81: Xiao Meier admits defeat

"Divine Power of the Sun: Purification!"

However, at this moment, Jin Yan's entire body instantly lit up with a brilliant white light. His blood boiled, and the extreme cold energy was instantly evaporated before it could even erupt.

White steam rose from the pores of his skin, making him look as if he had just had a sauna.

At this point, Jin Yan tore his damaged upper garment, revealing his bronze-colored, muscular physique.

Sun patterns were faintly visible on his body.

He took a deep breath, and the divine power within him truly erupted for the first time. He roared, "True Body of the Sun!"

To many people's astonished gazes, his divinity expanded at a visible rate, reaching a height of five meters in the blink of an eye.

Magma-like patterns appeared on his skin, and a dazzling, constantly rotating solar corona halo emerged behind him.

At this moment, Jin Yan's head had completely transformed into a constantly burning energy body, with the outlines of facial features faintly discernible.

As Jin Yan transformed, the entire arena floor began to melt. The extreme high temperature was even spreading beyond the arena.

This was one characteristic that differentiated Jin Yan from normal God of the Sun Awakened Ones.

As a Genius who reached the Initial Control Stage immediately upon Awakening, Jin Yan's divinity already exceeded 50%. Yun Feng, also a God of the Sun Awakened One, was in the Control Mid-Stage, but her divine power was only 45% when Zhou Xing left Star City.

Furthermore, she did not have an Innate Awakening Skill.

The so-called Innate Awakening Skill was something various factions had discovered over many years.

That is, Awakened Ones like Jin Yan, who possess powerful strength immediately upon Awakening, would unlock an additional, exceptionally powerful innate skill in addition to their normal divine abilities.

Each use of this skill consumes a significant amount of their energy, but its power is astonishing.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Meier dared not be negligent. She had long understood Jin Yan's abilities.

With the True Body of the Sun activated, Jin Yan's strength was now comparable to an Awakened One in the Late Control Stage.

His strength had more than doubled compared to before.

"Rime Release: Eternal Freeze Power!"

Her hands continuously changed seals, and she silently chanted mysterious incantations. In just a few blinks, her long hair had completely turned transparent ice-blue, and ice patterns began to spread under her feet, forming a strange balance with Jin Yan's scorching power.

"Wind of the Sun!"

At this moment, Jin Yan launched the first attack. The solar corona halo behind him detached from his body, unleashing a terrifying torrent of energy towards Xiao Meier.

"Rime Mirror!"

Xiao Meier instantly condensed a huge, crystal-clear rime-shaped mirror, attempting to directly reflect this torrent of energy.

However, she underestimated the intensity of this energy, and the mirror was instantly shattered.

"Ice Soul Doppelganger!"

In desperation, Xiao Meier bit her tongue, spitting out a mouthful of blood that erupted to envelop her. Her figure then began to blur.

"Boom!"

The energy torrent unleashed by the halo surged over, instantly evaporating Xiao Meier's almost blurred figure.

However, this was merely Xiao Meier's doppelganger. The real Xiao Meier had already appeared in another direction.

"Rime Sword: Extreme Cold Judgment!"

Xiao Meier clasped her hands together, and a transparent giant sword, entirely condensed from rime power, formed in her hands. It carried a sharp aura capable of freezing all things and slashed fiercely at Jin Yan.

But Jin Yan neither dodged nor avoided, allowing the giant sword to strike his shoulder.

Surprisingly, such a powerful sword strike was instantly evaporated and vaporized the moment it made contact with Jin Yan's body, causing no effective damage.

Jin Yan's huge figure was now close to Xiao Meier, and his large hand, burning with brilliant white flames, slammed towards her.

"Self-Freeze!"

Seeing that she couldn't dodge in time, Xiao Meier's rime power erupted, instantly freezing herself into a perfect ice crystal sculpture.

"Bang!"

Jin Yan's palm strike sent the ice sculpture flying. It exploded mid-flight, and Xiao Meier's body emerged from it, a trace of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth, having sustained some minor injuries.

Seeing that he hadn't gained an advantage with one strike, the solar corona halo behind Jin Yan gradually formed an incredibly dazzling fireball.

The fireball released unsettling energy fluctuations from within.

Xiao Meier's expression was grave at this moment. With a bite of her silver teeth, she cradled her hands, and a profound ice-blue core condensed before her chest.

The moment the core appeared, the surrounding space and time seemed to solidify.

"Supernova: Burst!"

"Rime Annihilation!"

The terrifying fireball and the ice-blue core simultaneously shot towards each other, then collided.

The entire arena violently shook under this energy, and the intangible yet substantial shockwaves made the protective barrier flash wildly.

At the center of the explosion, a boiling sea of fire and extreme ice crystals continuously annihilated each other, ultimately forming a massive vacuum zone more than hundreds of meters in diameter, where even sound was completely swallowed.

When everything ended, the figures of the two were revealed.

Jin Yan had now returned to his normal human form, kneeling on one knee and gasping for breath.

Xiao Meier, meanwhile, leaned against the edge of the arena, both arms unnaturally twisted, clearly fractured.

At the same time, her overall aura seemed very weak, and her face was extremely pale.

"I concede!"

In fact, Xiao Meier still had techniques she hadn't used, but this was a double-elimination system, so there was no need for them to fight to the death. Regardless of who entered the loser's bracket, they had confidence in making another push for a higher position.

When Jin Yan heard Xiao Meier's voluntary concession, his tense body relaxed.

Although he looked relaxed now, he had actually been enduring pain from all over his body.

If he had continued, even if he won, it would have been a Pyrrhic victory, and it would be troublesome if he couldn't recover afterward.

At this moment, many in the audience were astonished by the power of the two. In comparison, it was truly difficult to find opponents of the same level.

In a corner of the audience stands, three figures sat together, watching the battle in the center of the arena with great interest.

Among the three, the one in the middle was a man whose physique appeared even more robust than Chen Yan of the Sky Patrol Squad (over 2.2 meters tall). His short, dark purple hair stood on end, with tiny electric sparks occasionally flickering.

To his left was a tall, slender man, completely enveloped in a silver-white trench coat. His medium-length gray hair casually floated behind his head, and his eyes seemed to contain the flow of stars, incredibly profound.

To his right was a petite, adorable girl wearing a dark red long dress, yet emanating a suffocating sense of oppression.

Her hair looked specially dyed, woven into colorful braids.

At this moment, just a glance made one feel as if they were about to be disintegrated and annihilated.

These three were the Geniuses from Dawn City who had already secured free slots.

The one in the middle was called Xing Tian, the one on the left was Zhuge Chengfeng, and the petite girl was Su Li.

These three, along with three individuals selected from Zhou Xing and the others, would depart together for The Watchers' Special Training Camp.

Within Dawn City, they were also known as the "Three Heroes of Dawn."