第一回的所有玄斗比试全都落下了帷幕，孙冰河也不出意料地落败退出了。

All the Xuan Dou matches of the first round had concluded, and Sun Binghe, as expected, was defeated and withdrew.

Afterward, there was a fifteen-minute intermission, and once the settlement of bets from the first round was completed, the second round of matches began.

Nearly half of the cultivators from Qingyang City were to participate, including Han Li, Gu Qianxun, and Yi Liya.

The rest who were not fighting mostly went to watch the battles of Gu Qianxun and Yi Liya. Even Du Long went to Gu Qianxun's side. Near the passage to Han Li's "Xun" platform, aside from a few White Rock City Xuan Dou fighters watching, it was completely empty.

Neither Li Feiyu nor Xu Shun had much reputation, so there were not many spectators in the nearby stands. Although it wasn't so desolate as to have no attention at all, compared to the nearly packed stands around the other Xuan Dou platforms, it was far inferior.

However, there was one familiar face in the stands, sitting upright with an expressionless face—it was none other than Crab Daoist.

On the Xun platform, Han Li and Xu Shun had both taken their positions, facing each other from a distance.

A referee in a black robe stood between them, announced the rules of the Xuan Dou, and declared the match officially begun.

But as his voice fell, neither Han Li nor Xu Shun made a move immediately. They stood facing each other, seemingly sizing each other up.

This scene drew jeers from the surrounding spectators.

Xu Shun looked at Han Li with a strange gaze, scrutinizing him from head to toe. Seeing his very ordinary appearance and unremarkable aura, he found nothing special. But thinking of the reward Yi Liya had promised him, he unconsciously licked his lips.

Seeing this, Han Li sneered inwardly. Since you've harbored murderous intent, don't blame me.

Just then, a flash of light suddenly appeared beneath Xu Shun's feet. The Xuan apertures on his soles lit up, and his entire body soared into the air as if riding the wind, then plunged straight toward Han Li.

Leveraging the momentum of his high-altitude dive, his descending speed was extremely fast, and he soon reached Han Li.

He pulled his fist back to his waist, and when the power was fully gathered, he suddenly punched out fiercely.

Seeing this, Han Li stood still as if rooted, just like Duan Tong earlier.

However, just as Xu Shun's fist was about to strike Han Li, his figure suddenly flickered and vanished from the spot.

Xu Shun's eyes flew wide open, a flash of surprise passing through them.

Sensing trouble, he did not stop his downward momentum but instead exerted more force, plummeting toward the ground, trying to land quickly and then turn around.

But before his toes even touched the ground, his vision blurred, and Han Li's figure flashed in front of him. Over a dozen Xuan apertures on his legs lit up simultaneously as he raised his knee and drove it toward Xu Shun's chest.

"So fast..."

Xu Shun was startled, hurriedly bringing his hands up to block his chest, but still felt a tremendous force冲击. His hands were pushed back uncontrollably, striking his chest, and his body bent backward like a shrimp as he was sent flying.

Then, the Xuan apertures on Han Li's legs flashed brightly, and his figure moved even faster than Xu Shun's backward flight. In an instant, he caught up in midair, raised his fist, and slammed it down heavily on Xu Shun's spine.

With a loud "bang!"

Xu Shun's body crashed to the ground, bounced three times, and rolled away.

This series of changes seemed long but actually took only a few breaths, drawing gasps of surprise from the spectators in the stands.

On the high platform, occasionally someone noticed the change here, but they only glanced over and then stopped paying attention.

After all, the number of Xuan apertures these two had revealed was too few. In their eyes, it was no different from children fighting—no matter how flashy or varied the moves, it wasn't worth much attention.

Only Chen Yang lingered his gaze here a bit longer, his expression showing little worry.

This time, Han Li did not pursue further. He stopped at a distance and transmitted a voice message to Xu Shun, asking, "We have no past dealings, so why did you harbor murderous intent toward me as soon as we engaged?"