling'er, and Murong Mingxi were instantly left in a daze, dumbfounded!
They understood Ouyang Qingqing's strength well, yet they never imagined he would lose, and lose so thoroughly!
It seemed they had still underestimated Su Qinghe. Whatever youthful geniuses or academy prodigies there were, they all had to pale in comparison before Su Qinghe.
Moreover, they had also underestimated Yangzhou City. Leaving Su Qinghe aside, even the talents displayed by Yun Yi, Liu Ruyan, Zhou Qing, and Zhou Wenjing entirely qualified them to join Bright Moon Academy.
Beigong Han suddenly felt that coming here this time was the right choice!
"Simply incredible! The combat power Su Qinghe is displaying now completely surpasses his peak period."
Everyone felt this was something only an absolute monster could achieve. At the same time, some sighed with emotion: the former number one genius of Yangzhou City had returned! And he was even stronger than before!
The Yun family was currently filled with immense excitement. Yun Tian looked at Su Qinghe, tears streaming down his old face. "Qinghe is still as dazzling as ever!"