Ye Xiwen's aura rose bit by bit, but to the Vice Captain facing him, it was not an increase—it was a truly terrifying power awakening within his body. Yes, awakening was the right word, as if this innate ability had belonged to him from birth and was only now awakening.
At that moment, before Ye Xiwen could even wait for his aura to settle, it began to boil.
"Whoosh!" A shocking blade light swept across heaven and earth. Wherever it passed, the world seemed like boiling water, rapidly roiling as countless flames ignited in an instant. A long blade cleaved down.
That blade light, even that long blade itself, had been condensed from laws. He struck with his full strength from the very beginning. For Celestial Realm experts, even the slightest concession could mean death; once they made a move, they had to go all out.
The blade light tore across the sky, instantly cutting through everything and splitting the world into two.
At this moment, the Vice Captain's expression changed drastically. In his haste, he slashed out with his own blade. Endless Thunder Dragons rose into the sky, blotting out the heavens and covering the earth as they collided with Ye Xiwen's blade qi.
"Clang!" A thunderous boom spread in every direction. Terrifying sound waves directly annihilated countless rocks, forming a vast vacuum around the two of them.
He was actually evenly matched with the Vice Captain. Before this, every collision had sent Ye Xiwen flying on the spot, yet now they had reached a stalemate. That alone was enough to prove how greatly Ye Xiwen's combat strength had risen after his breakthrough.
And this was only because he had just entered the Half-step Celestial Realm Middle Stage.
His aura had not even fully settled, yet he was already