“Oh my god, even Tuoba Xiong is not his match…”
Seeing Tuoba Xiong being pushed back by Ye Qiu, the crowd watching from afar let out a chorus of shocked exclamations.
They looked at Ye Qiu, their eyes filled with astonishment.
“I never thought he could push back even the ancient desolate holy son!”
“I thought Tuoba Xiong could kill him, but who knew he would be pushed back so quickly.”
“That guy’s combat power is truly abnormal!”
Now, the way this group looked at Ye Qiu was filled with fear. Only now did they realise that Ye Qiu was even stronger than they had imagined.
In the arena.
Tuoba Xiong’s face was grim. Although he had been pushed back by Ye Qiu and even spat out blood, he was not seriously injured.
But as the holy son of the ancient desolate holy land, being pushed back in front of everyone made him lose face.
“I underestimated you, but do not think that means I am defeated. Today, I must kill you.” Tuoba Xiong looked at Ye Qiu and said with surging killing intent.
Ye Qiu said coldly, “I do not like wasting words with trash. Same as before, come over and I will send you on your way.”
As domineering as ever.
“Hmph!”
Tuoba Xiong snorted coldly, soared into the sky, and punched towards Ye Qiu. The powerful aura made people shudder.
Everyone could clearly feel that Tuoba Xiong’s combat power had risen by a large margin compared to before.
However, what surprised everyone was that Ye Qiu did not use the Taiji Thirteen Forms this time.
“Slaughter Dragon Fist!”
Ye Qiu roared, activating the Nine Revolutions Divine Dragon Art. A torrent of combat power erupted instantly.
Boom.
Ye Qiu threw out a punch. This punch was extremely terrifying, like a heavenly tribulation descending, destructive and overwhelming.
If Tuoba Xiong’s fist was full of domineering aura, then Ye Qiu’s fist was full of invincible battle intent.
It was as if, in the face of this punch, even gods and ghosts would have to kneel and submit.
“Fool, using a punch that is purely rigid and fierce to clash head-on with my Heaven and Earth Domineering Fist. You are overreaching yourself. Since you seek death so eagerly, this holy son will oblige you.”
Originally, Tuoba Xiong had been a bit worried, fearing that Ye Qiu would continue using the Taiji Thirteen Forms, because the Taiji Thirteen Forms emphasised the fusion of yin and yang, which perfectly countered the Heaven and Earth Domineering Fist.
Now seeing Ye Qiu abandon the Taiji Thirteen Forms and switch to the Slaughter Dragon Fist, a cold smile appeared at the corner of Tuoba Xiong’s mouth.
In his view, among the path of rigid and fierce punches, the Heaven and Earth Domineering Fist was invincible.
Therefore, when he saw Ye Qiu throw his punch, Tuoba Xiong did not dodge at all. Instead, he swung his fist to meet it head-on.
Boom!
As soon as the two fists collided, it was like thunder exploding. A terrifying air current spread out, shaking the surroundings nonstop.
In this punch, the two were evenly matched.
“Hmm?”
Tuoba Xiong raised his brow, feeling shocked in his heart. He had not expected Ye Qiu to actually block his fist.
On the other side, Ye Qiu sneered disdainfully, “Heaven and Earth Domineering Fist? Nothing special!”
Hearing this, Tuoba Xiong’s gaze sharpened like a blade, staring fixedly at Ye Qiu with a flash of cold light.
Ye Qiu stood in the air, extended his right index finger, and with a face full of arrogance, crooked it towards Tuoba Xiong in a provocative gesture.
“Kill!”
Tuoba Xiong was enraged and let out a roar. His body shot towards Ye Qiu like lightning.
“Kill!”
Ye Qiu also roared, his battle intent soaring to the heavens.
The two were like two frenzied beasts charging at each other, engaging in a fierce fight.
One used the Heaven and Earth Domineering Fist, the other the Slaughter Dragon Fist. Golden fists collided nonstop in the air, like two stars smashing into each other.
This kind of brutal, flesh-to-flesh battle scene made the onlookers’ blood boil while also filling them with dread.
“This guy’s combat power is really strong. He can actually go toe-to-toe with Brother Tuoba.” Wei Wuji said coldly.
Intense battle intent gathered in Cao Mao’s eyes as he said, “I hope he can survive in Tuoba Xiong’s hands. A person like that is qualified to make me take action.”
Cao Mao came from the War God Family. The people of this family were, to put it nicely, a group of martial fanatics; to put it bluntly, a bunch of warmongers. Once they saw a strong opponent, they could not help but want to compete.
This personality was deeply ingrained in their bloodline.
An Ruoxi, the holy son of the Mending Heaven Sect, also had battle intent flickering in his eyes. As a genius of the Mending Heaven Sect, he too wanted to join in and vie for supremacy.
However, at this moment, Tuoba Xiong was still clashing with Ye Qiu, so they forcibly suppressed their competitive urges.
On the other side.
Yun Xi’s beautiful eyes were fixed on Ye Qiu. The corners of her mouth curved up slightly as she muttered softly, “This guy is pretty fierce when fighting others. Why was he so weak when fighting me?”
Unexpectedly, this sentence was overheard by a female disciple of the Azure Cloud Sword Sect behind her, who exclaimed in surprise, “Holy Maiden, you fought with Ye Changsheng? Who won?”
Yun Xi said proudly, “Of course I won. If I had not held back, he would have been crippled by me long ago.”
Hiss.
The female disciple drew in a sharp breath and said admiringly, “The Holy Maiden is amazing.”
If this woman knew that the ‘fight’ Yun Xi was talking about was not what she imagined, who knows if she would be so embarrassed she wanted to find a hole to hide in?
Not far away.
The Longbrow Immortal shouted loudly, “Little brat, hurry… put more force into it… harder… oh yes… just like that… harder still…”
This immediately drew the attention of many people.
Some young female cultivators blushed, thinking to themselves about the Longbrow Immortal, “This old Taoist is shameless.”
Mo Tianji and Lin Daniao quietly retreated a distance, as if standing with the Longbrow Immortal was a very embarrassing thing.
…
Ye Qiu and Tuoba Xiong went back and forth, fighting with earth-shattering intensity. After exchanging blows for a while, neither could gain the upper hand.
The more Tuoba Xiong fought, the more shocked he became. He found that no matter how fierce his punches were, Ye Qiu could handle them with ease.
“This guy just broke through to the peak of the Cavern Heaven realm. How can he be this strong?”
Tuoba Xiong found it unbelievable.
Little did he know, Ye Qiu was equally shocked. If it were anyone else, they would have been smashed to pieces by his punches long ago. Yet, Tuoba Xiong had not been pushed back so far.
“Among the holy sons of the ancient desolate holy land, Tuoba Xiong is much stronger than Tuoba Ye. But that’s good too. I just broke through to the peak of the Cavern Heaven realm and need to temper myself against experts. This person is the perfect whetstone for me.”
The two clashed in the air for another few minutes.
“Enough!”
Suddenly, Tuoba Xiong let out a deep shout, quickly separating from Ye Qiu and retreating a hundred metres away.
“What do you mean?”
Ye Qiu was somewhat surprised. They were fighting well, so why did Tuoba Xiong suddenly pull back?
How could he know what Tuoba Xiong was thinking? Tuoba Xiong believed that as the holy son of the ancient desolate holy land, while Ye Qiu was just an unknown who had recently broken through to the peak of the Cavern Heaven realm, fighting this long without killing Ye Qiu made him feel somewhat humiliated.
Tuoba Xiong looked at Ye Qiu from afar and said coldly, “Warm-up is over. Next, the real fight begins!”
