Heaven Martial Realm

The young man appeared, hands clasped behind his back, standing lofty and unmoving!

He made no visible movement. All anyone saw was a spear-shaped surge of energy shooting out from his body.

That spear-shaped energy contained boundless true intent!

One strike... passed straight through Bai Wanli's chest!

It was so fast that Bai Wanli had no time to react at all.

Bai Wanli only saw a figure arrive before him at terrifying speed. In the next instant, a burst of white light exploded before his eyes, and he felt a chill in his chest as his life force rapidly drained away!

"No!!!"

The look in Bai Wanli's eyes turned from fury to unwillingness, then swiftly faded into emptiness!

In only half a breath, all life vanished from Bai Wanli's eyes. With a boom, he dropped to his knees before Ouyang Ke and the young man.

His massive body shriveled rapidly like a basketball that had been punctured.

Returned to normal, Bai Wanli knelt on the ground, head and hands drooping. In his chest, a huge bloody hole proclaimed his death to the world.

In a single exchange, the once-unbridled Bai Wanli had actually been killed by the young man in one move!

Everyone stopped fleeing and turned around, staring in horror in that direction.

"What happened?"

"How did Bai Wanli die?"

"Who killed him? Ouyang Ke?"

"No, absolutely not Ouyang Ke. Ouyang Ke had already lost all will to fight just now and was only waiting for death."

"It was the young man beside him!"

"Who is he?"

From Bai Wanli lunging straight over to his death and kneeling collapse, no more than two breaths had passed.

Ouyang Ke turned to look at the young man beside him, as if waking from a dream.

During those two breaths just now, he had only felt as though he were dreaming.

"Young Master!" Ouyang Ke dropped to one knee. "This subordinate failed to protect Young Master's seclusion, troubling Young Master to come out early. Please punish me."

Jiang Feng said calmly, "Get up. This cannot be blamed on you."

"Bai Wanli's strength was already on par with yours. You followed my instructions, hid your strength, and succeeded in a surprise attack. That was already a merit. If not for his cultivation of evil arts, after suffering such heavy injuries, he would never have been your match."

"Thank you for your comfort, Young Master." Ouyang Ke felt deeply moved. Not only did Jiang Feng not scold him for failing to protect his master, he instead comforted him.

The onlookers gradually gathered back, all staring in fear at the young man Ouyang Ke had knelt to.

"Is he Jiang Feng?"

"Yes, that should be him."

"To think we came here specially just to glimpse his true face and couldn't see him for so many days, yet tonight we actually saw him under such circumstances."

"He truly is a young hero. That aura of his is so strong!"

"Just now, was he the one who killed Bai Wanli?"

"Who else could it have been, besides him?"

"Isn't he fifth on the Earth Ranking? How could he... how could he possess the strength to kill Bai Wanli after he unleashed his evil art?"

"Don't refuse to admit you're dull-witted. Ouyang Ke has the strength to contend for the first seat on the Earth Ranking, yet he follows him willingly. Do you really think that Jiang Feng only has the strength of fifth on the Earth Ranking?"

"Then what level of strength does he have?"

"Exactly. What level of strength does he have?"

At that moment, the Dragon Tower Master was filled with regret, because just now he had only cared about fleeing for his life and had failed to record the scene of Jiang Feng killing Bai Wanli. If he had recorded it, it would probably have been another huge piece of news!

"Young Master!" a voice suddenly rang out behind Jiang Feng.

Jiang Feng slowly turned and looked at Tang Wanjing.

Tang Wanjing, her face pale, was kneeling on the ground. This bow of hers was clearly sincere and willing!

"If you are willing to follow me, I naturally welcome it," Jiang Feng said, looking down at Tang Wanjing. "However, have you thought it through?"

"You saw it as well. My enemies are unimaginably powerful. Perhaps at some point, someone even I cannot deal with will leap out. When that time comes, those of you who follow me may well be dragged into it."

Tang Wanjing prostrated herself and said earnestly, "If that truly happens, then being able to share life and death with Young Master would be the greatest blessing in this Zither Flute Maiden's life."

Jiang Feng nodded. He used his divine sense to perceive Tang Wanjing's sea of consciousness; her words came straight from the bottom of her heart.

"Good. Rise. From now on, you are a retainer of my Jiang Family." Jiang Feng helped Tang Wanjing up. "A little later, I will help you heal your injuries."

Ouyang Ke immediately stepped forward and supported Tang Wanjing in Jiang Feng's stead.

It was the first time Ouyang Ke had seen Tang Wanjing behave with such propriety before others. He had once personally seen Tang Wanjing use her charm arts before a senior of the Heaven Martial Realm.

From this, it could be seen that Tang Wanjing's submission and reverence toward Jiang Feng came from the bottom of her heart.

"Ah Feng!" Just then, a voice came from the distance, and a young man could be seen running this way.

"Brother Xiang," Jiang Feng called out from afar.

Xiang Pang was in as sorry a state as could be. Just now, worried for Jiang Feng's safety, he had stayed very close, only to be struck by a chunk of ruined wall that had flown out. He had nearly been buried alive.

"Ah Feng, you scared me to death just now." Xiang Pang hammered Jiang Feng's chest with a fist. "I thought you were definitely done for today."

"Haha, I'm not that easy to kill."

As they chatted and laughed, more and more onlookers gathered, but very few dared to come forward.

Jiang Feng spotted the Dragon Tower Master in the crowd. The Dragon Tower Master was shifting awkwardly, wanting to come over yet worrying about other things.

"Tower Master, come over and talk," Jiang Feng said, beckoning him over.

Hearing this, the Dragon Tower Master immediately came trotting over, all eager smiles. "Jiang Feng... oh, no, Young Master Jiang."

Jiang Feng smiled without speaking. After all, the Dragon Tower Master was not a sworn friend through life and death like Xiang Pang. It was inevitable that awe and distance would arise toward him now that his strength was so formidable, and Jiang Feng would not force anything.

"Young Master Jiang, may I ask what realm you are... you are in now?" the Dragon Tower Master asked, bracing himself.

This kind of question was actually very impolite.

However, as the Dragon Tower Master, it was not excessive for him to ask. Jiang Feng could choose to answer or not.

Jiang Feng smiled faintly and did not conceal it. "Heaven Martial Realm."

The words he spoke so lightly left everyone terrified beyond measure.

"Heaven Martial Realm—no wonder, no wonder!"

"A heaven-sent prodigy! A fourteen-year-old Heaven Martial Realm expert—there may be no one before him and no one after him. From ancient times until now and even into the future, there will be only this one, absolutely no second!"

"Heavens, what has happened to this world?"

Ouyang Ke and Tang Wanjing exchanged a glance, each seeing the other's expression of utter terror.

How many years had they been immersed in the perfection of the Earth Martial Realm? Yet they had never been able to touch the threshold of the Heaven Martial Realm.

Jiang Feng, on the other hand, broke through just because he said he would. It was simply...

Ouyang Ke knew very well that before Jiang Feng entered seclusion, his cultivation had only been at the fifth level of the Earth Martial Realm. He had never expected that after merely ten days in seclusion, Jiang Feng would not only reach the perfection of the Earth Martial Realm, but even step into the Heaven Martial Realm in one move.

The heavens were jealous, truly jealous!

The reason Jiang Feng did not conceal his cultivation was because he knew there was no meaning in hiding it.

Anyone could guess from the strength he had displayed just now.

That Bai Wanli had originally been an expert whose strength was comparable to the Heaven Martial Realm. Under the use of evil arts, even most Heaven Martial Realm experts would have had to avoid his sharp edge. Yet Jiang Feng had actually struck once and killed him as lightly as if brushing away dust.

With this level of strength, if they still could not think of his cultivation, then they would be hopelessly stupid.

The reason the Dragon Tower Master asked an unnecessary question was merely to seek confirmation.

This night was destined to be recorded in the annals of history.

Because on this night, the Earth Ranking was updated by nearly half.

The former foremost figure on the Earth Ranking, Bai Wanli, was dead. The new foremost figure on the Earth Ranking was Ouyang Ke, formerly ranked eighth on the Earth Ranking, who had been defeated by Jiang Feng ten days ago.

The former third-ranked on the Earth Ranking, the slave of two surnames Yu Xiaoxun, had been killed by Ouyang Ke, so the fourth-ranked naturally rose to third.

Jiang Feng, fifth on the Earth Ranking, was removed from the Earth Ranking because his cultivation had broken through. His name had only hung on the Earth Ranking for ten days!

Tang Wanjing, the Zither Flute Maiden who had been fifth on the previous Earth Ranking, had first been pushed down to sixth by Jiang Feng. Ten days later, because of Jiang Feng's breakthrough and Yu Xiaoxun's death, she rose to fourth.

Below that, the rankings automatically moved down in order, so three new names appeared on the Earth Ranking.

The former foremost figure on the Earth Ranking, Bai Wanli, had actually been secretly cultivating evil arts. But in the end, he was still killed by Jiang Feng in a single strike!

Apart from this, the most astonishing thing was:

On this night, within Hengshan Prefecture, a Heaven Martial Realm expert only fourteen years old was born!

The news spread as if it had grown legs!