"Heh, not bad, Wan Lei. Heard you defeated Jian Xunhuan? Even managed a draw with Qian Duoduo?"

Wu Xun, who hadn't budged an inch despite taking Wan Lei's hammer blow head-on, said with a sneer.

The news of Wan Lei's victory over Jian Xunhuan was already widely known. As for the fight with Qian Duoduo, there were naturally spectators watching from afar.

Since Wan Lei and Qian Duoduo hadn't determined a victor, and no one was eliminated, people naturally assumed they'd fought to a draw.

Young Master Lei was too lazy to waste words and charged forward again.

Seeing Wan Lei rushing over aggressively, Wu Xun chuckled. Several vines appeared in his hand.

The vines grew at lightning speed, reaching several zhang in length in the blink of an eye.

Wan Lei didn't take it seriously. He unleashed a bolt of lightning at the vines.

Then, taking advantage of the distraction, he used Lei Dun (Lightning Escape) to flash behind Wu Xun.

This tried-and-true method of ambushing from behind had failed this time.

Wu Xun seemed to have anticipated Wan Lei's movement. Suddenly, several vines appeared behind him, binding Wan Lei tightly.

Only then did Wan Lei see that Wu Xun's clothes were torn at the back, revealing a vine armor. The vines were growing from the armor.

The vine armor looked fragile, but Wan Lei knew that anything worn for protection by one of the top geniuses of the nine major powers must be extraordinary.

"Wan Lei, what other tricks do you have up your sleeve? Once someone is bound by my vines, they can't even circulate their cultivation power."

Wu Xun turned around, looking at Wan Lei with a cold smile.

Indeed, Wan Lei couldn't muster his cultivation power at the moment. He could also clearly feel countless sharp barbs growing from the vines binding him, piercing into his body.

Fortunately, the clever Young Master Lei always had a solution.

Qian Duoduo had used this trick on Wan Lei before. He wasn't impressed anymore.

With a thought, thunderclouds appeared in the sky, and a violent bolt of lightning struck downward.

Seeing this, Wu Xun's expression turned grave, and he retreated to avoid the lightning.

But to his surprise, the lightning wasn't aimed at him, but at Wan Lei himself.

"Not good!"

Wu Xun's expression changed as he tried to strengthen the vines, but the lightning had already struck.

Boom!!!

With a deafening roar, the vines entangling Wan Lei snapped apart, inch by inch.

Wu Xun's face was grim. He hadn't expected Wan Lei to be so decisive and ruthless, striking himself with lightning without hesitation.

Having suffered a loss, Young Master Lei didn't dare to be careless again. He immediately donned his Lei Jia (Lightning Armor), used Lei Yu (Lightning Shield), and set up the Wan Lei Miesheng Zhen (Ten Thousand Lightning Extinction Formation), maximizing his defenses.

His formation only enveloped him and Wu Xun, excluding the other battlefields.

Wan Lei wasn't arrogant enough to help others while fighting one of the top-ranked geniuses.

"It's my turn to perform."

Young Master Lei sneered and swung his hammer at Wu Xun.

This strike wasn't a simple hammer blow. The hammer was covered in lightning, and at the same time, a bolt of lightning from the sky was drawn down by Wan Lei, striking Wu Xun head-on.

Wu Xun's eyes narrowed. He stretched out his hands, his ten fingers turning into vines, entangling Wan Lei. At the same time, the vine armor on his body extended vines, weaving into a sphere, protecting him inside.

Wan Lei's hammer slammed into it, creating a deafening explosion. The vine sphere containing Wu Xun was sent flying, crashing into the formation barrier. Then, it fell to the ground and rolled several times.

And then... the sphere flew up again.

The damaged vines on it were immediately restored.

The two of them fought fiercely again.

Wan Lei's lightning power was almost inexhaustible. He had his natal Lei Yuan (Lightning Essence) and the lightning power in his dantian (elixir field) to use, as well as the formation and thunderclouds providing him with lightning power. Coupled with his defense, it could be said that Wan Lei was top-notch in attack, defense, and recovery.

Ordinary geniuses would soon be defeated by such an array.

But Wu Xun was different. He was a wood-attribute cultivator, with extremely abundant vitality and great skill in defense.

The vines were easily destroyed by Wan Lei, but they were even easier to restore. It could be said that Wan Lei would have a hard time breaking through his defense before Wu Xun's cultivation power was exhausted.

The two of them fighting was like two spiky turtles fighting.

They might fight until the end of time.

On the other side, Fang Xiaoyu had steadily suppressed Huo Ling'er.

Fang Xiaoyu's combat power was among the best in the first rank. This could be seen from her complete crushing of Wan Liuchuan, who was also in the first rank, and her single-handedly eliminating Yue Lingxi's entire team, the top genius of the Kuilian Sect.

She alone could unleash the combat power of a full team led by a first-rank genius.

The reason she was at a disadvantage in this battle was that she was facing two first-rank geniuses at the same time.

But now, in a one-on-one situation, she was basically completely overwhelming Huo Ling'er in terms of combat power.

Moreover, the wind attribute naturally countered the fire attribute, just like Qingyuan Xiaobei used to overwhelm Ba'ernu.

Ba'ernu's combat power wasn't any weaker than hers, but she was still suppressed.

Although Wan Lei was also completely overwhelming Wu Xun in terms of combat power, Wu Xun's defense was too strong. So in this fight, it was very likely that Fang Xiaoyu would solve her opponent before Wan Lei did.

Compared to their smooth sailing, Li Lei and Wang Chao weren't doing so well.

They were just ordinary Southern Domain geniuses. They had survived until now, partly because of their own strength, but mostly because of Wan Lei's deterrence, which prevented enemies from attacking.

And the other two, think about it, the people who could be brought by Wu Xun and Huo Ling'er, these two first-rank geniuses, to form a team, must not be mediocre.

They were very likely to be family geniuses following Wu Xun and Huo Ling'er.

Such people were naturally not comparable to Li Lei and Wang Chao.

At this time, Li Lei was fighting the Wu family youth. He was the strongest person in the original three-person team. Now, he was barely able to parry the enemy's attacks.

And Wang Chao was in trouble. He was good at defense. If the opponent was a metal-attribute cultivator or another attribute, his shield could play some role. But his opponent, the Huo family woman, was a fire-attribute cultivator, just like Huo Ling'er.

The flames didn't just rush straight from the front, but spread around Wang Chao, attacking him from all directions.

Wang Chao resisted for a long time, but he had no power to fight back. His whole body was burnt black, his skin was severely burned, and even the cultivation power in his body was almost exhausted.

Resisting attacks consumed even more cultivation power.

Seeing that Wang Chao could hardly resist, the Huo family woman was overjoyed and immediately intensified her attacks. Finally, Wang Chao could no longer resist and fell to the ground with a scream.

The woman waved the sword in her hand, pointing it straight at Wang Chao's brow.

Seeing this, Wang Chao knew that he couldn't beat her. He immediately crushed his identity token, and a beam of teleportation light appeared.