Seventh Rank? Who Isn't?
A thunderous roar swept by.
The ravine, several meters wide, accompanied by surging turbid waves and violent earth energy, tore through the frozen soil and gravel, heading straight for the thin wooden walls of the Fire Crow Tribe.
The wooden stake groaned in pain as it shook violently, and debris fell in a flurry along the cracks.
The Fire Crow warriors on the wall felt their legs tighten, their lips turn white, and the rough short spears in their hands were almost soaked with cold sweat from their palms.
Before the churning waves of earth even reached us, the biting, foul wind and heavy pressure that rushed towards us already made our chests feel tight.
"What's the panic?"
A clear voice suddenly rang out from the top of the village gate, carrying a hint of youthful nonchalance.
"Stand firm, inhale and pull in your stomach. You just had meat broth for breakfast, don't throw it up and waste food."
The already tense atmosphere was abruptly ripped open by this casual remark.
Several young sentries, who had closed their eyes in fright, instinctively touched their stomachs, and their grip on their weapons actually became a little firmer.
Before the words were finished, the thin figure standing on the beam moved.
Chen Fan did not retreat even half a step, nor did he make any extra movements to gain leverage. He lightly stepped on the crossbeam with his foot, and like a feather, he leaped straight down into the violent crack in the ground!
In mid-air, his robes suddenly billowed out.
Boom!
His previously dormant Qi and Blood suddenly awakened like a long-dormant volcano, and a violent, scorching wave of energy erupted from his body.
At the same time, the dark and cold Blackwater aura followed closely, and two powerful totem lights, one red and one black, intertwined and soared into the sky, directly shaking the billowing dust that rushed towards them and causing it to roll back!
Its power soared to the heavens, its might overwhelming the sky!
"That's... the power of Seventh Rank Totem Power?!"
The Fire Crow Tribe inside and outside the village walls all gasped in shock.
They knew their young leader was formidable, but they never dreamed that this ten-year-old boy would have already reached what was considered the pinnacle of this mountain forest!
Chen Fan remained calm in mid-air, his right hand resting on the rough Beast-Bone Saber the knife at his waist.
Clang!
A sharp screech of blades tore through the sky.
The bone sword was drawn, and two streams of energy, one crimson and one jet black, spiraled and converged on the blade, transforming into a violent cross-shaped storm several tens of feet long. Accompanied by a piercing sonic boom, it slashed heavily down at the churning ground below!
Boom!
Two heavy, primal forces collided violently in mid-air, creating a visible, raging Qi Ring.
The flying mud and rocks were pulverized, and the unstoppable fissure in the ground was severed thirty feet outside the village gate. The violent earth energy was forced back into the ground, leaving only a huge, scorched, smoking pit.
The smoke and dust scattered with the strong wind, Chen Fan landed lightly on the edge of the pit, his bone knife pointing diagonally at the ground, without even disturbing his breathing.
The entire venue fell into a deathly silence.
On the back of the Ground-Walking Giant Lizard, the cruel and mocking smirk on Shi Tu's face froze completely.
His thin, bony hands gripped the bone staff tightly, his eyes bulging out as he stared intently at the boy in front of him, as if he had seen a ghost.
Not only him, but also the three thousand fully armed elite soldiers of the Mountain Ape Tribe behind him, whose originally overwhelming charge came to an abrupt halt. The warriors under their heavy armor breathed heavily, looked at each other, and their large hands gripping their bronze heavy axes tightened uncontrollably.
Ten years old!
A mere brat, barely out of hair, actually severed the High Priest's Earth Divine Art with a single, casual strike!
That terrifying pressure hovering in mid-air was genuine; it was clearly from the Seventh-Rank Totem Realm!
"Impossible... How could such a young Seventh Rank cultivator be born in this desolate wilderness?!"
Shi Tu emitted a low, beast-like hiss from its throat.
But in an instant, the ruthlessness of someone who had long held a high position once again overwhelmed the shock.
Shi Tu took a deep breath of stale air, a ferocious smile spreading across his lips.
"I misjudged him. No wonder he dared to cut off Yuan Lie's head. It turns out he hit the jackpot and stole some secret technique to forcibly break through to a higher realm!"
He stomped his staff hard, the eerie sound echoing in all directions.
"What a pity, brat! You've only been at the breakthrough stage for a few days! You haven't even stabilized your Totem True Form yet, and you dare to show off your meager skills before me? Today I'll show you that the foundation of a veteran powerhouse is something a naive and opportunistic child like you can never overcome!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Tu's bones exploded with a series of thunderous cracks.
His emaciated body suddenly swelled up, and dense, earth-yellow Totem Battle Runes appeared all over his body.
The abundant spiritual energy between heaven and earth converged wildly above his head, and amidst the churning of mud and rocks, a phantom of a giant red-yellow ape, over thirty feet tall, rose from the ground!
The giant ape had a blue face and fangs, and its body was covered in hard Rock Armor. Its giant paws, like a mountain collapsing, carried the immense force of shattering mountains and splitting rocks, and smashed down on Chen Fan's head!
The airflow was compressed into a piercing shriek, and before the giant fist even arrived, the ground beneath Chen Fan's feet had already crumbled and sunk several feet!
"Old man, you talk too much nonsense."
Chen Fan stood at the heart of the storm, not even blinking, only giving a helpless smirk.
Although what flows through his body is merely the Qi and Blood of this physical body, what he carries within is the Martial God's Will who once swept across the Boundary Sea.
Their control over power has long since transcended the limitations of the so-called Mortal Body.
With a slight thought, the Dual Water-Fire Power deep within Chen Fan Qi Sea suddenly reversed their rotation. He did not use any laws beyond the laws of this world; he merely integrated his understanding of the Great Dao into the circulation of Qi and Blood within his body.
Buzz!
Two streams of energy, one red and one black, spread from beneath his feet, transforming into a slowly rotating Yin-Yang Qi Ring.
The originally violent downward pressure of the earth's gravity was strangely deflected to both sides the moment it entered the Qi Ring's range, causing dirt to fly everywhere, but it did not harm Chen Fan in the slightest.
"Borrowing the power of heaven and earth, can you obtain it, and can you hold onto it?"
Chen Fan looked up at the massive, sky-covering fist crashing down, and suddenly took a step forward with his right foot.
Bang!
The ground shook.
Chen Fan gripped the bone knife with both hands, his muscles taut like a bowstring, and his Qi and Blood and qi surged violently through his meridians, roaring like the Yangtze River.
Water borrows the power of fire, and fire amplifies the power of water. The two forces that were originally mutually exclusive are perfectly fused together on the blade, forming a solid Blade Aura that gleams with a deep gray light!
There were no unnecessary frills, just a powerful upward slash that swept through the air!
"Break."
A blinding flash of light shot up from the ground, like a thunderclap tearing through the netherworld!
Boom!!
The extremely dull, explosive sound reverberated throughout the entire valley.
The seemingly indestructible giant ape phantom, upon touching the gray Blade Aura, had its thick Rock Armor on its chest crack inch by inch as if weathering away. The blade light swept away everything in its path, cleaving the giant ape phantom in two from bottom to top!
The sky was filled with reddish-yellow specks of light that exploded and scattered like a torrential rain.
"Puff!"
The Natal Totem True Form was forcibly shattered by a single strike. Shi Tu as if by lightning, and his entire face instantly turned ashen.