"How is this possible?!"
They were sprawled on the ground, struggling to raise their heads as they stared in terror at the enormous palm bearing down on them!
Wasn't Su Changqing, the Holy Son of the Dao Yi Sacred Sect, ranked sixth?
How...
How could he unleash such a terrifying attack?!
Sima Chen and the others had been about to make their move, but the instant the palm came down, their expressions changed dramatically!
"That palm... it contains... a Supreme aura?!"
"What?! How is this possible? He... isn't he in the Saint Realm?!"
Even though they were the most gifted prodigies in their respective forces, their scalps prickled with terror!
Others might not have recognized the terrifying aura contained in that palm.
But how could they fail to recognize it?
The enormous palm Su Changqing had brought down held a Supreme aura powerful enough to nearly make their souls flee their bodies!
Even though they had entered the Saint Realm, they weren't remotely qualified to resist it!
There was a vast, unbridgeable chasm between Saints and Supremes!
Even ten cultivators in the Saint Realm couldn't kill a single Supreme!
A Supreme, on the other hand, could crush ten Saints as easily as ants!
Beneath a Supreme, everyone was an ant!!!
But how could a Holy Son in the Saint Realm like Su Changqing wield the power of a Supreme?!
At that moment...
They were no longer brimming with confidence. Beneath their forced composure, they were terrified!
"N-no... impossible!!!"
They had never heard of anyone in the Saint Realm being able to wield the power of a Supreme!!!
How were they supposed to fight him?!
Under the pressure of that aura, even their pride vanished, let alone their fighting spirit!
The enormous palm came crashing down, carrying a destructive force capable of wiping out the heavens and earth!
As the world-shattering commotion tore through the area,
everyone who had come to the Sacred Land was coughing up blood. Those with weaker cultivation even fainted on the spot!
As for Sima Chen, Wang Teng, and the others, even when they resisted with all their might, they couldn't slow the enormous palm for even an instant!
"Pfft!!!"
At the same time, they all spat out great mouthfuls of blood. Their bodies bent beneath the terrifying pressure and trembled violently!
Only now did they truly panic!
If Su Changqing wanted to kill them, he could do so without the slightest difficulty!!!
A powerful sense of imminent death surged through them. Even the five prodigies who had once topped the Heavenly Talent Ranking were now afraid of Su Changqing!
W-was this really something a cultivator in the Saint Realm could do?!
Only when Sima Chen and the others had gone deathly pale and could no longer bear the pressure, dropping to one knee as they struggled to hold on...
did the enormous palm finally disappear!
"Thud, thud! Thud..."
They had been about to beg for mercy. Now that the weight on their bodies lifted, they immediately collapsed to the ground!
Their eyes were filled with terror, and their hearts nearly leaped out of their throats!
Su Changqing had single-handedly crushed the five people at the top of the ranking.
At that moment, all creation fell silent!
Most people had already passed out beneath the pressure. Some managed to breathe a sigh of relief, only to collapse right afterward!
"Haah... haah..."
Ragged breathing echoed throughout the area.
Everyone was drenched in cold sweat as they stared in terror at Sacred Son Peak, where Su Changqing resided within the Dao Yi Sacred Sect!
"Su Changqing... h-he really is only in the Saint Realm?!"
"J-just one person... He crushed the top five on the ranking!!!"
"Is Su Changqing even human? H-how did he do that?!"
"Holy Son... the Holy Son..."
It wasn't just the outsiders who had come to the Dao Yi Sacred Sect—even the sect's disciples were completely dumbfounded, cold sweat running down their backs!
That terrifying attack had made them feel as if death were right beside them, as if one foot had already crossed into the gates of hell!!!
Now,
the area outside the Sacred Land was a complete mess!
Almost no one could remain standing!
Even Jiu You, Wang Teng, Sima Chen, and the other top five on the ranking were in a wretched state, their bodies still trembling uncontrollably!
Their minds had gone blank as they stared dazedly toward Sacred Son Peak.
Watching everything unfold outside,
the Dao Yi Sacred Sect's disciples were all parched, struggling to swallow.
"The Holy Son can crush all five of them by himself?!"
"So this is what the top five were like when the Heavenly Talent Ranking was first announced???"
"That's right, they are—but... our Holy Son is far stronger than they are!"
"Good heavens! Just one attack left those guys unable to fight?!"
"What level is the Holy Son really at? If he's only at the Saint Third Heaven, can he really crush the former top five on the Heavenly Talent Ranking?!"
Everyone was utterly shocked, their hearts tossed by an overwhelming storm!
With power like this, why was the Holy Son ranked sixth?!
Among the crowd,
Ling Qianxue stared blankly at the devastation outside the Sacred Land.
"Senior Brother... he..."
Her breathing quickened, her chest rising and falling!
She had thought her senior brother exaggerated a little in his diary, but now...
He hadn't exaggerated at all. If anything, he'd been understated!
Those former top five on the ranking might have been powerful to others, but to her senior brother...
they were nothing but undeserving of their reputations!!!
He had ranked sixth only because he hadn't wanted to compete...
If he truly wanted the top spot, could her senior brother crush the current number one on the Heavenly Talent Ranking too?!
The more she thought about it,
the more shocked Ling Qianxue became, her chest rising and falling even more sharply!
"With Senior Brother's strength, he could do it, right?!"
She murmured to herself, still unable to come back to her senses!
She, too, had felt the Supreme aura from that earlier attack, an aura that made her soul tremble!
There was no way she—or Sima Chen and the others—could stand against it. They weren't even qualified to try!!!
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