Warrior’s Promise

Su Mo swallowed a mouthful of air. He stretched to relieve the tension in his muscles and bones as he forced down his churning Qi and blood.

One strike from Hua Yuanshan had left him aching all over and caused turbulence to his Qi and Blood.

Even his physical strength, which he was so proud of, could barely withstand the power from his blow.

“Go ahead!” he shouted, eyes blazing with fighting desire. His strong opponent thoroughly brought out his fighting desire.

What a delight to fight against a strong opponent!

“A desperate attempt from a cornered beast!” Hua Yuanhan snorted contemptuously

He shook his head. “It’s time to end this!”

He opened his arms and yelled, “Supreme Dark Ice Skill, Nine Serenities Glaciation!”

An endless stream of frosty air burst out of his body and spread across the surroundings. The temperature dropped considerably.

The frosty air froze everything in its way.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

In a split second, everything within the formation, including air and space, froze. Hua Yuanhan was the sole exception.

Su Mo was no different!

His frozen form stood like an ice sculpture holding a sword.

Even the air shield formation enveloping the fighting ring was starting to freeze. This was how cold the air was!

The arctic air even penetrated through the formation, causing the temperature of the whole Arena to hit the freezing point.

Silence fell upon the spectators stand. Everyone could not help but gasp.

How terrifying!

This was absolutely terrifying!

Hua Yuanhan truly lived up to his ranking of 400th on the List of Top 1,000 Talents. Even Su Mo seemed defenseless against him. It showed just how terrifying his strength was.

Although they had mostly wagered on Hua Yuanhan, the audience still felt sorry for Su Mo. A rare talent of the ages was about to perish just like that!

Su Mo might have stood a chance if his cultivation was at Lv 2 True Darkness Realm, but at Lv 1, his cultivation was much too low!

Hong Qingxuan and Li Feng rose to their feet in dismay, their gazes fixed on the fighting ring. Was Su Mo about to be defeated?

Their hearts dropped, and cold chills ran down their spines.

“Su Mo won’t lose! He won’t!” Hong Qingxuan murmured. She shook her head. She was as pale as death

She just could not accept this reality. Su Mo was such an outstanding martial artist, how could he be defeated just like that?

In the fighting ring.

“Ha ha ha!” Hua Yuanhan cracked up at the sight of a frozen Su Mo. He put his hands behind his back and slowly walked up to Su Mo.

He felt relieved. He had finally accomplished what Hou Jun had tasked him to do.

Hou Jun’s father had helped him once, so when Hou Jun approached him he had immediately agreed to kill Su Mo.

This was his way of repaying his gratitude toward Hou Jun’s father.

Hua Yuanhan was very confident. It usually took less than a second for an average Lv 1 True Darkness Realm martial artist to freeze to death.

Su Mo might be extraordinarily strong, much stronger than an average Lv 1 True Darkness Realm martial artist, but even he would not be able to survive past one breath.

In fact, his Nine Serenities Glaciation was capable of killing an ordinary Lv 7 True Darkness Realm martial artist in one breath.

Therefore, one breath would be long enough for the frigidity to annihilate all of Su Mo’s vitality.

Su Mo was most likely already dead!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

As Hua Yuanhan walked toward Su Mo, the frozen air automatically melted.

Soon, Hua Yuanhan reached the frozen Su Mo.

The sculpture suddenly began to crack. The cracks quickly spread across the entire sculpture.

The next moment.

Bang!

Ice shards scattered everywhere as Su Mo reappeared.

The audience was wide-eyed as they stared at the scene in front of them in disbelief.

Su Mo had managed to escape? He had broken his ice shackles?

He looked totally different.

His long blackish hair had turned snow-white, and so had his eyebrows.

Hua Yuanhan was completely stunned. He could not believe Su Mo had managed to break past his Nine Serenities Glaciation!

“This… is impossible.” Hua Yuanhan stammered in shock.

“Hua Yuanhan, you will die today!” Su Mo snarled. His eyes were full of killing desire as he glared at Hua Yuanhan.

When the Nine Serenities Glaciation trapped him and the intense cold penetrated through his skin and wormed into his body, he had thought he was about to die.

His Dark Force and his blood had both started to freeze under its influence.

He had survived thanks to the Three Secret Techniques which he had deployed at the very last moment, extracting 50% of his essence, qi and spirit to increase his strength five times.

This allowed him to break through the ice and break free.

Su Mo felt like nothing could stop him now. A tremendous power flowed through his body that made him feel invincible, as if one swing of his sword was enough to split the heavens.

The irrepressible power made him want to fight for three days straight without stopping.

Extracting 50% of his essence, qi and spirit had a great effect on him. Even in his fight against Xuan Feng in Skymoon Country, he had only extracted 40%.

Su Mo had made up his mind to kill Hua Yuanhan.

Swoosh!

He launched himself up, smashed the frozen air, and flew above Hua Yuanhan in a flash.

“Die!” he screamed.

His voice was thunderous. His blinding sword radiance tore through space, heading straight for Hua Yuanhan.

The blow was so strong that its mighty sword power tunneled straight to the sky, causing the air shield formation that surrounded the fighting ring to tremble.

“What?”

Hua Yuanhan’s face changed and shock was reflected in his eyes. He felt an overwhelming sense of danger from Su Mo’s attack.

He was sure that Su Mo had used some kind of secret technique, but he had no idea what sort of technique could boost a man’s ability to such an extent.

As the sword radiance shot toward him, Hua Yuanhan lifted his hands. An endless stream of frosty air seethed out of his palms.

The frost air formed a huge ice shield in front of him. Frost air continued to surge out of his body, forming a thick layer of ice around him.

The ice shield and ice armor formed the perfect defense.