Earth-Shattering

A hundred miles away, the mirror in the Purple Robe Elder's hand shattered into pieces.

The last image in the mirror was Lu Ran raising his hand to seize half a tribulation cloud, intending to refine it into an immortal garment. The result was a massive explosion that shook the nearby mountains into a chorus of resonance!

Yet, he himself was not significantly affected.

Such a scene terrified countless cultivators.

Lu Ran, whose name they had only heard but never seen, was actually this terrifying.

The title "Son of Heavenly Dao" swept across Great Yan like a storm.

Young Master Qiu, who was enjoying tea and playing chess, directly crushed his chess piece.

Son of Heavenly Dao!!!

It was clear that he, who had originally thought he could easily defeat Lu Ran, had lost his composure.

An uncertain factor had emerged.

This feeling was incredibly irritating!

Similarly, this put immense pressure on the royal family of Great Yan.

Already bearing enormous pressure, the emergence of a Son of Heavenly Dao, a potential leader, what did that signify?

Upon hearing the news, Lu Chen's expression also turned grave.

This scoundrel already possessed extraordinary talent. After merging with his bloodline, some mutation must have occurred.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be this powerful.

Tearing apart tribulation clouds with his bare hands...

"He might seek revenge. What are your plans?"

Old Ancestor Tianyan said with a deep voice.

Lu Chen frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Are there any suitable places for tempering Martial Dao Cultivators?"

"Yes!" Old Ancestor Tianyan replied.

"Where?"

"The Icefire Purgatory in the far north, the Primordial Plains on the edge of the barren north, and the Blood Fiend Battlefield located in the northern part of our Great Yan!"

"What? Feeling the pressure?"

Lu Chen remained noncommittal.

"However, I suspect the opponent won't make a move at this time!"

Lu Chen was taken aback, "Why?"

"In two months, it will be the end of the year. The Four Nations' New Year Celebration Martial Arts Tournament is being held in Yanjing this year. If he is put forward to win it, it will greatly boost Tianyu Academy's prestige. They won't miss this opportunity."

"You have also shown extraordinary talent. If he gets injured during the battle, it would be disastrous. They won't let him take that gamble!"

"Of course, it's also possible that the opponent wants him to resolve his inner demons and fight you."

"Whether to wait for him or go out for training, and then settle it at the New Year Celebration Martial Arts Tournament, the choice is yours!"

With that said, Old Ancestor Tianyan took out a talisman seal. "This is a teleportation talisman I obtained from some ruins. Although it cannot transport you to the Primordial Plains, it can send you to the Blood Fiend Battlefield!"

"Take it. You can leave anytime and return before the end of the year."

"Also, I will take Yao Yao and Ding Ding to a place for training."

He handed the talisman seal to Lu Chen. "It has the coordinates for the Blood Fiend Battlefield. Activate it, and you will be teleported there!"

Lu Chen said thank you. He looked in the direction of Tianyu Academy, a fire slowly burning in his chest.

But his next decision shocked Old Ancestor Tianyan, Xiong Yao, and Fang Jiuding so much that their eyeballs almost fell out.

Lu Chen went to the entrance of Tianyu Academy and publicly challenged Lu Ran.

"Lu Ran, get out here! Don't think that just because you're at Tianyu, you can erase the crime of stripping my bloodline. Come out for a decisive battle!"

A roar echoed through Tianyu Academy.

"Do you want to die?" an angry shout rang out, and a person shot towards Lu Chen like lightning.

"Who gave you the guts to challenge junior brother Lu Ran? Who gave you the guts to cause trouble at the gates of my Tianyu?"

Lu Chen chuckled, "What? Only your Tianyu disciples can challenge my Tianyan, but my Tianyan disciples can't challenge your Tianyu? Where does this sense of superiority come from?"

"Also, Lu Ran has a venomous heart. He even stripped his own disciple's bloodline, and then sold me to the Cangwu City beast-fighting arena. I ask you, Tianyu Academy, do you even accept such disciples? Are you unable to distinguish right from wrong?"

"Presumptuous!" The newcomer was furious and threw a punch.

The attack missed. When he turned around again, his head spun, and with a thud, he fell to the ground.

He was a first-level Golden Core Realm cultivator, knocked out with the back of a saber in a single exchange.

It was unbelievably easy.

With a flurry of activity, he almost stripped the man naked and tossed him into Tianyu Academy, eliciting gasps of shock.

"Lu Ran, don't be like you were before, still a coward. You're the Son of Heavenly Dao, get out here."

After shouting for ages, my throat was raw, but nothing came out.

"I'll fight you!" A figure arrived outside the main gate, surrounded by a crowd.

"I'm looking for Lu Ran, tell him to get out!" Lu Chen refused directly, "This is a personal grudge between him and me."

The other party snorted coldly, "What kind of status does Junior Brother Lu Ran have that you can challenge him just because you want to? What are you?"

Lu Chen sneered, "It doesn't matter what I am. The problem is him. I'd kill his entire family and he still wouldn't dare to come out. What do you think he is?"

"Son of Heavenly Dao, aren't you ashamed? Does your academy only accept trash?"

Earth-shattering!

The entire place erupted in an uproar.

"You little beast!" Suddenly, a cold voice came from behind.

Lu Chen spun around sharply, his eyes narrowing.

It was Luo Tianxiong, the Old Ancestor of the Luo Family from Cangwu City, a Golden Core Realm fifth-level expert, who had appeared at this moment.

He had killed the opponent's imprinted clone before and had also caused a lot of trouble for the Luo Family.

It seemed the opponent had broken through his seclusion and was coming to kill him.

"You've got some nerve, daring to enter the capital, Yan Bei's running dog? Oh, I get it, it was that dog Lu Ran who sent you, wasn't it?" Lu Chen roared.

Whether it was true or not, he'd smear Lu Ran's name first.

"I don't know any Lu Ran. I'm here today to take your dog's life and avenge my Luo Family's children. Kill!"

With that, Luo Tianxiong attacked directly.

The spiritual energy armor on his body glowed with a faint blue light, and the pressure of a Golden Core fifth-level expert distorted the air.

He clenched his right palm, and spiritual energy condensed into a blood-red giant axe ten zhang long. Before the axe blade even fell, the ground cracked into spiderweb-like fissures.

Lu Chen's pupils contracted violently. He pushed his Wind and Thunder Steps to the extreme, his figure turning into afterimages as he retreated rapidly.

He swung the Soul Severing Saber horizontally, and three blood-colored saber energies condensed into the phantom of flood dragons, roaring as they charged towards the giant axe.

Boom!

The moment the saber energy touched the axe light, it disintegrated into blood mist.

The residual wave swept across Lu Chen's left shoulder. His protective aura shattered like an eggshell, and blood flowed down his arm.

"You little beast, you dare to bluster with such little skill?"

Luo Tianxiong sneered, sweeping his giant axe like a wheel, the axe light stirring up a hurricane.

Lu Chen stomped his feet on the ground, his Wind and Thunder Steps flashing continuously, but he was still sent flying by the lingering force of the axe wind, his back slamming heavily against a stone lion.

Amidst the flying debris, Lu Chen wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. The Asura Furnace in his dantian's sea of qi trembled violently.

"Qi and Blood Manifestation!" he grunted, and blood mist surged around him, condensing into nine giant wolves that pounced towards Luo Tianxiong.

The claws and fangs of each giant wolf were entwined with wind and thunder.

Luo Tianxiong let out a sneer and spun his giant axe in a circle.

The axe light transformed into a vortex, and the nine giant wolves were like mud cows entering the sea, instantly being shredded into blood mist.

"A mere trick!" He tapped his toes, his body shooting forward like a cannonball, charging to Lu Chen's front. His left palm, imbued with Golden Core pressure, slammed down on his chest. "Kneel!"

Lu Chen gritted his teeth and activated his Qi and Blood Domain. Blood light spread out like a curtain.

Luo Tianxiong's palm strike suddenly froze, but then the veins on his neck bulged, and he stomped his right foot down hard. "Break!"

The spiritual power of a Golden Core fifth-level expert erupted like a volcano, and the Qi and Blood Domain was blown to smithereens.

The backlash surged through his meridians, and Lu Chen spat out a mouthful of blood mist, staggering back more than ten steps.

"It's time to end this." Luo Tianxiong raised his giant axe high, its blade glowing with a dazzling blood-red light.

In the blink of an eye, a fierce look flashed in Lu Chen's eyes. A pitch-black melting furnace appeared in his palm—it was the Asura Furnace that had integrated the Martial Dao True Form!

"Roar!"

The furnace spewed out monstrous black flames, and a three-headed, six-armed Asura phantom rose from the ground.