As that mighty fist rapidly swelled in his vision, Xie Yuan had a thought:
"This is the true Mountain Shaking Fist."
Compared with his own Eight Trigrams Mountain Shaking Fist, which he had not mastered and whose rank was not especially high, Ji Xuan's rage-filled punch was vast and majestic, carrying the force to crush mountains. It was simply not a fist technique someone in the Qi and Blood Transformation Realm should have been capable of unleashing.
No matter what cultivation art this fellow used, it seemed to be among the very best, and he had attained no small mastery in every one of them.
Feeling the gale rushing at his face, Xie Yuan neither blocked nor showed any panic.
It was over. There was no need to keep tangling with this formidable fellow.
Outside, Xie Yuan would have gladly let loose and sparred properly with an opponent like this, but not in Heaven Beyond Heaven.
His figure flashed, and in an instant several afterimages scattered in all directions, while his true body vanished into the void.
Heaven Illusion Art followed by Heaven Concealing Art—the simultaneous use of these two secret arts had become Xie Yuan's favorite way to bewilder enemies. So far, no one had failed to take the bait.
The moment Ji Xuan saw several figures flash before his eyes, his gaze darkened. His fist wind surged forth like a hurricane, blanketing everything within more than thirty feet ahead of him.
Boom—
The immense force of the punch crashed forward, shoving a deep pit into the ground as the several fleeing phantoms shattered at once.
Seeing that not one of them was the real body, Ji Xuan seemed to have expected it.
He took a great step forward and stomped down fiercely.
Another boom rang out. The earth