Ants Trying to Shake Heaven's Might—Courting Death

"I heard Ye Wu was severely wounded by the Little Holy Son's punch in Hengtian Hall. The bones in his chest were broken, and his internal organs shattered. Hall Master Ye had to intervene personally just to barely save him. For a long time to come, he probably won't be able to cultivate normally," one genius said in a low voice.

The people around them suddenly understood. No wonder Ye Wen had rushed out so impatiently after seeing Ye Feng suffer a setback. He was here to stand up for his younger brother.

"Ye Wen has been in the Spirit Refining Realm for years and ranks thirty-eighth on the Spirit Refining Ranking. The Little Holy Son is only in the Body Tempering Realm and is said to be under nine years old. Him challenging the Little Holy Son is probably against the sect rules..."

Before the woman could finish, her companion covered her mouth and winked at her frantically. They were about to enter the Sacred Heaven Pool. At a time like this, offending the son of the Internal Affairs Hall Master was no good thing.

Challenge him?

Chu Tian turned his head, glanced at Ye Wen, then withdrew his gaze and walked back to Hui Mei's side.

"You truly aren't worthy."

Coldness filled Chu Tian's eyes, but a supporting character like Ye Wen simply could not stir his interest.

He did not want to waste any more time on someone like this. Closing his eyes, he began comprehending the Supreme Yin Yang Great Dao Art as he waited for the Sacred Heaven Pool to open.

This guy is clearly younger than me. Where did such terrifying killing intent come from? Hui Mei muttered inwardly. Whenever Chu Tian stood beside him, that hair-raising sensation returned, making goosebumps rise all over his body.

Though he had known Chu Tian for only a short time, Hui Mei had discovered that Chu Tian seemed indifferent toward everything. He rarely wasted even a thread of time or energy on irrelevant matters. He went straight to the point in everything he did, his purpose always clear—just as when they had fought.

This was the first time he had felt anger from Chu Tian.

"Chu Tian, you dared to ambush and injure my younger brother. Why don't you dare accept my open and honorable challenge now?" Ye Wen's face darkened. He felt deeply scorned by Chu Tian.

He said coldly, "The heir of a Founding Family, the sect's Little Holy Son, first on the Earth Ranking—don't tell me you don't even have the courage to accept my challenge?"

If not for the sect rules forbidding those of higher realms from casually taking the initiative against those of lower realms, he would have already struck.

"Why are all you Ye Family people so annoying? My big brother can't even be bothered with you, yet you insist on throwing yourselves forward one after another, desperate to die," Hui Mei said with a grin, scratching his bald head.

"Besides, you're truly unworthy of challenging my big brother. You've already broken through to the Spirit Refining Realm, yet you still look so frail that a gust of wind could blow you over. At the same realm, I could poke you to death with one finger."

He possessed a strength of 1.1 million jin. Below the realm of Ignite Divine Fire, aside from Chu Tian, there were few people he thought worthy of notice. That even included Ye Feng.

"Little bald head, you had a hand in what happened to my younger brother too. Others fear you because you're from the Hui Family, but I don't. Once I've dealt with Chu Tian, I'll settle accounts with you."

As the son of the Internal Affairs Hall Master, Ye Wen was full of confidence. He swept Hui Mei with a cold glance, then spoke to Chu Tian, who still had his eyes closed.

"What is it, Chu Tian? Weren't you arrogant toward Brother Feng just now? Why are you cowering now?"

"Brother Feng didn't want to make things difficult for you because of the marriage agreement, but I don't have Brother Feng's good temper. If your sister wants to marry into my Ye Family, she must obey my Ye Family's rules. Otherwise..."

Buzz!

Chu Tian suddenly opened his eyes. Terrifying cold light flashed within them as the third vertical eye between his brows opened, purple radiance flowing forth. Vast Spiritual Power surged like rolling waves, Dao intent spreading out as his body vanished from where he stood.

In the next instant, Chu Tian appeared directly before Ye Wen. His frost-filled eyes stared at Ye Wen as terrifying killing intent erupted.

"You're courting death!"

"I was waiting for you to make a move."

Ye Wen had remained on guard all along. The moment Chu Tian appeared, he roared in fury. What he had been waiting for was an excuse.

Without caring that Chu Tian had not yet attacked, his immense Spiritual Power reverberated as he lashed a whip-like kick toward Chu Tian's chest. The airflow burst apart, and pressure surged like a tide, horrifying all who saw it.

As a genius ranked thirty-eighth on the Spirit Refining Ranking, the power Ye Wen unleashed in that sudden strike had even reached seven million jin.

Even a mountain would have been blown apart by that kick.

The onlookers were horrified beyond measure. They thought Ye Wen had gone mad. Though he was a whole major realm above the Little Holy Son, he had actually attacked Chu Tian without warning.

And he had even used his full strength in that kick. He was clearly trying to kill Chu Tian in one blow.

"Ye Wen, stop!"

A woman in green rushed out from the crowd in an instant. "This is where Saint Ancestor Duanmu passed away. Do not act recklessly here."

But Ye Wen's attack had come far too suddenly, almost in the space between lightning and flint. He was also right beside Chu Tian, leaving no one any time to react.

Boom!

Chu Tian's gaze was ice-cold. His Spiritual Power transformed into one Great Dao rune after another, covering his arm. His immense Spiritual Power increased tenfold, his blood and qi soaring to the heavens and rolling like dragons and pythons as he threw a punch.

In that instant, even space seemed to tremble. That punch was swift as lightning, heavy as Taishan, carrying an unimaginable depth and weight.

Fist and kick collided. The airflow exploded, Dao intent surged, and Chu Tian's power poured forth like a tidal wave.

Crack!

Ye Wen's foot was directly blasted into a cloud of blood mist. He let out a miserable scream as the surging force traveled up from Chu Tian's fist, making blood seep from every pore across his body. Blood flowed from his facial features, and in an instant, he became a blood-soaked man standing on one foot.

With the Eye of the Heavenly Dao layered atop his tenfold Spiritual Power, the explosive force Chu Tian unleashed in that instant had reached the level of ten million jin. Such immense power could instantly blast a mountain into powder. Moreover, Chu Tian had used the Supreme Yin Yang Great Dao Art he had just obtained. This strike could absolutely turn even a True Dragon Cub in the Spirit Refining Realm, with its formidable bloodline, into a cloud of blood mist.

Ye Wen's physical body was incomparably inferior even to that of a True Dragon Cub in the Spirit Refining Realm.

Had his Spiritual Power not been vast and far stronger than Ye Wu's, Chu Tian's strike, even though it had only landed on his leg, would have sent vibrations through him that would have shaken him into a mass of blood mist on the spot.

The people present stood dumbfounded, nearly suffocating as they watched the scene before them. They could no longer describe what they were feeling.

Ye Wen, ranked thirty-eighth on the Spirit Refining Ranking, had nearly been shaken to death alive by Chu Tian's single punch.

No one doubted that if that punch had landed on Ye Wen's body rather than his leg, his entire body would already have exploded and been torn into pieces.

"You overestimate yourself. Who gave you the courage to spout such wild nonsense?"

Terrifying coldness flickered in Chu Tian's eyes, and his killing intent surged like a tide.

He had originally been too lazy to bother with someone who did not even qualify as a supporting character, but Ye Wen had insisted on throwing himself forward and spewing nonsense involving Chu Yunshang.

He did not want to lower himself to argue with an ant, yet that ant had actually dared to try shaking Heaven's might.

That was courting death.

Buzz!

Killing light erupted from Chu Tian's eyes. His gaze solidified and shot directly toward Ye Wen's head, seeming to bore two holes through space itself. Ye Wen was almost completely incapable of resisting at that moment. If this strike hit, his head would undoubtedly be pierced through.

At that moment, a green figure flashed past and blocked Chu Tian's gaze, saving Ye Wen's life.

The woman in green moved with incredible speed. Only after rescuing Ye Wen and taking him far away from Chu Tian did she raise her head and speak to him.

"Chu Tian, the Sacred Heaven Pool is about to open. Don't cause trouble. This opportunity is extremely important to many people. If you kill Ye Wen, Hall Master Ye will be alerted immediately even if he is currently in a meeting at Elder Peak. The Sacred Heaven Pool may be postponed indefinitely."

The woman in green was not breathtakingly beautiful, but her cheeks were somewhat baby-fat and plump, making her look very cute.

She was not particularly tall either. She looked about the same age as Ye Feng, yet she was only around 1.65 meters tall, about the same height as Chu Tian now.

But her strength was extraordinarily formidable. She was likely younger than Ye Wen, yet far stronger than him by an unknown margin. She was already a genius in the Body Integration Realm.