Inside the Misty Sect.
Above and below, countless gazes turned one after another toward the training ground.
They landed on the young man standing in the center of the training ground.
Like a pack of wolves circling a lamb, every single gaze was filled with boundless greed.
At Wu Shan, Xu Ling'er was also startled in turn, looking at Xiao Huohuo with a shocked expression, and the young girl whispered softly:
"How many secrets does this Xiao Huohuo still hold within him?"
"And just how many trump cards does he have left..."
Within her clear eyes, the young man was already holding his fists and charging toward the two Xiantian experts.
With thick spiritual qi wrapped around his body, Xiao Huohuo's moves were unknowingly far more ferocious than before, every punch fierce and violent, shattering the air with sonic booms.
The eyes of Xu Yan and his companion widened in shock as they gritted their teeth to respond once more. The Seven Injuries Fist and the Mountain Patting Palm were unleashed again, moving with the same tacit coordination as before as they viciously attacked the young man's vital points.
However, the young man did not retreat and dodge as he had before, but instead used offense as defense.
After several exchanges, the two Xiantian experts grew more alarmed the longer they fought.
Earlier, they had still been able to suppress the youth, but now even defending against him was extremely difficult.
Every strike of the young man's fierce boxing momentum was terrifying enough to make one's heart skip a beat, forcing them to scramble out of the way.
A flash of shocked anger crossed Xu Yan's face, and rather than dodging, he raised his fist to crash violently against the youth's:
"It's time you called it quits, youngster!"
Bang!
Xiao Huohuo's fist collided head-on with Xu Yan's Seven Injuries Fist.
The terrifying force shattered the latter's sleeves to pieces, sending his body violently flying backward through the air like a kite with a broken string, crashing down more than ten meters away.
As for the other Xiantian expert, amidst his shock, the Mountain Patting Palm in his hand was also forced forcefully back to the side by the sheer intensity of the fist pressure.
The long-faced Xiantian expert clutched his chest in terror, glaring gloomily at Xiao Huohuo.
Between heaven and earth, countless sounds of astonishment fell from all around.
Yet Xiao Huohuo did not pause on account of this.
Instead, he stamped hard on the ground, raising his terrifying aura once more as spiritual qi circulated frantically. One could clearly see wisps of rosy red radiance surging wildly across the surface of his body before compressing down to his fingertips.
Then Xiao Huohuo's index finger pointed sharply toward the sky, and a beam of rosy glow shot outward, landing upon the canopy of heaven.
Instantly, the sky filled with dark clouds, and rolling, rumbling thunder emerged.
His fierce, roaring voice simultaneously echoed throughout the entire Misty Sect:
"Great Desolation Prison Heaven Finger."
"Half-finger, Shake Heaven and Earth!"
From within the dark clouds, a massive, crimson, tangible finger reached out.
The long-faced Xiantian expert, whose breathing had just slowed, and Xu Yan, who had just managed to stand back up, both wore a look of gloom in their eyes, the latter speaking with a trembling voice:
"Damned youngster!"
Now, beneath the gaze of the numerous disciples of the Black Underworld Sect, the two of them, both early-stage Xiantian experts joining forces, had actually suffered defeat at the hands of a kid who hadn't even grown all his hair yet.
Such humiliation was simply harder to bear than being carved to pieces alive.
Right now, within the technique summoned forth by this youngster, they actually felt the terror of death, causing their bodies to instinctively want to retreat.
This reaction made it even more impossible for them to accept.
The two of them gritted their teeth in unison, pulling back their fists and palms to drive the inner force within their bodies to the absolute limit, their roars erupting together:
"Seven Injuries Fist, Seventh Form, Sever Tendons and Shatter Bones!"
"Mountain Patting Palm, Pacify Heaven and Calm Seas!"
In an instant, as the two of them were almost drained dry, countless fist shadows converged into a gigantic fist roughly ten meters in size, which, carrying along the mountain-toppling giant palm, charged toward the youth.
Mid-air.
The terrifying half-crimson giant finger collided with the fist shadows and palm light.
Between the three different terrifying energies, a wave of pressure formed, holding each other in a stalemate.
Within Xiao Huohuo's spiritual-qi-rippling eyes, a trace of disdain emerged, and he pressed his finger downward abruptly:
"Shatter, for me!"
As the words fell, the half-finger in the sky once more exploded with red light, crushing the fists and palms with the momentum of a collapsing mountain and decaying weeds as it plummeted forcefully toward the ground below.
Xu Yan and his companion watched the half-finger descend from the sky, feeling the terrifying aura contained within it, and horror flashed through both of their eyes.
The two wanted to dodge to either side, only to discover at that moment that their bodies had been firmly locked in place by some sort of aura.
They could only watch helplessly as the giant half-finger fell.
"No..."
The terrified shrieks faded as explosions rang out all around.
Dust and smoke rose from the ground, dirt splashing a hundred meters into the air before falling back down.
A vibrating hum echoed beside every single person's ears.
Everyone looked toward the center of the blast, only to see a massive crater with a radius of fully ten meters and a depth of eight or nine meters appear before their eyes.
Their eyes searched left and right within the pit.
Where could any human figure still be seen?
There were only two heaps of minced meat mixed into the soil, bright red blood interweaving with the dirt in an extremely bizarre and horrifying manner.
Seeing this scene, everyone fell into a state of extreme shock, heaven and earth silent, unable to recover their wits for a long time.
At the side, Wu Shan's mouth hung open, entirely stripped of the demeanor of a sect master at this moment. He looked just like a martial artist who had never seen the world upon first entering a sect, his face filled with sheer wonder and disbelief.
Beside him, the long-bearded Elder trembled so violently that even his white beard shook:
"Could it be that just now, Xiao Huohuo broke through to the Xiantian realm?"
"A Xiantian under eighteen years old... A Xiantian under eighteen years old!!!"
Wu Shan finally recovered his senses at this, staring fixedly at the young man's figure:
"A Xiantian under eighteen years old, who effortlessly slays two Xiantian experts the moment he breaks through—what kind of innate talent is this!"
"How many years has it been since Great Zhao produced such a genius."
On the ground nearby, Xu Ling'er stared fixedly at Xiao Huohuo's figure, her mind echoing with the words Xiao Huohuo had spoken earlier:
"You and I are long since people of two different worlds."
She emitted a bitter laugh, seemingly murmuring in a low voice:
"As expected, we are no longer people of the same world."
She raised her head to look at the dispersing clouds across the sky, seemingly recalling scene after scene from three years ago within the Xiao Residence, remembering the youth's desolate figure and resolute gaze.
Her eyes rippled endlessly:
"Back then, I really was blind..."
"Such a peerless genius of a fiancé, an uncarved jade of a kind rarely seen in this world, was actually treated by me as trash and wantonly humiliated..."
"Heavens, is this your punishment for my arrogance..."
High in the sky, Mo Wanli looked at Xiao Huohuo and laughed heartily.
Exchanging a glance with the two Grandmaster-realm experts by his side, the three of them drifted downward, landing directly before Xiao Huohuo.
As soon as the three descended, their terrifying awe-inspiring presence made it difficult for everyone on the training ground to breathe, causing even the circulation of their inner force to experience a trace of blockage.
Xiao Huohuo, however, stared with sharp eyes, his brow furrowed with unprecedented gravity.
At such close range, he could intuitively feel just how terrifying the aura of these three individuals was.
At the very least, they were ten times stronger than the two he had killed just moments ago!
They were simply not people of the same tier!
Even for him, a sense of inexplicable dread welled up within his heart at this moment.
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