When Lan Junjie crashed heavily onto the ground, his life or death unknown.
Li Qingxuan stood tall in the center of the battle stage, his blood-red true energy like a rainbow, his sharp aura enveloping the surroundings.
His gaze swept across the entire arena, exuding an unparalleled might.
Everyone was stunned into silence.
Previously, when he called Lan Junjie an ant, many had disagreed.
After all, Lan Junjie had displayed combat power capable of threatening the peak of the Qi Refining realm.
But now, no one dared to question Li Qingxuan anymore!
For he was a martial arts master in his twenties.
What did this signify?
In the hundreds of years of Jiangnan City's history, there had never been such a young Xuan Gang realm martial arts master.
Although the Xuan Gang realm was only one step away from the Qi Refining realm, the gap between them was as insurmountable as a chasm.
Before a Xuan Gang realm cultivator with boundless potential, Lan Junjie, no matter how strong, was indeed like an ant.
"Congratulations to the City Lord's Mansion, congratulations to the City Lord's Mansion!"
"The Young City Lord is wise and divine, peerless and unmatched. To have entered the Xuan Gang realm at such an age makes us feel deeply ashamed."
"In my opinion, with the Young City Lord's astonishing talent, he might even advance further in the future, entering the mysterious Tian Yuan realm and becoming a martial arts grandmaster!"
Many sycophants immediately flattered those from the City Lord's Mansion.
Praise flowed like a tide.
However, more families and powerful individuals in Jiangnan City remained silent.
The stronger Li Qingxuan became, the more immense pressure they felt, like a mountain.
A Xuan Gang realm cultivator so young represented invincibility!
Tian Tianyang, Huo Wuguang, Wu Jianxin, Lu Qingniu, and other prodigies all fell silent, their hearts heavy.
They had never imagined that the gap between themselves and Li Qingxuan was so vast!
It was an insurmountable chasm.
A prodigy of the Xuan Gang realm, who could compete with him?
The Fire Crystal Mine vein was destined to fall into the hands of the City Lord's Mansion today.
On the Lan family's side, everyone had fallen into despair.
Originally, after Ling Fan forcefully defeated Jin Wudao and Lan Junjie displayed combat power comparable to the peak of the Qi Refining realm, their hopes for the Fire Crystal Mine vein had been rekindled.
But now, with Li Qingxuan revealing his true Xuan Gang realm cultivation, this hope was instantly dashed.
"Forget it, let the Li family of the City Lord's Mansion have this mine vein. We won't compete anymore."
Lan Tianxiong sighed.
Lan Xueyi was heavily injured, and Lan Junjie was also severely injured. He did not want Ling Fan to suffer the same fate.
"I'm fine, quickly go check on Junjie!"
Lan Xueyi's voice was still very weak, and she said urgently.
Ling Fan nodded and retracted his palm.
At this moment, Lan Junjie had already been helped up by the Lan family members. His face was extremely pale, and his body was covered in wounds, but not much blood flowed out.
This was because almost all his blood had been drained by the "Self-Sacrifice" spirit formation.
He seemed to sense Ling Fan, and with all his strength, he opened his eyes slightly and said with a bitter smile, "Brother-in-law, I, I'm useless. I couldn't help you much. In the end, I still lost to Li Qingxuan..."
Ling Fan shook his head and said, "You did very well. You didn't bring shame to the Lan family, and you helped me ascertain Li Qingxuan's true strength, saving me a lot of trouble!"
Receiving Ling Fan's affirmation, a happy smile appeared on Lan Junjie's pale face, and then he fainted.
On the battle stage, since his true strength had been exposed, Li Qingxuan decided not to hold back any longer.
He looked down upon the crowd, his eyes like two sharp swords sweeping across the arena, and declared loudly, "Does anyone else from the Lan family dare to come out and fight? Does anyone else from other families dare to come out and fight?"
In response to Li Qingxuan's provocation, the surroundings were silent, and no one dared to answer.
Just then.
A faint voice broke the silence.
"So what if he's Xuan Gang realm? Watch me, Ling, cut him down!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire arena's complexion changed.
All eyes converged on Ling Fan.
In the VIP seats, Master Wang sat up in surprise.
On the Wu family's side, Wu Tong stared at Ling Fan with intense hatred.
Wu Jianxin, Huo Wuguang, Ding Ku, and other Jiangnan City prodigies were dumbfounded.
Lan Tianxiong suddenly turned around, his expression changing drastically, "Xiao Fan, don't be impulsive!"
Li Huimei also became anxious, "Xiao Fan, forget it, forget it. He's Xuan Gang realm! No matter how powerful you are, you won't be his match."
She now found Ling Fan pleasing to her eyes in every way. Such a near-perfect son-in-law, the future pillar of the Lan family, she didn't want him to be lost in vain to Li Qingxuan.
"Don't go!"
Lan Xueyi shook her head and pleaded, her pitiful appearance making one's heart ache.
"It's alright, trust me!"
Ling Fan smiled at her.
*Clack.*
Under the gaze of countless eyes, Ling Fan slowly walked to face Li Qingxuan.
In this tense atmosphere, everyone couldn't help but hold their breath, not daring to exhale.
The strongest battle, the ultimate confrontation, was about to erupt.
On one side was the foremost among the Ten Young Masters of Jiangnan City, the champion of the previous Jiangnan Martial Arts Competition, the only young Xuan Gang realm genius, the undisputed top prodigy of Jiangnan City.
And on the other side.
Was Ling Fan, who was previously infamous and considered the Lan family's son-in-law, but who had, in just this past month, displayed astonishing artifact forging talent and formidable martial arts strength.
He had even defeated and killed Jin Wudao, who was at the peak of the Qi Refining realm and had used all his trump cards.
However, despite this, the vast majority of people still did not favor Ling Fan, and instead favored Li Qingxuan.
After all, that was a Xuan Gang realm cultivator!
The Xuan Gang realm was called a martial arts master precisely because of the leap in life level. Their martial arts blood and qi became as vast as a furnace, merging with true qi to form martial qi, which was several times, even ten times, more powerful than true qi!
Furthermore, when martial arts techniques and skills were activated with martial qi, their power would increase exponentially.
It was incomparable to the Qi Refining realm.
Ling Fan could kill Jin Wudao at the peak of the Qi Refining realm, but whether he could shake Li Qingxuan of the Xuan Gang realm remained a big question mark.
"You can cut me down? Ridiculous!"
Li Qingxuan's lips curled into a cold smile.
"Why not?"
Ling Fan replied indifferently, his hands clasped behind his back.
"You are too arrogant. I am Xuan Gang realm. Do you know that martial arts masters cannot be insulted!"
Li Qingxuan glared angrily, and instantly, terrifying gusts of wind, as if from the highest heavens, swept out, heavily enshrouding the entire battle stage.
Each gust of wind was enough to tear apart a genius in the late Qi Refining realm.
But these gusts of wind, upon reaching Ling Fan, seemed to hit an invisible barrier and could only return in vain.