Killing

The atmosphere on the plaza in front of the Saint Dao Hall was tense.

Thunder Roar Ravine was enveloped in lightning, his aura surging. He had clearly broken through to the middle stage of the Tai Xu Realm! He had obviously gained considerable fortune within the Hall.

However, blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, and his chest rose and fell slightly. He had clearly been through a tough fight.

Opposite him stood two people.

One was the young master Yuxi of Heavenly Palace Academy. His aura had surprisingly reached the early stage of the Tai Xu Realm. Nine brilliant jade beads circled him, emitting a powerful spiritual pressure, clearly indicating he too had encountered a fortuitous event.

The other was a young man with bronze skin. A flame totem was branded onto his bald head. He crossed his arms, his gaze arrogant, his vital energy like a dragon, exuding a terrifying pressure of the peak Tai Xu Realm. His aura was domineering and scorching, far surpassing Yuxi's!

"Western Desert, Burning Heaven Valley, Yan Kuang." The bald youth's voice boomed like thunder, making people's eardrums ring. "Barbarian, your Physical Body is decent. You can take a punch from me with thirty percent of my strength and still be alive, so you're qualified to know my name. Now, hand over that Saint Pill you got from the Saint Dao Hall, then cripple your own arms, and I might consider letting you roll out of the Battlefield."

Young Master Yuxi smirked coldly from the side. "Brother Yan Kuang, why waste words with this bumpkin from the Eastern Wasteland? Just kill him, and the items will naturally be ours. Everyone from Eastern Xuan Academy deserves to die!" His hatred for Xuanyuan Che and the others was boundless.

Thunder Roar Ravine spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva and grinned menacingly. "Pah! Two scumbags who only know how to take advantage of weakness! Your Grandpa Shi just finished the trial, was a bit depleted, and you ambushed me. You want to snatch my pill? Dream on! If you have the guts, wait until your Grandpa Shi recovers, and I'll beat the shit out of you!"

It turned out that Thunder Roar Ravine had just barely passed the Saint Dao Hall's trial and obtained a Saint Pill. While he was weak, Yuxi, who had entered later and was lying in wait, along with the suddenly appearing Yan Kuang, ambushed him, causing him great harm.

"You're looking for death!" Yan Kuang's eyes turned cold. He stopped talking nonsense and took a step forward, the ground cracking.

He threw out a simple punch. A terrifying flame lion's head condensed on his fist, roaring as it tore through the air, burning the void, and heading straight for Thunder Roar Ravine's face! With this punch, Yan Kuang held nothing back; it was comparable to a Saint's strike!

Young Master Yuxi also simultaneously activated his nine jade beads, transforming them into nine streams of light that sealed off all of Thunder Roar Ravine's escape routes.

Thunder Roar Ravine roared, unleashing his lightning to its fullest. He crossed his fists to block, preparing to take this killing blow head-on!

"I spared your lives before, and now you're attacking my Senior Brother. You're just asking for it in creative ways."

Just then, a clear and resonant voice rang out.

Immediately after, a figure appeared silently in front of Thunder Roar Ravine.

Facing Yan Kuang's ferocious flame lion fist and Yuxi's nine-bead combined attack, the newcomer casually raised his right hand, spread his fingers, and gently pressed forward.

There was no burst of spiritual light, no overwhelming aura.

It was as if he were brushing away dust.

However--

BANG!!!

The ferocious, roaring flame lion fist instantly dissipated the moment it touched that palm!

Yan Kuang's charging, burly figure abruptly stopped, paused for a moment, and then... he was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string!

Yuxi also felt as if he had suffered a heavy blow. The nine spiritual beads struck an invisible Barrier, making crisp ding-dong sounds before their spiritual light dimmed, and they flew back mournfully, rebounding onto Yuxi. Yuxi violently spat out a mouthful of blood, his face filled with horror.

Silence!

"Little Junior Brother!" Thunder Roar Ravine exclaimed, both shocked and delighted.

Xuanyuan Che retracted his hand, not even glancing at Yuxi and Yan Kuang. He flicked a pill imbued with vitality to Thunder Roar Ravine. "Third Senior Brother, tend to your injuries first. These two flies, I'll swat them."

His tone was terrifyingly calm.

"You... who are you?!" Yan Kuang stared intently at Xuanyuan Che, feeling an extremely terrifying sense of danger from the incredibly handsome youth.

Young Master Yuxi looked as if he had seen a ghost and shrieked, "Xuanyuan Che! It's you?!"

"Yan Kuang? Never heard of him." Xuanyuan Che finally turned his gaze to the two of them, his eyes indifferent. "I'll give you three breaths of time: kneel, kowtow to my Senior Brother in apology, cripple your own cultivation, or... die."

"Arrogant!" Yan Kuang had never suffered such humiliation. Rage instantly drowned out his reason. "No matter who you are, die for me!"

He erupted completely. His peak Tai Xu Realm vital energy was unleashed without reservation. The flame totem around him lit up, and his entire being seemed to transform into a flame war god! He attacked with both fists, and behind him appeared the manifestation of a colossal flame mad lion, roaring at the heavens, carrying the might to burn the heavens and boil the seas, lunging at Xuanyuan Che!

"Burning Heaven Valley Secret Technique—Mad Lion Burns the World Fist!"

With this punch, he had used twelve percent of his strength, unleashing his ultimate skill. Its power was infinitely close to the full strike of a Saint realm early-stage expert! He was confident that even a true Saint realm early-stage cultivator could not withstand this punch!

Young Master Yuxi also gritted his teeth, ignoring his injuries, and reactivated his cracked jade beads, cooperating with the attack.

Facing their combined assault, Xuanyuan Che merely shook his head gently.

"Stubborn."

He didn't even adopt a defensive posture, simply and casually throwing out a punch forward.

Still plain and unadorned, without any accompanying divine abilities or radiant light.

But the moment he threw his punch, centered on his fist, the space within a hundred-zhang radius abruptly distorted and collapsed, as if unable to withstand this pure, ultimate power!

Where his fist passed, all things returned to the void!

Yan Kuang's terrifying flame mad lion manifestation, upon contact with this fist wind, dissolved and collapsed silently like ice and snow under the scorching sun!

The flames on his fists were instantly extinguished, and his bones emitted a teeth-grinding cracking sound!

"No—!!!"

The rage in Yan Kuang's eyes turned into boundless terror and disbelief. He felt an irresistible, incomprehensible destructive force surge into his body along his arm, frantically destroying all his life force!

Pfft!

His entire body, like a kite with a broken string, was sent flying backward at a speed countless times faster than when he arrived. Blood spurted wildly, drawing a tragic arc in the air, before he crashed heavily onto the edge of the distant plaza. All his bones were shattered, his meridians severed, his cultivation abolished, leaving him with only half a breath left.

As for the nine jade beads, they were directly shattered by the residual power of Xuanyuan Che's punch, turning into dust!

Yuxi Gongzi was struck by a wave of energy, screaming as he tumbled away, severely wounded and on the verge of death.

The might of a single punch, terrifying indeed!

The entire place fell silent. Everyone secretly watching this location was utterly shocked and terrified, their scalps tingling!

Yan Kuang, the peerless prodigy of Burning Heaven Valley in the Western Desert, at the peak of the Tai Xu Realm, was crippled by a single punch?!

What kind of monster is this Xuanyuan Che?!

Xuanyuan Che slowly walked towards the two, who had completely lost the ability to move after being severely wounded. For the first time, he showed an angry expression.

"Did you choose this yourselves? But you're really annoying, like flies. If my Senior Brother and Senior Sister were here, hmph, you would have died eight hundred times over."

Another punch was thrown. Yan Kuang and Yuxi watched as the fist got closer and closer to them, mustering all their strength to try and crush their jade talismans.

But they probably wouldn't be able to.

The fist wind still lingered, but the two had already exploded into a mist of blood, their souls utterly annihilated.

Xuanyuan Che retracted his fist and looked at the stunned Thunder Roar Ravine. He waved his hand in front of them, "Snap out of it, Second Senior Brother! Senior Sister and the others should be coming out soon too."