The Challenge

Though Wind Jade Gold was precious—worth as much as an Ordinary Immortal's entire fortune—Ye Muxuan wasn't short on assets! The unprocessed World Ring of that Sky Wolf Race World Lord alone held spoils worth nearly 3 million Hunyuan Units! Among them were several weapon materials worth about as much as Wind Jade Gold, likely collected by the Sky Wolf Race World Lord to forge weapons for himself!

He had also collected several materials worth tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of Hunyuan Units, intending to use them to forge weapons and armor in the future. Although he didn't yet have enough to make a complete War Blade, they were still worth nearly a million in total. And he had an even more precious treasure, Star Gravel Sand, worth an astonishing 800,000 Hunyuan Units—enough to tempt even those who had become Immortal Deities through the Origin Law of Earth!

Wind Jade Gold worth 300,000 Hunyuan Units was certainly valuable, but it wasn't enough to make him lose his head!

"Then let's fight again! Does the eighth level of the Extreme Wind Secret Canon qualify me to fight you?" Li Zheng's gaze was as sharp as a blade, fierce, keen, and bloodthirsty!

At his words, the dozens of World Lords and more than a dozen Immortal Deities present—including Thunderbolt Spear Zhendan and Rain Sword Kong Yan—were all stunned!

The Extreme Wind Secret Canon was a Marquis-level Combat Secret Technique that began with the Origin Law of Wind! It had nine levels. The eighth was an Immortal Level technique, while the ninth barely reached Marquis Rank! Normally, reaching the seventh level was already the limit for a World Lord!

"If you've cultivated the Extreme Wind Secret Canon to the eighth level, then you're qualified to challenge me." Ye Muxuan nodded. Zhendan, standing beside him, agreed. He specialized in a Combat Secret Technique of the same level as the Extreme Wind Secret Canon, so he knew just how difficult it was to master a technique meant for Immortal Deities!

It meant that Li Zheng's Law Comprehension had reached the Immortal level!

He had already reached the ninth level several thousand years ago, and now he had even found his own path. Otherwise, how could he have killed an Alien Race Immortal head-on—even if it had only been the weakest kind, a Military Lord Immortal?

Those who hadn't reached their level had no idea how vast the gap between a World Lord and an Immortal was! Only the two men who had killed Immortals knew how much of their earlier victories had come down to luck, beyond their strength!

"But the eighth level alone still won't be enough for you to beat me." Ye Muxuan looked at him with deep, dark eyes and spoke calmly. He raised a hand, revealing a metal block in his palm, its surface gleaming with an unusual, amber-like luster. It was one of the spoils taken from the Sky Wolf Race World Lord and looked slightly larger than the Wind Jade Gold. "I respect your pride as a Fighter, so I won't take advantage of you. This piece of Purple Spirit Jade would fetch at least 300,000 Hunyuan Units at auction. If you win, it's yours."

"Though I still don't think you can beat me."

The item Ye Muxuan had produced made the World Lords look covetous. Even the Immortal Deities were visibly surprised!

Were World Lords really so wealthy these days? They casually brought out treasures worth as much as an Ordinary Immortal's entire fortune!

"Good! I've already requested a Decisive Battle Space through the Virtual Universe's Slaughter Arena. Let's fight there!" Li Zheng said, his eyes sharp as blades.

"Sure." Ye Muxuan nodded, easily sending out a wisp of consciousness to connect to the Virtual Universe and teleport to the Decisive Battle Space Li Zheng had requested.

For a World Lord, sending out a wisp of consciousness to connect to the Virtual Universe had virtually no effect on the real world. It was effortless.

After all, they were only fighting in the Virtual Universe, not risking their lives in the real world.

"Would you mind if I watched?" Thunderbolt Spear Zhendan asked from nearby, his voice deep and rumbling like thunder.

Li Zheng glanced around, then finally looked at Ye Muxuan, leaving the decision to him.

After all, Li Zheng was the one who had challenged Ye Muxuan. He had to respect Ye Muxuan's wishes. If Ye Muxuan objected, then Li Zheng couldn't make the fight public!

"Go ahead." Ye Muxuan nodded. "The Decisive Battle Space number is 500667346736. Anyone interested is welcome to watch!"

At Ye Muxuan's permission, the World Lords and Immortals present were all thrilled!

Wind Blade Muxuan was one of the strongest World Lords ever to have killed an Alien Race Immortal head-on! Among all the World Lords on the Outer Battlefield, he stood at the very peak. Only the Core Members of the Five Great Powers could surpass him! If someone like him remained a World Lord, that was one thing—but if he broke through and became an Immortal, he would very likely attain Marquis Rank, perhaps even High-level Marquis!

And even Blade Maniac Li Zheng was a rare talent among World Lords, one in a million. A thousand years ago, he had escaped an Alien Race Immortal's grasp, and now he had mastered the eighth level of the Extreme Wind Secret Canon!

A battle between two World Lords like these was certainly worth watching, especially for those who were themselves powerful World Lords!

In the Virtual Universe, inside Decisive Battle Space number 500667346736 in the Slaughter Arena, two figures stood facing each other in midair above a vast arena!

On the left stood a man in teal armor, a silver horn curved like a blade jutting from his forehead. It was the sign that a member of the Blade Race had reached World Lord Level!

On the right stood a man in black armor. Three interwoven vertical markings, resembling an eye, sat between his brows. He stood slightly taller, around two meters, and his dark eyes were deep and unfathomable.

"Draw your blade!" Ye Muxuan, clad in black armor, looked at the man in teal armor before him and spoke evenly. "If I strike first, you won't get a chance!"

"Fine!" The Blade Race man, Blade Maniac Li Zheng, roared. His long, curved blades spun in his hands, sending out waves of dazzling light, each slash sharper than the last!

His weapon was a Grade 5 Force Weapon, the Extreme Shadow Blade. Compared with Ye Muxuan's Wind Shadow Blade, it placed greater emphasis on speed. Combined with his incredible speed and the fact that the Origin Law of Wind had already recognized him, he was astonishingly fast!

Ye Muxuan watched it all, then summoned a long, gleaming blade with a slender, straight blade.

A Grade 5 Force Weapon, the Wind Shadow Blade!

The Extreme Shadow Blade had a more pronounced curve and emphasized speed, while the Wind Shadow Blade was straight and slender, emphasizing power!

The Extreme Wind Secret Canon was a Combat Secret Technique that could barely be considered Marquis-level. Each level contained dozens of blade forms, and learning them helped one comprehend the canon's combat techniques. But the form Li Zheng was using now belonged to none of them!

Derived from the Extreme Wind Secret Canon, it was the start of his own path! The blade form he unleashed was no weaker than the canon's eighth-level techniques!

But so what?

He had taken that step ten thousand years ago! Otherwise, how could he have slain an Alien Race Immortal head-on? Over the past ten thousand years, he had already developed his own First Form to nearly Marquis Rank. It was already close to the ninth level of the Extreme Wind Secret Canon! And now, three years later, thanks to a great increase in the clarity of his Law Comprehension, he had used his more than three years of interstellar travel not only to formally develop his own First Form to Marquis Rank, but also to create a Second Form! It had reached the level of a Peak Marquis Combat Secret Technique!