In the Profound Realm, at the Trial Peak.
Bang bang bang bang!
On the martial platform, Ye Guan was engaged in fierce combat with the Martial God.
Their speed was too fast, so to ordinary people, they could only see two blurry afterimages.
And Ye Guan was not using his sword!
He was using fists and feet!
Before he cultivated the sword, he had used fists and feet.
At this moment, he was still passively taking beatings, with absolutely no power to fight back!
The Martial God’s speed, power, reaction, and consciousness completely crushed him in every aspect!
And this time, he did not try to catch her off guard with his sword again!
What he wanted to do was take the beatings!
He wanted to train his own reaction, speed, and consciousness!
Fortunately, because he often ate dragon meat and drank dragon blood, his physical body was much stronger than ordinary people’s. Otherwise, he would not have lasted this long!
Right now, he naturally would not pursue the Great Dao’s ultimate simplicity. To reach ultimate simplicity, one must first reach the peak of complexity. Only then could one pursue the Great Dao’s ultimate simplicity!
Only those who had reached the peak were qualified to pursue so-called ordinariness. Otherwise, you were not pursuing ordinariness, you were simply ordinary to begin with, with no other choice but ordinariness.
There was a huge difference between actively pursuing ordinariness and being passively ordinary!
Ye Guan naturally understood this principle. Therefore, he wanted to use this Martial God to temper himself, to first push himself to the peak of complexity, and then pursue the Great Dao’s ultimate simplicity!
In the arena, Ye Guan kept retreating violently. In the blink of an eye, he had already retreated hundreds of zhang!
Although he was still suppressed, it was different from the first time. He could now defend effectively and was no longer being completely toyed with by the Martial God!
In this way, three days passed!
For these three days, Ye Guan relied on recovery pills and healing pills to continuously fight the Martial God without stopping for a single moment!
Ye Guan’s mind was stretched taut like a bowstring. When fighting this Martial God, he truly could not afford the slightest relaxation. Otherwise, what awaited him was destruction!
This Martial God was too good at seizing opportunities!
The slightest carelessness would bring a devastating strike!
Ten days passed.
Ye Guan had slowly begun to adapt to the Martial God’s fierce attacks. Now, although he still could not counterattack, his defence was effortless, because he had already adapted to the Martial God’s speed and reactions!
The Martial God’s strength was fixed. The array here was set to be five realms higher than the challenger, so she would not grow stronger. But Ye Guan was different. He could improve!
Therefore, under this frantic learning, he improved madly every single day!
In this way, another five days passed!
Now, Ye Guan had begun to slowly counterattack. But he discovered that when he started to counterattack, the Martial God could easily neutralise his attacks.
Both attack and defence were invincible!
Yet Ye Guan became even more excited!
Another ten days passed. Ye Guan could now fight the Martial God back and forth!
Now, neither side could do anything to the other!
And from beginning to end, Ye Guan had never used his sword!
Bang!
Suddenly, a muffled sound rang out on the martial platform. Ye Guan retreated violently again and again. In the distance, the Martial God suddenly charged forward and punched straight towards Ye Guan’s face. There was no fist momentum or glow, but this punch contained an extremely terrifying force!
Ye Guan narrowed his eyes slightly. He lightly stamped his right foot on the ground, his whole body springing forward, and threw a punch to meet it head-on!
Bang!
The two clashed and immediately separated!
After Ye Guan stopped, the Martial God suddenly appeared in front of him again. The next moment, she swept a whip kick straight towards Ye Guan’s head. Almost at the same time, Ye Guan also swept a whip kick towards the Martial God’s head!
Bang!
Bang!
In an instant, both flew out at the same time!
But the moment Ye Guan landed, he fiercely slapped the ground with both hands and retreated backwards. Just as he retreated, a foot violently stomped on the ground right in front of him. In that instant, the ground cracked open like a spider web. Ye Guan had already retreated more than ten zhang away!
The Martial God suddenly charged forward. Countless afterimages appeared in the arena. The next moment, the space in front of Ye Guan suddenly split open, and a terrifying force swept towards him!
However, Ye Guan had already vanished from his spot.
The Martial God abruptly spun around and delivered an elbow strike!
Bang!
Space cracked open again!
But Ye Guan was already ten zhang away.
The Martial God charged forward and punched out!
Boom!
Space cracked open once more!
At that moment, Ye Guan disappeared again!
In this way, the Martial God kept pursuing Ye Guan in the arena, but every time he resolved it. Each seemingly ordinary exchange of attack and defence actually involved countless mental battles between them!
Now, his consciousness and reaction were no longer inferior to the Martial God’s!
However, in terms of power and speed, he was still somewhat lacking!
After all, this Martial God was set five realms above him!
At that moment, the Martial God suddenly stopped!
Seeing this, Ye Guan was immediately stunned.
Since they started fighting, the Martial God had never stopped. But now, she actually halted!
At that moment, the Martial God suddenly opened her palm. In an instant, the space around her began to crack layer by layer!
Seeing this, Ye Guan was stunned. The next moment, his face became extremely ugly. He said in shock, “You are going to use a martial technique? Hey… this is a bit too much, isn’t it!”
He was not afraid of martial techniques!
But he was afraid of the martial techniques used by the Martial God!
Because the martial techniques used by a Martial God could be fucking perverted!
At that moment, the Martial God suddenly vanished like a ghost!
Ye Guan’s pupils contracted sharply. He was just about to act, but he was horrified to find that a terrifying momentum directly enveloped him, causing his body to freeze for a moment. He tried to break the momentum, but in that split second of delay, a hand suddenly appeared in front of him. Ye Guan was greatly alarmed. He clenched his right hand into a fist and punched out. But the moment his fist struck, the Martial God’s hand became like cotton, sticking to his right hand.
All the power of that punch vanished completely!
While Ye Guan was stunned, the Martial God’s hand suddenly clung to his fist like a piece of cloth. In an instant, Ye Guan’s expression changed dramatically. Before he could react, he felt as if his entire body had been struck by a heavy hammer. His whole body flew out. The moment he flew out, his body began to crack inch by inch, blood spraying everywhere!
At the same time, the entire space of the martial platform cracked open at this moment, turning into a spider-web pattern!
The martial platform beneath their feet collapsed layer by layer, like a massive earthquake, utterly horrifying!
Bang!
At that moment, Ye Guan crashed onto the ground. The moment he landed, a mouthful of essence blood sprayed from his mouth. Beneath him, blood kept gushing out, instantly dyeing the ground red.
Ye Guan’s body kept twitching. Blood continued to flow from all over his body. It was a miserable sight!
At this moment, he felt completely crippled!
He felt there was not a single good spot left on him!
Simply ridiculous!
Ye Guan said in a trembling voice, “Tower Master, she actually used her ultimate move! Is there no justice anymore?”
The small tower: “……”
At that moment, the Martial God suddenly appeared in front of Ye Guan. Ye Guan’s expression froze. “I surrender. I’m not fighting anymore!”
The Martial God did not speak. Her body became illusory!
Ye Guan was stunned!
Soon, the Martial God disappeared completely. But at that moment, an ancient book floated down in front of Ye Guan.
Ye Guan glanced at it and was immediately stunned.
World-Cracking Inch Strength!
Ignoring the pain all over his body, Ye Guan forced himself to raise his right hand and open the ancient book. The first thing that met his eyes was a large line of words: Stick-to-Clothes Ingenious Strength, Inch Gap Moves Heaven, Divine Fist Destroys the World, Invincible in Close Combat.
Invincible in close combat!
Ye Guan immediately became excited. He quickly opened the ancient book, but at that moment, the book directly turned into a streak of light and entered the space between his brows!
Boom!
In an instant, countless pieces of information surged into his sea of consciousness!
World-Cracking Inch Strength!
Simplified Rank!
In the Central Divine Continent, the grades of cultivation methods, mental techniques, and equipment were: Human Rank, Spirit Rank, King Rank, Earth Rank, Heaven Rank, Immortal Rank, Saint Rank, Emperor Rank!
Above that were God Rank and Simplified Rank, and such ranks only existed in the Guanxuan Universe!
It could be said that an Emperor Rank martial technique was already an extremely heaven-defying existence. Back when he fought Zhang Longhu, the other party had used an Emperor Rank technique. The power left a deep impression on him!
God Rank techniques were already extremely rare even among some great clans in the Central Divine Continent. As for Simplified Rank, only some top-tier forces possessed them!
Simplified Rank!
It was the Great Dao’s ultimate simplicity!
Martial techniques stripped of complexity and returned to simplicity!
Simple and direct!
One punch to kill you!
At this moment, Ye Guan was naturally excited. Although he was seriously injured, he was truly thrilled!
With this martial technique, it meant that in close combat, he would be an absolutely invincible existence!
Moreover, this martial technique was very likely created by the Martial God. A Simplified Rank technique created by a Martial God—could other Simplified Rank techniques even compare?
It would definitely far surpass ordinary Simplified Rank techniques, perhaps even capable of crossing realms!
Huge profit!
Ye Guan burst into loud laughter. He said excitedly, “Tower Master, a Simplified Rank martial technique! Look, this is a fucking Simplified Rank martial technique! Holy crap, hahaha…”
The small tower remained silent.
The mysterious voice said softly, “If he knew that this kind of thing is just trash in his family, what would he think?”
The small tower said, “I don’t know!”
The mysterious voice said, “How about you give him something better?”
The small tower said softly, “Forget it! What he earned with his life is different from what I give him for free!”
The mysterious voice said, “Indeed!”
On the spot, Ye Guan was still laughing excitedly. “Tower Master, look… Tower Master? Why aren’t you saying anything? Don’t you think this Simplified Rank is amazing? Huh?”
The small tower: “……”
After being excited for a while, Ye Guan fed himself one healing pill and one recovery pill. These were his last two pills!
One hour later!
Ye Guan felt he had recovered more or less!
So he began to get up and cultivate.
World-Cracking Inch Strength!
Stick-to-Clothes Ingenious Strength, Inch Gap Moves Heaven, Divine Fist Destroys the World, Invincible in Close Combat!
It was a combination of ingenious strength and explosive power, fusing two kinds of force together!
As long as he closed the distance and used this martial technique, even a heavenly dragon could be shattered with one punch!
When the Martial God used it, because her realm was suppressed, she did not display the true power of this technique!
Of course, if the real Martial God were here, she would not even need to use this technique. A casual punch would probably cause the entire Central Divine Continent to collapse!
Ye Guan learned very quickly. In less than a day, he had already grasped this martial technique!
Then he spent another day completely mastering it. Now when he used it, he could achieve the same effect as the Martial God had earlier!
Boom!
At that moment, the tower guardian old man’s voice suddenly rang out in front of him. “Young Master Ye, leave quickly! People from the main academy have come!”
The main academy!
Ye Guan was stunned for a moment, then left the arena. The moment he left, he returned to the front of the Profound Tower.
Seeing Ye Guan, the tower guardian old man hurriedly said, “Young Master Ye, leave quickly! The people from the main academy already know you are here. Now they have sent people to capture you!”
Ye Guan frowned slightly but did not say much. He cupped his hands. “Senior, farewell!”
With that, he was about to leave. At that moment, a powerful aura suddenly surged from the horizon. Immediately afterwards, a divine sense directly locked onto him!
Seeing this, the tower guardian old man’s face instantly turned pale!
Ye Guan sent a voice transmission with profound energy. “Senior, just say I forced you, understand?”
The tower guardian old man gave a bitter smile!
At that moment, a white-robed old man appeared not far in front of Ye Guan. Behind him were ten experts dressed in black!
All of them were at least in the Divine Tribulation Realm!
The leading white-robed old man was in the Ascending Sealing Realm!
The white-robed old man stared at Ye Guan. “Young Master Ye, the Immortal Treasure Pavilion does not welcome you!”
Ye Guan nodded. “Fine! I’ll leave right now!”
With that, he started walking!
The white-robed old man suddenly said, “Wait!”
Ye Guan looked towards the white-robed old man. The old man’s face was expressionless. “Young Master Ye, you may leave, but the items must stay!”
Everyone knew that Ye Guan possessed a very powerful sword. Clearly, he was tempted by that sword!
Ye Guan stared at the old man. “The items must stay?”
The white-robed old man looked at Ye Guan. “Yes!”
Chi!
The moment the words fell, a sword had already pierced the centre of the white-robed old man’s brow!
The white-robed old man’s eyes widened, his face full of disbelief!
Ye Guan said calmly, “Did I give you face?”
The white-robed old man: “……”
