Ling Tian Sword God

However, just as he was about to make his move, a familiar figure darted forth, appearing in the arena.

It was the Free and Unrestrained Marquis.

"Is the Free and Unrestrained Marquis going to challenge the King of Snowy Night?"

Everyone’s expression changed slightly. The King of Snowy Night was among the four Youth Kings and was the most powerful in terms of attack strength. Meanwhile, the Free and Unrestrained Marquis’s strength was top-tier among the Twelve Divine Marquises.

The battle between the two was bound to be extremely exciting.

"It’s you, Free and Unrestrained Marquis."

The eyes of the King of Snowy Night showed a hint of seriousness as he was well aware of the strength of the Free and Unrestrained Marquis. The opponent was always mysterious and rarely showcased his skills in recent years. However, even he dared not underestimate the Free and Unrestrained Marquis in the slightest.

With a movement, the King of Snowy Night’s body seemed to transform into a flurry of snowflakes, drifting down from that throne to fall in the central area of the summit of Spirit Mountain.

With a gesture of his hand, it seemed as if snowflakes whirled from the void, gathering into a white frost-like treasure sword in his hand.

The Free and Unrestrained Marquis raised his hand, and a lightweight long sword flew automatically to his hand, emitting a clanging sword song.

The blade’s name was Snowy Night.

The sword’s name was Carefree.

Before either had moved, two extremely astounding auras, like tidal waves, surged in from two different directions, releasing crackling sounds as if invisible tides collided.

The sword momentum of the Free and Unrestrained Marquis, like flowing water, matched his martial arts and was akin to the Great Rivers. Meanwhile, the King of Snowy Night across from him resembled a piece of cold ice. Once the momentum of the Free and Unrestrained Marquis touched that of the King of Snowy Night, it would quickly freeze, turning into ice shards falling down.

Swish!

As those intertwining sounds just started, the Free and Unrestrained Marquis vanished from the original spot. His body, like a fish entering the sea, in his sword momentum’s covered area, was as if wings were added to a tiger, doubling his speed. Only his shadow could be seen, not his form.

"Carefree Wander!"

The eyes of the Blood Robe Marquis showed a hint of seriousness. Carefree Wander was a powerful Holy Grade lightness skill martial art, one of the Free and Unrestrained Marquis’s trademarks, meaning that ordinary young talents facing him might not even touch the hem of his garment.

Holy Grade lightness skills were extremely rare in the Nine Provinces Land, let alone Carefree Wander, which was a lightness skill complementary to the Free and Unrestrained Marquis’s martial arts, making it even rarer, possibly one in ten thousand.

Ling Chen was also intently focused on this battle. As Shen Bingxin’s big disciple, the strength of the Free and Unrestrained Marquis was unfathomable. Even Ling Chen, as a direct junior disciple, had not witnessed the true strength of the Free and Unrestrained Marquis.

Yet, in facing the Free and Unrestrained Marquis, who came and went without a trace, the King of Snowy Night remained fixed in his gaze. Suddenly, he stomped the ground with his foot, and a terrifyingly icy aura swept out from him as its center, everything it passed covered in a layer of frost.

The previously unseen form of the Free and Unrestrained Marquis was immediately exposed, revealing his outline under the sweep of that frosty aura.

The Free and Unrestrained Marquis had already appeared above the King of Snowy Night’s body, plunging a sword from top to bottom.

Upon discovering the whereabouts of the Free and Unrestrained Marquis, the King of Snowy Night’s figure suddenly soared, his frostblade in hand rising sharply to the sky, carving out a blade gleam like an aurora that collided violently with the sword light of the Free and Unrestrained Marquis.

At the moment the tip of the blade and the tip of the sword met, an intense ripple swept outward in all directions, causing the air to boil like boiling water, bubbling one after another.

The eyes of the King of Snowy Night glimmered with a sliver of chill, and with a shudder of his body, a cold storm burst forth from his body in all directions.

The summit of Spirit Mountain suddenly experienced snowfall, and even the temperature rapidly dropped.

The snowflakes grew larger, and every direction saw the frosty sword qi from the Snow Night Treasured Sword in the King of Snowy Night’s hand, magnificent yet carrying a cold murderous intent.

The moves of the Free and Unrestrained Marquis, though not as magnificent and powerful as those of the King of Snowy Night, had a sword speed that reached an extremity, fast, accurate, maximized to the limit in his hands.

Clang! Clang!

The two fought from the ground to the sky, then moved along the rocky mountain walls surrounding the summit of Spirit Mountain. For a moment, only snowflakes and sword qi could be seen, not their figures.

"Carefree Heaven and Earth!"

The body of the Free and Unrestrained Marquis suddenly transformed into tens or hundreds of figures. For a moment, in the line of sight, it appeared as though all of them were the figure of the Free and Unrestrained Marquis. Tens of Free and Unrestrained Marquises launched a fierce assault on the King of Snowy Night, attacking from all angles, almost covering every possible direction.

Yet, the expression of the King of Snowy Night remained indifferent, unwavering. He gripped the Snow Night Blade and abruptly spun, transforming into a formidable tornado whirlwind.

The dense sword qi was all intercepted by this tornado whirlwind. Moreover, from within that whirlwind, white rainbow-like blade energy continuously shot out, blasting the avatars of the Free and Unrestrained Marquis to pieces!

In the blink of an eye, all the figures of the Free and Unrestrained Marquis dissolved, leaving only the main body right as the King of Snowy Night’s blade arrived.

With one strike, the snowflakes flying around froze, suspended there. His Snowy White Treasured Sword in hand thrust out, the tip birthing a white energy ball like a glass bead, stabbing towards the Free and Unrestrained Marquis.

"Too fast, impossible to evade."

Ten meters of distance, for a master of the King of Snowy Night’s caliber, could be utterly ignored. No one could dodge at such a short distance, as moving faster than the attacking speed was impossible.

In such circumstances, the lightness skill, once the specialty of the Free and Unrestrained Marquis, lost its effectiveness, leaving only a direct clash with the King of Snowy Night!

"Carefree Wander, Shadow Sword!"

The Free and Unrestrained Marquis wielded his most powerful sword technique. With a slash, it seemed a soul was drawn from within his body, a phantom wielding the long sword burst forward, clashing head-on with the King of Snowy Night!

Boom!

The clash of two fatal moves released shocking aftershocks that engulfed both figures.

Soon after, a figure flew backward, blood staining the blue robe—indeed, it was the Free and Unrestrained Marquis.

In his hand, the Carefree Sword, along with his entire arm, had turned into an ice block, frozen by ice, no longer capable of battle.

Yet, the King of Snowy Night wasn’t unscathed; a sword mark ran across his front, slicing his robe, though it wasn’t deep. For someone with the robust cultivation of the King of Snowy Night, it was of little concern.

"I lost."

The Free and Unrestrained Marquis slowly exhaled, gazing directly at the King of Snowy Night, "You’re still as formidable as ever. Taking one of your killer blades is truly a difficult task."

Hearing this, everyone shook their heads in turn. Even the Free and Unrestrained Marquis was thoroughly defeated by the King of Snowy Night. It seemed no one present could triumph over him.

Yet, at this moment, Ling Chen suddenly took a step forward. As the Free and Unrestrained Marquis withdrew, he stepped into the arena, directing his gaze at the King of Snowy Night, "I am Ling Chen, and I wish to learn from the high techniques of the King of Snowy Night!"