Chapter 188: Beyond Earth Tier Spiritual Skill

Chapter 188: Chapter 188: Beyond Earth Tier Spiritual Skill

"Hmph! People from a minor place like the Great Shang Dynasty are truly as arrogant and ignorant as a frog in a well. A worthless nobody like you actually wants to test your strength against me?"

Yun Shang sneered. As her arms danced, streams of white silk whizzed through the air, cutting off all of Yi Xiaoyao’s escape routes.

A smirk touched Yi Xiaoyao’s lips. As he watched the silken streams descend from the sky, the Bloodthirsty Sword in his hand instantly became a blur of Sword Shadows. With a brilliant flash of fire, he unleashed countless, terrifyingly powerful streams of Flaming Sword Qi.

PFFT! PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!...

A series of piercing sounds rang out. The silken streams, imbued with the Spiritual Power of the Nascent Soul Realm, were like ordinary pieces of cloth before the flaming Sword Qi. They were instantly shredded into tatters and, in the blink of an eye, completely burned to ash.

"What?!"

Yun Shang’s face filled with shock. Although this set of white silk wasn’t a particularly precious Spiritual Artifact, it was the one she was most comfortable with and her absolute favorite. Plus, empowered by her Nascent Soul Realm Spiritual Power, there was no way someone in the Golden Core Realm should have been able to withstand it.

Yet now, under the attack of someone merely at the Golden Core Sixth Realm, it had been destroyed so easily.

"If this is all you’ve got, you’re a real disappointment."

Wreathed in flames, Yi Xiaoyao looked up coldly at Yun Shang and spoke.

’He’d planned to test his strength after obtaining the Heaven and Earth Fire Essence, and this woman was the perfect opponent. He actually hoped she wasn’t too weak.’

"Hmph! I certainly won’t disappoint you! Because next, I’m going to make you feel despair!"

As if her dignity had been provoked, Yun Shang’s eyes glared as she drew two ice-blue swords from her waist.

The twin swords danced, shining with blue light. In an instant, a bone-chilling coldness spread down from above.

Even Yi Xiaoyao, enveloped in flames, felt the sudden drop in temperature.

"Oh? An Ice Attribute?"

Yi Xiaoyao’s eyebrow twitched, his fighting spirit surging as he said, "Then let’s see what’s stronger—your ice, or my Flame!"

The moment he finished speaking, a Sword Technique from the Nine Swords of Slaughter emerged from the fiery glow of the Bloodthirsty Sword. With a single slash, he sent an astonishing Crescent Fire Fox shooting forward.

"You think a mere spark like that can start a wildfire?"

Yun Shang scoffed. Her twin swords slashed out, sending streams of icy Sword Qi to extinguish the Crescent Fire Fox.

The Ice Sword Qi and the Crescent Fire Fox collided violently in midair, creating a staggering shockwave that sent the houses in the courtyard crumbling to the ground.

Meanwhile, the two opposing forces rapidly wore each other down. In an instant, more than half of the Ice Sword Qi was gone, but the Crescent Fire Fox had dimmed completely.

"Hmph!" Yun Shang sneered triumphantly at the sight.

’A brat who hasn’t even reached the peak of the Golden Core Realm dares to compete with me? It’s the most ridiculous joke I’ve ever heard.’

But in the next instant, her expression changed to one of shock. Before her smile could even fade, she saw that although the flames of Yi Xiaoyao’s Crescent Fire Fox had been extinguished, a blood-red line pulsing with explosive power was revealed.

The blood-red line pierced a hole straight through the remaining Ice Sword Qi and, with its lingering power, went whizzing toward Yun Shang.

’Not good!’

Yun Shang reacted instantly, her figure flashing as she dodged the blood-red line.

A vicious, ruthless expression then appeared on Yun Shang’s face.

’I’ve actually lost the upper hand twice in a row against someone in the Golden Core Realm? And a worthless nobody from a backwater place, no less.’

’If word of this gets out, it will be the greatest humiliation of my life!’

"Kid, you think you’re something special, don’t you?"

Yun Shang said coldly, "Next, I’ll show you a powerful Spiritual Skill, the likes of which you’ve never seen in your life!"

Nearby, the powerless Yun Mengling’s beautiful face was filled with worry. Hearing Yun Shang’s words, she grew even more alarmed.

"Cousin, stop!" Yun Mengling cried out.

But Yun Shang acted as if she hadn’t heard. She said coldly, "Cousin Meng Ling, a nobody like him isn’t worth you pleading for. Any one of the suitors who come to our family every day is a thousand, no, ten thousand times better than him!"

"Ling’er, don’t beg her."

Yi Xiaoyao gave Yun Mengling a reassuring look. They had signed a Soul Contract that bound their lives together, so naturally, he wouldn’t die so easily.

Then, Yi Xiaoyao’s icy gaze fell upon Yun Shang. He let out a faint, cold laugh. "I’m very curious to see just how powerful this Spiritual Skill I’ve supposedly never seen is."

"Let’s see how long you can keep up this bravado!"

A cold glint flashed in Yun Shang’s eyes. Her twin swords suddenly merged into one and she pointed it to the sky. Instantly, dark clouds rolled in, obscuring the moonlight.

"Transcendent Earth Tier Spiritual Skill! Cloud-piercing Cold Moon Sword!"

With her sudden roar, the entire world seemed to freeze. An arctic wind swept through, and the dark clouds above looked as if they had been frozen solid.

Finally, as if the very firmament were cracking apart with a great RUMBLE, a ray of moonlight pierced through, and a massive, crystalline blue ice sword descended from the heavens!

Yi Xiaoyao’s gaze flickered. ’A Transcendent Earth Tier Spiritual Skill? So there’s a rank like that?’

But he had no time to ponder it. As he watched the longsword fall, its aura shockingly cold, his expression became incredibly solemn.

Yi Xiaoyao now understood why it was called a Transcendent Earth Tier Spiritual Skill. The power of this technique truly did surpass that of a High-Grade Earth Tier Spiritual Skill.

In the Great Shang Dynasty, even High-Grade Earth Tier Spiritual Skills were practically non-existent, let alone a Transcendent Earth Tier one.

When Yun Shang claimed Yi Xiaoyao had never seen such a thing in his life, she wouldn’t have been wrong if she were talking to someone else. But to say that to Yi Xiaoyao was a grave mistake.

Because...

"A Transcendent Earth Tier Spiritual Skill, is it?"

Yi Xiaoyao grinned. The flames engulfing his body suddenly erupted, transforming him into a Flame Giant.

The Flame Giant abruptly raised its head. As its arms moved, flames billowed, and it suddenly thrust out a palm.

"Heaven-Shattering Demon Flame Palm!"

An unprecedented, sky-shattering giant palm instantly materialized, completely blotting out the heavens.

It was unprecedented because this palm was far, far larger—and immensely more powerful—than any Heaven-Shattering Demon Flame Palm Yi Xiaoyao had ever used before!

The reason he could achieve this was, of course, because he now possessed the Heaven and Earth Fire Essence. With its control over the power of Flame, the amplification to his Flame Spiritual Skills was beyond anything one could imagine.

High above, Yun Shang’s expression shifted drastically as she saw the giant flame palm that blotted out the sky and moon.

’She finally realized her mistake. How could Yi Xiaoyao possibly have never seen a Transcendent Earth Tier Spiritual Skill?’

"This... This is also a Transcendent Earth Tier Spiritual Skill! And it seems much more powerful than my Cloud-piercing Cold Moon Sword!"

At this moment, her face a mask of utter disbelief, she could only watch helplessly as the Frost Giant Sword she had summoned was rapidly melted by the giant flame palm.

Finally, as the Frost Giant Sword completely vanished, the giant flame palm, still retaining nearly half its power, came crashing down toward Yun Shang.

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