My Martial Arts Level Never Drops

Chapter 458: Chapter 209: Killable?

’...How did he cultivate such a Nature?’

’The Nature Attribute Level...’

’...can only be formed with Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, or in a special region.’

Her eyes flickered slightly.

”Yuanling’s loss was not unjust.”

High above on the other side, several figures with deep, condensed auras and faint sword intent swirling around them were also quietly watching the battle.

They were the Elders from the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect who had come for the exchange. Their attire was similar in style to the disciples’ but appeared more antiquated, and their bearing was far more profound.

One of them, a lean-faced old man with three strands of a long beard beneath his chin, had eyes as deep as an ancient well.

He watched the entire battle, not looking away until Zhao Yuanling was completely encased in ice and Qin Fang had claimed his victory.

”That Qin Fang... he certainly has something special about him.”

A middle-aged Elder beside him, carrying a longsword on his back and with a stern look, nodded slightly and added, ”Yes. The boy’s Nature is very strong. I fear he has already touched upon the ’Eternal Freeze’ level... That must be why his Profound Nether Nature was able to suppress Geng Metal True Essence of the Condensing Truth Realm, transcending the Level difference... He must have had a great fortuitous encounter.”

”His foundation is also very solid.”

Another Elder, who had a more refined and scholarly air, narrowed his eyes. ”Power, defense, Body Technique, and Nature... a perfect quartet, each complementing the others. They operate in seamless harmony, with no weaknesses... Every one of those Leaf Skills is extremely difficult to cultivate, yet this boy, so young, has achieved such astonishing mastery in all of them... I heard he’s only been an entry-level disciple for three years... With such Talent, he could likely be considered at the absolute peak among all the Martial Arts Sects in the Great Yu!”

This was high praise indeed...

The number of sects in the Great Yu was not small.

”The Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect... What incredible luck.”

The Elders from the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect all sighed with emotion as they looked down at the Inquiry Platform below.

...Without a doubt, Qin Fang had now caught the eye of these Golden Rainbow Sword Sect Elders.

”Mo Feng, go help Qingshuang... With her True Gang, I’m afraid it will be difficult to dispel Profound Nether Cold Qi of this Level.”

The lean elder suddenly spoke.

The middle-aged Elder with the longsword and stern expression nodded upon hearing this.

”Mm.”

His figure didn’t move; he merely pointed two fingers downward with a gentle tap.

A pale-gold Sword Qi, condensed to the extreme—as fine as a strand of hair yet blindingly brilliant—shot from his fingertips. In an instant, it crossed the space and precisely entered the statue of Profound Ice on the Inquiry Platform.

The Sword Qi didn’t brutally shatter the ice. Instead, it traveled in reverse along the meridians eroded by the cold qi. Wherever it passed, the hard Profound Ice emitted a subtle ”CRACKLE,” its internal structure exquisitely dismantled and loosened.

Seeing this, Liu Qingshuang immediately coordinated, using her full cyan True Gang to gather and guide the dissipating cold qi out.

When Qin Fang saw this, his eyes flickered, and he looked up in the direction the Sword Aura had come from.

...He saw a few elders dressed in the same style of clothing as Zhao Yuanling and the others.

When he looked over, they even gave him a slight nod of acknowledgment.

Qin Fang understood immediately...

’These must be the Elders from the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect who are leading the delegation.’

Qin Fang hesitated for a moment before giving a slight bow in their direction as a sign of respect.

A few breaths later, the thick Profound Ice covering Zhao Yuanling crumbled and fell away like a weathered sandcastle.

Zhao Yuanling emerged, his body still stiff and cold. His face was as pale as paper, his lips a dark purple. He staggered and was quickly caught by the stunningly beautiful woman beside him.

He kept his head lowered, his clenched fists so tight the knuckles turned white. The cold hostility and sense of humiliation emanating from him hadn’t diminished in the slightest, yet he buried his face and did not look at Qin Fang again.

Qin Fang only gave him a brief glance, his eyes flashing, and said nothing more.

Having done all this, Elder Mo Feng retracted his fingers as if he had merely flicked away a speck of dust.

His gaze fell upon Qin Fang, who was bowing toward them from the platform, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes for an instant before vanishing.

”Let’s go.” Elder Li turned around. ”Next, it’s time to have a proper discussion about official business with Hall Master Yue and the others.”

The group of Elders nodded. Their sword intent receded, the clouds swirled gently, and the figures of the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect Elders vanished without a sound, as if they had never been there at all.

...

Qin Fang had won.

And it was a decisive victory, beyond any shadow of a doubt!

Whether in Body Technique, offense, defense, or even True Essence Nature... it was a complete, overwhelming victory!

The news immediately spread like wildfire, shaking the entire Sect!

...Of course, in truth, the battle had already drawn nearly half the Sect to come and watch.

”A True Essence Second Realm defeating a True Essence Third Realm! HAHAHA, how satisfying!”

”Finally! I’ve been suffocating with frustration for months... Let’s see the people from the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect act so arrogant now!”

”Sigh, their ’Golden Rainbow Sharpness’ is so unique; they were looking for a ’Soft Stone’ to sharpen it on. Senior Brother Qin is just too hard a stone. You can’t blame them, you have to blame ’Senior Brother Qin’...”

”PFFT, HAHAHAHA, exactly! It’s all Senior Brother Qin’s fault for being too hard! He chipped their ’Golden Rainbow Sharpness’...”

And Qin Fang’s own utterance of ’Golden Rainbow Sharpness’ had maxed out the taunt meter.

It made the expressions of many Golden Rainbow Sword Sect disciples who heard it turn very ugly...

...Before, they hadn’t really thought anything was wrong with it.

After all, Zhao Yuanling was only thirty-seven, and he hadn’t been an entry-level disciple for that long—just barely ten years.

But in Martial Arts Sects, a generation is typically considered to be a hundred years... Whether you became an entry-level disciple a hundred years ago or one year ago, you were still considered part of the same generation within the Sect.

The title of Golden Rainbow Seven Sons wasn’t about current strength... but about status and potential.

At thirty-seven years old and at the True Essence Third Realm, Zhao Yuanling was definitely a prodigy-level figure!

There was nothing inherently wrong with him challenging peers under the age of forty.

Anyone under forty was considered a young prodigy.

But unfortunately for him, he ran into Qin Fang.