Facing Huo Yuhao, Lu Jun was still somewhat nervous.
After all, his oppressive presence was too strong.
There was nothing he could do; at least he was the protagonist of the previous era.
Though it was a miserable one.
At a young age, he encountered Tang San, such a cunning old schemer.
Among the three options—invite, behead, or take as a dog—Tang San successfully took Huo Yuhao as a dog.
Oh, wait, that was the original story, right?
Now, under the influence of his own actions and the butterfly effect, this Huo Yuhao seemingly hasn't become a god.
Although he didn't know why, still...
He didn't want to follow in Huo Yuhao's footsteps.
As soon as he thought that Tang Sect was now also eyeing him, Lu Jun took a deep breath and slowly raised the Ice Abyss Sword in his hand.
Huo Yuhao raised his head, as if possessing a soul.
"Thirty-first level Control attack system Battle Spirit Elder." Huo Yuhao's voice was so gentle it didn't sound like a virtual entity, "Please enlighten me."
This AI in front of him...
It really felt like an artificial intelligence, clearly more advanced than the others.
Was technology that developed?
As this thought flashed through his mind, Huo Yuhao's figure in front of him suddenly blurred.
Is it mental interference?
Lu Jun immediately focused all his attention, urging his mental force.
The next moment, Huo Yuhao's eyes flashed with golden light.
In just an instant, Lu Jun was sent flying backward as if struck by lightning, and the Ice Abyss Sword left his hand for the first time.
He forcefully twisted his body in mid-air, landing steadily on the ground, and looked up to see Huo Yuhao just standing in place, not even a spirit ring lit up.
But as soon as Lu Jun landed and stabilized himself, Huo Yuhao's figure already appeared before him, raising a hand and striking directly at Lu Jun's chest.
Lu Jun reacted extremely quickly, crossing his arms to block, his muscles tensing, and frost condensing into a hard armor on his skin.
However, Huo Yuhao's palm suddenly changed direction in mid-air!
"Oh no."
Lu Jun's heart tightened, but his body was already too late to adjust.
Huo Yuhao's palm was not aimed at his chest at all, but...
"Bang!"
A solid palm strike landed heavily on Lu Jun's abdomen!
Lu Jun grunted, his body flying backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily onto the ice dozens of meters away, sliding out a long trail.
This made Lu Jun think of something.
Mental Detection Sharing!
Huo Yuhao having such a cheating Spirit Ability really made it difficult for people to adapt to it at first.
This Spirit Ability could easily see through all his movements, intentions, even muscle exertion and the signs of spirit power flow, thereby allowing him to react in advance!
All the minute details could be completely discerned by him.
He propped himself up with one hand, a trace of blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth, but his eyes became sharper.
"So that's how it is…"
He finally understood.
Huo Yuhao's Mental Detection was simply a cheating divine artifact!
No wonder almost no one could defeat him.
With such a Spirit Ability, who could possibly defeat this cheater?
Lu Jun began to curse.
"This is one of the difficulties, and also why no one has ever defeated Ancestor Huo Yuhao."
In the spectator hall, everyone held their breath, only Qiangu Zhangting remained calm.
"Ancestor Huo Yuhao's Mental Detection is simply like having a full map hack."
"All his movements are seen through, how can he win?"
Qiangu Zhangting stared intently at the screen.
"What if he wins?" The core disciple who bet Lu Jun would win asked Qiangu Zhangting.
"If he can win, I'll eat it directly!"
Seeing that scene on the screen, Gu Yuena already clenched her fists, recalling that her opponent earlier was also Huo Yuhao, she knew better than anyone.
At this moment, Lu Jun was facing a true monster who transcended the era.
He was the most outstanding Spirit Master of the previous era, without equal, and the one who created the Spirit Transfer Pagoda, ushering in a new era.
On the battlefield, Lu Jun slowly stood up, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes growing colder.
"Since you can see through my movements…"
He raised his hand, and the Ice Abyss Sword, which had fallen to the ground, automatically returned to his grasp.
Lu Jun slowly raised the Ice Abyss Sword, the cold aura on the blade surged dramatically, and his first spirit ring lit up.
"Then I'll make you, unable to react!"
The Domain of Ultimate Ice erupted completely.
A circle of ice-blue energy exploded beneath Lu Jun's feet, and the cold tide of the Ice Abyss Domain spread wildly with him as the center.
The ground instantly condensed with thick ice crystals, and the temperature of the entire environment plummeted to minus one hundred degrees Celsius!
"Crack, crack, crack—"
As soon as Huo Yuhao's boot soles touched the ice, a layer of frost rapidly climbed up his pant legs.
His movements visibly slowed down, each step like wading through viscous ice slurry.
"Slowdown actually works!" Someone in the spectator hall exclaimed.
"This is impossible, Ancestor Huo Yuhao also has Ultimate Ice, could it be that Lu Jun's Ultimate Ice is even above Ancestor Huo Yuhao's?"
But the next second, the golden light in Huo Yuhao's eyes abruptly retracted, replaced by emerald green light.
It was Huo Yuhao's second Spirit, the Ice Jade Scorpion.
"It seems it's not the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion." Lu Jun guessed that perhaps ten thousand years ago, Tian Meng Iceworm couldn't find the Ice Empress and was puzzled.
So, he could only settle for the next best thing and give Huo Yuhao the Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit.
Although still very strong, it was definitely not comparable to the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.
After using the Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit, Huo Yuhao's speed recovered somewhat, and the extreme cold force flowing around him actually offset most of the Ice Abyss Domain's suppression.
Dealing with Lu Jun's Domain made him somewhat strained.
At this moment, both having Ultimate Ice Spirits, the superiority was immediately clear.
Although an attribute had reached its peak, there could still be subtle differences.
Clearly, Lu Jun's Spirit quality was higher than Huo Yuhao's Ice Jade Scorpion.
Realizing that the battle could not be dragged on any longer, Huo Yuhao began to rapidly close in on Lu Jun.
"Want to fight me in close combat?"
Lu Jun quickly retreated, the Ice Abyss Sword drawing three azure arcs in front of him, and wherever the sword energy passed, the ground erupted in three-meter-high ice waves, like the fangs of an ice giant beast biting towards Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao crossed his arms, and the Ice Jade Scorpion phantom attacked forward with a roar, the first wave of ice shattering into fragments upon impact with the pincers, but the second and third waves followed in quick succession.
He was forced to retreat seven steps, each step plowing deep furrows in the ice.
Stabilizing himself, Huo Yuhao waved his left hand, activating the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone skill, Ice Burst Technique!
All of Huo Yuhao's ice elements transformed into bombs, and even the ice layer beneath Lu Jun's feet suddenly exploded in a chain reaction.
"Tsk, he even has a Spirit Bone, isn't that cheating?"
Lu Jun had no choice but to interrupt his continuous sword slashes, flipping into the air to avoid the explosion.
But Huo Yuhao had already seized this fleeting opening, a scorpion tail phantom flashed behind him, and he himself surged twenty meters forward like an arrow released from a bowstring.
The Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit provided Huo Yuhao with high physical defense, allowing him to forcefully push forward while enduring the constantly incoming ice-blue sword energy.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao's right arm was completely covered by scorpion armor, and diamond-like ice crystals gleamed with a chilling light at the joints.
The moment he threw a punch, his entire arm dragged a faint halo of extreme cold force, and the air was frozen by the Ultimate Ice into a delicate trail of ice crystals.
This punch, carrying all of Huo Yuhao's killing moves, made the students in the observation room instinctively hold their breath.
With such a close-range killing move, Lu Jun had no way to avoid it.
Just as the fist was about to touch Lu Jun's chest, seven azure ice walls suddenly rose from the ground.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
Huo Yuhao's fist successively pierced through six layers of ice walls, his fist colliding with the extreme cold ice, creating dazzling sparks.
When he broke through the last layer, the momentum of his punch had already diminished by thirty percent.
Lu Jun seized the opportunity to lean back, the Ice Abyss Sword drawing a tragically beautiful ice-blue arc from bottom to top.