Another Battle, the Token

"Arrogant!"

The male companion behind Chi Yan couldn't help but snort coldly, his eyes full of disdain.

"The Dao-Grade is the highest honor in the world, and you dare say you don't need it? Ignorance is bliss!"

However, Chi Yan suddenly burst into laughter, his laughter filled with boldness and unrestrained spirit.

"Hahaha! Good! What a brilliant 'My way, only me'!"

He looked at Dongfang Yueming, his eyes full of admiration.

"You're right! A true powerhouse doesn't need the approval of heaven and earth, nor the blessing of Dao-Grade!"

"I, Chi Yan, only believe in my own fists!"

"Boom--!"

Before he finished speaking, a violent aura erupted from his body!

At this very moment, he actually chose... to break through on the spot!

Endless spiritual energy converged, and a dazzling nascent Nascent Soul rapidly took shape within his Purple Mansion!

Although it did not trigger the earth-shattering "Dao-Grade phenomenon", its vast pressure was still enough to make it stand out from the crowd!

[Saint-Grade Nascent Soul!]

"Well..."

His two companions sighed with regret upon seeing this.

[What a pity... The Holy Son suppressed his cultivation for so long in order to seize that one and only ' Dao-Grade Nascent Soul,' and now...]

Only the woman in the red dress, who had remained silent, showed a flash of understanding in her eyes.

His invincible spirit cracked the moment he was defeated by that man.

[Since I've already lost my chance at achieving the Dao-Grade, I might as well... go with the flow and step into the Nascent Soul first. Perhaps then I can seize a slight advantage in the great era to come.]

Chi Yan slowly opened his eyes, feeling the surging power within his body. There was no regret on his face, but rather an unprecedented fighting spirit!

"Brother Dongfang," he addressed Dongfang Yueming as "Brother Dongfang" instead of "boy," "If one day you were to come to my Crimson Realm and encounter those equally arrogant geniuses, it would be... very interesting!"

"What a coincidence."

Dongfang Yueming smiled slightly.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

"What?!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Rushuang's delicate body trembled, her beautiful eyes filled with worry!

Chi Yan was also taken aback for a moment, then burst into laughter. "Good! You've got guts!"

"However, the Crimson Realm is not like here. There... it's a true place where the strong reign supreme!"

"I know." Dongfang Yueming nodded calmly. "I'm going there for only one thing."

"Technique."

"My journey has come to an end here..."

Upon hearing this, a look of understanding flashed in Chi Yan's eyes.

"I see."

Although the Crimson Realm primarily focuses on physical cultivation, it doesn't hold onto its cultivation techniques as tightly as this realm does.

"As long as your fists are strong enough, you might not be able to resist even the most powerful and secret techniques of a supreme sect!"

"How about a few more matches?" Chi Yan's male companion thought to himself, "Those lunatics... they fight like madmen! If this kid goes, he'll probably get beaten to a pulp!"

"Oh, right," Chi Yan suddenly remembered something, took out a crimson jade slip from his storage ring, and tossed it to Dongfang Yueming, "Since I lost, I'll give you the Soul Formation Chapter of the ' Crimson Dragon Heaven-Burning Art '!"

"Holy Son! No!" His companions cried out in alarm!

This is the core inheritance of the Crimson Dragon Heavenly Palace!

However, Dongfang Yueming took the jade slip, glanced at it casually, and then shook his head.

Thank you for your kindness.

"However... this thing is useless to me."

"Useless?" Chi Yan was stunned. "How is that possible? This is a top-tier cultivation technique that leads directly to the Soul Formation Perfection!"

"Could it be... that you already have someone better?"

Dongfang Yueming did not answer, but simply tossed the jade slip back.

"What I need... is not the Soul Formation Chapter."

"That is..." Chi Yan was even more confused.

Sudden!

A chilling thought suddenly popped into his head!

"Could it be...?"

"... Void Refinement?!"

The Dongfang Yueming; I nod slightly.

"Hiss--!"

The entire venue was deathly silent!

Qin Rushuang covered her mouth, her eyes filled with disbelief!

[Refining... Void Refinement?!]

[How... how old is he? How could he...]

"You're just spouting nonsense!" Chi Yan's male companion finally couldn't hold back any longer. "Could it be that you've already reached the Soul Formation stage?!"

He turned to look at the woman in the red dress, hoping to get her support.

However, the woman in the red dress had an unprecedentedly... solemn expression!

Seeing this, Chi Yan's companion said in a hoarse voice, "So what if you're Soul Formation... it doesn't mean you've reached the Soul Formation Perfection."

Just then...

"Boom--!"

A vast and boundless, terrifying pressure, seemingly capable of crushing the heavens, erupted without warning from Dongfang Yueming!

Although that aura was contained to the extreme, even the slightest leak of it made everyone present feel suffocated!

That was... an aura that surpassed the Nascent Soul, even... surpassed the ordinary Soul Formation stage... an unparalleled aura!

"This... this is..."

Chi Yan's two companions instantly turned pale and trembled!

Qin Rushuang's beautiful eyes widened, and her delicate body trembled violently!

[Could it be...?]

[Could it be that he... really has...?]

Just then!

The woman in the red dress, who had remained silent like an ice sculpture, finally moved!

She slowly stepped forward, and for the first time, a fierce fighting spirit ignited in her indifferent eyes!

"Your Mightiness..."

"Would you dare... lend me a hand?"

"Good."

Faced with a challenge from a Void Refinement expert, Dongfang Yueming did not hesitate at all and immediately nodded in agreement.

"Step back!"

Chi Yan's two companions, like startled rabbits, pulled the still-shocked Chi Yan and retreated quickly, afraid of being caught in the crossfire.

That's... Void Refinement expert!

Even Soul Formation Perfection would be nothing more than a slightly stronger ant in her presence!

Although Chi Yan was pulled away, his gaze remained fixed on the figure in blue in the arena, his heart filled with complex emotions.

[He's actually at the Soul Formation Perfection... He really is at the Soul Formation Perfection?!]

[But... even so, what makes him think he can accept a challenge from a Void Refinement expert?]

"Hmph!" His companion scoffed, "So what if he's at the Soul Formation Perfection? There are different grades of Nascent Primordial Spirit! I don't believe he can condense the legendary ' Supreme-Grade Primordial Spirit '!"

On the field.

The Dongfang Yueming and the woman in the red dress stood facing each other.

Neither of them used any Divine Ability or summoned any magical treasures.

The mere clash of their auras caused the surrounding space to violently distort and collapse!

"Boom--!"

The next moment, the two of them moved simultaneously!

Like two comets colliding with a deafening roar!

There are no fancy techniques, only the purest... clash between physical body and cultivation!

Every punch lands squarely!

Each strike is enough to Mountain and River Break, and extinguish the sun and moon!

"This... this is really the power that Soul Formation can possess?!"

Chi Yan's companions stared in disbelief, cold sweat pouring down their backs!

Qin Rushuang covered her mouth tightly, afraid that she would cry out!

[He... he can actually fight that Void Refinement senior to a standstill?!]

Only little Hong Ling, oblivious to everything else, continued waving her tiny fists and shouting from afar, "Go, big brother! Beat that cold-blooded woman to a pulp!"