Chapter 635: Drawing the Spear

Ba Xiong challenging Qin Ya?

‘Is this a joke?’ In the eyes of the spiky-haired youth, while Ba Xiong’s strength was decent, he was still worlds away from Qin Ya.

After all, he had personally witnessed the scene of Qin Ya slaughtering Half-Venerables. That brutal sight of one kill per spear strike… Tsk, tsk. He still couldn’t forget it.

“Heh heh, Jinn Liu, don’t you worry. I’ll be sure to go easy on him. I definitely won’t hurt this littl—er, Qin Tianjue,” Ba Xiong chuckled.

The spiky-haired youth, however, felt a sense of resignation. ‘Hurt Qin Ya?’

‘Ba Xiong, oh, Ba Xiong, I’m afraid you’re the one who’s going to get hurt.’

“What? Is the great and famous Qin Tianjue too scared to accept my challenge?”

Ba Xiong cracked his neck, producing a crisp, grinding sound. A corner of his mouth curled up, revealing bone-white teeth that glinted coldly, making him look like a ravenous Fierce Beast.

The moment he said this, a buzz went through the surrounding crowd.

“Heh, is Qin Tianjue really not going to accept?”

“Exactly. I heard Qin Tianjue can kill Half-Venerables and has extraordinary combat power. Is he really not going to accept a challenge from someone like Ba Xiong? He’ll become a laughingstock.”

“Qin Tianjue, we believe in you! Take down that Ba Xiong!”

Everyone had heard of Qin Ya’s accomplishments, but none had seen him in action. So, besides curiosity, they couldn’t help but feel a little doubtful. After all, in their eyes, a mere King was no different from an ant. How could he possibly have achieved such feats?

Faced with the crowd’s doubtful goading, Qin Ya’s lips curved into a slight smile. He looked at the large man named Ba Xiong and asked, “Are you sure you want to challenge me?”

Hearing this, Ba Xiong grinned. “What, you think I was joking?”

Qin Ya nodded, then took a single step.

WHOOSH! His figure flickered and vanished from where he stood.

Everyone’s pupils contracted.

“What happened? Where’d he go?”

“Hiss… So fast.”

“Even my Divine Thought can only catch a blurry afterimage. He’s so fast!”

“That speed… it’s far beyond the level of an Era-Defining King.”

“Look… he’s over there.”

Gasps of surprise rang out as everyone’s gaze snapped to where Qin Ya now stood.

He was now standing on… the fighting stage!

Dressed all in white, his robes fluttered loudly in the wind. He stood aloof, peerless!

“Come on.” Qin Ya turned and crooked a finger.

Hearing this, the smile on Ba Xiong’s face grew even more excited.

“Now that’s more like it. This way, things won’t be so boring.”

Ba Xiong’s legs suddenly pushed off, shattering the ground beneath him. Kicking up a gale-force wind, he shot upward and landed on the stage with a BOOM, like a falling meteor.

CRACKLE, CRACKLE.

The moment he landed, wild thunder surged around him, distorting the very air. His hair stood on end as he emanated a tyrannical and incomparably terrifying aura.

“Qin Tianjue, I ask for your guidance.”

“I ask for your guidance.”

The two offered each other a cupped-fist salute before facing off.

Ba Xiong’s aura began to climb. Explosive crackles of thunder echoed through the air as the tiles beneath his feet shattered one by one, levitating around him.

Faced with Ba Xiong’s mounting pressure, Qin Ya remained as still and unmovable as a mountain!

BOOM…

Suddenly, the air itself exploded! A streak of blue light shot across the stage like a meteor, kicking up a furious wind as it hurtled toward Qin Ya, trailing rubble in its wake.

He crossed the distance in the blink of an eye!

Ba Xiong had formed his five fingers into a claw, around which crackled fine threads of blue thunder. Its wild and sharp aura made the air shriek, as if it was being torn asunder by the attack. It was terrifying to behold.

“Not bad.”

‘The power in that claw has almost reached the absolute limit of what an ordinary Era-Defining King can unleash. Even a Half-Venerable wouldn’t dare to be careless.’

He took a deep breath, and the Qi and Blood in his body suddenly surged. The immense power erupted with the roar of a tsunami, then condensed on his fist as he threw a punch.

The instant his fist slammed into the Thunder Claw, a blast of Strong Qi erupted!

The ground all around them continued to crack and break apart, and the air thundered with deafening rumbles. Blue thunder and red Qi and Blood—the two energies clashed and intertwined.

Qin Ya felt streams of thunder penetrating his flesh, trying to invade his body. He just smiled faintly. With a surge of his True Essence, he easily dispelled them.

Ba Xiong, however, was not having such an easy time.

He felt a terrifying, ultimate power slam into his palm, nearly shattering the Thunder Power he had condensed in his hand!

“Back off.”

Qin Ya said lightly. His Qi and Blood then erupted, crashing out in wave after wave like a great tsunami. Unable to withstand the force, Ba Xiong was instantly thrown back.

“What terrifying Qi Blood Power. It’s almost comparable to that of a powerful Fierce Beast.”

“That level of Qi and Blood is extremely rare among Martial Artists.”

“Tsk, tsk. How can such a small frame contain that much Qi and Blood?”

The crowd broke into a flurry of discussion, all of them completely astounded.

It was common knowledge that while a Martial Artist’s Qi and Blood increased along with their Cultivation, it generally stayed within a certain range. Qi and Blood like Qin Ya’s was an extreme rarity, even among Martial Artists who specialized in Body Refining.

After being thrown back, Ba Xiong landed, then immediately kicked off the ground and shot forward again like a cannonball. At the same time, Divine Light flowed across his body. He grasped a bolt of thunder in his hand, which gradually elongated and solidified, forming a Thunder Spear!

Ba Xiong clenched the Thunder Spear in his hand and suddenly hurled it forward.

‘Thunder Power… a little interesting.’

Facing the rampaging Thunder Spear, Qin Ya’s figure flickered as he leaped high into the air.

In that same instant, the Thunder Spear slammed into the stage. A ten-zhang-wide crater was blasted into the specially-made platform, sending rubble flying everywhere.

As everyone knew, the power of thunder was extremely formidable. Although it was classified as a conventional Mystery, its explosive force was in no way inferior to some of the top-tier offensive Mysteries. In his early days, Qin Ya himself had often used thunder to fight his enemies.

Seeing Qin Ya take to the sky, Ba Xiong’s lips curled into a smirk. His figure also shot skyward, wreathed in thunder. Clenching his fist, he condensed a terrifying ball of thunder. In the blink of an eye, he was in front of Qin Ya. With a loud roar, he threw the punch!

Qin Ya’s immense Qi and Blood surged, and he, too, threw a punch.

Qi and Blood and thunder entangled once more. A raging storm spread out in all directions, churning the clouds above. When the shockwave hit the ground, it kicked up a fierce gale, sending countless bits of rubble shooting out like bullets and forcing the spectators to scramble for cover.

“The fight between these two is terrifying.”

“It looks like Ba Xiong’s Thunder Power has grown stronger.”

“Ha, this Qin Tianjue’s combat power is truly extraordinary. He’s fighting Ba Xiong to a standstill using nothing but his Qi and Blood. I hear he also has a terrifying Spear Technique… Tsk, he’s so confident, he hasn’t even brought it out yet.”

The spiky-haired youth standing to the side curled his lip. “Use his spear? If Qin Tianjue used his Spear Technique from the start, Ba Xiong probably wouldn’t even have a chance to make a move.”