Although Ji Shan called Ji Yanyun his clan uncle,
Ji Yanyun was only a few years older than him. Strictly speaking, he could have participated in the Hundred Dynasties War as well.
Ji Yanyun saw that Xiang Yun truly bore no ill will. Rather, he seemed to have developed some fighting spirit while sparring with Ji Shan.
But Ji Shan couldn't satisfy him, so he had challenged Ji Yanyun instead.
Anyone who loved fighting knew the feeling, but anyone also knew the gap between Nirvana and Creation.
Although it was called Half-Step Nirvana, the body had merely been tempered by some Nirvana Qi. It was still a world away from condensing a Nirvana Golden Body.
Half-Step Nirvana was still the Creation Realm.
"If we really fight, I won't hold back!" Ji Yanyun frowned slightly.
He worried that if he beat Xiang Yun too badly and shattered his Dao heart, he would end up offending the Primordial Hall.
But holding back would be a disrespect to himself.
"There's no need to hold back. If you do, Senior, you might even lose."
As soon as he said that, everyone present froze for a moment.
What outrageous arrogance.
However good-tempered Ji Yanyun was, even he was provoked. He had worked so hard to survive his tribulation and reach One Yuan Nirvana.
Between One Yuan Nirvana and Half-Step Nirvana lay Quasi-Nirvana and ordinary Nirvana.
How could a mere Half-Step Nirvana cultivator like him fight across realms and defeat him?
How had the Primordial Hall raised him to have such an arrogant disposition?
"Good, good, good. As expected of the Young Hall Master. You certainly have lofty ambitions!" Ji Yanyun was so furious that he laughed, unable to resist a sarcastic remark.
If they were in the same realm, Ji Yanyun might have given him a wide berth.
A personal disciple of a super sect mastered many martial arts, so it was normal for one to fight opponents at a higher realm.
Within the Nirvana Realm, it could still be done as long as the gap wasn't too great.
And the Primordial Hall was especially skilled at fighting opponents in the same realm.
But Creation against Nirvana?
Ji Yanyun had never heard of it. Even if it had happened, it would only have been an escape, not a head-on fight.
"Then come on. I only broke through to the Nirvana Realm recently, and my hands are itching."
Since Xiang Yun had said as much,
Ji Yanyun decided to teach him a proper lesson, but not too harsh a one.
After all, he still had to make a living under the Primordial Hall.
If a disciple of another super sect acted this way, Ji Yanyun would beat him until his Dao heart shattered, even if he were a personal disciple.
Nirvana could not be lightly insulted!
"But it seems we'll have to change locations."
Xiang Yun glanced around. The place was large enough for those in the Three Realms of Creation to train or even fight.
But attacks from someone in the Nirvana Realm could reach dozens of zhang at the least and hundreds at their strongest. A fight here would be enough to utterly destroy the surroundings.
"Young Hall Master, don't worry. There's another place farther in, where clansmen in the Nirvana Realm train and fight."
Ji Shan, who had gradually recovered, spoke from the side.
That was the good thing about cultivating body-refining martial arts. As long as one wasn't killed with a single punch, recovery was far quicker than for someone who hadn't cultivated them.
That was only natural.
Otherwise, wouldn't all those resources I invested have gone to waste?
Shock continued to surge through Ji Shan. He hadn't expected Xiang Yun to be so brazen.
Xiang Yun even wanted to challenge his clan uncle Yanyun. Although his clan uncle Yanyun wasn't as talented as Ji Shan,
he was a few years older, after all. Ji Shan had also heard that his foundation was solid and that he grasped martial arts exceptionally quickly. He was the sort of genius made for battle.
"Then sorry for the trouble, Brother Ji Shan."
Xiang Yun did indeed want to see how strong he was now.
After reaching the Creation Realm, he had rarely fought other people. Instead, he mostly went deep into the Primordial Mountain Range to fight fierce beasts with powerful bodies.
Quite a few of them had physical strength on par with the Nirvana Realm, but martial artists were also skilled in various martial arts.
Those fierce beasts lacked intelligence and could only attack with pure physical strength.
Their combat strength was a little lacking.
This One Yuan Nirvana cultivator was just the right person to measure Xiang Yun's own strength against. Although by the time of the Hundred Dynasties War, Nirvana Realm cultivators had become maggots,
the Nirvana Realm was still the Nirvana Realm.
Since Lin Dong had fought a One Yuan Nirvana cultivator at Half-Step Nirvana, and Xiang Yun was much better equipped than Lin Dong, it wasn't impossible for him to suppress one.
The Great Wilderness Dao Field.
This was where the Great Desolate Dynasty's Nirvana Realm disciples cultivated and fought. An entire city had essentially been made into a Dao field.
This was merely standard for a super dynasty. The Origin Energy of heaven and earth was abundant here, and the various symbol seals and such created by a Heavenly Symbol Master around the area could gather the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth.
Although it couldn't compare with a super sect, where vast amounts of Nirvana Qi and Yuan Qi formed a Pill River that surged for hundreds of millions of miles, to ordinary martial artists,
it was already a sacred place for cultivation.
It was more than enough for Nirvana Realm cultivation.
The Nirvana Realm cultivators who had been cultivating nearby now stood in the air. Most were middle-aged, and they already knew that Xiang Yun and Ji Yanyun were about to fight.
"Isn't he being a little too overconfident? If our clan brother Yanyun beats the Young Hall Master to tears, we'll be in trouble."
"Clan brother Yanyun knows his limits. Besides, however talented he is, the Young Hall Master is still a junior. I heard he isn't even fifteen yet."
"Fifteen?" someone exclaimed in shock. Xiang Yun already looked like a young man, but he wasn't even fifteen?
Was that fifteen?
A Ji Family Nirvana cultivator noticed their confusion and explained, "I heard he has a special constitution. When he first stepped onto the path of cultivation, violet light filled the sky, and nine demonic shadows entered his body."
"His physical body could be called invincible. He was already fighting Yuan Dan Realm cultivators when he was in the Earth Yuan Realm!"
"Earth Yuan against Yuan Dan? You can fight across realms like that?"
"That's not all. He cultivates incredibly quickly too. He's already at Half-Step Nirvana, and the clan head is collecting Nirvana Pills for him!"
The crowd buzzed with discussion. As a direct subordinate force of the Primordial Hall, they already knew some of the rumors circulating there.
"Clan Head!"
Ji Dong suddenly appeared, and everyone hurried to bow. Ji Dong looked at Ji Shan. "What happened?"
Ji Shan explained what had happened at the training ground.
Ji Dong raised an eyebrow and shook his head. "The gap between the Nirvana Realm and the Creation Realm is too great, let alone One Yuan Nirvana."
"But clan brother Yanyun knows his limits. He won't leave him looking too miserable."
Ji Dong didn't think Xiang Yun could fight across realms and defeat a One Yuan Nirvana cultivator either.
Especially since Ji Yanyun himself had held out for dozens of exchanges against a One Yuan Nirvana cultivator before losing when he was at Half-Step Nirvana.
His combat strength was terrifying.
And now that he had reached One Yuan Nirvana, his combat strength had increased severalfold.
Before everyone's eyes, Xiang Yun smiled. "Please, Senior, make your move!"
"Overconfident!" Seeing that Xiang Yun was actually letting him strike first, Ji Yanyun gave a cold shout.
In an instant,
Whoosh, whoosh!
Ji Yanyun swept through the air as swiftly as a ghost, waves of exceptionally dense power erupting from within him.
Under the impact, the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth around them was instantly blasted apart.
"Eight Desolations Barbarian King Fist!"
He punched, and a vast, mighty surge of Origin Energy condensed into the phantom of an ancient barbarian king. Bearing an incomparably violent and overbearing fist intent, it punched fiercely at Xiang Yun.
Boom, boom!
This was the true Eight Desolations Barbarian King Fist. Although Xiang Yun still wasn't impressed, it at least captured far more of the technique's essence than Ji Shan's.
"Good!"
Origin Energy churned around Xiang Yun. The next moment, he activated the Heavenly Horned Ant Precious Technique and unleashed the full might of his Heavenly Tyrant Body.
The Nirvana Golden Body is strong?
But the strength amplified by my Heavenly Horned Ant Precious Technique is no joke. It can be called the pinnacle of physical power!
"Heavenly Tyrant Fist!"
Fist smashed into fist.
Ji Yanyun's previously confident expression changed. Feeling that force, like mountains toppling and seas overturning, he was caught off guard and staggered back two steps.
The barbarian king phantom behind him was also blasted back by Xiang Yun's phantom. Shock showed on Ji Yanyun's face.
"Your strength!!"