Chapter 335: Fighting the Great Mansion Lord

This sight caused everyone, the Great Mansion Lord and his numerous experts included, to stare wide-eyed.

“This… How is this possible?!”

“A single slash… to kill two Lords of the Mansion!”

“Isn’t this Yi Xiaoyao the same one who couldn’t even defeat Chi Fen? How could two Lords of the Mansion be so helpless against him, unable to even resist in the slightest?”

Everyone gasped, their jaws agape. The Great Mansion Lord’s expression was the grimmest of all, so dark it looked as if it could drip ink.

He had originally intended for the Second Lord and Third Lord to kill Yi Xiaoyao. Even if they failed, just forcing him to retreat would have been a great boost to morale.

But he never expected that the two Lords wouldn’t even be able to withstand a single move from Yi Xiaoyao, let alone escape with their lives!

A slow grin spread across Yi Xiaoyao’s lips. He remembered Chi Fen once saying that if the Great Mansion Lord wanted to kill the Second Lord, the latter would have no chance to escape.

And now, he, Yi Xiaoyao, had proven he could do the exact same thing to both the Second and Third Lord.

“Now, am I worthy of being your opponent?”

Yi Xiaoyao’s light chuckle echoed across the heavens.

He didn’t say a name, but everyone knew exactly who he was addressing.

After all, the Great Mansion Lord had just declared that Yi Xiaoyao was not worthy of being his opponent.

But if even Yi Xiaoyao was unworthy, then who could possibly be?

Hearing Yi Xiaoyao’s light chuckle, the corner of the Great Mansion Lord’s mouth twitched. To him, the mirth in that voice was a clear mockery of his earlier statement.

Before the Great Mansion Lord could respond, Yi Xiaoyao turned to his own forces and pointed a commanding finger at the Imperial Army Mansion’s troops.

“Destroy the Imperial Army Mansion!”

The Carefree Alliance’s morale had already soared after Yi Xiaoyao slew the two Lords. Now, hearing his command, they erupted with sky-shaking war cries. They surged forward like a tide, threatening to instantly engulf the demoralized forces of the Imperial Army Mansion.

“Commander, let the two of us assist you in killing the Great Mansion Lord!”

Chi Fen and Lady Ji looked to Yi Xiaoyao, seeking his command.

Yi Xiaoyao chuckled. “No need. This old geezer is mine.”

Chi Fen and Lady Ji nodded. They understood Yi Xiaoyao’s intention: if they joined the battle against the main army, they could significantly reduce the casualties on their side.

In an instant, the two armies clashed. Flashes of Spiritual Power lit up the sky, their roars echoing over the entire Imperial Capital.

On the Carefree Alliance’s side, the experts from the Celestial Fire Alliance summoned countless Flame Illusion Bodies. They struck unseen, annihilating droves of enemy experts in moments and sowing panic throughout the opposing army’s ranks.

Meanwhile, the Ten Thousand Poison Alliance charged into the enemy formation and unleashed a sky-blotting black mist. Anyone touched by it was instantly poisoned; they either dropped dead on the spot or found their combat strength drastically reduced.

The other allied factions were just as ferocious, pressing their advantage and charging with wild abandon.

Then, Lady Ji transformed into a gigantic poisonous python. Her immense body slithered and swept through the enemy army, leaving a trail of toxic mist in her wake, crushing and poisoning countless foes.

As for Chi Fen, he descended like a great, fiery meteor, landing right in front of the enemy’s top generals. The blast sent the Late Stage and even peak Nascent Soul Transformation experts reeling back, vomiting blood.

The Imperial Army Mansion’s forces were already demoralized. How could they possibly withstand such a fierce assault? They were on the verge of collapse from this alone, to say nothing of the unstoppable Chi Fen and Lady Ji now tearing through their ranks.

At that moment, the Great Mansion Lord—the only one capable of stopping Chi Fen and Lady Ji—watched his army’s impending collapse, his expression turning grim.

But the Great Mansion Lord couldn’t intervene, because across from him, Yi Xiaoyao had yet to make a move.

By now, the Great Mansion Lord no longer dared to underestimate Yi Xiaoyao in the slightest. He now saw him as his greatest foe.

He also knew he couldn’t delay any longer. Given the situation, his only hope of turning the tide was to kill Yi Xiaoyao, and quickly.

“Yi Xiaoyao, die!”

With a furious roar, an endless Ice Realm erupted from beneath the Great Mansion Lord’s feet. The entire space seemed to freeze over as the temperature plummeted.

Yi Xiaoyao’s pupils constricted. He could clearly feel the high level of his opponent’s Realm; it was powerful enough to suppress nearly fifty percent of his own strength.

The next moment, Yi Xiaoyao flung out his arm, and an endless Flame Realm spread out to meet it. The space warped under the intense heat, directly challenging the surrounding Ice Realm for dominance.

This was the Flame Realm he had comprehended over the past half-month of sparring and training with Chi Fen. It was the perfect counter to his opponent’s Ice Realm.

Seeing this, the Great Mansion Lord snorted heavily. His figure flashed, and he swept up a vast, chilling power, channeling it into a punch that blasted toward Yi Xiaoyao like an icy storm.

Yi Xiaoyao’s eyes narrowed. As he activated the Soul Burning Forbidden Technique, he stomped down hard, drawing the towering flames behind him and condensing them into his fist before punching out.

Two figures, one of fire and one of ice, hurtled toward each other with terrifying power.

BOOM!

An earth-shattering explosion ripped through the void. Though their fists were still a hundred yards apart, neither could advance another inch.

In the hundred-yard gap between them, flame and ice collided, held at bay by an invisible barrier that kept their incompatible energies locked in the center.

It created an incredibly bizarre scene: the space around one man was filled with raging flames, while the other’s was covered in frost, two elements refusing to yield.

Yi Xiaoyao’s brow furrowed. ‘They’re all Lords of the Mansion, but this Great Mansion Lord is far stronger than the other two. He’s much tougher than I anticipated.’

The Great Mansion Lord, however, was reeling in shock. ‘I know my own strength! I’m only a hair’s breadth from the Void-Entering Realm. I can even hold my own for a time against a true Void-Entering expert, yet today, I’m being held at a complete standstill by a boy this young.’

‘If I let him continue to grow, how terrifying will he become?’

‘At that point, who in all of Great Xia would be able to stop him? Wouldn’t the entire empire be his to command, its fate resting in the palm of his hand?’

At this thought, the Great Mansion Lord couldn’t suppress a shudder, a profound sense of dread washing over him.

The Great Mansion Lord now had no path of retreat. No matter the cost, he had to eliminate Yi Xiaoyao here and now!

“High-grade Celestial Tier Spiritual Skill: Black Wasteland Ice Flood Dragon Break!”

With a low growl, a colossal black ice flood dragon coalesced within the Great Mansion Lord’s Ice Realm. It shattered the barrier blocked by Yi Xiaoyao’s flames and charged forth with a furious roar.

Yi Xiaoyao’s expression changed. ‘For him to use such a powerful Spiritual Skill right at the start of our clash… it seems he’s determined to kill me.’

But facing this ice flood dragon, which looked as if it had emerged from the primeval wilds, he felt not a shred of fear. On the contrary, the battle intent in his eyes burned even brighter.

Yi Xiaoyao raised a finger. In an instant, a brilliant firelight illuminated the entire area, and a primeval, desolate aura surged forth along with it.

“Eight Desolates Heaven-Burning Finger—Third Finger: Incinerate the Heavens!”

In that instant, the void enveloped by the Flame Realm ripped apart. A colossal finger, seemingly from a primeval era and powerful enough to incinerate the very void around it, thundered toward the black ice flood dragon.