Glaring Sun
The Subtle Movement Technique is indeed amazing, but no matter how agile a person Movement Technique, it is impossible to dodge such a dense, all-encompassing attack, leaving no gaps for you to hide!
Yi Yun was thus enveloped by rocks, and the surrounding audience could barely see what was happening inside the arena because their view was blocked by the rocks.
"How's the situation? Damn it, I can't see!"
Some people were anxiously waiting, wishing they could crawl into the pile of rocks to see how the standoff between Yi Yun and Li Hong was going.
"Li Hong's Earth Law... has already reached the second level, hasn't it!"
Each system of laws also has different levels.
The higher one goes in comprehending, the more difficult it becomes. Li Hong can condense the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi into mountains and rivers, and use a mountain and river for attack and defense. This is the first level of the conception of the Earth Law!
To be able to freely divide and unite mountains and rivers, even to divide them into countless tiny stones, and to control each stone at will—this level of mastery represents the second level of the Earth Law.
Further up, the Earth Law will become increasingly powerful. For example, they can cause the earth to spew out magma, control the power of magma, or control gravity. These are all evolutions of the Earth Law.
Of course, let alone Purple Blood Warrior, even Origin Foundation Realm Warriors would find it very difficult to reach this level; it's extremely difficult.
"Yi Yun, if you kneel down and beg for mercy, I might be able to stop myself. Otherwise, once this attack lands, I can't control whether you live or die!" Li Hong reminded Yi Yun, not because he didn't want to kill Yi Yun, but because he didn't want to suffer imprisonment.
Although people couldn't see Li Hong, they could hear Li Hong voice. When they heard that Li Hong was about to unleash a strike that could leave Yi Yun's life hanging in the balance, everyone held their breath.
After witnessing Li Hong manipulate mountains to crash down, causing the entire arena to tremble, no one doubted that Li Hong was exaggerating. If that mountain had crashed down, being hit by it could have turned you into mincemeat.
Yi Yun wanted to break through this move. Unless he used his hidden sword technique and cleaved a broad road with a powerful and unstoppable strike!
Then, Yi Yun used his extreme speed to fly out through the cleaved passage.
Only in this way can one possibly survive.
The key question is, can Yi Yun's blade carve out a path for himself?
Everyone, let's wait and see.
At this moment, on the Divine Desolation Stage, Yi Yun's entire body surged with vital energy. He looked at the rocks around him that had completely blocked his view, and connected his spiritual power to the Origin Purple Crystal, activating his Energy Vision.
Within his Energy Vision, Yi Yun could see that each of these rocks was composed of energy. They were not isolated, but rather had an energy connection with Li Hong.
"Hmm? This earth energy..."
Yi Yun's brow twitched. He could clearly see the energy flow within each rock, but he sensed that the trajectory of this energy flow was not perfect, but rather had many imperfections, especially when compared to the flow of primordial energy within the thirty-two characters of the Blade Tomb.
"Yi Yun, did you even hear me? You're really asking for trouble!"
Seeing that Yi Yun didn't respond at all and even seemed to be deep in thought, Li Hong became furious.
"Since you want to die, I'll grant your wish!"
Li Hong roared, and the long staff in his hand burst forth with a yellowish-brown wave of energy, like a surging tide, sweeping everything away!
On the Divine Desolation Stage, all the suspended rocks trembled violently!
Meanwhile, in the surrounding stands, several Enforcement Envoy stood up one by one. Their entire bodies circulated their vital energy, and their spiritual power penetrated through the numerous obstacles of the rocks, locking onto Yi Yun!
They're ready to act at any moment!
They won't stop the match, but they can save him when one side is clearly losing. They can't stand by and watch the number one genius among the newcomers be killed by Li Hong.
The atmosphere was more tense than ever before!
Everyone's heartbeats almost stopped. Li Hong grinned maliciously, leaped high into the air, and the long staff in his hand seemed to pierce through heaven and earth in that instant!
At that moment, Li Hong felt as if he had become an unapproachable mountain.
"Mountain-Suppressing Strike!"
Li Hong roared and swung his long staff down!
The surrounding rocks were swept up by this blow and surged toward Yi Yun!
The attack was relentless, leaving no blind spots. The rocks were all connected, so even something the size of a rat couldn't escape!
Countless rocks crashed down, centered on Yi Yun!
Every blink of an eye is like thousands upon thousands of rocks being bombarded!
Yi Yun, however, was unable to escape at all!
"Boom boom boom!"
The rocks collided with each other, producing a deafening explosion that seemed to shake the entire arena!
People stared in disbelief as the spot where Yi Yun had been standing was swallowed up by rocks!
A mountain range is forming there at an extremely rapid pace!
Yi Yun didn't dodge?
Everyone was stunned. They had thought that when all the rocks came crashing down, Yi Yun would use his hidden sword technique to cleave a path to survival, but he didn't!
Rocks are piling up rapidly! The mountain is getting higher and higher!
Sky!
Yi Yun...
People stared wide-eyed, and now many were wondering if Yi Yun had been turned into mincemeat!
Li Hong's eyes were ferocious; at this moment, he was bloodthirsty! He no longer cared about prison!
"Die!"
Just as all the rocks had merged into one, transforming back into a mountain over twenty meters high, Li Hong descended from the sky and slammed his heavy staff into the mountain!
"Boom!"
The force of this blow traveled through the mountain and surged towards its center, causing the entire Divine Desolation Stage to tremble violently!
Li Hong hung there on the summit of Heaven-Expanding Mountain. The iron rod in his hand had been driven deep into the mountain. The mountain itself was formed from Li Hong's vital energy, so it did not hinder Li Hong's energy. Therefore, the power contained in this strike must have been perfectly transferred to Yi Yun!
Crushed by mountains weighing tens of millions of pounds, and then struck by Li Hong's staff, wouldn't Yi Yun already be a pulp?
The entire arena fell silent. The sound of Li Hong's final blow still echoed throughout the arena, its lingering echo deafening!
"Is he... dead?"
Someone said tremblingly, and Yi Yun's friends, including Song Zijun, were all on tenterhooks. Zhao Qingcheng almost screamed out in alarm.
"Hey! Great!"
In a corner of the arena, Yang Dingkun grinned maliciously. He was very satisfied with the result. Even if Yi Yun didn't die, he would probably be crippled, with all his meridians possibly broken. Even the best spiritual medicine wouldn't be able to cure him.
"Hmm? That's...?"
Yang Dingkun suddenly froze. He saw that at the foot of Heaven-Expanding Mountain, a dark red liquid was slowly flowing out from the cracks in the rocks.
What is it?
The dark red liquid should have been blood, but it was clearly very different from blood; it was viscous and turbid, with billowing bubbles rising to the surface, and it seemed extremely hot!
This is...
Magma!?
Not only Yang Dingkun, but all the viewers noticed the lava gushing out from the cracks in the rocks, growing more and more abundant and thicker!
Lava? What's going on!?
Could it be that Li Hong's Earth Law have reached the point where they can melt mountains and rivers into magma?
Earth Law reach a certain level, it is indeed possible to manipulate magma!
Magma is the wrath of the earth. Human Race Hegemon at the peak of his power as an earth warrior can even cause a volcano to erupt at will!
But... Li Hong couldn't possibly reach that level.
"How could this be?! Manipulating magma!?"
"Where is Yi Yun? How is Yi Yun?" People were extremely anxious, all looking at the Enforcement Envoy. Why hadn't Enforcement Envoy made a move yet?
However, the Enforcement Envoy in charge of the match all had strange expressions on their faces and made no move.
At the summit of Heaven-Expanding Mountain, Li Hong was completely stunned.
Magma!?
He knows his own limitations best; he's still a long way from being able to control magma!
"How could Heaven-Expanding Mountain possibly have evolved magma?"
Li Hong muttered to himself, finding it unbelievable.
At this point, more and more lava was forming, and the mountain was getting hotter and hotter. Li Hong felt bursts of heat rising from the bottom, making it difficult for him to stay on Heaven-Expanding Mountain any longer.
He could even clearly feel that as the magma increased, Heaven-Expanding Mountain was slowly melting away!
Heaven-Expanding Mountain, submerged in lava, is like a piece of rock candy dropped into water, shrinking smaller and smaller.
How could this be!?
Li Hong was greatly alarmed. Just then, he seemed to hear a faint Feng Ming cry, and suddenly, a surge of purple qi burst forth from the entire Heaven-Expanding Mountain!
Um?
Li Hong was startled and jumped off the top of Heaven-Expanding Mountain. In the few breaths after he jumped, scorching flames shot up from the mountaintop!
Whoosh whoosh--
The blazing, Pure Yang Fire burned fiercely, engulfing the entire Heaven-Expanding Mountain! It was like a sun rising within Heaven-Expanding Mountain!
Streams of purple qi churned and surged through the flames, soaring straight into the sky!
The Pure Yang Energy within a radius of several miles was swept in and merged into the purple qi, becoming part of it.
It was noon, the sun was blazing, and purple qi were billowing out!
High above the arena, the purple qi gradually evolved into a long canyon.
The canyon is shrouded in mist, with mountains, trees, and rivers, all of which seem to be burning in a hazy purple qi...
"This is!?"
Li Hong's eyes widened in surprise.
On the surrounding stands, all the veteran trial participants wore expressions of utter astonishment, while the newcomers were completely bewildered, not understanding the meaning of this strange phenomenon of purple qi aura.
"Radiant Sun True Qi! This is Radiant Sun True Qi!" a veteran trial participant exclaimed in disbelief.
"Not only is it the Radiant Sun True Qi, but it's the Radiant Sun True Qi at the Valley of the Sun level! Who cultivated this Radiant Sun True Qi?"
The man didn't react for a moment, while the newlyweds were completely stunned.
They had never seen the Radiant Sun True Qi, but they had heard of its great Radiant Sun True Qi.
The Radiant Sun True Qi, originating from the <Tai'a Sacred Law>, is the strongest power of the Tai'a Divine Kingdom its supreme inheritance!
As the lava on the arena increased, turning the entire mountain red and slowly melting, people realized an impossible possibility...
"Yi Yun... didn't he exchange for... the <Tai'a Sacred Law> before?"
Someone said something, and everyone held their breath.
Yi Yun!?
He exchanged for the <Tai'a Sacred Law> in less than two months!
He was still a complete novice, his cultivation level merely at the Peak of Purple Blood Mid-stage! He cultivated the Radiant Sun True Qi? And it was even the Radiant Sun True Qi at the Valley of the Soup!?
Are you kidding me!
At this moment, in the Central Divine Tower, Cang Yan and Jian Ge were playing chess while watching the game projection on the war array plate. This kind of war array plate can lock onto a certain place, set up the array in advance, and then perfectly present the image there.
After confirming that Yi Yun had comprehended the Thirty-two Sword Dao Characters, Cang Yan and Jian Ge both felt that there was no need to go to the scene to watch the battle between Yi Yun and Li Hong.
Just looking at the image left by the array formation is enough to draw attention to Yi Yun.
They had been watching the match casually until Li Hong unleashed his decisive attack, which piqued their interest. They were somewhat worried that Yi Yun wouldn't be able to withstand it, but...
As the Radiant Sun True Qi burst forth... Cang Yan nearly overturned the chessboard!
"This kid! Are you sure you're not mistaken! Old Man Sword, did you see that?!" Cang Yan went to pull Jian Ge.
Jian Ge said speechlessly, "I'm watching!"
"That's the Radiant Sun True Qi of the Tang Valley level! Yi Yun has only been practicing the Tai'a Sacred Law for two months, it's truly... incredible!"
Elder Jian Ge gave this evaluation, Yi Yun had already been praised by Jian Ge several times. Under normal circumstances, it is already very difficult for a junior to receive even one praise from a sage.
In fact, after Yi Yun obtained the Primordial Relic Medicine, he used the Glory Points it brought to exchange for the <Tai'a Sacred Law Primordial Relic Medicine. It has been two months since then, but no one knows that after exchanging for the <Tai'a Sacred Law>, Yi Yun only took a dozen days to cultivate the Radiant Sun True Qi!
If Elder Jian Ge were to learn of this, he would be even more shocked.
At this moment, in the arena--
The lava flowed more and more, already flowing down the Divine Desolation Stage.
At this point, most people realized that Yi Yun had mastered the Tai'a Sacred Law; however, some still thought it was impossible.
Just then, a piercing shriek suddenly rang out!
In the center of the Divine Desolation Stage, within the towering Heaven-Expanding Mountain, a crimson-purple blade of light shot into the sky!
In that instant, that single strike seemed to become the sole essence of heaven and earth!
A blade of light, tens of meters long, cleaved the massive Heaven-Expanding Mountain in two from top to bottom!
Snap!
Heaven-Expanding Mountain trembled violently, and two massive mountain sections collapsed in all directions!
Only then did people realize that the middle part of Heaven-Expanding Mountain had been completely melted away, leaving a huge cavity!
In the very spot where the hole once stood, a Linen-clothed Youth, wielding a long sword, stood proudly!
Above him, lava rained down; beneath his feet, lava surged.
However, all of this surging magma was blocked by the Pure Yang Energy and could not get any closer to the boy!
This...
People stared wide-eyed, completely stunned!
Yi Yun... with his Radiant Sun True Qi, cleaved Heaven-Expanding Mountain in two with a single strike!!
Only then did people realize that when Heaven-Expanding Mountain crashed down, Yi Yun had already used his Radiant Sun True Qi to create a shelter for himself, and he was completely unharmed from beginning to end!
[Today is Lunar New Year's Eve, here's a 4,000-word chapter. Wishing everyone a happy Year of the Monkey and all the best. Um... could I ask for a monthly pass as a red envelope?]
...(To be continued~^~)