Peerless Empress: One Woman, One Sword, Slaying Through Myriad Realms

Back in his room, Ye Wuxi closed his eyes slightly, circulated his cultivation technique, and began to integrate the five elements of true essence.

With her current cultivation level, she can store two mouthfuls of Five Elements True Essence. Naturally, it's best to replenish this life-saving method to its fullest extent.

Having already condensed the Five Elements True Essence several times, Ye Wuxi was becoming increasingly adept at fusing attributes, but she still dared not be careless.

Carefully, they guided out the corresponding elemental energy from the five different colored vortexes in sequence and began to slowly fuse them.

Time passed slowly, and cold sweat beaded on Ye Wuxi's forehead. Above the small tree inside her body, a small, five-colored sphere was slowly forming...

It wasn't until the night had passed that the colorful little sphere was perfectly formed.

Looking at the two obedient five-colored orbs inside her body, Ye Wuxi finally opened her eyes with satisfaction. With this, even if Zhang Haonan had some unknown trump cards, she believed it would be enough to deal with him.

Although she felt that Zhang Haonan's strength wouldn't exceed her expectations, she didn't want to be careless. The thought of having to kowtow to Zhang Haonan after losing sent chills down Ye Wuxi's spine...

"You think you can make me kowtow? Dream on..."

After muttering to himself, Ye Wuxi fell asleep. There was still a day until the duel, and since he couldn't improve his other methods anyway, he might as well rest and get himself into peak condition...

A day passed quickly. The Heavenly Sword Sect's Life and Death Arena was located above a large canyon and was specifically used to resolve disputes and grudges between disciples.

The arena for life and death is usually not very lively, but today, it is bustling with activity because of the duel between Zhang Haonan, the number one disciple of the outer sect, and Ye Wuxi, the newcomer king.

Before the hour of Shen (3-5 PM), the area around the arena of life and death was already filled with disciples. For the participants, this battle was a battle of honor, but for the spectators, it involved spirit stones. They had all placed bets, and the final outcome of these two battles was very important to them.

As soon as the hour of Shen (3-5 PM) arrived, Zhang Haonan appeared on the life-and-death arena. Seeing that Ye Wuxi had not yet arrived, he sat down on the platform, closed his eyes, and ignored the sounds from the outside world.

The top ten outer disciples, as well as several of the most talented new disciples, have all arrived one after another.

At the very front were two beautiful young women, Su Lingyi and Huang Ruxin. As the bookmakers of the gambling game, they naturally had to keep a close eye on things.

After a moment, Elder Yang Dong from the outer sect arrived, landing beside the Life and Death Arena, and waited quietly.

"Why hasn't Ye Wuxi arrived yet...?"

"Could she be backing down from the fight...?"

As time slowly passed, Ye Wuxi was still nowhere to be seen, and the crowd couldn't help but start discussing it.

Zhang Haonan on the stage sneered. Scared? He was determined to make Ye Wuxi kneel before him in public today…

After waiting for a long time, Ye Wuxi, Duan Hong, and Liu Yu'er finally appeared.

Looking at the tightly packed arena of life and death, Ye Wuxi was somewhat speechless. The crowd quickly made way for him.

The three approached the arena of life and death. Under the trusting gazes of Duan Hong and Liu Yu'er, Ye Wuxi stepped onto the arena.

"Sorry, sorry, I overslept. Elder Yang, shall we begin now?"

Ye Wuxi looked at Yang Dong, who seemed to have been waiting for quite some time, and asked him with a hint of apology.

Elder Yang nodded, "You can decide for yourselves..."

Zhang Haonan slowly stood up and sneered, "I thought you didn't dare to come. Sleeping? I hope you can still sleep in the future..."

"Whether I can sleep or not is none of your concern. But you, these past few days you've probably been so worried about someone stealing your genius title and the number one outer sect leader that you haven't even been able to eat..." Ye Wuxi smiled, first using a subtle form of sarcasm. Having spent so long in the sect, this skill had truly come naturally to her...

Because of Duan Hong, he had indeed been quite uneasy these past two days. Having his thoughts exposed, Zhang Haonan said somewhat angrily, "Don't be so smug. Do you really think you can beat me? You're still too green to take the top spot in the outer sect..."

"Alright, alright, hurry up and make your move. I don't want to waste my breath on you..." Ye Wuxi said impatiently.

Zhang Haonan sneered, and the ancient sword behind him was drawn and landed in his hand. It was a high-grade Xuan-level spiritual sword that he usually used.

Given their cultivation level, only by combining them with a high-grade Xuan-level spiritual sword can they most effectively unleash their strength.

"I won't go easy on you just because you're a woman. Today I'll show you the strength of the number one outer sect disciple..."

After saying that, Zhang Haonan unleashed his Xuanwu sixth level cultivation without reservation, with pale golden true energy swirling around his body.

"Heavenly Blaze Slash!"

With a soft shout, Zhang Haonan unleashed golden sword energy that seemed to descend like heavenly light, carrying immense pressure and destructive power.

"It's a high-grade Xuan-level sword technique, the Soaring Sky Overlord Sword."

"Zhang Haonan truly lives up to his reputation as the top disciple of the outer sect; that sword strike was incredibly powerful..."

This sword technique was not unfamiliar to the disciples watching; they recognized it after just one move.

"Phoenix spreads its wings!"

Ye Wuxi remained calm and channeled the power of his water and fire dantian into the Azure Rainbow Sword, unleashing a strike as well.

The terrifying sword light, seemingly wreathed in flames, fearlessly collided with the golden sword light, producing a deafening explosion.

"This sword strike... something's not right..."

"It seems to carry the intent of swords..."

"She's only at what level of cultivation, how could she comprehend sword intent? That's impossible..."

Sensing the unique aura emanating from the sword light, the onlookers widened their eyes in astonishment…

Yang Dong, who was watching from the sidelines, narrowed his eyes slightly. With his cultivation at the Earth Martial Realm, he naturally saw through the trick. Ye Wuxi's sword just now did indeed contain sword intent, and not just one kind.

Zhang Haonan's swordsmanship was clearly lacking; he was only at the level of mastering the subtle sword technique.

In a battle between sword cultivators, those who have comprehended sword intent can fight beyond their level. Furthermore, Ye Wuxi's true energy fluctuations are also very powerful, completely unlike someone at the third level of the Xuanwu realm. In this battle, Zhang Haonan is likely in grave danger...

"How is that possible? Did you really rely solely on sword intent to reach the seventh level?"

Zhang Haonan's expression tightened slightly, and he murmured to himself, but quickly regained his composure. "So what if the sword intent is strong? The difference in cultivation level can't be easily bridged..."

Ye Wuxi naturally wouldn't answer him. Zhang Haonan was also a genuine genius, capable of fighting against someone at the eighth level of the Xuanwu realm.

Originally, the power of her two dantians wouldn't have been enough. Fortunately, he hadn't comprehended sword intent, and the true energy from her two dantians, combined with her swordsmanship level, was sufficient to handle the situation. There was no need to expose all five dantians...

The figures of the two on the stage flickered continuously, and terrifying sword energy filled the void. The aftershocks of the battle caused the surrounding crowd to retreat, and those who were close by erected a protective shield of true energy in front of them to avoid being affected...