As the giant flaming finger appeared in the sky, the terrifying aura that spread out was enough to shock any cultivator at the fifth level of the Heavenly Palace Stage.

Not to mention, when the giant flaming finger was fully formed, the massive aura that spread out was enough to make any cultivator at the perfect fifth level of the Heaven Mansion Stage clearly feel the terrifying heat.

Zhao Yang was obviously very satisfied with such power. With a sneer on his face, he once again locked his mocking gaze on Cheng Lie from afar.

He wanted to see if the disciple of the Cloud Sky Lineage would be able to withstand his True Heavenly God Flame like he had before.

In the blink of an eye, the large flaming finger slowly penetrated through space while Cheng Lie was laughing coldly. Soon after, the large finger swept out and slowly descended towards Cheng Lie.

From afar, one could feel the terrifying power of the giant flaming finger. The surrounding disciples from the Cloud Sky Lineage couldn't help but tense up.

The power of the Heavenly God True Flame was just too strong.

It was hard for them not to worry about whether Cheng Lie could withstand it like before.

Under the expectant gazes of the crowd, he once again formed a seal. The massive Spiritual Energy behind him moved along with the seal and finally condensed into a giant sword above his head.

Although it was also a Spiritual Energy giant sword, the power of this giant sword was much stronger than before. On the body of the sword, the dazzling light was extremely eye-catching. Amidst the flowing light, the sharp sword aura that spread out had an invincible aura.

Following which, under Cheng Lie's control, the Spiritual Energy heavy sword slashed out once again. With an unparalleled sword aura, it swept straight towards the giant flaming finger that was suppressing down.

In the next instant, the Spiritual Energy giant sword and the giant flaming finger violently clashed together.

In the instant of the collision, astonishing energy ripples rapidly spread out, forcibly shattering the surrounding space into nothingness.

Such an astonishing commotion naturally attracted countless gazes from the heavens and the earth. Under the attentive gazes of these gazes, one could clearly see that the Spiritual Energy heavy sword, which was overflowing with brilliance, was rapidly emerging as if it was about to be melted.

In contrast, what made the disciples from the Cloud Sky Lineage feel extremely uneasy was that the sword aura that was slashed out did not cut the giant flaming finger apart like before.

If this continued, wouldn't it mean that Cheng Lie would be defeated?!

Such a situation caused the corners of Zhao Yang's mouth to curl into an eerily cold smile.

Although he had forced out the True Flame of the Heavenly God, as long as he could win this battle, it would be worth it.

At the same time, the expression of Cheng Lie, who was being suppressed by the huge flaming finger, was naturally ugly.

After all, it wasn't as if he didn't know that if this continued, he would definitely lose.

However, he was clear that he could not lose. Otherwise, not only would he lose this match, his Cloud Sky Bloodline would lose two matches.

Just this alone was an indescribable blow to the morale of the Cloud Sky Bloodline disciples.

Cheng Lie's character had never been one to be wishy-washy. With this thought in mind, he decisively urged the hidden power in his body. Even if it would cause quite a bit of damage to his cultivation foundation, he would not hesitate.

Activating his foundation, Cheng Lie spat out a mouthful of Spiritual Energy. One could see that this mouthful of Spiritual Energy had a tinge of blood within it.

Under the fusion of such Spiritual Energy, the Spiritual Energy Heavy Sword, which was originally showing signs of melting, once again burst out with a dazzling light. Moreover, the might of the Spiritual Energy continued to press forward, forcibly tearing a hole in the huge flaming finger.

Naturally, it was impossible for Xian Wang not to notice such a scene.

However, it was precisely because he sensed it and even saw the source that his expression became so unsightly.

This was because he didn't expect his opponent to be so stupid as to actually want to lose his cultivation foundation for such a battle.

It was easy to lose something like this, but to truly make up for it was an extremely difficult matter.

With such a loss, even if the Cloud Sky Bloodline could occupy this treasure land in the end, it would not have much of a chance for them.

He didn't understand why his opponent was so stupid. At the very least, if it was him, he definitely wouldn't be so stupid as to waste his foundation.

It was also because of this that the two converging attacks vaguely reached a state of equilibrium once again.

Although this made Zhao Yang a little dissatisfied, his opponent was even willing to waste his own foundation. Thus, he could only say nothing.

However, he didn't expect that just as he was prepared to continuously waste Cheng Lie's foundation, Cheng Lie would suddenly tear open space. The surrounding Spiritual Energy was like a sharp sword as it furiously slashed towards him.

What he truly didn't expect was that Cheng Lie didn't care about wasting his foundation at all.

Moreover, because he was caught off guard, Zhao Yang even felt that there was a possibility of him being defeated.

Once he thought of the possibility of him being defeated, even if he didn't want to waste his foundation, he couldn't care less.

Otherwise, once he was defeated, how could he raise his head in front of the other Kongtong disciples?

Helpless, Zhao Yang could only activate his own foundation in exchange for a momentary burst of power at the expense of his foundation.

However, his actions were clearly slower than Cheng Lie's. Cheng Lie also seemed to be aware of his character. He grabbed this gap and unleashed his most frightening attack on him.

The final result was that both sides were seriously injured.

Even though Zhao Yang didn't care about exhausting his foundation, he was still a step too slow.

However, as he was seriously injured, he was able to use his foundation to counterattack.

This counterattack was naturally difficult for Cheng Lie to block and he was also seriously injured.

In the end, the two of them were sent flying at practically the same time, smashing into the rubble.

However, this result made Zhao Yang even more furious.

Originally, he should have been able to obtain victory.

However, he wasn't willing to exhaust his foundation at the start. Otherwise, how could his opponent have found an opportunity to take advantage of?

Now, even though he had exhausted his foundation, the result was that both sides were seriously injured. Even if his opponent had exhausted more of his foundation, how could he not be furious?

Compared to Zhao Yang's fury and unwillingness, Cheng Lie, who was in the rubble, let out a sigh of relief.

It was already the best result that he could achieve by fighting with the other party until both sides were heavily injured.

Furthermore, with this, he didn't fail to live up to the expectations of the Cloud Sky Faction.

In fact, this was indeed the case. Although he didn't obtain victory, the result of both sides being seriously injured caused many of the Cloud Sky Faction's disciples to sigh in relief.

Although they hadn't managed to tie the score, they hadn't widened the gap either. This was extremely good news.

Furthermore, when the many disciples saw what had happened earlier, they knew that there was no room for them to blame Cheng Lie.

After all, he was someone who had not hesitated to exhaust his foundation time and time again. No one could guarantee that there wouldn't be a second person in the Cloud Sky Faction capable of such a feat.

The Cloud Sky Faction's disciples sighed in relief. As for the Kongtong Faction's disciples, they naturally had dissatisfied expressions on their faces.

In fact, to some people, this was Zhao Yang's foolishness.

In any case, he was going to exhaust his foundation in the end. Why didn't he just directly exhaust his foundation? That way, he would have been able to determine victory and defeat. Why did he have to end up like this?

However, when even Shen Junyao and Jiang Xiao didn't say anything, they naturally wouldn't say anything either. They merely silently turned their gazes to the remaining eight people.

They believed that since Zhao Yang had set a precedent, none of the remaining disciples of the Kongtong Sect would do such a thing with twice the effort for half the result.

In other words, the Cloud Sky Faction would not be so lucky in the future!

All in all, the curtains to the second round of the competition slowly came to an end.

However, the end of this round did not mean that the banners and drums had ceased. Instead, it meant that even more intense and even white-hot battles were about to follow.

After two rounds, the Kongtong Faction had temporarily suppressed the Cloud Sky Faction with one victory. It was obvious that the Kongtong Faction wanted to follow up their victory and win four more rounds as soon as possible, directly confirming their victory.

On the other hand, the Cloud Sky Faction naturally wanted to make a comeback, even though the difficulty of such a comeback was truly too great.

However, no one was willing to see this precious land of crystal essences miss out on them.

"Hehe … I wonder who the Cloud Sky Faction will send out for the third round?"

Shen Junyao appeared rather at ease as the two sides faced each other. Her red lips parted slightly as she smiled and asked Yuan Yang and Ba Hong on the other side.