Boom! Boom! Boom!
Deafening collisions came one after another, resounding throughout Imperial Court Mountain.
Golden light and pitch-black blade light intertwined in the sky like two blazing suns and moons crashing together. Each clash twisted and shattered space, sending shockwaves sweeping across a thousand miles and tearing apart the sea of clouds over Imperial Court Mountain.
The Martial Deity of Imperial Court Mountain attacked with ever-greater fury. Though the apparition was not his true body, it unleashed the full might of a Martial Deity. Golden palm strikes filled the sky, surging like towering waves.
They carried everything he had learned of the Martial Dao in his lifetime, bearing down on Li Yun in layer after layer. Each blow held the domineering force to crush all before it. He meant to erase this new deity who dared challenge Imperial Court Mountain.
He was Imperial Court Mountain's reigning Martial Deity, a veteran who had long since reached the eightieth step of the Martial Dao Ladder.
His understanding of the will of heaven and earth had reached a transcendent realm, and his power ran deep as an abyss, far beyond that of a newly ascended Martial Deity. Now that he was unleashing it in full, his oppressive might made every living creature across the continent tremble, hardly daring to breathe.
Li Yun stood with blade in hand, the will of heaven and earth surging endlessly around him and merging with the laws of the entire Purple Moon Continent.
Each swing of the Heaven-Slaying Treasure Blade carried an undeniable heavenly will. Its blade radiance looked simple, yet possessed a piercing force nothing could withstand.
He had reached only the seventieth step of the Martial Dao Ladder, a full ten steps below his opponent. His reserves of power were already at a disadvantage. But the