Chapter 641: Yann Xiao

‘This… this is impossible!’

Watching the distant figure catch his arrow with a bare hand, Zhang Yufeng’s mind reeled. His eyes filled with horror, and he couldn’t stop his hands from trembling.

In the distance, Qin Ya shot him a cold glance. That single look was enough to make him feel as if he’d been plunged into an icy cavern, and a deep-seated fear began to sprout in his heart.

“Ah, damn it.”

Zhang Yufeng forcefully suppressed his terror and took out three Cyan Wind Feather Arrows from his Storage Ring. He drew his bow, and with a series of WHOOSHES, fired all three arrows at once.

The three arrows streaked through the void in a triangular formation, kicking up a storm!

Seeing this, Qin Ya chuckled softly, and his True Meaning of Space erupted once more.

This time, after he froze the arrows in place, his figure flickered. Using the True Meaning of Speed and the Shrinking Inches technique, he crossed ten thousand zhang like a Ghostly Charm, appearing instantly before Zhang Yufeng. The corner of his mouth curved up as he mercilessly struck out with his palm.

‘So Fast!!’

Zhang Yufeng’s pupils shrank. Facing the immense Palm Qi, he gripped his longbow with both hands and used it to Slash downward, unleashing a powerful Qi Force with a BOOM.

But how could his hasty response possibly block Qin Ya’s terrifying palm strike!

Qin Ya’s Palm Qi slammed into his chest. His Protective Divine Light shattered like glass, and with a CRACK, several of his ribs were instantly broken.

With a thunderous BOOM, Zhang Yufeng’s body was sent flying like a cannonball.

Defeated in a single move!!

“I told you, your reputation is unearned.”

BAM…

Zhang Yufeng was sent flying toward the Restaurant. Just as he was about to crash into it, a figure slowly walked out and suddenly lashed out with a palm strike.

Palm Qi shot through the air, but its target was… Zhang Yufeng!

Already injured, Zhang Yufeng was slammed directly into the ground by this Palm Qi. Dust billowed up as his body convulsed once before he passed out.

“Useless trash. Get out of the way.”

The red-haired young man slowly walked out, his tone indifferent.

The dozen or so young men who had been in the private room with him trembled, a chill running down their spines.

‘This guy is just as tyrannical as the rumors say. Zhang Yufeng was his own companion, yet he swatted him away just because he was displeased with his defeat.’

‘Such behavior… Is this to be expected from a Son of a Celestial Marquis?’

“Red hair… so familiar.”

“My god, he swatted Zhang Yufeng away like a fly. Isn’t this red-haired youth a bit too arrogant? Huh, he looks kind of familiar.”

“If I’m not mistaken, he is… Yann Xiao!”

“Yann Xiao! Ranked 408th on the Celestial List, a Half-Venerable in Cultivation, and the ninth son of Marquis Lieyan! Good heavens, to think it’s a figure of his stature.”

“Could it be that Zhang Yufeng’s provocation of Qin Ya was instigated by Yann Xiao? If so, it looks like Yann Xiao and Qin Ya are about to clash.”

As soon as the words fell, Yann Xiao took to the air, using his Sky-Controlling ability to arrive before Qin Ya. He said indifferently, “The youngest Celestial Nobility in the history of the Divine Country, the most freakish Martial Artist in a thousand years… I’ve heard quite a bit about you lately.”

Hearing this, Qin Ya just smiled faintly. “Heh, being too famous isn’t always a good thing. See? You can’t even walk down the street without an arrow being shot at you.”

Yann Xiao nodded. “Indeed. Back when I first made it onto the Celestial List with my Era-Defining King’s Cultivation, plenty of people declared they would challenge me. Later, I burned every single one of them to a crisp. Now, no one dares to provoke me.”

“Burned to a crisp? Ooh, sounds terrifying.”

But Qin Ya just laughed it off.

“In a moment, you will experience that same feeling.”

“Oh, is that so?” Qin Ya’s brow twitched, a cold light flashing in his eyes. “You say no one dares to provoke you now because you burned all your challengers to a crisp. If I were to defeat you, wouldn’t that also save me some trouble later on? Hmm… that’s not a bad idea. Worth a try.”

The two chatted as if they were old friends who hadn’t seen each other in days, but the sharp antagonism in their words was obvious. The atmosphere around them slowly grew tense.

The surrounding onlookers stared intently at the two facing off, their gazes like torches.

One was a Son of a Celestial Marquis, an expert ranked 408th on the Celestial List.

The other was a young Celestial Nobility, a Demon Pride whose combat prowess was unfathomable!

The conflict between these two was undoubtedly drawing a lot of attention.

Suddenly, the atmosphere within a ten-thousand-zhang radius grew heavy. The auras of the two men began to climb steadily, and their expressions turned solemn.

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM…

The light in the space around Yann Xiao began to distort as waves of scorching heat radiated from him. The temperature was so high that even an Era-Defining King couldn’t withstand it.

On Qin Ya’s side, however, all was calm as an old well. Yet, there was a strange stillness about him—a quiet so profound that not a cloud or a wisp of wind dared to move.

Two men, two auras, two atmospheres!

Their faces were grave, not daring to be careless. Their Divine Thoughts suddenly activated.

In a daze, the crowd seemed to see two figures in the void, chasing and battling each other. Every move and every stance exuded an extraordinary power.

“This is… a Divine Thought Martial Arts Competition!!”

“Their bodies haven’t moved, but their Divine Thoughts have already begun to fight. To be able to take a Divine Thought Martial Arts Competition to this level, their strength is truly extraordinary. How incredible.”

“A Divine Thought Martial Arts Competition is something most in the King Realm can use, but it’s usually just for mutual sparring. For these two to use it to this extent is something else.”

“I can understand it from Yann Xiao; after all, he’s a Half-Venerable. But what about Qin Ya? How could his Divine Thought possibly have reached this level too?”

“That guy… aside from his comprehension of the Mysterious, which is still at the King level, everything else about him has probably long since reached the Era-Defining, or even the Half-Venerable, Realm.”

“No wonder he has such combat power. He’s a monster.”

“Hush, they’re about to fight for real.”

The words had barely been spoken when Yann Xiao and Qin Ya abruptly retracted their Divine Thoughts. In the next instant, their figures moved, transforming into two streaks of Flowing Light that slammed into each other in mid-air.

With a thunderous crash, streams of black and red qi erupted violently, shooting out from between their palms like two massive, opposing drills.

‘Flame?’

‘No, it’s something even more formidable than Flame… It’s Inferno!’

‘Heh, it’s still the same in nature.’

Yann Xiao sneered, his red hair whipping wildly. He channeled more Palm Power, and the terrifying Flame erupted a second time, surging forward like a fiery tide!!

Not to be outdone, Qin Ya circulated his True Meaning of Destruction to its absolute limit. Waves of Qi Force swept out, constantly exploding in the void as if to annihilate heaven and earth.

The clash between the two created a shockwave that spread out, blasting a crater tens of zhang wide into the ground below. A storm of Destruction swept outward.

The faces of the surrounding Martial Artists changed, and they all retreated one after another.

“The aftershocks from their clash are already enough to kill an Era-Defining King.”

“Tsk tsk, how terrifying.”