Xiang Yun let out a thunderous shout.
"Heavenly Tyrant Fist!"
In an instant,
Nirvana Qi within a hundred-zhang radius was drawn together, weaving into a purple-tinged giant fist hundreds of zhang across in the sky.
A terrifying tyrannical true intent swept out from the fist, bearing down on the disciples fighting on both sides of the platform.
The terrifying fluctuation made both sides look up at once, just in time to see a fist like a divine mountain descending upon them.
"Who? With power like that, could a senior brother at Seven Yuan Nirvana have made a move?"
"A sneak attack!"
"Quick, break that fist first, or we'll probably be seriously injured."
The disciples on both sides immediately abandoned their opponents and unleashed various martial arts at the purple-tinged giant fist.
But in an instant, the enormous fist suppressed them all. Every disciple was pinned to the ground beneath the fist that resembled an ancient divine mountain, their faces flushed red.
"Who... which senior brother at Eight Yuan Nirvana made a move?"
One disciple spoke in a trembling voice.
Only the two most outstanding disciples of the three peaks could suppress so many Nirvana Realm disciples with one hand.
Both were at Eight Yuan Nirvana, but no one answered him, because everyone was struggling to endure the pressure.
"Are you all such good fighters?"
Just then, a clear yet domineering voice made the prone disciples force their heads up, heedless of the pressure on their necks.
They were all astonished to see the figure striding toward them.
"Y-Young Hall Master..."
Even the Nirvana Realm disciples of the Primordial Hall knew Xiang Yun. After all, he was the only disciple the Hall Master had taken in all these years, and he had been personally chosen as the next Hall Master.
Many disciples had actually objected and failed to understand, but Xiang Yun's feat of fighting and killing a Nirvana Realm vicious beast while he was still in the Creation Realm had gradually earned him the recognition of many Nirvana Realm disciples.
After all, they could not have done the same at his level.
For the people of the Primordial Hall, it was simple: if you could do what I couldn't, then you were a real man!
A man even manlier than me!
They all knew that once Xiang Yun entered the Nirvana Realm, he would surely be stronger than them.
The story of how Xiang Yun had suppressed Jiang Tao and the other two with one punch had long since spread over the past two or three months.
Many people had indeed been surprised, but many others seemed to have expected it.
After all, no one in the Primordial Hall's history had ever comprehended the Three Heaven-Breaking Forms and reached the fourth level of the Primordial Battle Body while still in the Creation Realm.
But this time, it was not just three people at Four Yuan Nirvana.
Quite a few were at Five Yuan Nirvana, already the backbone of Battle Arts Peak and Battle Heaven Peak.
And they had still been suppressed by a single punch?
The Young Hall Master's strength had improved again over the past two or three months. Faced with Xiang Yun's questioning, everyone trembled.
Xiang Yun frowned. "Well? I'm asking you a question. Are you all such good fighters?"
"Uh... Y-Young Hall Master, could you disperse that fist first?"
A disciple at Five Yuan Nirvana forcibly roused his Nirvana Qi, easing the pressure on him somewhat as he spoke.
Xiang Yun glanced at him. So the pressure had been too great for them to speak.
He dispersed his Origin Energy, and the fist in the sky vanished. The oppressive force hanging over the platform disappeared.
"Phew!"
The people lying on the ground breathed a sigh of relief and scrambled to their feet. Each of them did not dare lower his head or speak.
This was the Primordial Hall.
If you were manly enough and your fist was big enough, people listened to what you said. The rules were direct and domineering, but Xiang Yun liked them.
Because his fist was big enough!
"You've really got some nerve, having a group brawl here. If you want a group brawl, why not go to the Primordial Mountain Range? This is a place for cultivation."
Xiang Yun frowned slightly, then looked at a disciple of Battle Heaven Peak. He was Liang Qichao, a Five Yuan Nirvana cultivator and also his father's disciple.
"Senior Brother Liang, you tell me."
Liang Qichao swallowed and hesitated.
The main reason was that Xiang Yun had long since said they must not stir up disputes between the Divine Ability Faction and the Body Refinement Faction in the Primordial Hall.
Although he was the senior brother and a Nirvana Realm cultivator, that single punch had brought him back to reality.
The Xiang Yun of today was no longer the junior brother who used to follow him around seeking advice, but the Young Hall Master of the Primordial Hall.
On formal occasions, even Xiang Yun's father, Xiang Huang, had to address him as Young Hall Master.
Previously, the others could still bring up his cultivation.
But now Xiang Yun's cultivation fully matched his status.
"Uh, the brothers were just sparring a little..."
Xiang Yun raised an eyebrow. He still wasn't going to tell the truth, was he?
"Sparring? Fine. As it happens, I've just made a breakthrough, Senior Brother. How about you spar with me?"
Only after Xiang Yun spoke did everyone notice that Nirvana Demonic Flame was still burning on him.
What kind of look was that?
They stared dumbfounded at Xiang Yun, whose entire body was wrapped in black and red flames. They sensed a familiar fluctuation.
Nirvana Demonic Flame?
Crimson flames containing black tongues of fire gathered around Xiang Yun. His punch had shocked them just now.
Only now did they realize that Xiang Yun was still breaking through to Three Yuan Nirvana.
They were all Nirvana Realm cultivators, after all. Even those who had not yet reached Three Yuan Nirvana had seen it happen plenty of times.
Many of those present had even experienced Nirvana Demonic Flame themselves.
Thus, they were extremely familiar with that fluctuation.
Under ordinary circumstances, perhaps no one would have been particularly moved by it.
After all, they had all experienced it personally, but things were different now.
The person undergoing the tribulation was not sitting quietly in meditation, struggling against the Nirvana Tribulation.
Instead, he was walking around freely, and had even suppressed every one of them with a single punch!
Was he even human?!
A deep sense of absurdity rose in everyone's hearts. The Nirvana Tribulation was what Nirvana Realm experts feared most.
Whenever such a tribulation arrived,
Who would dare not immediately find a place where no one would disturb them, or seek out as many friends as possible to stand guard, hoping to survive the Nirvana Tribulation?
After all, most Nirvana Realm cultivators did not perish fighting enemies.
More of them perished in the Nirvana Tribulation.
That showed just how terrifying the Nirvana Tribulation was. Yet now they were seeing this with their own eyes. Was he treating Nirvana Demonic Flame like an ordinary fire?
Even if the disciples of the Primordial Hall practiced body-refining martial arts and possessed powerful physiques, surely they wouldn't do this.
"You brat, if you're making a breakthrough, focus on it. Do you think Nirvana Demonic Flame is a joke?"
Just then,
Xiang Huang descended from the sky. He had wanted to say something as soon as he saw Xiang Yun emerge from seclusion. With Nirvana Demonic Flame all over him, he wasn't concentrating on resisting it and was even fighting with others?
And now he wanted to spar with someone.
Wu Xun landed beside him. Seeing Xiang Yun like this, he said helplessly, "Focus on getting through your tribulation first..."
"Does this even count as a tribulation?"
Xiang Yun looked down. Honestly, he didn't feel a thing. How could a mere Nirvana Demonic Flame resist the Qiankun Battle Body, the Primordial Battle Body, and the Heavenly Tyrant Body?
If he hadn't happened to notice people fighting, he would have extinguished it long ago.
Under everyone's horrified gazes,
The Nirvana Demonic Flame around Xiang Yun was drawn in like water sucked up by a dragon, disappearing from around his body like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea.
At the same time, an extremely powerful wave of Origin Energy swept out from Xiang Yun, and even his presence rose considerably.
"All right, is that better now?"