“Boom!”
The massive black pillar collided with the dragon-shaped fist glow. Both forces shattered section by section, turning into towering waves of qi that surged violently to the left and right of the two fighters, accompanied by unparalleled ripples that swept outwards.
In the end, both the black pillar and the dragon collapsed completely. However, an even greater volume of qi waves and fluctuations rushed straight towards Xuan Hua.
“What!”
Xuan Hua was shocked. The power of his strike was something that even Zhuo Yifan, a sixth-level Martial Emperor, would struggle to withstand. Yet not only had his opponent blocked it, he had gained the upper hand.
At that moment, Xuan Hua’s aura surged once more. Powerful fluctuations poured from his body, forcing the incoming qi waves and ripples away.
Immediately afterwards, he unleashed an even stronger attack.
Xuan Hua strode forward, his right fist blasting out. The void seemed to tremble as a louder, more sonorous dragon roar rang out. A gigantic dragon burst from the front of his fist, an ancient and desolate aura instantly flooding the heavens and earth, scattering the rolling qi waves from the previous clash.
After shooting forward a short distance, the dragon opened its huge maw. Light flickered within its mouth, as though some terrifying power lay hidden inside.
“Solitary Dragon’s Mighty Vigor!”
With Xuan Hua’s thunderous shout, the ancient and utterly fearsome dragon-shaped fist glow opened its jaws and lunged at Lin Xiao. The light flashing in its mouth grew even more intense, on the verge of unleashing terrifying force.
Lin Xiao had long since activated his Nine Nether Demon Body. Terrifying demonic yuan surged through him, his skin turning pitch black. Pure black qi, like the aura of a true demon, billowed from his body.
Lin Xiao’s presence became utterly intimidating, his might shaking the heavens. He was like an unrivalled true demon. The Heaven-Nether Demon Pillar swung in his hands, the void quivering as matchless black light, wrapped in rolling black qi, smashed towards the dragon-shaped fist glow. Half the sky darkened.
“Boom!”
A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering explosion erupted. Overturning-seas-and-rivers qi waves burst forth. The fist-glow dragon shattered piece by piece. The giant pillar pressed forward all the way, finally smashing the entire dragon-shaped fist glow to pieces. The greatly weakened pillar of black light slammed into Xuan Hua.
Xuan Hua spat out a mouthful of blood, his whole body flying backwards out of the radiant barrier.
The rolling qi waves and fluctuations that swept outwards were all blocked by the barrier.
“This… how is this possible?”
Outside the arena, Kong Hongjun and the others were utterly stunned. They knew exactly how powerful Xuan Hua’s move was; few sixth-level Martial Emperors could match it.
Yet he had still been defeated by Lin Xiao?
“This fellow hasn’t even used his spiritual power yet. His strength is definitely not inferior to mine, perhaps even greater!”
Bi Zhuang silently marvelled to himself.
Bi Yao was dumbfounded.
In the shadows, the nine peak masters were equally astonished.
“A ninth-level Martial Lord defeating Xuan Hua… this boy really is a monster!”
The First Peak Master could not help exclaiming.
“And he hasn’t displayed his spiritual force or spiritual energy at all. If he added those, the power would probably be even more terrifying!”
“In terms of combat strength, he surpasses even Dragon-Slaying Heaven from back then. But apart from spiritual force and spiritual energy, what other gifts does he have?”
“Both yuan and spirit cultivation, possessing spiritual energy, with double combat strength, that is his greatest talent.”
“What a pity he is not a disciple of our Azure Dragon Sect!”
Sighs of amazement rose one after another. Azure Dragon Sect had seen all kinds of monsters: Luo Qianqiu, for example, had reached the eighth-level Martial Emperor realm at just twenty-seven years of age, with combat power that even older-generation experts could not match; ordinary ninth-level Martial Emperors would steer clear of him.
Back then, Dragon-Slaying Heaven had made both the younger and older generations of Azure Dragon Sect restless.
Yet a dual yuan-spirit cultivator like Lin Xiao, who could fight across such huge realm gaps, was the first they had ever seen.
Of course, what initially shocked them was that he possessed spiritual energy. Spirit controllers were rare across the entire continent.
What truly exceeded their expectations, however, was Lin Xiao’s yuan power; its combat strength was simply too dazzling.
On the competition stage.
After the crowd stood stunned for a while, Bi Yao suddenly let out an excited cry, her voice a little rough: “Little Brother Lin Xiao is amazing!!!”
Realising what she had done, she instantly switched to a soft, delicate tone and shouted, “Little Brother Lin Xiao is so impressive!!!”
The faces of Kong Hongjun and the others twitched. They came back to their senses, their expressions extremely ugly.
They knew that someone had deliberately leaked the news that this Lin Xiao had rejected an elder, precisely to have them come and teach him a lesson.
When they first saw Lin Xiao, just a youth in his twenties, they had all felt their lineup was overkill; any random fifth-level Martial Emperor should have been enough to deal with him.
In the end, not one of them had succeeded. Of the five who came, the strongest had been defeated.
The top geniuses of Azure Dragon Sect’s second tier could not beat a young man from no major power. They had thoroughly lost face.
However, since their skills were inferior, they could only accept defeat graciously.
“Brother Lin Xiao’s strength leaves us ashamed!”
A voice rang out. Xuan Hua steadied his body and flew back from afar, landing beside Kong Hongjun and the others.
“Brother Lin Xiao, we will take our leave. Until we meet again!”
Xuan Hua said to Lin Xiao, then placed a hand on Kong Hongjun’s shoulder and murmured, “Let’s go!”
Kong Hongjun blankly turned and left, the group following behind.
Clearly, Xuan Hua’s injuries were not light.
As the top genius of the second vein’s tier, if other sect brothers discovered he had been beaten like this, who knew what commotion it would cause.
Fortunately, their visit this time had been kept secret.
At this moment, Lin Xiao also noticed something: despite the huge battle fluctuations they had unleashed, no one else had come to watch.
He was not sure if the mist was too thick, or if someone had sealed the area, or if battles here were so commonplace that they no longer attracted attention.
In his view, the greatest likelihood was that the area had been sealed, very possibly by those peak masters watching from the shadows.
Of course, Lin Xiao naturally kept quiet about it.
Soon, the rolling energy within the barrier dispersed, and the formation barrier vanished accordingly. Lin Xiao flew out from within.
“Little Brother, you’re so fierce!”
Bi Yao excitedly said to Lin Xiao, her voice soft and gentle, yet her body fidgeted restlessly. If Bi Zhuang had not been holding her back, she would already have thrown herself at Lin Xiao.
“You broke through one whole realm overnight. Did you obtain some kind of lucky chance in the Domain of Evil?”
Bi Zhuang could not help sighing in admiration.
“I refined those people into pills and absorbed them, then broke through. You could try it too.”
Lin Xiao replied casually, though he was indeed telling the truth.
“Isn’t that basically eating human flesh raw?”
Bi Zhuang’s face twitched. “Still, if it really lets you break through, eating a bit of human flesh is no big deal.”
The corner of Lin Xiao’s mouth could not help twitching. These were pills. Who described it like that?
He himself had refined more than ten already… “Hehe, when the second group returns from the Domain of Evil, maybe I can also break through one realm and advance to the first tier of geniuses. Brother Lin Xiao, you mustn’t fall behind then. We’ll go adventure in the Domain of Evil together and kill those from the other two great powers until they are turned upside down.”
Bi Zhuang grinned.
Lin Xiao was speechless. These pills were not something anyone could refine and instantly break through with.
Moreover, even if his strength advanced further, the other two powers still had high-level Martial Emperors. Were they really that easy to kill?
No one knew what the situation would actually be like then.
The moment he appeared in front of the Ji family, things would become extremely dangerous for him.
