Everyone saw that both Elder Bei and Lin Xiao had been sent flying back. They stood hundreds of li apart in the air.
Elder Bei had only been pushed back dozens of li from his previous position.
Lin Xiao had been forced back over two hundred li from where he started.
Elder Bei’s face was grim. There was no trace of blood on him.
Lin Xiao was covered in blood. More overflowed from his mouth.
Clearly, he had taken a serious injury from that strike.
“I never expected you to survive my attack.”
Elder Bei stared at Lin Xiao from afar and spoke coldly.
That strike had been his full power. He had assumed one blow would end Lin Xiao’s life. Instead, the youth was merely injured.
The wounds did not look severe enough to stop him fighting.
He had never imagined the youth mentioned by headquarters would prove this troublesome.
Still, since the opponent could not withstand the blow unscathed, it proved he could not truly slay a saint against the odds.
With only Fifth Layer Martial Emperor cultivation, he surely could not unleash such strength with every attack.
As a Martial Saint, even through attrition, Elder Bei could wear him down to death.
He remained fully confident of that.
“I never expected Martial Saint power to reach this level either.”
Lin Xiao sounded equally surprised.
Ordinary Martial Saint attacks he could fully block using his dantian phenomenon, Yaoguang Sword Art, and violent martial intent.
But when the opponent used a truly powerful martial technique, relying purely on vital force, he could not match it.
That was the limit of his current vital force combat power.
Of course, if he activated demonic essence, the power of Heavenly Demon Palm would be another matter.
One such palm would exhaust all his strength. Unless absolutely necessary, he could not use it recklessly.
Otherwise, any follow-up fight would become problematic.
To Elder Bei’s ears, however, Lin Xiao’s words sounded like thick sarcasm.
A proper Martial Saint being “amazed” by a youth Martial Emperor was pure humiliation.
The watching Ji family members on the periphery stood stunned. Elder Bei had unleashed the Ji family core martial technique Ji Shui style, yet failed to kill Lin Xiao.
The opponent was merely injured.
“How is this possible…” The Ji family crowd struggled to accept it.
That was their Martial Saint elder, a god-like existence in the Holy Province branch.
Yet even his strongest attack could not take down one youth.
It was too hard to swallow.
By now, besides Ji family members, forces from elsewhere had arrived to investigate the commotion.
Seeing the Ji family compound flattened, Elder Bei confronting the youth, all were shocked.
Someone actually dared cause trouble at the Ji family, one of the continent’s overlord forces.
And even contend with a Martial Saint powerhouse.
“Hmph. Let this old man see how many more strikes you can take.”
In the void, Elder Bei snorted coldly. His figure flashed like teleportation, instantly closing on Lin Xiao. The immensely powerful flowing water sword beam slashed out once more.
Terrifying force, like flowing water dozens of zhang wide, pierced through the air towards Lin Xiao.
“Saint Hand Covers the Sky.”
Lin Xiao showed no fear. Battle intent erupted instead. He shouted loudly. Spiritual force stirred. A black, cyan, and blue tricolour energy giant palm condensed in the air.
Scorching aura poured from the energy giant palm. Surrounding space temperature soared. Ground debris within dozens to hundreds of li nearby spontaneously ignited.
At the same time, thunder and devouring energy surged across the tricolour giant palm. Violent thunder energy made it seem ready to explode. Devouring energy darkened the surroundings, as if swallowing everything.
Even crowds hundreds of li away felt heart palpitations at the sight.
“So strong.”
“Spirit technique. That is spirit technique. The youth is the rumoured first place in the spirit controller grand competition, Mu Haoran?
Why has he attacked the Ji family?”
“Heavens. The top spirit controller from the grand competition is indeed terrifying. He can actually contend with a Martial Saint.”
“No wonder. I thought no youth in the world could face a Martial Saint. Turns out it is the number one genius across the nine provinces and the continent’s top spirit controller from the grand competition.”
“Resisting a Martial Saint by force. This is nothing short of a miracle.”
The arriving onlookers exclaimed in shock. The scene was too stunning. Their minds struggled to process it.
The first in the spirit controller grand competition, and the top genius across the nine provinces, had come to the Ji family Holy Province branch and was fighting a Martial Saint.
Boom.
Amid the crowd’s shock, the tricolour energy giant palm clashed with the flowing water sword beam. The void trembled. Torrential energy storm erupted. The ground shook from the impact.
Vast sea-like energy fluctuations swept the ground, striking three hundred li around.
The Ji family branch was destroyed beyond recognition. Probably not even dust remained.
The two combatants were again caught in the rolling energy.
Of course, the outcome resembled the previous clash.
Elder Bei’s forward charge was only affected dozens to hundreds of li by the energy waves.
Lin Xiao’s position was pushed back two hundred li.
Clearly, Elder Bei held the advantage.
Yet contending with a Martial Saint to this degree was already remarkable.
Soon after, Elder Bei soared into the sky, flying forward high above. Divine sense probed in all directions.
Now he felt some urgency.
He had realised the previous strike was merely the opponent’s spiritual force driving a spirit technique attack.
In other words, Lin Xiao’s earlier attacks had used only one type of power against him, not combined, and not his strongest possible strikes.
Lin Xiao could fully combine both power methods against him at once.
Meaning all the earlier fighting had been Lin Xiao merely testing his own strength.
How could Elder Bei not feel anxious?
Single power alone had let him contend without crippling injury. If both combined, how strong would it become?
Would it not allow true contention?
“Hahaha.”
At that moment, Lin Xiao also burst from the rear energy ocean. Fresh blood covered him again.
Yet it did not look severe. Instead, his battle intent grew ever denser.
“A Martial Saint is merely this. Merely this.”
Lin Xiao exclaimed again.
With his current strength, spirit technique attacks were roughly equal to vital force attacks. He could fully withstand ordinary Martial Saint strikes.
Against a Martial Saint’s ultimate trump cards, he was still slightly short.
But he could block them, avoiding crippling injury.
That alone was terrifying.
“Nine Nether Demon Body.”
As he soared upward, Lin Xiao had already switched to the Youtian Demon Pillar. He shouted loudly. Nine Nether Demon Body activated within him.
