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Qin Le's masterful spatial manipulation completely dispelled any thoughts of challenging him from the other students who hadn't yet received their rewards.

Many students who had come just to watch the spectacle also left, their enthusiasm waning, and went back to class.

Two hours later, no one went up on stage.

Qin Le triggered another rule for the defenders—if no one challenges the challenge for two consecutive hours, the defender is deemed to have successfully defended the title.

This is also to prevent the defending champion from waiting idly on the stage and wasting time.

He smiled and walked off the stage in a good mood.

After wandering aimlessly around the college until dinner time, Qin Le met up with a few of his dining buddies at their usual spot in the cafeteria. As soon as they sat down, Chen Yun eagerly began to speak:

"Qin Le, after you finish eating, come with me to the training ground for a sparring session."

Having witnessed Qin Le's spatial displacement technique and after an afternoon of deduction, Chen Yun knew that he was unlikely to defeat Qin Le, but Qin Le did not display any further combat methods besides the spatial displacement.

He wanted to experience firsthand how well he could cope when Qin Le fully applied the Time-Space Immortal Dao to actual combat.

"Me too!"

"Count me in!"

Don't forget me!

"..."

With Chen Yun taking the lead, the others immediately followed suit.

Simulations are ultimately just theoretical; only real-world combat can reveal the true nature of the problems.

"Sure," Qin Le readily agreed while eating.

He never refuses such small favors.

After dinner, at the training ground.

Chen Yun was the first to go on stage. This time, he didn't pull out any fancy technological artifacts, but instead dutifully summoned a thick-backed broadsword that exuded a chilling aura.

Faced with Qin Le's unpredictable and elusive spacetime immortal path, using those external objects that require time to activate and are easily interfered with would be tantamount to courting death.

The two men assumed their stances, exchanged a glance, and said nothing more.

"start!"

Before the words were even finished, Qin Le's mind stirred slightly.

hum-

An invisible force emanated from him and instantly enveloped the entire training ground!

Time slows down by fifty times!

Chen Yun felt that everything around him suddenly became sticky and slow.

Not only the movements, but even the flow of spiritual energy in the meridians, the circulation of divine thoughts, and even the speed of thinking all seemed to be shackled by heavy chains, slowing down by more than a beat!

"Tsk, this is troublesome enough," Chen Yun couldn't help but complain.

This deceleration is all-encompassing and unavoidable.

"There's something even more troublesome." Qin Le smiled, and at the same time added a status to himself—

Time speeds up 50 times!

Immediately afterwards, the space around him began to ripple and distort silently, as if countless pebbles had been thrown into a calm lake.

"Show me the knife!" Chen Yun shouted in a low voice.

Even with a fifty-fold speed reduction, he still unleashed astonishing speed and power, transforming into a blurry afterimage as he dragged a sharp blade of energy and charged straight at Qin Le!

He was forcibly adapting to this slow-motion world in the shortest amount of time.

"You're the one who should be looking at the knife." Qin Le stood still, not moving an inch, and simply said this.

In an instant, within a spherical space with a radius of tens of meters centered on Qin Le, thousands of transparent blades, invisible to the naked eye and barely perceptible only by divine sense, as thin as cicada wings, appeared out of thin air. Then, as if controlled by an invisible hand, they shot towards Chen Yun from all directions, up, down, left, and right!

The trajectory is cunning and airtight!

"Depend on!"

Chen Yun sensed the overwhelming, all-encompassing network of spatial blades with his divine sense, and his heart trembled violently.

But he showed no intention of retreating. His body twisted strangely again as he slowed down to the extreme, managing to squeeze through the gaps between several spatial blades without slowing down, his blades pointing straight at Qin Le!

"This speed... is too fast." Qin Le was speechless.

Even from his accelerated perspective, Chen Yun's movements were still incredibly fast.

He manipulated countless spatial blades to intercept and cut, but Chen Yun was like a slippery fish, always finding a chance to survive at the last minute and quickly closing in.

Finally, Chen Yun's blade, accompanied by a piercing whistle that tore through the air, slashed down fiercely!

Then... it passed through Qin Le's body without any hindrance.

"As expected, it was completely useless."

Chen Yun spat, showing no intention of lingering in the fight. Before his blade strike was even finished, he used the recoil to retreat rapidly at an extremely tricky angle, narrowly escaping the encirclement of the spatial blades once again and creating distance between them.

The battle thus fell into a strange stalemate.

Qin Le has taken time and space to a whole new level: switching between time acceleration and deceleration, deploying layers of spatial blades, spatial compression, and spatial barriers, and even occasionally attempting to launch conceptual attacks from future or past timelines...

The various methods employed are endless and dazzling.

However, Chen Yun managed to dodge and weave through such dense and bizarre attacks, turning danger into safety time and time again, thanks to his powerful physique, combat instincts, and adaptability far exceeding his current level.

Qin Le's attacks seemed fierce, but he never actually hit him once.

Meanwhile, Chen Yun, while dodging attacks, constantly sought out fleeting openings, advancing again and again, his blade flashing like a startled swan, slashing at Qin Le time and time again...

Then, time and again, they futilely passed through that phantom in another dimension of time and space.

No one can touch anyone.

The faces of the people watching from the sidelines all became very serious.

"This is...too tricky," Li Yanran couldn't help but mutter, her palms slightly sweaty.

"We absolutely cannot afford to make any mistakes when facing him," Wang Zhiheng said in a deep voice.

"Qin Le's margin for error... is simply inhuman." Luo Qiuyue shook her head and sighed.

"If we make just one mistake," Chu Xiaonan said with certainty, "we're basically done for."

"Truly shameless."

Lu Qingshuang's words were concise and to the point, expressing the common sentiments of the group.

Qin Le's fighting style sent chills down their spines. It wasn't just about technique; it was more like crushing their opponents with the very rules of the game.

If any one of them had gone up there, the situation would have been much the same as Chen Yun's.

After nearly half an hour of intense fighting, Chen Yun suddenly leaped backward, creating a large distance between himself and others, and raised his hand to shout:

"I'm not playing anymore! Damn it, I'm exhausted!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Le smiled and a thought flashed through his mind. The countless invisible spatial blades vanished silently, and the acceleration and deceleration of time were simultaneously canceled.

Chen Yun, panting heavily, walked towards Qin Le, knife in hand, looking utterly dejected: "If I ever run into someone like you again... I might as well just call you over for help!"

He was truly at his wit's end.

The combination of time-space abilities is too troublesome. Although Qin Le can't do anything about it, the frustration of not being able to touch each other is really unpleasant.

Before Qin Le could speak, a golden light flashed, and a palm-sized phantom of Nezha appeared grinning on Chen Yun's shoulder:

"Kid, be content. To fight a Golden Immortal who's a level above you and still manage this performance is already ridiculously strong."

"Fighting a Golden Immortal who is above his level?" Chen Yun was stunned and didn't react.

Nezha pointed his chin at Qin Le: "He has comprehended the Immortal Path. Although his combat strength is not yet up to par, his life essence and mastery of the 'Dao' are already at the Golden Immortal level. You, a mortal cultivator who hasn't even touched the edge of the laws, have been sparring with him for so long without being at a disadvantage. Isn't that like fighting a Golden Immortal beyond your level?"

"this……"

Chen Yun was stunned, and the others were also taken aback.

They were so focused on figuring out tactics and how difficult Qin Le was to deal with that they hadn't really considered it from this perspective.

At this moment, a pale, cold, full moon appeared on Lu Qingshuang's shoulder, accompanied by the clear, melodious voice of the Moon Goddess:

"If one day you can comprehend the laws, or even the path to immortality, and elevate your understanding and control of time and space and the rules to the corresponding level, then you will not be so constrained when facing Qin Le."

The two experts' insights brought clarity to the group.

They were so focused on how to counter Qin Le's specific moves that they overlooked the most fundamental difference—the level of their realm and their understanding of the Dao.

They were using mortal methods to fight against an opponent whose essence was already that of an immortal, so naturally they were constrained at every turn and powerless.

If they themselves were to reach that level, many methods that seem unsolvable now would become possible to break through the Tao with the Tao.

After digesting these words, Chen Yun's eyes suddenly lit up, and he chuckled:

"So... I fought a Golden Immortal to a draw, even though I'm a level above me?"

Everyone: "..."

A subtle, speechless silence fell over the training ground.

Isn't this focus a bit off?