“My Grand Qin Empire will guarantee your safety!” It wasn’t Bai Qi that said this, and it was Li Si instead. Li Si gazed at Tang Ye and said, “If you’re able to obtain the 1st and are willing to join my Grand Qin Empire, then my Empire will guarantee your safety. Moreover, it’ll foster you with great effort. Of course, the precondition is obtaining the 1st!” Tang Ye smiled, and he didn’t say anything as he turned around and left. The price the Grand Qin Empire was willing to pay was slightly insufficient. So long as he obtained the 1st, then it represented that he, Tang Ye, could defeat the future Martial God. At that time, he believed that numerous powers would stand out to protect him. It was even to the extent that so long as he was willing, even the Origin School would open its doors to him! If Tang Ye merely wanted to stay alive, then wouldn’t it be an extremely simple task? All he had to do was hide in the Grand Myriad Mountains. With the little fellow by his side, could anyone do anything to him? However, Tang Ye’s objective wasn’t to merely stay alive, and it was to rescue his mother instead. If he wanted to rescue his mother, then he was bound to have to go against a colossus, the Flower Palace. Would these powers fight the Flower Palace to the death for his sake? The answer was a definite no.... In the end, it always came down to the same conclusion. He had to depend on himself for everything! As he gazed at Tang Ye’s back, Bai Qi said in a low voice, “This kid isn’t bad. But he’s just unable to let go of his mother. It’s truly quite a pity!” “It is quite a pity....” Li Si spoke in a light voice. “How ruthless of Tang Ye! He’d clearly obtained victory, yet he still killed Lin Xiuran. Such character is truly ruthless and cruel to the extreme!” “Exactly. Lin Xiuran had already fallen unconscious, but he still refused to let Lin Xiuran go. When compared to Yuan Tong’s kindness and righteousness, Tang Ye is as ruthless and vicious as the members of the Ghost Sect. No, even the members of the Ghost Sect aren’t as ruthless and vicious as him!” “Hmph! Just wait and see. Yuan Tong will teach him a lesson sooner or later....”After two hours passed, a new arena had appeared once more on the square, and a new battle began! Because Lin Xiuran had chosen Tang Ye, so it was naturally a battle between Yuan Tong and Leng Xinran! On the arena, Yuan Tong had his hands behind his back as he gazed at Leng Xinran, and he said, “Amongst the profounders that participated in this year’s Ascension Ranking, there are only a few that I take seriously. You’re one of them. I hope you don’t disappoint me!” “I won’t!” Leng Xinran was sparing with her words. Yuan Tong nodded lightly and said, “Make your move!” Leng Xinran raised her hands slightly, and then the profound energy within her body instantly started surging. Suddenly, a strand of coldness appeared here. Some profounders that were comparatively closer to the arena instantly felt a strand of coldness assault them, and they couldn’t help but shudder before hurriedly retreating a few meters back! At this moment, as Leng Xinran’s hands moved incessantly, the energy within her body started to seethe and surge like boiling water. Circle after circle of pure white and seemingly material ripples swept out incessantly from her, and then numerous white specks appeared around her. It was the air in the surroundings that had frozen.... “What a genius! She actually cultivated the Snow Palace’s A Thousand Leagues of Snow technique to such a level. As expected of the most monstrous genius in the young generation of the Snow Palace. In the future, she’ll absolutely be able to become a formidable existence like the Ice Maiden!” On the walls of the Imperial Palace, Qing Yun’zi praised as he gazed at Leng Xinran. Cai Feng grunted coldly, but she strangely didn’t refute this because Leng Xinran really was an extremely monstrous genius.... On the arena, Yuan Tong was still standing proudly on the spot while allowing Leng Xinran to accumulate strength. Such composure caused the countless profounders below the arena to be filled with extreme adoration!At a certain moment in time, Leng Xinran suddenly slapped her hands towards the space in front of her. “A Thousand Leagues of Snow!” Along with this fierce shout from Leng Xinran, a strand of pure white energy suddenly swept out from her hands. As soon as the pure white energy appeared, the spot where she stood was instantly frozen by ice. Moreover, the ice was spreading at an extremely swift speed. It less than the time of a single breath, around 30m in Leng Xinran’s surroundings was covered in ice.... Of course, more terrifying than this was that snow had actually started to descend from the sky above the arena.... When the ice stretched out and arrived 1.5m before Yuan Tong, he slowly clenched his hands that were kept behind his back, and then he stomped lightly with his right foot to instantly propel his figure up into the sky. However, the ice that was stretching towards him seemed as if it had eyes, and it actually pursued Yuan Tong. Moreover, it was extremely swift and had instantly arrived beneath Yuan Tong’s feet. After that, Yuan Tong’s feet were instantly frozen, and in less than half a breath of time, Yuan Tong’s entire body was sealed within ice.... The countless spectators in the surroundings were dumbstruck when they witnessed this scene. Yuan Tong has lost just like that? Right when this thought had just arisen in their minds, a light cracking sound resounded abruptly from the arena. After that, everyone saw numerous fine cracks starting to appear on the hard ice that sealed Yuan Tong. After a breath of time passed a bang resounded as the hard ice that covered Yuan Tong had instantly exploded into pieces....