Invincible in the Grotto-Heaven Realm!

"Little fellow, Ye Qing's palm strike has reached a force of a hundred thousand jin. The Desolate Tower is upgrading!" "Desolate Tower upgrade complete. Strongest palm technique mode activated for you!"

The Desolate Tower's voice rang out at once.

Xu Qingyang was overjoyed to hear it. The mode unlocked by this upgrade had come at just the right time.

At that instant, Xu Qingyang watched Ye Qing's palm hurtle toward him, and a strange smile curled his lips.

Yet just as Xu Qingyang raised his hand to strike, Su Zilian crushed the bone talisman in her hand. Her aura immediately climbed higher and higher.

It seemed she was already no weaker than someone at the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm.

With her blood-red spear in hand, Su Zilian thrust at Ye Qing.

"Ignorant junior, do you really think a bone talisman gives you the right to stop me?"

Ye Qing swept his palm fiercely, sending a blast of palm force flying. Su Zilian was hurled backward, spear and all, coughing up blood.

Splurt!

Blood spilled from her mouth.

"Ye Qing, you dared hurt my fiancée! Today, this place will be your grave!"

Xu Qingyang stared at Ye Qing and roared.

At once, Xu Qingyang unleashed an utterly ordinary palm strike.

"Fuck, that bastard Xu Qingyang really doesn't know whether he's courting life or death! He's actually attacking the Ninth Elder?"

"Does he seriously think he can deal with the Ninth Elder?"

Seeing this, Ye Xingchen grinned and began to sneer.

Facing Xu Qingyang's incoming palm, Ye Qing chuckled. "Xu Qingyang, I have to admit, you've got some nerve, daring to take the offensive!"

"But very soon, you'll learn that your attack is nothing but a joke before me!"

Ye Qing raised his palm and struck straight out!

The moment his palm collided with Xu Qingyang's, he felt a terrifying force shatter his hand and send him flying.

"W-what?"

At the sight, the smile vanished from Ye Xingchen's face, replaced by utter astonishment.

Even if that bastard Xu Qingyang could kill someone at the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm, how could he defeat the Ninth Elder, who was at half-step Grotto-Heaven?

Su Zilian, who had been knocked to the ground, rose to her feet and stared at Xu Qingyang in shock.

Though she was shocked, what filled her heart even more at that moment was confusion and bewilderment.

Why had Xu Qingyang been able to send Ye Qing flying with a single palm strike?

For a moment, she felt that Xu Qingyang was a complete stranger.

Perhaps Xu Qingyang has secrets I know nothing about.

"Y-you... how is your palm technique even stronger than mine?"

Ye Qing got to his feet and stared at Xu Qingyang, unable to believe it.

Xu Qingyang did not answer. Instead, he struck Ye Qing with his palm, and the latter immediately dropped dead.

"How is that possible?"

Ye Xingchen gritted his teeth, his expression darkening as he shouted.

Xu Qingyang said coldly, "Ye Xingchen, now it's your turn!"

"Do you really think you can kill me?"

Ye Xingchen snapped furiously.

"Hmm?"

Hearing that, Xu Qingyang narrowed his eyes at Ye Xingchen. Could this fellow still have another trick up his sleeve?

"Azure Profound Guards, it's time to unseal your cultivation and kill Xu Qingyang!"

Ye Xingchen shouted at the top of his lungs.

Almost as soon as his voice rang out, the many experts behind him erupted with powerful auras. They seemed to have reached the Grotto-Heaven Realm.

"Little fellow, dozens of early Grotto-Heaven Realm experts want to kill you. The Desolate Tower is upgrading!"

"Desolate Tower upgrade complete. Invincible Grotto-Heaven Realm mode activated for you!"

The Desolate Tower's voice rang out again.

Another upgrade?

This time, I'm invincible in the Grotto-Heaven Realm?

Xu Qingyang smiled.

Seeing the dozens of early Grotto-Heaven Realm experts behind Ye Xingchen about to attack Xu Qingyang, Su Zilian's expression changed drastically, and her slender body began to tremble.

Against so many Grotto-Heaven Realm experts, never mind Xu Qingyang—even a middle Grotto-Heaven Realm expert might not be able to cope!

"What should we do now?"

Su Zilian frowned. "How can I help Brother Qingyang?"

Boom!

Boom, boom!

One of the Azure Profound Guards raised his palm. In an instant, he condensed a huge black hand and sent it crashing toward Xu Qingyang.

"Second sword: Two Principles Swallow Four Symbols!"

Wielding the Red Sparrow Sword, Xu Qingyang slashed at once. A fierce streak of sword light instantly transformed into a sphere of interwoven black-and-white sword energy.

In a flash!

It swallowed the incoming black palm.

The next moment.

Before that Azure Profound Guard could react, the sphere of sword energy killed him.

"You're courting death!"

"Form the array!"

The dozens of Azure Profound Guards flew into a rage. They immediately formed hand seals and laid out an array.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

As countless rays of light rose, a black giant condensed into being, gripping an iron hammer.

At once, the black giant swung its iron hammer and attacked Xu Qingyang.

"Shatter!"

Xu Qingyang roared, and countless rays of light burst from the sphere of sword energy.

In an instant, they annihilated the black giant and the array.

The next moment, Xu Qingyang slaughtered those dozens of Grotto-Heaven Realm experts.

Seeing this, Ye Xingchen's heart filled with terror. That bastard Xu Qingyang is an absolute monster!

He actually has strength like this!

Looks like I have to escape!

At that thought, he opened his palm and crushed the spatial talisman in his hand, vanishing instantly.

"He actually ran?"

Xu Qingyang frowned as he spoke.

Su Zilian blinked. "Should we chase him?"

Having just witnessed Xu Qingyang's strength, she was utterly stunned.

Previously, she had considered herself a prodigy of Canglan Academy, and with her Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, she had felt at least some sense of superiority.

She had not truly liked Xu Qingyang. She had merely wanted him to feel that there was still warmth in the world.

Only now did she truly feel that her achievements could not compare with Xu Qingyang's at all.

She had even begun to like him.

Xu Qingyang said, "Ye Xingchen might escape the first day of the month, but he'll never escape the fifteenth!"

"Mm!"

Su Zilian nodded.

Then Xu Qingyang took out the map again and examined it. "Little Lian, the place we're heading to next is called Waterfall Cave!"

"All right!"

Su Zilian smiled.

Afterward, they left the abyss and headed toward Waterfall Cave.

However, to reach Waterfall Cave, they had to pass through Hukou Waterfall.

Soon, they arrived at Hukou Waterfall and gazed at the water cascading down.

"In we go!"

Xu Qingyang took Su Zilian's delicate hand and instantly passed through Hukou Waterfall, entering Waterfall Cave.

"Brother Qingyang, there seems to be someone over there?"

Su Zilian's voice rang out just then.

Xu Qingyang looked up and saw someone lying on the stone bed inside Waterfall Cave. To be precise, it was a woman—a very beautiful woman.

"Doesn't she look like the woman who was fighting over the Dragon Orb?"

Xu Qingyang suddenly spoke as something came back to him.