Chapter 3488

“You... broke through another realm?”

After Ye Liuyun’s breakthrough, Chen Yueying noticed the change in his cultivation realm and couldn’t help exclaiming.

Ye Liuyun shot back, “What do you mean, ‘broke through another realm’? Didn’t you just break through a realm too?”

Chen Yueying retorted, “How can they be the same? It took me nearly a year just to break through a minor realm. What about you? It’s only been a few months, and you’re already at the third realm!

“Even with time acceleration, that speed is terrifying! At this rate, it won’t be long before you’re invincible within the Void Realm!”

“I’ve simply had more adventures and encountered more fortuitous opportunities!” Ye Liuyun casually brushed the subject aside.

He knew that his cultivation progress wasn’t slow. But after arriving in the Void World, he had realized that he had started behind others in terms of innate aptitude, so he didn’t dare slacken his cultivation for even a moment.

Chen Yueying immediately said no more. Instead, she followed Ye Liuyun’s example and seized every moment to cultivate.

Liao Yaotian and the others were rendered even more speechless after witnessing Ye Liuyun’s breakthrough. They cultivated every day, yet had only just reached the mid-stage of the second realm.

As for their actual combat strength, they were even less capable of comparing with Ye Liuyun. They didn’t even have the courage to fight a seventh-level Void martial cultivator.

Not long after Ye Liuyun’s breakthrough, another uninvited guest arrived at the mountain peak where they were staying—Xiong Tianchuan.

Xiong Tianchuan had previously spent his time in the sect’s areas densely populated by ferocious beasts, going there to spar with them. After spending the past two days getting his fill of fighting, he returned to exchange for some resources. Everywhere he went, he heard the disciples discussing Ye Liuyun.

Only after asking around did he learn that Ye Liuyun had fought quite a few battles recently and had even killed elite disciples at the seventh realm. His fighting spirit was immediately stirred, and he wanted to spar with Ye Liuyun again.

“Kid, you promised to spar with me from now on. You’re not going to welch on your word, are you?” The moment Xiong Tianchuan saw Ye Liuyun, he shouted at him in his booming voice.

Ye Liuyun happened to want to test the true strength of his Jade Divine Bones, so he did not refuse.

“Of course I meant it. If you want to stay here and fight me regularly, I have no objection!” Ye Liuyun took the initiative to say.

“Tch! That depends on whether you have the strength! If you’re still as weak as last time, I won’t stay and spar with you!” Xiong Tianchuan was completely blunt.

With that, he didn’t wait for Ye Liuyun to react and charged straight at him.

Ye Liuyun immediately circulated his Spatial Force to evade. The two of them were evenly matched in Spatial Force. Xiong Tianchuan chased Ye Liuyun for quite some time, circling the mountain several times, yet he couldn’t land a single blow.

In the end, Ye Liuyun felt they had run around enough and stopped to engage him.

With his very first punch, Ye Liuyun employed divine essence and the power of heaven and earth, striking Xiong Tianchuan solidly.

As before, Xiong Tianchuan relied on his physical strength to take the blow head-on. Unexpectedly, Ye Liuyun’s punch forced him back two steps.

“Huh? You’ve improved quite a bit, kid!” Xiong Tianchuan sensed the change in Ye Liuyun’s strength as well.

After Ye Liuyun’s breakthrough, both the quality and quantity of his divine essence had increased substantially. In addition, his breakthrough had also strengthened his power of heaven and earth. As a result, this punch was indeed much heavier than before.

Moreover, after throwing the punch, Ye Liuyun’s arm bones were completely unharmed. He hadn’t even felt any pain. The difference from last time, when punching Xiong Tianchuan had nearly shattered his arm bones, was enormous. That was why Xiong Tianchuan was so astonished.

But even as he marveled, his battle-loving nature emerged. “Try taking another punch from me!”

As he spoke, he once again unleashed the full strength of his physical body and punched back at Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun didn’t dare take the blow with his body. He raised both arms to block in front of him, while also using Spatial Force, the power of heaven and earth, and divine essence, along with sword intention, to form a defense before him.

His Spatial Force, the power of heaven and earth, and his divine essence had all grown stronger, so these defenses alone were enough to block most of Xiong Tianchuan’s strength.

By the time Xiong Tianchuan’s fist struck his arms, the remaining force was no longer enough to injure them. Ye Liuyun immediately began counterattacking and exchanged blows with Xiong Tianchuan.

He was also expending his divine essence and tempering his power of heaven and earth, using the battle as an opportunity to improve his strength.

Xiong Tianchuan grew more astonished as the fight continued. Relying solely on his physical strength, he could no longer do anything to Ye Liuyun.

“Stop!”

In the middle of the fight, he suddenly called for a halt.

“Your physical strength has improved far too quickly, kid!”

He still didn’t know that Ye Liuyun had only strengthened a few areas of his body—the two arms and the lower abdomen.

“If we keep fighting like this, neither of us can hurt the other! How about adding some other forms of power? If you’re afraid I might accidentally kill you, you can put on armor!” Xiong Tianchuan suggested.

After thinking it over, Ye Liuyun said, “Then I’ll use my saber and guardian divine seals, and you can try using the power of heaven and earth as well!”

“All right!” Xiong Tianchuan agreed.

But after only a couple of exchanges, he called for a halt again. “This won’t do! Your sword intention is too powerful, and with those guardian divine seals as well, I’m at too much of a disadvantage! You have to let me use my true essence!”

Ye Liuyun said, “If you use true essence, I’ll have to fight with all my strength. Otherwise, I definitely won’t be able to beat you!”

“Fine. You can use whatever abilities you have! Except soul attacks!” Xiong Tianchuan added.

“All right!” Ye Liuyun agreed, then resumed fighting him.

This time, both of them went all out. Even Chen Yueying, Liao Yaotian, Peng Lie, and the others were drawn over by their battle.

As soon as the fight began, Ye Liuyun released his sixth-rank short sword to disrupt Xiong Tianchuan’s attacks. He then released all three of his guardian divine seals and had them join forces with his sword intention to fight Xiong Tianchuan.

“What the hell! You have three guardian divine seals?” Xiong Tianchuan was startled.

Moreover, the guardian divine seal of Ye Liuyun’s true body was also capable of wielding a saber. Because of its enormous body, it possessed even greater power of heaven and earth, making the sword intention behind its slashes even stronger.

The Buddhist-Demonic Golden Body was also difficult to deal with because of its Buddhist-demonic power. Only the golden dragon’s attacks, which relied purely on physical strength, were relatively easy for Xiong Tianchuan to handle.

And that was because Ye Liuyun had not yet let the guardian divine seals use lightning, flames, or deadly poison. Otherwise, even Xiong Tianchuan would have found the attacks of the three guardian divine seals difficult to defend against.

Ye Liuyun himself also relied on his Spatial Force and the sharpness of the Demon-Slaying Saber to launch constant close-range sneak attacks on Xiong Tianchuan. Thus, Xiong Tianchuan was in danger from the very start of the battle.

The sixth-rank short sword was already quite agile, and Ye Liuyun’s three guardian divine seals possessed even greater autonomy. Xiong Tianchuan was soon thrown into disarray and called for another halt.

“What, are you going to ask me not to use my guardian divine seals too? I might as well just stand here and let you hit me!” Ye Liuyun said helplessly.