Most importantly, just as he had thought, this special space could even deduce the subsequent portions of cultivation techniques. The "Heavenly Immortal Steps" in his hands were only the first layer; he had merely practiced its footwork until it was second nature.
Over the past month, he had already deduced the second layer of the "Heavenly Immortal Steps," but he had only barely reached the threshold of mastery, not even attaining perfection at that level. Even so, his "Heavenly Immortal Steps" had undergone a fundamental breakthrough. His speed had more than doubled, and when he launched himself, he could even split off an afterimage. Although it vanished after only a moment, if he could cultivate it to perfection at the threshold of mastery, that phantom would likely be able to remain for a long time.
After more than a month of frenzied cultivation, Ye Xiwen was absolutely confident that he could defeat any Houtian Ninth Stage expert.
True qi surged through Ye Xiwen's body, far surpassing that of ordinary Houtian Ninth Stage experts in both quantity and density. He slashed out again and again, his blade shadows forming a curtain of sabers. Every strike split the air apart, unleashing bursts of crackling explosions.
Ye Xiwen withdrew his cultivation and prepared to return to the Yi Yuan Sect for the Core Disciple Competition. This competition was extremely important. After taking part in it, Ye Xiwen might head to the Yi Yuan Sect's Main Sect and enter it as a disciple.
As soon as Ye Xiwen left the inn, he heard that the city was still in an uproar over the Xiantian Pills. After the Xiantian Pills had been refined, the City Lord's Mansion quickly produced two Xiantian Experts. With three Xiantian Experts in total, they crushed the City Guard Mansion in one stroke. Fortunately, the City Guard Mansion had also bought a Xiantian Pill at the auction and nurtured one Xiantian Expert, so they had not been completely overwhelmed.
However, Ye Xiwen knew that if no outside force intervened, Tian Yuan City would likely slowly fall into the City Lord's Mansion's hands in the future. Fortunately, he had no conflict with the City Lord's Mansion. On the contrary, he had even helped them this time, so it did him no harm.
Having made up his mind, Ye Xiwen quickly left the city and sped along the main road toward the Yi Yuan Sect.
Compared with when he had descended the mountain, Ye Xiwen's strength had increased enormously once more, and his speed had risen several times over as well.
Ye Xiwen raced onward. As he passed through a forest, he suddenly heard the sounds of fierce battle.
Ye Xiwen rushed in and saw violent fluctuations of true qi within the forest.
A dozen or so martial artists dressed in tight-fitting outfits were surrounding and attacking a young woman in green under the lead of a richly dressed young man.
The woman in green appeared to be seventeen or eighteen years old. Her dark brows curved delicately, her eyes shone brightly, and her gaze rippled like water. Her skin was snowy and jade-like, her bearing peerlessly ethereal, untouched by worldly dust, as though a fairy had descended into the mortal realm.
Every one of those dozen tightly clad martial artists stood at the Houtian Ninth Stage Peak. They were no ordinary Houtian Ninth Stage martial artists, but outstanding figures among their peers.
As for the richly dressed young man and the woman in green, their auras seemed faintly fused with the heaven and earth around them. With every motion, true qi rolled forth without end. They were actually both Xiantian Experts.
Ye Xiwen immediately concealed his aura and hid beneath a tree.
The richly dressed young man's casual attacks caused the air to explode continuously, their power immense.
Yet the cultivation technique used by the woman in green gave Ye Xiwen a strangely familiar feeling.
"Luo Tian, you have quite the nerve. You actually dared poison my food and plot against me. Aren't you afraid our Yi Yuan Sect will wipe out your entire clan?" the woman in green said sharply.
Yi Yuan Sect!
Ye Xiwen was instantly invigorated. This woman in green was actually a disciple of the Yi Yuan Sect, yet Ye Xiwen had never seen her before. Moreover, the Yi Yuan Sect on Green Peak Mountain could never have nurtured a Xiantian Expert. There was only one possibility: she was a disciple of the Yi Yuan Sect's Main Sect.
"Hahaha!" Luo Tian, the richly dressed young man, laughed loudly. "You've been poisoned by me. Today, there's absolutely no way you'll escape the palm of my hand. Without you, my sister will receive the sect master's attention and be specially nurtured. Our Luo Family will soar to greatness!"
"Wishful thinking!" the woman in green gritted out. Her longsword flashed from its sheath, and cold sword light instantly blanketed the sky, bursting the air apart and reducing even grains of sand to dust.
Several tightly clad martial artists standing nearby were instantly slain without suspense. Even poisoned, a Xiantian Expert's strength far surpassed those Houtian Ninth Stage martial artists.
"Hua Menghan, why don't you surrender without resistance?" Luo Tian laughed loudly and rushed forward to attack. He wielded a long saber, its saber qi pressing down on all sides as it spread wildly.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The two clashed in battle, terrifying waves of air surging up layer upon layer.
"Young master, before killing this little beauty, can you let the brothers enjoy her first? Hahaha, a heaven-favored daughter of the Yi Yuan Sect—we've never enjoyed such a top-grade beauty before!" one tightly clad martial artist said with a lewd laugh.
"Hahaha, suit yourselves. Once my Luo Family soars to greatness, what women could you possibly lack?" Luo Tian laughed, his saber strikes growing fiercer with every blow.
"You're courting death!" Hua Menghan gritted her teeth in fury. If she had not been poisoned, how would these ant-like wretches dare act so presumptuously before her?
Hua Menghan slashed out with her sword. A terrifying Sword Qi flickered at the sword tip before shooting forth in an instant, swift as lightning, cleaving the tightly clad martial artist who had just laughed lewdly into two halves.
That martial artist did not even have time to scream before he was split in two and died.
Luo Tian did not care in the slightest. He merely laughed loudly. "Go ahead and kill them. The more you circulate your true qi, the faster the poison in your body will act up!"
Sure enough, Hua Menghan's snow-white skin had already begun to take on a faint, eerie blue-green hue, chilling to behold.
Hua Menghan lightly bit her pearly teeth and shouted, "Even if I die, I will never let your scheme succeed!"
Before Hua Menghan's words had faded, her sword whistled through the sky. Sword strike after sword strike spread outward, forming what seemed like a bright moon that pressed down toward Luo Tian.
Luo Tian also unleashed all his ultimate techniques. His saber cleaved through everything as he met the attack head-on.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The collision of saber and sword in the sky sent sparks flying, igniting the air.
Whoosh! A shrill sound of something cutting through the air came from the point of collision, as if it had emerged from the void itself. A sword thrust out and pierced directly into Luo Tian's chest.
"Ah!" Luo Tian screamed and fell backward. His face instantly turned deathly pale as blood sprayed everywhere.
Meanwhile, Hua Menghan was in no better condition. Her once snow-white skin was now covered in blue-green markings, a horrifying sight. Her slender body swayed in the wind as though she might collapse at any moment.
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