BAM!
A whip-like kick, swift as a dragon’s tail, viciously struck Daoist Guanshan in the back. He was sent flying dozens of yards, crashing through and collapsing half a pavilion!
Dust and debris rolled like a Furious Tide, but Xu Yunfan’s figure stood tall and motionless within it.
The Nine Profound Dragon Whip pointed diagonally toward the ground. As its body trembled, the faint cry of a dragon could be heard. With every breath it seemed to take, visible ripples spread through the air.
He practiced a Horizontal Training True Skill, his bones and sinews like they were forged from Profound Iron. His Dragon Scale Armor was a Tier Eight Divine Weapon, and every single scale flowed with an ultimate Spiritual quality.
Chu Sheng’s seemingly ferocious attacks were like ants trying to shake a great tree; they left not even the slightest mark on him.
When their True Qi collided, brilliant sparks flew from the Dragon Scale Armor, yet not even the faintest crack appeared.
Such a defense was beyond the reach of any ordinary Ninth Realm master.
Chu Sheng and Daoist Guanshan struggled to their feet. They exchanged a look, and both saw utter disbelief in the other’s eyes.
Two veteran Ninth Realm Qi Cultivation masters couldn’t take down a junior who had just entered the Ninth Realm?!
And what’s more, Xu Yunfan’s responses were becoming more and more effortless!
Daoist Guanshan’s expression was grim and uncertain, his gaze locked onto Xu Yunfan.
The Ten Extremes True Qi roiling around Xu Yunfan’s body was refined to the point of being almost tangible, a terrifying sight.
He swallowed hard, his voice dry as he said, "This kid received the Profound Yellow Empowerment. How can he look like someone who just entered the Ninth Realm? I’m afraid even that old monster Bi Yuan..."
He cut himself off. The five fingers inside his sleeve tightened around his longsword, and as he channeled his True Qi, the blade’s edge grew sharper still.
’How precious is the Great Zhou Dragon Vein?’
’Yet now it’s being forcibly drained away as if a river were flowing backward.’
Daoist Guanshan stared at the figure on the Martial Arts Arena, whose aura shot into the heavens. His Daoist robes fluttered though there was no wind.
He knew better than anyone how difficult it was to satisfy the three conditions: "Earth Vein Resonance, Star Constellation Compatibility, and a Body Carrying Dao."
’But that madman Bi Yuan actually managed to dig up a monster like this!’
"Again!"
Xu Yunfan laughed, his will to fight soaring. "Just now, I was only using half my strength. Let’s see if you can handle what’s next!"
Before his voice had even faded, he charged out again. His Red Fire Dragon-Swallowing Mace was like a furious dragon bursting from the sea—unstoppable!
Xu Yunfan’s long laugh hadn’t ended as his body erupted forward like a Thunderbolt. The Red Fire Dragon-Swallowing Mace, wrapped in a violent vortex of Ten Extremes True Qi, chopped fiercely down at Daoist Guanshan.
Before the mace’s edge even arrived, the Gang Wind it generated tore up the green bricks of the ground. Debris shot out like arrows, forcing Chu Sheng, who was standing to the side, to plant his feet and sink his hips just to steady himself, the veins on his forehead bulging.
As the Heavy Mace descended upon him, Daoist Guanshan’s face changed drastically. He hastily blocked with his longsword, his Dragon and Tiger Pill Qi flaring. The images of a dragon and tiger that flanked his sword lunged forward, only to shatter like paper the instant the mace’s edge touched them!
He staggered back, the sleeves of his Daoist robes shredded to dust by the aftershock of True Qi, revealing a blood-soaked arm.
’Half his strength?’
Watching Xu Yunfan ignore him and attack Daoist Guanshan first, Chu Sheng could no longer bear it. With a roar, his fists suddenly glowed with a reddish-gold light. The Fiery True Qi of his Great Sun Glaze Body merged with his Fierce Sun True Gang, and his fist momentum crashed forward like a Mountain Collapse and a tsunami, aimed straight at Xu Yunfan’s back.
"Arrogant!"
Xu Yunfan didn’t even turn around. He swept his mace backhanded, its body colliding with Chu Sheng’s fist, creating a burst of blinding sparks.
Chu Sheng felt an excruciating pain in his knuckles, as if he had just punched a colossal Profound Iron Mountain. Before he could change his move, Xu Yunfan had already used the force of the blow to spin around, his left palm chopping like a blade toward Daoist Guanshan’s throat!
Daoist Guanshan’s pupils shrank. In his vision, Xu Yunfan’s palm-blade became a streaking afterimage, carrying a bone-chilling Gang Wind as it shot toward his throat!
He instinctively tried to retreat, only to find that the shock from blocking the mace had left his legs numb. His Dragon and Tiger True Qi had been scattered and was not yet re-gathered.
The famous Dragon and Tiger technique of the Profound Daoist Sect was as fragile as paper at this moment.
The reddish-gold hue appearing at the edge of Xu Yunfan’s palm was a sign that his Ten Extremes True Qi was being pushed to its absolute limit!
’This is bad!’
His Adam’s apple bobbed. He tried to open his mouth, but the hem of his Daoist robes was torn open by the wind from the palm strike.
He managed to raise his right arm by half an inch, moving his longsword up. Its edge was about to release a Sword Aura to slow Xu Yunfan’s attack.
In the corner of his vision, Chu Sheng was staggering, trying to come to his aid. The Golden Red Fist Gang of the Jiuyao Sect had just condensed before it scattered once more.
In that life-or-death instant, Daoist Guanshan suddenly saw Xu Yunfan’s eyes clearly. There was no killing intent in them at all—only the indifference of one about to crush an ant.
「Just then.」
A cold beam of sword light descended from the sky!
Fairy Yun Lan of Penglai Pavilion descended, her white robes fluttering. As her wrist moved with her body, the "Star Heart Inquiry Bell" wrapped around it trembled softly. The sword in her hand, however, was incomparably vicious, stabbing straight for Xu Yunfan’s Celestial Spirit!
The strike came without warning. Its Sword Momentum was like the Milky Way pouring down, and the bell’s chime concealed a Soul Capturing Power. An ordinary Ninth Realm master would be pierced through the skull on the spot if their concentration wavered for even a moment.
But Xu Yunfan seemed to have anticipated it. He didn’t dodge or evade. He simply lifted a shoulder to protect the back of his head and allowed the blade to strike his left shoulder, which was covered by the Dragon Scale Armor!
CLANG!
Amid the sound of metal on stone, the Dragon Scale Armor erupted with a string of dazzling sparks. The Dragon Scale Armor Leaves pulsed continuously, exhaling streams of red True Qi that completely neutralized the Sword Qi.
Fairy Yun Lan’s pupils shrank. Her strike was powerful enough to pierce Tier Seven Armor, yet it hadn’t even broken Xu Yunfan’s skin!
’Tier Eight Divine Armor?!’
Penglai Pavilion possessed a Tier Eight Sect Divine Weapon, but a Tier Eight Divine Armor like this was a rarity in the world.
In a flash, Xu Yunfan, having tanked the sword strike, had already brought his Red Fire Dragon-Swallowing Mace crashing toward Daoist Guanshan’s chest!
His expression was frigid, his lips parting slightly to reveal a row of chillingly white teeth.
"Even two more Ninth Realm masters couldn’t save you."
"No...!"
Daoist Guanshan roared and crushed a Life-Saving Jade Talisman. The Profound Daoist Sect’s secret "Nine Peaks Body Protection Spell" appeared around him, forming nine overlapping illusory mountains to shield his body.
This Jade Talisman had been passed down for two thousand years. Nurtured once again by the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, it had finally managed to reproduce some of its former power.
However, wherever the mace’s edge passed, the illusory mountains burst one after another like bubbles.
CRACK!
The sound of his sternum shattering was clearly audible. Daoist Guanshan coughed up blood, his eyes reflecting the ever-approaching shadow of the mace.
Meeting Xu Yunfan’s indifferent gaze, the mace’s edge pierced through his body!
Ten Extremes True Qi surged into him like a furious dragon entering the sea, instantly shredding Daoist Guanshan’s internal organs.
His Daoist Hat exploded, his white hair flying loose. His body was flung back like a broken sack for dozens of yards, smashing heavily into a stone lion at the edge of the Martial Arts Arena.
The stone lion shattered. Daoist Guanshan’s broken body was embedded in the rubble, his eyes wide open. His Vitality had been completely obliterated by the single blow from the mace!
"That old bastard... is dead?!"
Chu Sheng’s hair and beard stood on end as he furiously pummeled Xu Yunfan’s back. "Kill him!"
’I know that if I don’t fight for my life now, I have no chance of survival. Furthermore, Fairy Yun Lan of Penglai Pavilion is waiting at the side with her sword. I just need to create an opportunity for her to kill Xu Yunfan on the spot.’
The shadows of his fists fell like a torrential downpour. Every strike carried the killing intent of the Jiuyao Sect’s Secret Martial Arts, and both his fists and feet were infused with the Great Sun True Gang, scorching the air and filling it with a burnt, acrid smell.
But Xu Yunfan stood firm like a reef in the ocean. His Dragon Scale Armor took thirty-seven punches in a single moment, leaving only shallow dents on the Armor.