<h2 ss="wp-block-heading">Chapter 5277</h2>


    “Young Master, don’t worry!” Zhao Jingfeng nodded.


    In the following match, Zhao Jingfeng continued his unstoppable momentum. Leveraging the dominance of his “Sky-Splitting Sword Technique,” he defeated two opponents of the fourth rank of the Earthly Immortal Realm, advancing to the quarterfinals.


    Li Hanjiang of the Seven Star Sword Sect also performed impressively. His “Seven Star Linking Sword” was unpredictable, with seven interlocking sword shadows resembling the Big Dipper, catching his opponent off guard. He also advanced smoothly.


    In the quarterfinals, David faced a disciple from the Ice Valley, a fifth rank Earthly Immortal Realm cultivator whose “Ice Sword Technique” could freeze his opponent’s spiritual energy.


    At the start of the match, the disciple swung his sword, creating a cloud of icy mist that enveloped the entire arena.


    From the icy mist, countless cones of ice rained down upon David, bringing a bone-piercing chill.


    To the audience below, David’s figure flickered in and out of the mist, as if strolling leisurely in a garden.


    With each swing of the Dragon ying Sword, he shattered the iing cones with unerring precision. Wherever the sword’s light passed, the icy mist dispersed, preventing him from getting close.


    “This… is this ‘Sword Domain’?” a sword master eximed in shock.


    The Sword Domain, a realm attainable only by sword cultivators in the Earthly Immortal Realm, allows one to influence their surroundings with their sword intent, creating a unique realm.


    But David, a mere eighth-rank Loose Immortal, how could he possiblyprehend the Sword Domain?


    Just as everyone was stunned, a sudden scream echoed from the icy mist.


    Then, as the mist dissipated, the Ice Valley disciple clutched his chest and stumbled back, blood oozing from the corner of his mouth. The longsword in his hand had already broken in two.


    David stood, sword in hand, the de still pristine, as if never wielded.


    “I surrender…” The Ice Valley disciple uttered those three words with difficulty, then turned and walked off the stage.


    The entire arena was in a dead silence .


    An eighth-rank Sanxian Realm cultivator,prehending the Sword Domain, defeated a fifth-rank Earth Immortal Realm cultivator!


    This wasn’t just “unbelievable,” it was simply unbelievable! Mo Chen, standing in the audience, trembled with excitement. He could sense that David hadn’t truly mastered the Sword Domain, but rather concentrated his sword intent to its utmost, forming an invisible barrier.


    While not as powerful as a true Sword Domain, it was still far superior to cultivators of the same level. Even he would be ashamed of his mastery of sword intent.


    “Brilliant! Excellent David!” The Sword Saint City leader suddenly stood up, pping his hands andughing. “I’m truly fortunate to have met such a genius in my lifetime!” The other sect leaders and elders at the VIP stage nodded, their eyes filled with admiration and amazement as they looked at David.


    Only Zhao Jingfeng’s face was gloomy, as if water could drip from it. He had originally thought David was just a lucky, casual cultivator, but he hadn’t expected him to possess such prowess.


    A sense of crisis washed over him, a vague feeling that David might be the biggest obstacle on his path to victory. “Master, this kid…” Zhao Jingfeng looked at Qin Fenglie, a hint of unease in his voice. Qin Lie said coldly, “They’re just some unorthodox methods. In the quarterfinals, his opponent is Li Hanjiang.


    I want to see if he can handle this.” Li Hanjiang’s “Seven Stars Linking Sword” had already reached the realm of mastery, reaching the peak of the fifth rank of the Earthly Immortal Realm, a level higher than the disciples of the Ice Valley.


    \ Many believed that even if David could defeat the Ice Valley disciples, he would be no match for Li Hanjiang. The final match of the quarterfinals was between David and Li Hanjiang, a match that captivated everyone’s attention.


    On one side stood the dark horse of dark horses, David, a man whose cultivation, at the eighth level of the Sanxian Realm, had defeated powerful foes in a row and mastered the Sword Intent Barrier. On the other stood Li Hanjiang, a long-established core disciple of the Seven Star Sword Sect, possessing peak cultivation at the fifth level of the Earthly Immortal Realm.


    Even before the two shed, an invisible pressure permeated the arena. Li Hanjiang, d in a blue robe, wielded a silver longsword iid with seven blue gems—the Seven Star Sword, the Seven Star Sword’s most precious treasure