"That was the second move!"
A mocking voice drifted out from the dust.
The experts from the Guiyuan Sect and the Royal Family, who had just been noisily speculating on the final victor, all froze when they heard it.
How could that voice be so familiar?
It was Hong Yu's voice!
"How is that possible? Hong Yu blocked it again?"
"Absolutely impossible! Isn't Hong Yu only at the Peak of Earth Soul Realm? Last ti, Senior Brother Zheng killed even an Early-stage Celestial Soul Realm expert in a single blow!"
Exclamations of shock rippled through the crowd.
The mbers of the Guiyuan Sect stared in disbelief, while the experts of the Royal Family cheered wildly. Only Qin Mutian's face twitched...
The dust settled.
The figures of Hong Yu and Zheng Tian were finally revealed.
Hong Yu stood with his hands clasped behind him, his expression calm. Golden light swirled around his body, the Holy Light Dragon Armor shimring with a sharp radiance that left countless fierce attacks powerless.
Zheng Tian's face was an ugly, bruised shade. He snorted coldly. "That was only the second move. I have eight more. If I can't kill you with them, I'll renounce my na!"
WHOOSH!
As he flipped his hand over, Zheng Tian's palm took on a silvery sheen. His arm, now looking as if it were forged from rcury, glinted with a heart-stopping chill.
Zheng Tian stared at Hong Yu. "This is the third move, and it is called the Silver Divine Hand. It's a unique talent bestowed by my rcury Elental Vein. At least twenty so-called 'once-in-a-century' Celestial Pride Sons have fallen to my Silver Divine Hand. I'm confident you'll soon be another one of its Lost Souls!"
The rcury Elental Vein.
It was a unique constitution, much like Hong Yu's Fire Spirit Body.
However, Hong Yu's Fire Spirit Body was acquired later in life, whereas Zheng Tian's rcury Elental Vein was a congenital mutation of his Primordial Vein.
It was thanks to his rcury Elental Vein that Zheng Tian's cultivation had skyrocketed, making him the strongest genius the Guiyuan Sect had seen in a century.
Hong Yu's eyes narrowed slightly at the sight of the Silver Divine Hand.
The subtle energy radiating from it was terrifying, making one's heart pound in their chest.
"It's poisonous?" Hong Yu said in a low voice.
Zheng Tian paused, then a sinister grin spread across his face. "That's right. My rcury Elental Vein can absorb all kinds of toxins. The number of venomous Desolate Beasts I've slain and poisonous Spirit dicines it's absorbed now exceeds ten thousand. The resulting poison is so potent that even a Primordial Core Realm expert would have to spend a great deal of ti expelling it if I landed a hit."
"As for Celestial Soul Realm experts... to this day, not a single one has survived a blow from my Silver Divine Hand!"
Zheng Tian declared with imnse pride.
Hong Yu took a deep breath.
He didn't doubt Zheng Tian's words. The mont the Silver Divine Hand appeared, his left Cyan Eye had begun to twitch, sending him pulse after pulse of warning.
It went without saying...
This Silver Divine Hand truly had the power to kill him.
'I wonder if the Eight Desolates Saint Slaying Technique can resist the poison from the Silver Divine Hand,' Hong Yu thought, frowning slightly.
But Zheng Tian gave him no more ti to think.
The silver light in his palm pulsed, looking like massive silver serpents writhing and twisting.
Spreading his five fingers, Zheng Tian roared, "Silver Snake Chaotic Dance!"
Five terrifying beams of silver light shot out, like five venomous silver snakes dancing through the void, or like the long hair on a Demon Venerable's head whipping wildly in the wind.
As they whistled through the air, a sinister, toxic gas began to spread.
Hong Yu instantly held his breath. The cyan light in his eye throbbed as ninety-nine blue stars within it frantically channeled the Ice God's Power.
"Ice Divine Blade!"
A blue light shot from his eye like a soaring azure dragon, slamming into the five silver snakes.
HISS!
The Ice Divine Blade wasn't just an ordinary Spiritual Attack; it also possessed an extrely strong Freezing Power.
Wherever the chilling frost passed, layers of blue ice crystals ford on the five silver snakes.
The frost spread relentlessly.
The five silver snakes writhed slower and slower until they were finally frozen solid. Hong Yu breathed a silent sigh of relief. But he didn't let his guard down for an instant. With a wave of his arm, he sent a powerful Palm Wind whistling forward.
CRACK!
With a series of five crisp cracks, the frozen blue snakes shattered, falling to the ground as a shower of icy fragnts.
"You damned bastard, die!"
Zheng Tian executed his Spiral Step, his body surging forward like a tornado.
He swung his arms relentlessly, unleashing a barrage of fierce attacks, each one packed with imnse energy.
What was more terrifying was that each of these energy blasts was ford by his Silver Divine Hand.
Hong Yu's heart tightened, and he used the Wandering Dragon Body Technique to constantly evade.
His Wandering Dragon Body Technique had already incorporated so of the essence of the Tyrant's Walk. Even though he hadn't reached the Celestial Soul Realm and couldn't fully practice the Tyrant's Walk, the mory Retention of his left Cyan Eye combined with his own powerful comprehension had granted him so unique insights.
For example, with his current footwork—dashing forward and back, weaving left and right—one could faintly hear the crack of sonic booms, like rolling thunder.
This was the very essence of the Tyrant's Walk's First Technique: the Thunder Step!
It was as if Hong Yu were walking on thunder. His Holy Light Dragon Armor glittered, making him look like a Golden Armored War God descending from the heavens.
His Insightful Cyan Eye captured Zheng Tian's every movent with perfect clarity, allowing Hong Yu to always dodge at the most critical mont.
In this back-and-forth, the two had already exchanged a full eight moves. Now, the ninth was taking shape.
"Star River Shining Fist!"
Zheng Tian's throat swelled for a mont, as if inflating like a balloon, before he let out an explosive roar.
The re sound of his shout was like a volley of sonic cannonballs exploding.
It was so deafening it felt as if one's eardrums would rupture.
Hong Yu took a deep breath and pushed his Holy Light Dragon Armor to its absolute limit. The drain on his energy was imnse.
If he hadn't reached the Eighth Refinent of the Celestial Soul Nine Refinents, which had greatly increased his power, he probably would have collapsed by the fifth move.
Even so...
This ninth move was pushing his defenses to their very limit.
BOOM!
The afterimages of Zheng Tian's Star River Shining Fist numbered in the tens of millions, coalescing in the void to form a silver Star River of fist light. Vast and mighty, it surged toward Hong Yu like the Galaxy Falling from Nine Heavens.
At that mont, Hong Yu felt as if he were facing a stampede of ten million silver beasts.
It was like a mighty army charging straight at him.
The montum was terrifying.
"Three Flas Palm!"
Hong Yu roared, dropping into a horse stance. He pulled his fists to his hips as two fiery-red Energy Balls condensed and swirled in his palms.
He thrust a punch forward. Just as the Fist Force reached its peak, his fingers snapped open into a palm strike.
He empowered the Three Flas Palm with Vibrating Power.
Nine Flaming Long Dragons roared into existence.
Each Fire Dragon was over twenty ters long and as thick as a barrel. They twisted their massive bodies, unleashing waves of scorching heat that instantly yellowed and withered the green grass on the ground.
RUMBLE!
The Three Flas Palm, imbued with True Martial Arts Intent, finally slamd into the Star River Shining Fist.
The silver Star River of fist images and the nine ferocious Fire Dragons coiled around each other, clashing violently.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
One explosive shockwave after another rang out.
The scale of this explosion was even more terrifying. A blinding ball of energy, centered on the two combatants, grew larger and more dazzling by the second.
As the Fire Dragons and the Star River of fist images coiled together, their silver and fiery-red energies intertwined. The sphere of light, which started as no bigger than a person's head, swelled to the size of a massive boulder.
Three breaths later...
This sphere of terrifying power had grown to the size of a small house.
Sizzling sounds radiated from the periter of the Energy Ball.
Each wisp of escaping energy ford an electric arc, shooting out in all directions. Anything touched by these arcs was instantly obliterated.
BOOM!
A thumb-sized arc of electricity struck the ground, blasting open a half-ter-deep crater.
CRACK!
An arc as thick as two fingers struck a Guiyuan Sect disciple.
His cultivation was also at the Peak of Earth Soul Realm.
But...
Even an expert of his realm was instantly blown apart by the arc, his body exploding into a shower of bone and gore. A mist of blood hung in the air, refusing to disperse.
GASP!
"Run!"
"My god, Hong Yu is way too strong! He's actually managed to last this long..."
"But surely he can't withstand this one?"
The experts from the Guiyuan Sect and the Royal Family scrambled to retreat, staring dumbfounded at the massive ball of energy that was now the size of a small house.
BOOM!
At that mont, the ball of energy finally reached its limit, collapsed, and exploded.
With world-shaking power, a mushroom cloud erupted from the ground!
In an instant, the mushroom cloud shot more than thirty ters into the sky, churning with roiling smoke and dust.
The entire ground began to shake...
With a terrible cracking sound, the ground at their feet fractured, the fissures spreading out like a spiderweb. In the blink of an eye, the web of cracks expanded, as if an ancient Giant Beast had slamd its massive claw into the earth.
"AHHH!"
Suddenly, an enraged roar from Zheng Tian erupted from within the mushroom cloud.
The roar was filled with towering rage.
From within the mushroom cloud, two figures were suddenly flung backward in opposite directions.
Zheng Tian had a bloody patch on his chest, and a fiery red Palm Seal was branded on his right cheek. The searing pain made his face tremble uncontrollably.
On the other side...
Hong Yu was sent flying like a falling star, a long tail of golden Flowing Light trailing behind him as he crashed heavily to the ground.
BANG!
Hong Yu's legs dug into the ground, and he launched himself back up. There was now a large gash in his Holy Light Dragon Armor, and a grim trace of blood hung from the corner of his mouth; he had clearly suffered serious injuries in the clash. As for his opponent, Zheng Tian, he had of course been slapped squarely in the face.
It was a blatant, humiliating slap in the face!
How could Zheng Tian possibly endure this?
He roared, his rage reaching its peak. A silver Long Saber appeared in his hand. He raised it high with both hands and brought it slashing down. "Die, Hong Yu!"
"It's not over yet!"
Hong Yu snapped his head up. The Godslaying Spear in his hand flashed with golden light as he condensed the single most powerful attack he had ever mustered in his life and swept it toward Zheng Tian...
The tenth move. Who would win, who would lose, who was strong, and who was weak—it would all be decided by this final blow!
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