Novel Full Chapter 76: Killing a Xiantian!
Chapter 76: Killing a Xiantian!
Boom!
Under countless horrified gazes, the descending sword light crashed head-on into the raging yellow sand tornado, creating a scene so violent that it stunned everyone present.
In the next instant, it was as if a massive explosion had detonated in midair. A thunderous roar shook the surroundings, and an overwhelming shockwave surged outward in all directions like a furious tide. The force was so terrifying that it could have torn apart a ninth-level Body Tempering Realm expert with ease.
The space itself seemed to twist under the pressure, trembling as though it might shatter at any moment.
Bang!
Moments later, both the sword light and the yellow sand tornado burst apart at the same time. Brilliant light flooded the air as countless specks of yellow radiance scattered everywhere, drifting down like a storm of sand. The sight was both magnificent and terrifying, leaving everyone breathless.
“So terrifying.”
“He is only at the sixth level of the Body Tempering Realm, yet he can clash with a 1st level Xiantian Realm expert without being suppressed. This is unbelievable.”
“Judging by the power of that exchange, anyone who did not know better would think two Xiantian Realm experts were fighting.”
The crowd of Phoenix Flame City erupted in shocked exclamations, their faces filled with uncontrollable astonishment.
No one had expected that Li Yun, with only sixth-level Body Tempering Realm cultivation, would display such overwhelming combat strength.
“How is this possible?”
Zhang Yuanfeng himself was equally shaken.
By all common understanding, the gap between the sixth level of the Body Tempering Realm and the Xiantian Realm was enormous, both in the amount and the quality of energy. It was a chasm that could not be crossed, a truth accepted by everyone.
Under normal circumstances, a Xiantian Realm expert should be able to crush a Body Tempering Realm cultivator without effort. Yet now, Li Yun was standing against him head-on, showing no sign of being overwhelmed.
Worse still, Zhang Yuanfeng himself had suffered a slight setback due to his earlier carelessness, his qi and blood surging violently as he nearly spat out blood.
Faced with such a situation that defied all logic and common sense, how could Zhang Yuanfeng not be shaken to the core, struggling to believe what he was witnessing?
Li Yun steadied his thoughts as clarity settled in his mind. With two high grade mortal rank cultivation arts cultivated to the ninth layer, the Golden Battle Body at the second stage, and a sword art that had reached true meaning, if he still could not face a Xiantian Realm martial artist head-on, then his months of cultivation would amount to nothing.
He burst into hearty laughter, his voice ringing with confidence. “So this is the Xiantian Realm? Nothing more than that. Zhang Yuanfeng, you have already taken two moves. Now it is your turn to receive one from me. Dragon-Tiger Fist!”
Rumble!
A deep, thunderous roar echoed across the arena, carrying the overlapping cries of a dragon and a tiger. Li Yun’s right fist ignited with blazing red flames as terrifying visions took shape around it.
On one side, a roaring crimson dragon coiled in fire, while on the other, a furious wind tiger surged with violent momentum. It was as though his single fist embodied two savage beasts, each radiating overwhelming power.
The force condensed within that punch was so violent that even Li Yun felt strain trying to restrain it. The energy was unstable, bordering on uncontrollable, even for him.
That was only natural.
This Dragon-Tiger Fist was no longer the ordinary mid grade mortal rank technique he had once obtained from the system. Through repeated experimentation, Li Yun had successfully elevated it to an entirely new level.
In the beginning, every attempt to fuse flames into the Dragon-Tiger Fist had ended in failure. He could not grasp the reason, no matter how many times he tried.
It was only later, after careful reflection, that he realized the flaw in his approach. The Dragon-Tiger Fist was built upon two distinct cores, the dragon and the tiger, so its enhancement also required two corresponding forces.
The breakthrough came when he infused the dragon aspect with the flames cultivated through the Crimson Flame Scripture, while reinforcing the tiger aspect with the wind force drawn from the Azure Wind Method. Only then did the technique finally stabilize and evolve.
The inspiration to merge flames with the dragon form had come from his own high grade mortal rank Blazing Dragon Fist. Without that prior experience, he might never have found the correct path.
Even now, however, this newly refined Dragon-Tiger Fist remained extremely difficult to control, pushing Li Yun to the very limits of his mastery.
A razor-sharp light flashed through Li Yun’s eyes. He tapped the ground lightly with his toe, and his body shot upward into the sky.
From above, he drove his fist downward, a devastating strike wrapped in the blazing form of a fire dragon and the raging momentum of a wind tiger, crashing toward Zhang Yuanfeng below.
In that instant, the roars of dragon and tiger shook the air.
The sheer pressure of the attack made even a true Xiantian Realm expert like Zhang Yuanfeng feel a surge of danger rise in his heart.
“Yellow Sand Heavy Mountain Seal! Break for me!”
Zhang Yuanfeng roared as his Qi boiled violently within his body. Forming a fist seal, he punched forward in mid-air. Vast streams of Qi surged out and rapidly condensed into a colossal mountain of yellow sand, which hovered in the air and radiated waves of crushing, oppressive force.
Bang!
Li Yun’s Dragon-Tiger Fist slammed into the yellow sand mountain, releasing an eruption of flame and wind. The two forces collided fiercely, struggling against each other for several breaths before the mountain seal finally shattered into countless specks of golden light.
With his defense destroyed, Zhang Yuanfeng was struck by the remaining force of the Dragon-Tiger Fist and sent flying backward. He gritted his teeth and managed to regain his balance after sliding some distance through the air.
“Phantom Gale Steps!”
Seizing the advantage, Li Yun did not hesitate. He immediately activated his high grade mortal rank movement art.
His figure flickered once and vanished like a phantom.
“What?” Zhang Yuanfeng, who had only just stabilized himself after the exchange, found the arena suddenly empty. Li Yun was nowhere to be seen.
At that moment, a Zhang Family disciple seemed to notice something. His pupils shrank abruptly as he cried out in alarm, “Patriarch, watch out behind you!”
Whoosh, whoosh.
Zhang Yuanfeng reacted instantly and turned around, only to see a streak of sword light blazing with crimson flames tearing through the air toward him.
The sight sent a chill racing down his spine as the strike carved a ruthless arc through the sky and descended with terrifying speed and precision.
That sword light was incomparably sharp, as if it had been unleashed by a peerless Sword God. It carried a ferocity capable of cleaving stars and rending the heavens. Wherever it passed, the air itself was split apart, leaving behind an ugly, clearly visible scar.
“No!”
The flaming sword light was too fast and too fierce. Even Zhang Yuanfeng, a true Xiantian Realm expert, had no time to react. He could only watch in horror as the cold glow rapidly filled his vision.
A suffocating aura of death engulfed him. The dignified Xiantian Realm powerhouse began to tremble uncontrollably and let out a terrified scream.
Pfft.
The scream ended abruptly. In the next instant, a vast spray of blood burst into the air as the flaming sword light pierced straight through Zhang Yuanfeng’s body. Its sharp power erupted outward, shredding his form into flaming explosion and reducing him to a cloud of bloody mist and ashes.
Zhang Yuanfeng, the Xiantian Realm expert, had fallen.