Cheat Cultivator's Ascension

Seeing the stance of the immortal-like young man, the scholarly beauty couldn't help but feel confused as she never saw anything like this before, meaning that whatever the young man, her junior brother, do after this stance, is something that she might not have an idea of, making her far more wary than when the two of them are having an intense exchange.

'What the hell is he going to do?' as she gets more careful about what this junior brother of hers could possibly do, Dao Xuanyuan assumes a defensive stance while waiting for Su Xiaotian to do his move, something that she did fatally wrong as the next moment, she realizes that the attack from her opponent is something she can't defend with just a simple parry or dodge.

With his calves exploding with force, Su Xiaotian shoots towards the location of the scholarly beauty, taking her by surprise from his speed alone, making it so that she is a moment late from properly blocking his attack, prompting her to take a step to the side as she receives the blunt force of the weapon in an attempt to dodge rather than parry the attack.

'Heavy!!!' feeling the force put on the blade that clashes with her sword, Dao Xuanyuan couldn't help but exclaim in surprise as she felt the attack bearing a power far more than what she expected, making her wonder whether this junior brother of hers is still holding back even with his attack, something she found out to be true given the expression on his face, along with the fact that he is still using his blade with a single hand compared to her that is still struggling to defend from his attack despite using two hands.

"You've outgrown me so much faster than I expected, junior brother" getting used to addressing the young man like this instead of calling him 'fellow daoist', the scholarly beauty said as she finally manages to avoid this spar ending attack, her eyes still wide as she saw the solid, large crack on the ground on the exact same position that her opponent's weapon hit after she manages to avoid it.

"Your strength also grows really fast, senior sister" the young man replied modestly as he raises his blade once again, causing the beauty's face to twitch in annoyance as she thinks of parrying such attack once again, however, the excitement from fighting someone so much more talented than herself just makes her blood boil from anticipation and joy, urging her body to continue and fight him as much as she can, and only stop if she really don't have any more fight to give.

Seeing her assuming a battle stance, the immortal-like young man couldn't help but smile as he realizes once again just how strong willed this lady is, as well as just how stubborn she is whenever she is fighting someone of the same or even higher strength than her.

"You still good to go?" asking the scholarly beauty, Su Xiaotian smiles as he assumes a fighting stance as well, this time lifting his blade up to his face and pointing its tip towards Dao Xuanyuan, the edged of his weapon reflecting his face on it.

"One more exchange, just one more…" the scholarly beauty replies with a joyful smile on her face, clearly celebrating the fact that the two of them got to exchange pointers once again, her face changing the moment she replies as absolute calmness surfaces from her gorgeous face, the light in her eyes as if peering through something far deeper than the material realm, as if she is currently seeing through something far more fundamental.

"I was saving this for the Dao Enlightenment Competition but… I just can't allow myself to end this spar like this…" Dao Xuanyuan said with excited smile on her face as her sword starts producing a bright white glow, all while the entire ground underneath her starts getting engulfed by absolute darkness that seems to devour everything it touches, the combination of the two completely opposing images causing her entire body to end up in a grayish shade, the entire area around her void of any color except for shades of black and white.

Seeing what is currently happening, Su Xiaotian couldn't help but look forward to this next attack more, the smile on his face never disappearing given the confidence in himself being able to receive this attack with little to no problem at all, however, the light in his eyes turns into a more serious one as he changes his stance, opting for a more proper one as his other hand holds the blade as well.

Seeing the changes on the immortal-like young man's stance, Dao Xuanyuan smiles even more widely, just this show alone making her think that what she trains so hard for during these recent times is more than worth it for her now, and that is all while she is still unaware of the fact that there's hardly anyone if there's anyone at all that can make him receive an attack like he is currently doing from all of the people of the same generation as them.

"Looks like I'm still not out of the game…" she said mysteriously to herself as the contrast of the light and darkness around her gets even more intense than it previously is, just a few moments away from her sending her strongest attack so far.

Seeing all of this happening, the grandiose sight of the scholarly beauty changing the very nature of her surrounding according to her techniques, and the unassuming young man who looks like a mortal facing a divine goddess with his battle stance, the audience couldn't help but feel such awe, all of them unable to take their sight away from the final moments of the fight except for a single beauty among the bunch, her long, wavy black hairs swaying along the wind of the attack Dao Xuanyuan is preparing as she attempts to snap the headmistress of the Dao Seeking Mountain awake.

After succeeding doing so, this long-time sworn sister of hers couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed as even she got engulfed in the sight of the fight, the black-haired motherly beauty signaling her about something causing her to wave her hands as the powerful spirit qi of an Ascension Realm expert on the verge of reaching the Half-step Celestial Realm covers the entirety of their location, obscuring what is happening to any prying eyes with equal or lesser strength than her.

"Time to receive my attack, Su Xiaotian…" now addressing him as an equal as both cultivators rather than as someone who shares a karmic connection with him due to their elders, Dao Xuanyuan said with a smile on her face as she looks at this opponent that she just can never defeat, said smile on her face apparent despite the blinding contrast of the black and white around her.

"Dao Xuanyuan, you're truly a marvel of this world" Su Xiaotian replies calling her by her name as well, his fascination towards her genius something that made him think that if he doesn't reincarnate in this world, she might possibly be the greatest genius of this generation if there's no mishap that happens to her.